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he Burlington Book Festival canceled a planned appearance by Garrison Keillor on Monday in response to criticism related to allegations about the former public radio star’s workplace behavior. Last year, Minnesota Public Radio fired the popular writer and host of “A Prairie Home Companion,” who rose to fame with folksy tales of fictional Lake Wobegon. A subsequent investigation by the station’s news department found multiple instances over decades in which Keillor made suggestive statements to women who worked for him. He’s denied the allegations. The festival announced his appearance in a Facebook post, and negative feedback followed. “Boycott this disgrace,” wrote Vermont Democratic Party finance director Maggie Lenz. Burlington Book Festival executive director Rick Kisonak, who reviews films for Seven Days,, defended the invite in a Facebook post on Sunday. “Garrison Keillor is not a sexual predator. We’re all people who place great importance on the value of words,” Kisonak wrote. “Can we agree that the difference between ‘predatory’ and ‘inappropriate’ is considerable and significant?” The controversy came to a head as other prominent men accused of sexual misconduct in the #MeToo era have been attempting comebacks. Recent surprise shows by comedian Louis C.K. have not been well received. Closer to home, actor and comic Aziz Ansari performed two shows without incident at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts last week, one of which was sold out. He was accused of sexual misconduct in January. These men’s experiences raise the question: When celebrities are accused of sexual misconduct, can they ever return to the spotlight? Kisonak ultimately decided to disinvite Keillor. There’s “a lot of very positive feeling” for Keillor out there,” Kisonak wrote. “But there’s a lot of anger and a lot of hurt, and I certainly didn’t want that, and certainly didn’t expect that. And now that that really has sort of reached the kind of critical mass that it has ... we’re certainly not people that are insensitive to these issues.” Keillor’s staff was sympathetic when Kisonak let them know Monday, he said. “The thing was originally offered and intended as a benefit to the festival, and the unfortunate result has been the exact opposite,” Kisonak said. “And they feel very, very badly about that.” Read Taylor Dobbs’ full story at sevendaysvt.com. Garrison

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he bride wore a lacy dress and veil but no shoes. The grinning groom sported a bow tie and, well, not much else. No one in attendance seemed to mind: It was a dog wedding, after all. The Saturday ceremony at the Ethan Allen Residence on North Avenue in Burlington brought together Flossie, a black standard poodle, and her beau Boy, a tan labradoodle. “You guys are making out a lot already,” cracked officiant Susan Herrick once the pups made it to the makeshift

altar inside the assisted living facility’s cafeteria. She doubles as the home’s music therapist. The dogs belonged to Maleka Clarke, Ethan Allen’s director of nursing. She and others spent months planning the ceremony. Both pups are about a year old, and they act as unofficial therapy dogs for the residents and their families. The event turned into a shotgun wedding when Clarke found out Flossie was pregnant. Instead of derailing the ceremony, the puppies — just two weeks old — were in attendance; some of the residents held the tiny fur balls as they watched the proceedings. “This is the best place to have too many dogs!” Clarke said. She plans to

give the puppies away, while the parents will stay with her and continue to work as therapy dogs. In the decked-out “chapel,” dogthemed cupcakes, treats and drinks awaited celebrants, some of whom sat in wheelchairs. The wedding featured songs including “How Much Is That Doggie in the Window,” readings and hymns led by Herrick, who wore puppy ears and played keyboard. Before the dogs “said” their vows, two residents read poems. Sig Samuelsen, 90, took the microphone and recited “A Dog Song,” by Mary Oliver. “What would this world be like,” it concluded, “without dogs?” SASHA GOLDSTEIN SEVEN DAYS OCTOBER 3-10, 2018

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WHY I POST MY LAND

[Re “Up to Here in Deer,” September 26]: Regarding your recent article concerning our growing deer herd and the increase in land that is posted: I was a hunter myself for many years. I grew up in Vermont, and my family hunted every deer season. But my wife and I recently posted our land because we got tired of guys driving up our road with dogs with radio collars and sending them out to chase bears across our land, especially when some bears in our area had recently had cubs. These guys sat in their trucks with tracking devices to tell them when and where the bear was treed. We are grateful to live among healthy populations of wildlife. We have great respect for those who still hunt their own food with skill, care and respect, but we don’t want people using our land to torture wildlife with steel traps and high-tech tools for “the fun of it.” I don’t think Daniel Boone or Davy Crockett would want those guys on their land, either. David Kelley

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NATURAL SOLUTION

Katie Jickling’s article about the growing deer herd in Vermont told an engaging story about the decline of hunting in our state but did not really address the main point about deer population control [“Up to Here in Deer,” September 26]. Coyotes are a primary predator of young deer and an effective check on their population, yet Vermont maintains an open season on coyotes. Just as the reintroduction of the wolf in Yosemite had a dramatic positive impact on the health of the flora and fauna there, a healthy predator population in Vermont could have similar results here. The trend of declining numbers of hunters is likely here to stay and will be much more difficult to reverse than simply ending the coyote hunt. Ending

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Last week’s Last Seven inaccurately stated an assertion by Michael Gaughan about the relative size of the Burlington High School bond. The bond is larger than any currently being paid off by school districts to the Vermont Municipal Bond Bank.

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[Re “Vermont’s Most Diverse City Rejects Noncitizen Voting — for Now,” September 19]: We had this same discussion in Fort Lee, N.J., years ago. There is a large noncitizen population there, as well. In the end, we read the U.S. Constitution that forbids voting for noncitizens. That was the last word. It’s not up to the local voters to decide. Judith Hishikawa WEST BURKE

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On September 24, the Burlington City Council supported the school district’s request to put a $70 million bond question on the November ballot to transform our ailing high school. We want to clarify that if this bond passes, at the peak of borrowing for this project, the owner of a home assessed at $250,000 would pay an estimated $302 more per year. Some readers have told us they were confused by the Seven Days article covering the city council vote [Off Message: “Burlington Voters Will Consider $100 Million in School, Wastewater Bonds,” September 24], which stated that “Under the city’s proposed borrowing for these projects and others, a resident with a home valued at $250,000 would pay additional property taxes that would gradually increase to $550 a year by 2028.” By combining the city and school district projected tax implications in this article and rejecting the Burlington School District’s request to clarify the numbers for readers, the paper does a disservice to taxpayers by not adequately representing each project on the table, thereby not allowing voters the chance to really distinguish between each project and its own proposed tax implication. We would like to invite readers to visit

Rick Kisonak’s September 5 movie review — “‘Operation Finale’ Proves That the World Didn’t Need Another Adolf Eichmann Movie” — is disrespectful and lacking in depth. His question “Can we agree it’s time to knock it off with the Holocaust movies already?” is blatantly anti-Semitic. No, we cannot agree! Putting aside any bit of meaningful analysis, that query begs 6 million answers. Any means of transmitting and teaching accurate historical narrative is necessary and welcome. John Anderson’s Wall Street Journal review of the film states: “It’s good to be reminded now and then of the insidious nature of fascism and how it can pop up everywhere you’re not looking.” From the New York Times’ A.O. Scott: “It’s a story very worth telling, told pretty well, with self-evident virtues and obvious limitations.” CNN’s Brian Lowry: “While ‘Operation Finale’ might not be a huge hit now, as another glimpse at a history that loses those capable of first-person testimonials daily, it’s the kind of movie likely to have a long shelf life.” I take strong issue with Kisonak’s so-called “review.” More than 75 years after the Holocaust, there are still lessons to be learned from it. His comment is biased and prejudiced in the extreme. Kisonak needs to learn how to effectively review a film’s merits without insulting his publication’s readership. Debora Steinerman

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Art: Shelburne Museum launches New England biennial

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Culture: Rabbi David Edleson builds community through tradition and innovation BY SALLY POLLAK

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Thrice Is Nice If three is company, then audience members at a concert by chamber musicians Paul Orgel, Emily Tauble and Jennifer Elowitch are in very good company. Taking to their respective instruments of piano, cello and violin, the players treat classical connoisseurs to works by Mozart, Dvořák and Debussy at the Richmond Free Library. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 56

SATURDAY 6 & SUNDAY 7

Cowboy Up The Thunder Road Speed Bowl trades horsepower for actual horses for the Barre Pro Rodeo. The Rawhide Rodeo Company, a producer of international professional and amateur rodeos, rides into town for two days of roping, racing and wrestling. Local country-western songster Tim Brick and his band get boots tapping with a concert following Saturday’s competition. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 56

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Uphill Battle The Stark Mountain Hill Climb may be the perfect running event for those who prefer the road less traveled. Athletes in this 20th annual race hoof it from the base to the summit of General Stark Mountain in Waitsfield, taking any route they wish. Choose your own adventure, indeed. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 56

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We dare you to resist bobbing your head along to hit songs such as “You Can’t Hurry Love” and “Please Mr. Postman” during the ArtisTree Music Theatre Festival production of SUDS: The Rocking ’60s Musical Soap Opera. A five-piece live band provides the musical backbone for this lighthearted play in South Pomfret about a woman looking for love in a Laundromat.

Day three of world-beat rock-and-roll band Elektric Voodoo’s online tour diary reads, “Some saw family, others got into naughty trouble and one decided to investigate Spanish karaoke night by himself.” Clearly, these guys know how to have a good time. Fronted by Scott Tournet, formerly of Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, the Southern California ensemble brings the party to Nectar’s in Burlington. SEE INTERVIEW ON PAGE 66

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Comrades in Art What pair of friends hasn’t influenced one another in some way over the years? “Familiars,” the current exhibition at Stowe’s Helen Day Art Center, highlights the intersections and differences in the printmaking practices of longtime friends Valerie Hammond and Kiki Smith. Amy Lilly reviews the exhibit, which populates all three of the center’s galleries. SEE REVIEW ON PAGE 74

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ormer state representative KIAH stunned the Vermont political community when she dropped her bid for reelection on August 24 and then abruptly resigned from the legislature on September 25. The Bennington Democrat is an outspoken advocate for racial justice in a nearly all-white state. She resigned, she said, after enduring years of racially motivated harassment and threats. Until recently, Morris has refused most media requests for interviews. Last Friday, she agreed to an extensive conversation with Seven Days. In it, she explained her actions and argued that Vermont has failed to confront its own strains of racism and bigotry. What led her to resign from the legislature? The harassment has continued, Morris said, and on September 11 her husband, JAMES LAWTON, had open-heart surgery that will require months of convalescence. Morris described her situation as “a complete bonfire of so many different challenges that we’re facing right now.” Morris said Lawton’s difficulties “are absolutely caused by that chronic stress and that level of alarm we’ve lived under for the last few years … We need this time to heal and to come back stronger than ever.” Morris has cited numerous examples of bigotry, including racist comments and threats on social media, vandalism at her home and at the local Democratic Party office, and unwanted intrusions on her home and property. Recently, she said, a group of local teenagers has targeted her home, knocking on windows and walls, banging on doors and shouting. Morris is reluctant to detail every incident of bigotry and harassment, saying that if she did so, each one would be picked apart in isolation. “When we see these things in aggregate, we understand it,” she said. Perhaps. Or perhaps we are blinded by the whiteness of our landscape. Many of us have not experienced or witnessed incidents of racism. That makes it easy to conclude that such incidents are rare or nonexistent. “We are ill-prepared as a state to really talk and think and understand the impacts of systemic racism,” said Morris. “My story is not that unique,” Morris said. “There are repercussions when you speak up. We have kids [in the community] who have experienced hate crimes

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and won’t report them for fear of further marginalization. That’s real.” And the legal system, Morris added, “is not necessarily a place of trust.” She believes that local authorities have failed to take her complaints seriously. Police have made no arrests. Attorney General T.J. DONOVAN has referred to “a breakdown in Bennington” and launched a special investigation.

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The blindness can be sad and hilarious at the same time. On September 25, True North Reports, the right-wing news and commentary website, posted a piece about Vermonters’ perceptions of racism in the state. Or, as the headline put it, “claims of racist incidents.” The story was unintentionally revealing. “I am certainly not a racist,” Windsor County Republican state Senate candidate WAYNE TOWNSEND said. “Sometimes you wonder if [charges of racism] are thrown out there by one party to … try to make the party I am running in look bad.” DOUGLAS TOLLES , a candidate for assistant judge in Addison County, was quoted as saying that the term “racist” itself has lost its meaning, thanks to yammering leftists. “Anybody who yells ‘white privilege,’ well, I think they’re the racists because they’re bringing color into it,” he said. Way to keep an open mind, your honor. But the grand prize goes to PETER BRIGGS, Republican candidate for state Senate in Addison County. He told True North that, well, he might not be the best one to comment on racism because, ahem… “I believe the average Jew looks to me to be smarter than the average white [Christian], and the average black seems to be more athletic than the average white.” (The word “Christian” was apparently added by True North editors.) Oh yeah, that’s the stuff. To sum up: In an effort to downplay or deny the presence of bias in Vermont, True North interviewed 10 white men — who unwittingly revealed far more than they intended. As did True North itself. By presenting these comments uncritically, the

organization revealed its own cluelessness about the extent and impact of racism. Kiah Morris is a remarkably strong and capable person. She was considered a rising star in Vermont politics. If she can be brought low by racial harassment, how many others have suffered in silence?

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Last week, the Planned Parenthood Vermont Action Fund announced four endorsements in statewide races but stayed silent on the top of the ticket, choosing not to endorse either Republican Gov. PHIL SCOTT or Democratic challenger CHRISTINE HALLQUIST. “Both scored 100 on our candidates’ questionnaire,” explained LUCY LERICHE, vice president of public policy for the political action committee. “Whoever is elected, we’re looking forward to having a productive relationship with their administration.” How noble. How inspiring. And how different from 2016, when the PAC not only endorsed Democrat SUE MINTER but spent $458,000 on anti-Scott advertising that slammed the then-lieutenant governor as “wanting to restrict a woman’s right to choose.” Scott has occasionally called for parental notification when minors seek abortions and for restrictions on late-term procedures, but the ads made him out to be thoroughly anti-choice. So what happened between 2016, when Scott had to be defeated at all costs, and 2018, when he’s no different from the Democrat? “I wasn’t here in 2016,” Leriche said on Monday, “but my understanding is that there was more concern over Phil Scott’s interest in limiting abortion.” This year, she continued, “We have two candidates who are running for governor, one who doesn’t have a record and one who does.” Sounds like a subtle burn on the challenger. Here’s another bit of irony. Scott and Hallquist each scored 100 on this year’s questionnaire, right? According to Leriche, Scott also got a perfect 100 in 2016. That was never mentioned in all those anti-Scott advertisements.

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Vermont Rep. PAUL POIRIER (I-Barre) has had a remarkable life in politics. “I just finished my 22nd year in the legislature,” 70-year-old Poirier said at a

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Jewelry & Gifts candidates’ forum last Thursday night. “I’ve held 52 years of elective office — legislature, city council, justice of the peace.” And then he added: “This will be my last election. You’ll never see ‘Paul Poirier’ on a ballot again.” He might exit the political stage as a loser. Many of his longtime allies have abandoned him. In previous years, the Democrats have only run a single candidate in the two-seat Barre City district. This time, they are fielding a full slate in a direct challenge to Poirier. Everyone agrees on one fact: With two Democrats, a Republican and one liberal independent, the race is wide open. “The math is very difficult to predict,” said Rep. TOMMY WALZ (D-Barre), the other incumbent on the ballot. Which means this is one of the Republicans’ few opportunities to add a seat to their caucus. Their entrant is JOHN STEINMAN, an orthodontist and firsttime political candidate. The fourth man in the race is Democrat PETER ANTHONY, a former mayor of Barre. Steinman is a solid Republican who trumpets his conservatism on taxes and spending and his skepticism on climate change. That might seem like an odd fit for traditionally Democratic Barre, but with three liberal candidates on the ballot, there’s room for Steinman to make a move. Besides, he noted, Republican KAREN LAUZON, wife of former Barre mayor THOM LAUZON, finished a mere 140 votes behind Poirier in 2016. “She came very close in a three-way race,” Steinman said. “A four-way race may increase my chances.” Poirier has served three separate stints in the House: 1981 to 1989, 1997 to 2001, and 2007 to the present. During the ‘80s he was a fixture in Democratic leadership. He was House speaker RALPH WRIGHT’s top lieutenant and the party’s nominee for Congress in 1988. He served as a Democrat until the end of the 2009 session, when he went independent because of what he saw as an increasingly partisan atmosphere. “I chose to leave the Democratic Party so I could do what’s best, not follow orders,” Poirier said at the candidates’ forum. Until this year, the Democrats valued Poirier as a strong voice on progressive issues and tolerated his occasional straying. Not anymore. “Paul has lost credibility in the Statehouse,” said BRANDON BATHAM, Barre city councilor and chair of the city’s

Democratic Party. “He’s been inconsistent on many issues.” Take this year’s gun-control debate, in which Poirier was a strong critic of new restrictions. “The bills we passed this year did nothing to protect our children,” he told the forum audience. Poirier loudly opposed the Democratic majority’s bill to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour over six years; he favored a quicker implementation, while Dems were content to make incremental progress. Union leaders also criticize Poirier for raising the idea of converting the Barre City Fire Department from a full-time, unionized service to a volunteer-based organization. “We’re disappointed with Paul,” said DARREN ALLEN, communications director for the Vermont-National Education Association. “He used to be a staunch supporter. Recently, he’s taken positions contrary to labor and education.” Poirier insisted he still has a “perfect record” on labor issues and blames the Democrats for the loss of union support. “I called the two unions,” he said in a Monday interview. “They gave me some bogus answers. I think the Democratic Party told them not to endorse me. I think they got squeezed.” Poirier claimed that his independent status allows him to work with all parties and vote his conscience. Anthony argued that being independent actually diminishes a lawmaker’s clout. “Walking out of the fold is not the best way to be effective,” Anthony said. If he joined Walz in the caucus, he added, Barre would have two voices “who could argue the case for the city’s challenges.” SUE HIGBY, who succeeded Poirier on the Barre City Council, views herself as a former ally and supporter who saw him as “a legislative lion.” No more. “Good political leaders have to evolve,” she said. “The ‘I’ used to stand for ‘independent.’ Now it stands for ‘impediment.’” Ouch. The voters of Barre, Poirier noted, “have been very good to me.” It remains to be seen if they will continue to stand by him, even as his political and labor allies have moved away. m

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tate Sen. Anthony Pollina (P/DWashington) is a liberal stalwart. Rob Roper is president of the conservative think tank Ethan Allen Institute. And they share a concern about Vermont’s 2018 race for governor. Republican incumbent Phil Scott and Democratic challenger Christine Hallquist have provided scant detail about what they plan to do — and how they intend to pay for it — if elected. “My overall impression is that [the race] has been, for the most part, pretty light on substance when it comes to policy,” Roper said. Pollina sounded the same note. “I’m a big believer in putting out specific ideas that people can respond and react to, and I don’t see either of them doing that at this point,” he said. The candidates have staked out positions on some of the top political issues. Scott opposes raising the minimum wage and instituting a mandatory paid family leave program; Hallquist supports both. Hallquist wants to set up a retail marijuana market right away; Scott doesn’t think the state is ready. Scott adamantly opposes a tax on carbon emissions; Hallquist hasn’t ruled it out. But with fewer than six weeks until the election, the candidates have offered very little in the way of comprehensive policy proposals and even less information about how they would pay for initiatives they have identified. Sloganeering may be the most effective campaign strategy, but some observers suggest that voters deserve more substance than they’re getting. “It’s as if they’re trying to fool the voters that you can solve problems without taking action, and I think Vermonters know better than that,” Pollina said. Hallquist’s keystone proposal is to provide universal access to broadband internet, a goal that has eluded past governors. Experts have said the basic concept she’s described — to have utilities rather than telecom companies deliver fiber connections to homes — has potential. As the former CEO of the Vermont Electric Coop, Hallquist can talk knowingly and at length about how she’d execute it. But during a September 25 interview at her Burlington campaign headquarters, Hallquist impatiently brushed aside questions about the total price tag. “That’s not the important piece,” she said. “The important piece … is that the

way that I’m proposing we do it costs one quarter of the way it’s done today.” She also asserted that “it’s not going to cost the taxpayers any money.” The cost of installing more fiber would likely appear in some customers’ utility or internet bills. Hallquist has put a dollar figure on her other major proposal, a program to cover college tuition costs for lower-income Vermonters. The program would be implemented in four phases, the first of which would cost about $15 million a year, according to her campaign. It would serve students with family incomes below the federal poverty line. In its second phase, the program would serve families with incomes of up to double the poverty line, for an annual cost of $40 million. Funding for the initiative hinges on another proposal that has not yet been shown to be feasible: reducing Vermont’s prison population. Hallquist claimed that Attorney General T.J. Donovan has determined it’s possible to reduce the population by 250 inmates, and she has concluded that the savings “more than funds the first phase.” Donovan’s staff, however, clarified that the attorney general supports reducing the prison population but hasn’t determined how many inmates could be released. Hallquist has also suggested several possible sources of “bridge funding,”

including increases in taxes on tobacco and alcohol, an income-adjusted education property tax, and eliminating what her campaign described as unproven economic development programs. “As we see the path for revenue for phase two, then we’ll move to phase two,” Hallquist said. “We’re also going to grow Vermont’s revenue in order to fund these

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things.” She said that her broadband plan would spur economic growth, bringing more money to the state. Pollina, who introduced a free-tuition bill in January, didn’t sound particularly impressed with Hallquist’s proposal. “I consider it a small step in the right direction,” he said. “Again, I think she would be better off if she put it out in a comprehensive manner.” Meanwhile, the Republican Governors Association gleefully pounced on the plan, declaring on social media several days after Hallquist unveiled it that “Vermont Dem Gov Candidate Christine Hallquist Admits She Would Raise Taxes.” Hallquist has criticized Scott’s

no-new-taxes mantra as a “no-brain” approach. But she’s also hedged considerably when it comes to her own stance on taxes, which has drawn criticism from the left as well as the right. “She’s gonna open herself up to criticism from Republicans,” said liberal lobbyist Kevin Ellis. “She needs to not be afraid of that. She’s got to not be afraid to talk about investments in the future of Vermont.” Pollina suggested that voters “would appreciate someone who is honest about the costs of things and comes up with ways to pay for things.” During the first general election debate, on September 14, Hallquist refused to say whether she’d support a tax to fund paid family leave. Later, she told Seven Days that she would support the bill Scott vetoed in May, which relied on a payroll tax on employees. “It was so ridiculously small. It was like 0.0047 percent … It’s not anything people would really notice,” she said of the tax. (The actual figure was about 0.14 percent.) Hallquist was similarly untroubled about the cost of cleaning up Lake Champlain and Vermont’s other polluted waterways. “It’s not a big expense. It’s $25 million a year out of almost a $6 billion budget,” she said. She has refused to say how she’d pay for it, however. “I would certainly work collaboratively with the legislature to identify where we would get those funds.” When pressed, she responded, “I believe the leader’s job is to set the top-level goal. But of course when it comes to funding, you know nobody likes to raise costs anywhere. That’s why it has to be a group decision.” Sen. Randy Brock (R-Franklin) dismissed that explanation: “That sounds like a copout, doesn’t it?” Brock’s preferred candidate hasn’t been any more forthcoming on this subject. During an interview last week, Scott said he has an idea about “an existing tax that might be able to be redirected to water quality.” But he won’t reveal it before the election. “I just want to be cautious. I want to make sure it will work,” he said. “A secret plan — they seem to be popular this year,” Roper observed. Scott, he suggested, “should be excited to tell people what it is.” “It’s just unfortunate to have this secret plan,” agreed Lauren Hierl, executive

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The governor’s other major focus has been education spending. On the campaign trail, he’s repeated calls to cut costs in the K-12 school system and reinvest that money in early and higher education — but hasn’t offered a plan. Nor has he provided a ballpark estimate of how much money he wants to redirect. “That’s something that deserves more explanation,” Roper said. Asked what specific steps he’s proposing, Scott said he first needs buy-in to change Vermont’s education system, which is a major roadblock. “Some are just stuck in the policies of the past and not willing to do anything different,” he said. But the governor is unlikely to win converts without first putting viable proposals on the table. And Democratic lawmakers say Scott already has a poor track record in this regard. “The Scott administration is remarkably policy-light,” Sen. Phil Baruth (D/PChittenden) said. “You would expect, as most politicians, that [the Scott administration] would go lighter on policy during the campaign season because they don’t want to be tagged on a particular issue.” But, Baruth continued, “When you start from a position of policy-light, you end up with almost policy-nonexistent.” Scott contended that he offered a number of education-related proposals during his first term that Democratic lawmakers summarily dismissed. The governor pledged to work with his new education secretary, Dan French, to “evaluate different proposals and new ideas that might have some merit.” Asked about the absence of new ideas, Scott said it’s reasonable for him to advocate for staying his course, given Vermont’s unusually short two-year election cycle. “I’m just trying to provide consistency,” he said, adding, “I think voters know what they’re getting.” Pollina is concerned voters will stick with the status quo unless Hallquist is able to articulate a more compelling alternative. “It’s really incumbent upon her to put more ideas on the table, because he’s not going to,” he said.

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t their first debate in the Bennington County state’s attorney’s race, incumbent Erica Marthage and her former deputy, Christina Rainville, didn’t shake hands, exchange pleasantries or make eye contact. From opposite ends of a table, they spent 90 minutes trading insults — some veiled, others not. Toward the end of the debate, a middleage man rose and asked about Rainville’s 2015 departure from the state’s attorney’s office. “We want to know why she left,” he asked. “Did she leave, or did she get fired?” Moderator Sean-Marie Oller, citing personnel confidentiality, prevented the candidates from answering. In an interview later, Rainville said that she was fired. Neither of the candidates — both zealous prosecutors — has a reputation for embracing criminal justice reform. Tough-on-crime Bennington County has at times locked up twice as many people per capita as the statewide average, as Seven Days first documented in 2016. Marthage’s office was known for seeking long sentences and high bail amounts. The jurisdiction still doesn’t have a drug treatment court — a tool most Vermont counties put in place several years ago to help addicts. The American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont is investigating criminal justice practices in Bennington County after receiving complaints about overly aggressive prosecutions, racial bias from local cops and other issues, according to staff attorney Jay Diaz. Seven Days spoke about the contest with five experienced Bennington County criminal defense attorneys who have frequent dealings with the state’s attorney’s office, most of whom were reluctant to go on the record in fear of jeopardizing future plea negotiations. They said little has changed in recent years and pointed the finger at Marthage, who was first elected in 2006. And yet, those same people quietly say they will likely vote for Marthage in November. They are even more fearful of Rainville, who has her own reputation for overly aggressive tactics. “I don’t think Tina Rainville would be suited for the position,” said David Silver, a partner at the Bennington firm BarrSternberg, who agreed to talk on the record. “She doesn’t have good judgment

at all. A prosecutor is supposed to be able to view things objectively on whether or not there is credible evidence that can support the charge. I can’t tell you how many cases she brought that were eventually dismissed when she finally got around to being forced to consider the evidence, or reduced to misdemeanors.” Marthage won the Democratic primary in August, handily fending off a challenge from Dorset attorney Arnie Gottlieb, who promised to bring criminal justice reform to the county. Republicans fielded no candidates and gave Marthage enough write-in votes to hand her the GOP line, too. The total was 2,529 to 2,003. Marthage was poised to coast to reelection when Rainville gathered signatures to run as an independent. Rainville lives in the Windsor County town of Chester and works for the Springfield law firm Ellis Boxer & Blake, mostly on civil cases. She owns a home in Manchester and said she will move there if elected. Given Marthage’s seemingly strong position, some have speculated that Rainville is running out of spite, seizing an opportunity to spend a few weeks bashing her nemesis to anyone who will listen.

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“It has to be something more than just issues,” said Gottlieb, who refuses to endorse either candidate. “It has to be about their past history.” In an interview, Rainville insisted she is in it to win it. She recently unveiled campaign initiatives including a “21-point plan” to combat the opioid crisis. “This is not a personal vendetta by any means,” Rainville said. “People in Bennington County need to know the truth of what’s happening in the state’s attorney’s office.” Marthage did not respond to multiple requests for an interview. But during the debate and in interviews with the Bennington Banner, Marthage has

said her reputation for hard-line tactics is overblown. She has supported a local restorative justice program and reserves harsh sentences for only the most dangerous criminals, she said. She secured an endorsement earlier this year from Attorney General T.J. Donovan, a Democrat who touts himself as a reformer. Donovan said that Marthage has “evolved and now seeks to balance the underlying causes of criminality while maintaining the public safety.” “I’m doing a great job for Bennington County,” she said during the debate. “Most of my largest supporters over the years have been the parents and families of addicts I have helped.” Marthage, 48, spoke in unusually blunt terms about her difficult childhood as the youngest of five siblings in Manchester. Her father was an alcoholic who had trouble holding a job, and her mom worked as a chambermaid, she said. “My parents were regularly choosing between food and the electric bill,” she said. “I was not someone who ever dreamed of ever going to law school … I knew I wanted to live a better life than how I grew up.”

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Marthage described herself as a troubled kid who missed 63 days of school one year. But she went on to graduate from the University of Vermont and the University of Connecticut School of Law. A mother of three, she was first elected state’s attorney in 2006. Rainville, 56, grew up in northern New Jersey. She got her law degree from Northwestern University in 1988. She worked at a Philadelphia law firm and for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission before moving to Vermont in 2005. After a brief stint clerking at the state Defender General’s Office, she went to work for Marthage in 2007. She specialized in prosecuting sex crimes. Candidate Rainville has accused Marthage of laziness. She refers to herself as a “real prosecutor with real accomplishments” who handled serious felony cases for Marthage, including dozens before the Vermont Supreme Court and one that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. In that case, Rainville appealed a Vermont Supreme Court decision overturning a domestic assault conviction against Michael Brillon. The Vermont court said that Brillon’s right to a speedy trial had been violated by repeated delays. But a 7-2 majority on the U.S. Supreme Court found that the prosecution was not to blame and ruled in favor of Rainville — and the State of Vermont. Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the opinion. Back in Vermont, though, Rainville handled numerous felony cases that were dropped, pleaded out for minor convictions on the eve of trial or overturned on appeal, lawyers said. For example, in April 2015, the Vermont Supreme Court reversed one of Rainville’s convictions for lewd and lascivious conduct. She made assertions in her closing argument at trial that were not supported by evidence, the justices ruled, and asked jurors to put themselves in the victim’s shoes. In legal circles, both are considered embarrassing, fundamental errors — posing the “shoes” question is known as violating the “golden rule,” since it is a play for jurors’ sympathy. Rainville noted that Vermont’s Professional Responsibility Board reviewed the case and cleared her of any wrongdoing. But the case that haunts Rainville the most is one she handled before she moved to Vermont. Rainville represented a Philadelphia man, Robert McFarlane, for a time after he was convicted of first-degree murder in 1994. McFarlane appealed and in 2011 got a hearing at which Rainville testified

about her work on his behalf. U.S. District Court Judge Paul Diamond later wrote that she was “not credible,” failed to understand the history of the case and basic rules of appeals, and “offered testimony that was often contradictory, incorrect, or demonstrably false.” McFarlane’s appeal was denied. Rainville said that several weeks before Marthage fired her, she saw a person driving under the influence in Winhall. Rainville informed a Windham County prosecutor involved in the case that her past court appearance in Pennsylvania could potentially pose a problem. “Because I was a witness, that opinion could be used by a lawyer to cross-examine me,” Rainville said in an interview. “It was favorable to the defendant, and it needed to be disclosed.” She insisted that Marthage, along with most of the attorneys in the county, had already known about the Pennsylvania ruling. It’s readily available online. Nonetheless, Rainville said, when Marthage learned she had disclosed the ruling to the prosecutor, her boss fired her. In the Bennington firehouse last week, debate moderators managed to keep that topic off-limits. But little else was. Marthage said she tries to keep drug addicts and the mentally ill out of jail, and she works to expunge some defendants’ records to make it easier for them to find work and rebuild their lives. Rainville disputed that. She said that under Marthage’s watch, prosecutors filed felony charges against young people with little thought to the lifelong burdens that convictions bring. She cited a case in which Marthage charged an 18-year-old man with sexual assault for having sex with a 14-year-old girl. He was sentenced to serve up to five years in prison and will be on the sex offender registry for life, Rainville said. “There is a long history in this office,” Rainville said. “Mrs. Marthage used to say, ‘Make him take a felony so he can’t work again.’” Marthage shook her head. “What Mrs. Rainville just said isn’t true,” she responded. In her closing debate statement, Marthage argued that it was important for a state’s attorney to have “integrity” and that Rainville consistently “manipulated facts and twisted the law.” As the forum came to an end, the candidates walked in opposite directions toward their supporters — and away from each other.

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uis Lázaro Tijerina says he’s no Russian pawn, though the Burlington resident regularly writes for a Moscow-based website linked to the Kremlin. The self-described Marxist intellectual has had 16 stories published by USA Really, a website launched in May by the Federal News Agency, a media venture allegedly funded by an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Last week the New York Times reported that USA Really might be part of the latest — and most overt — Russian tactic to manipulate U.S. elections. The site mostly deals in absurd and inflammatory news and opinion, often written in stilted, strange language that reads as though it’s been fed through Google Translate. It’s one of three Russian publications for which Tijerina has written that are associated with the country’s online influence campaign, according to the Times. But during an interview last week at a Burlington café, Tijerina defended his contributions to the sites as an expression of his own views, not Russia’s. USA Really “gave me the freedom to write what I want,” he said. “They’ve never told me to write in praise of Putin.” His work on USA Really includes articles on very local subjects. He has decried gentrification in Burlington’s Old North End and twice supported a nurses’ strike at the University of Vermont Medical Center. Other stories have dealt with broader topics, including the United States’ military budget and what he described as “America’s soccer monoculture.” Tijerina, who is 72, sported a corduroy coat and neatly combed salt-and-pepper hair. In conversation, he slipped between self-deprecation and condescension. He laughed at the very possibility that he could help the Kremlin influence American elections. At another point, he cut himself off midway through a monologue on Russian history in the 1930s. “This is too complex for you,” he told a reporter. Tijerina said he is not a Putin supporter. He praised Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and called President Donald Trump “a bourgeois Mussolini.” Regardless of Tijerina’s intent, Russians with more sinister motives will happily use and redistribute the news he writes, according to Kevin McKenna,

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a UVM professor of Russian language, culture and literature. Those articles are as useful to them as any covert intelligence gathering. “They don’t need a spy,” he said. “He’s already doing what they want.” Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos, who oversees the state’s elections, said in a statement to Seven Days that he’d never heard of USA Really. He couldn’t speak to whether the site is, in fact, a threat but said any investigation or enforcement would be the feds’ responsibility. “The prospect of a propaganda website, based in Russia and operated by Russian agents, designed to influence U.S. elections is incredibly alarming,” Condos said. Tijerina insisted he’s no propagandist. “I’m a writer, a historian, a published poet,” he said. “How am I a danger to anyone?” Tijerina was born in Kansas to Mexican American parents. His father died when he was 9. The following year, Tijerina read Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, which he said began his lifelong affinity for Russian literature and culture. He attended Kansas State University

on a track-and-field scholarship and met the friends who influenced him to become a poet and a Marxist. He found he spent more time working as a student organizer protesting the Vietnam War than studying, so he dropped out after his junior year. He lived in Québec for two years to escape the draft but in 1975 joined the Army in an effort “to understand more about U.S. imperialism,” he said. After his three-year hitch, Tijerina flitted between places and jobs, moving to Hanover, N.H., then to Seattle. He said he married and divorced and eked out a living by doing clerical work, selling oil paintings and coaching soccer. Luck struck when he moved to Brattleboro in 1990. A mutual acquaintance introduced him to Ruth Dunlap Bartlett, a British actress and an avowed communist who was vacationing in town. Bartlett became a friend and benefactor. She encouraged him to get his master’s degree at the Vermont College of Norwich University in Montpelier. She even bought him a condo in Burlington in 1998 so he could commute to the school. Tijerina

moved to the Queen City and enrolled in the program; he earned a bachelor’s and then a master’s degree in history, in 2000. He wrote his thesis on the Soviet military. For years, Tijerina and Bartlett talked on the phone almost daily, he said. Her parting gift before she died in 2009 was a bust of Joseph Stalin. Tijerina began writing for Russian news sites nearly three years ago, he said, first for Katehon, a Russian think tank backed by the Kremlin, and later for Geopolitica.ru, a website that adheres to the ideology of Aleksandr Dugin, a Russian political philosopher with ties to Putin and known for his fascist beliefs. Both websites have been named by the New York Times as part of a larger Russian media effort to support President Trump and interfere with American elections. Leonid Savin, a former editor of Katehon and an editor at USA Really, asked Tijerina to start writing for the new platform when it launched. The site, originally named “USA Really. Wake up Americans,”

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publishes divisive content reminiscent of the news that Russian bots circulated on social media before the 2016 election. It’s intended to bring attention to “problems that are hushed up by major American publications controlled by the U.S. political elite,” according to an April press release from the Federal News Agency. Articles range from the strange (“Woman Hid Her Mother’s Corpse to Watch the Stages of Death”) and the sensational (“Pregnant Native Woman Murdered by Having Her Baby Cut Out of Her Stomach”) to the politically divisive (“Laughed Off the Planet: Trump Disgraces U.S. at the UN”). But it’s been perfect for Tijerina, who relishes the chance to write without constraints. The website has never turned down a story he’s pitched, nor does it edit his work. Instead, he hires an editor in Philadelphia to review his writing before he sends it in.

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He declined to identify his editor or his contacts in Russia and would not say what he is paid by USA Really. One freelancer told the Times that he received between $50 and $100 a story. Occasionally, an editor will ask for a regional story about Vermont or New England. “They want to know about that specific place for political reasons, economic reasons and social reasons,” Tijerina said. There may be an explanation for that. When it comes to painting a negative picture of the U.S., “an account about chaos, confusion, malfeasance, complaints, inequalities, written by a local Burlingtonian instead of from Moscow or St. Petersburg — that is infinitely more effective,” McKenna said. Russian groups may also “spin off the stories” written by people such as Tijerina and “use that in classrooms, use that in labor unions, use that in reporting to consumers in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia — the likely places that will be the next Ukraine,” he said, referring to Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014. USA Really has been banned from Facebook and Twitter, according to NBC News. Representatives from the site did not respond to a request for comment, but in an interview with the Times, the website’s founder, Alexander Malkevich, denied allegations that he is associated with

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Russian troll farms, the state-sponsored Independents for Senate groups that spread misinformation through inflammatory online posts. Malkevich called the notion that Russia could alter American election outcomes “foolish.” Tijerina is less certain. He acknowledged that “there are those who are possibly agents” and “Russian nationalists” writing for USA Really, Katehon and Geopolitica. According to Tijerina, journalists from both the Times and NPR interviewed him over the summer about his role with the site. He maintains that his answers were so mundane that they didn’t quote him. Tijerina describes himself as a free agent and an outsider, moving between cultures and trying to piece together a livelihood. Since moving to Burlington, Tijerina has local, fresh, original Learn more about our written half a dozen books, including vision for Vermont and poetry and short stories, five of which were published by Ra Press in South Burlington. tell us about yours at He served as a Spanish translator for a 2003 Seven Days story about Mexicans working www.audetralstonvermont.com on dairy farms in Vermont. He receives 1076 Williston Road, S. Burlington Social Security benefits and, to make ends 862.6585 meet, referees youth soccer and rents out a Paid for by Marie Audet & Paul Ralston for VT Senate | P.O. Box 743 | Middlebury, VT 05753 www.windjammerrestaurant.com room in his home. Ken Perine, Treasurer He leaves Burlington to visit Paris or Québec City as often as he can; he has few friends in Vermont, he said, and as a Untitled-40 1 9/27/18Untitled-42 2:11 PM 1 9/17/18 12:39 PM Mexican American Marxist intellectual, he sees himself left on the margins. Tijerina derided the Queen City’s “anti-intellectual” environment saturated with what he called “undercover racism.” That’s partly why he’s found a home writing for Russian publications, NEXT TO THE ESSEX CINEMAS said Alex Gabbrielli, who lives in Virginia and served in the military with Tijerina. SAT, OCT 20 • DOORS 6:30PM “He’s very resentful of white America,” Gabbrielli said of his friend. WELCOMES But Tijerina knows what he’s gotten himself into, Gabbrielli said. “Some of them are probably duped,” he said of other USA Really writers. “I don’t think and his band recreate Luis is duped.” Year of the Cat and his Gabbrielli was quick to say Tijerina is other classic hits in not a Russian spy. But the feds “could still the T-Rex Theater! make things a little sticky” for Tijerina because of the sites he writes for, Gabbrielli suggested. That doesn’t appear to deter the Vermonter. He has completed an unpublished SUN & MON FRI & SAT WED 6:30PM TUE & THU novel about a Mexican American soccer 7-9PM BOSTON OPEN STAGE 7-9PM coach in Barcelona tugged between his LOCAL 10/3 & 10/17 & Russian sympathies and his love for an CLASSIC MUSIC American woman working for the Central NEW YORK BURLINGTON ROCK Intelligence Agency. LEGENDS SONGWRITERS SPORTS MOVIES The story line is “not real,” he said. 10/10 & 10/24 ON THE BIG SCREEN LIVE But, Tijerina added: “You have to use what you know, right?” m

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Underwood, who is taking on GOP Rep. Randy Hultgren in Illinois’ 14th district, said in an email that she was “so surprised” to learn she was on Cohen’s list. Her campaign isn’t involved in running the contest, but Underwood has clearly been thinking about what flavor should represent her. Her district is “one of the largest producers of corn in the country,” she said, so she imagines “a delicious ice cream inspired by our community’s amazing caramel corn.” “One of my favorite name ideas so far is ‘Health Caramel for All,’ a suggestion from one of our volunteers,” Underwood said. While Cohen and Greenfield are using their ice cream fame to support candidates, the company they founded is staying away from the endeavor. “At Ben & Jerry’s, we don’t believe corporations should endorse candidates,” Laura Peterson, the company’s public “elations” manager, wrote in an email. “We are fiercely political, but not partisan. We support issues and policy rather than individuals.” Edward Erikson is helping to coordinate the ice cream campaign. He’s been working as a political consultant on Cohen’s advocacy efforts since 2012, when he joined the Stamp Stampede campaign intended to get corporate money out of politics. Society of Stampers members use a rubber stamp to imprint messages such as “Not to be used for bribing politicians” or “Stamp money out of politics” on paper currency, according to Cohen. “I think Ben was incredibly inspired by Occupy Wall Street and seeing all these people take to the streets to protest income inequality,” Erikson said. Is the stamp campaign in conflict with his current fundraiser? Cohen says no. “The reality is that, in order to change the system, we need to elect people that are going to change the system,” he said. “These candidates have all vowed to do that, and the reality of politics today is that PHOTO IL LUSTRATI ON: KIRSTE N

en Cohen is not shy about making his political views known. The Ben & Jerry ’s cofounder is adamant that left-leaning voters must help flip the U.S. House in November’s midterm elections “as a way of putting the brakes on a Trumpian assault on the values that we hold dear.” That’s a reference to President Donald Trump, whom Cohen says he’s “ashamed to call the president.” So what’s a 67-year-old ice cream icon to do? In partnership with the activist organization MoveOn, Cohen and Ben & Jerry’s cofounder Jerry Greenfield have crafted a plan to help elect congressional candidates who share their progressive values. Naturally, their strategy involves the duo’s signature frozen treat. To be exact: 35 gallons — 280 pints — of ice cream, handmade by Cohen himself, using flavors dreamed up by progressive donors, packed into containers signed by Ben and Jerry. “Pulling out all the stops is essentially cranking up the old ice cream freezer,” Cohen said with a chuckle last Thursday. “That’s what we can offer.” The campaign is designed to help replace seven Republican members of Congress with Democrats chosen for their progressive values: Ammar Campa-Najjar in California, Stephany Rose Spaulding in Colorado, James Thompson in Kansas, J.D. Scholten in Iowa, Lauren Underwood in Illinois, Aftab Pureval in Ohio and Jess King in Pennsylvania. Here’s how it works: Donors who gave money to any of those seven candidates through MoveOn before last Friday’s deadline could submit a flavor name and ingredient profile to the contest. Cohen said he will serve as the “sole judge and jury” and select a winning flavor for each candidate. “I produce 40 pints of that flavor on my home countertop ice cream-making machine,” he said. “They get packed in special containers signed by Jerry and I, the creators.” One of the 40 pints will go to the donor who came up with the winning flavor;

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MoveOn will raffle off the rest to support the candidates. As part of his contribution, Cohen also plans to travel to Iowa, Illinois, Pennsylvania and California to campaign with the candidates and, of course, scoop some ice cream. His first stop is Ames, Iowa, where he’ll unveil the winning flavors for all seven candidates at an October 7 event.

you’ve got to raise a lot of money in order to get elected.” Cohen has also brought his celebrity to the local fight against the U.S. Air Force’s decision to base F-35 fighter jets at Burlington International Airport. In March, Queen City cops arrested him for disorderly conduct after he repeatedly violated the city noise ordinance by blasting the sound of an F-35 from a trailer full of amplified speakers. Cohen doesn’t just take symbolic stands. Since the 2016 election, he’s donated about $10,000 to liberal candidates around the country and to the Wolf-PAC, a political action committee that advocates against corporate money in politics. While Cohen is far more vocal, Greenfield doesn’t stay completely out of the political limelight. The duo jointly introduced Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) at his presidential campaign launch on the Burlington waterfront in 2016. “When Bernie declared that he was running for president, Jerry and I said, ‘We’re gonna do everything we can to support him,’” Cohen recalled, “‘because this is finally a candidate for president that represents our values and represents the best interests of everyday Americans.’” As part of that effort, the duo froze up a special flavor, Bernie’s Yearning, to support their hometown hero. They donated pints to the campaign, which held a contest among supporters for the limited-edition desserts. “It was a media sensation,” said Erikson. The ice cream showed up on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” and “We got a pint to the host of ‘The View’ and they ate it with Bernie Sanders on-air,” Erikson recalled. Cohen is optimistic that the new campaign will bring similar buzz to the seven congressional hopefuls. As with Bernie’s Yearning, Cohen will brand the yet-to-be-named ice cream flavors as Ben’s Best. “My belief is that, potentially, Trump is the best turnout mechanism we have on the left, but we need to utilize this opportunity,” Cohen said. “If we don’t make the calls, if we don’t make the donations, if we don’t show up, we’re just going to go further and further down the hole.” Contact: taylor@sevendaysvt.com

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Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said Brett Kavanaugh’s “answers were not truthful” and that the U.S. Supreme Court nominee was “not believable” in giving sworn testimony last week related to allegations that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a young woman while both were in high school in the 1980s. “I hope, for the sake of the country, he’s not the next justice on the Supreme Court,” Leahy said in his Burlington office Monday morning. “I think it would diminish the court.” Leahy said he’s “never seen anything like this” in Washington, D.C., referring to the past week of testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Christine Blasey Ford, a professor at Palo Alto University, accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in 1982 when she was 15 and he was 17. In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, she said that Kavanaugh held her down on a bed and attempted to remove her clothes, covering her mouth when she tried to scream for help.

At the time, Ovitt said, she thought the student would be found guilty and possibly be expelled, only to then transfer and repeat the behavior at another school. UVM transcripts disclose suspension or dismissal for academic dishonesty or performance but not for misconduct, sexual or otherwise. Under Ovitt’s proposal, which calls for a federal law mandating disclosure, “It would be on the transcript, so it would be something that is known,” Ovitt said. In June, UVM notified Ovitt that the student she accused was found not guilty in the university’s review process. Ovitt says she was devastated. He remains at UVM. “I still see him sometimes, and it’s one of the worst things that ever happens to me,” Ovitt said. “It’s terrible.” The issue is bigger than just her situation, she said. The mandate would make it a lot harder for someone to “hop around” from school to school and repeat sexual misdeeds. “I might be able to help people and prevent [students] from being sexually assaulted,’’ Ovitt said.

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UVM Student Leads Effort to Require Colleges to Disclose Sexual Misconduct A University of Vermont sophomore is leading a national effort to require that colleges disclose on transcripts when a student is suspended or expelled for sexual misconduct. More than 46,000 people have signed the Explain the Asterisk petition at change.org. The title refers to a practice by some colleges of putting an asterisk on transcripts indicating misconduct — but not specifying what kind. The campaign is a personal one for its leader, Syd Ovitt, who says a fellow UVM student raped her last year after they met on Tinder and started dating. She spoke to Seven Days last Thursday, as the confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh galvanized the nation. Christine Blasey Ford testified that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her while they were in high school. Ovitt did not report her allegation to police but did file a complaint with UVM a few months after the incident. She launched the campaign in April, while her sexual assault complaint was being reviewed under UVM’s judicial process. That carries no criminal sanctions but can result in discipline up to expulsion.

Leahy said Ford made an impression when he asked her what she remembers most about that night. “She said, ‘The laughter,’” Leahy recalled. “I tell you, that struck me as what I heard from sexual assault victims. The veracity in her voice [is] what I would bring prosecutions on when I was state’s attorney.” Leahy said President Donald Trump should choose someone else for a lifetime appointment on the nation’s highest court. “[Kavanaugh’s] past record of evasions in hearings, his problems with drinking — there are better people,” Leahy said. “They could have a Republican. They could have a conservative on the Supreme Court, but have somebody the country can respect.” The FBI is investigating Ford’s allegations, and Leahy said he hopes investigators will “talk with everybody” and find some answers. “Let’s get a better understanding of who he is,” Leahy said of Kavanaugh.

Gov. Phil Scott appears to be in violation of the state’s ethics code because of the way he structured the sale of his stake in DuBois Construction, the Vermont State Ethics Commission said in an advisory opinion released this week. During his 2016 campaign for governor, Scott acknowledged that it could create ethical problems for a sitting governor to own a stake in a company that regularly wins state contracts. When Scott won the election, he sold his stake for $2.5 million. But Scott himself financed the sale, which means that he retains a large financial stake in DuBois. He receives monthly loan payments from the firm that totaled $75,000 in 2017. Paul Burns, the executive director of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, said Scott’s attempt to solve one ethical problem created another.

“The governor acted in this situation as the bank himself, which means that he will have an ongoing financial interest in this business for at least 15 years” as DuBois pays off its debt, Burns said. Since the governor appoints the commissioner of the Department of Buildings and General Services, which handles state contracting, Burns said, it’s inappropriate for Scott to have a financial relationship with any state contractors. “When you’ve got a state official who receives payments from a business and that same state official appoints people who can then turn around and give large contracts to that business, it is de facto a conflict of interest,” Burns said. In August, Burns formally requested a ruling from the state’s ethics commission about whether Scott’s arrangement with DuBois was ethical. A spokesperson for Scott did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Tuesday.

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Richard Xavier Chase, a resident of Burlington, Vt., passed away peacefully at the age of 86 on Monday, September 24, 2018, at the University of Vermont Medical Center. He is remembered by his loving wife, Patricia (“Patsy”) Jamieson; his son, Christopher Daniel Chase; his daughter, Melissa Noel Grabau; and his stepson, Matthew Ross Jamieson. He also leaves behind three grandchildren: Christiana Joan Chase, age 17; Rachel Elizabeth Grabau,

age 16; and Callan Jamieson, age 2. Richard was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on August 18, 1932, to Benjamin Francis Chase and Sarah Anne Chase. He served during the Korean

War in the United States Air Force. After an honorable discharge, he went on to complete his undergraduate degree in business at New York University on the GI Bill. Richard then completed his PhD in economics at the University of Maryland. He became a tenured professor of economics at the University of Vermont, where he taught for 30 years and also served several terms as chair of the department. During this time, he mentored students and faculty and published numerous papers in the field of economics. He contributed significantly to economic scholarship, particularly to the history of thought. His particular area of interest was the work of John Maynard Keynes.

Dr. Chase married Joan Lucille Straughsbaugh in 1959. They had two children together: Christopher Daniel Chase, born in 1961, and Melissa Noel Grabau, born in 1965. He was briefly married again before marrying Patsy Jamieson in 1996. They remained happily married for the following 22 years. Patsy faithfully cared for him in his later years and was at his bedside when he passed away. Dr. Chase will be sorely missed by those he leaves behind. He offered wise council, steadiness of mind and the example of maintaining an avid, interested mind until the end. He kept abreast of world events, read books on history and politics, and always had an interesting,

sober take on the unfolding of world events. He remained close to his children and maintained an equally active interest in their lives. He loved travel, history and culture and continued to ski and travel into his late seventies. He was a thoughtful partner to Patsy for many years. A celebration of life will be held in the spring of 2019. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the Visiting Nurse

Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties. On his behalf, the family would like to thank his physicians, particularly Dr. Halle Sobel, as well as nurses and staff at the University of Vermont Medical Center. The family would also like to thank the nurses, physical therapists and social workers at the Visiting Nursing Association for the compassionate care they provided him during his last few years.

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Coming of Age: My Journey to the Eighties Madeleine May Kunin, Green Writers Press, 200 pages. $21.95

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even Days writers can’t possibly read, much less review, all the books that arrive in a steady stream by post, email and, in one memorable case, a skein of loudly honking geese. So this monthly feature is our way of introducing you to a handful of books by Vermont authors. To do that, we contextualize each book just a little and quote a single representative sentence from, yes, page 32. Inclusion here implies neither approval nor derision on our part, but simply: Here are a bunch of books, arranged alphabetically by authors’ names, that Seven Days readers might like to know about.

Vermont’s first — and still only — female governor, MADELEINE KUNIN, was appointed in 1984. The arc of her career has been formidable; she was reelected three times (the only woman in the U.S. to achieve that feat) and went on to serve as U.S. deputy secretary of education under president Bill Clinton, then as U.S. ambassador to Switzerland. Yet this autobiographical volume, which Kunin calls a “coming-into-oldage memoir,” is soft in all the ways that reciting credentials is not. A mixture of smooth, essayistic prose and poetry, Coming of Age is a tender and lucid reflection on what it means to grow older and slow down as a woman who has always been moving. As Kunin, now 85, notes in her foreword, “I … find that I can write differently now than when I was involved in politics. Now my skin has become more translucent. I can be more personal.” And she does relate personal stories, with subjects ranging from falling in love in her seventies to a relationship with the color red that blossomed when she turned 80. In the wake of Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Kunin’s dignified and intimate form of storytelling hits especially hard. In “Finding a Seat,” she elegantly combines complaints about the women’s bathroom line at the FLYNN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS with a sharp memory of crying in a stall after being mocked by male members of the Joint Fiscal Committee. It’s evidence of her brilliance that she can cover matrilineal regimens of seat wiping, a meditation on gendered spatial politics and a triumphant message about women’s advancement in politics in just a few pages. Kunin will discuss and sign the book on Tuesday, October 23, 7 p.m., at the VERMONT BOOK SHOP in Middlebury. R . E . J.

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Black Diamond Fall Joseph Olshan, Polis Books, 304 pages. $26.

It brings him back to a lazy afternoon several months after the tsunami struck Japan, he and Luc sprawled over each other watching the Women’s World Cup. Two real-life events inspired JOSEPH OLSHAN ’s 10th novel: the disappearance of a student at Middlebury College and vandalism at the nearby ROBERT FROST FARM. But the details deviate considerably. Olshan, whose book Clara’s Heart was adapted into a 1988 film starring Whoopi Goldberg and Neil Patrick Harris, has turned out a mystery that is also a story about love and loss. Young Luc Flanders was last seen after a pond-hockey game with friends. The suspicion of foul play drives an investigation, and a pair of detectives thinks Luc’s ex-lover — the much older Sam Solomon — might be involved. Meantime, a parallel narrative looks back, through Sam’s sorrowful reminiscences, at the hidden affair: Luc was not publicly “out.” And other factors are at play, including Luc’s head injury from a sports accident; a jilted, possibly vengeful, girlfriend; and bodybuilder twins, aggressive from testosterone use, whose father once worked for Frost. While Olshan’s character development enriches the novel, its most dramatic event is Sam’s bonebreaking plunge down a dangerous ski trail in Utah — Black Diamond Fall. This will be the ultimate setting for Luc’s anticlimactic fate. P.P.

One Fine Mess Mark Petersen, Dunmore Books, 382 pages. $13.95.

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rom the moment I met her at the airport, I knew Christy Lee Spencer was my kind of woman: Long Island through and through and more than ready to chew the fat with a cabdriver she just met. Think one part Edie Falco, one part Rosie O’Donnell, and with a dollop of Alec Baldwin for the finish — that’s the accent and personality profile. Long Islanders, in my experience, are rarely shy and inhibited. Typically, they are New York City émigrés, and the relocation a couple dozen miles east does little to blunt their Big Apple effervescence or edge. “So, what town did you grow up in?” I asked as we motored south on Route 7. “I think you told me, but I forget.” “Port Washington — that’s on the north shore,” she replied. “Born there and still living there. How about that?” “Unusual, but very cool,” I said with a chuckle. “Will you be vacationing on Lake Dunmore? It’s a lovely spot, but not known as a haven for out-of-staters.” (I was going to say “flatlanders” but checked myself. With its slightly disparaging connotation, I think the term is best reserved for Vermonter-to-Vermonter communication.) “Well, the camp has been in the family for a couple generations. My husband’s grandfather purchased it years and years ago. Oh, excuse me — I need to take this call.” “Yes, Angela,” she spoke into her cellphone. “That’s OK, it’s no bother whatsoever. I want you to call. And don’t worry about Norm’s reaction — he’s just getting used to you. Try the canned peaches. He likes that in the afternoon.”

“That was my husband’s new caretaker,” she explained after clicking off. “Norm’s at the point where he needs constant assistance. It was a big deal, me coming up here for the weekend, but my kids insisted on it.” “What’s his condition, if I can ask?” “He has aphasia and associated dementia. The irony is, Norm was always healthy as a horse. He played just about every sport, including college hockey and barefoot water-skiing, of all things. The doctors can’t say for sure, but my intuition is that all the blows to the head he sustained as an athlete brought on his illness. It’s been nearly 10 years now.”

really — pressured me to split up with him. Both of my parents are Italian — Sicilian, if you know all that entails — and they were set on me marrying an Italian. Norm, God love him, is a total WASP.” “But love conquered all?” I asked. “It did. My father died when I was 16, and my mother changed her tune. ‘Love is all that matters, Stellina.’ That was her pet name for me. ‘If you love Norm,’ she told me, ‘then never let him go.’ And, despite these last 10 challenging years, I don’t regret a thing. We’ve had a glorious life together.” In sickness and in health, ’til death do us part, I mouthed the words silently.

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THEIR FACES ALIVE WITH JOY AND EXCITEMENT. “And you take care of him in your home?” “Yes, me and our three daughters, ages 32, 35 and 37. Luckily, they all live in the area and pitch in every way they can. They’ll be at the camp this weekend with the grandkids. Earlier in the week they all drove up. “My girls are such dolls. Last month, for my birthday, they took me into the city to see Billy Joel at the Garden. Billy’s my absolute favorite singer. You know, we call him ‘the pride of Long Island.’” “Oh, I like that — ‘the pride of Long Island,’” I said. Though I’ve never been a big Billy Joel fan, I did understand his appeal. Changing the subject, I asked, “So, how’d you and Norm meet?” “We were childhood sweethearts. But my mother and father — the whole family,

Marriage is about a lot of things, but that might be the most meaningful portion of the vows. No one gets out of this life alive, as they say. To be blessed with a loving companion, someone you can count on to take hold of your hands and look you in the eyes when you’re at your most frightened and vulnerable — that is truly the tender mercy that only love can bestow. In Vergennes, we drove past the extensive solar field, one of the largest of its kind in the state, if I recall correctly. Christy Lee, meanwhile, was regaling me with tales of her nine grandchildren, “the most gorgeous children in the world” in her studied judgment. “What did you and Norm do for work?” I asked. “Oh, I still work!” Christy Lee made

clear. “I teach fourth graders. Norm was also a teacher. He taught science to middle schoolers and was a gifted teacher. His kids loved him. A number of them still stay in touch.” Just south of East Middlebury, we turned onto Route 53 heading east. Soon Lake Dunmore came into view, bordered by a plethora of mostly rustic cabins — none of which you would call ramshackle, but not a one approaching opulence. To the left was the Kampersville Campground, with its iconic giant wooden squirrel beckoning passing vacationers. We turned onto a side road and approached the Spencer family camp. It was one of the larger and nicer properties, with white clapboards, blue trim and a rambling, screened porch. The yard was littered with all manner of toys, mostly big ones — summer toys — made of brightly colored plastic. From the sandy lakefront, just 50 yards away, the family spotted us pulling in the driveway. Little ones began running up the hill, their faces alive with joy and excitement. “Nonna, Nonna, Nonna!” they yelled, bursting with glee. Christy Lee jumped out of the front seat. “I’m here!” she exclaimed, her arms open wide, ready for the precious tumble of hugs. m All these stories are true, though names and locations may be altered to protect privacy.

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preceded three years ago by the departure of Rabbi Joshua Chasan after 25 years at Ohavi Zedek Synagogue. Amy Small succeeded him in early 2016 to become rabbi of Vermont’s largest congregation. “When synagogues go through transitions, people rethink what they’re doing,” said Leff, a board member at Temple Sinai. “[Congregants] leave and come.” In addition, a congregation formed three years ago in the Old North End, Ruach haMaqom, led by Rabbi Jan Salzman. This makes six active Jewish groups in the Burlington area, by Leff ’s count, including two Chabad congregations and

Edleson believes the synagogue needs a “spiritual center” at its core. “I think there’s a need for Judaism to find that balance between the culture and the spirituality, between tradition and innovation,” he said during a conversation in his office. He intends to focus on relationships over programming and “to take the time to help people learn to pray.” Since his 1990 graduation from Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion in Manhattan, where he was a member of the first class of openly gay and lesbian rabbis to receive ordination, Edleson had never, until now, been

“I happen to really enjoy the mix of different people,” Edleson said. “I learned a lot about how to navigate the differences [from] these communities.” Most recently, Edelson was a summer rabbi in the White Mountains. David Goldstone, president of the 98-year-old Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation, called Edleson “the gold standard of rabbis.” He recalled a Sabbath at which Edleson sang prayer songs to the tunes of Broadway musicals. “He’s got tremendous energy, and he’s a very warm human being,” Goldstone said. “He’s got a partner as well loved as he is:

the full-time leader of a conventional congregation. “I’ve never been a career-move type of person,” he said. “It’s not how I think.” For more than 20 years, including after his move to Vermont, Edleson was rabbi for the Hebrew Association of the Deaf in Manhattan, conducting services, praying, counseling people and playing cards with them in sign language. A lover of languages, he learned signing from an 80-year-old Russian man and found the language to be “almost a form of music.” Edleson was a member of — and led services for — a congregation founded in 1973 called Beit Simchat Torah in NYC. The group — “complex, loving and vibrant,” in his words — encompassed closeted Hasidim, lesbians and gay men, drag queens and transgender people. It convened in those days in the basement of an artists’ community in Greenwich Village.

two wonderful human beings for the price of one.” In his three months at Temple Sinai, Edleson has built, with Owings, a gaga ball pit for kids; learned people’s names; asked for God’s blessing “on these exhausting and relentless Jewish holidays”; and collaborated with Ohavi Zedek on one holiday celebration and Ruach haMaqom on another. At a Yom Kippur service, he acknowledged to his congregation the difficulty some people have “stepping into prayer.” Then he helped to guide them. “Each of you can find a way into what it is you find sacred,” Edleson said. “Pray for the New Year. Pray for forgiveness. Pray for what it is that is in your heart.” Edleson has introduced a repertoire of music that combines traditional and modern pieces “with respect for all,” said

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“Sometimes you have to leave home to come home,” Edleson, 57, said. “To find out how to make Judaism work for me personally, other traditions were actually deeply helpful.” Edleson started July 1 as rabbi of the Reform synagogue, where he succeeds James Glazier, who retired after 37 years. He said he intends to embrace and provide meaningful service to a broad community of people. “I’m trying to make room for both faith and skepticism, because I think one without the other is missing something,” he said. “In fact, I think one without the other is even dangerous. People who just believe and don’t question can easily turn toward versions of authoritarianism and intolerance. But skepticism just by itself — without a sense of the human spirit — can really lead to a low view of humanity.” In its national search for a rabbi, the congregation employed marketing and organizational tools more commonly used by business and government. The process involved surveying and assessing the needs of the congregation through focus groups and other means. The data showed why members left and what would bring them back, said Paula Cope, president and CEO of the consulting firm Cope & Associates and a member of the search process. A key finding was that the congregation wanted a rabbi “who can be part of the community and not just lead the synagogue,” she said. “Temple Sinai has always been very active with social justice issues.” The search culminated with Edleson, whom Cope said is “everything we ever dreamed of and more.” He was teaching at Community College of Vermont, working at a seasonal congregation in Bethlehem, N.H., reading Hebrew-language novels, playing guitar, cooking and gardening at the “little Vermont hippie house” that he and his husband, Tim Owings, built on a hillside in Lincoln 24 years ago. Onetime high school sweethearts in small-town Georgia, the two were joined by civil union in 2001 and married three years ago over dinner at Leunig’s Bistro & Café. Flower gardens surround their house, and a set of silvery-green Nishiki willows grows out back. A pair of hens bops around, so free range that Edleson can’t find their eggs. A fire circle and a handdug pond form small hangouts. On snowy days, Edleson and Owings often park at the bottom of the hill and walk up their long driveway. With his new position, Edleson is suddenly a regular commuter. His leadership at Temple Sinai coincides with a greater transition in the local Jewish community, said Susan Sheckler Leff, director of Jewish Communities of Vermont. Glazier’s retirement was

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the Hillel at the University of Vermont. In all, she said, there are about 600 participating Jewish families, 200 of whom belong to Temple Sinai. “My philosophy is that we’re all Jews together and that there’s plenty of universal ideas, and doing things together strengthens everyone,” Leff said. “David is very, very interested in collaborative programming.”

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Keeping the Faith « P.33 Mark Leopold, who has been lay cantor at the temple for 52 years. On Rosh Hashanah, Leopold sang Leonard Bernstein’s “Simple Song” with accompaniment from the rabbi on flute and Wendy Valastro on piano. “Before Rabbi Edleson came, it never occurred to me that I could go to YouTube and find Jewish music,” said Leopold, 66. “Now I do it all the time.” Edleson’s belief that “Judaism can’t be a spectator sport” is playing out at the temple. During a recent Sabbath, one congregant halted the singing of a psalm to explain how it should be sung: “This is something I’ve been dying to say for years,” Bruce Chalmer said from his chair. After the service, Chalmer talked about Edleson’s influence at Temple Sinai. “What’s so amazing about David’s being here is how the place has so come alive,” he said. “The spirit of this synagogue has been revitalized with the coming of Rabbi Edleson.”

The experience at Chattooga High School in Summerville, Ga., compelled him to explore Judaism and the meaning of being Jewish in greater depth. “It drove me right to the rabbi, where I started studying,” he said. Edleson left Georgia for the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va., where he majored in comparative literature and became president of the campus Hillel. When he graduated in December 1982, Edleson loaded his Pontiac Sunbird and drove to Georgia to be with Owings, then an architecture student at the Georgia Institute of Technology. (Owings was an architect before switching careers to

Yet at Hebrew Union College, Edleson was uncertain he would be ordained because he was gay. So he and some half dozen other students formed a group called Hineinu, which is Hebrew for “here we are.” Edleson designed the group’s graphic image — a door partway open. At his home in Lincoln, he retains Hineinu’s printed literature from three decades ago that the organization distributed at Passover. It reads in part: “Soon we will celebrate Pesah[,] our festival of freedom and human dignity. As gay and lesbian students at HUC, we are not free to openly express our identity and lives, nor are we granted the dignity that comes from such expression. Realizing

“[Ordination] meant a level of acceptance that we didn’t ever fully believe was possible,” Wiener said by telephone from NYC. “We could transmit and receive the tradition that we love and teach without having to shut part of ourselves down. The diversity of families in the Jewish community,” she added, “was going to be represented not just in the pews but everywhere.” While engaged in activism and rabbinical studies, Edleson and his friends were living with the collective terror and grief of the AIDS epidemic of 1980s NYC. At his Village synagogue, Edleson sensed that the Jewish ritual for mourning the dead — reciting the Kaddish — was inadequate

become a hair stylist. His salon in Burlington is called Mister Lanier.) “I moved in with Tim then, and that was it,” Edleson said. Owings converted to Judaism, and the couple moved to Jerusalem for two years, where Edleson began rabbinical school. He had considered doctoral studies in comparative literature but ultimately was drawn to the interdisciplinary curriculum of a rabbinical educational: literature, history, language, philosophy. Edleson wrote his thesis on how modern Israeli literature reinterprets Judaism. He thought he’d teach and be a Hillel rabbi on a college campus.

that if we are not for ourselves, no one will be for us, we have formed Hineinu.” The document delineates the organization’s goals, including “[to] mobilize student support for: the admission and ordination of openly gay & lesbian students at HUC, fighting discrimination and homophobia at HUC; a CCAR [Central Conference of American Rabbis] resolution recognizing the validity of gay and lesbian rabbis.” The effort was a success. Edleson and classmate Nancy Wiener, now a professor at HUC, were ordained in May 1990. Still, a prominent faculty member declined to sign Edleson’s ordination certificate, he said.

relative to the siege and toll of AIDS, then a fatal illness. “It started to feel like a formality that didn’t relate to the magnitude of the horror,” Edleson said. “You’d have a roomful of people starting to sob — that’s meaningful — and then you read this thing in Aramaic. “When something horrific is happening,” Edleson continued, “the liturgy doesn’t change quickly and easily to meet that need.” Making their own rituals, gay spirituality groups would leave NYC to camp out in the woods together, light bonfires and form a heart circle. “People would scream,” Edleson remembered.

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Edleson was born in Tennessee and raised in Georgia, the youngest of three siblings. His family moved routinely for his father Bert’s management career in military weapons contracts. Edleson attended eight schools in 12 years. His mother, Ann, was a surgical nurse with an interest in public health and women’s reproductive issues. She left work every day when her kids were young to take them out of their public school classrooms during the Christian devotional. “I always appreciated her fierceness,” Edleson said. When he was in seventh grade, his mother suggested that he’d enjoy school more if he took band instead of shop and physical education; she arranged for him to get out of those classes. “It’s because I was gay,” Edleson said. “She knew it at some level.” He had played piano since age 4 and later added woodwinds — clarinet, flute and piccolo. He became drum major in the marching band. But in 10th grade, when he was kicked out of the band for being Jewish, his mother directed Edleson to handle the situation on his own. The band director told the teen that, at a meeting of band parents — Edleson’s were not in attendance — the adults decided they were not comfortable with “a Jew leading the band down Main Street,” he recalled. In talking with the principal about the matter, Edleson called the band director, who denied the incident, a liar. And for that, Edleson was expelled from school. (The punishment was subsequently revoked.)

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In 1991, Edleson and Owings left the city to live on a kibbutz in southern Israel with the intention of staying there. But when things didn’t work out as planned, the couple returned after a year to NYC. Edleson resumed his work with the Hebrew Association of the Deaf. But he grew increasingly interested in moving away, as many of the couple’s friends had, to live in the country. “After the worst of the crisis is over, some of the trauma starts to emerge,” he said. “New York became really just haunted. We had a lot of friends die.” Edleson had studied Russian at Middlebury Language Schools and vacationed with his family in Vermont. He started to spend time with friends living in Northfield, and he and Owings decided to look for a place in the Green Mountain State.

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It was his mother who spotted the ad for 30 acres and a basement in Lincoln. Though Edleson and Owings had been focusing their search on a house in Franklin County — between Burlington and Montréal — they agreed to look at the Lincoln land. They made an offer on it the next day. “I naïvely felt that, as a white man in the empire, we could make it work,” Edleson said. First, they had to build their house. The project started on Halloween in 1994, when the couple moved from Brooklyn to a steep hillside with a partial dwelling that consisted of a concrete basement and some interior framing but no roof. The men set up a tent on subflooring, then raised another tent over the first one. They hung plastic sheeting over their double tent to construct a kind of

cocoon that faced the woodstove. They rigged up makeshift sluices to catch rain and snow from the leaky sub-roof they banged together, directing the water into garbage cans. They put up drywall and installed insulation, made two bedrooms and nailed up siding. They sited a big window on the east wall for a marvelous view of Mount Abraham. “It was the dumbest thing we ever did,” Edleson said of building a home. He worked for a time in administration at Vermont CARES, an AIDS/HIV advocacy nonprofit in Burlington, and taught literature and religion courses (among others) at CCV. Edleson also served from 1999 to 2007 as a dean at Middlebury College, where he taught courses in the religion department. As a commons dean, working with students in their residential communities, he and other such deans are a “designated port in the storm” for students, said Matt Longman, a commons dean and former colleague of Edleson’s. By being open about his life story and bringing his experience to his work at Middlebury, Edleson was able to make meaningful connections with students, Longman said, adding that the dean also helped plan events and participated with enthusiasm and a sense of fun. “David was quite masterful at creating a safe space,” Longman said. “He was really artful at knowing what question to ask to bring out an honest and timely next step in the conversation. David is someone who brings his full self to anything he’s involved with — and that includes the strength of his voice and opinion.” Last November, Edleson applied to be rabbi at Temple Sinai. In doing so, he talked about his interest in making “a vibrant spiritual community.” Let them say no, he thought, elaborating that he owed it to himself to apply: “That was my big spiritual growth.” Edleson was thrilled to be selected and said he’s at a “lucky place” in his life. “I feel a little like Sally Field,” he said, referring to Field’s remark when she won an Oscar in 1984: “You like me!” Yet he’s thinking in broader terms. “Liking me is great,” Edleson said. “But if I don’t use my position to get people to connect with each other, then it’s not a community. In this day and time, connecting is powerful and deeply needed.” m Contact: sally@sevendaysvt.com

INFO Learn more at templesinaivt.org. David Edleson’s formal installation as rabbi at Temple Sinai is on November 30.

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Notice of Public Hearing Pursuant to 30 V.S.A. §§ 8, 10, and 248 GMP/248-Essex Solar/Storage Project On August 13, 2018, GMP-Essex Solar/Storage LLC filed a petition for a certificate of public good, pursuant to 30 V.S.A. § 248, authorizing the construction and operation of a 4.5 MW photovoltaic electric generation facility at off of River Road in Essex, Vermont in Essex, Vermont. The Commission is reviewing this petition in case number 18-2902-PET. (Additional information regarding the petition is available on the Public Utility Commission’s website at www.epuc.vermont.gov) You are hereby notified that a Hearing Officer of the Vermont Public Utility Commission, John J. Cotter, Deputy General Counsel, will conduct a Public Hearing on the petition on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at the Town of Essex/Village of Essex Junction Offices, 1st Floor Conference Meeting Room, 81 Main Street, Essex Junction, VT 05452. The public hearing will commence at 6:45 P.M., or immediately following, a presentation beginning at 6:30 P.M., to be hosted by the Vermont Department of Public Service where Green Mountain Power Corporation will describe the project and be available to answer questions about project details. The above hearing location is handicapped accessible. Any person with a disability who wishes to attend and will need special accommodation should contact the Public Utility Commission (802-828-2358) by no later than October 5, 2018 if they will need that accommodation. If you are unable to attend the public hearing, you may submit written comments using the Public Utility Commission’s website at www.epuc.vermont.gov, via email to puc.clerk@vermont.gov, or via regular mail sent to Vermont Public Utility Commission, 112 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05620-2701. Please include the case number 18-2902-PET when submitting written comments.

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Feminist Economics

BOOKS

Book review: Screwnomics: How Our Economy Works Against Women and Real Ways to Make Lasting Change by Rickey Gard Diamond B Y CH ARL OT T E D ENNET T

s a result of the #MeToo movement, Americans have learned that sexual harassment and assault are pervasive problems, generally rooted in the inequality of power between women and men. The stark contrast in reactions to that dynamic was on dramatic display during last week’s testimony from U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. But another realm of exploitation has yet to get the airing it should, and it lies at the heart of women’s oppression. Economic dependence on men looms large not only in the workplace and political arena but also at home, where it often keeps women from leaving their abusers. Vermonter Rickey Gard Diamond has taken up this subject with gusto in her recent book Screwnomics: How Our Economy Works Against Women and Real Ways to Make Lasting Change. Diamond is a founding editor of Vermont Woman, which began publishing in 1985, when a campaign to pass a Vermont Equal Rights Amendment to the Vermont Constitution was in full swing. The ERA campaign was an eye-opener to many because it exposed the realities of economic and political discrimination against women. We learned, for example, how insurance companies — which quietly funded anti-ERA groups — benefited from charging women higher fees for hospital services such as maternity care. Ultimately, the Vermont ERA narrowly failed, and probing discussions of gender inequality faded away. Picking up that topic, Screwnomics offers a guided tour, complete with cartoon illustrations, through “No-Woman’s Land” and an economic system that deliberately obscures certain realities by describing them in language only elites understand. “Economic secrets,” Diamond writes, are “hidden right under our noses, when we don’t speak the language.” She introduces some of that language in a glossary of terms and in “unpacked definitions” throughout the book. 36

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And Diamond does it with irony and humor. Did you know that the word “bond” derives from “bondage”? That “mortgage” is French for “dead-pledge,” meaning that the property is bound to the creditor until paid in full, released “only when the pledge is dead”? Or how about a more realistic definition of credit cards as “debt cards”? Most adults would be hard-pressed to come up with cogent definitions of margin calls, mortgage securities, collateral debt obligations or derivatives. All Greek to you? Diamond convinces us these terms shouldn’t be, because understanding them helps explain how we got into one of the biggest economic crises in modern history. Many Americans still have not fully recovered from the 2008 meltdown. The author eases us into the world of “EconoMan,” described as “the pale male voice of money and privilege.” Diamond bravely confronts this divide, not in dry academic fashion but using personal stories, many drawn from her own life. She describes what it was like to grow up poor with a single mom who worked hard to provide for her family, clinging to the notion that “we all make choices and have to live by them” — but without questioning who was ultimately in charge of the options. Diamond came to realize that “sometimes grown-up choices weren’t between good and bad but between bad and horrible … Good was not even an option sometimes. The guys in charge made choices for you, and they could make choices you didn’t want” — such as low pay, tolerance for racism and sexism, and the Vietnam War. In the 1980s and early ’90s, Diamond finally found some measure of economic security with her modest college-teaching salary and her husband’s small online music business. “I knew nothing about Wall Street and [the] Glass-Steagall Act, or what … investment bankers were up to,” she writes. (In brief, the 1932 legislation separated commercial and investment banks.) Still, being only a few paychecks away from disaster, she understood how it is

possible to go broke from an illness, disability, job loss or divorce. Cuts in college salaries, digitization of music, and the internet revolution and its emphasis on “free” information (to the detriment of creators) reinforced in Diamond the notion that her own ongoing struggles “were not exceptional.” Meanwhile, President Bill Clinton’s final gutting, in 1999, of the already weakened Glass-Steagall Act gave bankers profits in the billions, fostered reckless lending policies and eventually contributed to the 2008 crash. Screwnomics explains all of this through the stories of female whistleblowers such as Brooksley Born, who specialized in derivatives law at a Washington, D.C., law firm before heading the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. She apparently lost sleep over the lack of regulation she witnessed. “No federal or state public official had any idea what was going on,” Born told the investigative television series “Frontline,” “so enormous leverage was permitted, enormous borrowing.” In 2006, Sheila Bair, then head of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, tried to warn her male colleagues (including Treasury secretary Hank Paulson) about the increasing number of troubled banks, to no avail. Bair concluded in her own 2013 book, Bull by the Horns: Fighting to Save Main Street From Wall Street and Wall Street From Itself, that guys did not appreciate her “playing in the same sandbox.” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who oversaw the 2008 Troubled Asset Relief Program bailout, described the same problem in her 2014 memoir A Fighting Chance. “Women from both parties reported being dismissed and discounted by EconoMan colleagues on Wall Street and [in] Washington,” Diamond concludes. She even dares to critique a fundamental tenet of capitalism: reliance on competition. “EconoMan finds competition unerringly good,” Diamond writes. “By

contrast, biologists find competition a state that brings harm to species.” Describing a field trip to Cape Cod to study horseshoe crabs, she shares her discovery of adaptation and equilibrium in the natural world. “[E]quilibrium within an ecology results when species efficiently interrelate and reproduce only enough offspring to sustain members.” In stark contrast, Diamond writes, “the division between human economics and a living environment” in our society is “as false and convenient as the old, twogendered-spheres doctrine of work, divisions benefitting only EconoMan.” As a result, the Earth is increasingly endangered by “inefficiencies” such as climate change, overfishing and pollution. The point Diamond drives home in myriad ways is that human survival — not just our economic survival — is at stake. She strives to get women talking to women — “EconoGirlfriends” — about the themes in the book, a sort of modern-day version of the consciousness raising of the 1960s and ’70s. At the end of each chapter, she provides conversation starters on topics such as the unforeseen cost of rearing children, money stories women are willing to share (or not), and the experience of foreclosure. Diamond even produced a hands-on workbook that further explains potential avenues for making change. One of those avenues is the creation of a state bank, drawing on the Bank of North Dakota’s successes in better serving communities and avoiding a 2018 meltdown. Screwnomics is an approachable book on a previously unapproachable subject. For anyone who wants to challenge EconoMan’s sphere of influence, it is a must-read.

INFO Screwnomics: How Our Economy Works Against Women and Real Ways to Make Lasting Change by Rickey Gard Diamond, She Writes Press, 320 pages. $19.95.

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Unfrozen in Time

ART

Shelburne Museum reconsiders the region in a New England biennial B Y R A CHEL EL I ZABETH J ONES

hen one thinks of the Shelburne Museum, one may think first of its iconic red Round Barn, or quilts, or the prodigious gardens, or just the pleasure of stepping through time in its historic buildings. Straddling past and present, the museum is one of Vermont’s — and New England’s — foremost cultural destinations. The Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, opened in 2013, enabled the museum to engage further not only with its formidable collection but with contemporary art writ large, and to do so yearround. The museum is now positioned to play a pivotal role in shaping what defines the region’s character — precisely the objective of its new initiative, the “New England Now” biennial. Organized by assistant curator Carolyn Bauer and director Tom Denenberg, the inaugural exhibition opened September 15. It features large-scale paintings and photographs that contend with shifted, and shifting, views of the New England landscape. Approaching these 30 works from 13 regional artists (five from Vermont, all but one living), viewers may find themselves challenged — and perhaps pleasantly surprised — by the show’s underlying rejection of spotless pastoralism and quaintness. “I’ve been waiting for a rebuttal,” said Bauer in a recent interview about the show. “[Someone saying], ‘That’s depressing. It’s too gritty, it’s too real. Where are those covered bridges?’ It’s surprised me that I’ve yet to have this conversation.” Instead of cows and covered bridges, the show proffers trailer parks and wind turbines, gas stations and bird’s-eye views of floodlit parking lots. This is not to say beauty is forsaken, just that it’s not the only aspect of life in the northeastern U.S. to which the selected artists give their attention. Geeda Searfoorce, the museum’s marketing and communications manager, described visitors as leaving with the sense of having encountered “unexpected beauty.” Maine painter Linden Frederick’s “Trio,” for example, is a photorealistic canvas that captures three almost anthropomorphic trailers set against the woods at twilight. Its content and tone speak simultaneously of cozy hominess and rural, end-of-the-road isolation. 38

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”Tractor and Ag-Bags” by Altoon Sultan

The focus of the biennial’s inaugural show remains the perennial Vermont topic of land. Or, in Bauer’s words, “If we’re doing New England as a region, we should start with land.” In that respect, the museum picks up a pattern: “New England Now” launches the same year that Burlington City Arts opted to discontinue its annual place-themed “Of Land & Local” series, established by former BCA curator DJ Hellerman in 2012. Like many Shelburne Museum exhibitions, the show is divided into several broad categories: urban expansion, industrialization, rural repose and new neighborhoods. Painting and photography are the only mediums represented, through artists such as Vermont painters Peter Fried and Altoon Sultan, Vermont photographer Jim Westphalen, New York and Maine painter Yvonne Jacquette, and Maine photographer Elke Morris. The juxtaposition of the two mediums, Bauer and Denenberg said, happened almost by accident. “[That] wasn’t something that I saw coming,” said Denenberg. “[But] we’re all willing to give a lot of space to the serendipity of the checklist.” Future “New England Now” exhibitions, Bauer suggested, may even be themed by medium. “We elected to make [this] a curated project,” Denenberg continued, “because we wanted to have more of a relationship with the artists and not just make it a cattle call, which is what juried shows can be.”

“CITGO Rt. 7” by Peter Fried

For his part, the director said he has wanted to establish a recurring exhibition series since he joined the museum in 2011. Maine’s Portland Museum of Art, where he previously worked as chief curator, had its own biennial. Denenberg also cited the influence of the “MATRIX” exhibitions of contemporary works at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Conn., a series that began in 1974. “I’m a big believer in the idea of a branded series,” said Denenberg. “What I realized years later [about the “MATRIX”

shows] was that people recognized the name of the series even when they didn’t recognize the artist.” Though much remains to be determined, Bauer and Denenberg confirmed that the next overarching “New England Now” theme will involve the region’s people. “That show’s going to get rough,” Denenberg said, noting the potential for the documentary and ethnographic traditions and the opioid crisis to make visitors uncomfortable.

“Trio” by Linden Frederick

“MBNA (Credit Card Co) Parking Lots” by Yvonne Jacquette

Crucial to Bauer and Denenberg is the biennial’s identity as a regional affair. “[It’s about] New England, and we mean it — rather than just the Vermont biennial,” Denenberg declared. “We spend a lot of time thinking we’re sui generis in Vermont.” He described his growing understanding of “micro-regions” within New England. “Northern New England has a lot of affinity to Maine,” Denenberg said, intimating that a north/south divide could inform future iterations of the biennial. “The visual sensibilities of [Maine’s] Linden Frederick … play very well with [Vermont’s] Kathleen Kolb,” he noted. “I was tickled by [discovering] the

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micro-region of northern New England within the bigger region.” As Denenberg put it, “I would argue that the whole global economy … has maybe divorced us a little bit from the idea of region. But I would argue that makes understanding the idea of region all the more important.” m Contact: rachel@sevendaysvt.com

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Holding On

Theater review: Two Trains Running, Weston Playhouse B Y A L E X BROW N

THEATER

hoping, demanding or wailing that he receive the ham promised him for painting the butcher’s fence. Almost everyone gives Wolf a daily dollar to play the numbers and looks to spiritual figures for guidance, hoping an outside force can help them. Love and death trickle through the characters’ stories, almost hidden in the details. Director Reginald L. Douglas gives full weight to the comedy Wilson embedded in the play. The production bubbles with laughter as the characters steer through their troubles with humor. But Douglas is equally adept at showing sparks of romance and building somber moments, and he has helped this ensemble work beautifully together. Cary Hite gives Wolf a cool ease. But even leaning back in a chair with his hiplength leather jacket hanging open, he shows the pressure Wolf feels as his eyes scan the room beneath the cap slouched over his eyes. As Hambone, Beethovan Oden carves out a character by filling his starkly limited lines with emotion and drive. Hambone’s life is oddly inspiring to everyone, who find joy in his ceaseless hope. Guiesseppe Jones, as Holloway, is as vivid when listening as he is speaking. Holloway doles out philosophical musings

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that the other characters generally ignore, but his role is not so much to persuade as to observe. Jones is simply superb as he responds without words, keeping the character always open to the world. Raphael Peacock, as Memphis, eases into long bouts of storytelling with pleasure that can infect the audience. He brings out all the character’s humor but misses the chance to capture Memphis’ ache to know that life has proved him right. Eboni Flowers, as Risa, finds a playful side to a character who also carries a dark reserve of anger. With an expressive face, she hides behind her coffee cup taking everything in, looking for a reason to drop her guard. Lawrence Evans, as West, shows dignity and drive, keen to believe he deserves all he has. As Sterling, Bernard Gilbert jangles with impulsiveness from his first entrance. Gilbert keeps him alternating between hot-blooded energy and slinky calm, pouring himself on a stool at the counter then springing up as if he needs a big drink of danger. Scenic designer Alexander Woodward has created a richly detailed diner with booths tucked into window bays, a lunch counter and a cheerful strip of light-blue paint defining the room’s upper moldings. With working period lights and a vintage jukebox, the space has an authentic, wellworn feel. The audience is seated so close that they’re nearly inside the diner, part of the neighborhood. The definition of community might be people who argue but never stay angry. That’s what Wilson has created in colloquial but intensely crafted language, and it’s what this impressive production now offers audiences. m COURTESY OF HUBERT SCHRIEBL

eading a play is a chance to respond to the words; watching a play is a chance to discover that words are actions. Dialogue spoken onstage shows the effect of words on people, and playwright August Wilson is a master at using everyday language to reveal the emotional depth of a story through characters who listen as much as they speak. Meaning registers in the reactions. In Weston Playhouse’s magnificent production of Wilson’s Two Trains Running, vibrant performances fill a commonplace diner with seven memorable characters. The play is a choral portrait of an African American neighborhood in the ’60s, a harmony of voices work- From left: Beethovan Oden, Bernard Gilbert, Raphael ing out their complaints — and Peacock, Eboni Flowers, Cary Hite and Guiesseppe Jones laughing as they engage in that never-ending search for what might be right in the world even when so for a job seems slapdash to Memphis but much is wrong. stretches Sterling to his limit. Set in 1969, as urban renewal is marchTwo Trains Running takes place the ing through Pittsburgh’s Hill District, the year after Martin Luther King Jr. was play takes place in the diner but describes assassinated and four years after the the neighborhood. Memphis, owner of the death of Malcolm X. The Black Power restaurant and building, has to negotiate a movement is carrying the push for civil deal with the city, which plans to raze the area. Down the street is the funeral parlor whose owner, West, has been buying up property for years and is still hoping to make a deal with Memphis before the city does, so West can leverage the larger chunk into more money. Memphis has watched the neighborhood decay. He used to do great business but now serves only a few diehards and those with no better place to go. But these rights forward. Inside the declining diner, regulars have a strong sense of commu- politics aren’t directly spoken. The subtle nity, and Memphis’ café is a vital gather- differences between the older characters’ ing place. Wolf runs his numbers game complacence and the tense expectations using the diner’s phone, creating a risk of the younger ones percolate through the Memphis doesn’t want to take with the anecdotes they tell. law. It’s a daily dispute, and Wolf goes right Memphis believes that hard work will on answering the phone. Holloway stops get you a business; for Sterling, hard work in to read the paper over a cup of coffee. is impossible when no one will give him Risa, the cook and waitress, makes sure a chance. For Wolf, running numbers for the mentally challenged Hambone has a a white family that routinely cheats the bowl of beans each day. winners is simple practicality. And for Fresh from prison, the stranger Sterling West, financial success is the only thing drops in for a meal, bursting with energy. that compensates for the loss of his wife. He sticks around for the company and Each character craves something just the chance to flirt with Risa. His search out of reach. Hambone won’t give up

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Behind the counter at Burlington’s Dedalus, John O’Brien talks curds and more BY H ANNAH PAL ME R E GAN

n a warm but overcast afternoon last week, John O’Brien had his eyes on the door at Dedalus Wine Shop, Market & Wine Bar in Burlington’s South End. The artisan foods manager was expecting a delivery, he said, of two wheels of Shakerag Blue from Tennessee’s Sequatchie Cove Creamery. “We are mere minutes — or hours — away from having it here in the store,” said the 30-year-old cheesemonger, barely containing his excitement. Whiskey-soaked fig leaves encase the crumbly, densely marbled cheese, he said, which ages on-farm for 60 days prior to shipment. Shakerag Blue enjoys a cult following among cheese nerds, but it was easy enough to find in Tennessee, where O’Brien worked as a cheese buyer at the Memphis Whole Foods Market until earlier this year.

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Not so north of the Mason-Dixon Line. “It’s never been this far north,” O’Brien said, adding that he’s been waiting for this cheese since July. The delivery will also

include eight wheels of the farm’s Dancing Fern cheese, a soft, oozy, super-creamy round modeled after French reblochon. The Dancing Fern will go to the shop’s

cheese club subscribers, whose $25 monthly dues land them four handpicked cheeses each month. “That was one of the coolest things for me to fall into here,” the cheesemonger said. “I get to curate four incredible cheeses from all over.” O’Brien hails originally from Fletcher, Vt., where, like many millennial Vermonters, he recalled being “raised on Cabot cheddar.” At Dedalus, he replaced opening cheese-man Rory Stamp, who departed in the spring. Stamp was named top monger at the esteemed Cheesemonger Invitational competition in San Francisco in January. But if Stamp left big shoes to fill, O’Brien — a man of average height and slight build with a bristly blond mustache — seems largely unconcerned about it.

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“I was kind of able to come in and fill in the gaps [in our cheese case] with all my favorite things,” he said, exuding youthful confidence. Those favorite things include waxy Alpine wheels that taste of sun-dried mountain grasses; bloomy soft cheeses redolent of mushrooms or barnyard must; and firm cheddars from the British Isles, which can be sharp or nutty, smooth or pockmarked with crystalline inclusions that precipitate out during years of cellaring. O’Brien motioned to the counter, where cubes of straw-colored Jumi Schlossberger Alt were piled on a slate board along with a wedge of ghost-white Slyboro from West Pawlet’s Consider Bardwell Farm. “For a long time, there was a law that dictated that certain regions [of Switzerland] could only produce certain cheeses,” O’Brien said. “So in Emmental, [all the milk] was going to produce Emmenthaler.” In the late 1990s, he continued, Swiss law changed and Emmental’s farmers put new cheeses into production. The Schlossberger Alt, which ages a minimum of 18 months near the ancient Schlossberg Castle in north-central Switzerland, presented as a medium-bodied Alpine style, more crumbly than waxy. It was salty, with bitter notes of chocolate, nut-hull tannins, a hint of caramel and a buttery finish. “One of my favorite features [of this cheese is], I can’t even take the planer to it without digging out these massive crystals that form during that long age,” O’Brien said, stabbing a cube with a toothpick. But more than anything, he added, the fun part is getting to know the cheesemakers themselves. “When I pick up the phone and call one of these creameries, I’m talking with someone who was probably cutting curd that morning.” O’Brien also likes the fast-paced yet slow-food nature of the cheese biz. “Every day is something new,” he said. “Every day, the bacteria are acting some kind of way — you’re just kind of rolling with it.” The bacterial roller coaster continues long after the cheeses leave the creamery. Behind the cheese counter, part of the fun is tasting the same cheese again and again and watching it develop over time. The cheesemonger leaned over the case and picked up a moldy-looking round from Westfield’s Lazy Lady Farm. He unwrapped it, unleashing an intense bloomy aroma not unlike that of wet hiking socks. “This is a weird little blend of goat and sheep’s milk,” he said, peeling off a taste with a flat wooden sampling spoon. “It’s not much to look at, but the cream line on this thing just kind of oozes every time we get it on a cutting board.” 44

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Dedalus employee Michael Judy walked up, curious. “When was the last time you tried this one?” O’Brien asked, holding the cheese up so his coworker could see. “A week or so ago,” Judy said, reaching to accept the sample. “See how it’s changed?” the cheesemonger said moments later, swishing a taste around on his tongue. “Yep, that’s some wild stuff,” Judy said, walking away toward the back of the store. The cheese, called Sweet Geesus, was part of a one-off experimental batch Lazy Lady produced earlier this year. With a name unfamiliar to most customers, along with that strong scent and a black-speckled rind that shifts from white to yellow to salmon, the funky little round is likely a tough sell for many customers. But, as is the case for many new-world food artisans, Vermont’s cheesemakers seem to be making the most of the freedom that comes with creating products in a new market. Vermonters have been making cheese for decades, but the state’s artisan cheese industry is still relatively young by global standards. “You can’t be tethered to tradition,” O’Brien said of the state’s cheese community — and of his role as a bridge between consumers and makers. “You’ve got to try and do your own thing. You’re not always going to strike gold, but you’ll find something along the way that becomes your favorite.” m Contact: hannah@sevendaysvt.com

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NAME THAT CHEESE When it comes to enjoying cheese in your home kitchen, John O’Brien advocates taking an unbridled approach. “There are no rules,” he said, “and no one has to deal with the consequences of your experiments but you — and perhaps your family — [so] take chances, make mistakes and find some new favorite combinations.” In the interests of specificity, the cheesemonger indulged Seven Days with picks for cheeses well adapted to Vermonters’ go-to comfort foods and other combos. • Grilled cheese (with or without tomato soup): bold, earthy comté • Mac and cheese: At least two pounds of salty and sharp cheddar to start … plus an extra pound for snacking • Fondue: a blend of feet-y raclette, Appenzeller [and] firm Gruyère • In tacos: Recently I’ve been a fan of using anything bold and sheepy from the Basque region — especially over fish tacos! • On a burger: Spicy pimiento and smoky bacon on a rare burger is heaven on Earth for me. • After dinner: salty blue cheese and chocolate • For dinner: I can’t count the number of times I’ve picked up a Harbison from the Cellars at Jasper Hill and a baguette for a quick and balanced (and decadent) dinner. • With a big, round red wine and crackers: Runny [French] reblochon, or, if you’re not able to hop a plane to France, Dancing Fern from [Tennessee’s] Sequatchie Cove Creamery.

• With whiskey: straight bourbon and a big block of bandaged cheddar • With dark beer (stout, porter): young and grassy Irish cheddar • With pilsner or blond ale: Mimolette or Gouda • With hoppy beer: Aged pecorino has enough bite and body to cut through hops; [the cheese’s] underlying sweetness achieves balance. • Before a holiday meal: a three-cheese “board” with dank, softripened Brie, semi-firm Alpine, brainy goat buttons. Boards are really a choose-your-own adventure of different milks and textures. Just try to represent a spectrum of flavors, and you’ll please your crowd. • With bread: ooey-gooey ripened [Caseificio dell’Alta Langa] La Tur or [Italian] robiola • Crumbly for use as a topping (for salads, pastas, casseroles, etc.): Fresh Parmigiano-Reggiano — the king of cheese — works on everything, including a cheese board. • Over pasta with red (or other) sauce: extra-aged Piave from northern Italy, shaved over pasta and in your favorite sauce • Sliced, eaten plain or with crackers: fatty washed-wheel Alpine styles from northern Italy or Switzerland • Spend-y splurge: Whatever you catch the cheesemongers nerding out about behind the counter is totally worth your time and money. If they’re excited about something, it means you should be, too!

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end Araimi is unlikely to eat tuna anytime soon. It was all the Danville resident ate for more than six months after moving to Vermont two years ago, because she couldn’t find halal meat. Her husband, an Ohio native, had warned her it’d be difficult to find halal meat in Vermont. “[But] I didn’t take it seriously,” the mother of two recalled. Halal is an Arabic adjective that means “lawful” or “permissible.” Muslims use it to classify everything, including finance, food and interactions among people. Born in Yemen, Araimi observes Islamic dietary guidelines that declare certain animals, by-products and other foods permissible for Muslims to eat — and others impermissible, such as alcohol, blood, carrion and pork. Contrary to popular belief, halal food is not limited to a specific ethnic or national cuisine or style of cooking, but halal animals must be slaughtered in an Islamically prescribed ritual before their meat can be consumed. These days, Araimi buys poultry from Nada Market in Winooski and drives to a Shaw’s store in Littleton, N.H., to purchase halal lamb and beef. She’s thinking about raising her own chickens. Since learning that some local families buy halal meat in Boston, the Danville resident said, she plans to make a similar trip. She has taught her daughter to be discerning about food, sending the fourth grader to school with home-prepared meals. “Since I [found] halal meat, I [haven’t eaten] tuna,” said Araimi, chuckling. Food purity is a critical concern in Islam and an identity marker for many Muslims, write Febe Armanios and Boğaç Ergene in their Oxford University Press book Halal Food: A History. The Koran describes Islam’s teachings and attitudes about food, and correct eating and drinking are key aspects of an Islamic lifestyle. At the same time, multiple interpretations of the divinely sanctioned laws exist, the authors note. In lively online discussions, today’s Muslims reflect on their inherited traditions and on applying them in contemporary settings. “Muslims always operated within that plurality of rules and regulations,” said Ergene, a professor of history at the University of Vermont, “and they

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negotiated with those rules and regulations, which gave color to their experiences.” Imam Abd’Llah Al-Ansari witnesses this spectrum of contending views among Muslims at the Islamic Society of Vermont mosque in Colchester. “There are certain thorny issues that tend to stir controversy and lead to schisms,” said the imam, “[and] halal meat is one of those issues.”

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While some Muslims use the word “halal” almost exclusively to refer to the meat of a permissible animal slaughtered by a Muslim in a prescribed manner, said Al-Ansari, others find that view too narrow. According to another opinion, the imam continued, meat prepared by Jews or Christians, who are described in the Koran as “People of the Book” (adherents of Abrahamic religions that predate Islam), is also permissible when slaughtered in ways that are deemed acceptable. Al-Ansari said such discussions about

halal meat are generally absent from Muslim-majority countries because people assume that “everything is lawful,” or they rely on a central certifying body. He lived in Saudi Arabia for seven years and doesn’t remember having or hearing of debates about this “heated, thorny topic.” In some other Muslim-majority countries, the government is the arbiter of piety in determining what’s permissible and what isn’t, noted Ergene. In the U.S., where there is no central certifying body for halal products, questions surrounding “halalness” often arise as individuals navigate the cultural, social and religious contexts in which they find themselves, the imam continued. Al-Ansari said he knows of instances in which people refrained from attending dinners or refused to eat at gatherings because they weren’t sure about the “halalness” of the meat. Days before a recent barbecue organized by the mosque, he assured the community in an email that halal hot dogs and hamburgers would be provided. “When you’re trying to have a gathering, you want to provide meat [that] everybody feels comfortable consuming,” he said, “and you want to quieten the fears

and concerns of those who are ultraconservative, especially when it comes to the issue of meat.” While Araimi has trouble finding halal meat in the Northeast Kingdom, it’s more readily available in Chittenden County, where the concentration of Muslim Vermonters is highest. In addition to Nada Market in Winooski, Brixton Halaal and Community Halal Store in Burlington’s Old North End offer halal products. That wasn’t always the case. In the early 2000s, Somali families traveled to Maine to get halal meat, said Abdirashid Hussein, a case manager at the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program. Ergene, who has been teaching at UVM since 2001, noted that it was also common for Muslims to travel to New York State and Montréal. Boston’s bustling traffic made some new drivers nervous, so Maine became the preferred destination, said Hussein. He remembers leaving at the crack of dawn, sometimes twice a month, to be part of a convoy of trucks. In 2006, Hussein opened Brixton Halaal to meet the demand for halal meat. He gets his frozen supplies from New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, Australia and New Zealand. Because of

transportation costs, halal meat costs a dollar more per pound on average than non-halal meat, said Hussein. For non-Muslims, the phrase “halal food” may conjure an image of Egyptianowned food trucks on the streets of New York City that offer cheap, protein-rich meals of grilled lamb or chicken over rice, topped with white sauce and chile sauce. In fact, though, today’s Muslim chefs and bloggers whip up recipes and publish cookbooks covering an international range of halal fare, from Italian to Korean to French to Caribbean. New voices are being heard, too. “Looking at Islamic law history, a lot of the sources and interpretations are written by men and discussed among men,” said coauthor Armanios, an associate professor of history at Middlebury College. But in modern day, she continued, “Muslim women are inserting their voice into the conversation about the best ways to purchase halal foods, the halal pantry, the halal lifestyle and the halal cookbooks.” In Chittenden County, a handful of restaurants use halal meat. One of them is Everest Indian-Nepali Restaurant in South Burlington. “We welcome every people,” said employee Kiran Maharjan. “We don’t want to put aside the Muslim people.” The eatery purchases its halal meat from wholesale supplier Restaurant Depot in New York State. Since all blood is drained from the animal during an Islamic slaughter, the meat is much more hygienic, noted Maharjan. Though the word “halal” appears on the cover of the menu, Muslim diners still ask whether the restaurant serves halal meat, he continued. In further accordance with halal rules, Everest doesn’t serve alcohol, though customers may bring their own liquor. UVM Dining uses halal chicken at some campus dining halls and at Brennan’s Pub & Bistro. But it isn’t advertised as being halal because the university doesn’t have a separate kitchen space, said Nicole Rohrig, a registered dietician with UVM Dining. “We don’t know how careful people are hoping we would be behind the scenes,” she explained, adding that the dining service also serves non-halal chicken. In her two and a half years on the job, the dietician said, she hasn’t heard from many Muslims students about their difficulties navigating the dining halls. “I have a feeling that many of them eat a vegetarian or pescatarian diet while they’re here,” she continued. Rohrig anticipates a greater demand for halal food as campus demographics diversify. The number of international

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Muslim students attending UVM has increased, as has the number of Muslim students from refugee families, she noted, adding that the university welcomes feedback. “If there is a need for more halal meat and a dedicated halal cooking space, then it’s something — if we hear enough demand — that we can make happen,” the dietician said. But halal food isn’t just for Muslims, said Williston resident Abdool Khan, who drove to Boston to buy supplies for the mosque’s barbecue. The father of two noted that the younger generation especially likes to eat halal steak, cheeseburgers and “regular American food.” Halal products have the potential to go as mainstream as kosher products, Khan suggested. He cited Connecticutbased Saffron Road, a manufacturer of halal-certified frozen foods and healthy snacks, whose CEO and founder, Adnan Durrani, also founded the Vermont Pure spring water company and was a financial partner of the New Hampshire-based Stonyfield Farm. Saffron Road products are available in more than 15,000 retail locations in the U.S. and Canada. “It’s not just Muslims buying that stuff,” said Khan. While some Muslims might be perceived as going overboard with the concept of halal, it’s a testament to their faith in God and their desire to please Him, said Al-Ansari, the imam. “They’re willing to study ingredients,” he continued, “[and] they’re willing to go without that burger from that great burger joint because it may not be halal.” m

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COOKBOOK SWAP: Home chefs find inspiration in the pages of secondhand recipe collections. Funds raised support Steps to End Domestic Violence. Sweet Clover Market, Essex Junction, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. $5 per book. Info, 872-8288.

cannabis

GREENER DRINKS: Supporters of commonsense cannabis reform sip beverages and discuss the culture, industry and politics of the agricultural product. Zenbarn, Waterbury, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, info@ vtcannabisbrands.com.

community

HOMESHARE VERMONT OPEN HOUSE: Those interested in homesharing mingle with staff over cider and pie. HomeShare Vermont, South Burlington, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5625.

crafts

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CHITTENDEN COUNTY STAMP CLUB MEETING: First-class collectibles provide a glimpse into the postal past at this monthly gathering. Williston Fire Station, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 660-4817. GUIDED TOURS: A historic Gothic Revival house opens its doors for hourly excursions. Self-guided explorations of the gardens, exhibits and walking trails are also available. Justin Morrill Homestead, Strafford, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $6; free for kids 14 and under. Info, 765-4484.

fairs & festivals

FALL FOLIAGE FESTIVAL: Changing leaves give locals reason to celebrate autumn with food, crafts, entertainment and local tours. Various Cabot locations, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Prices vary. Info, 563-3338.

film

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MOVEMENT MATTERS SPOTLIGHT: The New York City Ballet principle dancer schools master-class participants. Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

‘CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS’: Werner Herzog’s 2010 documentary takes viewers deep into France’s Chauvet Cave, which hosts human artwork created more than 30,000 years ago. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 11 a.m. & 7 p.m. $8-13. Info, 382-9222.

POLLY MOTLEY: The grand staircase in the Marble Court serves as the stage for the dancer and choreographer’s

‘FLYING MONSTERS 3D’: How and why did the pterosaur take to the sky? A captivating motion picture full of

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3D filming technology and CGI explores this question. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 12:30 & 3:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $13.50-16.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. ‘GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D’: Shot on location in South Africa, New Zealand, Mexico and California, this film seeks the truth behind the mythic and stigmatized underwater creature. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11:30 a.m., 2:30 & 4:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $13.50-16.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. ‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: Viewers visit a living city beneath the sea via an awe-inspiring film. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m., 1:30 & 4 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $13.50-16.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. ‘PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF KATRINA GILBERT’: A facilitated discussion tops off a screening of this 2014 film documenting a year in the life of a single mother. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-630-1711.

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Athletic leaf peepers can view Vermont’s fall foliage on foot in the 23rd annual Mad Dash, a foot race and fitness walk near the Mad River. Five- and 10-K dirt-road courses treat participants to stunning views of mountains and farms. As if that weren’t quaint enough, the routes even pass through an 1855 covered bridge. Youngsters get in on the action in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Kids’ Fun Run. A homemade lunch, live music, raffle prizes and a silent auction augment this benefit for the Mad River Path Association, a nonprofit working to create a network of public pathways through the Mad River Valley.

OCT.7 | SPORTS

MAD DASH Sunday, October 7, 10 a.m.-noon, at Meadow Road in Waitsfield. $15-30; free for kids. Info, 496-7284, madriverpath.com.

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FIBER RIOT!: Crafters get hooked on knitting, crocheting, spinning and more at an informal weekly gathering. Mad River Fiber Arts & Mill, Waitsfield, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 496-7746.

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or the first time, fans of Howard Frank Mosher can see the late Vermont author’s work come to life onstage. Lost Nation Theater founder and resident playwright Kim Allen Bent harnessed his love for Mosher’s 1977 debut novel, Disappearances, and adapted it for the stage. LNT performers act out the largerthan-life story of a man named Québec Bill and his teenage son, Wild Bill, who run Canadian whiskey in Prohibition-era Vermont and meet a few colorful characters along the way. Describing the tall tale in a press release, Bent says, “Its characters are totally authentic old-time Vermonters, raised to mythic dimensions by [Mosher’s] loving and insightful imagination.”

‘DISAPPEARANCES’ Thursday, October 4, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, October 5, 6:30 p.m.; Saturday, October 6, 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, October 7, 2 p.m., at Lost Nation Theater, Montpelier City Hall. See website for additional dates. $10-60. Info, 229-0492, lostnationtheater.org.

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Halloween fiends, have you already planned your jacko’-lantern design to the last detail? Your perfect canvas awaits at the 16th annual Pumpkin Festival. Along with selecting standout squash, revelers at this fall fête enjoy cider pressing, horse-drawn wagon rides, and live music by Rose Hip Jam and the Wyld Nightz Band. Folks fuel up on slices from the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont’s wood-fired pizza oven, mac and cheese from Griddle & Groovy, and other farm-fresh fare. Have kiddos in tow? Raconteurs Tim Jennings and Leanne Ponder entertain families with traditional folktales.

Locals start National Domestic Violence Awareness Month on the right foot by joining Burlington nonprofit organization Steps to End Domestic Violence in a powerful fundraising event. As part of Take Steps in Their Shoes, participants don purple footwear — the color is associated with domestic violence awareness — and march through Burlington’s South End on a route that provides facts about abuse. The walk culminates in a silent auction and a storytelling session, during which scheduled speakers reflect on their experiences with abuse and how they’re regaining personal power and independence.

PUMPKIN FESTIVAL Sunday, October 7, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at Cedar Circle Farm & Education Center in East Thetford. $10-15 donation for parking. Info, 785-4737, cedarcirclefarm.org.

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TAKE STEPS IN THEIR SHOES Saturday, October 6, noon-4 p.m., at ArtsRiot in Burlington. $35; preregister. Info, 658-3131, stepsvt.org. SEVEN DAYS OCTOBER 3-10, 2018

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BEERLINGTON FOAMERS MARKET: Shoppers snag veggies from Three Chimney Farm’s pop-up farm stand and sip Foam Brewers suds. Foam Brewers, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 391-9047.

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CHICKEN PIE SUPPER: An oldfashioned feast satisfies diners. Takeout is available. Richmond Congregational Church, 5, 6 & 7 p.m. $6-12; free for preschoolers; preregister. Info, 434-2053.

Thursday, October 11, 2018 7:30 pm The famed pairing of two boyhood pals and Jefferson Airplane bandmates, Hot Tuna has been serving up a heady mix of blues, folk, and Americana gems for nearly 50 years. Guitar great JORMA KAUKONEN and bassist supreme JACK CASSIDY have never wavered in one of the most enduring and engaging musical partnerships in popular music history. A limited number of VIP tickets include a post-concert meet-and-greet with Jorma, plus an autographed copy of his new memoir, Been So Long: My Life & Music.

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An Alternative to Colonoscopy for Low Risk People Monday, October 22, 6 – 7:30 pm | UVM Medical Center, Davis Auditorium John G. King, MD, MPH, Professor of Family Medicine, University of Vermont Medical Center We will discuss the pros and cons of different types of colon cancer screening. If you are at normal or low risk for colon cancer you may choose to have a stool sample tested rather than have a colonoscopy to identify treatable cancers. You should only consider the newer stool based tests if you are over age 50 and have no increased risk of colon cancer based on your family or personal history. You will have the opportunity to give us feedback on a common detectable cancer risk questionnaire that you can also discuss the results of with our physicians and your primary care provider. Qualified registrants may receive a free take-home screening test. View all our classes online at UVMHealth.org/MedCenterHealthsource. Pre-registration is required by calling (802) 847-7222 or by registering online.

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COMMUNITY SUPPER: A scrumptious spread connects friends and neighbors. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300. FIVE CORNERS FARMERS MARKET: Conscious consumers shop local produce, premade treats and crafts. 3 Main St., Essex Junction, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 5cornersfarmers market@gmail.com. KIMCHI & SAUERKRAUT PRODUCTION DAYS: Helping hands whip up fermented veggies. Lunch and a take-home jar are provided. Flack Family Farm, Enosburg Falls, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 933-7752. PENNYWISE PANTRY: On a tour of the store, shoppers create a custom template for keeping the kitchen stocked with affordable, nutritious eats. City Market, Onion River Co-op, downtown Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9753. VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: Local products — veggies, breads, pastries, cheeses, wines, syrups, jewelry, crafts and beauty supplies — draw shoppers to a diversified bazaar. Depot Park, Rutland, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 342-4727.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: Players have fun with the popular card game. Burlington Bridge Club, Williston, 9:15 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. $6. Info, 872-5722. CRIBBAGE TEAMS: Longtime players and neophytes alike aim for a value of 15 or 31 in this competitive card game. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322. PINOCHLE & RUMMY: Card sharks engage in friendly competition. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322.

health & fitness

24 SHORT FORM OF YANGSTYLE TAI CHI: Students practice the world’s most popular routine in this Chinese calisthenics system. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-6954. ACROYOGA CLASS: The mindfulness and breath of yoga meet the playful aspects of acrobatics in a partner practice. No partners

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or experience required. Sangha Studio, Pine, Burlington, 7-8:15 p.m. Donations. Info, 448-4262. BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: Folks of all ages ward off osteoporosis in an exercise and prevention class. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 7:30-8:30, 9-10:15 & 10:40-11:40 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322. FLU CLINIC: Those looking to avoid the ailment bring their insurance cards to an immunization station. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10 a.m.noon. Prices vary. Info, 223-3322. PRACTICAL BIO-RESONANCE: VIBRATION MEDICINE: Rachel Shea taps into the human body’s energy field to address illness and healing. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@hunger mountain.coop. RESILIENCE FLOW: Individuals affected by a traumatic brain injury engage in a gentle yoga practice. Sangha Studio, Pine, Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262. WEDNESDAY GUIDED MEDITATION: Individuals learn to relax and let go. Burlington Friends Meeting House, 5:306:30 p.m. Free. Info, 318-8605.

language

BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES: Learners take communication to the next level. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH GROUP: Speakers brush up on their language skills en español. New Moon Café, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $15. Info, maigomez1@hotmail.com. GERMAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Community members practice conversing auf Deutsch. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: ¡Hola! Language lovers perfect their fluency. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

music

Find club dates in the music section. NORTHERN HARMONY: Global singing styles merge in an eclectic concert. Irasburg Town Hall, 7 p.m. $5-15. Info, 426-3210. SONG CIRCLE: Singers and musicians congregate for an acoustic session of popular folk tunes. Godnick Adult Center, Rutland, 7:15-9:15 p.m. Donations. Info, 775-1182. THE TENDERBELLIES: Bluegrass tunes get toes a-tappin’ during a Winooski Wednesdays summer concert series performance. A beer garden and free meals for kids 18 and under top off the fun. Rotary Park, Winooski, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 777-1621.

sports

COMMUNITY ROWING: Active bodies experience a physical workout while enjoying the beauty of Lake Champlain. Perkins Pier, Burlington, 5:15-7:30 p.m. $10; $175 for season membership; free for first-timers; preregister; limited space. Info, 475-2022, ext. 112.

talks

BRENNAN GAUTHIER: “A Real Monster on the Streets of Burlington: H.H. Holmes in Vermont” captivates true-crime connoisseurs. Milton Grange Hall, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 893-1604. COFFEE & CONVERSATION: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN RUTLAND COUNTY: Presented as part of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a panel discussion features representatives from local agencies. Refreshments are served. PEG TV, Howe Center, Rutland, 8-9:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 775-6788. CONNIE TOMPKINS: A talk by the University of Vermont instructor touches on teacherled physical activity intervention for preschoolers. Room 207, Bentley Hall, Northern Vermont University-Johnson, 4-5:15 p.m. Free. Info, les.kanat@northern vermont.edu. CURRENT EVENTS CONVERSATION: Newsworthy subjects take the spotlight in this informal discussion. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-4918. HUCK GUTMAN: Lit lovers listen up as the University of Vermont professor emeritus reflects on his most beloved writers in “After Fifty Years of Teaching, a Teacher’s Favorite Poems,” delivered as part of the First Wednesdays series. Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 334-7902. IRENE KACANDES: In the First Wednesdays series lecture “Creativity and Historical Truths,” the scholar argues that memoir, fiction, music and art best convey reality. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. JOHN CRYAN: Attendees don their thinking caps for the Build Your Brain Series talk “The GutBrain Connection.” University of Vermont John Dewey Hall, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1283. JOHN STAUFFER: The past influences the present in the First Wednesdays talk, “How the South Won the Civil War, and Why It Matters.” Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. PAUL MONOD: Move over, Meghan Markle. The professor does a deep dive into the royal family in “The British Monarchy: Politics, Money and Public Image,” a First Wednesdays series lecture. Rutland Free Library, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

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TRAILBLAZING: WOMEN IN POLICE, FIRE & CORRECTIONS: Fierce females share their stories of working in heavily male-dominated fields at a Greater Burlington Women’s Forum lunch. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, noon-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, leaders@btvwomen.org.

tech

TECH HELP WITH CLIF: Electronics novices develop skill sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and other gadgets. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, noon & 1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6955.

theater

‘THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME’: A teenage boy’s unlikely adventures in detective work drive this Vermont Stage production. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $35-44.50. Info, 863-5966. ‘HAND TO GOD’: The UVM Department of Theatre production explores the fragility of faith and morality … with puppets. Royall Tyler Theatre, University of Vermont, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10-22. Info, 656-2094. ‘THE ODD COUPLE (FEMALE VERSION)’: Gender roles are reversed in Stowe Theatre Guild’s production of a comedy about a pair of mismatched roommates. Stowe Town Hall Theatre, 7:30-10 p.m. $14-20. Info, tickets@stowe theatre.com. ‘SITTING PRETTY’: Girls Nite Out Productions raises the curtain on Amy Rosenthal’s play about a shy woman’s journey toward self-discovery. Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $23-25. Info, 863-5966.

words

KATHERINE PATERSON: Speaking as part of the First Wednesdays series, the acclaimed children’s author reads between the lines of her novel, Bread and Roses, Too. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. RECOVERY WRITE NOW: Wordsmiths in recovery let their creativity flow in a lively and

WRITING CIRCLE: Words flow when participants explore creative expression in a lowpressure environment. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218.

THU.4 activism

‘40 DAYS OF FIRE’: Activists join forces as part of a statewide racial justice community organization initiative. Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 532-3030. BUILDING EMPATHY & ADDRESSING RACIAL OPPRESSION: Three weekly workshops touch on topics such as white fragility and subconscious bias. Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, 6:15-8:15 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 863-2345, ext. 9.

agriculture

HOUSE & FORMAL GARDENS TOUR: Explorations of the inn and its grounds culminate in afternoon tea with sweets and savories. Shelburne Farms, 2:304 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 985-8686.

bazaars

COOKBOOK SWAP: See WED.3.

business

RUTLAND REGION CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL MEETING: Area professionals honor Business Person of the Year award recipient Russ Marsan of Carpenter & Costin Residential & Commercial Landscape Services. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 5-7 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 773-2747.

GUIDED TOURS: See WED.3. JOB HUNT HELP: Community College of Vermont interns assist employment seekers with everything from résumé-writing to online applications. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 745-1393. LA LECHE LEAGUE MEETING: Nursing mothers share breastfeeding tips and resources. Essex Free Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, lllessexvt@gmail.com. QUEEN CITY BICYCLE CLUB MONTHLY RIDE: Folks who identify as women, trans, femme and nonbinary empower one another on a group excursion complete with glitter and a giant boom box. A drink ticket awaits each rider at Zero Gravity Craft Brewery. Old Spokes Home, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, christine.tyler@gmail.com.

HARVEST FESTIVAL & MARKET: Bellcate School students set up booths alongside outside vendors for a seasonal soirée boasting live tunes, good eats and plenty of activities. Sand Hill Park, Essex Junction, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 309-8762. VERMONT HUTS BIRTHDAY BASH: The Vermont Huts Association celebrates a year of fostering a network of backcountry accommodations. Updates, prizes, beverages and live music by Emma Cook & Questionable Company round out the revelry. Outdoor Gear Exchange, Burlington, 7:30-10 p.m. $8.50. Info, 860-0190.

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CHICKEN PIE SUPPER: A comfort-food feast includes gravy, squash, mashed potatoes, cole slaw and apple or pumpkin pie. Takeout is available. Waterbury Center Community Church, noon, 5 & 6:30 p.m. $6-12; preregister. Info, 244-8955.

FEAST & FIELD MARKET: Locally grown produce and live folk and roots tunes by Lula Wiles are on the menu at a pastoral party.

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FALL FOLIAGE TRAIN EXCURSIONS: Passengers take in historic narrations, cocktails or cider, lunch and, of course, stunning views on a three-hour round-trip on the rails. Green Mountain Railroad, Chester, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. $20-25; free for kids under 3. Info, 800-707-3530.

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fairs & festivals

BURLINGTON EDIBLE HISTORY TOURS: Foodies sample farmfresh eats on a scrumptious stroll dedicated to the Queen City’s culinary past. Awning behind ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 1-4 p.m. $55. Info, 238-8828.

SALSA NIGHT: DJ JP spins salsa, bachata, merengue and kizomba selections for an evening of moving and shaking. The Old Post, South Burlington, 7-11 p.m. Free. Info, 497-0202.

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THOMAS BORCHERT: The professor considers crime and punishment in “Bloody Amulets and Punitive Disrobing: Reflections on the Legal Environment for Monks in Thailand.” Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, University of Vermont, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3166.

RICK WINSTON: Forgotten history comes to the fore in excerpts of Red Scare in the Green Mountains: The McCarthy Era in Vermont 1946-1960, read by the author. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

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SUSAN OUELLETTE: The professor looks at 19th-century labor in “Factory Girls: How Women First Came to the Workplace.” Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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RICHARD WRIGHT: Present-day contradictions come to light in the First Wednesdays series address, “U.S. Immigration Policy in Historical Perspective.” Norwich Congregational Church, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1184.

COMMUNITY LUNCH: Gardengrown fare makes for a delicious and nutritious midday meal. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 309.

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Youth & Family Services. Davis Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $25-65. Info, csteverson@spectrumvt.org. KIMCHI & SAUERKRAUT PRODUCTION DAYS: See WED.3. SOUTH END BEERS & VEGGIES: Switchback Brewing beer in hand, healthy eaters snag fresh veggies from a pop-up farm stand. Shoppers may preorder at threechimneyfarm.com. The Tap Room at Switchback Brewing, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 391-9047. VERMONT BEER PAIRING POP-UP SERIES: Gourmands gorge on a three-course meal served alongside a local brew. Village Café at Bolton Valley, 5-9 p.m. $45. Info, 434-3444.

health & fitness

BEGINNERS TAI CHI CLASS: Students get a feel for the ancient Chinese practice. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 1011 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322. CHAIR YOGA WITH SANGHA STUDIO: Supported poses promote health and wellbeing. Champlain Senior Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 448-4262. COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS: A 20-minute guided practice with Andrea O’Connor alleviates stress

and tension. Tea and a discussion follow. Winooski Senior Center, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-1161.

Ravel and Shastakovich. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 7:30 p.m. $6-28. Info, 443-3168.

WINTER WELLNESS: Herbalist Shona MacDougall recommends immune-boosting herbs and supplements for flu season. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@hungermountain.coop.

politics

YOGA: A Sangha Studio instructor guides students who are in recovery toward achieving inner tranquility. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262.

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language

FRENCH CONVERSATION: Speakers improve their linguistic dexterity in the Romantic tongue. Bradford Public Library, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 222-4536. PLAUDERSTUNDE: Conversationalists with basic knowledge of the German language put their skills to use over lunch. Zen Gardens, South Burlington, noon. Cost of food. Info, 863-3305.

music

Find club dates in the music section. JERUSALEM QUARTET: The acclaimed Israeli string quartet performs selections by Beethoven,

MEET DON TURNER: The Republican candidate makes his case to be Vermont’s next lieutenant governor. Vergennes Opera House, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 877-0005.

FREE AIKIDO CLASS: An introduction to the Japanese martial art focuses on centering and finding freedom while under attack. Aikido of Champlain Valley, Burlington, 6-7:15 p.m. Free. Info, 951-8900.

talks

STEVEN E. SODERGREN: History buffs home in on “The Army of the Potomac in the Overland and Petersburg Campaigns: Union Soldiers and Trench Warfare, 1864-1865.” Mack Hall auditorium. Norwich University, Northfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 485-2000. SUE MORSE: A stunning slideshow illustrates “Wild Yet Wonderfully Near Us: Bobcats of the Champlain Valley.” Ferrisburgh Town Office & Community Center, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 434-7245.

THADDEUS BOOTHTRUDO: The undergraduate student presents his research on Vermont sharpshooters in the Civil War. Todd Multipurpose Room, Norwich University, Northfield, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 485-2000. TOBY BALL: Fans of the digital audio medium hear from the host of the Ball’s Deep Dive Book Club podcast, who talks “Podcasting, True Crime and Serial.” Charlotte Library, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 425-3864.

written word. Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $17.75-57.75. Info, 296-7000. ‘DISAPPEARANCES’: A father and son run whiskey through Prohibition-era Vermont in Lost Nation Theater’s adaptation of the fantastical Howard Frank Mosher novel. See calendar spotlight. Lost Nation Theater, Montpelier City Hall, 7:30 p.m. $10-60. Info, 229-0492. ‘HAND TO GOD’: See WED.3.

tech

TECH SUPPORT: Need an email account? Want to enjoy ebooks? Bring your phone, tablet or laptop to a weekly help session. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291, ext. 302.

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: ‘KING LEAR’: Ian McKellen plays the title role in a broadcast production of Shakespeare’s tale about a ruler’s descent into madness. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $16-25. Info, 748-2600.

theater

‘THE ODD COUPLE (FEMALE VERSION)’: See WED.3.

‘ALL SHOOK UP’: The King of Rock and Roll lives on through this Elvis Presley-inspired musical staged by the Lamoille County Players. Hyde Park Opera House, 7-9 p.m. $10-18. Info, 888-4507. ‘THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME’: See WED.3. ‘DEAR ELIZABETH’: Hundreds of letters between poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell form the core of this Northern Stage production, which celebrates love, friendship and the power of the

VERMONT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

‘SITTING PRETTY’: See WED.3. ‘SUDS: THE ROCKING ’60S MUSICAL SOAP OPERA’: Hits including “Respect” and “You Can’t Hurry Love” propel a lighthearted romp about a young woman, her guardian angels and a laundromat, presented by ArtisTree’s Music Theatre Festival. The Grange Theatre, South Pomfret, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $28-35. Info, 457-8723. ‘YOU ARE HERE’: Current students and theater alumni showcase their talent in a collection of short

plays and scenes. Hepburn Zoo, Hepburn Hall, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $6. Info, 443-3168.

words

BOOK SIGNING: Authors Howard Coffin, Brian Matthew Jordan, Jerry Morelock, Kevin M. Levin and Steven E. Sodergren add their signatures to their historically inspired works. Kreitzberg Library, Norwich University, Northfield, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 485-2000. ‘RALPH W. EMERSON’S ‘NATURE’ ESSAY AND OUR SACRED ENVIRONMENT’: During a 10-session literary series, avid readers discuss titles that have contributed to improving social justice and American life. Trinity Episcopal Church, Shelburne, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, humanities@email.com. STEPHEN RUSSELL PAYNE: Hailing from the Northeast Kingdom, the author launches his new novel, Life on a Cliff. Phoenix Books, Burlington, 7 p.m. $3. Info, 448-3350.

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garments and more at low prices. Skatium, Waitsfield, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 496-2440. COOKBOOK SWAP: See WED.3. FALL RUMMAGE SALE: Clothing and household goods draw shoppers of all ages. Holy Family Parish Hall, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 878-8407. LADIES AID RUMMAGE SALE: Customers score sweet deals on pre-owned items. Burnham Hall, Lincoln, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 453-2807. NEWBERRY POP-UP MARKET: Vendors purvey a variety of Vermont-made products. 5 S. Main St., White River Junction, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 299-0212. RUMMAGE SALE IN ESSEX JUNCTION: Gently used items fill shoppers’ totes. Grace United Methodist Church, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4078. RUMMAGE SALE IN FAIRFAX: Bargain hunters thumb through a wide array of take-home treasures. Baptist Building, Fairfax, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 849-6313.

comedy

JUSTON MCKINNEY: A regional favorite, the New Hampshire funnyman riffs on everything from hunting to football to the foibles of parenting. Barre Opera House, 8 p.m. $25. Info, 476-8188.

SWEATER WEATHER: Local favorites and newcomers alike dole out jokes at a standup comedy showcase. Revelry Theater, Burlington, 8-9 p.m. $7. Info, contact@ revelrytheater.com.

community

FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: Senior citizens and their guests catch up over a shared meal. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, noon-1 p.m. $7-9; preregister. Info, 262-6288.

crafts

space. Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, fearnessence@gmail.com.

Studio, Waterbury, 5:30-8:30 p.m. $1 per minute; preregister. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE: Wendy Gilchrist leads adults and teens in steps popular in the time of Jane Austen. Bring potluck snacks. Elley-Long Music Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, val.medve@gmail.com.

THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER: The beefy exotic dance crew from Australia brings sexy fantasies to life in this adults-only revue. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $29-49; for ages 18 and up. Info, 775-0570.

FIRST FRIDAY FOLK DANCING: Participants make strides in circle, line and couple dances. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $3-5. Info, 223-2518.

CRAFTY CRAP NIGHT: Participants bring supplies or ongoing projects and an adventurous attitude to share creative time with other people in recovery. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

SWING DANCE WITH THE STARLINE RHYTHM BOYS: Movers and shakers cut a rug to live honky-tonk tunes. Base Lodge, Suicide Six Ski Area, South Pomfret, dance lesson, 7 p.m.; swing dance, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $2035. Info, 457-3500.

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BALLROOM & LATIN DANCING: Singles, couples and beginners are welcome to join in a dance social featuring the waltz, tango and more. Williston Jazzercise Fitness Center, 8-9:30 p.m. $8. Info, 862-2269. ECSTATIC DANCE VERMONT: Inspired by the 5Rhythms dance practice, attendees move, groove, release and open their hearts to life in a safe and sacred

GUIDED TOURS: See WED.3. QUEEN CITY GHOST WALK: DARKNESS FALLS: Local historian Thea Lewis treats pedestrians to tales of madmen, smugglers, pub spirits and, of course, ghosts. Arrive 10 minutes early. Democracy sculpture, 199 Main St., Burlington, 7 p.m. $20. Info, 863-5966. TAROT READINGS: A spiritual mentor consults her cards to offer guidance and clarity. Zenbarn

VERMONT E-BIKE & BREW TOUR: Electric bicycles transport suds lovers to three local beer producers via scenic routes. Old Mill Park, Johnson, noon-4:30 p.m. $75. Info, 730-0161.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. FIRST FRIDAY FLICKS: Blankets or beanbags in tow, families file in for a monthly motion picture. Bethel Town Hall, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, hello@bethel revitalizationinitiative.org. ‘FLYING MONSTERS 3D’: See WED.3. ‘GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D’: See WED.3. ‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: See WED.3. ‘WETWARE’: Human genetic modification is part of everyday reality in a new film by Vermont director Jay Craven. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 5:30 & 7:30 p.m. $20. Info, 748-2600.

food & drink

BRANDON FARMERS MARKET: Local farmers, artisans and specialty food producers offer up their goods. Estabrook Park, Brandon, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 273-2655. BURLINGTON EDIBLE HISTORY TOURS: See THU.4. COCKTAILS ON THE RAILS: Imbibers climb aboard a classic Green Mountain Railroad train for a scenic round trip complete with beverages, hors d’oeuvres and live music. Green Mountain Railroad, Chester, 6-8:30 p.m. $50; for ages 21 and up. Info, 800-707-3530. FOODWAYS FRIDAYS: Foodies use heirloom herbs and veggies to revive historic recipes in the farmhouse kitchen. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $4-16; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 457-2355. RICHMOND FARMERS MARKET: An open-air marketplace featuring live music connects cultivators and fresh-food browsers. Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, info@richmondfarmersmarketvt.org. SUN TO CHEESE TOUR: Fromage fanatics go behind the scenes and follow award-winning farmhouse cheddar from raw milk to finished product. Shelburne Farms,

1:45-3:45 p.m. $20 includes a block of cheddar; preregister. Info, 985-8686. ‘TWIN PEAKS’ MENU LAUNCH: Agent Cooper couldn’t resist themed cocktails and Champlain Orchards pie and donuts. Stonecutter Spirits, Middlebury, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 388-3000.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.3, 9:15 a.m. CRIBBAGE TEAMS: See WED.3. PINOCHLE & RUMMY: See WED.3.

health & fitness

ACUDETOX: Attendees in recovery undergo acupuncture to the ear to propel detoxification. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150. ADVANCED SUN TAI CHI73: Participants keep active with a sequence of slow, controlled movements. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3322. BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.3, 7:30-8:30 & 10:40-11:40 a.m. CHAIR YOGA: Students with limited mobility limber up with modified poses. Sangha Studio, North, Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262. FRI.5

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From Refugee to Tech Revolutionary TAN LE,

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER: TAN LE is an innovator, inventor & entrepreneur, and is the Founder and CEO of EMOTIV. Born in South Vietnam, Le migrated to Australia as a refugee with her family in 1981. Le began university studies at the age of 16 and went on to complete a bachelor’s degree in law (honors) and commerce (honors) in 1998 at Monash University. In 1998, Le was named Young Australian of the Year and voted one of Australia’s 30 Most Successful Women Under 30. Le’s story was featured in the ‘Hope’ section of the Eternity Exhibition of the National Museum of Australia. Le has been featured in “Who’s Who in Australia” list since 1999, Fast Company’s Most Influential Women in Technology in 2010 and Forbes’ 50 Names You Need to Know in 2011. Le recounts her childhood fleeing from war-torn Communist Vietnam, to her life as an immigrant in Australia, and how those circumstances have shaped her both personally and professionally as a successful female CEO of neuroengineering company EMOTIV. Le discusses the latest advances in EEG brain monitoring technologies and the implications they will have on the future of scientific and academic research, advertising and media, education and training, mobility, defense, communication, automotive development, and in the lives of people with mental and other neurological conditions. Le demos her innovative headset and talks about its farreaching applications in the industries of gaming, robotics, psychology, medicine, and many more.

GONG MEDITATION: Sonic vibrations lead to healing and deep relaxation. Yoga Roots, Williston, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $18. Info, 318-6050. LIVING RECOVERY: Folks overcoming substance abuse move, breathe and make positive change in a moderately paced flow yoga class. Sangha Studio, Pine, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262. REFUGE RECOVERY: A LOVE SUPREME: Buddhist philosophy is the foundation of this mindfulness-based addictionrecovery community. Turning Point Center, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 861-3150.

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MANUFACTURING DAY TOURS: A guided excursion introduces attendees to the global industrial PC company’s design and development process. A Q&A follows. Logic Supply, South Burlington, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 861-7465.

theater

‘ALL SHOOK UP’: See THU.4. ‘THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME’: See WED.3.

PUTTING THE GARDEN TO BED: Helping hands prep the historic site’s plots for the cold months ahead. Bring pruning shears, weeding tools and a kneeling mat. Justin Morrill Homestead, Strafford, 9 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 765-4288.

bazaars

BAKED BEADS/MAD RIVER VALLEY JEWELRY & SCARF SALE: See FRI.5. COOKBOOK SWAP: See WED.3.

‘DISAPPEARANCES’: See THU.4, 6:30 p.m.

LADIES AID RUMMAGE SALE: See FRI.5, 8 a.m.-noon.

‘HAND TO GOD’: See WED.3.

RUMMAGE SALE IN ESSEX JUNCTION: See FRI.5, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

DAVID & TRACY GRISMAN: An evening of creative exchange between the recent Goddard College alumna and the renowned mandolinist benefits the low-residency school. Haybarn Theatre, Goddard College, Plainfield, 8 p.m. $30-50. Info, 322-1685.

‘TWO TRAINS RUNNING’: In the midst of the civil rights movement, a group of neighbors in Pittsburgh’s Hill District navigate the changing perceptions of race in America in this Weston Playhouse production. Weston Playhouse Second Stage at Walker Farm, 7:30-10 p.m. $43. Info, 824-5288.

FALL MIGRATION BIRD WALKS: Avian enthusiasts keep their eyes peeled for winged wonders. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 7-8:30 a.m. $10; free for members. Info, 229-6206.

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EDUCATION & ENRICHMENT FOR EVERYONE: Activist and filmmaker Robin Lloyd grabs attention with “The Women’s Vote, World War I and Peace.” Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2-3 p.m. $5. Info, 658-6554.

TAKE STEPS IN THEIR SHOES: Pedestrians don purple shoes and pound the pavement to raise awareness and money for Steps to End Domestic Violence. The momentum continues with a silent auction and storytelling. See calendar spotlight. ArtsRiot, Burlington, noon-4 p.m. $35; preregister. Info, 658-3131.

‘DEAR ELIZABETH’: See THU.4.

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ARTURO O’FARRILL & THE AFRO LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA: The New York Times dubbed this genre-bending, Grammy Awardwinning group “Perhaps the most potent Afro-Cuban ensemble on this side of the Antilles.” Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $17-50. Info, 603-646-2422.

SKY BLUE BOYS: The bluegrass duo kicks off the 31st season of the Palmer Street Coffeehouse series with ballads, parlor songs and sacred numbers. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 518-561-6920.

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NORTH SEA GAS: Winners of Celtic Radio Boston’s “Album of the Year” for its 2013 record The Fire and the Passion of Scotland, the acclaimed Scottish folk band brings a taste of the highlands to the Green Mountain State. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 7:30 p.m. $15-30. Info, 533-9075.

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FORESTRY, HISTORY & THE FUTURE: A GUIDED HIKE: An outdoor program familiarizes trekkers with the sustainably managed working forest. Carriage Barn Visitor Center, Marsh-BillingsRockefeller National Historic Park, Woodstock, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 457-3368, ext. 222.

‘THE ODD COUPLE (FEMALE VERSION)’: See WED.3. ‘SITTING PRETTY’: See WED.3. ‘SUDS: THE ROCKING ’60S MUSICAL SOAP OPERA’: See THU.4.

‘YOU ARE HERE’: See THU.4, 8 & 10:30 p.m.

words

BOOK SALE: Thousands of gently used CDs, DVDs, puzzles and page-turners pique shoppers’ interest. Rutland Free Library, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860. BURLINGTON WRITERS WORKSHOP ANTHOLOGY BOOK LAUNCH & ‘MUD SEASON REVIEW’ PARTY: Contributors to the Burlington-based literary journals including Mary Chafee and Julia Shipley read selected works at a book bash complete with food and live music. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 6-8:30 p.m. Free; cash bar. Info, 383-8104. COCOON: Inspired by the storytelling series “The Moth Radio Hour,” raconteurs approach the mic with true tales. A reception follows. Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8-10 p.m. $6-15. Info, 443-3168.

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COCOA CAMPAIGN: A conversation delves into the dark side of the chocolate industry. Arrive at 1:30 p.m. for a PJC new volunteer orientation. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345.

RUMMAGE SALE IN FAIRFAX: See FRI.5, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

dance

BURLINGTON WESTIE FIRST SATURDAY DANCE: Hoofers hit the dance floor for a themed evening of blues and West Coast swing. North End Studio A, Burlington, introductory lesson, 6:30 p.m.; workshop, 7 p.m.; dance, 8-11 p.m. $8-12; free for first-timers. Info, burlington westie@gmail.com. DANCING WITH THE RUTLAND STARS: Local celebs compete in this annual dance-off to benefit Kids on the Move and the pediatric high-tech program at the Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice of the Southwest Region. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7 p.m. $25-45. Info, 775-0570. SPECTRUM DANCE THEATER: The Seattle-based dance company interprets writer James Baldwin and anthropologist Margaret Mead’s groundbreaking 1970 book A Rap on Race. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15-45. Info, 863-5966. ZENO DANCE MARATHON: Volunteers boogie for 24 hours to raise funds for the farm. Zeno Mountain Farm, Lincoln, 3 p.m. Funds raised. Info, 453-8777.

education

AUTUMN OPEN HOUSE: Prospective students and their families explore the school’s academic offerings. Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 586-7711.

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ALUMNI WEEKEND GOES LOCAL: A wristband grants area graduates access to an art exhibit, sports matches and strolls through campus. University of Vermont Alumni House, Burlington, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. $10; preregister. Info, 656-2010.

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BACK TO YOUR ROOTS: The Chad Hollister Band provides the musical backdrop to a celebration of food education nonprofit Common Roots, complete with local eats, signature cocktails and plenty of dancing. Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms, 5:30 p.m. $75. Info, 652-0188.

WELCOME HOME EVENT: Maritime enthusiasts greet the schooner Lois McClure and its crew following their epic five-month tour. Perkins Pier, Burlington, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 475-202.

FALL DOG PARTY: A bounce house, lawn games and live music by Don & Jenn enliven a celebration of canine companions. Dog Mountain, St. Johnsbury, noon-4 p.m. Free. Info, 800-449-2580.

B. LOVE FAMILY FESTIVAL: A dynamic day of kids’ activities, yoga, massage, workshops and live music by Myra Flynn celebrate Vermont’s young families. Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. $25; free for kids. Info, 540-0595.

FALL FOLIAGE TRAIN EXCURSIONS: See THU.4, 10 a.m. GUIDED TOURS: See WED.3. HISTORIC BARN HOUSE TOURS: Attendees view authentic African art, impressive architecture and antique fixtures during a stroll through historic buildings. Clemmons Family Farm, Charlotte, 10-11:30 a.m. $10; preregister. Info, 310-0097. INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY MEETING PLACE: Anything goes in an in-person networking group where folks can share hobbies, play music and discuss current events — without using online social sites. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 658-0030. LEGAL CLINIC: Attorneys offer complimentary consultations on a first-come, first-served basis. 274 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 383-2118. OPEN HOUSE & CORN HOLE TOURNAMENT: Friends and neighbors toss bean bags to benefit children and families. Kids’ activities and barbecue fare round out the fun. Rain date: October 7. Milton Family Community Center, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. $15-25 to play; preregister. Info, jhood@miltonfamilycenter.org. QUEEN CITY GHOST WALK: DARKNESS FALLS: See FRI.5. SMUGGS’ SKI & SNOWBOARD SALE: Powder hounds stock up on new and gently used gear. Tarrant Student Recreational Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 644-1177. TAROT CARD & ASTROLOGICAL READINGS: Katy Hellman of the Burlington band Julia Caesar offers divination services. Radio Bean, Burlington, 10 p.m.-1 a.m. $15 for 15 minutes. Info, 660-9346. UVM HISTORIC TOUR: A walking tour of New England’s fifth oldest university brings its illustrious history to life. Ira Allen Statue, University Green, University of Vermont, Burlington, 10 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 656-8673. VERMONT E-BIKE & BREW TOUR: See FRI.5. VERMONT HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING: A business assembly and award presentations give way to “The Estey Organ: An Ethnomusicologist’s View,” a keynote address by Dennis Waring with organist Marjorie Strong. Vermont History Museum, Montpelier, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 479-8500.

fairs & festivals

CHAMPLAIN ORCHARDS HARVEST FESTIVAL: Families fête the orchard’s 20th year with wagon rides, hard-cider tastings, wood-fired pizza, Stonecutter Spirits cocktails and kids’ activities. Champlain Orchards, Shoreham, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 897-2777. FALL HARVEST CELEBRATION: Dedicated to all things fall, this bucolic bash boasts family-friendly activities, locally prepared foods and a guided nature walk. West Farm, Jeffersonville, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 272-4818. HARVEST FEST: Autumn’s bounty inspires a day of games, live music, all-ages activities and a full farmers market. South Hero St. Rose of Lima Church, 10 a.m.3 p.m. Free. Info, champlain islandsfarmersmkt@gmail.com. HARVEST WEEKEND: A husking bee, a barn dance and other 19thcentury farm activities highlight autumn’s abundance. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $4-16; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 457-2355.

Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, bobrien@pshift.com. ‘FLYING MONSTERS 3D’: See WED.3. ‘GOD’S NOT DEAD: A LIGHT IN DARKNESS’: After his church is burned to the ground, a pastor must deal with the aftermath in this 2018 drama. Washington Baptist Church, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 565-8013. ‘GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D’: See WED.3. ‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: See WED.3. VOYAGE & ADVENTURE PART V: ‘SILENCE’: Vermont International Film Foundation executive director Orly Yadin screens her short film and offers a sneak peek at this year’s Vermont International Film Festival. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park, Enosburg Falls, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, info@cold hollowsculpturepark.com. ‘WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR’: François Scarborough Clemmons, who performed the role of Officer Clemmons on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” is on hand for a Q&A after screenings of this 2018 documentary about children’s TV host Fred Rogers. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 3 & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

food & drink

BURLINGTON EDIBLE HISTORY TOURS: See THU.4. BURLINGTON FARMERS MARKET: Dozens of stands overflow with seasonal produce, flowers, artisan wares and prepared foods. Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, burlington farmersmarket.org@gmail.com.

LEAF BLOWER MOUNTAIN BIKE FESTIVAL: Cyclists cap off the season with group rides, vendors, homegrown foods and local libations. Ranch Camp, Stowe, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. $25-80. Info, 310-6685.

CAPITAL CITY FARMERS MARKET: Meats and cheeses join farm-fresh produce, baked goods, locally made arts and crafts, and live music. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 793-8347.

OKTOBERFEST: Beer hounds whoop it up under a tent hosting live music, traditional foods and plenty of brews. The Countryman’s Pleasure, Rutland, 5:30-9:30 p.m. $25. Info, 773-7141.

CHICKEN & BISCUIT DINNER: Diners pile their plates with poultry, gravy, biscuits, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, squash, cranberry sauce and dessert. Takeout is available. Shelburne United Methodist Church, 4:45-6:15 p.m. $6-12; free for kids 4 and under; preregister. Info, 985-3981.

ROCKTOBER FEST: Beer, games, music, barbecue bites and educational opportunities entertain attendees at this fall fête. Vermont Granite Museum, Barre, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $3-10. Info, 476-4605. VERMONT APPLE FESTIVAL & CRAFT SHOW: Vendors offer handmade goods amid mouthwatering fare, beer and wine, and a pie-baking contest. Riverside Middle School, Springfield, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 885-2779.

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health & fitness

NEWBIE NOON CLASS: Firsttimers get their stretch on in a comfortably warm environment. Hot Yoga Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 999-9963. YOGA HIKE WITH INNER LIFE YOGA: A walking meditation through wood and field includes instruction incorporating elements of the natural environment. Meet in front of the Visitor Center, Marsh-BillingsRockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 457-3368.

language

ARMENIAN LANGUAGE: Singing, dancing, drama and games promote proficiency. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

DUTCH LANGUAGE CLASS: Planning a trip to Amsterdam? Learn vocabulary and grammar basics from a native speaker. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, bheeks@ yahoo.com.

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PRIDE YOGA: LGBTQ individuals and allies hit the mat for a stretching session suited to all levels. Sangha Studio, Pine, Burlington, 5-6:15 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262.

music

Find club dates in the music section. CATAMOUNT ARTS BLUEGRASS NIGHT: Shady Rill and Bob Amos & Catamount Crossing are the featured performers during an evening chock-full of traditional tunes. Masonic Hall, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 748-2600. ELI WEST & BEN WINSHIP: The nationally known roots performers take the stage after an open-mic session. Ripton Community House, 7:30 p.m. $10-15; preregister for open mic. Info, 388-9782. ERIC BIBB: The venerated bluesman returns to Vermont with longtime sideman Michael Jerome Browne to perform material from his Grammy Awardnominated album Migration Blues. University of Vermont Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $5-30. Info, 656-3131. PARVATHY BAUL: Spirituality and creativity thread through a stirring performance by the singer and teacher from Bengal, India. Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 3-5 p.m. $20-25. Info, 498-5966. PAUL ORGEL, EMILY TAUBL & JENNIFER ELOWITCH: Three chamber musicians hit all the right notes in compositions by Mozart, Debussy and Dvořák. Richmond Free Library, 7:30 p.m. $5-15. Info, 434-3036. TIM MCKENZIE & FRIENDS: Guitar in hand, the Vermont musician shares his gift for song. Meeting House on the Green, East Fairfield, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 827-6626. VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: MADE IN VERMONT STATEWIDE TOUR: A musical celebration of autumn includes compositions by Mozart, Haydn and Brahms. Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $10-25; free for kids 5 and under. Info, 443-3168.

outdoors

DEEP SKY ASTRONOMY NIGHT: Curious minds uncover the mysteries of the universe in a stargazing session with the Green Mountain Astronomers. Call to confirm. Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site, 5:30-10 p.m. Donations. Info, 273-2282. MOUNT GRANT HIKE: Outdoor adventurers keep a moderate pace on an 8-mile trek gaining

1,200 feet in elevation. Contact trip leader for details. Free; preregister. Info, 318-8104.

sports

BARRE PRO RODEO: Big-name riders saddle up as part of the Rawhide Rodeo Tour. Thunder Road Speed Bowl, Barre, 2 p.m. $20; free for kids 5 and under. Info, 244-6963, ext. 4. CURE FOR IBD 5K, FUN RUN & WALK FOR CROHN’S & COLITIS: Active bodies take steps to support research toward new treatments and cures. Oakledge Park, Burlington, check-in, 9 a.m.; event, 10 a.m. $20; free for kids under 5. Info, cureforibd@gmail. com. STARK MOUNTAIN HILL CLIMB: Contestants choose their own routes for a 20th-annual trail run to the summit. Mad River Glen, Waitsfield, registration, 8:30 a.m.; race, 10 a.m. $25-30. Info, 496-5538.

talks

MICHELLE CUSOLITO: The former teacher schools educators with “Diving Deep Into Discovery Using Non-Fiction Picture Books.” Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 229-0774. SARA FRANKLIN: The biographer speaks about editor, writer and gourmand Judith Jones’ contribution to the publishing world. Simpson Hall, Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 586-7711.

theater

‘ALL SHOOK UP’: See THU.4. CIRCUS ARTS LEARNING & JAM: Daring individuals perfect skills ranging from juggling to tight-rope walking with CAMP Burlington members. Burlington Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, admin@camp burlington.com. ‘THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME’: See WED.3, 2 & 7:30 p.m. ‘DEAR ELIZABETH’: See THU.4, 2 & 7:30 p.m. ‘DISAPPEARANCES’: See THU.4. ‘HAND TO GOD’: See WED.3, 2 & 7:30 p.m. ‘JASON BISHOP: MAGIC AND ILLUSION’: Blending comedy and magic, the virtuosic illusionist presents his jaw-dropping, stateof-the-art wizardry. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $35-50. Info, 760-4634. ‘MARY STUART’: Two queens fight to the death in a fresh adaptation of Friedrich Schiller’s political thriller, presented as a staged reading by the Vermont Shakespeare Festival. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 7 p.m. $10-15. Info, 533-2000. THE MET: LIVE IN HD: ‘AIDA’: Anna Netrebko takes on the title role in a broadcast production of Verdi’s Egyptian epic of love and politics. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 12:55 p.m. $16-25. Info, 748-2600. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 1 p.m. $1024. Info, 382-9222.

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‘THE ODD COUPLE (FEMALE VERSION)’: See WED.3. ‘SITTING PRETTY’: See WED.3. ‘SUDS: THE ROCKING ’60S MUSICAL SOAP OPERA’: See THU.4, 3-5 & 7:30-9:30 p.m. ‘TWO TRAINS RUNNING’: See FRI.5, 2-4:30 & 7:30-10 p.m. ‘YOU ARE HERE’: See THU.4.

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BOOK & MEDIA SALE: Bibliophiles snap up secondhand reading materials. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. CHAYA BHUVANESWAR: Journalist Sue Halpern engages the author in an in-depth discussion of her debut story collection, White Dancing Elephants. A book signing follows. Vermont Book Shop, Middlebury, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 388-2061. LORI L. MACLAUGHLIN: The local author autographs copies of her new fantasy adventure novel, The Road Once Taken. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, noon-2 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. POETRY EXPERIENCE: Writers share original work and learn from others in a supportive environment open to all ages and experience levels. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

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BURLINGTON TREE TOURS: Outdoors lovers learn to identify common species on a moderately paced walking tour of the Queen City’s urban forest. Arrive five minutes early. Patio, the Mounted Cat, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. $16.75; free for kids 10 and under; limited space. Info, 658-6500.

bazaars

BAKED BEADS/MAD RIVER VALLEY JEWELRY & SCARF SALE: See FRI.5. COOKBOOK SWAP: See WED.3.

community

COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS PRACTICE: Sessions in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh include sitting and walking meditation, a short reading, and open sharing. Evolution Physical Therapy & Yoga, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, newleafsangha@ gmail.com. OPEN HOUSE: Safety comes first at a Fire Prevention Week affair offering equipment displays, kids’ games and plenty of information. Highgate Volunteer Fire Department, 1-4 p.m. Free. Info, highgatefirevt@gmail.com. PUBLIC SAFETY OPEN HOUSE: Locals mingle with firefighters, police officers and emergency dispatchers. Educational activities, station tours and equipment demos round out the experience. Hartford Fire Department, White River Junction, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 295-3232.

dance

ISRAELI FOLK DANCING: No partner is required for a beginnerfriendly session of circle and line dances. Bring clean, soft-soled shoes. Social Hall, Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 7:309:30 p.m. $2; free for first-timers. Info, 864-0218. SALSALINA SUNDAY PRACTICE: Salsa dancers step in for a casual social. Salsalina Dance Studio, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. $5. Info, eingelmanuel@hotmail.com.

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FALL FOLIAGE TRAIN EXCURSIONS: See THU.4. GUIDED TOURS: See WED.3. MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS HISTORICAL SOCIETY OPEN HOUSE: Special guests Helen, Richard and Jean Rogers share old postcards, brochures and slides from their family album to illustrate the presentation “The Gardner-Rogers Homestead.” Middletown Springs Historical Society, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 235-2376. QUEEN CITY GHOST WALK: DARKNESS FALLS: See FRI.5. SMUGGS’ SKI & SNOWBOARD SALE: See SAT.6, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

fairs & festivals

HARVEST WEEKEND: See SAT.6. MONTPELIER FALL FESTIVAL: Food and games reward participants in a 5K race and kids’ fun run at this fundraiser for the Montpelier School District. Montpelier High School, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $10-25 for 5K; $25 fundraising minimum for fun run. Info, wilscheka@yahoo.com. NESFEST: Patrick Ross and Hot Flannel are among the acts on the bill at an annual music fest complete with a beer tent, a pig roast and a bouncy house. Northeast Slopes, East Corinth, noon-7 p.m. $6-15; free for kids 5 and under. Info, 439-5789. PUMPKIN FESTIVAL: Horsedrawn wagon rides transport families during a day of live music, local eats, pumpkin picking and themed activities. No pets, please. See calendar spotlight. Cedar Circle Farm & Education Center, East Thetford, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $10-15 for parking. Info, 785-4737.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘FLYING MONSTERS 3D’: See WED.3. ‘GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D’: See WED.3. ‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: See WED.3. ‘VOICES ACROSS THE DIVIDE’: A discussion augments a screening of Alice Rothschild’s 2013 documentary about the experience of Palestinian refugees living stateside. Light refreshments are provided. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, peace_justice_earthcare2@ burlingtonquakers.org.

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CHOCOLATE TASTING IN BURLINGTON: See SAT.6. CHOCOLATE TASTING IN MIDDLESEX: Candy fanatics get an education on a variety of sweets made on-site. Nutty Steph’s Granola & Chocolate Factory, Middlesex, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 229-2090. FIRST SUNDAYS X SHACKSBURY CIDER: Cider and eats from local vendors such as Pioneer Food Truck & Catering and Lu•lu ice cream satiate friends and families who gather for fun and games. Shacksbury Tasting Room, Vergennes, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, grace@shacksbury.com.

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WINOOSKI FARMERS MARKET: Families shop for fresh produce, honey, meats, coffee and prepared foods from more than 15 seasonal vendors at an outdoor marketplace. Champlain Mill, Winooski, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, farmers market@downtownwinooski.org.

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MOVING MEDITATION WUJI GONG: Jeanne Plo leads pupils in an easy-to-learn form of qigong known as “tai chi for enlightenment.” Burlington Friends Meeting House, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-6377.

language

‘DIMANCHES’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Native speakers and learners alike chat en français. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 430-4652.

music

Find club dates in the music section. BARRY KING: With influences ranging from the Beatles to Chris Stapleton, the local songster serves up folk and folk-rock selections. Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 899-4962. BURLINGTON FRIENDS OF OPERA: Community members bond over a special interest in dramatic works set to music. Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 233-2404. COMMUNITY SONG CIRCLE: Singers of all ages and abilities lift their voices in selections from the Rise Up Singing and Rise Again songbooks. Center for Arts and Learning, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 595-5252.

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GREENSKY BLUEGRASS: A classic genre gets an eclectic twist as part of the outdoor Stratton Mountain Music series. The Lil Smokies open. Stratton Mountain Resort, 6 p.m. $25; free for kids 10 and under. Info, 787-2886. JEZ LOWE & JAMES KEELAGHAN: With a musical partnership that has lasted more than 20 years, the two songwriters serve up memorable acoustic selections. Cabot Town Hall, 4 p.m. $20-25. Info, 793-3016.

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MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD: The reggae-rock songwriter and activist tours in support of his forthcoming album, Stay Human 2. Victoria Canal and Dustin Thomas open. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $58.50-78.50. Info, 775-0570.

RUN FOR THE LAKE: Runners and walkers tackle waterfront routes ranging from 3K to 5K to 10K. Georgia Beach, St. Albans, 7:30-11 a.m. $20-40; free for kids’ race; preregister. Info, 923-6740.

VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: MADE IN VERMONT STATEWIDE TOUR: See SAT.6, Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 3 p.m. $1025. Info, 864-5741.

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FORESTRY, HISTORY & THE FUTURE: A GUIDED HIKE: See FRI.5.

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CHAMPLAIN VALLEY BUDDY WALK: A stroll through downtown Burlington raises awareness of Down syndrome in the greater community. Battery Park, Burlington, registration, noon, walk, 1 p.m. $8; $30 per family. Info, mcq@vermontbiz.com.

RIPTON RIDGE RUN: Participants run or walk 5K and 10.4K routes through breathtaking foliage to raise funds for Ripton Elementary School. Ripton Elementary School, registration, 11 a.m.-noon, races, 12:30 p.m. $20-40. Info, 388-2208.

TWANGTOWN PARAMOURS: A hybrid of the Nashville and Austin music scenes, the acoustic duo crafts catchy Americana sounds. United Church of Westford, 4-5 p.m. Donations. Info, 879-4028.

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MATT HAIMOVITZ: The acclaimed cellist concludes a trio of pop-up shows in the Randolph area with an afternoon matinee performance of Bach’s “Suites for Unaccompanied Cello.” Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, 3 p.m. $15-45. Info, 728-6464.

THEY MIGHT BE GYPSIES: High-energy numbers inspired by gypsy jazz master Django Reinhardt fill the air during the father-and-son duo’s 10thanniversary concert. Knoll Farm, Fayston, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $15-20. Info, 458-7064.

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MAD DASH: Runners and walkers make strides on 5K and 10K courses to support the Mad River Path Association. See calendar spotlight. Meadow Road, Waitsfield, sign-in, 8:30 a.m.; race, 10 a.m. $15-30, free for kids. Info, 496-7284.

NORTHERN HARMONY: See WED.3, Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier.

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SHELBURNE FALLS WALK: Breathtaking sights await hikers who traverse a 3-mile loop. Contact trip leader for details. Free; preregister. Info, ted@ted-albers.net.

MALEK JANDALI: The Pianos for Peace founder tickles the ivories. Thirteen-year-old Woodstock pianist William Drebitko opens. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, South Pomfret, 4-5:30 p.m. $25. Info, 457-3500.

NORTHEAST FIDDLERS ASSOCIATION MEETING: Lovers of this spirited art form gather to catch up and jam. VFW Post 7779, Hyde Park, noon-5 p.m. Free; donations of nonperishable food items accepted. Info, 431-3901.

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MICH KABAY: The Norwich University professor of computer information systems shares his knowledge of the world wide web and safe computer usage as part of a lecture series titled “The Politics of Cyberspace.” Jewish Community of Greater Stowe, noon. Free. Info, 253-1800. SERIN HOUSTON: “Contextualizing the Migration ‘Crisis’: Patterns, Practices and Protests” addresses the scope, impacts and activism related to current migration. Simpson Hall, Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 586-7711.

theater

‘ALL SHOOK UP’: See THU.4, 2-4 p.m. ‘THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME’: See WED.3, 2 p.m. ‘DISAPPEARANCES’: See THU.4, 2 p.m. ‘HAND TO GOD’: See WED.3, 2 p.m. ‘MARY STUART’: See SAT.6, McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 3 p.m. Donations. Info, 654-2000. ‘ONCE’: A street musician and a Czech immigrant fall in love in this modern musical set in the streets of Dublin. Sylvan Adams Theatre, Segal Centre for Performing Arts, Montréal, 1:30 p.m. $53-67. Info, 514-739-7944.

‘OSLO’: Northern Stage presents a historical drama based on the events that led to the 1993 Oslo Accords between Israel and Palestine. Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction, 5 p.m. $19-59. Info, 296-7000. ‘SUDS: THE ROCKING ’60S MUSICAL SOAP OPERA’: See THU.4, 2-4 p.m. ‘THIS WAR IS NOT INEVITABLE’: A timely play centers on the birth of the idea of the threefold social organism. Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 7 p.m. $10-30. Info, 522-2773. ‘TWO TRAINS RUNNING’: See FRI.5, 3-5:30 p.m.

words

BURLINGTON WOMEN’S POETRY GROUP: Female writers seek feedback from fellow rhyme-and-meter mavens. Email for details. Private residence, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, jcpoet@bellsouth.net.

MON.8 activism

BUILDING EMPATHY & ADDRESSING RACIAL OPPRESSION: See THU.4, Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 6-8 p.m.

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AMERICAN VETERANS VERMONT POST 1: Those who have served or are currently serving the country, including members of the National Guard and reservists, are welcome to join AMVETS for monthly meetings. American Legion, Post 91, Colchester, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 796-3098.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘FLYING MONSTERS 3D’: See WED.3. ‘GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D’: See WED.3. ‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: See WED.3.

food & drink

BTV POLY COCKTAILS: Those who are polyamorous, in an open relationship or just curious connect over drinks. Drink, Burlington, 7 p.m.-midnight. Free; for ages 21 and up. Info, 253-310-8315. KIMCHI & SAUERKRAUT PRODUCTION DAYS: See WED.3.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.3, 6:30 p.m. CRIBBAGE TEAMS: See WED.3. MAGIC: THE GATHERING — MONDAY NIGHT MODERN: Tarmogoyf-slinging madness ensues when competitors battle for prizes in a weekly game. Brap’s Magic, Burlington, 6:30-10 p.m. $8. Info, 540-0498. PINOCHLE & RUMMY: See WED.3.

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health & fitness

agriculture

ADVANCED SUN-STYLE TAI CHI, LONG-FORM: Elements of qigong thread through the youngest version of the Chinese martial art. Winooski Senior Center, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 735-5467.

PLANTING TREES: WHAT, WHEN & HOW: Green thumbs pick up tips for cultivating leaf-andbranch species. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@hunger mountain.coop.

ADVANCED SUN TAI CHI73: See FRI.5.

ASHLEY WARWICK: The telling of an epic Indian tale paves the way for a guided meditation session with the certified yoga instructor. Northern Vermont UniversityLyndon, 5 p.m. Free. Info, mountaincreekyoga@gmail.com. BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.3. CHAIR YOGA WITH SANGHA STUDIO: Supported poses promote health and wellbeing. Heineberg Senior Center, Burlington, 10:45-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 448-4262. GUIDED GROUP MEDITATION: In keeping with the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, folks practice mindfulness through sitting, walking, reading and discussion. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 7:158 p.m. Free. Info, 505-1688. SEATED TAI CHI: Movements are modified for those with arthritis and other chronic conditions. Winooski Senior Center, 11 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 735-5467. YOGA FOR VETERANS: Seasoned practitioners and neophytes alike engage in postures of strength and physicality. Participants may bring a friend or other support person. Sangha Studio, North, Burlington, 10:3011:30 a.m. Free. Info, 448-4262.

language

CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH GROUP: See WED.3. LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE: Bring a bag lunch to practice the system of communication using visual gestures. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

theater

‘ONCE’: See SUN.7, 8 p.m.

words

READING THROUGH THE BIBLE: Participants gather near the fireplace to peruse the Scriptures. Panera Bread, South Burlington, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 893-6266.

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‘40 DAYS OF FIRE’: See THU.4, St. Norbert Catholic Church, Hardwick. CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT TUESDAYS: Expert Tony Redington reviews present and future transportation considerations for the local community. Refreshments are provided. South Burlington Community Library, University Mall, 6:307:30 p.m. Free. Info, 495-0733.

HOUSE & FORMAL GARDENS TOUR: See THU.4.

COOKBOOK SWAP: See WED.3.

SEX, POLITICS & COCKTAILS: Supporters celebrate the state’s sexual and reproductive champions at fundraiser for Planned Parenthood Vermont Action Fund IE PAC. The Farmhouse Tap & Grill, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $250. Info, grassrootsvt@ ppnne.org.

business

film

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RUTLAND BUSINESS PLANNING COURSE: In a 10-week class presented by the Center for Women & Enterprise, aspiring entrepreneurs gain the confidence and knowledge to launch a small business. Rutland Regional Planning Commission, 6-9 p.m. Free for Rutland-area residents; preregister. Info, 391-4870.

community

FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: See FRI.5.

crafts

COMMUNITY CRAFT NIGHT: Makers stitch, spin, knit and crochet their way through projects while enjoying each other’s company. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

dance

CHAKRA DANCE: Whether barefoot or donning indoor shoes, hoofers explore the energy of the body’s seven centers of spiritual power through guided dance. A potluck follows. Bobbin Mill Community Center, Burlington, 5-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 777-2964. SWING DANCING: Quick-footed participants experiment with different forms, including the Lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Beginners are welcome. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:309:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.

environment

KIM ROYAR: The biologist outlines how human influence has altered Vermont’s flora and fauna. Waterbury Public Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

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CHINA TOWN HALL: A webinar led by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gives way to a talk by Barbara Finamore of the National Resource Defense Fund, both addressing China’s ability to collaborate with other nations. Classroom, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 802-861-2343, ext. 4. DANCE, PAINT, WRITE!: Creative people end their day with an energetic meditation, music, movement, intuitive painting, free writing and de-stressing. Expressive Arts Burlington, 6:308:30 p.m. $15; preregister. Info, 343-8172. FALL FOLIAGE TRAIN EXCURSIONS: See THU.4.

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NEW ENGLAND ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL: ‘PATRIA’: A 2014 drama directed by Felice Farina is shown in Italian with English subtitles. Room 427, Waterman Building, University of Vermont, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3576.

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ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT/ WORKSHOP: A simple treatment called the Four Gates helps to relieve low mood, anxiety and fatigue. Bring a yoga mat and a small blanket. Optimum Health Acupuncture, Burlington, 6:30-7:45 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 310-3301. BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE SUN-STYLE TAI CHI, LONGFORM: Improved mood, greater muscle strength and increased energy are a few of the benefits of this gentle exercise. South Burlington Recreation & Parks Department, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 735-5467. BEGINNERS TAI CHI CLASS: See THU.4. PEACEFUL WARRIOR KARATE: Martial-arts training promotes healthy living for those in recovery. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150. REIKI CLINIC: Thirty-minute treatments foster physical, emotional and spiritual wellness. JourneyWorks, Burlington, 3-5:30 p.m. $10-30; preregister. Info, 860-6203. YOGA AT THE WINOOSKI VFW: Certified instructors guide veterans and their families through a series of poses. Arrive

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‘LA CAUSERIE’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Native speakers and learners are welcome to pipe up at an unstructured conversational practice. El Gato Cantina, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195. LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: ITALIAN: Speakers hone their skills in the Romance language over a bag lunch. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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SOCIAL GATHERING: Those who are deaf or hard of hearing or want to learn American Sign Language get together to break down communication barriers. The North Branch Café, Montpelier, 4-6 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 595-4001.

music

Find club dates in the music section. OPEN MIC: Singers, players, storytellers and poets entertain a live audience at a monthly showcase of local talent. Wallingford Town Hall, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 446-2872. SPHINX VIRTUOSI: The highminded Detroit-based chamber ensemble aims to make classical music more inclusive through its latest program, “Music Without Borders.” Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $18-30. Info, 603-646-2422.

seminars

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN VETERANS: Female participants think about their preferences for future medical treatment. White River Junction VA Medical Center, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 2959363, ext. 6923. HEALTHY HOMES: THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ENERGY EFFICIENCY & A HEALTHY HOME: Homeowners discover how to improve their comfort and indoor living environment through energy efficiency. Davis Auditorium, Medical Education Center Pavilion, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 847-7222.

THE DAVE GRAM SHOW Interviews with political and business leaders, 9:00 – 11:00 AM authors, educators, and others in the news with call-ins from listeners.

PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Frenchlanguage fanatics meet pour parler la belle langue. Burlington Bay Market & Café, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 430-4652.

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MEDICARE & YOU: AN INTRODUCTION TO MEDICARE: Members of the Central Vermont Council on Aging clear up confusion about the application process and plan options. Central Vermont Council on Aging, Barre, 3-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 479-0531.

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‘ONCE’: See SUN.7, 8 p.m.

community

‘DEAR ELIZABETH’: See THU.4. ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: ‘THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR’: Driven by his desire for a comfortable retirement, John Falstaff attempts to seduce the wives of two wealthy men in this broadcast production. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6-15. Info, 748-2600. ‘THIS WAR IS NOT INEVITABLE’: See SUN.7, Heartbeet Lifesharing, Hardwick.

words

BURLINGTON POETRY GROUP: Writers of verse ages 18 through 30 field constructive feedback on original works. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, btvpoetry@gmail.com.

GREENER DRINKS: See WED.3.

COFFEE TALK: Friends, neighbors and AARP Vermont volunteers catch up on upcoming activities and issues facing older Vermonters. Nomad Coffee — South End Station, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, vt@aarp.org.

crafts

FIBER RIOT!: See WED.3. GREEN MOUNTAIN CHAPTER OF THE EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD OF AMERICA: Needle-and-thread enthusiasts fine-tune their techniques. Ascension Lutheran Church, South Burlington, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Free for first-timers; bring a bag lunch. Info, 372-4255.

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D.D. GUTTENPLAN: Who are the new progressive leaders emerging to lead the postTrump return to democracy in America? The author addresses this question during a talk on his new book, The Next Republic: The Rise of a New Radical Majority. Phoenix Books, Burlington, 7 p.m. $3. Info, 448-3350.

GUIDED TOURS: See WED.3.

MADELEINE KUNIN: The former Vermont governor shares her memoir, Coming of Age: My Journey to the Eighties. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro, 7-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, galaxybooks. events@gmail.com.

OPEN MIC NIGHT: Feats of comedy, music, poetry and storytelling fill five-, 10- and 15-minute time slots. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 7-9 p.m. Donations. Info, info@mainstreetmuseum.org.

THE MOTH: DISGUISES: Wordsmiths have five minutes to tell true tales inspired by a shared theme. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10; preregister. Info, 540-0406. THE WRITING LIFE: FICTION 2018: Instruction, video resources, inclass discussion and take-home assignments help wordsmiths hone their craft. Bixby Memorial Library, Vergennes, 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, maddy. willwerth@bixbylibrary.org.

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COOKBOOK SWAP: See WED.3.

business

VERMONT WOMENPRENEURS COFFEE & TEA MEETUP: Members of the business community share resources and feedback over hot beverages. Bring your business cards. Nomad Coffee — South End Station, Burlington, 8:30-9:45 a.m. Free. Info, mieko@ radiancestudiosllc.com. WANT TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS? HERE’S A TOOL TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL: Proprietors leave this session with the knowledge to take their enterprises to the next level. New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 879-8790.

HAVE YOU HAD A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE?: Members of Vermont Eckankar host an open discussion for those who have had moments of strong intuition, déjà vu or past-life recall. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-772-9390.

TOASTMASTERS OF GREATER BURLINGTON OPEN HOUSE: Prospective members learn more about the club dedicated to promoting public speaking and leadership skills. Holiday Inn, South Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 291-4300.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the movies section. ‘BLUE HEART’: A documentary film by Patagonia centers on the struggle to protect Europe’s remaining pristine rivers. The short film The Last Hill also plays. Proceeds benefit the Middlebury Area Land Trust. Marquis Theatre & Southwest Café, Middlebury, 7 p.m. $5-10. Info, 388-4841. ‘FLYING MONSTERS 3D’: See WED.3. ‘GREAT WHITE SHARK 3D’: See WED.3. ‘THE LAST REEF 3D’: See WED.3. TOURNÉES FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: ‘120 BATTEMENTS PAR MINUTE’: Shown with English subtitles, a 2017 documentary focuses on Parisian activists who called for action to combat the AIDS epidemic in the early ’90s. Room 101, Cheray Science Hall, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 881-8826.

food & drink

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COOK THE BOOK: Foodies bring a dish from Melissa Pasanen and Rick Gencarelli’s Cooking with Shelburne Farms: Food and Stories from Vermont to a palate-pleasing potluck. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.3.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.3. CRIBBAGE TEAMS: See WED.3. MAH JONGG: Participants of all levels enjoy friendly bouts of this tile-based game. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. PINOCHLE & RUMMY: See WED.3.

health & fitness

24 SHORT FORM OF YANGSTYLE TAI CHI: See WED.3. ACROYOGA CLASS: See WED.3. ARTS & CULTURE SERIES: APPLIED MINDFULNESS: In a fourweek course, students make progress toward their full mental potential. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7-9 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 745-1393. BONE BUILDERS EXERCISE CLASSES: See WED.3. ‘LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE’: With the hope of erasing the stigma surrounding the progressive mental disease, Skye Yardley and Jane Dwinell share their experiences with dementia. Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0595. RESILIENCE FLOW: See WED.3. WEDNESDAY GUIDED MEDITATION: See WED.3.

language

BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE/ ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES: See WED.3. CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH GROUP: See WED.3. LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: See WED.3.

music

Find club dates in the music section. ARLO GUTHRIE: You can get anything you want when the iconic songwriter visits Stowe as part of the Alice’s Restaurant — Back By Popular Demand Tour, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of his film, Alice’s Restaurant. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $45-95. Info, 760-4634. DOUGIE MACLEAN: In a co-presentation with Young Tradition Vermont, the Lane Series welcomes a beloved Scottish troubadour, whose song “Caledonia” is widely considered to be the unofficial anthem of Scotland. University of Vermont Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10-35. Info, 656-3131.

outdoors

NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL PUBLIC BANDING DEMONSTRATIONS: Animal lovers join NBNC biologists as they capture, tag and release these pintsized fliers. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 229-6206.

politics

GUBERNATORIAL FORUM: Republican Phil Scott and Democrat Christine Hallquist field VTDigger.com reader questions. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 225-6224.

sports

COMMUNITY ROWING: See WED.3.

talks

BETH HAGGART: From filtering polluted rainwater to providing natural insulation, the benefits of living roofs take center stage as part of the Yestermorrow Speaker Series. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545.

tech

GOOGLE DRIVE 2: Folks who are familiar with using the internet get dialed into the basics of Google Sheets and Google Slides. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 865-7217. TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.3.

theater

‘THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME’: See WED.3. ‘DEAR ELIZABETH’: See THU.4. ‘L’ELISIR D’AMORE (THE ELIXIR OF LOVE)’: A lovestruck waiter turns to a love potion in the Opera Company of Middlebury’s production of Donzinetti’s romantic comedy. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $40-50. Info, 382-9222. ‘THE ODD COUPLE (FEMALE VERSION)’: See WED.3. ‘ONCE’: See SUN.7, 8 p.m. ‘SUDS: THE ROCKING ’60S MUSICAL SOAP OPERA’: See THU.4.

words

MARCIE HERNANDEZ & WRENN COMPERE: Two music therapists explore how voices change with age. Singing is optional! Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: SOUTH TO NORTH: Readers discuss Cane by Jean Toomer. South Burlington Community Library, University Mall, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

MARY LOU KETE: The professor reads into the role of women in making the magazine a main resource on how to be feminine and an American in the 19th century. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, Burlington, noon. Regular admission, $3-10; free for members, faculty, staff, students and kids 6 and under. Info, 656-0750.

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP: Fans of the written word delve into No One Cares About Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America by Ron Powers. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

NADIA MURAD: A survivor of the Yazidi genocide in northern Iraq by ISIS fighters delivers “Hope Has an Expiration Date: Exploring the Plight of Victims of Ethnic and Religious Violence in the Middle East.” Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center, Middlebury College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5000. PORTIA TURCO: An interactive conversation presented as part of the Vinspire: Informing and Inspiring the North Country series offers proactive responses to discrimination. Strand Center for the Arts, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-563-1604. TIM SPEARS: Presented in conjunction with the exhibit “Doughboys and Flyboys: WWI Stories by Vermonters From the Home and Battlefront,” a talk by the Middlebury College professor examines changes in how American veterans are publicly honored. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, noon. Regular admission, $4-12; free for kids under 6. Info, 388-2117.

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Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd., 10 min. from Exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194. EMPOWERMENT CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: SAT Bootcamp, CPR and AED Training, First Aid Training, Women’s Self-Defense, Mindful Meditation, Self-Hypnosis, Massage, Reflexology, Juggling Publishing, Writing Workshop, Grandmother Lessons, Car Knowledge with Girlington Garage. Talks on: Politics, Sea Power and History with Chris O, Vermont Architecture, Donner Party, Life in a Jar (book talk), the Iceman, Alzheimers, End-of-Life Doula. Also, Solar Energy 101, Bridge (two levels), Mah Jongg, Astrology, Feng Shui, Reiki, Herbals (three choices), Soap Making, and Home Exchange. Full descriptions at access.cvuhs.org. Senior discounts. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd., 10 min. from Exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194. FITNESS, DANCE AND MUSIC CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: 215 offerings for all ages. Core Strength, Weight Training for Women, Weight Training for Seniors, Zumba, Yoga (five choices), Swing or Ballroom with Terry Bouricius, Line Dancing, Hip Hop for Kids, Hip Hop for Adults, Jazzercise Dance Mixx, Voice-Overs, Guitar (two levels), Mandolin, String Band, Ukelele, Banjo, Fiddling, Music Exploration with Rufus. Low cost, excellent instructors, guaranteed. Full descriptions at access.cvuhs.org. Senior discounts. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd., 10 min. from Exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194. KIDS CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: 215 offerings for all ages. Earthenware (first to fourth graders), Painting (10 and up), Acrylics (12 and up), Sewing for 8-Year-Olds With Adult, Kids in Motion (ages 8-12), Hip-Hop (ages 5-10), Crafts: Story Stones (ages 6-10), Dreamcatchers (ages 6-10), Cork Stamps (ages 6-10), Playful French (first to third graders), Cross Stitch, Soap Carving for All Ages, Needlefelt (10 and up). For Parents (about kids): Kids and Confidence, Me-Power. Guaranteed. Full descriptions: access.cvuhs.org. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd., 10 min. from Exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194. LANGUAGE CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: 215 total offerings for all ages. French (three levels),

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Spanish (four levels), Italian for Travelers, German (two levels)! Low cost, hands-on, excellent instructors. Limited class size, guaranteed. Materials included with few exceptions. Full descriptions at access.cvuhs.org. Senior discounts. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd., 10 min. from Exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194. NATURE CLASSES IN HINESBURG AT CVU HIGH SCHOOL: 215 offerings for all ages. Beekeeping, Birding (three choices), Winter Tree ID, Woodlot Management, Lake Ice, Edible/Medicinal Plants, Growing Mushrooms, Dog Body Language, Canine Manners, Feline Behavior, Tree ID, Weeds, Fungi, Reptiles, Herbals (three choices), Soap Making. Guaranteed. Full descriptions at access.cvuhs. org. Senior discounts. Location: CVU High School, 369 CVU Rd., 10 min. from Exit 12, Hinesburg. Info: 482-7194.

glorious fall colors in northern Vermont with internationally acclaimed artist Angela Manno. Plus enjoy two gourmet lunches with renowned chef Steve Bogart. Open to all levels of experience, from beginner to advanced. Ample individual attention given. Sat.-Sun., Oct. 6-7, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $110/12 hours of instruction. Location: Private Home, 587 Minister Brook Rd., Worcester. Info: Art & Soul Studios, Angela Manno, 970-275-1525, amanno@ angelamanno.com, angelamanno. com/classes.php. VOX POP WORKSHOP!: “Vox pop” from the Latin phrase “vox populi” means “voice of the people.” The vox pop is used to hear many different answers to a question. In this workshop, Vox Pop is an entry point to learning the concepts and methods behind interviewing, audiorecording and audio-editing for community-based research projects. Sat., Oct. 13, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $95/six-hour workshop. Location: Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St., Middlebury. Info: Bob Hooker, 388-4964, info@vermontfolklifecenter.org, vermontfolklifecenter.org.

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art ART & CREATIVITY AT WINGSPAN STUDIO: Adults: Wed. p.m., Painting, Drawing, Creativity. Oct. 20-21, Weekend Workshop for Advanced Beginners/ Intermediate Painters. Kids: Tue. a.m., Pre-K FRArt: Art, French Immersion. Thu. After-school FRArt. Fri., Oct. 19, School Conference Day FRArt Camp. All info on website. Sign up today! Create with professional artist and fluent French speaker/longtime instructor Maggie Standley. Location: Wingspan Studio, 4A Howard St., Burlington. Info: 2337676, maggiestandley@gmail. com, wingspanstudioeduc.com. ART & POTTERY IN MIDDLEBURY: Adults: Clay Hand Building; Mon. & Wed. p.m. Wheel; Mon a.m. Pastels; Mon. p.m. & Thu. a.m. Oils; Friday Expressive Painting; Thu. p.m. Drawing, Bookbinding Workshop, Block Printing, Abstract Painting. Kids: Tue. Clay Hand Building; Mon. & Wed. Wheel; Thu. Drawing & Painting; Fri. Home School Clay and Art Classes. Location: Middlebury Studio School, 2377 Rte. 7, Middlebury. Info: Barbara Nelson, 247-3702, ewaldewald@aol.com, middleburystudioschool.org. PLEIN AIR PAINTING WORKSHOP: Paint & Taste: A Two-Day Plein Air Painting Workshop. Paint the

200-HOUR AYURVEDA INTEGRATION PROGRAM: Join us in learning and immerse yourself in the oldest surviving preventative health care system. This program is ideal for yoga teachers, counselors, therapists, bodyworkers, nurses, doctors, wellness coaches, herbalists, etc. VSAC approved and payment plans available. Can transfer hours to Kripalu’s Ayurveda Health Counselor program. More information at ayurvedavermont. com/classes. 2019 schedule: Feb. 9-10, Mar. 9-10, Apr. 6-7, May 17-18, Jun. 8-9, Jul. 13-14, Aug. 17-18, Sep. 14-15, Oct. 19-20, Nov. 16-17. Cost: $2,795. Location: The Ayurvedic Center of Vermont, 34 Oak Hill Rd., Williston. Info: Allison Morse, 872-8898, ayurvedavt@ comcast.net.

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Call 865-7166 for info or register online at burlingtoncityarts.org. Teacher bios are also available online. ACRYLIC PAINTING: This class introduces students to the tools and techniques artists use to create successful works of art in one of the most versatile mediums available: acrylic paint. Learn the basics of mixing colors, blending and a variety of acrylic painting techniques. Acrylic paint is the perfect medium for both the beginner and the experienced artist who wants to try something

new. Tue., Oct. 30-Dec. 11 (no class Nov. 20), 9:30 a.m.-noon. Cost: $255/person; $229.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org. ADOBE LIGHTROOM: Learn how to easily upload, organize, edit and print your digital photographs or files from scanned film using Adobe Lightroom. RAW file management, exposure/white balance corrections and printing high-quality archival inkjet prints on our Epson printers will be covered. Bring a Maccompatible portable drive with your images to the first class. Mon., Nov. 5-Dec. 17 (no class Nov. 12), 6-9 p.m. Cost: $270/ person; $243/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org. BLACK & WHITE DARKROOM: Explore the analog darkroom and learn how to properly expose black-and-white film, process film into negatives, and make silver gelatin prints. Class price includes film, paper and darkroom access during open-lab hours for the duration of the class. Bring your manual 35mm or mediumformat film camera to the first class. No experience necessary. Instructor: Rebecca Babbitt. Mon., Oct. 16-Dec. 11, 6:30-8:30 p.m. No class Nov. 20. Cost: $285/person; $256.50/BCA members. Location: Burlington City Arts Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 8657157, burlingtoncityarts.org.

A ticket includes a wheel-throwing demonstration at the beginning of class, access to a wheel, and time to try making a bowl or cup. Registration is required. Fri., Sep. 21-Nov. 16, 7:30-9 p.m. Cost: $10/per visit; $9/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org. FRIDAY FAMILY CLAY: Spend a Friday night with your family at the BCA Clay Studio. A ticket provides a wheel demonstration at the beginning of class, wheel access (for ages 6+), hand building for any age, unlimited clay and time to create. If you’d like your work to be fired and glazed by the studio, there is a $5 fee per piece. Registration is required. Fri., Sep. 21-Nov. 16, 5-7 p.m. Cost: $10/person; $9/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org. HIGH SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHY: Tell your story with photographs in this eight-week session for high school students! Students will explore their ideas, go on group photo shoots, process and print digital photos and zines in our digital lab, experiment with film photography in our darkroom, and participate in supportive discussions and critiques. Ages 14-18. Fri., Oct. 12-Dec. 7 (no class Nov. 23), 5-7:30 p.m. Cost: $240/person; $216/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 8657166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT FOR TEACHING ARTISTS: The foundation of a successful class or residency is classroom management. Learn educators’ tips for running a safe and productive learning environment for youth. Basic classroom structure such as shared expectations, open communication and developing consequences will be covered. A discussion of what has or hasn’t worked with other teaching artists will also take place. Thu., Oct. 11, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $25/ person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

JEWELRY: Learn the basics of creating metal jewelry. Techniques covered will include sawing, piercing, filing, annealing, soldering, texturing, cold connections, basic hollow construction, ring sizing and more, so that students can create at least two completed pieces. The class includes copper and brass and use of all basic tools. Option 1: Tue., Sep. 25-Oct. 30, 5:30-8 p.m.; Option 2: Wed., Sep. 26-Oct. 31, 9:30 a.m.-noon.; Option 3: Tue., Nov. 6-Dec. 18 (no class Nov. 20), 5:30-8 p.m. Cost: $255/person; $229.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY: Learn the basics of making a great photograph from the initial exposure to editing and printing. Start with an overview of camera controls and functions, including aperture, shutter speed, ISO ratings, shooting in RAW, lens choices, metering techniques and more. Organizing and editing files in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop will also be covered, and students will leave with a portfolio of prints. A DSLR or digital Mirrorless Rangefinder and a portable hard drive are required. Fri., Oct. 12-Dec. 7 (no class Nov. 23), 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $240/ person; $216/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

LIDDED FORMS: In this threeweek class, Jeremy will introduce the elements that are needed to create a successful teapot or lidded form that is ready for daily use. Demonstrations will be given on lid-to-body relationships and how to construct spouts and handles to make your pots genuinely functional and beautiful. Wed., Dec. 5-19, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $127.50/person; $114.75/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

FRIDAY ADULT WHEEL: Curious about the pottery wheel? Spend a Friday night with our pottery instructors at the BCA Clay Studio.

LIFE DRAWING DROP-IN: Spend the evening with other local artists drawing one of our experienced models. Please bring your drawing materials and paper. All materials must be water soluble and solvent-free. No registration required. Instructor: Carolyn Zuaro. Fri., Sep. 21-Nov. 16, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $10/person; $9/BCA members. Purchase a drop-in

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card and get the sixth visit free! Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org. LINOCUT: In this four-week class, you will have the opportunity to create small designs with the relief technique of linoleum block printing. We will print these onecolor blocks by hand or with the printing press, and then add color by experimenting with watercolor paints. This class is a fun opportunity to make cards, holiday gift tags or art to share, since we will have the chance to print multiples once you make your block. Please bring ideas or sketches (8 x 10 inches or smaller) to the first class. Thu., Nov. 8-Dec. 6 (no class Nov. 22), 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $150/person; $135/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org. PENDANTS: Check out the jewelry and fine metals studio by making your own copper, brass or nickel pendant using basic cutting, stamping and sawing techniques. Open to all skill levels. All materials included. Instructor: Kate McKernan. Thu., Oct. 18, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $37/ person; $33.30/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

PHOTOGRAPHING ARTWORK: Learn how to take professionalquality digital images of your work in this hands-on workshop in our lighting studio. Whether you’re applying to art school, submitting work for an exhibition or putting together a website, you’ll leave this workshop with techniques that will improve your images and enhance your presentations. Bring up to five pieces no larger than 40x60 inches. Thu., Dec. 13, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $45/ person; $40.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org. SCHOOL BREAK: DIY HALLOWEEN COSTUMES: Students will create one-of-a-kind Halloween costumes that will blow away those store-bought costumes and impress friends. Cut, sew and craft your way to the best Halloween ever! Basic materials are provided; please bring two ideas of what you want to dress up as, and any material or old clothes to help create your costume. Ages 6-12. Fri., Oct. 19, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $75/ person; $67.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St,, Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org. SUNDAY FAMILY PAINT: Spend an afternoon with our teaching artists in BCA’s painting and

drawing studio. Using our paints, brushes, easels and more, your family will create beautiful works of art. All supplies are provided, no experience needed. Adults may assist their child(ren) free of charge. Additional tickets are required for adults who’d like to join the fun and paint on their own. Registration is required. Option 1: Sun., Oct. 14, 2-4 p.m.; Option 2: Sun., Nov. 11, 2-4 p.m.; Option 3: Sun., Dec. 2, 2-4 p.m. Cost: $10/person; $9/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

stacking mugs, nesting bowls, and serving sets specific to a type of food or beverage, such as a sake bottle with matching cups or a coffee cup with saucer. This intermediate-level course is intended for students with proficiency in centering, throwing cups and throwing bowls. Wed., Nov. 28-Dec. 19, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Cost: $170/person; $153/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

THE ARTIST STATEMENT: Learn tips for writing a successful artist statement from artist and curator Meara McGinniss. Communicate what you investigate, observe or want to express with your art, and make your next grant, residency or exhibition proposal stronger. Participants are invited to bring samples of artist statements to be reviewed. Wed., Oct. 24, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $25/person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Studios, 405 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 8657166, burlingtoncityarts.org.

ARGENTINE TANGO CLASSES: Argentine tango is intimate, elegant and artistic. Beginners: step into the basics. Advanced beginners: ornament some ochos. Intermediates: craft sequences in crossed. No partner required. LGBTQ+ friendly. Stay for the Queen City Tango Milonga (social tango dance), 7:45-10:30 p.m. Bring clean, indoor shoes. Instructor Elizabeth Seyler, PhDance, makes learning fun! Sat., Oct. 6, & Sat., Nov. 3; Int. Class & Beg. Class: 7-7:45 p.m.; Adv. Beg. Class: 7:45-8:30 p.m. Cost: $15/person; includes milonga. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Info: Queen, Eloise Beil, 9991798, qct@queencitytango.org, queencitytango.org.

THROWING SETS: In this fourweek class, students will be guided through the process of creating wheel-thrown sets. Topics will include making multiples of the same piece,

Mon., 7-8 p.m.; Kizomba, Wed., 8-9 p.m.; Bachata, Thu., 6-7 p.m. Cost: $15/1-hour class. Location: Dsantos VT Dance Studio, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Unit 112A, Burlington. Info: Jon Bacon, 2272572, dsantosvt.com.

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DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wed., 6 p.m. $15/person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in anytime and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@salsalina.com. DSANTOS VT DANCE CLASSES: New classes, new location! Come join the fun. Weekly classes in salsa, bachata, kizomba, kuduro. No partner or experience needed. Beginner drop-in classes. Salsa,

TAIKO AND DJEMBE CLASSES IN BURLINGTON!: Open classes in September. New drumming sessions begin the weeks of 10/8, 11/26, 1/7, 2/4, 3/11, 5/6. Intermediate Taiko: Mon., 6-8:20 p.m. Taiko for Adults: Tue., 5:306:20 p.m., & Wed., 6:30-7:50 p.m. Djembe for Adults: Wed., 5:30-6:20 p.m. Taiko for Kids and Parents: Tue., 4:30-5:20 p.m. World Drumming for Kids and Parents: Wed., 4:30-5:20 p.m. Drums provided. Conga classes, too! Visit schedule and register online. Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org.

empowerment STORYTELLING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: Storytelling is a powerful tool for the documentation of voices, memories and histories. It can also be a catalyst for activism and social change. In this workshop, we will explore EMPOWERMENT

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Ensuring Equity in Our Schools Workshops by National Experts • Capitol Plaza, Montpelier

Introduction to Pilates

Sacred Mountain Studio

10 CLASS SERIES

215 College St, Burlington, VT

Come experience the ease and effectiveness of pilates matwork with Sharon McIlwaine, certified Pilates instructor. Modifications provided for those with limitation or injury. All ages and abilities welcome!

Tuesdays 5:45pm - 6:30pm

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Equity Literacy Approach: Becoming a Threat to Inequity in Classrooms and Schools*

Whose Country Is This? Race, Racism, and Refugee Status in America

With Paul Gorski, writer, professor, and founder of EdChange, a team of passionate, experienced educators dedicated to educational equity and justice

With Taharee Jackson, assistant professor, author, and facilitator of inclusive schooling practices and policies

MARCH 19, 2019 • $35 Confronting Gender-Based Inequity in Classrooms and Schools With Ellen Tuzzulo and S. Leigh Thompson, working together to facilitate exploration and dialogue about equity, diversity, and inclusion

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MAY 15, 2019 • $35 Reaching & Teaching Students in Poverty - Strategies for Erasing the Opportunity Gap With Paul Gorski * Attendance at Nov. 1 & 2 are prerequisites for the other workshops

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the ethics and techniques of oral history, ethnography and storytelling as activist research methodologies. Fri., Oct. 12, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $95/six-hour workshop. Location: Vermont Folklife Center, 88 Main St., Middlebury. Info: Bob Hooker, 388-4964, info@vermontfolklife center.org, vermontfolklife center.org.

feldenkrais BLISSFUL SLEEP: If sleep eludes you when you need it, then this four-week series is of value to you. Feldenkrais Method tips and lessons teach you how to calm your nervous system in simple, physical ways. Useful and interesting to all types of people and all levels of fitness. Starts Oct. 9, Tue., 7-8 p.m. Cost: $50/1-hour class. Location: The Wellness Collective, Maltex Building, 431 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Gillian Franks, 655-0950, gillian@gillianfranks. com, gillianfranks.com.

fitness LEARN PILATES!: Introduction to Pilates: 10-class series. For those who want to learn to engage and strengthen their core musculature. Core strength supports healthy posture and decreases back and neck pain. This class is safe and effective and will translate into everyday life. All level of abilities welcome! Tue. 5:45-6:30 p.m., Sat. 8:45-9:30 a.m. Cost: $185/10-class series. Location: Sacred Mountain Studio, 215 College St., 3rd floor, Burlington. Info: Burlington Acupuncture, Sharon McIlwaine, 522-2577, sharon@burlingtonacupuncture. com, burlingtonacupuncture.com.

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ACRO-YOGA: Teens and adults. Instructor: Jeff Mandell. Dropins welcome. Sun., Sep. 16-Dec. 9 (no class Sep. 30, Oct. 7 or Nov. 18), 4-5:30 p.m. Cost: $180/10 weeks; $22.50/1.5-hour to drop in. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts@flynncenter.org, flynncenter.org. ADULT SATURDAY SING!: Teens and adults. Instructor: Jen Greenwood. Sat., Oct. 27-Dec. 8, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Cost: $75/6 weeks. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts@flynncenter.org, flynncenter.org.

Level ll (advanced beginner & intermediate): Mon., Oct. 1-Dec. 3, 6:40-7:40 p.m. Cost: $180/12 weeks; $15/hour to drop in. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts@flynncenter.org, flynncenter.org. BOLLYWOOD AND INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE FOR ADULTS: Teens and adults. Instructor: Reshma Sinu. Drop-ins welcome. Tue., Sep. 11-Dec. 4 (no class Nov. 20), 7:15-8:15 p.m. Cost: $180/12 weeks; $15/hour to drop in. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts@flynncenter.org, flynncenter.org. HEY, MASTER DJ! WITH DJ CRAIG MITCHELL: Adults and teens 16+. Instructor: DJ cRAIG mITCHELL. Wed., Oct. 17-Nov. 28 (no class Nov. 21), 7:30-9 p.m. Cost: $150/6 weeks. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts@flynncenter.org, flynncenter.org. HIP-HOP: Teens and adults. Instructor: Rose Bedard. Drop-ins welcome. Thu., Sep. 13-Dec. 6 (no class Nov. 22), 5:35-7:05 p.m. Cost: $225/12 weeks; $22.50/1.5hour to drop in. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts@flynncenter. org, flynncenter.org. SENSORY-FRIENDLY DRUMMING: Co-presented with VSA Vermont. For families with children of any age diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Free and open to the public, but please register in advance at flynncenter.org. Sun., Oct. 14 & Nov. 18, 1-2 p.m. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, education@flynncenter.org, flynncenter.org. SHORT-FORM IMPROVISATION: Teens and adults. Instructor: Mark Stein. Thu., Oct. 25-Dec. 6 (no class Nov. 22), 5:30-7 p.m. Cost: $150/6 weeks. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts@ flynncenter.org, flynncenter.org. YOUTH DANCES: Grades 4-8. Instructor: Rose Bedard. Thu., Oct. 25-Dec. 6 (no class Nov. 22), 4:30-5:30 p.m. Cost: $125/9 weeks. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4543, flynnarts@flynncenter.org, flynncenter.org.

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BUILD A FPV TINY WHOOP DRONE: This workshop is deBALLET: Teens and adults. signed to introduce anyone to Instructor: Elizabeth Brody. Dropdrones with hands-on building of ins welcome. Ballet l (beginners): a Tiny Whoop drone. Tiny Whoops Mon., Sep. 10-Dec. 3 (no class are small first-person-view (FPV) Nov. 19), 5:30-6:30 p.m. Ballet quadcopter aircraft equipped with 64 SEVEN DAYS OCTOBER 3-10, 2018

a tiny camera/video transmitter and are flown by their pilots using FPV goggles, which are similar to VR headsets. Tue., Oct. 16, 6-9 p.m. Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 5400761, generatorvt.com/classes. JEWELRY TOOL TRAINING: Learn how to use the jewelry and metalsmithing tools found in our new, fully-equipped Jewelry Studio. This tool-training class provides the fundamental skills and materials knowledge you’ll need for future projects. And it provides access to the Jewelry Studio. Thu., Oct. 4 & 11 or Dec. 6 & 13, 5:30-8 p.m.; or Sun., Nov. 11, 10-3 p.m. Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 5400761, generatorvt.com/classes. KIDS METAL: WOW! YOU MADE THAT?: All experience levels welcome. “Wow!” is exactly what friends and family will say when you show them what you made in our metals studio. This class, on everything from jewelry to small sculpture, is all about fun and mastering the skills to make projects of your own design. Ages 10-12. Thu., Oct. 18-Nov. 8, 3:305:30 p.m. Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 5400761, generatorvt.com/classes. METAL FORMING: CRASH COURSE: Basic Metal Forming Techniques covers both hot and cold forming techniques for sheet and bar steel. We will use steel, but many of the techniques are applicable for brass, copper, aluminum or stainless. There will be some discussion on the different working qualities of other metals. Sat., Oct 27, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., & Sun., Oct 28, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Location: Generator, 40 Sears Ln., Burlington. Info: 540-0761, generatorvt.com/classes.

language ABSOLUEMENT FRENCH CLASSES!: Oh la la! Sign up for Adult French classes this fall and get your brain sparking. Held at inspiring Wingspan Studio, instructor, Madame Maggie offers dynamic, encouraging, small group classes and private lessons. Fluent French speaker, longtime instructor, lived in France and West Africa. Sign up today! Not too late to join us! Thu., Sep. 27Nov. 15. Beg French: 5-6:20 p.m.; Intermed/Adv Beg: 6:30-8 p.m. Cost: $225/8-week session, 1.5-hr classes. Location: Wingspan Studio, 4A Howard St., Burlington. Info: Maggie Standley, 233-7676, maggiestandley@gmail.com. LEARN SPANISH OR ENGLISH: SWC: We provide high-quality, affordable instruction in the Spanish language for adults, students and children. Travelers’ lesson package. Small classes or private lessons. Our online English classes are live, engaging, face-to-face interactions, not computer exercises. In our 12th year. See our website for complete information or contact us for details. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

NEW ENGLAND LANGUAGE ACADEMY: The New England Language Academy, based in Montpelier, is pleased to announce its second fall session starting in just over two weeks. We now offer French, Spanish and Italian evening classes for adults. Two levels: Beginner Spanish, French and Italian; and Intermediate Spanish and French. Contact us Today! Beginners: Spanish: Mon., 5-6:30 p.m.; French: Mon., 5:30-7 p.m.; Italian: Thu., 7-8:30 p.m. Intermediates: Spanish: Wed., 5-6:30 p.m.; French: Mon., 7:15-8:45 p.m. Cost: $150/15 hours. Location: New England Language Academy, 8 Summit St., #2, Montpelier. Info: Brigitte Savard, 552-0330, learn@nelacademy.com, nelacademy.com.

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LEARN TO MEDITATE: Taught by qualified meditation instructors at the Burlington Shambhala Meditation Center: Wed., 6-7 p.m.; Sun., 9 a.m.-noon. Free and open to anyone. Free public meditation weeknights 6-7 p.m.; Tue. and Thu. noon-1 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m.noon. Classes and retreats also offered. See our website at burlington.shambhala.org. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795.

SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill. Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 3636890, snake-style.com.

TAMING THE WILDNESS OF MIND: In a time of conflict, it may be difficult to trust ourselves. We may find ourselves reaching habitually. Deep self-reflection and altruism bring out our innate intelligence. Buddha’s teachings can become a way to find our way. During this weekend, Dungse Jampal Norbu discusses the relevance of insight and compassion. Sat., Sep. 29, 2 talks all day; Sun., Sep. 30, 1 talk in the morning. Cost: $115/program; $35/talk; discount for high school and college students. Location: Pema Osel, 322 Eastman Cross Rd., Vershire. Info: Mangala Shri Bhuti, 333-4521, vanwaxman@ gmail.com, mangalashribhuti.org.

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martial arts VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Brazilian jiujitsu is a martial arts combat style based entirely on leverage and technique. Brazilian jiujitsu self-defense curriculum is taught to Navy SEALs, CIA, FBI, military police and special forces. No training experience required. Easy-to-learn techniques that could save your life! Classes for men, women and children. Students will learn realistic bully-proofing and self-defense life skills to avoid them becoming victims and help them feel safe and secure. Our sole purpose is to help empower people by giving them realistic martial arts training practices they can carry with them throughout life. IBJJF & CBJJ certified black belt sixthdegree Instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr.: teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. A five-time Brazilian National Champion; International World Masters Champion and IBJJF World Masters Champion. Accept no Iimitations! Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 598-2839, julio@bjjusa.com, vermontbjj.com.

NIA: Nia is an empowering movement practice that blends martial arts, dance arts and healing arts into a creative, fun, dynamic, playful and adaptable movement experience. Nia stimulates flexibility, agility, mobility, strength and stability. Nia offers varying levels of intensity, ranging from athletic to gentle and healing, and is always mindful. Fri., 8:30-9:30 a.m., & Sun., 9-10 a.m. by donation: $8-$15. Location: North End Studios, Studio A, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Suzy, suzy@loveyourbodyvt.com, loveyourbodyvt.com.

performing arts MUSICAL THEATRE FOR STUDENTS!: Come learn an ensemble musical number with resident actors and artists in ArtisTree’s 2018 Music Theatre Festival. For students ages 11-14 & 14-18. Tue., Oct. 9, & Mon., Oct. 22, 6:30-9 p.m. Cost: $25/2.5-hour Workshop. Location: ArtisTree Community Arts Center, 2095 Pomfret Rd., South Pomfret. Info: 457-3500, info@artistreevt.org, artistreevt.org.

photography INTRODUCTION TO LIGHTROOM CC CLASSIC: During this workshop, students will get to know the tool that professional and amateur photographers find invaluable for organizing, editing and sharing photos. Explore the program’s main functions and commonly used features. Instructor: Paul Rogers. Wed., Oct. 3-24, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $100/ members; $125/non-members. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Info: 2538358, helenday.com.

yoga EVOLUTION YOGA: Practice yoga in a down-to-earth atmosphere with some of the most experienced teachers and therapeutic professionals in Burlington. Daily drop-in classes include $5 Community, Vinyasa, Kripalu, Yin, Meditation, Yoga Wall and Yoga Therapeutics led by physical therapists. Dive deeper into your practice with Yoga for Life, a semesterbased program of unlimited yoga, weekend workshops and mentorship. Transform your career with our Yoga Teacher Training rooted in anatomy and physiology and taught by a faculty of healthcare providers who integrate yoga into their practices. $15/class; $140/10-class card; $5-10/community class. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 864-9642, evolutionvt.com. SACRED BREATH YOGA: SERENITY IN THE SALT CAVE: Gentle Hatha-style yoga in the calming ambience, beautiful texture and healing energy of the salt cave. Join Lynn Clauer and explore breath work together with gentle strengthening, centering and restorative poses. Tune in to your subtle body and promote mindfulness in this practice for all levels. (Modifications offered). Ends with guided relaxation. Please call to reserve spot. Tue., 6-7:15 p.m. Cost: $40. Location: Purple Sage Salt Cave, 21 Essex Way, Essex. Info: 879-1160. SANGHA STUDIO | NONPROFIT, DONATION-BASED YOGA: Sangha Studio builds an empowered community through the shared practice of yoga. Free yoga service initiatives and outreach programs are offered at 17 local organizations working with all ages. Join Sangha in both downtown Burlington and the Old North End for one of their roughly 60 weekly classes and workshops. Become a Sustaining Member for $60/ month and practice as often as you like! Daily. Location: Sangha Studio, 120 Pine St. and 237 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 448-4262, Info@sanghastudio.org.

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Animal Instincts Post-Nocturnals, Scott Tournet thrives in his new band Elektric Voodoo B Y JORD A N AD A MS

n 2015, Vermont’s Grace Potter & the Nocturnals went through a shake-up. For reasons both personal and professional, the globally touring rock band ceased to exist in its original form as Potter essentially went solo. Among the departing players was Nocturnals guitarist and cofounder Scott Tournet. When asked about the split in a 2016 interview with JamBase, he said, “In the early days of GPN, we had a really tight fan base who really understood that we were a true band. As we got bigger, I think that most of the fans we picked up along the way were only focused on Grace and really missed the point that there was a band and family thing happening … More and more, the rest of us were treated and looked at as a hired backing band and, to be honest, that sucked after putting in years of work.” After the split, Tournet, 42, moved to San Diego to settle down and start a family. He also founded a new group, Elektric Voodoo, a polyrhythmic, worldbeat-flavored pop-rock-fusion group. His inclinations can be traced back to his thesis project at Goddard College: a large-scale, Fela Kuti-inspired opus. Tournet maintains a strong connection to the Green Mountains. Elektric Voodoo are about to release their second album, Animal. They’ve 66

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selected their show on Friday, October 5, at Nectar’s in Burlington as the album’s official release party. Seven Days caught up with Tournet by phone. SEVEN DAYS: Given that you essentially started from scratch with Elektric Voodoo, what’s something that you forgot about your early days playing music that you’ve now experienced all over again? SCOTT TOURNET: Like, in a positive or negative way? SD: Either one! ST: I’m trying to remain optimistic these days. SD: Oh, sure. But, I mean, I love a good bitch session, too. ST: For me, the camaraderie of vans. With the Nocturnals, we were on a bus at a certain point. And it got nicer and nicer. [For Elektric Voodoo], I got a van. We have to all listen to the same album at the same time. There’s just a connection more so when you have to listen to albums you may not like if it’s someone else’s turn to choose. And that forces you to check out new stuff. When you’re in close proximity like that — I missed that a lot. We had that

in the early days of the Nocturnals, as well. That’s where I got exposed to so much different music. We all kind of, like, created a groupthink in a way, a chemistry. SD: If you could use one noun, one verb and one adjective to describe Animal… ST: They didn’t teach us that at Goddard. SD: [Laughs] OK. How about this: If your self-titled Elektric Voodoo album was like a first child, how are you raising Animal differently? ST: Ah. You know, the first one — in terms of production — we were giving it McDonald’s and Jell-O and sugar cubes. This record is more like organic, cage-free eggs. SD: Right, or that shit from Whole Foods that comes in those pouches? ST: Yeah, man. The first one I engineered all by myself. I played most of the instruments on the first one but have since got a band together. SD: Talk about the process a bit. ST: I wrote [Animal] a year and a half ago — maybe even longer than that. I was writing it a little bit before and around when Trump got elected. My wife was pregnant, and I just had an urgency. I wrote all of it

in two or three months. I knew I had this time before we were having a baby. It lit a fire. I think also the whole him-gettingelected insanity spurred that along, as well. It pushed itself. I didn’t have to find it. It just showed up. So I wrote it, did some demos, and it was also just as the horns were joining the band. So that was really exciting creatively. It kind of pushed along the writing, as well. We just went in and cut all the basic tracks in a couple weeks. Then I was dicking around with it for a year after that, adding overdubs and doing vocals and trying to figure out how to put it out and when and where. We were looking at doing the record-label thing, and then that didn’t happen. SD: Seems like one of the first singles, “Low,” is a good snapshot of your headspace. It’s pretty overtly political. ST: You think you’ve bottomed out, and then another layer opens up underneath. The biggest fucking asshole is the person that gets everybody’s attention for the moment. [That] seems to be the theme in the last few years. I think I was kind of feeling disappointed. It’s probably my own fault for being on Facebook too much or something. ANIMAL INSTINCTS

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Aziz Your Mind

Last week, actor/comedian AZIZ ANSARI performed two back-to-back sets at the Flynn MainStage in Burlington. Higher Ground Presents brought the “Master of None” star to the Queen City theater, as it often does with high-level comedians. What’s most notable about this particular show is that Ansari is one of many men accused of sexual misconduct in the past year — though his case was more hotly disputed than most, in the press and on social media. Many wondered whether Ansari was ready to step back into the spotlight. As I mentioned two weeks ago in this column, I hoped he would use the show, titled “Working Out New Material,” to at least briefly discuss the controversy. Even more optimistically, I wanted him to find a way to use the experience to comment on the larger problem of communication in relationships. But, as I assumed would be the case, he didn’t really do either. And the more I think about it, the more it makes sense to me that he didn’t. An apology directed at the audience would do no one any good. Let’s say he did apologize. What, we would all just clap for him or something? Lame. And cracking jokes about the situation or others like it would only belittle the experience of “Grace,” the anonymous young photographer who accused the 35-year-old in January. However, the comic did touch on some adjacent subjects, such as the hysteria of internet commenting, social media’s constant grind of who’smorewoke

one-upmanship and the ever-growing division in our country. All of those factors played into his trial in the court of public opinion. He also told some amusing anecdotes about his new, unnamed girlfriend and the frustrations that come along with interracial dating. (Ansari described his current lady friend as a Danish Mary Poppins.) So where do we go from here? Based on the overwhelmingly warm welcome he received as he took the stage during the first show (I wasn’t at the second, but I didn’t hear about him getting booed or anything), it seems like the local consensus is that, despite the allegations, Ansari remains well liked. I wonder what he’ll do next.

Homecoming King

What the hell is homecoming, exactly? I don’t think my high school had one. Or, if we did, we called it spirit week or something. I’ve always wondered where the football jocks are coming

home from, exactly. I’ve seen every episode of “Friday Night Lights,” and I still have no idea. All I know is, it’s something that happens in the fall and it’s a big deal. With that in mind, this coming weekend kind of feels like Burlington’s musical homecoming. Aside from ex-NOCTURNALS guitarist SCOTT TOURNET’s band ELEKTRIC VOODOO taking over Nectar’s on Friday, October 5 — read my interview with Tournet on page 66 — a whole slew of hometown heroes is rallying for a few unique shows spearheaded by the NTH POWER’s NICK CASSARINO. Collectively, the two-day event is known as the Vermont Music & Arts Festival. (And I can’t believe that name wasn’t already taken.) “I wanted to celebrate the state and community that’s nurtured so many incredible musicians over the years,” the Burlington-expat guitarist says. He and guitarist PAUL ASBELL kick off the weekend with a duo set on Friday at the Light Club Lamp Shop. Then, on Saturday, October 6, Cassarino and collaborators JENNIFER HARTSWICK, JAMES HARVEY and DAVE GRIPPO perform some stripped-down sets at the Battery Park amphitheater. Hartswick just released a new album of jazz and R&B tunes, Nexus, which she cowrote with Cassarino. I imagine we can expect to hear at least a little bit of that. Also, Cassarino’s parents and brother get in on the action with a tribute to JAMES TAYLOR, a family-favorite artist. Later that evening at Nectar’s, Cassarino leads the Vermont Legacy Band, a group of talented locals and expats featuring JOE DAVIDIAN, GEZA CARR, DAN RYAN, CONOR ELMES, LUKE LAPLANT, BRYAN MCNAMARA, ROB MORSE, AARON HERSEY and the crew from the Battery Park show. “I don’t want to give it all away, but we’re going to do some great covers,” Cassarino says. Basically, what you’ll see at these shows is a group of old friends fully in their element doing what they do best. “I’ve been traveling around the world for the past five years, and there’s nowhere in the world like Burlington,” says Cassarino. “This shit is not normal.” SOUNDBITES

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Cat Power

Willis Earl Beal

THU 10.4

Raye Zaragoza

FRI 10.5

Ronny Chieng

SAT 10.6

Katy Hellman (of Julia Caesar)

CloZee

(IHF) Imagined Herbal Flows, PATH

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Jeffrey Foucault

TUE 10.9

Atmosphere

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Spafford

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Opiuo

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Jay Critch

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Laurie Sargent

deM atlaS, The Lioness, DJ Keezy

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Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears Vug Arakas

104.7 The Point welcomes

Noah Kahan Dean Lewis

10.29 George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic 1.27 Cory Wong (of Vulfpeck) 2.10 Mandolin Orange 2.28 Matt Nathanson 1214 Williston Road, South Burlington

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CLUB DATES NA: NOT AVAILABLE. AA: ALL AGES.

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DRINK: Downstairs Comedy Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: Milo, Kenny Segal (hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., $15.

HALF LOUNGE: DJ SVPPLY & Bankz (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

HALF LOUNGE: AQUG (bass music), 10 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: George Petit Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: The Peterman Quartet (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Randal Pierce (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., $5-10. Randal Pierce Trio (jazz), 10:30 p.m., $5.

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Queen City Hot Club (gypsy jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free. Emma Back, IvaMae (avant-folk), 9:30 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. Particle, Broccoli Samurai (live electronica), 9:30 p.m., $15.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Billy Harrison (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. Jesse Taylor (singer-songwriter), 8:30 p.m., free. OTIS (R&B, rock), 10 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Chestnut Grove, Sead (rock), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Ensemble V (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Paul Lyons (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., free. The Mutineers (Americana), 10:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Tiny Montgomery (Bob Dylan tribute), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (open format), 11 p.m., free.

Mother of Mercy It’s no easy feat to stay relevant as fickle musical trends

bloom and wither. But CAT POWER has been at the forefront of indie rock ever since the term

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Gypsy Reel (traditional Irish), 7:30 p.m., free.

was popularized in the ’90s. Known for her sage lyrics, impeccably detailed compositions

SIDEBAR: Hotel Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

week, the artist releases her 10th studio album, Wanderer. Early singles “Stay,” “Woman”

and earnest delivery, she’s remained a significant voice for more than two decades. This

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. Indie Rumble (improv), 8:30 p.m., $5.

and “Wanderer” suggest that her new effort is another intense collection of fragile melodies

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Ballroom in South Burlington. WILLIS EARL BEAL adds support.

CITY SPORTS GRILLE: Interactive Video Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7:30 p.m., free. HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Chris Robinson Brotherhood (psychedelic, folk), 8 p.m., $25/27. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Dina El Wedidi (Egyptian folk), 8 p.m., $20. THE OLD POST: Karaoke with D Jay Baron, 8 p.m., free. STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Bluegrass Jam Session, 8 p.m., free.

FINNIGAN’S PUB: DJ Craig Mitchell (open format), 10 p.m., free.

and poignant musings. Cat Power performs on Saturday, October 6, at the Higher Ground

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mad river valley/ waterbury

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: John Lackard Blues Jam, 6 p.m., free. All Request Video, 9 p.m., free.

ZENBARN: Zach Nugent’s Acoustic Dead (Grateful Dead tribute), 7 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation.

middlebury area CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs

IDLETYME BREWING COMPANY: The Idletyme Band (blues, rock), 8 p.m., free. MOOGS PLACE: Jim Charanko (Americana), 7:30 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Gravel (jazz), 7 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (mashup, hip-hop), 11 p.m., free. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8 (open format), 10 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: DIGGS, Mister Burns (soul, hip-hop), 9 p.m., $3. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Jim Colliton (standup), 7 p.m., $15. Mix Tape (musically inspired improv), 9 p.m., $5. Fanny Pack (standup), 10 p.m., $5.

chittenden county

BACKSTAGE PUB & RESTAURANT: Trivia, 9:30 p.m., free.

outside vermont

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Caroline Rose (Sold Out) (rock), 8 p.m., $25/28/89.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Video Game Night, 7 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Raye Zaragoza, Katy Hellman (Julia Caesar) (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., $10/12.

MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: Nnambi Ogbonnaya, Options, Hanknative (hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., $10.

JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Irish Session, 7 p.m., free. MONKEY HOUSE: Funny Girl Comedy Night, 7:30 p.m., $3. THE OLD POST: Salsa Night with DJ JP, 7 p.m., free. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Nobby Reed Project (blues), 7 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Colin McCaffrey and Friends (folk), 6 p.m., free. MINGLE NIGHTCLUB: Throwback Thursday featuring DJ Triple J (open format), 9 p.m., free. THREE PENNY TAPROOM: Myra Flynn and Paul Boffa (neo-soul), 8:30 p.m., free. WHAMMY BAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs

MOOGS PLACE: Open Mic with Allen Church, 8:30 p.m., free.

mad river valley/ waterbury

LOCALFOLK SMOKEHOUSE: Open Mic with Alex Budney, 8:30 p.m., free. ZENBARN: Green Mountain Playboys (Cajun, zydeco), 7:30 p.m., free.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: James Towle (singer-songwriter), 8:30 p.m., free.

upper valley

THE ENGINE ROOM: Tina Friml (standup), 8 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom

HARDWICK STREET CAFÉ AT THE HIGHLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS: Fishhead (eclectic covers), 6:30 p.m., free. HIGHLAND LODGE: Trivia Night, 6:30 p.m., free.

outside vermont

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke with DJ Jon Berry & DJ Coco, 9 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: TAUK, Kudu Stooge (rock, funk), 8:45 p.m., $15. FRI.5

Animal Instincts « P.66 SD: Mechanically speaking, how did working with your other band members shape the final product? ST: It brought some fun and excitement into it. Some of the guys are a little bit younger, so they haven’t done all the things that I’ve done. For them, going into a studio and cutting a record in and of itself was really exciting. For me, to be around that was invigorating. Seeing the world through someone else’s eyes was really nice. That’s something I experience having a son now. It definitely helped peel off a few layers of crusty cynicism — which is really nice and refreshing. 68

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SD: How many people are currently in the band? ST: It’s fluctuated a little between six and eight. We’re currently at seven. SD: Have you played any super-dupertiny stages? ST: Completely. It’s kind of a grab bag of

shows that we’ve done so far because we started from scratch. We went to one place that had one microphone. And we played in front of a plate-glass window in a brick room with a little Bose PA system. And we ended up having a fun show. My mind always goes to when the Nocturnals were starting out. We were going to all of these venues, and we would sometimes bitch about not having enough space onstage. We went to this one place — [Club] Helsinki, in western Mass. The sound guy was like, “Man, fucking Antibalas came in and played here. Shut up.” You need to have that anything’s-possible attitude when you’re in a bigger band. SD: Totally. I have a lot of respect for bands that can just make it work.

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ST: That’s, like, half the thing with doing this: just kind of accepting the situation and making it fun. It’s always changing and fluctuating. I’ve struggled a lot with that through the first many years of my career. I could get easily thrown off if things weren’t a certain way and get uptight and let it affect me. SD: I imagine all of what you just said could apply to parenting. ST: [Laughs] Probably. m Contact: jordan@sevendaysvt.com

INFO Elektric Voodoo, Friday, October 5, 9:30 p.m., at Nectar’s in Burlington. $10. 21+. liveatnectars.com

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Happy birthday to Autumn Records! Winooski’s one and only record store opened approximately one year ago, and Saturday marks its first birthday. To celebrate, a coterie of vinyl DJs hits the decks all day, including XAVWAX, LEO FROM VERMONT, LUCILLE SUNDAY, IAN DOERNER, MATTHEW KLOSS and Light Club Lamp Shop resident TAKA. Complimentary drinks and nom-noms, as well as special pricing, are also compelling reasons to show up. MADAILA are going on hiatus. On Monday, the Burlington-based psych-pop group posted a lengthy Facebook update with the news that their Higher Ground Ballroom show on Friday, November 2, will be their last local event for the foreseeable future. “In a nutshell, we have grown apart in terms of where we see Madaila fitting into the lives we are building as musicians and people, and need to take space with the hope that we will be able to come back together,” reads the post. The post also mentions the ongoing financial burden of being an independent band in 2018. If ever there were a reminder to support music at the local level, this should be one. Go. See. Live. Music. We’ll surely have more information about the band’s upcoming break soon.

Remember last week when I detailed doing seven nights of karaoke in a row? Consider this a belated disclaimer: Attempt at your own risk. I came down with a nasty cold two days after finishing the seventh night of rocking the mic. It definitely gave me newfound respect for touring musicians who use a different, presumably dirty mic every night for a month straight and remain healthy. Also, why aren’t mic condoms a thing?

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Freaks, ghouls and wayward spirits come out of the woodwork as the clock strikes midnight on October 1. Among them are the COUNTESS ZALESKA, a dark and devilish duo hailing from Boston and Washington, D.C. With nods to chilly ’80s new wave and pop-industrial aesthetics, the group’s skewed tunes chronicle haunted houses, dark souls and even vampires. It’s all in good fun, though. Rather than wallowing in pain and languishing in turmoil, the band revels in the shadows

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BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Alex Stewart (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. BURLINGTON ST. JOHN’S CLUB: Karaoke, 8:30 p.m., free. CLUB METRONOME: JFear, Loupo, DJ SVPPLY, Ron Stoppable, David Chief (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. FOAM BREWERS: Zack DuPont Album Fundraiser (folk), 9 p.m., free. HALF LOUNGE: Cole Davidson (folk-rock), 8 p.m., free. Gold Cheng and Crystal Jonez (open format), 10 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Kelly Ravin (country), 9 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: James Harvey (jazz), 7:30 p.m., free. Nick Cassarino and Paul Asbell (jazz), 9 p.m., $10. DJ Taka (eclectic vinyl), 11 p.m., $5. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: DJ Disco Phantom (eclectic dance), 10 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. Electrik Voodoo (rock, world beat), 9 p.m., $10. The Brighton Beat (Afrobeat, funk), 11 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning SingAlong with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music), 11 a.m., free. Happy Hour with DJ Ryan Kick (eclectic), 4 p.m., free. Nathan Byrne (singersongwriter), 8:30 p.m., free. Ports of Spain (indie rock), 10 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE: Justin Panigutti Band (rock), 8 p.m., free. DJ Craig Mitchell (open format), 11 p.m., free.

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RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ KermiTT (eclectic), 10 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: OTIS (R&B, rock), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE

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(BURLINGTON): Nina’s Brew (blues, roots), 8 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Jim Colliton (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $20/27.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5:30 p.m., free.

HALF LOUNGE: SVPPLY (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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JUNIPER: Beerworth Sisters (folk), 9 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Abby Sherman (Americana), 6:30 p.m., free. John Lackard Blues Band, 9 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Loida & Lenahan (electro-acoustic trance), 7:30 p.m., free. Sibylline (FKA Hannah Daman and the Martelle Sisters) (indie folk), 9 p.m., $5. DJ Taka (eclectic vinyl), 11 p.m., $5.

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EL TORO: Fred Brauer (Americana), 7 p.m., free.

THE DOUBLE E LOUNGE AT ESSEX CINEMAS & T-REX THEATER: Kind Bud’s Kind Dubs (acoustic), 6:30 p.m., free.

middlebury area

BACKSTAGE PUB & RESTAURANT: Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Ronny Chieng (standup), 9 p.m., $20/25. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: First Friday featuring Khaosity, DJ Llu, Empress Crystal Jonez (open format), 8 p.m., $5/10. JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Leno, Young & Cheney (acoustic rock), 6:30 p.m., free. MONKEY HOUSE: Anamon, Yestrogen, Laurel (indie), 9:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+. THE OLD POST: Nobby Reed Project (blues), 8 p.m., free. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Robin Gottfried Band (rock), 5 p.m., free. Phil Abair Band (rock), 9 p.m., free. STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Glenn Roth (singer-songwriter), 10:30 p.m., free. WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: DJ SVPPLY (hip-hop), 9 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Art Herttua and Ray Caroll (jazz), 6 p.m., free. CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Sara Grace & Soots (soul), 6 p.m., free. The Get Messy (funk, rock), 9 p.m., free. MINGLE NIGHTCLUB: DJ Triple J (open format), 9 p.m., $5. POSITIVE PIE (MONTPELIER): Shanti Starr and the Afro Reggae All Stars, 10 p.m., $5.

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Big Karaoke Contest, 9:30 p.m., free.

champlain islands/ northwest NORTH HERO HOUSE INN & RESTAURANT: Jeff and Gina (Americana), 5:30 p.m., free.

TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Erin Cassels-Brown (indie folk), 7 p.m., free.

outside vermont

CASA CAPITANO: Ed Schenk (accordion), 6 p.m., free. MONOPOLE: Tweed (rock), 10 p.m., free. MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: Sam Evian, Katie Von Schleicher, Paper Castles (indie), 8:30 p.m., $10/12. BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Joe Davidian (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Vermont Native Music Festival featuring Nick Cassarino and the Vermont Legacy Band (rock), 8 p.m., $10. RADIO BEAN: Wilson Waddill (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., free. Serena Jost (avant-folk), 8:30 p.m., free. Barbacoa (surf), 10 p.m., free. Freak Dream (synth-punk), 11:30 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE: Left Eye Jump (blues), 3 p.m., free. Super Stash Bros. (covers), 7 p.m., free. Mashtodon (open format), 11 p.m., free. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul (salsa, reggaeton), 6 p.m., free. DJ ATAK (open format), 11 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: Corridor, J Bengoy (indie), 10 p.m., $5. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Danny & the Parts (country), 7 p.m., free. SMITTY’S PUB: Paul Metzer (rock, country), 8 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Jim Colliton (standup), 7 & 9:30 p.m., $20/27.

chittenden county

THE DOUBLE E LOUNGE AT ESSEX CINEMAS & T-REX THEATER: Some Hollow (folk-rock), 7 p.m., free.

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REVIEW this Wren Kitz, Lovebird (SELF-RELEASED, CASSETTE, DIGITAL)

If Wren Kitz had his way, his latest album, Lovebird, wouldn’t be uploaded to the internet. Known for reel-to-reel wizardry, the experimental singer-songwriter recorded the new album to quarter-inch tape in his Burlington bedroom. He fantasized about an analogonly release, wanting to preserve the ineffable quality ferric oxide brings to the listening experience. Then he realized it was 2018 and came to his senses. Digital is essential, however hollow it may be. That anecdote, which the artist detailed in a message to Seven Days, is Kitz in a nutshell. The aural auteur is known for working with outmoded gear, field recordings, feedback and other samples. He stretches, bends and otherwise manipulates these components amid tumultuous soundscapes, washing everything with progressive guitar work and hushed singing.

Kudu Stooge, Looming Essence (SELF-RELEASED, DIGITAL)

Kudu Stooge are a five-piece rock band forged in the fires of the University of Vermont scene. While such origins tend to imply a certain sound, this crew is not a jam band. Its music does, however, evoke a typical night at Nectar’s. To be clear: That’s a compliment, not a complaint. This is bluesy rock, driven by a rhythm section with funk tendencies, fleshed out by horns and keys. Everyone in Kudu Stooge has chops, and they veer into pop as easily as prog. That eclectic approach could just wash out into an incoherent mess, but the band’s second LP, Looming Essence, is a solid piece of work. Ethan Silver-Wheeler and Andrew Waterhouse are the glue holding it all together. The two vocalist/guitar aces share raw, earthy tones, and their heartfelt deliveries overcome occasional lapses in pitch. You believe them when they sing, and that counts for more or less everything.

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Kitz’s work is rich and vivid, whether it’s a highly conceptualized and orchestrated work such as his last full-length, Dancing on Soda Lake, or a freewheeling, stream-of-consciousness, splatter-painted beast like his new 17-track collection. On Lovebird, the tracks bleed into one another, rising and falling through layers of turbulent noise, psychedelic rabble, post-punk freak-outs, precious murmurs and jolts of manic energy when you least expect them. It begs to be listened to all the way through with no interruption. You’ll relish its unpredictability. Kitz’s attention to form and structure is one of his greatest strengths. For instance, he plays with contrast frequently, hopping from full-tilt garage-rock on “Little Victories” to the tranquil strains of airy lullaby “Forgot It When I Said It.” Similarly, the vaporous “Dancing With the Wind” eclipses the preceding jagged rumbles of 30-second tease “Cowbird.”

Continuing with confrontational pairings, “Realistic Bongo” is an overdriven drone, a collision of dramatic, gravelly tones intercut with stark percussive bursts. “Sandbar Inn” follows, a fuzzy dreamscape of tenderly plucked guitar and churning, metallic noise. And the bleary-eyed, washed-out indie rock of “Lie Down” presses against the saw-toothed grit and feedback fury of “Neck.” “Metters Cottage,” a snack-size nugget, sounds like the intro to a lost Beatles or Donovan track with its angelic plucked guitars. Though it’s over in a flash, the interstitial piece proves to be as earcatching as his more straightforward songs. (Straightforward is a relative term here.) Lovebird showcases all of what the artist does well without elevating any one facet above another. It’s a melting pot of all things Kitz. He mystifies with warped sonic effects and hypnotizes with dulcet instrumentation. And that’s true whether you’re listening to one of his cassettes or an MP3. Lovebird will be available on Friday, October 5, at wrenkitz.bandcamp.com.

The band’s songwriting can be whimsically stoned, such as in the theatrics of opening cut “Starship Superlazer,” a mini sci-fi rock opera. The group has also cut two takes on the same song: “403” and “Dinosaur Song” carve different, seemingly connected lyrical paths through almost identical, slinky guitar-pop arrangements. In addition to its playful qualities, Looming Essence can be quite haunting. Kudu Stooge are a young band that’s maturing fast. Some of their more up-tempo tracks will put your tolerance for wah pedals to the test, sure. But when the band stretches out, it’s pretty intoxicating. On tracks such as “The Vision” or “Anglerfish,” Kudu Stooge carve out huge soundscapes that make the most of their instruments. Vince Urbanowski’s work on saxophone and keys is exquisite — he’s a constant standout in a talented lineup. Yet while his solo movements are inventively face melting, his deft accompaniment work is even more impressive. The rhythm section of Zach Lewellyn on bass and Graham Peterson on drums is an implacable threat. The two really show off on the back-to-back funk workouts

“Devilmite Beam” and “Eus the Earthly.” But like Urbanowski’s work, much of the duo’s best work on this LP is almost invisible. The range and ambition of the album is demanding, but they make it look easy. The missing ingredient that would make all this really pop, though, is studio wizardry. Looming Essence, like the band’s 2017 debut Origin Thang, is a self-produced affair. To Kudu Stooge’s credit, this latest LP is an impressive improvement. Yet it still falls short of the space and polish that an experienced producer could provide. It remains to be seen whether Kudu Stooge will survive when everyone graduates from college, but the band could have a bright future. Should Kudo Stooge continue, it will be interesting to see whether they shed their fun, funky dorm-rock material in favor of their jazzier, darker side. Either way, they’re one of the most interesting UVM bands in recent years, and Looming Essence makes it clear their live sets must be an absolute blast. Catch them while you can. Looming Essence is available at kudustooge.bandcamp.com. Kudu Stooge play on Friday, October 5, at ArtsRiot in Burlington.

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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation. Poor People’s Campaign Fundraiser featuring the Laddies (covers), 6 p.m., donation. CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Abby Jenne & Her Dark Advisors (soul-rock), 9 p.m., free. ESPRESSO BUENO: Olive Tiger and Treya Lam (indie, chamberfolk), 7:30 p.m., free. FEMCOM (standup), 8:30 p.m., free.

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RUSTY NAIL: The Full Cleveland (yacht rock), 8 p.m., $5.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Game Night, 7 p.m., free. Lyle Brewer (instrumental acoustic), 8 p.m., free.

mad river valley/ waterbury

NECTAR’S: Glenn Roth (acoustic), 7 p.m., free. Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Jahson, 9 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: BlackWolf (Americana), 7:30 p.m., free.

ZENBARN: Hemp Harvest Fest featuring Mosaic Foundation, Lyon’s Disciple (reggae), 7 p.m., free. Mosaic Foundation (reggae, ska), 9 p.m., $6.50.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: DJ Earl (open format), 9:30 p.m., free.

champlain islands/ northwest TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Mark LeGrand and Sarah Munro (country), 7 p.m., free.

upper valley

THE ENGINE ROOM: The Red Dress Party featuring Plock & Balls, ShaR4, DJ Camilo (EDM), 9 p.m., $5.

outside vermont

MONOPOLE: Ausable Branch (folk-rock), 10 p.m., free. OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Gabrielle and Movin’ On (country), 8 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Billy Rosen Organ Trio (jazz), 7:30 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Pete Sutherland and Tim Stickle’s Old Time Session (traditional), 1 p.m., free. Giannia Sol (jazz, folk), 8:30 p.m., free. The Get Messy (funk, rock, 10 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Gold Tooth Gator (country, blues), 7 p.m., free. DJ Max Jade (open format), 11 p.m., free. RUBEN JAMES: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch, noon, free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Lack of Focus Screening and Awards (spontaneous film festival), 7 p.m., $8.

chittenden county HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Jeffrey Foucault (country, blues), 8 p.m., $16/18.

MISERY LOVES CO.: Disco Brunch with DJ Craig Mitchell, 11 a.m., free. MONKEY HOUSE: La Force featuring Ariel Engle of Broken Social Scene, Beth Head (indie), 8:30 p.m., $10/12.

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CLUB METRONOME: Sunday Night Mass presents: Ben Annand (techno, house), 9 p.m., $10/12.

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: O’stoberfest with JJ Cyrus & Co. (old-time), 2 p.m., free.

burlington

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Eric Friedman (folk), 11 a.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m., donation.

middlebury area ROUGH CUT: Kelly Ravin (country), 5 p.m., free.

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HALF LOUNGE: Saint Nick and Jack Bandit (bass music), 10 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Lamp Shop Lit Club (open reading), 8 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Adventure Dog, Groove Orient (jam), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Electric Hummus (blues, jazz), 7 p.m., free. Justin LaPoint (Americana), 8:30 p.m., free. The Countess Zaleska (new wave, post-punk), 10 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: DJ KermiTT (eclectic), 7 p.m., free. DJ SVPPLY (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. Family Night (open jam), 9 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Comedy & Crêpes (standup), 8 p.m., free.

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MONKEY HOUSE: Erin CasselsBrown (indie folk), 6 p.m., free. Motown Mondays (Motown DJs), 8 p.m., free.

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MOOGS PLACE: Seth Yacovone (blues), 7 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: The Moth: Disguises (storytelling), 7:30 p.m., $10. DRINK: Comedy Open Mic, 9 p.m., free. FOAM BREWERS: Local Dork (eclectic vinyl), 6 p.m., free. HALF LOUNGE: Moochie (eclectic), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Ukulele Kids with Joe Baird (sing-along), 9:30 a.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Small Change (Tom Waits tribute), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (open format), 11 p.m., free.

chittenden county

RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Gypsy Reel (traditional Irish), 7:30 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Atmosphere, deM atlaS, the Lioness, DJ Keezy (hip-hop), 8 p.m., $29/32. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Spafford (jam), 8:30 p.m., $17/20.

MONKEY HOUSE: Advance Music Acoustic Singer-Songwriter Contest, 7 p.m., free. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., free. WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Sex Trivia, 7:30 p.m., free. Karaoke with DJ Vociferous, 9:30 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA’S: Blue Fox’s Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs

MOOGS PLACE: Chris Lyon (solo acoustic, Americana), 6 p.m., free. Cal Stanton (solo acoustic), 7:30 p.m., free.

middlebury area

HATCH 31: Erin Cassels-Brown (indie folk), 6 p.m., free. Kelly Ravin and Lowell Thompson (country), 7 p.m., free.

outside vermont

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: Horse Feathers, Lowland Hum (folk, rock), 8:30 p.m., $15/18. DELI 126: Bluegrass Jam, second Wednesday of every month, 8 p.m., free.

THE DOUBLE E LOUNGE AT ESSEX CINEMAS & T-REX THEATER: Open Door featuring Joni AvRutick, Rick Bunning, Ron Lawrence with the Jericho Road Crew (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free. Emma Back, Django Soulo (avant-folk), 9:30 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Eggy and Stig (funk), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: CJ Boyd (solo bass, looping), 5:30 p.m., free. Sandwriter (jazz), 7 p.m., free. The Tom Caswell Blues Band (blues), 8:30 p.m., free. Syndey Schizzano, Cool Person & the Nerds (R&B, indie-pop), 10:30 p.m., free.

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IDLETYME BREWING COMPANY: The Idletyme Band (blues, rock), 8 p.m., free. MOOGS PLACE: Jim Charanko (Americana), 7:30 p.m., free.

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LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

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SEVEN DAYS OCTOBER 3-10, 2018

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Friends, Together

art

Valerie Hammond and Kiki Smith, Helen Day Art Center B Y AMY LI LLY

SEVEN DAYS OCTOBER 3-10, 2018

REVIEW

“Visitor” by Valerie Hammond

IMAGES COURTESY OF HELEN DAY ART CENTER

alerie Hammond and Kiki Smith both teach printmaking at New York and Columbia universities, have houses upstate about 10 miles apart, and have been friends for 20 years. The two artists have participated in duo shows a number of times, including in Atlanta, Ga., and Lacoste, France. Now their work has come to the Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. “Familiars: Valerie Hammond and Kiki Smith” acknowledges in its title not only the women’s friendship but also the resonances between their bodies of work. These include elements of nature — moths and butterflies, flora and fauna — and an abiding interest in complex printmaking techniques, from hand-indigodying Gampi Torinoko paper in Japan (Hammond) to creating a 3D aluminum cast of a drawing of a branch (Smith). That said, the two artists’ work is very different, making curator Rachel Moore’s decision to separate them logical. Hammond’s work is on the left as one enters, Smith’s on the right. Smith is largely self-taught; Hammond earned an MFA from the University of California, Berkeley. Both are internationally known artists, but Smith more so, as the daughter of large-scale sculptor Tony Smith and the subject of a 2006 retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Hammond’s work begins the viewing path laid out in a numbered gallery guide. A dual sense of subtle threat and sly humor becomes immediately evident. “She I” and “She II” are relief prints in black ink on Gampi paper of realistic-looking animal pelts in fine detail with human eyes collaged onto them. The effect is disturbing but also playful, as if the hiding and watching were a costume game. The numbers give a wink: “She II” has two pelts, or perhaps two sides of the same pelt spread out, where “She I” has one. The artist did the same with “Flutter I” and “Flutter II,” which feature, respectively, one and two collaged, 3D, laser-cut butterflies. But in “Flutter I,” the winged creature replaces the face and head of an etched owl. Speaking by phone from her upstate New York home, Hammond said she often listens to audiobooks while working, and Siddhartha Mukherjee’s The Gene: An Intimate History put her in mind of chimeras. The artist was raised Irish Catholic

and retains an interest in visual signs of the spiritual world — another similarity between her and Smith. “Visitor” contains the most striking chimera. The eponymous figure resembles a deer with a half-furred, half-feathered hide and a turkey’s rump for a tail. The black woodblock-and-relief-print image is repeated, with variations, on eight of 10 sheets of Gampi paper attached to the

passed down the centuries-old craft for generations. The deep indigo composition speckled with stencil-resist white evokes a spirit creature on a starlit journey. “Skins” ends Hammond’s side of the show with a composite of many of the patterns in her other works — owl feathers, a starry night sky — sewn into elongated gloves from which dangle skeins of thread. There is at once something feminine and

I’VE ALWAYS LOVED THE IDEA OF REGENERATION,

OF TAKING ON OTHER IDENTITIES, ALMOST LIKE CAMOUFLAGE. VAL E RI E H AM M ON D

wall at their top corners and arranged in two rows. Some are layered on an additional printed sheet; Hammond said she intended to evoke shadows. A single “visitor” appears in “Birds Child,” an eight-sheet arrangement of Gampi Torinoko paper that Hammond hand-dyed indigo. (Torinoko means “bird’s child” or, more often, “hen’s egg.”) She learned the laborious process during a five-week artist residency at a factory in Japan that has

a touch of the macabre about the work; these are skins, after all. Likening them to sloughed-off snake skins, the artist said, “I’ve always loved the idea of regeneration, of taking on other identities, almost like camouflage.” While Smith’s concerns are different, she has undergone her own artistic regeneration. Known in the 1980s and early ’90s for emotionally raw depictions of the body in all its unseemly mortality, Smith later

shifted toward representations drawn from the natural world. This prolifically experimental artist’s works at Helen Day range from a colorful etching of a firmament of five-point stars collaged with mirrored Mylar ones (“Coincidence”) to an assembly of bronze snails (“Wives and Mistresses”) to a realistic aquatint-and-hand-colored etching of a turkey (“In a Bower”). The show is not entirely devoid of human bodies. “Untitled (woman with leaves),” on an 82-by-47-inch (framed) sheet of Gampi Torinoko paper, stands out not just for its size but for its frank, frontal depiction of a young nude woman in outline, her more detailed face expressing incipient concern. Branches extend from her hands, though she doesn’t appear to hold them. Smith used photographs of her own hands for three photopolymer prints, a method that uses a printing plate made from light-sensitive plastic. The results “have a certain candy quality that I like,” she said by phone from her upstate New York home. In “Sky,” “Sea” and “Earth” — positioned resonantly beside Hammond’s “Skins” — her hands hold unidentifiable objects against abstractly patterned backgrounds. (Photopolymer gravure is not

ART SHOWS

CALL TO ARTISTS

“Earth” by Kiki Smith

10” X 10” BENEFIT: Artists are invited to create a 10-inch-square work on provided panels for a fundraiser to benefit AVA. The first 150 artists to pick up a panel are invited to make a work within the panel’s bounds and return it to AVA no later than Friday, October 5. The panels will be sold for $100 in a fall exhibition, and all proceeds will benefit the gallery and art center. For details, visit avagallery.org. AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon N.H. Info, 603-448-3117. ART IN THE PARK FALL FOLIAGE FESTIVAL: Fine artists and craftspeople are invited to show and sell work at this 57th annual community event to take place October 6 and 7. For details and an application, visit chaffeeartcenter.org. Deadline: October 5. Chaffee Art Center, Rutland. Info, 775-0356. ‘ART IS VITAL’: Accepting proposals for exhibitions in two street-level downtown Rutland galleries during November and December. For details, email william. ramage@castleton.edu. Deadline: October 31. The 77 Gallery, Rutland. ‘AT THE TABLE’: Artists working in pastel are invited to submit pieces themed around how food is grown, prepared and eaten for an upcoming exhibition November 21 to January 1. For details and to submit, email grangehallcc@gmail.com. Deadline: November 1. Grange Hall Cultural Center, Waterbury Center. ‘THE BRIGHT IDEA PROJECT’: Burlington City Arts and Signal Kitchen welcome proposals for communitycreated events to take place during a new New Year’s Eve initiative, Highlight. Selected proposals will be supported with funding, planning, technical support and promotion. Learn more at proposal.highlight. community. Deadline: October 15. Burlington City Arts. Info, 865-7166.

intended to capture detail.) “Sky” has a crosshatching of fine gold glitter. Color is significantly more muted in “Touch,” a series of six etchings with aquatint and drypoint. Each depicts an arrangement of flowers that, in their finely drawn detail and isolation on the white paper, echo 19th-century nature guides. The burst of bee-laden dandelions in the etching titled “Healers,” by contrast, is based on a photograph. Smith noted in the interview that snails, the subject of “Wives and Mistresses,” are “the opposite of us”: Their hard shells enclose and protect the soft body. Much could be read into this. When asked if the pendulum of her work’s emotional tone has swung

the other way since her explorations of the body, she dissented. “I’m sure in relation to Valerie’s work it looks cool, but it has emotional value to me,” she said of her work. “I’m satisfied [with a work] when I have a feeling about it — but what that feeling is is relatively abstract and elusive for me, too.” Even familiars are driven by the unfamiliar. m Contact: lilly@sevendaysvt.com

INFO “Familiars: Valerie Hammond and Kiki Smith,” through November 3 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. helenday.com

‘CELEBRATE: SPA’S ANNUAL HOLIDAY SHOW’: Artist members are invited to share their work in this upcoming holiday gift-giving season show November 13 to December 27. For details and to submit, visit studioplacearts.com. Deadline: October 12. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Info, 479-7069. CRAFT FAIR: November 10 craft fair seeks artisans and vendors. For more information and to register, email info.fotoh@gmail.com. Deadline: November 1. Enosburg Opera House, Enosburg Falls. $20. ‘FICTIONAL NARRATIVE’: Photographers are invited to submit images in keeping with this fantastical storytelling theme for an upcoming exhibition to be juried by Emma Powell. For details and to apply, visit photoplacegallery. com. Deadline: October 15. PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury. Info, 388-4500. FUN FAIR ARTS AND CRAFT SHOW: Seeking arts and craft vendors to join our Fun Fair on Saturday, October 6, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All mediums welcome. Food vendors also encouraged to apply. Bring a 10-by-10-foot tent and table. For more info or to sign

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GREAT STREETS PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITY: Burlington City Arts is issuing a request for qualification from artists or artist teams for public art works to be incorporated into the Great Streets Initiative in downtown Burlington. Selected artworks will reflect the diversity of the city’s residents, explore local history, create meaningful landmarks, and connect the people, land and lake. The proposed budget for all works commissioned is up to $235,000, to include artist honorariums and all fees associated with design, fabrication and installation of final selected works. For details, visit burlingtoncityarts.org. Deadline: October 15. Burlington City Arts. Info, 865-7166. MURAL FOR YOUTH AREA: Artists are invited to submit proposals to create a mural in the youth area of the Hinesburg library. For more info and an application, visit carpentercarse.org. Deadline: November 26. Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg. Info, 482-2878. ‘PORTALS & RITUALS’: Artists are invited to submit 2D works for this seasonally themed juried exhibition taking place October 26 to November 17. For details and to submit, email grangehallcc@gmail.com. Deadline: October 9. Grange Hall Cultural Center, Waterbury Center. Info, 244-4168. SPOTLIGHT GALLERY: The Vermont Arts Council is accepting proposals from Vermont-based artists for group shows in 2019. Qualified exhibitions will include three or more artists whose works share a thematic connection. To submit, artists and curators should send a brief proposal outlining theme and providing links to artists’ works to info@vermontartscouncil.org with subject line “Spotlight Gallery Proposal.” Deadline is rolling. Spotlight Gallery, Montpelier. ‘STRICTLY SEDIMENTARY’: Artists are invited to contribute artwork incorporating layers, such as papers, wood, stone, fabric, photographs, Mylar, cardboard, wax and foil. Actual layers preferred to manipulated computer images. For details and to submit, visit studioplacearts.com. Deadline: November 30. Studio Place Arts, Barre. $10; free for members. Info, 479-7069. ‘TIME OF CHANGE’: Lyndonville Downtown Art Revitalization Team invites artists and makers in all mediums to create work focusing on the transitional month of November. Art will be exhibited in November at various locations throughout Lyndon Village. For details and to submit, email melmelts@yahoo.com. Deadline: October 27. Green Mountain Books and Prints, Lyndonville. WINTER JURIED SHOW: Artists are invited to submit up to three works created in the last five years in any medium for this upcoming juried show to open January 2019. For details and to apply, visit twwoodgallery.org. Deadline: October 28, noon. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier. $25. Info, 262-6035. NEW THIS WEEK

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ANTHONY SINI: “In Your Face,” portraiture paintings and drawings by the Burlington artist. Reception: Wednesday, October 3, 5-8 p.m. October 3-31. Info, 863-3403. Fletcher Free Library in Burlington.

hanging sculptures were first dubbed by Marcel Duchamp. This retrospective exhibition at the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts

SCOTT ANDRÉ CAMPBELL: “Aggregate,” two-

pays tribute to Calder’s visionary and influential body of work,

dimensional abstract mixed-media works created in the last year by the Burlington artist. Reception: Thursday, October 11, 5-7 p.m. October 10-27. Info, dheffern@champlain.edu. Champlain College Art Gallery in Burlington.

SOUTH END ART HOP ORIGINAL JURIED SHOW WINNERS CIRCLE: Selected by 2018 juror Kathleen Vance: first place, Emily Piccirillo; second place, John Douglas; third place, Linda Dulleba. Also included is People’s Choice winner Kyle Sikora. Reception & “Box Up & Move Bash”: Friday, October 5, 5-8 p.m. October 5-November 30. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington.

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JOE BOLGER: “The Color of Light,” paintings by the Shoreham artist. Reception: Saturday, October 6, 4-6:30 p.m. October 4-November 11. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

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GEORGE WOODARD: An exhibition of

photographs documenting the 106-year history of the Woodard Family Farm in Waterbury, shown in conjunction with a run of Disappearances, a play adapted from Howard Frank Mosher’s novel of the same name. George Woodard talk: Sunday, October 14, 1:15 p.m. before matinee show. October 3-21. Info, 229-0492. Montpelier City Hall Arts Center.

ranging from large-scale sculpture to wire “drawings” to painting to toys, supplemented by ample archival materials. Through

brattleboro/ okemo valley “Human Textures,” fiber art and constructions of woven and painted paper made in collaboration with Jackie Abrams. Reception: Friday, October 5, 5-7 p.m. October 5-November 18. Info, 251-8290. Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts in Brattleboro.

ROBERT COHEN: Black-and-white photographs

from the artist’s travels. Reception: Thursday, October 4, 5:30-7 p.m. October 4-November 12. Info, 869-2960. Main Street Arts in Saxtons River.

outside vermont

‘BRUSH STROKES & BEYOND’: The White River Junction chapter of the Vermont Watercolor Society joins the New Hampshire chapter to present 40-plus original works by more than 15 artists. Reception: Sunday, October 7, 2-4 p.m. October 6-November 28. Info, 602-643-4120. Howe Library in Hanover, N.H.

ART EVENTS

by Vermont artists Craig Mooney and Eric Tobin. Reception and artist talk: Saturday, October 6, 6-8 p.m. October 6-December 1. Info, 253-1818. Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe.

ART IN THE PARK FALL FOLIAGE FESTIVAL: The 57th annual community arts festival featuring juried fine artists, craftspeople, specialty food producers, live music, kids’ activities, a community art project, a pet area and live demonstrations. Main Street Park, Rutland, Saturday, October 6, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, October 7, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Info, 775-0356.

KRISTA HARRIS: “Moving Pictures,” abstract paintings. Also introducing ceramic figurative works of Putney sculptor Susan H. Wilson. Reception: Saturday, October 13, 5-7 p.m. October 9-November 20. Info, 253-8943. West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe.

middlebury area

DON AND JUSTIN PERDUE: “Dimensional Dialogues,” a father-and-son exhibition featuring Donald Perdue’s modernist, abstract and figurative sculpture and Justin Perdue’s paintings, collages and mixed-media constructions. Reception: Friday, October 5, 5-7 p.m. October 5-November 11. Info, publicity@townhalltheater.org. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in Middlebury.

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‘FOR THE LOVE OF ART — 30 YEARS OF COLLECTING’: A show and sale featuring 160 works of art, primarily by Vermont artists, from the collection of Nancy Patch. Reception: Friday, October 5, 5 p.m. October 5-31. Info, montgomerycenterarts@gmail.com. Montgomery Center for the Arts.

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LIZ ROSS: “Im/migration,” a collection of oil-on-panel paintings completed during a Vermont Studio Center residency; part of a larger series concerned with the immigration and extinction of birds and the migration, expulsion and exile of peoples. Reception: Friday, October 5, 5:30-7:30 p.m., with wine tasting courtesy of Artisanal Cellars. October 5-December 5. Info, 295-0808. Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction.

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DEIDRE SCHERER:

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‘CREATIVITY TIMES TWO’: Landscape paintings

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ARTIST TALK: OLIVER KLIMPEL: The MFA in graphic design guest designer presents some of his recent work with institutions on design and architectural strategies. Noble Lounge, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Tuesday, October 9, 6:45-7:45 p.m. Info, 866-934-8232. ARTIST TALK: SARAH-LEE TERRAT ON ‘GREEN AND GOLD’ MURAL: The Vermont artist discusses the story and process behind her mural. RSVP requested. Waterbury State Office Complex, Thursday, October 4, 3-5 p.m. Info, jack.zeilenga@vermont.gov. ARTISTS’ RECEPTION: An evening with exhibiting artists Shari Boraz, John Kantack, Matthew Sargeant, Craig Sterrett and Sandra Williams-Crossley. Includes a poetry open mic featuring Deming Holleran. Barrette Center for the Arts, White River Junction, Friday, October 5, 5-7 p.m. Info, 296-7000. BIG BUZZ CHAINSAW CARVING FESTIVAL: Ninth annual folk art event presented by Barre Pinske, featuring more than 30 national and international carvers. Jackson Gore Inn, Okemo Mountain Resort, Ludlow, Thursday, October 4, through Monday, October 8, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Info, 508-965-3211. ESSEX ART LEAGUE MEETING: This monthly meeting features watercolor artist Anne Gordon discussing how she finds and paints inspiring and overlooked subjects in nature. First Congregational Church Essex, Essex Junction, Thursday, October 4, 9-11 a.m. Info, jdbeebo@yahoo.com. FIRST FRIDAY ART: Dozens of galleries and other venues around the city open their doors to pedestrian art viewers in this monthly event. Various locations in Burlington, Friday, October 5, 5-8 p.m. Info, 264-4839.

FREE FIRST FRIDAY: The acclaimed contemporary art center welcomes the public free of charge and with no reservation necessary. Hall Art Foundation, Reading, Friday, October 5, 5-8 p.m. . Info, 952-1056. FRIDAY ADULT WHEEL: Pottery instructors Alex Costantino and Lindsay vanLeir demonstrate wheelthrowing and guide students in using the wheel to create their own bowl or cup. Registration required. Burlington City Arts Studios, Friday, October 5, 7:30-9 p.m. $10; $9 for members. Info, 865-7166. GUEST ARTIST RECEPTION: The craft gallery welcomes two guests, metalsmith Paulette Werger and Joe Hochrein of Blackwater Rocking Horse; and new gallery member, blacksmith Doc Bagley. Collective — the Art of Craft, Woodstock, Saturday, October 6, 3-6 p.m. Info, 457-1298. INNER GOOSE CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP: An eight-minute workshop, based on the “Lessons of the Five Geese,” aims to inspire thoughts on how to move forward positively with other like-minded people in these challenging times. It will take place at 5:30, 6 and 6:30 p.m. All participants will leave with a “Fairy of Your Inner Goose.” Bluebird Fairies, Burlington, Friday, October 5, 5-7 p.m. Info, emily@bluebirdfairies.com. ‘INTER()’: A thesis exhibition featuring works by students graduating from the graphic design MFA. College Hall Gallery, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Tuesday, October 9, 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m., and Wednesday, October 10, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. & 5-9 p.m. Info, 866-934-8232. LIFE DRAWING DROP-IN: Local artists gather to hone figure-drawing skills with a live model under the supervision of instructor Carolyn Zuaro. BYO water-soluble, solvent-free drawing materials and paper. Burlington City Arts Studios, Friday, October 5, 7-9 p.m. $10; $9 for members. Info, 865-7166. MURAL PANEL HANGING AND COMMUNITY PAINT DAY: Artists and community members work together on the Mill Street Mural Project with artist Tara Goreau. GRACE, Hardwick, Saturday, October 6, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Info, 472-6857. OPEN ART STUDIO: Seasoned makers and first-timers alike convene to paint, knit and craft in a friendly environment. Bring a table covering for messy projects. Swanton Public Library, Tuesday, October 8, 4-8 p.m. Free. Info, swantonartscouncil@ gmail.com. OPEN STUDIO TOUR: Vermont North by Hand Artisans Co-Op presents a weekend tour featuring 14 artists throughout the state. Visit vermontnorthbyhand.org for details and map. Various Vermont locations, Saturday, October 6, and Sunday, October 7, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Info, vtnorthbyhand@gmail.com. POP-UP: REBECCA SILBERNAGEL: “A Sheep Show,” photographs of sheep and other animals by the Fayston artist. Product Think Tank, Waitsfield, Sunday, October 7, 2-5 p.m. Info, silbernagel.r@gmail.com.

STOWE FOLIAGE ARTS FESTIVAL: One hundred seventy-five artists and artisans display and sell traditional and contemporary crafts and original art , accompanied by a specialty food section and artisan spirits. Topnotch Field, Topnotch Resort, Stowe, Friday, October 5, through Sunday, October 7, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $10; children free. Info, info@craftproducers.com. SUMMER ARTIST MARKET: A juried market features handmade products by Vermont artists and artisans. Burlington City Hall Park, Saturday, October 6, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Info, 865-7166. TALK: ‘CREATIVITY AND HISTORICAL TRUTHS’: Dartmouth College professor Irene Kacandes examines the role played by the creative arts in communicating important truths. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, Wednesday, October 3, 7 p.m. Info, 262-1354. TALK: ‘PATTERNS FOR AMERICAN WOMANHOOD: MAGAZINES, RACE AND GENDER IN 19TH-CENTURY AMERICA’: University of Vermont English professor Mary Lou Kete examines the role of women as readers, authors and editors in making the magazine one of the most important sources that defined how to be a woman and an American. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, Burlington, Wednesday, October 10, noon. Info, 656-0750. TOURS OF THE HISTORIC BARN HOUSE AND EXHIBITS: Visitors can experience African American and African-diaspora art and culture, along with a granary and cow barn built between the late 1700s and early 1800s. The 90-minute tour includes authentic African textiles, art and antiquities, and photography exhibits; a Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture poster series; works by Charlotte environmental artist Nancy Winship Milliken, and more. Sign up for tour at Eventbrite. Clemmons Family Farm, Charlotte, Saturday, October 6, 10-11:30 a.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, vtcrocks@gmavt.net. VOYAGE & ADVENTURE PART V: ‘SILENCE’: Vermont International Film Foundation executive director Orly Yadin screens her short film and offers a sneak peek at this year’s film fest. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park, Enosburg Falls, Saturday, October 6, 2 p.m. Info, info@coldhollowsculpturepark.com.

ONGOING SHOWS burlington

ALISON WELD: “Inner Essentials,” abstract paintings by the Westport, N.Y., artist. Through October 18. Info, 355-5440. New City Galerie in Burlington. ART HOP GROUP SHOW: A collaborative exhibition featuring painting, prints, video installation and digital art by Ashley Stagner, Beth Starger, Emily Mitchell, James Stewart and Mark Gonyea. Through October 31. Info, 859-9222. The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington. ART HOP GROUP SHOW: Works by more than 20 local artists. Through November 30. Info, 651-9692. VCAM Studio in Burlington.

ART SHOWS

ART HOP GROUP SHOW: A collaborative group exhibition featuring painting, photography and mixed-media works by Bob Arns (Mutin), Ceili Seipke, Holly Hauser, Lindsay Bluto, Lorraine Manley and MEM. Through October 31. Info, 859-9222. Art’s Alive Gallery in Burlington. ART SHAPE MAMMOTH GROUP SHOW: A wide-ranging group show featuring works by John Rovnak, Kate Leier, Sharon Webster, Jared Maher, Abbi Meyers-Orr, Barbee Hauzinger, Pievy Polyte, Emily Foster and Susan Essex Luce. Through October 31. Info, artshapemammoth@ gmail.com. Flynndog in Burlington. BENJAMIN JOHNSON: “Stranger Faces,” the first solo show of the 21-year-old portrait and street photographer. Through October 7. Info, 2kdeep@ gmail.com. Half Lounge in Burlington. BILL PURETZ: “Merrily Merrily Life Is but a Dream,” color photographs. Through October 31. Info, 6583074. Mirabelles Café & Bakery in Burlington. CRYSTAL WAGNER: “Traverse,” an immense, sitespecific installation by the multidisciplinary artist. ‘VISUAL ANALOGIES’: Photography by recent graduates Penn Chan and Vanessa Kotovich, who explore themes of growth and decay, myth and reality, and the beautiful and grotesque. ‘THE WAY YOU LOOK’: In this inaugural installment of the Artist’s Artists series, Vermont-based artist and guest curator Pete Moran brings the time-based work of filmmaker Ashish Avikunthak into contact with Tim Simonds’ intimate, mixed-media sculpture. Through October 7. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington. ESTEFANIA PUERTA: “Woe Hoe,” works by the artist and 2010 UVM alumnx that delve into organic and inorganic materials to form new poetics of transformation and translation. Through October 5. Info, 656-2014. Francis Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, in Burlington. ‘FOLLY’: Artists Jonathan Mikulak and Terry Sehr present an audiovisual installation that explores how the perceptual process influences our understanding of ourselves. Through October 5. Info, dheffern@champlain.edu. Champlain College Art Gallery in Burlington. ‘HOUSE TO HOME’: An exhibition examining the meaning of home through cultural, ethnographic and decorative art objects from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas and Oceania, ranging from antiquity to the present. ‘THE IMPOSSIBLE IDEAL: VICTORIAN FASHION AND FEMININITY’: An exhibition exploring how fashion embodied the many contradictions of Victorian women’s lives through clothing and accessories from the museum collection, accompanied by

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excerpts from popular American women’s magazines. Through December 14. Info, 656-0750. Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, in Burlington. JESS POLANSHEK: Fanciful forest illustrations by the 2017 Magic Hat “Labels for Libation” winner. Through November 30. Info, 658-6016. Speeder & Earl’s Coffee in Burlington. ‘VISIONS OF THE WORLD’: Works by Vermont artists including paintings by Abeer Almogalli, Hom Pradhan and Sabah Abass; fashion and jewelry by Sahar Alsammarae and Virginie Diambou; and photographs by Umesh Acharya and the youth mentor program Crossroads: Where Cultures Meet. Curated by Laurie Stavrand from the USCRI/Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program. Through December 1. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery in Burlington.

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CAROL DALLAS: Vermont landscapes that capture brief moments in time. Through October 31. Info, 985-3648. Shelburne Craft School. ‘COMMON GROUNDS’: Art in recognition of 100 years of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and its conservation consequences, featuring more than 40 bird-centric artworks. Through October 31. Info, 434-2167. Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington. DAN HIGGINS: “Celebrating Winooski: One Story at a Time,” digitally manipulated photographs that place portraits of Winooski’s diverse populations onto the local built environment. Through October 20. Info, 655-2419. Scout & Co. in Winooski. GAIL SALZMAN: “New Paintings: Unknown Time & Place,” abstract oil paintings layered with texture and translucent color. Through October 9. Info, 985-3848. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. JOY HUCKINS-NOSS: “Moments of Reflection,“ oil paintings by the Calais artist. Through October 5. Info, jhnartz@aol.com. Burlington International Airport in South Burlington. ‘MAIZE MEDITATION’: Amanda Turner Pohan presents a library of archival materials documenting a timeline of corn cultivation in this exhibition organized by Overnight Projects. Through October 6. Info, abbey@overnightprojects.com. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s College, in Colchester. ‘NEW ENGLAND NOW’: The inaugural exhibition in a curated biennial series featuring contemporary Northeast artists organized around thematic subject matter. Through January 13. Info, 985-3346. Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum.

‘PLAYING COWBOY: AMERICA’S WILD WEST SHOWS’: Combining period posters with historical film footage, this exhibition explores the profound influence Buffalo Bill and other Wild West shows had on shaping contemporary understandings of the American West, Native American history and the cowboy way of life. Through October 21. Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum.

f ‘TREES’: More than 50 images from local and international photographers depict the plant considered “the lungs of the world.” Juried by Michael Pannier. The exhibition is in conjunction with the Essex Junction Tree Committee. Reception: Saturday, October 13, 4-6 p.m. Through October 28. Info, 777-3686. Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction. ‘VISIONS OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN & BEYOND’: New oil paintings by Carolyn Walton, Helen Nagel and Ken Russack, as well as pastels by Athenia Schinto. Through December 30. Info, 985-8223. Luxton-Jones Gallery in Shelburne. WILL KASSO CONDRY: “Steps to Resilience,” a new series of portraits in oil and spray paint on canvas. Through October 28. Info, 765-560-5445. Clemmons Family Farm in Charlotte.

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‘ANYTHING FOR SPEED: AUTOMOBILE RACING IN VERMONT’: A yearlong exhibition exploring more than a century of the history and evolution of racing in Vermont through the objects, photographs and recollections that comprise this unique story. Through March 30. Info, 479-8500. Vermont History Center in Barre. AXEL STOHLBERG: “Coffee Bag Drawings,” a series of abstract line drawings and paintings of house-like structures on brown paper coffee bags. Through October 10. Info, 595-4866. The Hive in Middlesex. ‘BACKSTORY’: Vermont artists use materials to express their personal narratives: Kate Burnim, Daryl Burtnett, Janie Cohen, Wendy Copp, Hasso Ewing, Luciana Frigerio, Leslie Fry, Jason Galligan-Baldwin, Mark Goodwin, Julia Jensen, Matthew Monk, Cristina Salusti, Jeffrey Simpson, Rose Umerlik, Rosana Vestuti and Bhakti Ziek. Closing reception: Sunday, October 7, 3-5 p.m. Through October 7. Info, 223-6613. The Kent Museum in Calais. CAROLE NAQUIN: Soft pastel landscape paintings of sky, river and field. Through November 30. Info, 229-9492. Artisans’ Hand in Montpelier. DAVID MACAULAY: Sketches and illustrations from eight books by the best-selling author, MacArthur fellow and Caldecott Medal winner. Through November 2. Info, 828-3291. Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier.

f DIANE FITCH: “Interior/Exterior,” paintings and drawings drawn from the artist’s life, with depictions of everyday life as well as private spaces within her psyche. Reception: Thursday, October 11, 4-7 p.m. Through December 21. Info, 279-5558. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier. KATE GAVIN: Fluid poured-acrylic paintings by the Montpelier artist. Through October 10. Info, cloverlily13@yahoo.com. Montpelier City Hall. LINDA FINKELSTEIN: “Finding the Quiet,” works in rust, eucalyptus and indigo. ‘ROCK SOLID XVIII’: Annual exhibition showcasing stone sculpture and assemblage by area artists. ‘TENSION’: Site-specific installations of sociocultural and environmental datascapes by Tuyen Nguyen and Misook Park. Through November 3. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre. MAGGIE NEALE: “Abstract Within the Square,” paintings on silk and canvas. Through October 31. Info, 426-3581. Jaquith Public Library in Marshfield. MATT LARSON: “Mountains, Mesas and Monoliths,” 18 framed, small-scale gold-tone brownprints and eight large-scale, unframed gold-toned brownprints of Utah’s Zion Canyon. Through November 9. Info, 479-7069. Morse Block Deli & Taps in Barre. ‘SOLZHENITSYN IN VERMONT’: A celebration of the Russian novelist, historian and Nobel Prize winner turned Vermont resident, in honor of the 100th anniversary of his birth. Through October 27. Info, 828-2291. Vermont History Museum in Montpelier.

f VERMONT MODERN QUILT GUILD MEMBER EXHIBITION: Quilts by guild members. Reception: Thursday, October 4, 5-7 p.m. WARREN KIMBLE: “An Artist’s Journey,” works from Kimble’s more than 50 years as a fine artist, educator and antiques collector. Through October 26. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.

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f ‘ALTERED SPACES’: A group exhibition curated by Kelly Holt featuring collage, photography, painting and multimedia installation; the show will build in layers throughout its run. Artists include Paul Gruhler, Dana Heffern, Ric Kasini Kadour, Lydia Kern, Erika Senft Miller, John M. Miller and Kathryn Lipke Vigesaa. Reception: Saturday, October 6, 5:30 p.m. Through January 7. Info, 760-4634. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort.

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AXEL STOHLBERG: “Short Stories,” assemblages and 2D works. ‘MORRISVILLE — FAVORITE PLACES’: Photography by 12 artists that exemplifies the spirit of Morrisville through a sense of place. Through October 28. Info, 888-1261. River Arts in Morrisville.

investigations into the unknown”

CAROLYN MECKLOSKY: “Pink Is for Boys,” portrait paintings. Through October 20. Info, carolynmecklosky@ gmail.com. Dream Café in Johnson.

installation immerses visitors in an

‘CURIOUS & COOL’: Unusual and seldom-seen artifacts of ski culture from the museum’s archives. Through October 31. Info, 253-9911. Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum in Stowe.

the manipulation of light, color and

‘EXPOSED’: The 27th annual outdoor sculpture exhibition features site-specific and participatory work from regional and national artists including Jaume Plensa, Albert Paley, Christopher Curtis, Judith Wrend, Ted Ceraldi and more. Curated by Rachel Moore. Through October 20. ‘FAMILIARS’: An exhibition demonstrating the uniqueness, as well as the intersections, of the printmaking practices that Valerie Hammond and Kiki Smith have developed as contemporaries and friends over the last 20 years. Through November 3. Info, 253-8358. Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. HOMER WELLS: “New Dimensions in Landscape,” a new series of etched aluminum works by the Monkton artist. Through October 28. Info, 760-6785. Edgewater Gallery in Stowe. KIMBERLEE FORNEY: Colorful acrylic paintings and prints. Through October 31. Info, kimberleef@msn.com. Green Goddess Café in Stowe. ‘LAND & LIGHT & WATER & AIR’: Annual flagship exhibition featuring juried landscape paintings by dozens of New England artists. ‘LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION’: Vermont landscape paintings by gallery founder Alden Bryan and six contemporary artists: Rett Sturman, Andrew Orr, Mary Martin, Susan Bull Riley, Eric Tobin and Gary Eckhart. Through November 4. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville.

curator Dana Heffern, this audiovisual otherworldly environment through

professors Jonathan Mikulak and Terry between two mirrored, crinkly panels colorful cellophane) spread over a coded visualization video. Ambient music complements ever-changing wisps of all sides — Mikulak and Sehr write, “Liberating light and color from constraints opens up an immersive space with a central core.” Through October 5. Pictured: installation detail. ‘THE FABRIC OF EMANCIPATION’: Works by eight contemporary fiber, textile and needle artists expressing what it means to be of African descent in the Americas, curated by Harlem Needle Arts founder Michelle Bishop. Through October 28. Info, 877-3406. Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh.

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‘DOUGHBOYS & FLYBOYS: WWI STORIES BY VERMONTERS FROM THE HOME AND BATTLEFRONT’: An exhibition that uses archival materials to explore the roles played by Addison County residents in the “War to End All Wars,” in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that ended World War I. ‘WATERFOWL WONDERS & AMUSING ANIMALS’: Carvings by Addison County-based wood carvers Gary Starr, Chuck Herrmann and William Holway. Through November 11. Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury.

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f PHILIP FREY: “Earth, Water and Sky,” paintings by

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‘MAKING MUSIC: THE SCIENCE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS’: An exhibition exploring the science behind the instruments used to create music, from well-known classics to infectious pop tunes. Through May 13. Info, 649-2200. Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich.

of acrylic and dichroic film (think

‘NEW VISIONS’: Works by local artists in a variety of media. Through October 28. Info, info@ creativespacegallery.org. Creative Space Gallery in Vergennes.

‘STEEL + WOOD’: Collaborative furniture, lighting and other functional works by the Underpass Cooperative, a group of makers including Ben Cheney, Jesse Cooper and Chris Eaton. Through October 20. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury.

‘LOCAL COLOR’: Annual display of works by local artists. Through October 13. Info, 457-3500. ArtisTree Gallery in South Pomfret.

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SABRINA FADIAL: “Outside Inside Out,” sculpture, installation art and drawings by the Barre artist. Through October 5. Info, 635-1469. Northern Vermont University-Johnson.

PHOTO SHOW: The 29th annual exhibition featuring works by more than 70 photographers, both amateur and professional, from New England and Montréal. Through October 7. Info, 496-6682. Valley Arts Gallery in Waitsfield.

f BRIAN D. COHEN: “Emblems,” 40 etchings based on the form of the 17th-century emblem book. Reception: Friday, October 5, 5-7 p.m. Through October 31. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction.

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RONDA STOLL: “Sumi-e Meditations,” ink paintings. Through October 30. Info, 888-1261. Morrisville Post Office.

MARYELLEN SULLIVAN: Abstracted photographs initially taken to inspire paintings. Through November 5. Info, 244-7036. Waterbury Public Library.

‘AND JUSTICE FOR ALL: JUSTIN MORRILL AND THE 14TH AMENDMENT OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION’: Commemorating the sesquicentennial of the ratification of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the exhibit highlights critical aspects of the amendment and elucidates Morrill’s role in drafting it, as well as major legal decisions based on the Equal Protection Clause. Through October 14. Info, 765-4288. Justin Morrill Homestead in Strafford.

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‘GROWING FOOD, GROWING FARMERS’: Large-scale photographic portraits of Rutland County farm families taken by Macaulay Lerman, accompanied by biographies and audio excerpts drawn from the fieldwork of Greg Sharrow and Andy Kolovos. Through December 31. Info, 388-4964. Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury.

‘FIELD NOTES’: Painting and sculpture by Monica Carroll, Rebecca Kinkead, Jill Madden and Eben Markowski. Through October 21. Info, 583-5832. Bundy Modern in Waitsfield.

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the Maine artist. Reception: Friday, October 12, 5-7 p.m. Through October 31. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery at Middlebury Falls.

f RORY JACKSON: “A Valid Attempt,” new landscape paintings by the Addison County artist. Reception: Friday, October 12, 5-7 p.m. Through October 31. Info, 989-7419. Edgewater Gallery on the Green in Middlebury. ‘WONDROUS WORLDS: ART AND ISLAM THROUGH TIME AND PLACE ‘: Featuring more than 100 works of art from the Newark Museum’s collections, this exhibition showcases the long history, vast geographic expanse and diversity of works of art in the Islamic world. Through December 2. Info, 443-5007. Middlebury College Museum of Art.

rutland/killington

2018 NATIONAL AUDUBON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS SHOW: Winning photographs from more than 8,000 entries taken by amateur and professional photographers. Through October 10. Info, 287-9338. Rutland City Hall. 77 ARTS’ RESIDENCY EXHIBITION: Works from the gallery’s first-ever residency program, featuring Annie Blazejack and Geddes Levenson, Debo Mouloudji, Hanna Washburn, Juna Skenderi, Max Spitzer and Sofia Plater. JANET FREDERICKS: “Selected Works: An Overview,” a retrospective of paintings and drawings highlighting five distinct bodies of work created over

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the past 20 years. Included are water scrolls, insect drawings, anthill drawings and the recent “Land Mark” series. Through October 26. Info, the77gallery@gmail. com. 77 Gallery in Rutland. ASHLEY WOLFF: “Reinventing the View, “a solo show of new paintings by the artist and illustrator. Through November 5. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild. ‘JUST IMAGINE’: A group show featuring works by firsttime and recent artist members. Through November 3. Info, 775-0356. Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. KEN SMITH: “Abstractions in Fabric,” a collection of fabric compositions that explores the use of bright and contrasting colors. Through October 13. Info, rosemary.connelli@greenmtn.edu. Castleton University Bank Gallery in Rutland. ROBERT GILSON: “Beyond the Pale,” a collection of photographs, including images that document human interventions in rural and urban landscapes and that chronicle things the artist finds amusing. Through November 3. Info, 282-2396. Christine Price Gallery, Castleton University. ‘SCULPTFEST: INTERDEPENDENCE’: Guest curated by Alisa Dworsky, the exhibition features 10 artists, including Charles Hickey, Amy Königbauer, Sophia Latysheva, Jessica Leete and Nathaniel Lieb, whose site-specific works respond to the theme of interdependence. Through October 21. Info, 438-2097. The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center in West Rutland. STACY HARSHMAN: “Second Flight; Butterfly Paintings,” multimedia environments featuring preserved butterflies sourced from eco-farms. Through November 4. Info, 446-2044. The Sparkle Barn in Wallingford.

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‘BOOKS: MATTER AND MAGIC’: A show about books, their making and the spirit behind them featuring Genese Grill’s large-scale “Almandal Grimoire: The Book as Magical Object” and Diane Gayer’s Of Earth and Being, a photography book printed at Villanti Printers in Milton. Through October 8. Info, greentaraspace@gmail.com. GreenTARA Space in North Hero.

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f ANIMATION FESTIVAL EXHIBIT: Animation work by students at NVU-Lyndon, NVU-Johnson and Bennington College, in conjunction with the annual Vermont Animation Festival. Reception: Tuesday, October 16, 6 p.m. Through October 26. Info, 626-6459. Quimby Gallery, Northern Vermont University-Lyndon, in Lyndonville. ELIZABETH NELSON: “In Beauty I Walk,” photographs of nature in the Northeast Kingdom. Through November 15. Info, 525-3366. Parker Pie Co. in West Glover. ELIZABETH NELSON: Paintings inspired by Iceland. Through November 6. Info, info@sterlingcollege. edu. Brown Library, Sterling College, in Craftsbury Common. ETHAN HUBBARD: “Driving the Back Roads: In Search of Old-Time Vermonters,” a retrospective featuring more than 40 of the photographer’s large-format black-and-white portraits made over five decades, accompanied by audio recordings of his subjects. Through December 2. Info, 533-9075. Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro. ‘LOCKED DOWN! KEYED IN! LOCKED OUT! KEYED UP!’: An exhibition examining the long human relationship to the lock and key, its elegant design and philosophies and practices of securing, safeguarding, imprisoning, escaping and safecracking throughout the ages. Through April 30. Info, claredol@sover.net. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover. ‘NEWPORT!’: Works by MAC members and plein air artists who have worked under the direction of Donna Walsh. Through October 27. Info, 334-1966. MAC Center for the Arts in Newport. RICHARD BROWN: Black-and-white photographs of nostalgic Vermont landscapes and people. Through December 31. Info, 748-2372. Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium in St. Johnsbury.

f RODNEY REIS: “Landscapes in Classical Realism,” paintings by the Peacham artist. Reception: Friday, October 12, 4-6 p.m. Through November 17. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artists Guild in St. Johnsbury.

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‘HEALING — THE TRANSFORMATIVE IMAGERY OF ART’: Works exploring the connection between the arts, healing and health, including Mary Admasian, Natalie Blake, Robert Carsten, Karen Deets, Robert DuGrenier, Carolyn Enz Hack, Margaret Jacobs, Neomi Lauritsen, Pat Musick, Robert O’Brien, Priscilla Petraska and Cai Xi Silver. Through March 30. Info, lightson_mary@comcast.net. The Great Hall in Springfield.

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‘HOPE AND HAZARD: A COMEDY OF EROS’: A group exhibition curated by American artist Eric Fischl featuring approximately 65 artists and more than 80 paintings, photographs, works on paper and sculptures selected from the Hall and Hall Art Foundation collections. ‘MADE IN VERMONT’: A group exhibition of new and recently completed paintings, works on paper and sculpture by Vermont artists. ‘THE SOLACE OF AMNESIA’: More than 30 paintings, photographs, works on paper and sculpture by some 25 artists that address human alienation from the natural environment, curated by artist Alexis Rockman and Katherine Gass Stowe. Through November 25. Info, 9521056. Hall Art Foundation in Reading. STEVE GERBERICH: “Best of ‘Springs, Sprockets & Pulleys,’” kinetic sculptures by the artist, inventor and packrat. Through October 8. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. ‘A WORLD SUSPENDED IN COLOR’: Fine art glass by Clare Adams, Lucy Bergamini, Dominique Caissie, Robert DuGrenier, Alissa Faber, Nicholas Kekic, David Leppla, Melanie Leppla and Chris Sherwin. Through November 3. Info, artinfo@canalstreetartgallery. com. Canal Street Art Gallery in Bellows Falls.

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‘AUTUMN SHOW 2018’: Works by 18 artists including John Richey, Erika Lawlor Schmidt, Richard Weis, Longina Smolinski and Mary Fran Lloyd. Through December 1. Info, 917-842-2669. stART Space in Manchester. ‘CRASH TO CREATIVITY: THE NEW DEAL IN VERMONT’: Works that shed light on how government-sponsored New Deal projects fueled Depression-era creativity. Through November 4. PAT MUSICK: “Where Did You Come From Anyway?,” large- and small-scale sculpture and two-dimensional works made from natural media including wood, stone, paper and beeswax. Through December 30. Info, 447-1571. Bennington Museum. NORTH BENNINGTON OUTDOOR SCULPTURE SHOW: Annual public art exhibition featuring works by 38 local and regional sculptors. Through October 23. Info, jrc373@comcast.net. Various locations around North Bennington. ‘THRIVING SPACES: STREET ART MEETS GLASS’: Works by New York street artists exhibited alongside glass art by members of the Vermont Glass Guild. Through October 14. Info, 362-1405. Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester.

randolph/royalton

f ‘ABUNDANCE: CELEBRATING CREATIVITY IN MENTAL HEALTH, WELLNESS AND RECOVERY’: The third annual art and poetry show. Reception: Friday, October 5, 4-7 p.m. Through November 2. Info, 728-6464. Chandler Gallery in Randolph.

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ALLISON CLAYTON: Photographs by the North Thetford artist. Through November 3. Info, 889-9404. Tunbridge Public Library. BRUCE EDELSTEIN: Sculptures and watercolors influenced by the artist’s time in Oaxaca, Mexico, from 2005 to 2007. Through October 13. LAURIE SVERDLOVE: “Cosmic/Quantum,” new paintings by the Randolph artist. Through October 20. LUCY MINK-COVELLO: Abstract paintings by the Contoocook, N.H., artist and Dartmouth College artist-in-residence. Through October 13. Info, info@bigtowngallery.com. BigTown Gallery in Rochester. JOHN DUFFY: “Where We Live,” photographs printed on gator board, for sale to benefit local residents fighting cancer. Through October 31. Info, 763-7094. Royalton Memorial Library in South Royalton. LISA MANNING: Images by the freelance nature and wildlife photographer featuring scenes from Vermont to Alaska across the seasons. Through October 24. Info, 728-2284. Gifford Medical Center in Randolph.

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ou don’t do this every week for 35 years without picking up on a movie truism or two. Along the way, for example, I’ve observed that Hollywood eats its young. The industry systematically processes promising independent filmmakers into highly paid mainstream hacks. Time and again, I’ve likewise bemoaned its counterintuitive neutering of comic talent, the way it searches out naturally hilarious people, then pays them to stop being funny. Seen any good Amy Schumer movies lately? Time to bemoan that pattern again, because it’s happened to Kevin Hart. What does it say about the film business that Hart alone on a stage for almost two hours is gut-busting, but Hart surrounded by comic performers, delivering lines cranked out by a screenwriting workforce of six, is the comedy equivalent of nails on a chalkboard? Where’s the sense in taking Hart off that stage, sticking him in a classroom and paying him to write on an actual chalkboard? That’s what director Malcolm D. Lee (Soul Men) does in Night School. The result is a textbook case of wasting everybody’s time. Talk about by-the-numbers. Hart plays

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Teddy, a motormouth salesman who wasn’t good with them in school. Bullies like Stewart (“Saturday Night Live” alum Taran Killam) made fun of him. When the time came to take the GSAT, math problems jumped off the page and buzzed around the poor guy like isosceles mosquitoes. He dropped out. Fast-forward a few years, and Teddy appears to have it all: a job he loves selling barbecue equipment, a girlfriend (Megalyn Echikunwoke) he loves and wants to impress, and a Porsche he loves even if he’s behind on the payments. This being the sort of movie whose makers wouldn’t set it in a place filled with open flames and propane tanks unless they planned to blow that place up, one is not entirely stunned when they do. Suddenly our hero finds himself in need of a job and a GED. You guessed it, that’s where night school comes in, though you’ll never guess who’s now the principal of the place. Well, OK, you might. Yup, it’s Teddy’s old nemesis, Stewart. What are the odds? Don’t ask Teddy. Math’s a problem, remember? The movie’s formula for fun: Tiffany Haddish, so feisty and foul-mouthed in Girls Trip, plays the course’s no-nonsense instructor. Besides Teddy, the class consists of a regulation gaggle of movie goofballs. There’s Rob Riggle

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as an XXL goofball prone to saying Rob Riggly things, Romany Malco as a goofball prone to conspiracy theories, “24”’s Mary Lynn Rajskub as a frustrated housewife prone to referring to her butt as a walnut that needs cracking and — well, honestly, I’m foggy on the rest. They’re like a long-lost pitch for a Will Ferrell film that some aspiring scribe found crumpled in an old jacket. Every now and then, Stewart storms in and messes with Teddy. The class’ motley crew bonds right on schedule. Approximately 4,700 jokes about Hart’s height are attempted. The movie contains only one development you

Hell Fest ★★

oward the beginning of this routine slasher flick from director Gregory Plotkin (Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension), there’s a genuinely disturbing scene. Our college-age protagonists are exploring a horror-themed carnival, making their way through a “haunted maze” full of blood-spattered actors, when they encounter a young girl screaming for help. A knife-toting masked man follows in hot pursuit. Natalie (Amy Forsyth) wants to show her friends she’s totally over this whole Hell Fest thing, so she directs the masked man to the girl’s hiding place. He proceeds to haul out the weeping, pleading victim and stab her. By that time, Natalie’s gleefully crude friend Taylor (Bex Taylor-Klaus), has stepped out, finding this scene a little too gnarly even for her. But Natalie stands and watches. Gaudy carnival lights strobe over her face as doubts begin to dawn there: This is all fake, right? Of course not. Thanks to an opening teaser, the audience knows the masked man is an actual serial killer taking advantage of the cover a house of horrors provides. Even Natalie should probably be clued in, since she and her vapid pals were discussing the discovery of a real corpse at a previous Hell Fest not an hour ago. Yet she stands by and watches a murder happen — facilitates it, even — because she’s in a context where it’s not supposed to be real. Savvy viewers already know Natalie is the “final girl,” the only member of her friend 80 SEVEN DAYS OCTOBER 3-10, 2018

FRIGHT NIGHT OUT Plotkin’s slasher flick revolves around a horror carnival that looks like a lot more creepy fun than the movie itself.

group demure enough to be assured of surviving the slasher’s reign of terror. This scene suggests a tantalizing psychological horror premise: What if the final girl lived to the last reel only to spend the rest of her life tormented by her own thoughtless complicity? It’s a question a filmmaker like Michael

Haneke (Funny Games) might be prepared to address. The makers of Hell Fest, not so much. After engineering this unsettling moment where real and fake briefly merge, Plotkin and his team of screenwriters drop the issue. The plot proceeds as you’d expect: Natalie is too busy watching her friends get picked off by

won’t have seen coming from the concession counter on your way in. Near the end of the picture, Haddish’s character arranges for Hart’s to be tested, and he’s informed he has multiple learning disabilities. The treatment proposed? Beating them out of him. No joke. Haddish gets in the ring with him and whales until he correctly solves a math problem. As the father of a child with learning disabilities, I have to say I wasn’t laughing. To be fair, though, I wasn’t laughing much before. RI C K KI S O N AK

the masked man, and then running for her life, to give much thought to anything else. As slashers go, the main strength of Hell Fest is its setting, and production designer Michael Perry is the MVP. If you’re bored of watching attractive young people get stalked (which you will be, quickly), you can focus on the elaborately designed mazes whose every room offers a new flavor of horror art design. Or revel in the gory kills, if that’s your thing. Moments of actual horror are rare, however, because the director never does much to build cat-and-mouse tension. Nor do we bond to the thin characters, though that’s par for the course in this genre. Occasionally the film offers mild reversals of expectation — for instance, in a scene involving a prop guillotine — but these feel like jokes that don’t quite pay off. The slasher genre has a lot in common with a carnival scare-house. Once they figure out when the jolts of terror and gore will arrive, viewers and visitors alike tend to feel a sense of mastery, even of superiority, as if they’ve conquered fear itself. Because she’s trying to maintain that superior, ironic attitude, because she doesn’t want to admit she’s scared — because, perhaps, she doesn’t go with her gut feeling that something’s wrong — Natalie allows the unspeakable to happen. It’s a strangely resonant moment in an otherwise forgettable film. MARGO T HARRI S O N

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NEW IN THEATERS THE CHILDREN ACT: Emma Thompson plays a judge who must decide a case involving a teenager’s religious freedom as her marriage falls apart in this drama directed by Richard Eyre (Notes on a Scandal). With Ben Chaplin and Stanley Tucci. (105 min, R. Savoy) A STAR IS BORN: Aaaand it’s time for the fourth version of a perennial tearjerker first brought to the screen in 1937. In this update, set in the music world, Bradley Cooper (who also directed) plays the alcoholic star on a downward trajectory, and Lady Gaga is the talented nobody whose career he fosters. With Sam Elliott and Dave Chappelle. (135 min, R. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Sunset, Welden) VENOM: Sony launches its own Marvel universe with this action-horror flick about a journalist (Tom Hardy) who bonds with an alien symbiote that gives him superpowers and a dangerous alter-ego. With Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed and Jenny Slate. Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) directed. (112 min, PG-13. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Paramount, Sunset, Welden)

NOW PLAYING BLACKKKLANSMANHHHH1/2 An African American cop (John David Washington) infiltrates the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan and attains a leadership position in the latest from director Spike Lee, based on a true story from the 1970s. With Adam Driver, Laura Harrier and Alec Baldwin. (135 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 8/15) THE BOOKSHOPHHH In 1959 England, a widow (Emily Mortimer) faces opposition when she opens a small-town bookshop in this drama based on Penelope Fitzgerald’s novel and directed by Isabel Coixet (Learning to Drive). With Bill Nighy and Patricia Clarkson. (113 min, PG) CHRISTOPHER ROBINHHH Ewan McGregor plays a grown-up version of the A.A. Milne character who rediscovers his relationship with Winnie-the-Pooh in this partially animated Disney production directed by Marc Forster (Finding Neverland). (104 min, PG) CRAZY RICH ASIANSHHH1/2 A young New York professor (Constance Wu) doesn’t get the warmest reception when she travels to Singapore to meet her boyfriend’s ultra-wealthy family in this rom com. With Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh and Gemma Chan. Jon M. Chu (Now You See Me 2) directed. (120 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 8/22) FAHRENHEIT 11/9HHHH Michael Moore weighs in on the Trump presidency in his new documentary, asking, “How the f**k did we get here and how the f**k do we get out?” With David Hogg and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (125 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 9/26) HELL FESTHH Can a bunch of attractive young people survive a spooky theme park when a real serial killer uses it as a cover for his activities? Gregory Plotkin (Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension) directed this slasher flick starring Bex Taylor-Klaus, Reign Edwards and Amy Forsyth. (120 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 10/3) THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLSHHH1/2 A boy (Owen Vaccaro) and his warlock uncle (Jack Black) must locate a literal doomsday clock in this adaptation of John Bellairs’ creepy kids’ classic, also starring Cate Blanchett and Kyle MacLachlan. Eli Roth (Death Wish) directed. (104 min, PG; reviewed by M.H. 9/26) LIFE ITSELFH Dan Fogelman, creator of “This Is Us,” wrote and directed this multigenerational drama that hinges on the evolution of one couple’s relationship through marriage and starting a family. Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Annette Bening and Mandy Patinkin star. (118 min, R) MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAINHHH Lily James plays the young version of Meryl Streep’s character in the sequel to the ABBA-fueled musical comedy hit. With Streep, Dominic Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Christine Baranski and Cher. Ol Parker (Imagine Me and You) directed. (114 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 7/25)

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — FALLOUTHHHH1/2 Secret agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team are back for another mission after a misstep in the action series’ sixth installment, directed by Christopher McQuarrie (Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation). (147 min, PG-13) NIGHT SCHOOLH1/2 Kevin Hart plays a guy who finds himself back in school trying to get his GED and running afoul of his no-nonsense teacher (Tiffany Haddish) in this comedy. With Rob Riggle, Taran Killam and Romany Malco. Malcolm D. Lee (Girls Trip) directed. (111 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 10/3) THE NUNH1/2 In yet another spooky spin-off of The Conjuring series, a priest and a novice investigate a death at a remote Romanian convent and encounter a demon of dark habits. Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga and Jonas Bloquet star. Corin Hardy (The Hallow) directed. (96 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 9/12) OPERATION FINALE 1/2H Ben Kingsley plays fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann in this fact-based drama about his capture by Israeli agents, also starring Oscar Isaac and Mélanie Laurent. Chris Weitz (A Better Life) directed. (123 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 9/5)

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PEPPERMINT 1/2H Jennifer Garner appears to be returning to her ass-kicking “Alias” days in this 12V-burlbookfest100318.indd 1 action thriller in which she plays a woman who goes vigilante to avenge her family. Pierre Morel (Taken) directed. With John Gallagher Jr. and John Ortiz. (102 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 9/12) THE PREDATORHH1/2 Deadly extraterrestrial hunters return to Earth and put humanity in their cross-hairs in this continuation of the ’80s sci-fi/ action series, now helmed by Shane Black (Iron Man 3). Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes and Jacob Tremblay star. (107 min, R) SEARCHINGHHHH When the cops find no clues to his missing daughter’s fate, a dad (John Cho) turns to her laptop in this online thriller from director Aneesh Chaganty. With Debra Messing and Joseph Lee. (102 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 9/5) A SIMPLE FAVORHHH The friendship between a mousy mommy blogger (Anna Kendrick) and a glamour-puss (Blake Lively) gets twisty after the latter disappears in this thriller from director Paul Feig (Spy). With Henry Golding. (117 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 9/19) SMALLFOOTHHH A yeti sets out to prove to his fellow yetis that human beings exist in this animated comedy directed by Karey Kirkpatrick (Imagine That) and Jason Reisig, with the voices of Channing Tatum, James Corden, Common and Zendaya. (96 min, PG) WHITE BOY RICKHHH Yann Demange (’71) directed this crime-lore pic about Ricky Wershe Jr. (Richie Merritt), the FBI’s youngest-ever informant, and his dealings with drug traffickers in the 1980s. With Matthew McConaughey as Ricky Sr., Jennifer Jason Leigh and Piper Laurie. (110 min, R) THE WIFEH1/2 As a celebrated author (Jonathan Pryce) prepares to receive the Nobel Prize, his loyal wife (Glenn Close) questions her life choices in this drama based on Meg Wolitzer’s novel. With Christian Slater and Max Irons. Björn Runge (Happy End) directed. (100 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 9/19)

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Libran astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson offers this observation: “When you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. [But] the most successful people in life recognize that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.” I think Tyson’s simple wisdom is exactly what you need to hear right now, Libra. You’re primed for a breakthrough in your ability to create your own fate.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Electra is an action-packed story written by ancient Greek playwright Sophocles. It features epic characters taking drastic action in response to extreme events. In contrast to that text is Marcel Proust’s novel In Search of Lost Time, which draws from the sensitive author’s experiences growing up, coming of age and falling in love, all the while in quest for meaning and beauty. Author Virginia Woolfe compared the two works, writing, “In six pages of Proust we can find more complicated and varied emotions than in the whole of the Electra.” In accordance with astrological omens, I recommend that you specialize in the Proustian mode rather than the Sophoclean. Your feelings in the next five weeks could be as rich and interesting and educational as they have been in a long time. Honor them!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Researchers in Maryland have created a new building material with a strength-to-weight ratio that’s eight times better than steel. It’s an effective insulator and, in some forms, can be bent and folded. Best of all, it’s biodegradable and costeffective. The stuff is called nanowood and is derived from lightweight, fast-growing trees like balsa. I propose that we make it your main metaphor for the foreseeable future. Why? Because I think you’re primed to locate or create your own version of a flexible, durable, robust building block. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The U.S. secre-

tary of defense paid an official visit to Indonesia early this year. The government arranged for him to observe soldiers as they demonstrated how tough and well trained they were. Some of the troops shimmied through broken glass, demolished bricks with their heads, walked through fire and bit heads off snakes. I hope you won’t try stunts like that in the coming weeks, Gemini. It will be a favorable time for you to show off your skills and make strong impressions. You’ll be wise to impress important people with how creative and resourceful you are. But there’s no need to try too hard or resort to exaggeration.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): i confess that i have a fuzzy self-image. With odd regularity, i don’t seem to know exactly what or who i am. For example, i sometimes think i’m so nice and polite that i need to toughen up. But on other occasions, i feel my views are so outrageous and controversial that i should tone myself down. Which is true? Often, i even neglect to capitalize the word “i.” You have probably experienced some of this fuzziness, my fellow Cancerian. But you’re now in a favorable phase to cultivate a more definitive self-image. Here’s a helpful tip: We Cancerians have a natural talent for inspiring people to love us. This ability will come in especially handy as we work on making an enduring upgrade from i to I. Our allies’ support and feedback will fuel our inner efforts to clarify our identity. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “I am a little afraid of love, it makes me rather stupid.” So said au-

thor Simone de Beauvoir in a letter she wrote to her lover, Nelson Algren. I’m happy to let you know, Leo, that during the next 12 months, love is likely to have the opposite effect on you. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, it will tend to make you smarter and more perceptive. To the degree that you expand your capacity for love, you will become more resilient and a better decision maker. As you get the chance to express love with utmost skill and artistry, you will awaken dormant potentials and boost your personal power.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your theme in the coming weeks is the art of attending to details. But wait! I said “the art.” That means attending to details with panache, not with overly meticulous fussing. For inspiration, meditate on St. Francis Xavier’s advice, “Be great in little things.” And let’s take his thought a step further with a quote from author Richard Shivers: “Be great in little things, and you will be given opportunity to do big things.” Novelist Tom Robbins provides us with one more nuance: “When we accept small wonders, we qualify ourselves to imagine great wonders.” SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Japanese entrepreneur Hiroki Terai has created a business that offers crying therapy. His clients watch short videos specially formulated to make them weep. A professional helper is on hand to gently wipe their tears away and provide comforting words. “Tears have relaxing and healing effects,” says an Okinawan musician who works as one of the helpers. Hiroki Terai adds, “It has been said that one drop of tear has the effect of relieving stress for a week.” I wish there were a service like this near where you live, Scorpio. The next two weeks will be a perfect time to relieve pent-up worry and sadness and anxiety through cathartic rituals like crying. What other strategies might work for you? SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Fling out friendly feelers! Sling out interesting invitations! Figure out how to get noticed for all the right reasons! Make yourself so interesting that no one can resist your proposals! Use your spunky riddle-solving powers to help

ease your tribe’s anxieties. Risk looking odd if that will make you smarter! Plunk yourself down in pivotal places where vitality is welling up! Send out telepathic beams that say, “I’m ready for sweet adventure. I’m ready for invigorating transformation!”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Someone spoke to me last night, told me the truth,” writes poet Doeianne Laux. “I knew I should make myself get up, write it down, but it was late, and I was exhausted from working. Now I remember only the flavor.” I offer these thoughts, Capricorn, in the hope that they’ll help you avoid Laux’s mistake. I’m quite sure that crucial insights and revelations will be coming your way, and I want you to do whatever’s necessary to completely capture them so you can study and meditate on them at length. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): As a young

man, Aquarian poet Louis Dudek struck up a correspondence with renowned poet Ezra Pound, who was 32 years older. Dudek “admired him immensely” and “loved him for the joy and the luminosity” of his poetry but also resented him “for being so magnificent.” With a mix of mischief and adulation, Dudek wrote a poem to his hero. It included these lines: “For Christ’s sake, you didn’t invent sunlight. There was sun dazzle before you. But you talk as if you made light or discovered it.” I hope his frisky tone might inspire you to try something similar with your own idols. It would be healthy to be more playful and lighthearted about anything or anyone you take too seriously or give enormous power to.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In his book Till We Have Faces, C.S. Lewis writes, “Holy places are dark places. It is life and strength, not knowledge and words, that we get in them. Holy wisdom is not clear and thin like water, but thick and dark like blood.” In that spirit, and in accordance with astrological omens, I suggest you seek out dark holy places that evoke wonder and reverence, even awe. Hopefully, you will be inspired thereby to bring new beauty into your life. You’ll be purged of trivial concerns and become receptive to a fresh promise from your future life.

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STS9 KISS AND GONE I met you outside; your friend introduced us. We chatted for a bit and hugged. I gave you a piggy-back ride inside; you kissed my head, and I put you down, turned and kissed you back. You are blond, short hair, really beautiful. How do we find each other? Been thinking about you. When: Monday, September 24, 2018. Where: Higher Ground. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914532 WHY THE SUDDEN CHANGE? Saw you again today with your arms full of boxes, Mr. Mailman! Sad to see you changed it up on me and put sleeves on. I guess I’d better make an impression soon before you Lee all bundled up for winter. When: Wednesday, September 26, 2018. Where: University Mall. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914531 MEDITERRANEAN MINT MONDAY AT MEHURON’S 6:30ish in the evening, top of the freezer aisle, chatting about Talenti (Mediterranean Mint): Yes, yum! I liked your vibe more, though, so I’m wondering if you’d wanna snag a little time with me when we aren’t shopping after work. When: Monday, September 17, 2018. Where: Mehuron’s. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914530 I DON’T PREFER REDHEADS! My heart melts when you smile! You’re an intelligent, beautiful woman, and I’m so fortunate that you’re sharing your life with me. Thank you for all of the amazing moments we’ve shared this summer on the lake. I’m looking forward to creating more at the cottage this winter! When: Saturday, September 22, 2018. Where: Lake Champlain. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914529 REALITY CHECK I’ve carefully thought about our interactions and have come to realize we are “friends.” I believed I was special to you and was fighting falling in love with you. Reality has hit me. Silly of me to think I could be special to you. I clearly see you have many interests and are searching. My heart aches, but I do understand. When: Thursday, September 20, 2018. Where: Shelburne. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914527 BEST PART OF MY DAY On my daily run, I’ve seen you around town. Now I am more motivated to go for a run. I know we have never spoken, but I sense there is a mutual attraction. I liked the dreadlocks, but now your hair is perfect. I’ve been admiring you for years. If you see me running, stop me and say hi. When: Wednesday, September 19, 2018. Where: around the village. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914526 GLAD THAT YOU’RE A GLIDE I’ll gladly glide into your arms any night or day. But you don’t drink coffee, so how about we make some moonshine instead? When: Saturday, September 15, 2018. Where: Shelburne Farms Harvest Festival. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914525

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LONG DARK CURLY-HAIRED FREE SPIRIT You were in a group of the three nicest spirited ladies at Talking Dreads. After getting down, literally and for real (amazing show), I was about to introduce myself after some space ... and you were suddenly gone. Anyhow, would be really great to meet you at another show or somewhere equally nice. Blue shirt and temporarily shy. Enjoy. When: Friday, September 7, 2018. Where: Nectar’s. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914517 WON’T DANCE, DON’T ASK ME At work, anyway. You wanted a Switchback and a dance. Now that my shift’s over, let’s go! I bet I can keep you on your toes. When: Saturday, September 8, 2018. Where: your friend’s wedding. You: Man. Me: Woman. #914516 ACE HARDWARE You had your awesome dog with you. You were both so friendly. If you are single, may I buy you coffee? When: Friday, September 7, 2018. Where: Ace, New North End, Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914515 ATTRACTIVE LADY AT CITY MARKET You were wearing sandals, blue jeans and a white top, along with a warm smile. I had on a Crested Butte hat. Although we didn’t speak, we did run into each other several times. I am hoping that we do get another chance to cross paths and meet each other. When: Saturday, September 8, 2018. Where: City Market, South End, Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914514 A PICTURE OF FRANCESCA You were alone for a few days. I was on assignment. Things got hot. Your singing made me melt in my seat, and your accent took me right back to Italy in my twenties. I love you like the wind. When: Saturday, September 1, 2018. Where: Stowe. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914513 BLONDIE 240 I saw your gray sedan even before you came out. Had I not been so into what I was doing, I would have come over — but you know, ADD. Anyway, I’m sure I’ll see you on the road. Pretty easy to spot. I’m glad you noticed me. When: Thursday, September 6, 2018. Where: Sandy’s, Rochester. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914512 DUNKINS, COLCHESTER Can’t believe I’m doing this. The drivethrough was too long. I parked. You pulled up next to me. We exchanged friendly smiles. We did again as we left. Single? Coffee? When: Thursday, August 30, 2018. Where: Dunkin’ Donuts. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914511 GIRLMTNFARMERTWILIGHT If we drift and wander in opposite directions, mustn’t we meet halfway around, on the other side? Then I’d get to see you and your brilliant blue eyes in the Maldives, I reckon. Although a canoe-cool-air-campfire-campout one day in the fall is the shortcut that I would take without hesitation to have you in my arms again. When: Sunday, June 3, 2018. Where: in a Warren meadow. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914510 MOTO AT ESSEX FAIR When you came up the bleachers to say hi to my son (who has grown much since last you saw him) and me, you took me by surprise. What I said was true, but I should not have embarrassed you; the words just came flying out before I could stop them. It was inappropriate. Now I am embarrassed. Sorry! When: Saturday, September 1, 2018. Where: fairgrounds. You: Woman. Me: Man. #914509

Scarlettletters Dear Scarlett,

I have a love interest, but he has a girlfriend that I didn’t know about. What do I do? I really like him, but I’m not a home-wrecker. Should I try for what could be true love with him or step away because it could just be lust?

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Not a Home-Wrecker (female, 19)

Love? Love ve?

Lust ? Lu

Dear Not a Home-Wrecker,

Good for you for taking a moment to evaluate this tricky situation. It sounds like you don’t know his girlfriend, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be respectful of her — and of yourself. Some people are comfortable with cheating, but you say you don’t want to be a home-wrecker. Running around with him behind someone else’s back would definitely fall into that category. So, find out how “taken” he really is. If he and his girlfriend are in a committed relationship, your decision is simple: Move on. There are other fish in the sea. If he’s not serious about her or the relationship is on its way out, a door may be open for you to pursue him — but don’t barge through it. It’s better to wait it out. Why? First, getting with him now is not worth creating an enemy. His girlfriend may feel scorned if he breaks up with her and starts seeing you right after — but at least that won’t be your fault. Second, you don’t want to be anybody’s side dish. Third is the matter of trust. If he cheats on his girlfriend, how can you be sure he won’t do the same to you? While you’re learning more, try to get to know him as a friend. See if it’s love or lust from a safe distance, and not at anyone else’s expense.

Love,

Scarlett

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house; Lot #2 will be 1.70 acres and will be permitted for a 4-bedroom single family house. The project is located 6747 Spear Street in Shelburne, Vermont. No hearing will be held, and a permit will be issued unless, on or before October 19,2018 a party notifies the District #4 Commission in writing at the address below of an issue requiring a hearing or the Commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Such hearing request must include a petition for party status. The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (http://nrb.vermont. gov) by clicking “Act 250 Database” and entering

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SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS LLC, P.O. Box 1335, Burlington, VT 05402, VLTBTV Parkland, 8 Bailey Avenue, Montpelier, VT 05602, and 351-375 North Avenue Owners Association, Inc., P.O. Box 1335, Burlington, VT 05402 filed application #4C1301-2 for a project generally described as revisions to Building B/G, which was previously-approved in Land Use Permit #4C1301 and amendment. The Project is located at 311-375 North Avenue in Burlington, Vermont. The District #4 Environmental Commission is reviewing this application under Act 250 Rule 51 — Minor Applications. A copy of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the office listed below. The application and a draft permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (http:// nrb.vermont.gov) by clicking on “Act 250 Database” and entering the project number “4C1301-2”. No hearing will be held and a permit may be issued unless, on or before October 16, 2018, a person notifies

the Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the Commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request must be in writing to the address below, must state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing. If you feel that any of the District Commission members listed on the attached Certificate of Service under “For Your Information” may have a conflict of interest, or if there is any other reason a member should

be disqualified from sitting on this case, please contact the district coordinator as soon as possible, no later than prior to the response date listed above. Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by October 16, 2018. Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, affected state agencies, and adjoining property owners and other persons to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria. Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. Section 6085(c)(5). Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 24th day of September, 2018. By: Stephanie H. Monaghan District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 802/879-5662

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stephanie.monaghan@ vermont.gov HOWARD CENTER If you received services from Howard Center and would like a copy of your record, please contact Howard Center’s Health Information Department at 488-6000. In order to protect individuals’ privacy, the agency routinely destroys healthcare records after retaining them for the number of years required by law. NOTICE OF LEGAL SALE View Date: 10/11/2018 Sale Date: 10/12/2018 Albert Dennis Unit #25 Unit #219 Easy Self Storage 46 Swift Street South Burlington, VT 05403 (802)863-8300 NOTICE OF SELF STORAGE LIEN SALE BURLINGTON SELF STORAGE, LLC 1825 SHELBURNE ROAD SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT 05403 Notice is hereby given that the contents of the self storage units listed below will be sold at public auction by sealed bid.

Name of Occupant Storage Unit Aldrich Unit #88 Waggoner #313 Said sales will take place on 10/26/2018, beginning at 11:00am at Burlington Self Storage (BSS), 1825 Shelburne Road, South Burlington, VT 05403. Units will be opened for viewing immediately prior to auction. Sale shall be by sealed bid to the highest bidder. Contents of entire storage unit will be sold as one lot. The winning bid must remove all contents from the facility at no cost to BSS, on the day of auction. BSS, reserves the right to reject any bid lower that the amount owed by the occupant or that is not commercially reasonable as defined by statute. STATE OF VERMONT FRANKLIN UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 428-1015 FRCV U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION v. KRISTINA M. MORLEY OCCUPANTS OF: 17 Fletcher Road, Fairfax VT

Open 24/7/365. Post & browse ads at your convenience. MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered May 15, 2017, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Kristina M. Morley to Union Bank, dated July 12, 2012 and recorded in Book 221 Page 11 of the land records of the Town of Fairfax, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from Union Bank to U.S. Bank National Association dated July 12, 2012 and recorded in Book 230 Page 267 of the land records of the Town of Fairfax for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 17 Fletcher Road, Fairfax, Vermont on October 17, 2018 at 1:30 PM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Kristina M. Morley by Warranty Deed of Steven W. Hubbard

and Kathy J. Hubbard dated_____, of record in Volume______ at Page_____ of the Town of Fairfax Land Records. Being all the same land and premises as conveyed to Steven W. Hubbard and Kathy J. Hubbard by Warranty Deed of Russell W. Gagnon and Sharon A. Gagnon dated April 29, 1994 and recorded May 4, 1994 in Volume 67 at Page 442 of the Land Records of the Town of Fairfax and being more particularly described as follows: Being a parcel of land together with buildings thereon located on the easterly side of Town Highway No. 3 leading from Fairfax to Fletcher. Said parcel being more particularly described as follows: Commencing to a point in the centerline of said highway, said point marking the southwest corner (incorrectly referred to as the southeast corner in the hereinafter warranty deed) of the within premises and the northwest corner of other lands now or formerly of Ovitt, and proceeding in a general easterly line along the

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north line of other lands now or formerly of Ovitt, 100 feet, more or less, to a point; thence turning to the left and proceeding in a general northerly direction 138 feet, more or less, to a point of the property line of lands now or formerly owned by the Methodist Parsonage; thence turning to the left and proceeding in a general westerly direction in and along the Parsonage south line 114 feet, more or less, to a point in the centerline of Town Highway No. 3 marking the northwest corner of the within parcel; thence turning to the left and proceeding in a general southerly direction in and along the centerline of said highway to the point or place of beginning. Reference is hereby made to the aforementioned instruments, the records thereof and the references therein contained, all in further aid of this description. Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description.

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[CONTINUED] Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date of sale. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. DATED: September 14, 2018 By: /S/Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 249-3-17 CNCV Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB Doing Business as Christiana Trust, Not in its Individual Capacity but Solely as Trustee for BCAT 2014-10TT, Plaintiff v. Gary Marcotte a/k/a Gary N. Marcotte, KeyBank, National Association, Melissa Mendelsohn and Occupants residing at 576 Falls Road, Shelburne, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Gary Marcotte a/k/a Gary N. Marcotte to Sovereign

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Bank dated August 3, 2005 and recorded in Volume 327, Page 336, which mortgage was assigned to Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB Doing Business as Christiana Trust, Not in its Individual Capacity but Solely as Trustee for BCAT 2014-10TT by an instrument dated January 27, 2016 and recorded on February 16, 2016 in Volume 430, Page 862 of the Land Records of the Town of Shelburne. Pursuant to the power of sale in the subject mortgage, of which Plaintiff is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same, the collateral property will be sold at Public Auction at 1:00 P.M. on October 16, 2018, at 576 Falls Road, Shelburne, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being a lot of land with all buildings thereon, situated on the westerly side of the highway leading from Shelburne Village to Shelburne Falls, which highway is commonly known as Falls Road, and said lot of land being all of Parcel B as shown and depicted on a plan entitled: “Property Subdivision for Paul F. Shedlock” prepared by Harwell Associates, Inc., dated September, 1968 and recorded in Volume B (Maps) on Page 125 of the Land Records of the Town of Shelburne. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Shelburne and any liens against the property. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Grant C. Rees Attorney, PLC, 30 Kimball Avenue, Ste. 307, South Burlington, VT 05403, (802) 660-9000. This sale may be cancelled at any time prior to the scheduled sale date without prior notice. Dated at South Burlington, Vermont this 6th day of September, 2018. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB

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Doing Business as Christiana Trust, Not in its Individual Capacity but Solely as Trustee for BCAT 2014-10TT By: Grant C. Rees, Esq. Grant C. Rees Attorney, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 307 South Burlington, VT 05403 Attorney for Plaintiff STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 1093-818 CNPR In re estate of Laura L. Robinson. NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of Laura L. Robinson late of Wilmington, Delaware. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period. Date: 9/25/2018 /s/ Zachary L. Robinson Signature of Fiduciary Zachary L. Robinson Executor/Administrator: c/o The Law Office of Matthew C. Little PLLC PO Box 555 South Hero, VT 05486 matt@mcllaw.net 802-378-5533 Name of publication Seven Days Publication Dates: 10/3/2018 Name and Address of Court: Chittenden Unit Probate Division PO Box 511 Burlington, VT 05402 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 1196-8-18 CNPR In re estate of Carole A. Scott. NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of Carole A. Scott late of South Burlington, Vermont. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate

must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period. Date: 8/23/2018 Michael Scott Executor/Administrator: c/o Kenney & Henchen 78 Severance Green, Suite 108 Colchester, VT 05446 shenchen@vermontattys.com 871-5638 Name of publication Seven Days Publication Dates: 10/3/2018 Name and Address of Court: Chittenden Unit Probate Division PO Box 511 Burlington, VT 05402 TOWN OF WESTFORD DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. Chapter 117 and the Westford Land Use & Development Regulations, the Development Review Board will hold a public hearing at the Town Offices, VT Route 128, at 7:15 pm on Monday, October 22, 2018 in reference to the following: Conditional Use – Owner: Blackrock Construction Applicant: Gary & Melanie An (61 acres) on Woods Hollow Road in the Rural 10 (R10) & Water Resource Overlay (WRO) Zoning Districts. The Applicant is seeking approval to construct a 14 foot wide driveway through the WRO to access a single family dwelling. For information call the Town Offices at 878-4587 Monday–Friday 8:30am– 4:30pm. Matt Wamsganz, Chairman Dated October 1, 2018

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Daily meetings in various locations. Free. Info, 864-1212. Want to overcome a drinking problem? Take the first step of 12 & join a group in your area. ALL CANCER SURVIVORS Join the wellness classes at Survivorship NOW, created by cancer survivors for survivors of all cancers. Benefi ts from lively programs designed to engage and empower cancer survivors in our community. Email: info@ survivorshipnowvt.org. Call Chantal, 777-1126, survivorshipnowvt.org. ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION SUPPORT GROUP This caregivers support group meets on the 3rd Wed. of every mo. from 5-6:30 p.m. at the Alzheimer’s Association Main Office, 300 Cornerstone Dr., Suite 128, Williston. Support groups meet to provide assistance and information on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. They emphasize shared experiences, emotional support, and coping techniques in care for a person living with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia. Meetings are free and open to the public. Families, caregivers, and friends may attend. Please call in advance to confirm date and time. For questions or additional support group listings, call 800-272-3900. ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION TELEPHONE SUPPORT GROUP 1st Monday monthly, 3-4:30 p.m. Pre-registration is required (to receive dial-in codes for toll-free call). Please dial the Alzheimer’s Association’s 24/7 Helpline 800-272-3900 for more information. ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS W/ DEBT? Do you spend more than you earn? Get help at Debtor’s Anonymous plus Business Debtor’s Anonymous. Wed., 6:307:30 p.m., Methodist Church in the Rainbow Room at Buell & S. Winooski, Burlington. Contact Jennifer, 917-568-6390.

BABY BUMPS SUPPORT GROUP FOR MOTHERS AND PREGNANT WOMEN Pregnancy can be a wonderful time of your life. But, it can also be a time of stress that is often compounded by hormonal swings. If you are a pregnant woman, or have recently given birth and feel you need some help with managing emotional bumps in the road that can come with motherhood, please come to this free support group lead by an experienced pediatric Registered Nurse. Held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Birthing Center, Northwestern Medical Center, St. Albans. Info: Rhonda Desrochers, Franklin County Home Health Agency, 527-7531. BEREAVEMENT/GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP Meets every other Mon. night, 6-7:30 p.m., & every other Wed., 10-11:30 a.m., in the Conference Center at Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice in Berlin. The group is open to anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one. There is no fee. Info, Ginny Fry or Jean Semprebon, 223-1878. BETTER BREATHERS CLUB American Lung Association support group for people with breathing issues, their loved ones or caregivers. Meets first Monday of the month, 11 a.m.-noon at the Godnick Center, 1 Deer St., Rutland. For more information call 802-776-5508.

at the Grace United Methodist Church, 36 Central St., 1:00-2:30 p.m. Colchester Evening support group meets the 1st Wed. monthly at the Fanny Allen Hospital in the Board Room Conference Room, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Brattleboro meets at Brooks Memorial Library on the 1st Thu. monthly from 1:15-3:15 p.m. and the 3rd Mon. monthly from 4:15-6:15 p.m. White River Jct. meets the 2nd Fri. monthly at Bugbee Sr. Ctr. from 3-4:30 p.m. Call our helpline at 877-856-1772. BURLINGTON AREA PARKINSON’S DISEASE OUTREACH GROUP People with Parkinson’s disease & their caregivers gather together to gain support & learn about living with Parkinson’s disease. Group meets 2nd Wed. of every mo., 1-2 p.m., continuing through Nov. 18, 2015. Shelburne Bay Senior Living Community, 185 Pine Haven Shores Rd., Shelburne. Info: 888-763-3366, parkinsoninfo@uvmhealth. org, parkinsonsvt.org. CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Held every 2nd Tue. of the mo., 6-8 p.m. at the Hope Lodge, 237 East Ave., Burlington. Newly diagnosed? Prostate cancer reoccurrence? General discussion and sharing among survivors and those beginning or rejoining the battle. Info, Mary L. Guyette RN, MS, ACNS-BC, 274-4990, vmary@aol.com.

BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUP IN ST. JOHNSBURY Monthly meetings will be held on the 3rd Wed. of every mo., 1-2:30 p.m., at the Grace United Methodist Church, 36 Central St., St. Johnsbury. The support group will offer valuable resources & info about brain injury. It will be a place to share experiences in a safe, secure & confidential environment. Info, Tom Younkman, tyounkman@vcil.org, 800-639-1522.

CELEBRATE RECOVERY Overcome any hurt, habit or hangup in your life with this confidential 12-Step, Christ-centered recovery program. We offer multiple support groups for both men and women, such as chemical dependency, codependency, sexual addiction and pornography, food issues, and overcoming abuse. All 18+ are welcome; sorry, no childcare. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; we begin at 7 p.m. Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex Junction. Info: recovery@essexalliance. org, 878-8213.

BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT Montpelier daytime support group meets the 3rd Thu. of the mo. at the Unitarian Church ramp entrance, 1:302:30 p.m. St. Johnsbury support group meets the 3rd Wed. monthly

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FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS (FA) Are you having trouble controlling the way you eat? FA is a free 12-step recovery program for anyone suffering from food obsession, overeating, undereating or bulimia. Local meetings are held twice a week: Mondays, 4-5:30 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Church, Norwich, Vt.; and Wednesdays, 6:30-8 p.m., at Hanover Friends Meeting House, Hanover, N.H. For more information and a list of additional meetings throughout the U.S. and the world, call 603-630-1495 or visit foodaddicts.org. FREE YOGA FOR RECOVERY Join Jessica Child for free yoga for individuals in recovery from alcohol and substance abuse. Every Sunday at 4:30 p.m. at Honest Yoga, 150 Dorset St., South Burlington. Mats are available at the studio. No experience necessary, just a willingness to deepen your recovery. R Info: jessicamchild@gmail. com, 802-999-8655. G.R.A.S.P. (GRIEF RECOVERY AFTER A SUBSTANCE PASSING) Are you a family member who has lost a loved one to addiction? Find support, peer-led support group. Meets once a month on Mondays in Burlington. Please call for date and location. RSVP mkeasler3@gmail.

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HELLENBACH CANCER SUPPORT Call to verify meeting place. Info, 388-6107. People living with cancer & their caretakers convene for support. INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS/PAINFUL BLADDER SUPPORT GROUP Interstitial cystitis (IC) and painful bladder syndrome can result in recurring pelvic pain, pressure or discomfort in the bladder/pelvic region & urinary frequency/ urgency. These are often misdiagnosed & mistreated as a chronic bladder infection. If you have been diagnosed or have these symptoms, you are not alone. For Vermont-based support group, email bladderpainvt@gmail.com or call 899-4151 for more information. KINDRED CONNECTIONS PROGRAM OFFERED FOR CHITTENDEN COUNTY CANCER SURVIVORS The Kindred Connections program provides peer support for all those touched by cancer. Cancer patients as well as caregivers are provided with a mentor who has been through the cancer experience & knows what it’s like to go through it. In addition to sensitive listening, Kindred Connections provides practical help such as rides to doctors’ offices & meal deliveries. The program has people who have experienced a wide variety of cancers. For further info, please contact info@vcsn.net. LGBTQ SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE SafeSpace offers peerled support groups for survivors of relationship, dating, emotional &/ or hate violence. These groups give survivors a safe & supportive

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CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS CoDA is a 12-step fellowship for people whose common purpose is to develop healthy & fulfilling relationships. By actively working the program of Codependents Anonymous, we can realize a new joy, acceptance & serenity in our lives. Meets Sunday at noon at the Turning Point Center, 191 Bank Street, Burlington. Tom, 238-3587, coda.org.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT Steps to End Domestic Violence offers a weekly drop-in support group for female identified survivors of intimate partner violence, including individuals who are experiencing or have been affected by domestic violence. The support group offers a safe, confidential place for survivors to connect with others, to heal, and to recover. In support group, participants talk through their experiences and hear stories from others who have experienced abuse in their relationships. Support group is also a

EMPLOYMENTSEEKERS SUPPORT GROUP Frustrated with the job search or with your job? You are not alone. Come check out this supportive circle. Wednesdays at 3 p.m., Pathways Vermont Community Center, 279 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Abby Levinsohn, 777-8602.

FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THOSE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS This support group is a dedicated meeting for family, friends and community members who are supporting a loved one through a mental health crisis. Mental health crisis might include extreme states, psychosis, depression, anxiety and other types of distress. The group is a confidential space where family and friends can discuss shared experiences and receive support in an environment free of judgment and stigma with a trained facilitator. Weekly on Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Downtown Burlington. Info: Jess Horner, LICSW, 866-218-8586.

CEREBRAL PALSY GUIDANCE Cerebral Palsy Guidance is a very comprehensive informational website broadly covering the topic of cerebral palsy and associated medical conditions. It’s mission it to provide the best possible information to parents of children living with the complex condition of cerebral palsy. cerebralpalsyguidance.com/ cerebral-palsy/

DISCOVER THE POWER OF CHOICE! SMART Recovery welcomes anyone, including family and friends, affected by any kind of substance or activity addiction. It is a science-based program that encourages abstinence. Specially trained volunteer facilitators provide leadership. Sundays at 5 p.m. at the 1st Unitarian Universalist Society, 152 Pearl St., Burlington. Volunteer facilitator: Bert, 399-8754. You can learn more at smartrecovery. org.

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The Milton Artists’ Guild, a nonprofit organization, is seeking an We offer competitive salary & awesome benefits! Executive Director who is entrepreneurial and a go-getter, with high energy and experience. Applicant should have a proven Culinary Team Members, record of successful fundraising and grant writing experience. UVM Dining, as managed by Sodexo is a proud dining partner of the University of Vermont. Nestled in-between Lake Champlain and the Green Mountains, Dishwashers and our talented culinary team is dedicated to serving up fresh ingredients and We offer competitive salary awesome be We are a dynamic art group focused on spreading the healthy options to a diverse campus community. With a strong& commitment Catering to sustainability and social responsibility, weProfessionals source from an ever growing appreciation of the arts. Our growth is burgeoning with alacrity network of local farms. Join our team; discover our unique dining spaces and experience the taste of and we need a person who has the ability to lead us on the Vermont all the while enjoying some awesome benefits! • Competitive salary path forward. • Generous accrued paid time off • 401(K) - 1% automatic enrollment with a 6% max match We offer excellent compensation with bonuses. Interested •byshift! Flexible UVM Dining, • asFree managed Sodexo is a proud dining partner of the U meal during your • Home for the holidays! (except for catering) 0 the Green Moun parties should have a Bachelor’s degree or higher, management of Vermont. Nestled in-between Lake Champlain scheduling $15andand • Career growth opportunities including, culinary training, mentoring job O our talented culinary upn fresh ingredient shadowing team is dedicated to serving experience in a nonprofit, strong fundraising, marketing and n g i S ! • Company discounts: s healthy options Theme to a Parks diverse campus community. With u a strong comm • Shift meals | Cellphones | Tuition Reimbursement management skills, and be an overall team player. Bon from an ever grow | Computers | Home Goods to sustainability Clothing/Accessories and social responsibility, we source

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Admissions Planner Wake Robin, Vermont’s premier Life Plan Community, seeks an Admissions Planner to attract and cultivate long term relationships with prospective Wake Robin residents. Utilizing our strategic marketing plan and public relations techniques to tell the Wake Robin story, this individual enhances our visibility within the senior living market and engages those who have expressed interest in the senior living lifestyle. The successful candidate is an experienced long-term relationship builder and demonstrates the subtleties of prospect cultivation. S/he is the face of Wake Robin, representing culture of the community which distinguishes us as an extraordinary choice among options in senior living. Qualified candidates will have Bachelor’s degree in Admissions, Marketing, Public Relations or a related field with a minimum of two years of professional experience. Those with experience with senior living communities, and/or non-profit marketing or development are encouraged to apply.

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are available November 1st – March 31 in our Warming Shelter:

We have immediate openings in our manufacturing department for long-term, full-time & part-time seasonal employment. We will have other opportunities available throughout our company for days, early evening, and weekend shifts. No experience is necessary; we will train you.

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Apply in person. 8 am to 5 pm 210 East Main Street, Richmond, VT 05477

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The Recycle Truck Driver position is responsible for the collection of recyclables from Burlington residents and transportation of recyclables to the appropriate center. Requirements include a High School Diploma or equivalent, 2 years’ urban truck driving experience in timed delivery or solid waste collection, and candidate must possess and maintain a valid Class B CDL license. The position is considered Regular Full Time. For a complete description, or to apply online, visit governmentjobs.com/ careers/burlingtonvt. Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply. EOE.

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Vermont Oxford Network (VON) is a nonprofit voluntary collaboration of health care professionals at over 1,200 hospitals and organizations worldwide, working together to improve medical care for the most vulnerable newborns. At VON we transform data into action to help save babies’ lives. We are seeking a new Senior Network Administrator to join our passionate, growing team in the fun and relaxed atmosphere of our offices in the heart of Burlington’s Pine Street innovation corridor. Ranked as one of the Best Places to Work in Vermont in 2018 by the Best Companies Group, VON values innovation, creativity, and respect for every team member.

Priority given to applicants who possess a Certificate of Public Librarianship or a degree in Library Sciences. A complete job description is posted at: fairfaxvtlibrary.org/job-openings.html.

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The Fairfax Community Library is seeking a full-time public library director for our combined school and public library. The director will plan, manage, and direct the day-to-day operations, programs, and services of the community library under the administration of the Library Board of Trustees. We are seeking a dynamic, creative, collaborative leader who will create a welcoming environment at the library, which serves as a hub of community engagement.

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The Luce Farm Vision is to become a leading producer of naturallyderived, organic, health and wellness crops and products. Sales have grown considerably over the past 6 months and, to meet that demand, we need a highly organized and team-oriented leader to be our Production & Fulfillment Supervisor. This is a salaried, full-time position (Monday thru Friday 9-5). The successful candidate is upbeat and willing to do whatever it takes to meet the needs of our customers.

The Senior Network Administrator’s role is to ensure the stable operation of the in-house computer network. This includes planning, developing, documenting, installing, configuring, maintaining, supporting and optimizing all network hardware, software, and communication links. This person will also analyze and resolve end user hardware and software computer problems in a timely and accurate fashion and provide end user training where required. The right candidate will also have in-depth knowledge and experience with HIPAA regulations and security. To apply, please email a cover letter and resume to jobs@vtoxford.org with “Senior Network Administrators” in the subject line. For the full job description visit www.vtoxford.org/jobs.

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Responsible for all production and fulfillment Ensure product is available when needed Ensure customers receive all orders on time Assist manufacturing team making and labeling products Assist order fulfillment team packing and shipping customer orders Supervise manufacturing, production and order fulfillment team Ensure staff are following all SOPs Track and submit staff hours, expenses and mileage Conduct weekly staff meetings Meet with staff one-on-one to review mutual expectations, goals and performance Manage shipping and handling: Incoming (ingredients, packaging, supplies) Outgoing (customer orders, sales and marketing requests) Further develop and manage supply management chain Manage all inventory (ingredients, packaging and finish goods) Track and approve orders Maintain supplier relationships Maintain inventory management system Develop and execute product QA/QC protocols Ensure facility is safe and compliant with all relevant regulations • Participate in production plans to improve efficiencies, throughput and ergonomics • Provide inventory and sales data/reports • Maintain, and revise as needed, all production and fulfillment SOPs

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Join NPI, Vermont’s premier Technology Management firm. Have fun, get things accomplished and get gonged for delighting clients!

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As a member of our top-flight Canopy team, you will be a go-to IT Support Technician for essential products and applications. The team handles support requests, monitors and upgrades network components, configures workstations and users, automates service delivery, reports on system health, and resolves issues. You will work in our office most days, with occasional visits to client sites. One-plus-year full-time IT experience required; IT-related degree or certification desirable.

Select is currently looking for an energetic and detail oriented individual with outstanding organization skills. This person will both serve as the first point of contact for many clients and partners as well as contribute on key administrative initiatives for our organization. Strong problem solving skills and the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, team-based environment are required.

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Care Coordinator Join our Slate crew! Slate is hiring for multiple positions! Located on Church Street, Slate is a home and lifestyle store dedicated to amazing products made by good people. We are currently hiring for a range of positions including retail sales, administrative assistant, management and stock room support. Slate is growing rapidly and provides a challenging and fast-paced work environment with incredible potential for job growth and responsibility. Please send your resume and a brief statement of what you love to do and how you feel you feel you could best contribute to Slate.

Executive Assistant Search Reopened! Howard Center is seeking an executive assistant to empower the executive leadership by relieving administrative detail and supporting the Board of Trustees. The executive assistant ensures day to day administrative support needs of the executive leadership team are met with expert contextual knowledge, accurate and customer-oriented communications, and the highest degree of confidentiality. BA in related field and minimum 5 years of administrative experience required. Experience with board support and supporting a team of executives highly desired. Full-time, benefits-eligible position.

Senior Clinician – Substance Abuse Seeking Senior Clinician to provide clinical services to clients with a substance abuse diagnosis, as well as to clients with co-occurring disorders. Master’s degree in relevant discipline. 2 years of experience providing substance abuse counseling or providing services to people with co-occurring disorders, plus supervisory skills required. Must be Listed on VT Roster of Non-licensed & Non-certified Psychotherapists or hold a clinical license. Full-time benefits eligible position. This position is located in St. Albans, Vermont.

Howard Center is an Equal-Opportunity Employer. Applicants needing assistance or an accommodation in completing the online application should feel free to contact Human Resources at 488-6950 or HRHelpDesk@howardcenter.org.

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ReSOURCE has an excellent opportunity for

Seeking a position with a quality employer? Consider The University of ReSOURCE, your localBurlington Vermont office a professional in our Vermont, a stimulating and diverse workplace. We offer a comprehensive Responsibilities include: Prospect and obtain funding for programs; based non-profit, is hard at identify, recruit and recognize major donors; communicate aboutbenefit package including tuition remission for on-going, full-time positions. programs, priorities and impact; and maintain strong relationships work empowering individuals and This opening and others are updated daily. working with Board of Directors and volunteer committees. strengthening Vermont communities Our perfect candidate will have excellent skills in: • Leadership and independence Collection Development Librarian - Bailey/Howe Library’s Collection through development, • Writingworkforce and communication Management Services Department- #F1143PO - The University of • Working closely in a team poverty relief, environmental • Confident and and comfortable speaking in public Vermont Bailey/Howe Library seeks an innovative, collaborative and versatile • Organization and meeting deadlines professional for the position of Collection Development Librarian. One of the stewardship. are • A strong desire Our to helpprograms others Apply with resume cover letterhelp! to: info@resourcevt.org fundamental responsibilities of the Collection Development Librarian is to asbusy and we AND need your Electronic applications only, please. EOE | resourcevt.org sess curricular needs across the university and support effective teaching and Various full and part time position’s research with the most appropriate information resources. This position reports to open in all of ReSOURCE’s the Director of Collection Management Services and works closely with subject liaisons at Bailey/Howe Library and selection librarians at Dana Medical Library locations: Burlington, Williston, and Special Collections/University Archives. Hyde Park and Barre.

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Upper Valley Services has a long-standing history of providing high quality, person centered care to Vermonters in need. We are searching for the right person to join our efforts of keeping Vermonters who require a nursing home level of support in the community. As a Care Coordinator, the person will be responsible for interfacing with local hospitals, nursing homes and other care partners, as well as coordination of intake and placement process. The ideal candidate will share our values of community-based care, hold a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field, and have a strong background in care management. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to grow with a rapidly expanding program. We offer an excellent salary and benefit package. Interested candidates, please send resume and letter of interest to Kelley Wright:

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Financial Regulations seeks to hire a Staff Attorney at multiple levels I/II/ III/IV this is an exempt position. The Assistant General Counsel will work within the Department’s nine-member Legal Division to provide legal services to the Department. Assignments may include (1) legal counsel and regulatory support to the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioners, 1:37 PMand Department staff, (2), drafting legislation, administrative rules, and bulletins, and (3) representing the Department in administrative proceedings. Experience in the areas of insurance, banking, securities, and administrative law is highly desirable. Litigation experience is desirable but not required. Candidates must be admitted to the Vermont Bar or eligible for admission without examination. Excellent benefits package and working environment. Compensation based on the State of Vermont Attorney Pay Plan. Application deadline October 10. Starting date is flexible, but November is desired. Note: Please send letter of interest, resume, and writing sample to: Nancy Kirkland, Human Resources Administrator, Dept. of Financial Regulation, 89 Main St., Montpelier, VT, 05602 or by email to nancy. kirkland@vermont.gov.

HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINIS TRATOR – MONTPELIER

The successful candidate will have a firm grasp of current scholarly content available via electronic and print options while also focusing on discovery and access beyond ownership: open access initiatives, institutional repositories and data mining initiatives. Knowledge of the scholarly communication landscape and standard criteria for measuring resource use and impact is essential. This position requires the ability to work with campus partners to demonstrate the value of the library’s collections to academic departments in an era of increasing demand for accountability. The Collection Development Librarian will join the University Libraries during an exciting period of transition to a new collections model that focuses on interdisciplinary research and incorporates the expertise of subject librarians and faculty. For further information on this position and others currently available, or to apply online, please visit our website at: www.uvmjobs.com; Job Hotline #802-656-2248; telephone #802-656-3494. Applicants must apply for position electronically. Paper resumes are not accepted. Job positions are updated daily. The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category legally protected by federal or state law. The University encourages applications from all individuals who will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution.

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The Vermont Department of Human Resources seeks a strong HR generalist to join a vibrant team supporting multiple departments in the Agency of Administration, the Agency of Digital Services and the Department of Labor. The ideal candidate will work effectively with all levels of employees and management, organize and prioritize work effectively and adapt to changing demands in a fast paced environment. Duties will include varying degrees of work in recruitment, position management, records management, medical leave and accommodation requests, performance management, supervisory coaching and labor relations, and experience and aptitude in HR systems and databases. Well-developed interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills are required; familiarity with working in a union environment a plus. For more information, contact Don Robbins at don.robbins@vermont.gov. This position is being recruited at multiple levels. If you would like to be considered for more than one level you must apply to the specific job opening: Level III, Job opening # 623857, Level IV, Job opening # 623837. Candidates interested in the IV level are expected to have experience in labor relations work including drafting corrective actions, grievances, and HR related investigations. Application Deadline: October 8, 2018.

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This position oversees the daily operations of food service delivery in each dining room. The floor manager is responsible for managing the operational flow of the dining room for the purpose of creating a high quality dining experience for our residents. Duties include coordinating dining room set up and closing functions, greeting and seating dining guests, and overseeing service.

SEEKING CLEAN ENERGY ADVOCATE We’re looking for an exceptional clean energy advocate with a knack for policy development, public outreach and campaign strategy. Vermont is a national leader on clean energy and efﬁciency. And yet, we are not on track to achieve the rapid reductions in carbon pollution and transition to 100% renewable energy that we must. We need someone with a passion for public interest issues and an understanding of how to leverage grassroots activism into legislative change to help put Vermont on track, and set an example for the rest of the nation.

Minimum of two years’ experience as a supervisor specializing in food delivery in the health care or hospitality industry highly preferred. If you have high standards of service and a commitment to a dynamic resident-driven community, email hr@wakerobin.com or fax your resume with cover letter to: HR, (802) 264-5146. 5h-WakeRobinDINING100318.indd 1

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Working Bridges Resource Coordinator Spring Lake Ranch Therapeutic Community is a long term residential program for adults with mental health and addiction issues. Residents find strength and hope through shared work and community. We are searching for:

Clinical Director Responsible for the full continuum of resident therapeutic experience, supervises the clinical/resident services staff (includes clinicians, case managers, and med room staff ), oversees crisis team, and supports family relations. Will be a member of the Ranch Leadership Team and must be enthusiastic about becoming a member of a therapeutic community. Master’s degree in psychology, counseling, social work, or closely related field required. Clinical license with 5 years of supervision/management experience required. Must be a multi-tasking wizard comfortable with many balls in the air, also must be willing to live on Ranch property or within a 30 minute drive of the Ranch.

Work Program Director Responsible for management of the therapeutic work and adventure programs; supervising work program staff, planning and organizing adventure programming to include canoeing, backpacking, and ski trips. Will be a member of the Ranch Leadership Team and must be enthusiastic about becoming a member of a therapeutic community. Bachelor’s degree in psychology, counseling, social work, or adventure based therapeutic programming is required; with experience in a psychiatric treatment, education, or wilderness therapy preferred. Ideal candidates will have a great sense of humor, high tolerance for frustration, and incredible ability to roll with change. Applicants must send a cover letter indicating their interest in Spring Lake Ranch along with resume to: marym@springlakeranch.org, or fax to (802) 492-3331, or mail to SLR, 1169 Spring Lake Road, Cuttingsville, VT 05738.

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United Way of Northwest Vermont (UWNWVT) is hiring a full-time Resource Coordinator (RC). Working Bridges is a collaborative of local employers (managed by UWNWVT) focused on practices to support their collective workforce. The RC works at 4-6 employer sites & directly assists employees with non-work related issues. Also, the RC provides program coordination & assistance for on site programs, including financial education workshops & tax preparation.

Full-Time TEAM MEMBER Small residential/commercial cleaning company seeks parttime team member. Our perfect candidate will have:

The primary role of the RC is to provide on site resource coordination for employees at their place of work. The RC will • A Charming personality meet with employees individually to assess, educate and coach • The ability to communicate them about community and employer resources to address effectively and respectfully with life issues that are impacting work productivity. The RC will participate in the evaluation, training development and innovation co-workers and clients and take pilots for the employer network. As the lead for developing new in feedback with grace employer partners, the RC will produce a strategy for expanding • A tidy appearance the employer partners offering on site Resource Coordination • A judgement-free approach to services throughout the Chittenden, Franklin, and Grand Isle caring for our clients’ spaces region. Qualified candidates will possess entrepreneurial spirit with the ability to build relationships, honor diversity and adapt • Reliable transportation to different work environment. They will also possess strong Call Lucinda at 338-2070 or communication, excellent listening, and effective speaking email inquiries to: skills. Organizational skills are necessary to manage multiple commitments to employer worksites, complex employee lucindarellavt@yahoo.com. resource needs, program responsibilities and development work. Hours can be flexible as long as Knowledge of local community partners, including employers, nonprofit organizations and government agencies highly consistent. $14 per hour after preferred. Valid driver’s license and personal transportation short probationary period required. Must be willing to work non-standard work schedule including nights, weekends; after-hours event attendance occasionally; some overnight travel may be required. Bachelor’s degree preferred. Minimum 10 years’ direct experience 3v-LuCinderella100417.indd 1 9/29/17 10:34 AM navigating community resources and working across sectors managing multiple relationships preferred. We are looking for candidates who will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the organization. Interested candidates may visit www.unitedwaynwvt.org for the full job description. To apply candidates should send via e-mail a resume and cover letter by 10/19/18 to: searchcommittee@unitedwaynwvt.org. UWNWVT is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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WANTED! APPLICANTS FOR CULINARY JOB TRAINING PROGRAM

Now Hiring all positions!

Age 16+; Hosts, Bussers, Takeaways, Servers, Linecooks, Dishwashers. Make up to $30/hr with flexible scheduling in a FUN environment. Apply today at

www.outback.com/careers

store #3061.

150 Dorset St., S.Burlington, VT 05403 in the Blue Mall

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Community Kitchen Academy (CKA) is currently accepting applications for student enrollment in its successful culinary job training program located in Barre and Burlington. CKA is a program of the Vermont Foodbank that prepares underemployed and unemployed Vermonters for a career in the food service industry and lifelong learning through an intensive program of culinary skills development, career readiness and job placement. Students actively develop and apply new skills by creating wholesome meals for those at risk of hunger using food that has been gathered from within our communities that may otherwise go to waste. The job training program is 12 weeks long. Complete financial assistance is offered to applicants who are income eligible. The training is operated in partnership with Capstone Community Action in Barre and Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf in Burlington. Next sessions start in November. Apply online at

www.vtfoodbank.org/cka.

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Commercial Carpenter Farrington Construction is looking for experienced commercial carpenters skilled in all phases of the renovation process. • Selective demolition • Metal stud framing & sheetrocking • Floor prep • Ceiling systems • Installing millwork & doors/frames/hardware • Light structural steel work • Installing wood trims/ moldings • Non-smoker • Must have license and ability to pass background check & drug test. Compensation commensurate with experience. We offer a generous benefits package to our team players. Training, retirement, health insurance, holidays and vacation pay. Send resumes to:

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The Vermont Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) seeks an Executive Director. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director (ED) will have overall operational responsibility for CSI Vermont programs, outreach, fundraising, as well as general administrator duties. The ED will ensure ongoing local programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality of finance and administration, fundraising, communications, and systems. Candidates may request a full job description, or submit a letter of interest and CV with the subject line “Executive Director Position” to prez.csivermont@gmail.com.

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Senior Community Banker Williston – Taft Corners

PURCHASING LEAD

Northfield Savings Bank, founded in 1867, the largest banking institution headquartered in Vermont, is looking for a professional to join our team as a Senior Community Banker at our Taft Corners branch, located at 60 Wright Avenue in Williston. This position offers a strong opportunity to work for a growing premier Vermont mutual savings bank.

Select is seeking a full-time Purchasing Lead to join our fast-paced product team. This position will help secure a wide variety of apparel, branded products, and materials procured through the use of best purchasing practices to ensure highest levels of quality, cost, and timely delivery.

A thorough knowledge of banking and technology which enables customers to conduct financial transactions and the ability to build customer relationships, earn trust and maintain confidentiality is essential. Exceptional customer service, opening and maintaining customers’ accounts and services, as well as guiding customers through the consumer loan process in accordance with established policies and procedures are requirements of this position.

Essential knowledge and functions include: purchase order preparation and processing, timeline coordination, order discrepancy reconciliation, contract negotiation, vendor research and management, efficient and accurate data entry, and demonstrated product awareness.

The Senior Community Banker must possess excellent communication and customer service skills for both internal and external customers. Requirements include 3-5 years of bank experience. A Bachelor’s degree is preferred.

This position requires: critical thinking, customer service skills, strong work ethic and motivation, effective multi-tasking, and high stress tolerance. Compensation is based on experience and capabilities. Benefits include medical, dental, as well as 401k with profit sharing. For more details, please see our website: www.selectdesign.com/job-listing-purchasing-lead Apply via email: careers@selectdesign.com

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Find out what NSB can offer you: NSB offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, profit sharing, matching 401(K) retirement program, professional development opportunities, and a positive work environment supported by a team culture. NSB offers ten paid holidays. Northfield Savings Bank hours of operation are Monday – Thursday, generally 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. There is no better time to join the NSB team! Please submit your application and resume in confidence to: Careers@nsbvt.com (Preferred) Or mail: Northfield Savings Bank Human Resources P.O. Box 7180 Barre, VT 05641-7180 Equal Opportunity Employer/Member FDIC

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Licensed Nursing Assistants Full-Time Nights

SEEKING STAFF DIRECTOR

Wake Robin seeks a dedicated nursing assistant with a strong desire to work within a community of seniors. Wake Robin seeks LNAs licensed in Vermont to provide high quality care in a fast paced residential and long-term care environment, while maintaining a strong sense of “home”. We offer great benefits, a pristine working environment, and an opportunity to build strong relationships with staff and residents in a dynamic community setting.

FOR THE VERMONT TAX STRUCTURE COMMISSION The Commission will review options for Vermont tax reform with an emphasis on education finance. The Director supports the Commission and manages tax policy development in a public context. This is a fulltime or consultant position for 2 1/2 years. It is open until filled. Complete job information at:

We continue to offer generous shift differentials; Evenings $2.50/hour, Nights $4.50/hour, and weekends $1.55. Interested candidates please email hr@wakerobin.com or complete an application online at www.wakerobin.com. Wake Robin is an EOE. 5h-WakeRobinLNA100318.indd 1

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Social Work Care Coordinators/ Wellness Counselors Contribute to an exciting new initiative designed to increase access and outcomes for individuals served in primary care settings. Our Social Workers are assigned to primary care settings, and work closely with an interdisciplinary Community Health Team serving Northwestern Vermont. Activities involve consultation with primary care providers, implementing screening protocols for mental health and substance use disorders, linking patients with necessary services, and providing short-term, solution-focused therapy. We are seeking full-time individuals who are generalists and familiar with a range of mental health and substance use disorders. Flexibility with placement location and hours of work is a must as the need is within the St. Albans health-service area and sometimes needs to change. Ability to deliver high-quality patient care. Experience in Mental Health and medical Social Work. Strong interpersonal skills. Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team. Seeking two individuals: • One licensed provider in the state of Vermont (LICSW, LCMHC, and/or LADC) • One will have an MSW with a year or more clinical experience and be on track for licensure. To apply for this position, please visit our website at www.ncssinc.org/careers or email us your resume and cover letter at careers@ncssinc.org.

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Psychiatrist or Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner South Burlington, VT 05403 Make a difference in the lives of children and their families in beautiful Vermont. NFI is a state-wide non-profit providing trauma informed, cutting edge community based mental health and specialized education services throughout Vermont. The New England setting near beautiful Lake Champlain and the Green Mountains is in South Burlington, VT, offering a variety of cultural opportunities and numerous recreational activities. Our innovative psychiatry team wants to invest in a psychiatrist or advanced practice registered nurse with experience in child and adolescent psychiatry, who is interested in an integrative, community-based approach to care. You will be instrumental in diagnosing, treatment and prevention of mental health disorders. Our medical staff work collaboratively with other treatment team members including, case managers, therapists and community support workers, to ensure the best quality of care. The fortunate candidate will receive a generous total compensation package. Psychiatrist must be BE/BC. Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner must be APRN-BC, and State Licensed. If you would like to discuss joining the NFI family, please direct inquiries to: Amy Whittemore, Human Resources Coordinator amywhittemore@nafi.com 30 Airport Road South Burlington, VT 05403 Job Type: Full-time We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and celebrate the diversity of our clients and staff.

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The family at the DoubleTree Burlington Vermont is growing! Our team thrives on working hard together and showing our guests and one another we truly CARE. Full-time team members (30+ hours/week) benefit from paid time off; company paid life insurance; medical coverage (company pays 75% of deductible); dental and vision coverage. All team members are eligible for Go Hilton travel discounts to hotels worldwide. • Cook • Dishwasher • Bartender • Server • Busser • Host • Laundry • Housekeeping • Maintenance

Introduce yourself: email teresa.devine@hilton.com.

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Director of Development Camp Ta-Kum-Ta in South Hero is currently seeking a full-time Director of Development. Must have proven record of nonprofit fundraising. Ability to work week nights and weekends required. EOE. For full job description visit:

www.takumta.org

Please send resume and cover letter by October 12th to

hattie@takumta.org.

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Staff Accountant

Chittenden Solid Waste District part-time – 20 hours per week through June 30, 2019

WISE Campus Advocate

The Staff Accountant will assist the Director of Finance with account analysis and control activities, accounts receivable, filing state and federal reports, managing customer accounts, preparing monthly & quarterly reports, and other related responsibilities. Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting with 3-5 years’ experience including knowledge of GAAP and GASB Accounting Standards and accounting software. Hourly rate commensurate with experience. For more information on the position and CSWD, visit:

cswd.net/about-cswd/job-openings/. Send cover letter and resume to Amy Jewell ajewell@cswd.net. Position is open until filled.

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COMMUNITY MORTGAGE LENDER

Exciting opportunity!

Fresh Meat and Seafood Coordinator Ideal candidate knows how to provide the highest quality, locally-sourced products with exceptional customer service. We are seeking someone with experience leading a meat department, HACCP and Servsafe certifications, and skilled at vendor, employee and customer relationships. This employee will take the lead in maintaining a wellstocked meat department through strategic ordering and best buying practices, while training and coaching team members on high quality standards. Our new Fresh Meat and Seafood Department will be responsible for preparing raw poultry, beef, pork lamb and seafood for retail sale following HACCP guidelines, making sausage, and preparing fresh ground meat.

A rare opportunity awaits you at National Bank of Middlebury. We are now accepting applications for our next Community Mortgage Lender, and we encourage you to apply if you: • Have a year or more of direct mortgage lending experience. • Have three or more years of financial industry experience or equivalent education.

• Crave the opportunity to develop lasting professional relationships in our local communities; and thrive in a fast-paced work environment. The candidate who joins our well-respected team of professionals will: • Have strong organizational skills and attention to detail. • Display strong follow-up skills. • Proactively and positively connect with customers and coworkers. • Build and leverage relationships through consultative selling. • Remain calm and productive under pressure. • Work well independently and collaborate easily with others; and be curious, resourceful and selfmotivated. National Bank of Middlebury offers a competitive salary and benefit package with an incentive compensation program, all in a stimulating work environment. Please note that this position is not commission-based. Applications may be completed on NBM’s website, www.nbmvt.com Careers.

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Support survivors of genderbased violence. Provide a strong platform for students, faculty, and staff to navigate the distinct on-campus and off-campus systems. Co-located at Dartmouth College. To apply submit cover letter with resume to: peggy.oneil@wiseuv.org. Learn more: wiseuv.org/join-us.html

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Soteria Overnight Resident Support Position Night owl? Like a supportive environment? Soteria at Pathways Vermont is hiring for an Awake Overnight Resident Support Staff position in Burlington! To learn more and apply, visit: www.pathwaysvermont.org/ who-we-are/careers/.

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Central Vermont Substance Abuse Services A nonprofit organization in Berlin, VT, providing substance abuse services to central Vermont residents. Services include outpatient, intensive outpatient intervention, education, prevention, intervention and treatment. Clinical Supervisor: We are currently seeking a dynamic and clinically talented person to serve in the supervisory role for our Outpatient and Intensive Outpatient Substance Abuse programs. This position leads a dedicated group of direct care workers while ensuring case coordination, follow up and quality of care in the delivery of substance abuse services to adults and adolescents in the Barre VT region. Focusing on coaching, developing and supervising staff to create a cohesive team through regular clinical supervision and facilitation of team meetings, this position also includes some direct assessments of the needs of our clients and ensuring that those needs are being met. Functions include conducting intake evaluations, developing treatment plans, making case assignments, monitoring and evaluating caseloads and funding compliance. Master’s Degree and Licensed required. HUB Clinicians: The HUB Clinician position is a Master’s or Bachelor’s level clinician position working with adults as a part of our HUB and Spoke medication assisted therapy (MAT) program. This position will focus on access to care and providing a bridge from the MAT program to referrals to the treatment service options. Work will involve assessments, group & individual therapy, case management as well as coordination with the Department of Corrections. Previous experience working with people in recovery from addictions is preferable. An LADC is preferred. Working hours roughly 6 a.m.-2 p.m. We offer competitive medical, dental and vision plans, generous time off policy, matching 403B retirement plans along with other company paid benefits.

Equal opportunity Employer

Send your resume to Rachel Yeager, HR Coordinator • HR@claramartin.org Clara Martin Center • PO Box G • Randolph, VT 05060 Find other open positions at www.claramartin.org

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CHIEF, PLANNING & COURT SERVICES (Job Code #18040).

Located in Montpelier, this executive position in the Vermont Courts leads and manages the Planning and Court Services division, which oversees $8M across several programs. Responsibilities include strategic planning, data analysis, policy development, judge education, community outreach, media relations, internal communications, and litigant support services. Requires JD or master’s degree plus five or more years of executive level experience that demonstrates the ability to plan, organize and communicate in a sophisticated manner. Excellent benefits including health and dental, disability insurance and SOV retirement plan. Salary of $105,000 or higher depending upon experience.

Maintenance Engineer

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Accounting Specialist

Serving Franklin & Grand Isle Counties

Now Hiring for the Following Positions

REACH UP Clinician Be part of an exciting initiative between NCSS & the Agency of Human Services Reach Up Office. The Integration Initiative is seeking a candidate who will provide Reach Up participants assessment & support services. Assessment services involve determining individual and family strengths, needs, and functioning as well as needs across environments. This person will provide regular case consultation to Reach Up teams; collaborate with a range of providers and assist in developing the program to meet identified needs. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, individual and group therapy skills, ability to navigate multiple systems and a can-do/flexible approach to challenging situations. NCSS offers excellent benefits and is located 25 minutes from the Burlington area. Will consider a bachelors level with experience but prefer a master’s level eligible for licensure.

Our ideal candidate is friendly, organized, efficient, and disciplined with experience in accounts receivable, accounts payable, bank statement reconciliation, inventory, month end processes and a passion for helping our customers, supporting our mill and sales staffs, and possesses a talent for problem-solving. This position also shares responsibilities for customer service and order entry. • Accounts Payable • Accounts Receivable

Hampton Inn by Hilton 43 Lake Street St. Albans, VT 05478 Maureen.brown@hilton.com

• Bank Statement Reconciliation • Monthly Inventory • Month End Processes • Coordinate automatic customer delivery schedules with dispatcher. • Maintain various operations spreadsheets for management.

Come see what makes NCSS a great place to work! We are currently hiring for an Outpatient Clinician. The focus of this position is to provide behavioral health psychosocial evaluations, therapy and consultation for clients of all age groups. The ideal candidate will be trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, have experience working with a range of disorders, and be comfortable with brief and group treatment models. MSW/LICSW or LCMHC required. Some evening hours required. Our clinic offers excellent beneﬁts and is located close to Interstate 89 and is a short commute from Burlington and surrounding areas.

Children’s Therapist

We offer excellent beneﬁts that include paid vacation, 11 paid holidays, pension plan and educational assistance. To apply for this position please visit our website at www.ncssinc.org/careers or email your resume and cover letter to careers@ncssinc.org.

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• Order/data entry and processing through our automated system. Qualities:

Medical Assistant

• Ability to learn quickly. • Strong attention to detail and ability to follow tasks through to completion. • Positive attitude. • Ability to adapt to a fast-paced business environment. • Ability to work independently as well as cooperatively with others. Requirements: • Prior accounting experience • Outstanding verbal and written skills. • Experience with Microsoft office products. Compensation and Benefits: • Competitive hourly compensation based on experience. • Health care. • Vacation, sick, and personal days, with major holidays off. • 401K plan. • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).

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• Telephone and email communication with customers and vendors.

• Ability to work under pressure.

Come see what makes NCSS a great place to work! We are currently hiring for an Outpatient therapist. This position provides psychosocial evaluations, therapy and consultation for clients of all age groups. The ideal candidate will have an interest in working with children and families and be comfortable with brief and group treatment models. MSW/LICSW or LCMHC preferred or license eligible. This position can receive supervision towards licensure, group supervision, billing and crisis support. The agency provides excellent beneﬁts, competitive salary and it is located close to Interstate 89 and is a short commute from Burlington and surrounding areas.

Excellent customer service as well as at least two years of related building maintenance experience required. Please submit resume and salary requirements to:

Job Overview:

• Generate pricing updates and customer price lists.

Therapist

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Do you enjoy learning new and challenging skills in an active office environment? Would you like to be part of a dynamic team for a company that is a leader in its industry? If so, we want you to join our team. Phoenix Feeds & Nutrition, Inc. is a manufacturer of conventional, organic, and non-GMO livestock feed in New Haven, Vermont.

This management position is responsible for the repairs, preventative maintenance and troubleshooting of all hotel equipment and guest rooms. Must have strong computer skills and the ability to perform basic electrical and carpentry tasks.

Check us out at www.phoenixfeeds.net. Please reply with a cover letter, resume, and references, including a phone number and/or email where we can reach you. No phone calls please.

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Champlain Center for Natural Medicine, a busy Naturopathic Primary Care office, seeks an energetic person to fill the role of a full time medical assistant. We are a fast paced, teamoriented clinic. Responsibilities include welcoming patients, taking vital signs and chief complaints, obtaining medical history, blood draws, assisting physicians with exams and minor procedures as well as charting support. Well organized with professional demeanor, excellent communication and customer service skills essential. Phlebotomy experience required.

Email a resume, two professional references and letter of interest to:

starr@vtnaturalmed.com.

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Water Quality Programs Manager The State Natural Resources Conservation Council and the Vermont Association of Conservation Districts are seeking a positive, passionate and qualified individual to provide vision, leadership and structure to the Conservation Districts’ water quality programs across Vermont. The position will coordinate closely with the VT Department of Environmental Conservation with a focus on green storm water infrastructure and nonagricultural natural resources improvement projects. This is a statewide position managing subagreements with Conservation Districts. This is a half-time, salaried position, with room for growth. Salary is commensurate with experience. Training and benefits package included. Visit www.vacd.org/job/ water-quality-programsmanager/ for detailed job description and application details. Qualified applications are due by 9:00 am Monday October 15th. EOE.

Franklin Northwest Supervisory Union

The Missisquoi Valley Union High School has an opening for a mental health professional, such as a licensed mental health clinician, psychologist or counselor, interested in working with a small interdisciplinary team at the high school alternative setting designed to meet the academic, social, emotional and behavioral needs of students. The candidate will have a strong sense of commitment to working creatively and flexibly to support highly engaging and relevant experiences for students, in addition to running groups and providing mental health counseling for students. Additionally, Missisquoi Valley is seeking a part-time Speech Language Pathologist three days a week. Candidates will possess relevant credentials, experience and licensure. Competitive Salary and Benefits. For more information or to apply, please submit a letter of interest, resume, letters of reference, license within Schoolspring.com. Franklin Northwest SU will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital/civil union status, sexual orientation, gender identity, economic status, disability or any other characteristic protected by Federal or State Law.

WHERE YOU AND YOUR WORK MATTER...

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• MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL FULL TIME IMMEDIATE OPENING • SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST PART TIME OPENING

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TRANSLATORS NEEDED!

Our Essex Westford School District is seeking “on-call,” as-needed Maay Maay and Turkish interpreters/translators to provide oral translation at parent/teacher meetings, and written translation of specific school documents (e.g., grade reports, letters, etc.). Position pays $50.00/hour for oral translation for up to one hour/meeting, and $50/page for written translation (or $25/page if previously translated with minor edits). We are currently accepting applications from qualified candidates who can provide English to Maay Maay and Maay Maay to English translation, supporting our Somali population. We are also seeking candidates who can provide English to Turkish and Turkish to English translation Work will be available on an on-call, as-needed basis. Qualified candidates will have excellent oral and/or written translation/interpretation skills. Excellent interpersonal skills, and an understanding of the diverse cultures of the individuals being served is also required. Preferred candidates have some experience providing translation services in a professional setting. Candidates must live within driving distance to our school district and be able to attend school-based meetings. For consideration, please apply electronically through www.schoolspring.com (Job ID 3010231 for the Turkish Translator position, and Job ID 3010232 for the Maay Maay Translator position).

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When you work for the State of Vermont, you and your work matter. A career with the State puts you on a rich and rewarding professional path. You’ll find jobs in dozens of fields – not to mention an outstanding total compensation package. S U B S T A N C E A B U S E P R E V E N T I O N C O N S U LT A N T – B U R L I N G T O N

JOB COACH – MORRISVILLE

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Join our local health office to help prevent substance use disorder in Chittenden County. We seek exceptional skills in community organizing and a passion for public health. This is not a clinical or direct service position. We offer a supportive, professionally challenging and healthy workplace to our employees. We are interested in candidates who can contribute to the department’s diversity and commitment to foster an environment of mutual respect, acceptance and equal opportunity. For more information, contact Dana Ward at Dana.Ward@vermont.gov or 802-9510185. Department: Health. Job ID #623830. Status: Full Time. Application Deadline: October 07, 2018. The Vermont Department of Health seeks an Administrative Services Technician IV to provide broad support in our efforts to reduce the burden of chronic disease on Vermonters. The ideal teammate will be an energetic, organized and collaborative individual with exceptional written and oral communication skills. Applicants to this opportunity should be highly experienced using the Microsoft Office suite of applications and be fearless when learning and implementing new technology systems. Prior government experience is not required, but a commitment to public service is. For information, contact Al Johnson at al.johnson@vermont.gov. Department: Health. Job ID# 623979. Application Deadline: October 03, 2018. The Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Job Coach will provide time limited on-site support for State/VR consumers in education and or training settings. The VR Job Coach may assist VR counselors in preparing consumers to apply for competitive employment. This might include direct, one to one, support at job specific trainings, or tutoring at workshops or classes. May provide hands-on job training and job coaching in a work place to help consumer become fully independent. Local travel required. For more information, contact Nancy Dwyer at nancy.dwyer@vermont.gov or 802-289-0566. Department: Disabilities Aging and Independent Living. Job ID #623972.Status: Temporary, Part-Time. Application Deadline: October 08, 2018.

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The Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Job Coach will provide time limited on-site support for State/ VR consumers in education and or training settings. The VR Job Coach may assist VR counselors in preparing consumers to apply for competitive employment. This might include direct, one to one, support at job specific trainings, or tutoring at workshops or classes. May provide hands-on job training and job coaching in a work place to help consumer become fully independent. Local travel required. For more information, contact Bill Sugarman at william.sugarman@vermont.gov or 802-917-4143. Department: Disabilities Aging and Independent Living. Job ID #624022. Application Deadline: October 10, 2018. The Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Job Coach will provide time limited on-site support for State/ VR consumers in education and or training settings. The VR Job Coach may assist VR counselors in preparing consumers to apply for competitive employment. This might include direct, one to one, support at job specific trainings, or tutoring at workshops or classes. May provide hands-on job training and job coaching in a work place to help consumer become fully independent. Local travel required. For more information, contact Hib Doe at hibbard.doe@vermont.gov or 802-498-4935. Department: Disabilities Aging and Independent Living. Job ID #623971.Status: Temporary, Part-Time. Application Deadline: October 08, 2018. It’s critical to us that you have a positive experience when you apply for one (or more) of our positions. We have made good progress improving our business processes to better serve the job applicant community. A lot of this has been “behind the scenes” and while you may have noticed some improvement, we know we still have much more to do. We are very excited to announce that we will be launching a new Recruiting and Hiring System in the Fall of 2018. It will have a brand-new, user-friendly interface that will guide you to where you want to go on our career site. Our goal is to vastly improve our communication with our candidates and give you the positive

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Equipment Operator II

LEGAL SECRETARY

$18.89 – $20.45 DOE

Vermont Legal Aid seeks a highly-organized team player, with a desire to further our mission, for a full-time position in Burlington. Responsibilities include general office management and secretarial duties (answering phones, client contact, data entry, typing, file/document/database management), as well as supporting the work of ten attorneys and paralegals. Experience as a legal secretary or formal secretarial training is preferable. Proficiency with Microsoft Office required. Starting salary is $32,250+ DOE with excellent benefits and four weeks’ vacation. Send cover letter, resume and contact information for three references as a single PDF file with the subject line “Last Name - Burlington Support Staff Application 2018” to Eric Avildsen, Executive Director c/o Betsy Whyte (bwhyte@vtlegalaid.org). Application deadline: October 8, 2018.

Winooski’s Public Works Department is looking for an Equipment Operator II. This position is responsible for a wide range of general labor and operates all vehicles including but not limited to dump trucks with air brakes, plows with wings, Vactor, loader, backhoe, Bobcat, street sweeper, sidewalk plow, truck with trailer and other equipment involving plowing, salting and sanding in winter, and general highway maintenance and construction work in other seasons. High School Diploma or equivalent, with a minimum of one year of experience. Valid Commercial driver’s license CDL Class B required.

VLA is an equal opportunity employer committed to cultural competency in order to effectively serve our increasingly diverse client community. Applicants are encouraged to share in their cover letter how they can further this goal.

For additional information please visit our website at www.winooskivt.org.

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EXPERIENCED HEAD AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN

Discover the many sides of AAA.

Keeler Bay Service and Sales, Inc. is seeking an experienced, career minded Head Auto Technician to join our growing business. • Full Time - Year Round • Great work environment at a well established, busy shop located in South Hero, Vermont. • Compensation based on experience!

Call for details.

802-372-6139 | keelerbayservice@gmail.com

HP-2097 AAA 3.83” x 10.63”

WE’RE HIRING

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Lund’s mission is to help children thrive by empowering families to break cycles of poverty, addiction and abuse. Lund offers hope and opportunity to families through education, treatment, family support and adoption.

HEAD MAINTENANCE CUSTODIAN About the Position:

JOIN US IN VERMONT! There’s a side of AAA that many people don’t always see. More than travel discounts and legendary roadside assistance, we’re a company that can offer you a great career with advancement opportunities.

Branch Member Associates (Montpelier #20250 or Williston# 20081) From providing maps and tour books, to making car and hotel reservations, you’ll enhance member relationships and advise them of other available services - all adding to the value of their membership.

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Full-time position will complete and/or coordinate all repairs and maintenance work for Lund’s facilities and ensure Lund meets OSHA and other building industry codes and standards.

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Manages facility and equipment related costs.

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Solicits bids on repair, maintenance, and service contract work.

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Implements facility safety protocols and procedures; conducts training and drill practices for each location.

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Develops and completes a preventative maintenance schedule for building, equipment, and grounds.

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Manages custodial staff and contracts; completes custodial work as necessary.

What We Look For:

Travel Agent Trainee (Montpelier #20244) The Travel Agent builds strong relationships and delivers domestic and foreign travel experiences. This position will support the Travel Agency in selling and serving our clientele.

Contract Station Relations Manager (Williston #20084)

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Strong background in all aspects of maintenance and repair work related to building, equipment, and grounds.

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Experience in monitoring related budgetary items and in promoting cost effective measures.

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Experience in implementing safety procedures.

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Valid VT Driver’s License and access to reliable transportation required; travel between Lund locations required.

Why Join Our Team at Lund:

This person works closely with Emergency Roadside Services (ERS) management, member relations and staff supervision.

Benefits include: • Health Coverage for Medical, Dental, Vision • Paid time off including Vacation, Illness and Holidays • 401k Savings Plan • Employee Discounts & More! Learn more about what AAA has to offer and submit your resume today!

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We honor and celebrate the distinctive strengths and talents of our clients and staff.

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Our work encompasses collaboration with a strong team of professionals and a strengthsbased approach to providing services to families.

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Lund’s adoption program provides life-long services to families brought together through adoption.

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Lund’s residential and community treatment programs are distinctive as our work focuses on both treatment and parenting.

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Lund’s educators believe in laughter, the importance of fun, community-oriented activities, and non-stop learning.

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Ongoing training opportunities are available.

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Lund offers competitive pay and paid training, as well as a comprehensive and very generous benefit package including health, dental, life, disability, retirement, extensive time off accrual, 11 paid holidays, and wellness reimbursement. EEO/AA

Please send resume and cover letter to: Human Resources, PO Box 4009, Burlington, VT 05406-4009 fax (802) 864-1619 email: employment@lundvt.org

Apply online at AAA.com/careers Search by Job # AAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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