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hands off the steering wheel to punch in their selections. • The government of Malaysia’s Selangor state ordered karaoke bars to close at 11 p.m. to pro mote marital harmony. “Surely wives do not want their hus bands singing in karaoke lounges until the wee hours of the morning. It invites quar rel,” Selangor Chief Minister Muhammad Taib said, adding that the curfew would remain in place as long as the state “is responsible for avoiding con frontations in the bedrooms.”
While attending the Middle Atlantic Law Enforcement con vention in Cincinnati, Trenton, New Jersey, police officer Christopher J. Kerins was arrested and charged with rob bing a bank. His getaway was thwarted because he was unfa miliar with the city and asked the teller he robbed for direc tions to Interstate 71, where police spotted him.
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f^ n o m fo Cooperation summit meeting in the Philippines, the government dispatched wreck ing crews to tear down some 16,000 Manila slum dwellers’ huts. “They are rushing the demolition of houses in areas where the APEC delegates will pass,” said Belen Abago, orga nizer of a rally to protest the action. “O ur government does not want APEC to see the squatters.” • Because Queen Elizabeth II’s state visit to Thailand was scheduled for October, which is the heart of the rainy season, the government placed large dikes and sandbags around a number of sites that the queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, Thai King Bhumipol and Queen Sirikit were scheduled to visit to prevent them from flooding. Also, a large dump near the Siriyalai palace was covered over, at a cost o f several hun dred thousand dollars, because Queen Sirikit didn’t want to take a chance on her guests’ smelling it.
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The Rules... Evil Junk? Wake up and smell the coffee, Peter Kurth. We are in the ’90s, if you haven’t
I’ve never met and further my own agenda and repu tation, but I don’t know what that would prove. Elise McKenna, in the most recent example o f
noticed. Evidently you are living the
just how mean and petty people really can be, assert
life o f free love and chasing easy
ed some bizarre sense o f ownership o f the work o f
women. I think your review o f the
O utright Vermont in this perverse syllogism:
book {The Rules, “Crank Call,”
O utright gets tax dollars; she is a taxpayer; therefore,
November 6) was way off base.
she has the authority to call for O u trig h t’s demise.
Q uite frankly, I don’t have a prob
As a long time supporter o f O utright, I find her
lem w ith women who play hard to
logic a bit perplexing. As an act of conscience, I sug
get! I respect them! You portrayed
gest that she com pute the am ount o f her tax support
The Rules as a book about entrap
and then deduct that from her next tax return. (Were
m ent. You need to review the book
it more than a dollar per annum , I would be quite
again. If anything, The Rules is
suprised.) T he like m inded should do the same.
20-SOMETHING VISION Two young curators change the picture in Burlington By Pamela P o ls t o n ...............................................................
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WHITHER VERMONT VOTERS? H ow d id the Green M ountain state swing from reliably Republican to lopsidedly liberal? By Kevin J . K e l l e y .............................................................page 13
m ember o f the Board o f Directors, I feel that I can
TESTING THE WATERS
say that with some authority. But the staff and volun
Does school choice stand a chance in Vermont?
woman who decides not to share
teers that make it the only such organization o f its
By Kathleen H. Swanson...................................................page 15
herself w ith a man until she is cer
kind in Vermont have done nothing to deserve this
about appreciating and cherishing w hat one waits for. T here is nothing wrong with a
O utright Vermont is not perfect. As a former
tain about her feelings for him. If
public flogging. W hat’s more, I fail to see how slam
DOWN ON THE POOR FARM
you haven’t noticed, there is a dis
ming these people in this way, in response to this sit
In Jip, young readers f in d real inspiration in historic Vermont
ease called AIDS, and it is killing
uation, does anything to support youth. T hen again,
By P. Finn McManamy.......................................................... page 20
people who engage in casual sex. If
I may well be wrong. Perhaps this gristly and per
this book prevents the spread o f
versely gratifying little mud-fling fest is serving some
AIDS (by a w om an choosing to live
potent corrective function and making this world
CRASH-TEST COMICS
by her morals and not participate in
better for all youth.
When Kam ikaze takes the stage, you fly the plane
a one-night stand), I’m all for it! Perhaps someday you may actu
I’m not so sure. And so, resisting my rather strong urge to take off the gloves, for I do love a tasty
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ally have the opportunity to meet a
debate, I am instead sending an additional contribu
A VEGGIE THANKSGIVING
w om an who plays hard to get.
tion to O utright. In my heart o f hearts, I don’t think
A free-range essay on the h a lf shell
D on’t be surprised if you fall hope
there’s anything I can do that would more effectively
lessly in love w ith her. If she is an
make this state a better place to be young. I respect
authentic “ Rules G irl,” she will love
fully invite everybody who feels that is the real issue
you w ith all o f her heart. If she isn’t
to do the sam e...
in love w ith you, she will have got
— Larry Rudiger
ten rid o f you a long tim e ago! I
Burlington
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TRIP FOR TWO “Group o f Seven”arrives at the Beaux Arts Museum, M ontreal By Kevin J . K e l l e y ............................................................ page 25
know I would have. — S am antha K ohn South Burlington
CULPA N O STRA : Last week in our “Literary Potluck” story, Seven Days misidentified the title o f a recent book of verse by Vermont poet John Engels.
TEST TUBER Hooray for “Tube Fed” (November 13)! I have long been a fan o f Rick Kisonak and am thrilled
departm ents
T he book is Big Water, not More Water— although
news
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weekly
Also, food editor Susan Stuck was officially laid off
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about his new m onthly com mentary. Rick Kisonak is
from her job at Eating Well magazine, not “canned” as
the funniest dam n movie reviewer I’ve ever seen. He
alleged in “Backtalk” last week. Her much-lamented
inside
makes Siskel and Ebert look like Beavis and
departure resulted from a decision to shut down
backtalk
Butthead. I am often rushing my children through
Eating Well Books, for which she was the editor.
their bedtim e routine just to catch “T he G ood, the
laughs. — Laurie Zwaan Burlington
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Now, Paul. Surely you know the Coca-Cola company owns a high-temperature soft-drink testing lab. Its called Atlanta. The sum mer mortality rate in Atlanta is alarmingly high. But the problem is more sucking chest wounds than diet pop. Other claimed dangers of aspartame may not be so farfetched, but it’s hard to tell. Folks have been arguing about the safety of this stuff for more than 20 years. The weight of scientific evidence is that the sweetener is harmless. Nonetheless, since its introduction in 1981 thousands of people have complained to federal health authorities that aspartame gives them headaches or worse. Sure, where there’s smoke maybe there’s fire. The problem is that people tend to blame aspartame for everything. The sweetener has been associated with something like 90 different symptoms, including vision problems, dizziness, drowsiness, abdominal pain, anxiety attacks, depression, confusion, memory loss, ringing in the ears, chest palpitations, personality changes, convulsions, and irritability. Its been linked to conditions ranging from brain tumors, epilepsy, and multi ple sclerosis to chronic fatigue syndrome. Scientists say real toxins don’t work that way — they produce a specific cluster of symptoms. One chemical can’t possibly be causing ail this stuff. For the most part scientists have been unable to replicate adverse ■ > aspartame reactions in the lab. In numerous studies investigators recruited individuals who said aspartame triggered headaches, epilep tic seizures, or what have you. Typically they fed half the subjects aspartame and the other half a placebo. In most cases there was no observable difference. Aspartame opponents are a vocal bunch and include some rep utable scientists. But their claims are often dubious. For example, Dr, John Olney, a longtime aspartame foe, recently published a study linking the sweetener to an increase in brain tumors in the U.S. The NutraSweet company prompdy rounded up experts to point out an obvious flaw: the incidence of brain tumors had begun to rise before the introduction of aspartame and has been leveling off since. Meanwhile use of the sweetener has increased sharply. You don’t need a PhD to figure out that if there really were a connection the two rates would go up together. Mary Stoddard, the head of an antiaspartame group called the Aspartame Consumer Safety Network, told us she and her daughter
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All the noise may be obscuring some genuine problems. A 1993 study of the effect of aspartame on persons with a history of depres sion had to be halted because of the severity of the reaction. I did find one study that found a connection between aspartame and headaches, and there are some persuasive anecdotal accounts. Those with phenylketonuria, the inability to metabolize phenylalanine, one of aspartame’s ingredients, should definitely avoid the sweetener. If the stuff is causing a bad reaction, by all means scop using it. I’m not out to defend aspartame and other diet products. They’re a sorry testimony to the publics laziness and the willingness of corpo rate America to pander to it. Most people would be far better off if they gave up diet products and merely ate a balanced diet and exer cised. Which brings me back to you, Paul. It’s one thing to eat diet foods yourself. But why are you feeding them to your kids? If they’re really such lard buckets, turn off the damn TV and send them out to play. — CECIL ADAMS
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mance” is defined by two hours in a dark theater is not familiar with the site-specific work o f Burlington choreographer Hannah Dennison. The woman who took over the Winooski Woolen Mill for a week of textile tours went on to perform for two days amongst the floury debris at the historic Rose Street Bakery. Dennison doesn’t just make dances. She commandeers them. Rain, snow, sleet, hail, broken glass, the Burlington choreogra pher works around it — or with it, as the case may be. Expect all of the above to play a part in the Waterfront Project, an ambitious undertaking that Dennison hopes will change the way people perceive a unique Burlington location. Dennison is look ing for 80 recruits for the epic art event that requires a year-long commitment of two Sundays a month. No formal training is needed. Just a desire to “uncover and share new skills in per forming, listening, rock-balancing, path-making, standing still, painting in dirt, moving slowly, scavenging.” And, of course, winter survival. The initial info meeting convenes on December 15, the first “performance” is January 5. Storyteller Peter Burns, dancer Selene Colburn, architect Michael Wisniewski and artists Lars Erik-Fisk and Linda Provost have already signed on.
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There’s no place like home — even for the Vermont International Film Foundation. Under a new executive director, the festival is planning a statewide tour of Vermont filmmakers beginning in January. Kenneth Peck is responsible for the local focus. Before taking over, he launched and contin ues to chair an ambitious cinema studies program at Burlington College. A two-day showcase o f Native American films is sched uled for February, along with the call for entries for the big festi val next October. Film critic Barry Snyder, human rights advo cate Susan Sussman, Vermont Magazine editor Julie Kirgo and attorneys Tom Garrett and Aileen Lachs have also joined the board . . . Actor-ingenue Fred Tuttle is wearing a new hat for the holiday — a red-and-white.one. W hen he is not taking orders for the video version o f M an With a Plan, his handler, Vermont filmmaker John O ’Brien, has been talking with Simon and Schuster about a book on Tuttlemania. They called him, . . “Point” man Steve Zind is back on the commercial airwaves after a three-month hiatus that gave him more time to spend at Vermont Public Radio. Deejay Neil Charnoff is also becoming a regular in Colchester, picking up jazz shifts from Steve Young, who is now producing news full-time. “Switchboard” has settled down after a shake-up that left Bob Kinzel out in the cold — temporarily. W ith a little hard-wiring, come January Kinzel plans to broadcast legislative “Switchboards” directly from his office. Live from Montpelier, its Tuesday night . . . Julia Alvarez was one of eight writer-celebrities who revealed her “Secrets to a Strong Family” in U.S.A. Weekend last Sunday. More notable than the content of her essay — about the importance of stories in a Latin famiglia -—is the mainstream company she keeps. Alvarez is sandwiched between Christmas Box author Richard Paul Evans and Christopher Buckley, the 44-year-old Forbes edi tor who used to write speeches for George Bush. O Fred Tuttle
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C ontinued from page 1 Janie Cohen, for one, is exhilarated. “It’s fun for me having the two of them here,” says the 40-year-old curator and assistant director of the Fleming Museum, “because for the first time there’s sort of a curatorial community.” In turn, both Comey and Spengemann look to Cohen as a mentor and advi sor — she serves on a commit tee to oversee decisions at Exquisite Corpse, the streetlevel gallery at Jager Di Paola Kemp Design, and recently joined the board of Burlington City Arts, which manages the Firehouse. “It’s an excellent opportuni ty to gain curatorial experi ence,” says Cohen. “They both have an incredible autonomy; it’s really unusual in the field.” In the commercial art gallery world, she explains, an entrylevel person would pay his or her dues as a gallery assistant, doing clerical work and perhaps reception, long before any pos sibility of promotion to the directorship. Spengemann and Comey circumvented all that by being in the right place — Burlington, Vermont — at the right time.
Pascal because I could see a lot of energy with what he was doing downtown,” she says. “I wanted to bring some of the younger artist scene up here for the students to see.” Watson is impressed with Spengemann’s combination of approachable per sonality, depth of knowledge about art, and concern about the impact of visual arts. “And,” she adds, “he’s a lot of fun.” She also finds it a plus that he’s not an artist himself. “Not being one brings a more crit ical eye without being judgmen tal,” she notes. “It’s a real gift for the community.” The Pine Street Arts and Business Association bene fited from Spengemann’s ascal energy and acu Spengemann is men at this year’s 25, from Art Hop. He and Hanover, graduated Fisk were primari from the University ly responsible for of New Hampshire hanging the work, with a degree in art says co-founder history. He moved to Dave Griffin. Burlington last year “Pascal under — at the urging of stands really well his friend, artist Lars both the practical . Fisk — just in time and the bohemian;' to volunteer for the that we need to South End Art Hop. make a certain A week later he amount of money dropped by the or we don’t survive Firehouse Gallery to another year.” have a look, and Spengemann instead found it himself is charac closed. Disappointed, GALLERY TALK Rachel Comey, Pascal Spengemann and friends. teristically he marched right over unfazed, and keeps to City Arts and sug his sudden success gested to then-direc about the way a show’s going to in perspective. “Sometimes I’m of people who’d never been tor Laura Cole that his services just the janitor, cleaning the fit together,” Bryne adds. shown before” — mostly, but were needed. “Basically,” says Those sentiments are echoed windows,” he says, “other times Spengemann, “I started work at not exclusively, young. The I’m philosophizing” with gallery by Joan Watson, studio coordi huge turnout marked it as a 4 o’clock that afternoon.” visitors. And in his spare time, nator and co-director of the watershed event, and virtually At first, the enterprising he’s practicing noise rock — university’s Living/Learning overnight established curator-to-be was just a glori he’s the drummer — with a Spengemann in the eyes of both Gallery. In charge of the tiny fied gallery-sitter, filling in for space since 1980, Watson hired the BCA and the arts commu and assisting coordinator Spengemann to curate a couple nity. Wendy Oppenheimer. But C ontinued on page 12 of shows this fall. “I asked “People have really come to when she left for an extensive
ther up the street. The coming year looks far rosier: Firehouse just received a $15,000 gift from the Merchant’s Bank — along with a donated Lance Richbourg painting of Babe Ruth for an upcoming auction. And Spengemann’s vitality has generated a new interest in the place among emerg ing and established artists alike. Not to mention at City Arts. Director Doreen Kraft con cedes that the gallery is “one of the twin peaks” for BCA, which has recently been re-defining its raison d ’etre. So despite its modest size, limited funding and civic constraints, Firehouse has the potential, as 24-yearold Burlington artist Jim Byrne sees it, “to be a hub of new art.”
ranted, their places are very different. The Firehouse Gallery, opened just a year and a half ago, is a frugal, modest space with a responsibility to serve the com munity — and an unofficial mandate to avoid alienating anyone (though full-frontal nudity has already passed the filter). Spengemann takes both concerns seriously. “One of his strengths is his concern about public art there,” notes Cohen. “People walk in off the street and can ask questions — it’s very comfortable. Pascal intro duces people to art and encour ages them to explore it in greater depth.” For awhile this year, the his toric brick building was in dan ger of becoming a scoop shop. Luckily for the arts, Ben & Jerry’s chose its new home fur
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After living and playing in the Burlington area for 22 years, jazz bassist Ellen Powell finally decided to put out a C D . Its about freakin’ time. Np, it’s Real Time, recorded at home, mixed and mastered at Charles Eller Studio. Powell serves up eight tracks with her longtime col laborator, guitarist Jerry Lavene. T he two were picked for a tour o f jazz duets called “Two for the Road” — funded by the New England Foundation for the Arts — that will feature them at three venues next spring. “T hat was the impetus for us to make this recording,” says Powell, “so we could sell them at concerts, maximize getting our name out there.” Stacks o f Real Time now bide theirs in Powell’s hallway, awaiting their formal debut, but should be in record stores pronto. Look for a review on these pages next week — just before the C D release party and perform ance at Yellow Dog restaurant in W inooski, December 6.
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And so on. Meanwhile, Metal Maniacs compares FSE’s ground-breakingness to Helmet and Ministry. Good publicity machine, guys.
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if s no longer news when a Vermont band lands a gig out of town — hasn’t been for ages. In addition to, o f course, the long-touring Phish, homies Strangefolk, T he Pants, W ide Wail, Jazz M andolin Project (headlining at N YC’s K nitting Factory this Friday) and lots more have been making noise in all sorts o f places. But one o f the most unusual — and honorific — out-of-town gigs anyone’s claimed lately was the short-but-sweet appearance ofT am m y Fletcher & the Disciples at Boston’s Fleet Center November 12. T he occasion was Team Harmony, a racial awareness conference for some 12,000 high-school kids from around the Northeast. D uring the daylong event, speakers — like Dr. Bernice King (daughter o f MLK Jr.) and members o f the Celtics and Bruins — alternated with music from Peter Wolf, T he Disciples, and a rap-on-race video created by Boyz II Men. A Boston agency reportedly chose the Vermont soul/r& b group because of their frequent issue-ori ented benefit concerts — and possibly because they’re so dam ned good. As usual, Fletcher wowed the crowd, though not w ith the sort o f material normally fed to teenagers. She sang the traditional “T his Little Light o f M ine,” then her own “No Longer,” which aims to stir consciousness — and action — about social ills. Next heard in these parts: New Year’s Eve at City Hall in Montpelier. Shine on.
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ixty years ago, Vermont stood out as one of the two most conservative states in the country. Only Maine joined it in opposing Franklin Roosevelt’s re-election bid in 1936. In 1996, however, Vermont ranks as the most liberal of the 50 states, according to attitudinal polling conducted nation wide on election day. The Green Mountain State was also
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Indeed, the states demographics are much different today than in 1970. Then, there were only about 400,000 Vermonters, three-quarters of whom were born here. Now, the total population is approaching 600,000, with the ratio of natives to newcomers pushing toward parity. And it was in this same 25-year period that Vermont made an appar ently sharp turn to the left. “Don’t confuse correlation
WHITHER VERMONT VOTERS? How did the Green Mountain state swing from reliably Republican to lopsidedly liberalf where the Democratic Party scored its biggest gains on November 5, taking control of the State Senate, increasing its already sizable majority in the House, capturing the lieu tenant governor’s office, and coasting to a 50-point rout in the governor’s race. At the same time, Vermont voters were choosing a self-proclaimed socialist to represent them in Washington for a fourth consecutive term. W hat has happened over the past half-century? Is there any connection between the way we were then and the way we vote now? One of the standard theo ries for the reversal in voting patterns could be dubbed “The Coming of the Flatlanders.” This explanation holds that the seismic shift in Vermont poli tics during the past 25 years was caused primarily by the influx of liberal Northeastern ex-urbanites.
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with causation,” warns University of Vermont political scientist Frank Bryan. In other words, just because The Coming of the Flatlanders coincided with heavier Democratic voting doesn’t mean that the one produced the other. “It’s kind of bigoted to assume that Vermonters them selves don’t have the capacity to reason things through and change their own affiliations,” argues Bryan, who has written extensively on the state’s politi-
cal trends. He notes that the Vermont Democratic Party made major advances in the late 1950s and early ’60s, long before the mass immigration of, first, hippies and, later, yuppies. Some analysts point out that Vermonters have historical ly exhibited social tolerance and other liberal characteristics. This underlying philosophy was partly masked, they say, by the state’s longstanding propensity for voting Republican. “Remember, Vermont was the first state to outlaw slavery,” says Windsor County Senator Cheryl Rivers. “And look at the large number of Vermonters, proportionally, who fought in the Civil War. “These rock-ribbed, deepdown values were seen to be threatened by extremist ele ments in the Republican Party in the ’80s and ’90s,” adds Rivers, a liberal Democrat. She also suggests that many new comers to the state may in fact be more conservative than many lifelong residents. Transplants account for a siz able share of the population in the generally Republican Burlington suburbs, Rivers notes, pointing, for example, to “the people who have been brought in to manage IBM.” State Treasurer Jim Douglas, a Republican, agrees with Rivers’ assess ment. He observes that the state’s Republicanism has always been moderate and, at some points, downright pro gressive. Longtime U.S. Senator George Aiken, for mstance, was associated with a number of social reforms. Citing the strong support Bernie Sanders receives from native Vermon ters, Douglas questions whether relatively recent residents, as a group, are any more liberal than people born in the state. Vermont’s traditional politi cal outlook meshes closely with the definition of modern liber alism, says UVM political sci entist Garrison Nelson. “Liberals today favor strong government action on social issues and at the same time dis like government interference in people’s personal lives. That’s pretty much how Vermonters
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County. “Switchboard” on school choice Even Governor Howard was so great, the phone-in show Dean, whose two children had to be extended half an hour attend public school in to accommodate the volume of hould Vermonters be able to Burlington, has addressed quali calls. choose which school their If the fury of debate keeps children attend — at taxpay ty concerns with a proposal for a statewide exam for graduating up, lawmakers may be called on ers’ expense? More than property seniors similar to what is this session to tackle an issue tax reform, the hot-button topic already in that has sim among teachers, parents and place in New mered in the politicians this year is freedom York State. background of choice in education. And education for years — The notion of school choice “quality” was “We w ant this how school started heating up in Rutland the corner choice will earlier this year when Mayor stone of train to slow change the Jeffrey Wennberg proposed a Republican shape of edu so-called “voucher system” that John Carroll’s would reimburse parents up to down . We are cation in campaign for Vermont. $1500 in tuition costs for pri lieutenant gov “There are vate schools. The proposal was against radical ernor. a lot of people approved by voters in School November, pending legislative experim en tatio n in Vermont choice has also who have approval for a city charter received the change to operate the voucher w ith our public been advocat attention of the ing a need to system. public — a expand alter Then parents of 15 students school system . ” critical mass natives for from the small Rutland County seems to feel parents and town of Chittenden added fuel — Angelo Dorta, the public children and to the fire by seeking reim school system instill an ele bursement from the local President, in Vermont is ment of com school district for tuition costs mediocre. petition in the to attend M ount St. Joseph’s Vermont N ational public school, Parent groups, Academy, a Catholic high like Rutlanders and I agree school in Rutland. The State Education for School with that,” Department of Education inter Choice and said vened and threatened to with Association Democratic Vermonters for hold state aid to Chittenden. State Senator The Vermont Supreme Court is Educational Choice, are Jeb Spaulding expected to rule on the case in forming of Montpelier, January. Meanwhile, a 40who has member study group of parents, around the state. The media has also jumped chaired the Senate Education teachers and principals is cur on board. Vermont Public Radio Committee for seven years. He rently examining whether it is covered the subject all last week sees choice in education as a possible to expand school in a special “impact series.” logical extension of the plethora choice among the six public Response to a Thursday night school districts in Rutland Continued on page 19
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©friday w erds ARCHER MAYOR SIGNING: The Vermont author signs his latest local detective mystery at Couching Lion, Waterbury, 10:30 a.m., at Bear Pond Books, Stowe, 1-3 p.m., and at the Book Rack, Winooski, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 655-0231. NANCY MEANS W R IG H T SIGNING: The author autographs her new Vermont-made mystery, M ad Season. Dear Leap Books, Bristol, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 453-5326.
k i d s ‘LAURA INGALLS W ILDER’: Growing Up on the Prairie is a musical look at the frontier childhood of a beloved American author. Arts Power performs for all ages at the Barre Opera House, 2 & 7 p.m. $8-12. Info, 800-639-1383. STORY HOUR: Toddlers listen to tales at the Milton Public Library, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 893-4644.
etc GLASSBLOWING DEM O: The first anniversary celebration of this downtown glassblowing studio features lectures, food and art. Church and Maple Glass Studio, Burlington, 5-9 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3880. CHRISTM AS O N T H E MARKET PLACE: The Church Street Marketplace turns on the lights — and the carols — to kick off the Christmas shopping sea son. The horse-drawn carriage rides start up at 9 a.m. Lights come on at 4 p.m. Church Street Marketplace, Burlington. Free. Info, 863-1648. GOLDFARB GLASSBLOWING: Alan Goldfarb demonstrates his craft all week end at a blowing demonstration and glassware sale. “Lyla” Building, 143 North Avenue, Burlington, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-9820. HOLIDAY TR A D ITIO N : Take a candle or flashlight to the annual “Grand Illumination” of O tter Creek Falls.
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da n ce ‘T H E NU TCRACKER’: Hoffman and Tchaikovsky collaborate with local rein deer, angels, mice and soldiers in a holi day production by the Albany Berkshire Ballet. Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 3 & 7:30 p.m. $12-26. Info, 863-5966. C O N TRA DANCE: Mary Des Rosiers calls for the Brunet Brothers and Luc Lavalle of Quebec. Capitol City Grange, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 426-3734.
t h e a t e r ‘A STORY’S A STORY’: Deborah Lubar performs her one-woman show about two wild old immigrant women — one Jewish, one Italian. Proceeds help finance the barn started by Jim Verner of Lincoln, who died earlier this month. Holley Hall, Bristol, 7:30 p.m. $5-20. Info, 453-2960.
w erds ‘W O M EN W RITERS OF V E R M O N T ’: Nancy Means Wright, Alison Kirk, Elizabeth Inness-Brown and Louella Bryant talks about the pluses and minuses of living and writing in Vermont. Book Rack, Champlain Mill, Winooski, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 655-0231.
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11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.
etc GLASSBLOW ING DEM O : See November 29, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. GOLDFARB GLASSBLOWING: See November 29. W O M E N ’S FESTIVAL O F CRAFTS: Look for hand-spun hats, jewelry, organic dog biscuits and other woman-made crafts at Burlington City Hall, 10 a.m. 5 p.m. Free. Info, 658-9536. FUR PROTEST: Green Mountain Animal Defenders hold an educational rally in association with the Fur Free America campaign. Garment Vault, Burlington, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3044. BIRD PROGRAM S: Tired of dead turkey? Guided tours, sculpture carving demos and live birds are featured at the Birds o f Vermont Museum, Huntington, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. $3.50. Info, 434-2167. A N TIQ U E SHOW : Look for old gold and other vintage treasures at a sale to benefit the Addison County Humane Society. Eagles Club, Vergennes, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. $3. Info, 388-1443. HOLIDAY FARMERS’ MARKET: Quilts, clothing, wreaths and Christmas ornaments compete with cider, baked goods and squashes at this Thanksgiving market. Middlebury Union High School Cafeteria, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 758-2598. ‘NATUREFEST’: Adults and children make papier mdche decorations, dough ornaments and treats for the birds. Children’s author Steve Swinburne reads from In Good Hands at the Vermont Institute o f Natural Science, Woodstock, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 457-2779. EASY HIKE: Walk a mile and a half around Indian Brook Reservoir. Meet at the gazebo at Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 8:30 a.m. Free. Register, 878-6773. CRAFT D EM O : Learn how to make your own holiday greeting cards using rubber stamps, embossing and block prints. Boutilier’s, Burlington, noon - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5475.
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regional association. Meet with the local shutterbugs at 201 Delehanty Hall, Trinity College, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-0627. A STRO N O M ICA L SOCIETY M EETIN G : Frank Pakulski offers a introduction to cold-weather constella tions and the winter sky. 413 Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-4040 ext. 369. ‘JOKES FOR JACKETS’: In exchange for a donated jacket or hat, mittens or yarn for low income people, you will receive a joke “to warm the cockles of your heart.” Project Warm W inter col lects woolens and other warm things on the Vergennes Green, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Info, 658-0661.
TEEN HEALTH CLINIC: Teens get information, supplies, screening and treatment for sexually related problems. Planned Parenthood, Burlington, 3:30-6 p.m. Pregnancy testing is free. Info, 863-6326. E M O TIO N S ANONYM OUS: People with depression, anxiety and other emo tional problems meet at the O ’Brien Center, S. Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 660-9036.
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FREE SPIR IT DANCE: See November 27. C O N TA C T IMPROV: See November 27. MASTER CLASS: Women wear long skirts and heeled shoes — men in hardheeled boots or shoes — to an introduc tion to flamenco dancing. Members of the Maria BenitezTeatro Flamenco com pany teach before their Friday perfor mance. Flynn Stage, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. $15. Register, 863-8778.
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BO O K DISCU SSIO N : Panama author Eric Zency lead a discussion of The Education o f Henry Adams — one in a series comparing this turnof-the-century to the last one. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Info, 2233338.
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THEATER M EETIN G : Actors, directors and other thespian types network at a quarterly meeting o f the Greater Burlington Theatre Arts Exchange. Montpelier High School, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0492. O PEN STAGE: Poets, comedians, musicians and actors weigh in at this weekly event. Cafe No No, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 8655066.
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a rt GALLERY TALK: The Smithsonianbased curator o f the Vietnamese art exhibit explains how it came to be at the Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. $2. Info, 656-0750.
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READING: Mary Jane Dickerson reads her poetry and Nancy Welsch reads fic tion at the Crow Bookshop, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-0848. BO O K DISCUSSION: “Yankees and Strangers: The New England Town from 1636-1992” continues with a chat about Amoskeag: Life and Work in a New England Factory City by Tamara Haraven. S. Burlington Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080.
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STORY TIMES: Kids three to six hear stories and craft, 10-10:45 a.m. Those under three listen up, 11-11:25 a.m. Fletcher Library, Burlington. Free. Info, 865-7216. STORIES: Kids listen while they eat snacks and make crafts at the Childrens Pages, Winooski, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 655-1537.
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YOGA: Daily, Burlington Yoga Studio, 174 Main St. Info, 658-YOGA. Classes are offeredfo r pregnant women, kids and people w ith bad backs, in Astanga, Iyengar, Kripalu, Bikram and K undalini styles. Beginners can start anytime.
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etc ‘JOKES FOR JACKETS’: See December 2, Volunteers Green, Richmond. TRAVEL INDUSTRY CO N FER ENCE: A two-day forum includes a technology “playroom,” workshops, a trade show and speeches. Radisson Hotel, Burlington. $125 includes three meals. Info, 253-7287. SISTER CITY M EETIN G: The Burlington-Bethlehem-Arad crew talks peace and networking at Burlington City Hall, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-4848. HOM E-BUYING TALK: It’s easier to buy a house in the Old North End than anywhere else in Vermont. Check out home-owning options at Cafe No No, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 434-6434.
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f you’re in a post-turkey mood for mind food, take a day trip to Montreal to view the “Group of Seven” exhibit at the Beaux Arts Museum (which closes this Sunday) and the photographs of Frederick Law Olmsted’s work at the Canadian Center for Architecture. This is an enlightening pre sentation of paintings that most Americans will not have previ ously seen. Many Canadians, too, appear unfamiliar with the works, judging from the crowds of curious onlookers the show is attracting. Its popularity relates to Canada’s continuing insecurity about its national identity. The Group of Seven con sisted of Anglo-Canadian artists who staged a series of joint exhibits during the 1920s, mainly in Toronto. Stylistically similar, they were also alike in their urge to express a distinc tively Canadian consciousness. “Only by fostering our own Canadian art shall we develop ourselves as a people,” declared J.E.H. McDonald, one of the Seven. Colorful, dramatic land scapes predominate among the nearly 200 oils, watercolors and drawings on display in the museum’s old wing. Canada boasts some of the world’s most spectacularly varied terrain, and depicting it in full glory, the Seven seemed to reason, would be a surefire way of asserting their country’s distinctiveness. But they may have been a bit too focused on this single facet of Canada’s personality. Viewing landscape after land scape after landscape, the impact soon begins to wane. But the Seven were no mere propagandists. A number of paintings — some of the best in the show — record the eco nomic deprivation and environ mental despoliation of mining towns and working-class neigh borhoods. The sense of Paradise Lost is palpable in these works. Even as the Seven sought to cast off the dead hand of European academic influence, they put themselves in thrall to what was, by the ’20s, an out dated European avant-garde. Most of the Canadians’ paint ings are executed with the bold brushstrokes of PostImpressionism or the jarring colors of Fauvism — this at a time when those movements had been outpaced by Cubism and early Abstraction. Less than a mile away on Baile Street, urban environmen talists will find inspiration aplenty in the photo show chronicling a portion of
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Olmsted’s enormous legacy. During his long career, Olmsted (1822-1903) created some of North America’s most sublime urban oases: Prospect and Central Parks in New York; Boston’s Emerald Necklace; and Montreal’s own Parc du MontRoyal. Each of these is well rep resented in the show, which fea tures the photographic work of Robert Burley, Lee Friedlander and Geoffrey Jones. Striking, too, are their rep resentations of some of Olmsted’s lesser-known parks, such as Cherokee in Louisville, Kentucky, along with several views of cemeteries and private estates he also landscaped. Given Vermont’s proximity, however, the curators made one major omission: There’s not a single shot of Shelburne Farms,
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(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): Attention all Aries on the edge of time! And you Aries on the edge of the couch, too, for that matter! The cosmic powers say that your quest must begin now! Understand? They’ll accept no more excuses for postponing it! Yes, I know its the warm and cozy holiday season. But in case you forgot, the cosmic powers are not in the business of making things convenient for you. From what 1 can tell, though, they don’t care whether your mission unfolds in the vast tundras and archipelagos of your imagination, or else in an actual long-distance journey to the outbacks and cloud valleys of Mother Earth herself. Your assignment is merely to wander and explore and improvise until you get your mind utterly blown.
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(Apr. 20-May 20): I really wish you’d enjoy this horoscope with a glass of grapefruit juice. Why? Because researchers have proved that grapefruit juice dramatically boosts the body’s ability to absorb medicine. It so happens that I’ve subliminally embedded a medicinal love spell in the words at the end of this message, and would like you to ingest it at its most concentrated levels. Got your juice? Chugalug it, then read the following spell, first as it’s written, then backwards. Evol dliw rofyticapac ruoy
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CANCER (June 21 -July 22): It’s been my observation over the years that we Cancerians often gear up for the holiday season by getting sick and depressed. I don’t think that’s because of some astrological imperative, mind you. It’s true that this part of our yearly cycle asks us to scale down our pperations and think smaller. But it’s our resistance to these mandates that typically leads to our malaise. Willingly embraced, the limitations can be quite constructive, even invigorating. All of which is my way of introducing a prescription designed to keep you healthy and chipper for the next few weeks. It’s a quote from Sidney Howard: “One-half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.” LEO
(July 23-Aug. 22): “Dear Love Doctor: I have an itchy heart. I’m serious. It’s not just the skin on my chest. The prickly tickle actually seems to originate in the throbbing red organ below Have you ever heard of such a thing? — Itchy, Scratchy Leo.” Dear Leo: Your itchy heart is perfectly understandable. You’re in an you see, when you
Think how tightly you’re gripped by your memories of this lifetime alone. Multiply that by a hundred and you would barely be able to make a spontaneous move. Having said all that, though, I must say it’s fun to get glimpses of the person you were centuries ago. If you think you can handle it, the next few weeks will be prime time to tune into these mysteries. Watch your dreams for clues, as well as the images that pop up during transitions between sleep and waking. Notice, too, what historical movies make you cringe and exult and weep.
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(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I predict you’re about to deploy reverse psychology to achieve a truce in the ancient battle between your right hand and your left. This will in turn lead to a period of robust inner peace and fascinating harmony, during which you’ll never talk about yourself behind your own back or kick yourself in the butt when you’re not looking. May all your internal contradictions reveal their secret affinities! May you slip away from the melodramas of saboteurs who enjoy playing both your ends against the middle!
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec. 21): A typical Sagittarius has a map of France or Ecuador in her car’s glove compartment, but no map of the areas she actually drives through and gets lost in. A typical Sagittarius will hike for hours through rough terrain to see a rainbow under a waterfall — but won’t set aside 10 minutes to make an extra set of keys at the hardware store so she doesn’t lock herself out of the house for the 17th time. A typical Sagittarius spends the first part of every November having to shed some bad habit cold turkey — and then returns with a bang to that habit by early December. All in all, it’s a perfect moment to be an atypical Sagittarius. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I’m sorry to report that many turkey farmers are now genetically engineering their binds to have more white meat and less dark meat. It’s terrible for the turkeys, of course. Dark meat happens to be the leg muscles they need in order to stand .one more voile
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PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): To prepare yourself mentally for the portent that’s likely to arrive this week, please read about these recent wonders and marvels, which resemble yours. 1) A Muslim in Jordan discovered the Arabic word for Allah spelled out in the seeds of an eggplant she’d cut open. The next day, a brother who’d disappeared years before called to tell her he was still alive. 2) A Hindu man was cured of his deafness after finding an outline of the god Ganesh in a fallen leaf. 3) An atheist physicist in Houston discovered a likeness of Stephen Hawkings in his tostada. An hour later he received mail informing him he’d been awarded a huge research grant. □
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the group. “There is tremen dous state and national concern over our public schools. I think that is what is driving people to be open to different ideas.” The issue of school choice appears to be ripe for political action now, Brandenburg said, because opinion polls in Vermont and nationwide indi cate the public is concerned enough about the quality of public education to give broad support to any plan to fix it. “It’s been an evolution. People used to say they were concerned about education but their own school was fine. Now people are saying they’re concerned about the standards in their school,” Brandenburg said. “Politicians are going to respond to public opinion.” inety towns in Vermont already practice a form of school choice. These towns lack either elementary or high school facilities and pay tuition for the students to attend a nonsectarian school elsewhere, usually in a neighboring town. The five towns in Grand Isle County, for instance, enjoy some level of school choice. There is no high school in the county and the five towns pay tuition for their students to attend public high schools in neighboring communities like Essex Junction, South
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“We are not a onesize-fits-all society, and the best school in Vermont is not the right situation fo r all kids. ” — Jed Spaulding State Senator high school tuition, which is $5860, toward the bill. Many Grand Isle County students have attended New England’s finest preparatory schools and had taxpayers sub sidize their tuition. But if stu dents choose to attend Rice Memorial High School, a Catholic school in South Burlington, they receive no reimbursement, even though Rice’s tuition is only about
$4350 a year. Michael Buckley, superin tendent for Grand Isle County Supervisory Union, said he and the local school boards in Grand Isle are anxiously wait ing for the decision in the Chittenden case. “Our boards would gladly send students to Rice and reimburse the parents because it is significantly cheaper,” Buckley said. Although parents in Grand Isle enjoy a level of choice already, getting into schools is a problem, Buckley said. High schools in Essex Junction and South Burlington are either at or near capacity, and there is some question whether the schools can continue to accept island students in the future. Buckley thinks the Legislature should create a contract system with the receiving schools, so the sending towns can have some guarantees their students will be accepted. Universal school choice, on the other hand, is not likely to be a statewide option any time soon. W hat will probably take shape are incremental steps in that direction, according to Spaulding, who intends to introduce legislation again this year that would authorize the creation of 10 public charter schools. W ith the governor supporting the idea of a pilot project in Rutland County, Vermonters may finally get a chance to put a controversial theory to the test. □
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Review STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT *** 1/2 Believe it or not, its been 30 years since the starship Enterprise began taking us on flights of sci-fi ; fantasy. It's a tribute to the scope and power of cre-V ator Gene Roddenberrys vision that the appeal of the series persists despite the feet that the original crew has now hung up its phasers, and Roddenberry — ,f L“ ane to his fiiMjrontier. I'm an o1J J ~1 felt compelled to keep up formed by spinoffs The Next Generation, Voyager, so I didn’t expea to awn into First Contact to any great degree or, for that matter, to be able to make heads or tails out P MACH|NE Knge of things. I tbrfdknow this ennv froma gaggle of Kiingons fresh off the bus from RomuluTs!0 Stewart in the latest Star Trek sequel^ Neither, as it turns out, proved a problem. As directed by cast member Jonathan Frakes, the eighth installment in the big-screen saga strikes a s a r - L“‘ ance between material designed to resonate with die-hardTrekkies and good old-feshioned m te t|^ - _ _ action you're likely to appreciate even if you ham a life. Patrick Stewart stars as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, the 24th-century counterpart to James T. Kirk. In the few scenes I'd caught over the years in commercials and so forth, he’d always projected a borderline prissy vibe. And nothing I saw in the lamentable Generations causal me to take the actor any more seriously. In First Contact, however, Stewart comes across differently as a credible, heroic figure and a per_ ^ former of considerable strength and grace. The story concerns effort by robotic Federation nemesis The Borg to alter the course of history by time-travelling bade to Earth and, at a key moment in the evolution of interplanetary relations, throwing a cosmic wrench in the works. Alice Krige delivers a deliciously malicious performance as the laminated, mechanical, and yet hubba-hubba queen-bee alien of whom the conquering Borg army of drone warriors are merely a remote-controlled extension. Remember how I routinely fabulous space babes used to fell for William Shatner? It really took me back to watch this sultry android skinhead try to purr Stewart into submission. Likewise this Data character — whom I’d always dismissed as a lame Spock rip-off, proves infinitely more interesting than in the previous film. Alfre Woodard, James Cromwell, Michael Dorn and Marina Sirtis, in fact, all do engaging work. Frakes’ direction is sure-handed, several of the special effects are eye popping jawdroppers, and the script dances defdy between high drama and humor. Except for a second act that briefly downshifts to a virtual standstill, the latest in the long-running series is a warp-drive exer cise in first-rate, mainstream sci-fi fun.
P R e v ie w s THE ENGLISH PAT I ENT Based on the Booker Prize-winning novel by Michael Ondaatje, director “ C
Anthony Minghella’s critically acclaimed new film pairs the lately underused Ralph Fiennes with Damage's Juliette Binoche in the story of a wounded World War II pilot who relives an old love affair while bedridden in an Italian hospital. 101 DALMAT IONS John {HomeAlone) Hughes wrote the script for Disney’s live action adaptation of the 1961 animated classic. Featuring Jeff Daniels, Joan Plowright and Glenn Close as the fur-bearing Cruella De Vil, Stephen Herek directs.
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SWINGERS**** One of the most buzzed-abour independent pictures of the year, Doug Liman’s comic \ ode to cocktail culture chronicles the after-hours adventures of three twentysomething hipsters. BEAUTIFUL THING (NR) A story of teen love set against the backdrop of a repressive British boardschool. Hey, is there any other kind? J! MGLE ALL THE WAY (NR) In his movies Arnold Schwarzenegger has hunted alien monsters,
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about her looks, Barbra Streisand sure makes a lot of movies designed to draw attention to them. This time around she directs a remake of a 1959 French romance about a beauty-impaired professor who dreams of a more glamorous life. With Jeff Bridges, Mimi Rogers and Lauren Bacall SPACE JAM (NR ) One of the kookiest — and at $100 million one of the costliest — movies ever made, director Joe Pytka’s live action-animation combo teams Michael Jordan with Bugs Bunny for an intergaiactic war of the worlds on the basketball court. Also suiting up: Bill Murray, Wayne Knight and the entire Loony Tunes cast. SECRETS AND LIES**** This year’s Palme d’Or at Cannes went to Mike Leigh’s tragicomic saga of an adopted black woman who discovers her birth mother is white. With Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Brenda Blethyn. \ ROMEO ANu JULIET (NR) Wherefore art thou, Romeo?Try South Florida. Australian director Baz (Strictly Ballroom) Luhrmann, for some reason, believes the MTV generation is desperate for a screen ver sion of the bards classic it can call its own. So he’s set Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes loose in the land of sunscreen, satellite dishes and street gangs. Something tells me the studio that parted with mil lions for this is in for some sweet sorrow. SLEEPERS **** Barry Levinson directs this gripping, fact-based account of four boys from Hell’s Kitchen who are abused in reform school and grow up to take revenge on the guard who tortured them. With everyone from Brad Pitt and Robert De Niro to Dustin Hoffman and Kevin Bacon.
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apartment for rent BURLINGTON: Modern, 2 bdrm. apartment available Dec. 1. $575/mo. + utils. Cat allowed. Includes laundry, off street parking. Call Deb or Tony, 658-9281. BURL./BATTERY PARK: Large, beautiful, unfurnished, 3 bdrm., downtown apartment. $795/mo. + low utils. Parking. Available Dec. 1. Call 860-1842
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YOUNG FEMALE & CAT LOOKING for roomate(s) to begin an apartment search with for 12/1 or ASAP. Please call Jen, 425-2804. COUPLES COM MUNITY EXPERIMENT seeks one couple to join a 6-month to 1-year experi mental cooperative household, emphasizing couples communica tion and personal and spiritual growth. Vegetarian meals coopera tively prepared. Located in rural VT, 35 min. to Burlington, with beautiful mountain views and thou sands of acres of wild lands to explore. Call 434-3669. BURLINGTON: 2 friendly, soulful women seeking 3rd housemate (M or F) for cozy home near down town. Looking for responsible, laid back NS. Piano, woodstove, W/D. $333/mo. + utils. No pets (already have cute, black lab). Please call Lynn or Karen, 863-9828.
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M AN'S B E ST FRIEND - fantastic collection of contemporary folk songs about dogs. “Stellar perfor mances,” says Seven Days. Great gift. Tape: $12.95, CD: $17.95 (inch tax & ship). (802) 253-2011 or 800-893-4978. CAT SITTING: experienced vet erinary technician. Daily visits to your home (Burlington, So. Burl ington, Shelburne) $7 a day. Call Lynne Matthews @ 863-8403.
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS COORDINATOR. The Vermont Arts Council, a private nonprofit state arts agency, is seeking a Community Programs Coordinator to manage grants and initiatives, services, and collaborations to strengthen the arts at the local level and further the integration of the arts into all aspects of community life. Also serves as Council’s ADA Coordinator. Requires Bachelor’s degree, three years experience with organizations which serve artists or foster public involvement in the arts. Knowledge of the arts and community development, good oral and written communication skills, organization and teamwork skills necessary. Knowledge of Vermont arts community preferred. Send cover letter, resume, and references
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BURLINGTON: Quiet, consider ate, professional NS to share house on lake until June 1. Private bath and entrance, share kitchen. $375 + 1/2 utils. Peggy 865-2317.
BURL./BATTERY PARK: 1 bdrm. w/ great views of lake & moun tains. Restored building; cool, emaculate interior. $525/mo., includes all. Pets O.K. Call Jan or Alex, 863-4275 (e); 660-2772 (d).
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cated, fun-loving, 27 YO SWPM seeks attractive, open-minded, 20s SWF for friendship and possibly more. 64139 TV W RITER/PRO D U CER, 38, athletic, creative, new in town. Into skiing, travel, foreign film, confident women. Seeking a bright, trim, cute, 28-38, NS who’s emotional baggage size qualifies as carry-on.” 64142 H EDO NIST? SW M, 39 SEEKS younger women with alike interests (ski ing, travel, sex, music, food). Like indoor and outdoor fun. 6 4 143 SPECIAL SJF S O U G H T BY DYNAM IC, attractive, fit, educated, successful, compassionate SJPM, 31, 5’8”. I’m a lawyer for the good guys, into hiking, biking, jazz/blues. I’d like to meet a SJNSF, 21-22, who is warm, relaxed, fit, kind, intelligent, funny, romantic and emotionally secure. 64141 SANE BUT BORED DW M , GENER OUS, 40, 5’10”, 170lbs. (very generous), seeks Juliette Lewis type young lady for m utually beneficial relationship. 64138 DW PM , 35, BROWN HAIR, BLUE eyes, l65lbs„ seeks intriguing female company for fun and frolick. Let’s ski what V T has to offer and come home to a friendly fire, sit, chat and follow what destiny has in store. 64134 SW M, NS, 38 TALL, VERY H A N D SOM E w/ athletic build and good sense of humor, loves hiking, skiing, movies, dining, conversation and staying in bed on a rainy day. Looking for that rare combination of beauty, brains, intense passion and integrity. Let’s have lunch and talk. 64120 SWM, LATE 40s, TALL, INTELLEC TUAL, NSPC who loves life in all its forms, art, travel, music and nature. Seeking tender lonely woman. Photo app. 64127 SW M, 32, 6’, 270lbs., LONELY, look ing for companionship and possibly more. Let’s talk. Reply, now. 64123 DEAR SANTA, DW M (33, SMOKER) asks one Christmas wish. Please bring me a petite woman, 24-40, who desires a close, very loving and intimate relationship. 64131 DW I MALE, 32, ENJOYS WALKING in the moonlight, walking in the rain, walking, walking, walking. Desperately seeking SWF with vehicle. Late model preferred. 64129 NEED SO M EO N E T O SPOIL! SWM, 40; heart o f a wizard; soul of a poet; mind of a philosopher. Sense of humor required. 64108 I HAVE A HANKER FOR YOU G O TCH A... It’s without reversal; it’s desire at its best — true blue romance for ever... Date... 6’3”, 200lbs. and fun lov ing — k. 64114 IS T H IS YOU? SWF, 26-40, ready to be pampered and respected in a long-term relationship. I am a professional N S/N D SWM, 40, 5’5”. World citizen and trav eler looking for the special woman to share the wonders of life and make a family. No games. 64101 ABNORMAL GUY LO OK ING FOR an abnormal woman. I’m 31, have a few degrees and teach crazy kids. Outside the asylum I hang out, read, workout and enjoy living. I’m looking for a similar woman. Remember: to be better than the norm, you have to deviate from it. 64109 ROM ANCE, PASSION AND FUN awaits the right, good natured, attractive, intelligent SF, 25-40, with great sense of humor. DW M , young 43, attractive, professional, seeks friendly dates and pos sible LTR. Call or write. 6 4 1 1 7 _______ EVERYTHING BUT T H E GIRL! SWM, 26, ISO SF, 20-36, for soul excursion of romantic diversion. I enjoy SF, the mountains and music of most varieties. You: sophisticated, intelligent, mature. Don’t miss your chance on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! YOU: M ODEL, STRIP-DANCER OR look-a-like, goddess? No grey-heads. For: companionship, role playing. Me: edu cated, tall, “work-outer”, giver, non short, dark hair, like some kink & fetish. 64118 TALLISH, SLIM, BRAINY, CRE ATIVE, N S/N D SM, 30s, into body work, dancing, the outdoors, communi cation, growth... seeks lighthearted, gen tle spirited, healthy, playful F, 20s-30s for intimacy, fun, maybe more. 64107 SW PM , 37, HA NDSOM E, IN SHAPE, down to earth. I like romance, skiing, travel, movies, cooking, writing an adventure ISO young at heart F for companionship. 64104 W H A T D O YOU LIKE? Outdoors, the cultural life, friends, deep connection with someone? Creative, educated, in shape, good-looking SWPM seeks similar SWF (25-35) for everything. 64103 WAR VET, 45, STU CK IN LATE 1960s, needs compassionate, understand ing F to bring him into 90s. Single,
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strong, shy and muscular. Last date: 1972. Help, please. 64099 EXTRAORDINARY RELATIONSHIP sought by handsome NSSWM with integrity, humor, creativity, intelligence and charm loves skiing, music, movies, life! Seeking fit F, 33-43, with brains, beauty, smiles, spontaneity. 64100 HA N D SO M E DADDY O F O N E seeks attractive PF, 23-30, to cherish. Must tol erate/enjoy pool and nights at home. Perverse sense of humor and competetiveness required. 64096 HIRSUTE LOVER: 50ISH, 5 7 0 ”, 175lbs., attractive, fit, Mozart to soft rock, arts, theatre, jeans to dressing up ISO wonderful, wanton, willing, slim, attractive, sensual woman for life’s adven tures. 64091 T H E LOVE YOU GET is equal to the love you give. DW M , 45, I45lbs., 5’8 ”. Likes being w/ someone special and doing fun things. How about you? 64090 SEEKING UN IQ U E, EASY-GOING MATCH (SWF) for SW PM, 23, who enjoys the outdoors, simple things in life, and is fit, intelligent, honest and sincere. 64082 FREE HEAT. DW PM , 37, romantic, caring, enjoys dining, adventure, travel, sports. Works 2nd shift. No games - sick of the bar scene. You: attractive, friends first/LTR. 64089 DW M , 45, 1841bs. I’M AVERY SEN SITIVE man who likes camping, fishing, dinning in or out. Looking for someone to share life’s pleasures. 64088 SW M, 29, NS, SEEKS SWF, NS, FOR a LTR. I like romantic evenings, art, photography, cuddling and sharing quali ty time. All interested F, 18-25, RSVP. 64083 ARE YOU AN ATTRACTIVE 20-30 YO F who would like to explore your submissive side with a tall, attractive, fit, athletic, well educated, 43 YO SWPM? 64077 WANTED: SIZZLING H O T Central VT woman w/ insatiable apetite. You: naughty girl, submissive, desiring a man to play with for you own pleasure. Me: 29, W M, 5’9”, 170lbs., intelligent, pas sionate, gentle and open-minded. Write me and dominate. 64078 GENTLE, LOVING, SPIRITUAL, NUDIST, wharf rat, BiSWM, 41, smok er seeks adventurous, alike BiF w/ van for companionship (age, race, looks unimportant). 64079 SW M, 39, ISO SWF, 25-35, who loves movies, sports, music, likes to just hang out and talk and have a good time. Sounds good? Try me. 64075 SW PM , 44, NS, 6’, ACTIVE, FIT, attractive, witty, not to mention humble, loves biking, skiing, travel, movies, music. Seeking sane woman, 30-45, for fun or more. 64062 W IN T E R ’S CO M IN G ! Do you feel a chill? Let’s melt together beside a raging fire after a passionate day of skiing and make whipped cream for our cappucino. SWM, 25, tall, fit, and handsome seeks happy, healthy, wholesome F, 22+, for winter excursions. 64067 SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP. NSASM, 30, handsome, honest, single, 5’10”, 155lbs., perfect in cooking. Searching for 22-40 YO for real life, well cultured LTR. 64051 O N E W ILD ASPARAGUS. SWM, 20, NS, attractive Burlingtonian. Interests: biking, photography, reading, nature, cooking, movies. Seeking: creative, hon est, healthy, attractive, Fun F, 19-29. 64048 M ID 40s, FLOWER BEARING, easy going, pleasant to be w/, attractive, inshape guy ISO an attractive partner w/ a sense o f hum or who enjoys travel, long walks, the outdoors and laughter. Please find me, I can’t find you. 64061 W ANTED: LATINO O R HISPANIC lady. W PM looking for someone to wine and dine. Give it a try. Let’s have some fun. 64050 N O M O RE HEAD GAMES. SPM, 33, 6’, I60lbs, interested in meeting some one ready for relationship. Must be fun and independent and like kids. Call me! Won’t regret it. 64053 REVEL IN VERM ONT. Play hard and long in all seasons, outdoors and in. Tall, slim, attractive lawyer seeks LTR with congruent NSWPF, about 40, possessing intelligence, warmth, passion energy, cul ture. Kayak, hike, bike, ski and travel by day. Attend theatre, dances and movies by evening. Talk and read unceasingly. 64054 ________ A G O O D CATCH! SW M , 33, FIT professional, NS, enjoys golf, theatre, dining out, running, sports, good con versation and much more ISO physically fit, S/DWF, NS, 27-36, for fun and possibly more. 64058 SW M , 18, ISO SWF to go out and party with, but not looking for a rela tionship. Let’s have some real fun! 64060
Dear Lola, We’re all in the same boat. Cur boyfriends get Atoned a let and it doesn’t make for a very interesting or stimulating home life. We’ve asked them to stop, but they won’t — or can’t. It seriously is getting hard to have good discourse, let alone good intercourse. They don’t seem to care what it’s doing to their lives, relationships and brains. What can we do? — Pots and Pans in Highgate Dear Pots, Sounds like your mates have reached a new low in their obsession with getting high. I think it’s time to rock the boat a little. Pot, like alcohol, is a depressant. When abused, they both suck the life right out oft you. And the only thing that seems to help is more oft the same. It’s a downward spiral, a vicious cycle and a big problem. Tell your boys that they’ve got a couple oft choices: Cold turkey or cold beds. Marijuana or monogamy. I don’t think it’s too much to ask ftor your partner to be sober or straight when you’re together. Pot, allegedly, isn’t physically addicting. But it does have severe psychological side effects. When the guys are stoned, they aren’t themselves. Just say no or say goodbye. With love,
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PERSON < TO > PERSON SEEKING TEN D ER, LONELY W O M A N who loves music. I’m a musi cian, mid 40s, 5’51/2”, decent looking, young at heart. Hoping for a compatible partner. 64055 LONELY ROM ANTIC. DW M , 44, 5’10”, N D seeks slim/medium D/SWF, 38-46, to share quiet times, humor, dancing, music, dining, theater, out doors, your interests and more. Let’s talk. 64045 LAME? PERHAPS N O T! I need not question the SWF ISO a 23 YO SWM who is athletic, comely and intelligent. Question me! 64044 TAO SPIRITUALIST. Gentle autumn rains/We sing blues rhapsodic for/Lone fluttering leaf. Thirty-some stars/Glitter, fireflies dance; life/Measured in single heartbeats. *note: these are two haiku poems. 64040 W ARNING: The Surgeon General has determined that consumption o f this product will cause honesty, sincerity, friendship, companionship, love, passion, fidelity and security. 64030 ADVENTUROUS, YO UNG SW M , 46, NS seeks F who enjoys hiking, concerts, biking, theater, canoeing or evening dining out. 64029 GEN. GEORG E A RM STRONG CUSTER seeks out Elizabeth (SWF, 25+) for a ride into history. This legendary stand won’t be a last. 64041 TELL M E ABO UT YOURSELF. Photo welcome. Reply guaranteed. 40 YO SM: smart, good looking and fun. Responses from women aged 18-40 - o f any race welcome. 64039
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DW M , 55, N S /N D W / N O UNAC CEPTABLE HABITS, brown hair and eyes, medium build, 5’5”, looking for companionship in the hopes o f finding an unattached lady who would enjoy evening rides and spending some free time together. Please respond ladies, even if you would just like a friend. 64014 VERY SIMPLE! SBM, 42, N A /N D , is looking for someone who is serious about life, love and relationships. 64013 SM, 41. O U T O F DREAMS. Reduced to wishes and schemes. 64024 FUN + ROMANCE. INTERESTS: friends, walks, sports and movies. SWM, 33, seeks SF, 20-30, to share special times with. 64011 28, SW PM , JU ST M OVED HERE. Active, fun, attractive, 6’, 200 lbs., likes rollerblading, skiing, golf, good restau rants & conversation. Wants similar SF for friends, dating, possible relationship. 64026 IT ’S BEEN SIX YEARS SINCE MY DIVORCE. I’m ready for a relationship if you are. SWM, NS, prof., superb shape. Serious replies only, please. 64010
WOMEN SEEKING WOMEN DO YOU HAVE FANTASIES, DESIRES & dreams, and have no one to explore and share them with? If you are under 30, fern to soft butch, I might be the one you’re looking for! Let’s get together and start exploring together!!! 64137___________ __ I AM A WOMAN SEEKING SPECIAL woman. Goal: longtermer. Try it, you might like it. GBF, 62, wants you, 50-65. Others, try. 64124____________________________ IN SEARCH OF FEM TO SOFT BUTCH, 20-30, sincere, romantic, wild woman to share quiet and wild times
exploring! Enjoy movies, toys, fishing, pic nics, beaches, sunsets and moonlit skies. Looking for someone to fill a big hole in my heart. 64092_____________________ COME SUMMER, breathe in the dance of the butterfly, the flight of the cardinal, the waltz of the bumblebee. This winter, spend time getting acquainted. Older lesbian ISO nurturing nature wise companion. 64069 ARTISTIC, MUSICAL, ROMANTIC, bright, educated, child spirit, nature wor shipper. Slim/feminine appearence. 43 YO, NS/ND, in straight marriage w/ CFS wants out, but unable to be self supportive. I desire loving, supportive, non-butch friends who are non-judgemental, kind, deep and gentle. 64066_________________________ SLIGHTLY OFFBEAT, BUT DOWN TO earth SF, 23, seeks similar (22-27) to share friendship and to explore secret passions. Must be willing to have fun. 64059 HOMEY, INTELLIGENT FEMME ISO same. Are you spiritual, beautiful, sane? I’m a busy single mom looking for friends... possibly more. 64056 CARUMBA! Run, dance, jump, snooze, deep talk, laugh, eat, hug, dream, stroke the cat, truly value one another, real friends. Lesbian seeks honest sister spirit. 64042 CHRONIC AUSTRALIAPHILE, 23, seeks fellow sufferer. Must possess clean lungs, a reverence for nature and art, and be pre pared to take the cure next...April? Letters, please. 64017 GAY, BIG, TALL, LOOKING FOR A nice woman (Chitt. County would be nice). I’ll give my heart. 64015
some good, hot fun! Discrete, no strings, just fun! 64136 SEEKING MIKE + GUYS LIKE HIM. Approx. 6’, gorgeous, call me “sir”, polite, full of fun. Me: BiWM, 35. 5’10”, 162lbs„ seeking fun, not relationship. 64111 WM SEEKS 4-6 G/Bi/STR M FOR REG ULAR poker games. I’m 40, 5’8”, 150lbs. Let’s make new friends. Anything could happen! 64125 SWM, ALL MAN, MANY INTERESTS. Fun times, rough play or quiet nights. 32, 5 1 1 ”, 200 lbs. Very new, need teacher. 64095 SWM, Bi/CURIOUS, 19, 5’9”, 160lbs„ college student looking for someone to teach me. I’m interested. Discrete fun. no strings. Burlington area. 64097 SWM, Bi/CURIOUS, 18, 5’11”, 190lbs., looking for hot, discrete fun. No strings! 18-25 YOs. 64086 WHOLESOME AND SEXY. 6’2”, swim mer’s build, Italian, handsome, big smile, open-minded, distracted professional and foreign adventurer seeks confident, natural, masculine, muscular, playful friend and lover. 64076 LOVE TO #*%<®&!, but want more! Fun, playful GM, 26, 6’2”, 1651bs., looking for GM, 24-36, playful and honest. 64063 GBM, 36, 6’, 185 lbs., NS/ND, ATH LETIC, liberal minded, seeks GM, 20-36, for friendship, possible LTR. Physically dis abled GM considered, too. Willing to relo cate statewide. 64070 ADORE HOT LADDIES. Me: I’m very nice looking; don’t look my age (46 yrs. young), but act it. 6’, 195 lbs., dark hair, blue eyes, enjoy sex. No fatties, sorry. 64065 GWM, 33, 6’, 175lbs. I AM A MAN who likes men who are MEN!! Interests: intellec tual depth, rugged workouts, cars, comedy... oh yeah, fun (20-40), 64052 BURLINGTON AREA GWM, 37, ARTIST, NS, attractive, young looking,
MEN SEEKING MEN VERY ATTRACTIVE, WELL BUILT, allAmerican guy, 5’10”, 1651bs., in need of
seeks soulmate (25-45). Interests: spirituali ty, nature, foreign films, literature, watching sunsets and shooting stars at lake. 64047 DWM, 43, PROF., YOUNG & ATTRAC TIVE seeks same for Fall fun. Loves hikes, picinics, good wine, travel, music. OK, your move! 64019
OT1IER Bi MALE CD SEEKS DISCRETE PEO PLE for fun and play. Tired of boring evenings and long days. Call and leave message. 64071 EVERYTHING BUT... ME? Man w/o mailbox: tell me your SF includes LeGuin, Forward, Brin, Tcppcr —and I’ll supply cof fee, gorp, conversation & trails. Opportunity knocks! 64133
W ATERFRONT V ID EO , BATTERY ST. You: black beret, goatee, near Truffaut collection. Me: Juliette Binoche w/ blue eyes, deciding between Diva and Blowup. Want to travel the world of for eign film together? How about this Friday night? 64135 LAST ELM & G O R D O N STON E. You danced. Your long hair did too. Very red hot chili pepper... and very, very sexy. 64132 11/8, 1-89. I’M JEN. Y O U’RE BILL, incredibly cute, blond, goatee, killer smile that made my day. Got off too soon (exit 10). Talk outside cars? 64130 BO U R N E ’S TEXACO, 11/9, 3:30pm. You: red Volvo wagon, brown curly hair, stunning, great smile. Me: beard, glasses, hat, leather jacket. Let’s continue our TIRE-some conversation. 64119
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PROFESSIONAL WOMAN, 55, creative, smart, looks OK. Loves nature, backpack ing, travel, mountains, desert, ocean. Enjoys Mexican food, dark beer, looking for rocks, collecting seeds, architectural design, gar dening and Steinbeck. Seeking communica tive tall man with compatible interests, relaxed outlook and sense of adventure. Box 066. Hi, DEAR FRIEND. I AM 40 YO & LIVE in Petrozarodsk (Russia) and work as a lawyer. I would like to have a friend in America. My life is rather interesting, but lonely. Maybe you will be interested in cor responding. Box 077
ATTRACTIVE, FUN LOVING, SWFND, 44, light smoker, enjoys exercise, romantic dinners, horseback riding, X-C skiing ISO SMND, 35-45, reasonably attractive. Photo please. Box 069 HI, DEAR AMERICAN STRANGER. I’m from Russia and would like to have an American friend. I am 41 YO and work as a translator of English. I’m fond of dogs and like reading books (I’m fond of your writer, Stephen King). Hope to hear from you soon. Box 076 PRETTY, CULTURED, W IDOW (transplanted New Yorker) seeks gentle man, 6070, for heart to heart friendship. Box 071 GLASSY WOMAN, SWPF, ROMANTIC, fit, 50s, seeks gentleman, 50-65, NS, to be guest and date for upcoming gala social event. Please respond w/ note. Box 058
CENTRAL VT - NSNDPWM, athletic, very handsome, fit, honest, secure, indepen dent, fun(ny), diverse, adventurous, roman tic, imperfect. You: similar characteristics, attractive (internally/externally), 32-42. Responses answered. Box 079
SWM, 33, 5’10”, FOND OF CHERRIES and cream and licking the honey-pot clean. ISO S/DWF, 19-39, slender build. Write soon! Box 075 I PAINT LIKE MONET (right-handed), I sing like Caruso (mouth open), I am built like a Greek God (two arms, etc.). If you are a smart and beautiful twenty-something SWF, send me a photo and letter and I will write you back like Shakespeare (that is, in English). Box 073 ISO VERY CONFIDENTIAL LOVER to spend completely sensuous afternoons with. WM, 43, 6’2”, 2251bs., blond hair, green eyes, handsome, fun and sexy! Box 072 WILD- EYED IRISHMAN, 41, with tales to tell. Looking for fit, active, professional lass with stories of her own, for non-typical partnership based on growth, discovery, romance and children. Box 067 YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL, SMART, INDE PENDENT and under 26. Your friends and family are amazed you’re not seeing anyone, but you’re special, and you’re picky. Me: funny, sensitive, good-looking, vegetarian, and in the same boat. Send smiley photo, and risk $5. At least we’ll be friends. Box 074
SWM, 50s, SEEKS FEMALE FOR TRIP to Las Vegas all expenses paid, except gam bling. Late Jan., ‘97. Why should I take you? Box 070 ________________________ WE ARE SINGLE, 20-28, socially con scious, broad-minded, fun loving, adventur ous. Seek: compassion, depth, sincerity. Are: fit, attractive, intelligent. Love: culture, dance, outdoors, life. Pursue: righteousness, dignity, love. Box 068 SWM, 27, LOOKING FOR A GOOD ONE. Or a good bad one.. Laffs and silly adventures to follow. Make yourself up as you go along. Box 065 QUINTESSENTIAL NICE GUY! SWM, NS, 35, fit, happy, health, educated, aspir ing poet, singer/songwriter. ENJF. Desires to meet like minded woman. Let’s create something together, friendship... Box 064
NS/ND, androgynous, Aquarius into per sonal growth. I’m seeking body conscious woman for deep, long-term friendship. If you’re out there will you join me in taking the risk to go into what feels like The Unknown? Box 057 HELP: CURIOSITY STRIKES AGAIN. Is there anyone there who is also curious? Let’s experiment together. I’m a heavy-set SWF looking for someone 30-38. Box 053
GM, 33, 5’8”, 160lbs„ IN GREAT SHAPE, athletic and good looking, seeks same (18-35 YO) for daytime workouts and fun. Discretion assured. Box 078 MEN: AFTERNOONS FREE? M e T O Q T PBiWM, 40, brn/bl, 1651bs., discrete, very open-minded, good looking. My place. Around the world in one afternoon. Write and express your secret fantasies and I’ll come your way. Box 061 GWM - 5’9”, l65lbs„ BRN/BL’U, OPENMINDED, honest, NS, loves the outdoors, hiking, biking, nature - seeks GM, 20-40 for friendship and good times. Box 062
TS LESBIAN, TRAUMATIZED, discon nected from my body; seeking lesbian part ner w/ whom to reawaken in loving rela tionship of sensual, consensual, sexual plea sure. I’m 43 years old, 13 yrs. post-op,
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