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mine if the reported amounts were correct," General Accounting Office auditors wrote, according to Senator John Glenn (D-OH), who idle BY ROl**S requested the audit. He likened - i Chatter the IRS system to "keeping your Astronomers who use radio lifetime records in a shoe box telescopes to probe other galaxies under the bed." Agency spokespercomplained to the International son Frank Keith blamed the probTelecommunications Union that lem on a 30-year-old computer interference from cellular phones system. An IRS internal review in is threatening their research. The April 1994 found that 16,800 IRS problem of electromagnetic polluemployees who owed taxes for tion is expected to get worse this 1993 paid or filed late or failed to fall when a new generation of file a return at all. Six months portable phones linked to loworbiting satellites will debut. Since later, an IRS computer check of 110,665 employees found 733 had Poland's post-communist governnot filed a 1993 tax return and ment stopped routinely tapping 4192 owed back taxes, averaging phone lines, growing telephone more than $2000. According to use is proving a burden for Polish tax lawyer George Guttman, who Telecommunications, which Zycie reported the IRS findings in the Warszawy reported "has been in weekly paper Tax Notes this spring, torment over the fact that citizens "In general IRS employees are not do not respect what they have. significantly more compliant than They use telephone lines to contaxpayers as a whole." vey trifling information, even gossip." The phone company recently threatened to cut off service to a Take a Powder popular television show, for A Czech brewer hoping to tap instance, because "too many peothe Russian market announced the ple were calling the program." development of powdered beer. Jan Oliva, pan owner of the malt house in Bruntal, said powered Do As We Say, Not as beer is easier to transport, has a We Do longer shelf life and is cheaper Congressional auditors reportthan traditional beers. To brew a ed they were unable to verify batch, customers add the powder Internal Revenue Service tax colto water and let mature to taste. It lections for 1984 because IRS costs about 25 cents a quart. records are in disarray. "IRS did not know and we could not deter-

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you Are What you Cat? Police investigating thefts of recently interred urns from a cemetery in Chico, California, arrested Rodney Hines, 36, for stealing the urns and eating the cremated remains of four people. Police said Hines told them he snorted some of the ashes and sprinkled more on food becaue he wanted "everlasting life."

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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced in June it had hired the Walt Disney Company to oversee licensing and marketing the Mounties' image. RCMP officials explained they were fed up with tasteless depictions of Mounties in everything from porn movies to beer aids. Disney is noted for relentless protection of its licensed characters.

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The maker of Spam filed a trademark infringement suit against the Muppets, charging that the evil Muppet pig Spa am, featured in the not-yet-released Muppet Treasure Island, gives the canned luncheon meat a bad name. Lawyers for Hormel Foods Corporation acknowledged that Spam has been the butt of Jokes . for years, but said that Jim Henson Productions has gone too far. They told a federal court in New York City the "grotesque and noxious-appearing wild boar" in the movie "falsely disparages"

Spam products, and said publicity for the film would discourage consumers from buying it. U.S. District Judge IGmba Wood ruled against Hormel, saying consumers were unlikely to confuse a puppet with the luncheon meat.

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Counts In May, when Duncan McKenzie Jr. became the first person to be executed in Montana since 1943, he strapped on headphones and listened to an album by country singer Marty Robbins while he was injected with the lethal drugs. Witnesses reported that after McKenzie stopped breathing, the music was audible in the silence of the execution chamber. Right to Lite When Oklahoma state prison officials found death-row inmate Robert Brecheen unconscious from an overdose of sedatives in his cell in August, they rushed him to a hospital and had his stomach pumped. After Brecheen was revived, they returned him to the state penitentiary in McAlester, where he was executed by injection. "We have a responsibility for the health and welfare of our inmates," corrections department spokesperson Jim Rabon said, "but we also have a responsibility to uphold the law." Under a 1986 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, condemned prisoners must be aware that they are being executed.

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In August, police in Roanoke, Virginia, accused Ann Kennedy Dickens, 62, of stealing her neighbors mail â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the third time she has faced such charges in five years. Postal Inspector Kevin Boyle said 460 pieces of mail were found, unopened, neatly stacked and boxed in her back bedroom. In 1990, Dickfns was charged with stealing more than 5000 pieces of mail; in 1993, about 450 pieces. This time, she was released on bond but ordered not to leave her residence except on Sundays, when there-is no mail delivery.

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Postal carrier Robert Boggs, 46, was sentenced to 18 months in jail alter authorities found his Washington, DC condo filled with nearly 23,000 pieces of undelivered mail, dating back to 1984. It also contained 43 live and 20 dead turtles, 15 live and 10 dead birds and a live dog.

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The Dutch Justice Ministry began a crackdown on Eastern European teen-agers claiming political asylum so they could get free room and board and $15 a week spending money while their claims are processed. Authorities reported the number of youths seeking asylum last summer exceeded 250 a week, mostly at beach resorts. After a few weeks, they disappeared, presumably going back home. â&#x20AC;˘ ^ .

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THAT LOVIN' FEELING Last Thursday night I saw Budbill s Little Acts of Kindness in Waitsfield — the "loving tale" reviewed by Amy Rubin in this paper {SEVEN DAYS, October 4) and dismissed by her as falling short of expectations. Perhaps we didn't see the same play. I don't recall a large cast of shallowly defined characters. Rather I still vividly see the characters who appear and reappear in the park setting several times, providing numerous insights into their attempts and abilities to interact with each other. Some are more capable than others, demonstrating a range of possibilities, while the most ill person among them is confined to unidimensional expression, but that can hardly be equated with "Gumpian cuteness!" The Disciples' blues music enriches the material, providing an artistically satisfying evening. Little Acts of Kindness reached my heart with its realism, humor, poetry and glimmer of hope that exists for all humanity. — Mary Moffroid Warren KIND OF CRUEL Re: Little Acts of Kindness, by David Budbill. I liked this play. It's exactly the kind I prefer to watch. I'm not a "happy ever after" kind of person. I enjoy a

little "real life" in my entertainment. Little Acts of Kindness didn't let me down. However, in her review {SEVEN DAYS, October 4), Amy Rubin laments that she never got to know any of the characters and that Mr. Budbill didn't create any empathy for her to feel. Well, that's okay. I like that this play didn't lead me by the hand or beat me with the obvious. And I think that it is unfortunate that Ms. Rubin couldn't see the merits of this play for itself without wondering how it measured up to past work by Mr. Budbill. It's hard to enjoy a work if you're busy comparing it to what has gone before. And how sad not to have enjoyed this play. I would advise her to see it again and just let the story and music wash over her just with its own deliverance. Relax, enjoy the music and allow that the stage might be too small, not to mention set up for the rehearsals of another play. Allow that it was the second night of performance before an audience. It is very easy to sit and play the critic — not so easy to write, direct, produce or act in community theater. Community theater being the operative words here. Lighten up. Enjoy it for the effort and dedication put forth by a talented and energetic cast. The creative use of the music, provided by The Disciples, was truly an enjoyable and important part of that show. It was used to both highlight and soften the harshness of life in the park. Tammy Fletcher appeared to me as an angel — sometimes seen, other times only felt as a presence, but always protecting and knowing their sadness. I've been accused of reading too much into that part, but that was what I liked about this play. Mr. Budbill left enough room for me to see what I wanted in each character and take what I needed. — Joyce Travers Waitsfield

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he paint is barely dry on its final, tidy touches, but the transformation of the former Acme Paint and Glass building to new headquarters for the Burlington Police Department is complete. It's too soon to judge the impact of the building — or its occupants — on its surrounding community, or to evaluate the extent to which the move will actually improve the efficiency of the police. But architecturally speaking, the irony of the department's move to the mouth of North Avenue seems to have been lost on the general public, and perhaps on the main actors themselves — architects, commissioners, city councilors and police personnel. The department had fought tooth and nail to move out of — rather than restore and remodel — their South Winooski Avenue complex of two joined buildings, one dating from the turn of the century . and the other a more recent addition. Consultants demonstrated to nearly everyone's satisfaction that only a new building, constructed to modern, contemporary standards, could appropriately house a modern, contemporary police force. The „, irony is this: The police are

moving into a restored and remodeled complex of two joined buildings, one dating from the turn of the century and the other a more recent addition. What special problems was architect Graham Goldsmith trying to grapple with in the police headquarters project? The difficulties of the narrow site, bounded by Battery Park to the south, a barren parking lot to the north, a precipitous drop to the west and the pedestrian and vehicular traffic of North Avenue hard on its eastern edge? The limitations of size, shape, modest materials, plain design and co-existence of neighboring rectangular, one-story buildings? Certainly. But in addition he must have attempted to find a symbolic representation for the conflict between authority and freedom which is at the core of this building. The apparent confusion of Goldsmith's design solutions is testimony to this. But has he succeeded? The modifications to the exterior of the new headquarters building are so artlessly tentative, arbitrary and contradictory as to pose a number of questions to all who care about Burlington's physical fabric. First, there is the relentless

ambiguity: Is this one building or two buildings? Every gesture in favor of wholeness seems to be systematically countered by its opposite. On one hand, the repetitive, unifying use of a stucco-like material on the fake cornices and the infill concrete blocks below the new windows.

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conductor in the image of Leonard Bernstein. A wild, white-haired gesticulator in tux and tails. A maestro, not a maestra. Kate Tamarkin has lived with those sexist stereotypes since she found her forte nearly 20 years ago. Now in her fifth season with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the 39-yearold conductor is living proof that a woman's place is at the podium. Last year she had her way with the epic Verdi Requiem. Next week she'll try Beethoven's Ninth on for size. "Meaty works" are one reason Tamarkin finally gave up her old gig at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. "I would never have been able to do this in Dallas," she says. "There I could do 'Peter and the Wolf.'" Hers was a calculated risk in a limited market, where a few slots at the top are occupied by old white men reluctant to pass the baton. Until she heads up a "major" orchestra, Tamarkin is conducting her life on a freelance basis. When she is not commanding concerts in Vermont, she moonlights as music director of the East Texas Symphony. "It tends to be the rule rather than the exception,' Tamarkin says of her doublebarreled life of meetings, rehearsals and red-eye flights. Being single helps a bit — Tamarkin shares her Texas townhouse with a beloved 17-year-old cat. But national notoriety can be lonely, and occasional bigbudget job opportunities do little for aching shoulders after a long night with Beethoven. Nursing a bad cold in her Church Street office in Burlington, Tamarkin puts her position in perspective: "My joke is if you feel like a truck ran over you, you have done a good job." alifornia-born Tamarkin has come a long way from Laguna Beach — a symphonyfree surf town where music meant joining the school marching band. Without the benefit of real lessons, the 14-yearold Joan Baez fan picked up the French horn. Her first encounter with a real orchestra was forgettable. "I got to sit on the bleachers and watch Zubin Mehta conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic," she says. Nothing clicked. "It never occurred to me that I would be doing what he did." A few years later, she discovered her own directorial talent in a conducting class historically dreaded by music majors at nearby Chapman College. "It was just this horrible thing and you had to do it," Tamarkin recalls. But she surprised herself — and everyone else in the class — with her natural kinesthetic response to music. "A conductor has to have the same sense of music as motion that a dancer does," she explains. "I got up the first day, had a great time and the teacher wrote me a little note that said, 'This is what you ought to do.' No doubt even as a young woman, the tall, dark-haired Tamarkin was a striking presence on stage. Critics have described her conducting style as "athletic" and "vigorous." Her only reservation was gender. That she didn't know any women conductors "really brought me up short," Tamarkin acknowledges. Thankfully, her teacher became the first of many male mentors,

including Leonard Bernstein, who assisted in confidence-building. Women have been less helpful, Tamarkin says diplomatically. Her one encounter with a female conductor from the Netherlands was one of the "least supportive" of her career. Tamarkin graduated from Chapman with a degree in music education — for my mother," she jokes. But her first job — teaching music in three public schools a day — was an unmitigated disaster. She fled for grad school, and after a year at Northwestern, took a similar job in the Chicago area. She was teaching 32 classes a week when a call came from the Fox Valley Symphony in Wisconsin. The community orchestra was looking for a new conductor, and wanted to make its search "more interesting." Her interview took the form of a concert — as it did 10 years later in Vermont. "The soloist got a standing ovation," Tamarkin says, "and I got the job." It was the first of a slew of lucky breaks for Tamarkin, a career crescendo that started after she took a leave to earn her doctorate at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. First she got into Tanglewood Music Festival on a fellowship. Then she was one of three young conductors chosen in a nationwide competition to direct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the tutelage of Leonard Bernstein. Without prompting, she produces the autographed score of West Side Story inscribed, "For my Kate, not the shrew, but kiss me anyway, and brava." Talent scouts from the Dallas Symphony also caught the concert in Chicago, which coincided with a very large convention of the American Symphony Orchestra League. Dallas offered Tamarkin a job as associate music director — and she became its first female conductor in history. "I ended up going from this little bitty orchestra in Wisconsin to the Dallas Symphony," Tamarkin says. In budgetary terms, which is how symphonies size each other up, it was a $ 16 million leap.

allas was a good move, at least initially. New facilities. Television coverage. "It was a good place for a fledgling conductor to get a lot of experience — in a hurry," Tamarkin explains. But her opportunities amounted to whatever the higher-ups turned down: holiday pops concerts, early-morning kids' shows, private parties. Tamarkin knew what she was getting into — aspiring associate conductors are expected to move on. The goal is to find your own orchestra, and give it your own sound, according to LeAnn Binford of the Dallas Symphony. "A lot of the young conductors have had to go to Europe to find that," she says. "Kate has been able to succeed in the United States." She was the numbertwo candidate in a recent conductor search at The New Mexico Symphony. Signature sound does not come easy. By the time you see arms flailing, the bulk of the musical work is done. The conductor has studied the piece, and made her own decisions about the original intentions of the composer. "Beethoven /rites that he wants this loud, t bow loudT Tamarkin says by tinued on page 18

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JASPER & THE PRODIGAL SUNS (fiink, soul), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. $5. CHANNEL TWO DUB BAND (reggae), Club Toast, 9 p.m. No cover. BL00Z0T0MY (rock), Nectars, 9p.m. No cover. OPEN MIKE, City Market, 8 p.m. No cover. WOMEN'S NIGHT, Last Elm Cafe, 6 p.m. Donations. OPEN MIKE, Java Love, 9 p.m. No cover. RMS (rock), Alley-Cats, 9:30 p.m. No cover. THE ADAMS (rock), Patches, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. No cover. BANJO DAN & THE MID-NITE PL0WB0YS (bluegrass), Sneakers, Winooski, 9 p.m. $2. JOHN LACKARD BLUES BAND, Champion's Tavern, Winooski, 9:30 p.m. No cover.

JAZZH0LE, TJ KIRK (acid jazz, funk), Club Toast, 9 p.m. $6. BELIZBEHA, CHOOSY MOTHERS (alt rock), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. $6. THE X-RAYS (rock), Nectars, 9 p.m. No cover. NORTH UNION (folk), Burlington Coffeehouse, City Market, 9 p.m. $3. LAST ELM STRING BAND, Last Elm Cafe, 8 p.m. Donations. DESIRED EFFECT (jazz), Halvorson's, 9 p.m. $2. OPEN MIKE, actus Cafe, 9 p.m. No cover. RAY LEWIS (rock), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 9 p.m. No cover. THE ADAMS (rock), Patches, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. No cover. LOCAL COLOR (invitational), Sneakers, Winooski, 9 p.m. $2. OPEN MIKE, Saver Spur, Winooski, 8 p.m. No cover. MAND0LINQUENT5 (bluegrass), Daily Bread Bakeiy, Richmond, 7:30 and 9 p.m. $3.50. TODD FITCH (acoustic), Thrush Tavern, Montpelier, 9 pm. No cover.

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KING MISSILE, DOGFLY RELIGION, DOGBOWL, JOHN S HALL (alt rock), Club Toast, 9 p.m. $7. MOTEL BROWN (fiink, alt rock), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. $3. CATHY KREGER (folk), Burlington Coffeehouse, City Market, 9 p.m. $5. THE X-RAYS (rock), Nectars, 9 p.m. No cover. ME JANE, SLOBAZA (punk, hardcore), Last Elm Cafe, 9 p.m. Donations. THE ADAMS (rock), Pitches, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. No cover. CLYDE STATS TRIO (jazz), Windjammer, 5 p.m. No cover. WALT ELMORE & ALL THAT JAZZ, Tuckaways, Sheraton, 8:30 p.m. No cover. YOUNG COUNTRY (classicrock),Silver Spur, Winooski, 8 p.m. $3. THE MIX (rock), Wolfs Lair, Colchester, 9 p.m. $2. MEG & ROBYN (contemporaryfolk),Williston Coffeehouse, 8 p.m. $6. TEXAS TWISTER (counuy), Charlie-o's, Montpelier, 8 p.m. No cover. GRADY KANE (rock), Thirsty Turde, Waterbury, 9:30 p.m. $2. DOUG POWELL & FRIENDS (rock), Toms Riverside Grill, Bristol, fO p.m. $2.

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BABY'S NICKEL BAG, MUNOZ (acid jazz, haidcore), Club Toast, 9 p.m. $5. SCREAMING HEADLESS TORSOS, THE HUSH (altrock),Club Metronome, 9 p.m. $5. DON WHITE (folk), Burlington Coffeehouse, City Market, 9 p.m. $5. THE ZEFHYRS (a cappella), Last Elm Cafe, 9 p.m. Donations. MID-LIFE CHRYSLER (rock), Nectars, 9 p.m. No cover. JC BLUES (rock), Alley-Cats, 9:30 p.m. No cover. THE ADAMS (rock), Patches, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. No cover. ELLEN POWELL & COMPANY (jazz), Tuckaways, Sheraton, 8:30 p.m. YOUNG COUNTRY (classicrock),Silver Spur, Winooski, 8 p.m. $3. THE MIX (rock), Wolfs Lair, Colchester, 9 p.m. $2. BEN KOENIG, TOM AZARIAN, ANDY PLANTE (alt rock, folk), Pyralisk, Montpelier, 9 p.m. $8. SHELLEY SNOW (folk), Four Winds Gallery, Ferrisburgh, 7:30 p.m. $10. GRADY KANE (rock), Thirsty Turde, Waterbury, 9:30 p.m. $2. DOUG POWELL & FRIENDS (rock), Toms Riverside Grill, Bristol, 10 p.m. $2.

THE TEA PARTY, DIRT MERCHANTS (progressive rock), Club Toast, 9 p.m. $10. LEON REDBONE (blues), Club Metronome, 7 p.m. $17. PATTI CASEY, BOB GAGNON, MATT MCGIBNEY (folk), City Market, 11 a.m. No cover. RUSS FLANIGAN (rock), Nectar's, 9 p.m. No cover. THE QUEERS, THE FAGS, HOLY SMOKES, SOUP SANDWICH (punk), Club 242, 2 p.m. $5.

SUPERCAT, QUEEN CITY ALL-STARS (dancehall), Club Toast, 9 p.m. $10. CLOUD PEOPLE, SOLID CITIZEN, SPIDER DAVE, SPILL (grooverock),Club Metronome, 9 p.m. No cover. ZOLTY CRACKER, OUTER MONGOLIA (tribal, motor, folk) Last Elm Cafe, 9 p.m. Donations. STRUNG OUT (rock), Nectar's, 9 p.m. No cover. DAVE & THE ALLEY-CATS JAM, Alley-Cats, 9:30 p.m. No cover.

TUESDAY

MICHAEL HEDGES (rock), Club Metronome, 7 p.m. $20. PARIMA JAZZ BAND, ParimaThai Restaurant, 8 p.m. No cover. NERBAK BROTHERS (rock), Nectar's, 9 p.m. No cover. FOLK JAM, Last Elm Cafe, 8 p.m. Donations. MUTHER JUICE BLUES, Patches, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. No cover.

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JONATHAN RICHMAN, ANNE'S BAND (alt rock, fiink), Club Metronome, 7 p.m. $12. CHANNEL TWO DUB BAND (reggae), Club Toast, 9 p.m. No cover. NERBAK BROTHERS (rock), Nectars, 9 p.m. No cover. OPEN MIKE, City Market, 8 p.m. No cover. WOMEN'S NIGHT, Last Elm Cafe, 6 p.m. Donations. OPEN MIKE, Java Love, 9 p.m. No cover. JOHN LACKARD BLUES BAND (rock), Alley-Cats, 9:30 p.m. No cover. RUSS FLANIGAN (rock), Silver Spur, Winooski, 8 p.m. No cover. SOFT SPOKEN (rock), Patches, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. No cover. LOST POSSE (bluegrass), Sneakers, Winooski, 9 p.m. $2. PAUL ASBELL (jazz/blues), The Pyralisk, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $7.

Club listings compiled by Nicole Curvin. All clubs, in Burlington unless otherwise noted.

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MASTER MUSICIANS OF JAJOUKA: This 13-member ensemble of Moroccan musicians inspired Ornette Coleman, Robert Plant and The Rolling Stones. A free discussion begins at 6 p.m. Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 8 p.m. $12-20. Info, 863-5966. RUSSIAN MUSIC LECTURE: Vermont pianist Michael Arnowitt talks about Russian music three days before his concert with the Kiev Chamber Orchestra. Bethany Church, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 476-8188, VAUGHAN RECITAL SERIES: Italian concert pianist Guiseppe Scotese performs contemporary keyboard compositions at Faulkner Recital Hall, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-6462422.

d a n c e CONTACT IMPROV: Gravity plays a crucial role in this kinetic free-for-all. Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington, 7:15 p.m. $1. Info, 660-0866.

theater AS YOU LIKE IT': Lost Nation Theater is behind this Shakespearean comedy of romance and folly. Montpelier City Hall, 8 p.m. $ 10.50. Info, 229-0492. 'RISK GAY': Scott Capurro, of Mrs. Doubtfire fame, brings his naughty, outrageous stand-up comedy to Billings Theatre, UVM, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 6560607.

film AWESOME O R S O N WELLES': Catch The Magnificent Ambersons at the Waterbury Senior Center Series, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 244-6648.

words AFRICAN-AMERICAN SERIES: This five-session reading-discussion series focuses on the work experiences of African-Americans in New England. Fletcher Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Register, 865-7211.

PRESCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: Adults learn about an alternative approach to early education. Richmond Waldorf Morning Garden, 7:30 p.m. Free. Register, 98.5-2827.

etc SCIENTIFIC RACISM TALK: A Dartmouth professor talks about eugenics and social engineering in conjunction with a controversial installation at the Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. $2. Info, 656-0750. SISTER CITY MEETING: The Burlington-Bethlehem-Arad Sister City Project discusses prospects for peace in the Middle East. Burlington City Hall, . 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-4848. GARDEN PANEL: Landscape professionals, horticulturalists and a garden historian discuss garden design of the past and future. Shelburne Farms, 7:30 p.m. $4. Register, 985-8686. FARMERS PASTURE WALKS: Interested in improving your pasture management system? A soil scientist leads a walk on a holistically-managed Jersey farm. Meet at the Rutter Farm, Bridport, 10 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 656-0641.

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MASTER MUSICIANS OF JAJOUKA: See October .11, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 8 p.m. $14.50. Info, 603-646-2422. A free discussion begins at 7 p.m. in the faculty lounge.

d a n c e C O N T R A DANCE: Rachel Nevitt leads dancers at the Last Elm Cafe, Burlington, 8 p.m. Donations. Info, 660-9491.

t h e a t e r AS YOU LIKE IT': See October 11. A PIECE OF MY HEART': This play is a portrayal of the Vietnam War through the eyes of six American women before, during and after their tours of duty. Royall Tyler Theater, UVM, Burlington, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 656-2094. 'THE N I G H T LARRY KRAMER KISSED ME': Craig Cabot stars in

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art ART LECTURE: The chief curator of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art offers his views on contemporary art. Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College, 4:15 p.m. Free. Info, 388MIDD. DRAWING SESSION: Artists get inspiration from a live model at this weekly drawing session. Artspace, 171 St. Paul St., Burlington, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 862-2898.

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SCUDDER PARKER: The award-winning poet and former state senator reads at Cover-to-Cover Bookstore, Randolph, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 728-4206.

kids SINGLE PARENTS NETWORK: Single parents and their children gather for community and discussion. S. Burlington Middle School, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-6613. PARENTS ANONYMOUS: Terrible twos or teens? Get support for parenting while your kids play next door. Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-4014.

etc OLIN ROBISON: The president of the Salzburg Seminar and former president of Middlebury College speaks on "The New World Order and Other Important Myths." Flynn Theater, Burlington, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 863-5966. INTERNATIONAL REPORT: Ellen Kahler shows slides of her experiences in Appalachia, Zimbabwe, Detriot and Beijing. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345. COLLEGE FAIR: Colleges and universities from across the country offer application forms, advice and data at Tarrant Recreation Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2541. 'HOMEWORK & T H E INTERNET': TGF Technologies introduces junior and senior high school students to academic resources on the World Wide Web. Sheraton-Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Register, 860-5161. POLITICAL HISTORY TALK: The politics of ancient Assyria is the topic of discussion. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 656-1096. " MEDICAL HISTORY LECTURE: Professor Henry Atherton talks about milk and its relationship to human history. Bring a brown bag lunch. Hall A,

Given Building, UVM, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 656-3131. TROPICAL FISH CLUB: Ellen ^ Halligan introduces the discus, a small, brilliantly- colored South American fish. VFW Hall, Burlington. 7 p.m. Free. Info, 482-3616. TOASTMASTERS MEETING: Develop your communication and leadership skills at a regular gathering of this outspoken club. Ramada Inn, S. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 862-6142. CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: People with cancer and their families sample support based on the work of the National Wellness Communities. Cancer Wellness Center, Chace Mill, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Register, 865-3434.

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ORPHEUS CONSORT: The famed foursome performs vocal and instrumental music from the Renaissance. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 656-4455. UAKTI: Paul Simon and Philip Glass have collaborated with these classicallytrained, Brazilian folk musicians. Flynn Theatre Stage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $13. Info, 863-5966.

dance 'SEEN & UNSEEN': James Harvey, former leader of the H-Mob, plays new music for a collaborative dance piece with Sarah Brutzman and the Zelen Singers. Burlington City Hall, 8 p.m. $510. Info, 865-4456.

t h e a t e r 'AS YOU LIKE IT': See October 11, $12.50. A PIECE OF MY HEART': See October 12, $8.50. COWBOY GATHERING: Four "real live" cowboys offer yodeling, comedy and storytelling for all ages. An optional barbecue, pony rides and a bonfire start at 6 p.m. The Carving Studio, W. Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 438-2097.

sters at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. ' . PLANETARIUM SHOW: How do you explain heaven to kids? Transport them to the Discovery Museum, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. $4.50. Reservations, 878-8687.

etc COLLEGE FAIR: See October 12, 9 a.m. - noon. INTERNATIONAL W O R K FAIR: Want out of the country? Learn about work and volunteer opportunities, internships, visas and housing. Alliot Student Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 6542541. C O M I N G O U T WEEK TALK: The founder of Dignity, a group for Catholic gays and lesbians, speaks about acheiving spiritual maturity. Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $2. Info, 656-3882. WORK AFTER RETIREMENT TALK: Japanese and U.S. experts compare notes on the economics of aging. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-5765. P H O T O SHOW: Buy cameras, camcorders and other photo equipment at special prices from two dozen major companies. Perfecta Camera, Burlington, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. Free. Info, 865.-1292. GAY PARTY: Maine is currently fighting a battle against ah antigay initiative. Entertainer Cherie Tartt raises money for the cause at 817 Pine St. #204, Burlington, 8 p.m. Donations. Info, 8650385. O U T R I G H T SUPPORT GROUP: Gay, lesbian, bisexual and "questioning" youth are invited to an ongoing support group meeting. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-9677. SENIOR SWIM: Folks over 50 exercise in an 86-degree pool. YMCA, Burlington, noon - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9622.

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'WHIRLPOOL': When he is not editing books for Chapters Publishing, Barry Estabrook writes mysteries. He signs his latest at Waldenbooks, Burlington, noon - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 658-6019. ALEXANRA N E W T O N RIOS: The Argentinian poet known for Nobel Prizewinning translation reads from her own bilingual works. Grunberg Haus, Waterbury, 8 p.m. $3. Info, 244-7726.

kids NATURE WALK: Folks ages eight to 13 discover the merits of "walking softly" on a hike through the woods. Community Center in Jericho, 2:30 p.m. Donations. Register, 899-4717. SINGING: Robert Resnik shares his prodigious musical talents with young-

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UAKTI: See October 13, North Congregational Church, St. Johnsbury, $14. Info, 748-2600. LEO KOTTKE: The legendary guitarist performs solo folk, jazz and classical on his 12-string. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 728-9133. KIEV CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: The world-acclaimed ensemble plays Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Bach and Schnitke with Vermont pianist Michael Arnowitt. Barre Opera House, 8 p.m. $10-18. Info, 476-8188. RUSTED ROOT: Fresh from a tour with the Allman Brothers, this rhythmic band draws from African, Middle Eastern, Latin American and Eastern influences. Memorial Auditorium,

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d a n c e 'SEEN & UNSEEN': See October 13. TEEN NIGHT OUT: Sixth through ninth graders dance to the deejayed music and compete at karaoke. YMCA Gym, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. $3. Info, 862-9622. CONTRA DANCE: Mary Desrosiers calls for Viveka Fox and friends. Softsoled shoes are de rigeur at Bristol Elementary School, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 453-4461.

t h e a t e r AS YOU LIKE IT': See October 11, $12.50. 'A PIECE OF MY HEART': See October 12, $8.50. GUILLERMO GOMEZPENA: The Hispanic performance artist investigates "melting pot" dilemmas at Moore Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 8 p.m. $14.50. Info, 603-646-2422.

a rt ARTIST SESSION: Artists and photographers get a new angle on their art with a live model. 150 Elm St., Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-5253.

t i I m 'JOURNEY INTO COURAGE': See October 12, Middlebury Union High School. 'SATYRICON': Martin Potter, Hiram Keller and Max Born star in this classic film by Federico Fellini. Twilight Auditorium, Middlebury College, 4 & 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-MIDD.

w c r d s 'WHIRLPOOL': See October 13, Waldenbooks, S. Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Info, 658-6053. PETER KURTH SIGNING: The Vermont author signs Tsar: The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexander. Chassman &c Bern Booksellers, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 862-4332. ABIGAIL STONE SIGNING: The Middlebury author signs her new novel, Recipes From the Dump. Vermont Book Shop, Middlebury, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 388-2061. LITERACY STUDENT CONFERENCE: David Budbill inspires blues poetry writing in adult literacy students. Vermont Technical College, Randolph, 8:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 8883183.

EARLY AMERICAN FAIR: Guides in period clothing portray Vermonters of STORY TIME: Kids over three listen up yesteryear at play, cooking, spinning and at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, making baskets. Ethan Allen Homestead, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. Burlington, 1-5 p.m. $5. Info, 865-4556. OLD NORTH END PRIDE: e t c Wondering about improvements planned PHOTO SHOW See October 13, 10 for the Old North End? Celebrate the a.m. - 8 p.m. Enterprise Community Initiative with live music, face painting and displays. A parade leaves from the Vermont Transit Garage at noon. Lawrence Barnes Elementary School, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 8636248. RECYCLE NORTH OPEN HOUSE: The nonprofit shows off its new improved facility with tours and art projects for kids. Recycle North, 266 Pine St., Burlington, noon - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 8604893. DOWSERS MEETING: Robert Sird discusses common dowsing errors and techniques at Hauke Center, Champlain College, Burlington, :45 a.m. $2. Info, 860-5061. RUN: A low key 5kilometer run benefits the uq community service program. . St. Michael's College, LADY : Colchester, 10 a.m. $5. Info, She came this close to being crowned Miss 654-2527. Gay Wisconsin, then found a better outlet for SIERRA CLUB WALK: A two-and-a-half mile walk her glamorous brand of comedy Quick-change around a local reservoir artist C. C. Rae does impersonations Saturday promises beaver dams and and Sunday at Pearls. Barbra beware. an excellent view of Lake Champlain. Indian Brook Reservoir, Essex Center, 24:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-9611. WEATHER OPEN HOUSE: Check out FALL POW-WOW: The W'Abenaki the satellite imagery and remoted obserDancers and Spirit of the Dawn provide vation equipment at the new expanded family entertainment. Native American offices of the National Weather Service, vendors sell food and crafts. Elks Club, Second Floor, Burlington International Montpelier, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. $3.50. Info, Airport, noon - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 862229-0601. 2475. BENEFIT AUCTION: The Central PUBLIC FORUM: How will Vermont Humane Society benefits when Vermonters be affected by the "Contract you buy at the Barre Auditorium, 10 with America?" Representative Bernie a.m. Free. Info, 476-3811. Sanders answers questions at a town HAUNTED FOREST WORK PARTY: meeting. Colchester Middle School All the woods is a stage when done up Cafeteria, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 800-339for Halloween. Help build and paint 9834.

m u s i c LEO KOTTKE: See October 14, Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. Info, 635-2356 x 476. RAPHAEL ENSEMBLE: The string players perform a quintet by Boccherini and sextets by Dvorak and Brahms. Concert Hall, Middlebury College Center for the Arts, 3 p.m. $8. Info, 388-MIDD. CHAMBERWORKS: Dartmouth clarinetist Diane Heffner and guests perform works for clarinet and strings on historic instruments. Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. 4 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

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NATALIE MERCHANT: The former lead singer of 10,000 Maniacs solos in support of her new album, Tigerlily. Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, 8 p.m. $22-25. Info, 863-5966.

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'AS YOU LIKE IT': See October 11, 7 p.m. 'A PIECE OF MY HEART': See October 12, 2 p.m. • 'LITTLE ACTS OF KINDNESS': Judevine playwright David Budbill revives his play about ordinary people with live blues from the Disciples. Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 7 p.m. $10-16. Info, 223-7044. THE C.C. RAE SHOW: The nationallyacclaimed quick-change artist passes for Linda Richman, The Church Lady and Barbra Streisand. 135 Pearl, Burlington, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 863-2343.

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ART EDITOR LECTURE: Enid Mark discusses her work as aftist, writer, editor and printer. Starr Library, Middlebury College, 7:30 p.m. "Free. Info, 388-3467.

etc FARMERS PASTURE WALKS: See October 11, Butterworks Farm, Westfield. This organic dairy farm also grows its own grain. HOLOCAUST TALK: French author Saul Freidlander addresses "The Demise of the German Mandarins; the German Universities and the Jews." Given Building, UVM, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 656-1297. 'WHY STUDY MALARIA MOSQUITOES?': Zoology professor Jan Conn talk about a common — and deadly — tropical disease. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 12:10 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4282. TRANSPORTATION MEETING: The Metropolitan Planning Organization welcomes public input at its monthly meeting. Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, Essex Junction, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3004. WORKPLACE PROGRAM: Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility looks at change and communication in the workplace. Shelburne Farms Coach Barn, 12:30-5 p.m. $75. Info, 655-4300. SENIOR GATHERING: Elders meet for coffee and conversation. Wheeler School, Burlington, 8:15-10:15 a.m. Free. Info, 865-0360.

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classes CRAFT MARKETING & SALES: Saturday, October 14, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Church Street Center, Burlington. * $84. Register, 656-5800. Craftspeople learn alchemical techniques to turn talent into money.

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CONTACT IMPROV: Tuesdays 6:157:30 p.m. Chace Mill, Burlington. $5-8. Info, 860-3674. Jacky Gabe teaches movmentjamming. IMPROVISATION: Tuesday & Thursday evenings, Movement Center, Essex. Info, 878-4213. Jackie Gabe teaches teens and adults. MOVEMENT IMPROVISATION: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:45-7:45 p.m. Room A404, Burlington High School. $6. Info, 864-4705. Hannah Dennison and the Working Ground dance-theater company invite the community to join in their classes. AFRO-CARIBBEAN DANCE: Thursdays 10 a.m. - noon. Capitol City Grange, Montpelier. Fridays 5:30-7:30 p.m. Chace Mill, Burlington. $8. Info, 985-3665. Carla Kevorkian teaches traditional dances of Cuba, Haiti and Brazil with live drumming. AFRO-INSPIRED DANCE: Tuesdays 5:30-7 p.m. Hinesburg Town Hall. $8. Info, 453-4490. Anna Consalvo teaches Afro-Caribbean-style. AFRICAN DANCE: Mondays & Wednesdays 5:30 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington. $8. Info, 862-6727. Padma Gordon teaches with percussion help from the Jeh Kulu Drum Ensemble. MODERN-JAZZ DANCE: Slow/intermediate adults, Tuesdays 7-8:30 p.m. Intermediate/advanced adults, Wednesdays 6:30 p.m. Olympiad, S. Burlington, $9. Info, 985-5216. Jane Selzer leads an ongoing class.

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WORD PROCESSING: Thursday, October 12, 7:20 p.m. Burlington College. Free for Old North End residents. Register, 860-4057. Learn the basics.

Burlington. Free. Register, 865-7262. Learn how to turn garbage to garden gold from a master composter.

HEALTH & FITNESS

SPIRITUAL RESOURCES FOR HEALTH: Wednesday, October 11, 7-8 p.m. Burgess Hall, UVM, Burlington, Free. Register, 865-2278. Find out how religion and spirituality can help you cope FIRST AID: Monday, October 16, 7-9 p.m. Burgess Hall, UVM, Burlington, Free. Register, 865-2278. Leant how to make a first aid kit for your home and car. HIV/AIDS: Tuesday, October 17, 6-8 p.m. Woman Centered, Montpelier. $20. Register, 229-6202. Get the latest report on the sexually-transmitted disease. 'FUNERCISE': Wednesdays at noon. The Olympiad, S. Burlington. $5. Info, 767-9273. Fit andflabby play exercise games.

KIDS

PARENTING THROUGH THE YEARS: Wednesday, October 11, 6-9 p.m. Woman Centered, Montpelier. $25. Register, 229-6202. Learn how to meet your child's changing needs.

LITERATURE

WOMEN IN CLASSICAL LITERATURE: Wednesdays, October 18 November 8, 6-8 p.m. Bethany Church, Montpelier. $40. Register, 229-6202. Images of women — then and now — are the subject of this discussion series.

PERSONAL SKILLS

WHAT MAKES A GOOD MARRIAGE IN A CULTURE OF DIVORCE?': Mondays, October 16 November 6, 6:30-8 p.m. Woman Centered, Montpelier. $40. Register, 229-6202. Learn lots of tips. ADVANCED MEDIATION: Monday, October 16, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Woodbury College, Montpelier. $90. Register, 2290516. The spirituality of mediation is discussed in "Life on the Bridge: Mediation as a Personal Journey."

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Glock pistol. With danger ahead, Plunkett leaves the 9-millimeter in the glove compartment? Not likely. Estabrook succeeds in capturing the outright weirdness of the Adirondacks' isolated places and people. But too often his writerly urges intrude on dialogue. He's as fluid as Elmore Leonard on one page and annoyingly overwrought on the next. Also tiresome is the near-constant attention paid to the drinking habits of just about everybody, as well as to brand names — a conceit whose purpose is never quite clear. Finally, some readers may have to muster extra effort to keep disbelief suspended during the complicated stock swindle in the center of the plot. Unlike in The

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MR. COLLECTOR "Mark Waskow's Collectioi is one of three concurrent installations at the Fleming Museum that address the notion of » collecting. An eccentric sampling of nifty , knick-knacks and souvenirs from the late J 19th century through the present — from \ ' # the private collections of Vermont insur- ; r |ff ance agent Mark Waskow — fill the i f I display cases in the Wilbur Room. Call j | | it kitsch, a.k.a. "material culture," e ' ZX under glass. The relics have g "pop" validity, but more importantly they £ reflect American consumer culture, his- f> tory and patriotic spirit. The categories • include Statue of Liberty and Worlds Fair ^ memorabilia, historic Vermont businesses and institutions, insurance companies, superheroes, advertising characters and bugs.

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an anti-war Chinese-Italian nurse who joined in the hopes she'd get a job in Hawaii. In a particularly exploitative move, she's also cast as the Vietnamese characters. One poor guy has to stand in for all the officers, grunts, potheads, boyfriends and soldiers with missing limbs. Such a docudrama style has worked in other plays. But playwright Shirley Lauro, in condensing the stories of 26 women from Keith Walker's oral history (also called A Piece of My Heart), has compressed the characters, squeezing from them everything but the most blatant cliche and unrdeemable tedium. There's no lyrical power to their speeches and little differentiation of character. War stories that break your heart and still avoid sentimentality — like Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacciato— intermingle the grotesqueries of war and the details of death with the ways that soldiers cope, and their relationships with the living. This play relies on lines like, "There's so much blood!" and "Oh, my god, he doesn't have a leg!" Coincidences are used for effect: The soldier who had

Piece of My Heart attempts to redress the imbalance of information about what it was like to be a woman who served in Vietnam. In the play, three nurses, one Red Cross volunteer, a USO entertainer and an Army officer stand around telling the audience how they had a hell of a time in Vietnam: There was blood, there was agony, no one appreciated them, and it was even worse once they got home. One by one the women identify themselves and recount the idealistic impulses that took them off to Southeast Asia to help humankind. Then they tell us — and act out — how their dreams were betrayed. Like war movies that reduce foxhole occupants to singular, ethnic characterizations, this play gives us the girl version. There's a gal from Texas entertain- T ing the troops with her I country-and-rock band; a young nurse who joined up to get out of a dull hometown; a clenched-jawed debutante; a Navy brat; and an AfricanAmerican career officer who fights a few vaguely defined battles against racism and sexism. Improbably, one character is

the Vietnam wan it's still the same story taken a photo of a nurse hands it to that very nurse as he dies. Everything's glued together with live music, from "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" to "Am-azing Grace." A Piece of My Heart has less depth than your average "M*A*S*H" episode. Even the war is predictable: Christmas in the trenches; sex and drugs and rock. ' 'n'roll; the incomi ing wounded. To their credit, the actors do their best to get around the torturous script and unwieldy stag"* ing. Cathleen Warren manages not to overplay the look of shock and despair she is so often called upon to express. Lisa Romain seems younger than the middle-aged military strategist she portrays, but can at least move around on a stage. Sarah Harmon strolls around accompanying her pleasant voice on the guitar. Amy Lee does well

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You can't be stopped this week. No matter how hard your secret enemies try to distract you from your destiny, they will fail. Every time a fresh obstruction lands in your path, a gleaming detour will appear out of nowhere. I m telling you, Gemini, you're charmed. Your luck is so good it's almost wacky. Fountains will show up regularly in your dreams. Allies will fight for your rights in ways you may never find out about. Work for which you've been unrewarded will suddenly pay off. So what are you sitting here for? Get out there and ask for the gz/r you've never felt worthy of. CANCER (June 21-July 22): More than 1500 years before the advent of the five-day work week, Christian monks decided that Fridays, being the special day of the pagan goddess Freya,- were unlucky. Friday the 13th was especially afflicted, they thought, because it combined the inauspicious day with an evil number. And where did they get this bad opinion of 13? It was the goddess's sacred num-

ber, drawn from the 13 months of the pagan lunar calendar. So if you're a Christian monk, or if you sneer at the ' feminine mysteries, or if you believe that the bigoted phobias of people who lived when Europe was young should be your fears , too, then this Friday will certainly threaten your sanity. If, however, you celebrate fertility, intuition, serendipity and eros, it'll be a day for the record books. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I dreamed I was in the mezzanine office of a humongous Walmart's, watching a lion pace the floor below me. He was scrabbling miserably through acres of headache remedies and discounted videos and plastic garbage cans. He was out of his element, surrounded by things he had no use for, king of nothing at all. As the dream ended, I was trying to figure out a way to free him without getting mauled. Dream interpretation: Sometimes having a million trivial choices makes you forget to exercise your far more important choices. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A recent survey of top corporations reveals what poets have always known: A modicum of chaos can increase your productivity; there's a link between untidiness and creativity. According to the study, the companies that grew the fastest last year also happened to have the most executives with messy desks. On the other hand, businesses dominated by neatniks suffered declines. And that's just one of my excuses for advising you to allow a little more sloppiness into your life right now. Your fortune cookie says: Wild mind boosts the bottom line. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): By the authority vested in me by my mom, who has always thought the world of me, I hereby declare Friday, October 13 as the one and only astrologically-sanctioned real New Year's Day for people of the Libran persuasion. May auld acquaintance be forgot and all that stuff. Whoop it up. Bid good riddance to all the worn-out old trends and habits. And then of course, formulate your New Year's resolutions. If you start practicing them now, they'll be second nature by 1996, when the Age of Your Homecoming begins. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You've been trying to get rid of that monster under your bed since you were a toddler. Yes, its the same one, though perhaps dressed up in a different fright wig. No matter where you've traveled, that slimy bastard has slithered in and made itself at home. At least until now. Suddenly, but to a fortuitous confluence of biorhythms, logarithms and planetary enzymes, you have the instinct and power to perform the exorcism you've been wanting to do forever. Design your own ritual of

banishing (don't buy a how-to book at a New Age bookstore), and do it this weekend. Best times would be on the evening of Friday the 13th or Sunday the 15th. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): On November 24, seven planets will gather in your sign for a kind of orgiastic cosmic Woodstock. Jupiter and Venus are already there revving up the mood, and Mars arrives soon. I fully expect the next 10 days to begin demonstrating why the'fall of 1995 will be the most purely Sagittarian time on Earth since late 1983. It seems obvious, then, that all the other signs are going to need a heavy dose of Sagittarius lessons in coming weeks. That's why I'm soliciting your input. Write and tell me all the ways you think everyone should be more like you. Reply to "How to Be a Sagittarius," Box 150247, San Rafael, CA 94915. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A bidding war for your services may already be in progress. If not that, then certainly an all-out flattery attack or sycophantic spectacular. Your value to the tribe is peaking, my competent friend, v and your ego will probably be stroked and fluffed and massaged to the point of orgasm. The question is, will you be so seduced by what everyone wants you to give 'em that you get distracted from what you want to give 'em? There may be a difference, after all. And if you're too drunk on all the praise and popularity, you might offer less than your best. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The gaps in your education must be pretty glaring right now. That's good news, since maybe you'll finally be motivated to fill them up. If you're lucky, the embarrassing blanks of the last few weeks have already got you making plans to take a crash course or try sleep learning or buy one of those volumes in the "Dummies" series, like Financial Planning for Dummies or Sex for Dummies. This week will bring even more feedback about what you don't know, and it'll also provide fabulously unexpected sources of teaching. An accidental guru? Interspecies communication? A valuable lesson from the goddamn TV?! PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): This would not be a good time to launch a career in illegal arms sales, move into a thatched hut in the shadow of an active volcano, or do crossword puzzles with a pen. On the other hand, it would be an excellent moment to have sex in bathtubs, separate good junk from the useless kind, and have a nice long talk with the mirror about secrets you've been afraid to think about. Dumb risks, no. Constructive adventures, yes. © Copyright 1995

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They flock to the store, mostly young « V I N Y L IN males with boards in hand, bobbing hatcovered heads to the thundering rhythms of reggae, dancehall, techno or house. In just 18 months, Flex has become a crucial gateway to the area's underground music scene — and a headquarters for its deejays. Co-owner Eric Heise, 28, stretches back in his chair, tosses an improbably long, whiteguy dreadlock behind his ear and muses that, someday maybe, the store might stock C D s along with its typical cache of 16,000 seven-inchers and 2500 LPs. His partner, 22year-old Rhett Punt, isn't so sure. "I'm totally opposed to the whole C D situation,' ' he says, shaking his head. "Vinyl still has the best sound." W h a t started with a $300 investment and a small collection of the latest reggae releases back in March 1994 has exploded into a $5000-amonth business. Heise, who plays bass for T h e Queen City All Stars, originally wanted to distribute Jamaican reggae singles, and started a small mailorder business. W h e n it outgrew their shared apartment, Heise and Punt rented the tiny, narrow room that is now lined with albums, T-shirts, posters and other paraphernalia — including the obligatory horseshoe. T h e lucky shoe may ol may not get credit, but in its short '

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bles like a potter at his wheel. His hands gl^ide over the spinning disc as a sculptors might, forming a new sound with every back spin and scratch. Like many performers, deejays need the participation of an audience to fully realize their craft. While Mitchell is able to spin regularly in Burlington, many deejays are hired for the sporadic private parties known as raves. Unfortunately most guys — spinning is pretty much a male affair — are left to practice on their sets at home. With the

V I N C I B L E: Eric Heise and Rhett Punt display their wares. Some of the faithful are*v " teenagers, but, Punt points out, "It's mostly guys in their early 20s. They've got the cash to support the habit." That habit is the addiction of a performance artist known as the disc jockey. But the self-absorbed deejay who laughs raucously at his own jokes over the rushhour airwaves couldn't be further from the description of Burlington's local spinners. O n e of the most popular club deejays — he spins at Pearls — is 24-year-old Craig Mitchell. He doesn't need a microphone to get a crowd going — it's all in the mix. Onstage he's as much a performer as a live band. "If they see me having a good time, they're more likely to get sucked into my sound and let themselves loose," Mitchell says. "It is very much an artistic process." T h e stacks at Flex also feed DJ EK's creative juices. Originally from Bangkok, Thailand, EK was. caught up in the breakdancing crowd at the age of 14. From his moves on the dance floor to the pursuit of a business degree at St. Michael's College, the 24-yearold deejay has learned the value of a good time. "I try to create the mood for an escape from everyday life," he says. DJ Chris "Patti" Pattison stands in front of Flex's turnta-

'notable exception of Pearls, most local clubs focus more on live music than deejay nights. Despite fierce competition for limited gigs, deejays seem to be a mutually supportive subculture. "If more people get into it, either by hiring deejays or mixing at home with friends, " says DJ EK, "the more opportunity there will be for everyone. Experimentation and different sounds is what we're after." And what about the money? The business can award superstar deejays up to $25,000 for a night's work in New York. But at local raves that can feature up to 10 deejay in one room, the spinners are sometimes lucky to walk away with $50. Whether or not Vermont's spinners are headed for fame and fortune, their passion is making its mark. Punt believes Flex's imminent move into a larger space across the hall — and an even larger, broader selection of records — will ensure their continued success. Flex also serves as a sort of booking agent for local spinners. "Our phone number is a deejay hotline," says Punt. Does it mean Flex is party central? Maybe. But one thing's sure: Vinyl isn't going away. "If it all comes together, "promises Punt, "vinyl will be rooted so deep in the scene that it can never die." •

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CENTURY PLAZA Dorset Street, S. Burlington, 862-4343. Jeffrey 1:15, 3, 7:15, 9. Usual Suspects 1, 3:15, 7, 9:15. The Brothers McMullen 1:10, 3:20, 7:10, 9:20. Evening times Mon-Fri; all times Sat, Sun.

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CINEMA NINE Shelburne Road, S. Burlington, 864-5610. Jade* 12:50, 3:40, 6:50, 9:55. Strange Days* 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30. Scarlett Letter* 12:35, 3:35, 6:35, 9:40. To Die For 12:55, 3:55, 7, 10. American Quilt 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:45. Dead Presidents 12:45, 3:45, 6:40, 9:35. Assassins 12:30, 3:35, 6:35, 9:30. To Wong Foo 9:35. Devil in a Blue Dress 12:40, 3:55, 6:45, 9:50. Babe:

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