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Dad trusts Black & Decker like it was made by * God. Mom thinks Macintosh is de rigueur. Sis won't even look at jeans that don't say Guess? and her brother is hooked on Nintendo. Eighty-seven cereals on the grocery shelves fail to woo grandma from her Quaker Oats. And you? Bet you've got your must-have brands, from aspirin to automobiles. You'd have to be comatose to grow up in America and not acquire some fierce, possibly irrational faith in a brand name. The result of such loyalty? The top 20 brands in the U.S., according to Financial World magazine, are worth a total of $ 2 0 0 b i l l i o n . A discerning consumer like yourself probably believes the products you favor are truly superior, and ^ maybe they are. Nonetheless, some people are paid good money to make sure you know it. What you may not know is that some of those people are in Burlington, Vermont. And they're not nefarious capitalist brainwashers; they're artists. Really good artists who just happen to be focused on certain products and the marketing paraphernalia that helps sell them. Jager DiPaola Kemp Design isn't exactly a household name, but in design, advertising and marketing circles it comes close. In the last five years, J D K has emerged as one of the biggest — from a half-dozen to 55 employees -T- and hippest design houses in the country. The acronym represents husband-and-wife designers Michael

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Jager and Giovanna Di Paola, and business partner David Kemp — the "left brain" of JDK. These three, originally from St. Albans, I B r Montreal and New York, respectively, are princiW pals in the company with a reputation for worka[ holism, cutting-edge graphics and visionary, holistic development of products — most visible in Vermont are probably Burton Snowboards and Magic Hat. JDK also has an enviable grasp of the ever-changing youth market that is both intuitive — the average age in-house is 28 — and extensively researched. The JDK Design mission — "to be highly effective in the use of design as a strategic brandbuilding tool" — sounds pretty straightforward. But that's before you read its Manifesto for the M Future of Design, entitled "The Consciousness of K Chaos." This document spells out JDK's belief H system with a constellation of signs-of-the-times K like "Thinking is fluid, fast-changing, reflective V of the light-speed evolution of technology." f Under a section about the role of the designer in this fast-paced world, the manifesto warns, "Those who do not respect the process and the symbiotic web of m/f^W 1 creative viewpoints are doomed to ^^ T extinction in the new reality of ^^ '^L>ien." Whew. ^ ^

ODD, STRANGE, CURIOUS AND WEIRD BUI TRUE NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE election Follies Ken Barnett, a candidate for sheriff of Henry County, Virginia, aired commercials showing his opponent, incumbent Sheriff H. Frank Cassell, side by side with Adolf Hitler and referring to deputies as "goose-stepping Gestapo." Appalled by being likened to Hitler, Cassell won reelection but complained that the 3-to-l margin over Barnett wasn't enough. • Battling for the Democratic nomination in the race to succeed Sen. Bob Packwood (R-OR), Rep. Peter DeFazio accused an opponent, Rep. Ron Wyden, of running over a dog 20 years ago. Wyden acknowledged the deed, explaining, "I felt really bad about it and still remember ft to this day." He added: "Its kind of hard to see what this has to do with running for the U.S. Senate." • Police in Eagle Lake, Florida, population 1900, arrested city council candidate Walter Allen Young, 65, and accused him of trying to bug city offices to gather dirt on city leaders, and of hiring a prostitute to seduce the mayor. To help with the scheme, Young and a colleague reportedly recruited an officer'they thought was crooked, offering to make him chief of police. Instead, the officer told the police chief. "It's bizarre in any scale of politics," said Mayor Marty Kellner, "but it becomes even more so because this is such a small city."

• In the past two years, more than 300 federal and local legislators in Russia have been investigated for crimes ranging from bribe-taking to murder. None have been prosecuted, according to U.S. News & World Report, because Russian law provides immunity to legislators. Not just office holders, but also office seekers cannot be prosecuted, and suspicion is growing that many candidates in December's elections ran merely to escape the law. When the Duma considered a proposal to annul immunity for can-

didates who are wanted by the police or awaiting trial, it voted 201 to seven against the measure. Oil's Well That Ends Well After six months of mysterious calls, one every 90 minutes, to her business phone, Donna Graybeal of Billerica, Massachusetts, finally called policl. They traced the calls to the Potomac, Maryland, home of Theodore and Elizabeth James. The calls were coming from an old, unused heating oil tank in the basement that was equipped with a device to dial an oil company

whenever the fuel was low. A spokesperson for Steuart Petroleum told The Washington Post the company installed the re-dialer device eight years ago as pan of a shortlived test in a half-dozen homes. Steuart dropped the toll-free number the tank was supposed to call. Last March, Graybeal got the same number for her home business, and the calls began. In the intervening years, the oil tank apparendy continued trying to call the number; when it began connecting with Graybeal s phone, the Jameses had no reason to be suspicious because the toll-free calls never appeared on their bill. Torch of Justice To avoid a hearing \ after being charged with c j ^ breaking into his accountants office in Martinez, California, Richard Dudley Stevens, 42, set a courthouse on fire. According to Senior Deputy District Attorney Dennis Murphy, the hearing was rescheduled three times; Stevens torched three more courthouses. "Every time he's had a difficulty with the court," Murphy said, "that court has burned." - ; ... •! •' i •••':,.:• Fruits o$ Research British scientists have developed tobacco plants that glow in the dark. Noting that the technology involves transferring the genetic material for a luminous protein in certain jellyfish into

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On November 18, by a vote of 27-0, the state's assistant judges found Althea lied under oath and made accusations of wrongdoing she The Fletcher Free Library on College knew to be false when she made them. The Street is one of the jewels in the Queen City's judges kicked her out of the association and crown. Besides the books, magazines and programs, the staff is talented and user-friend- called for her resignation from the bench. Granai, who served with Althea in both the ly. So a lot of people held their breath last House and Senate, wrote, "This is an week when Channel 3 reporter Brian Joyce absolutely unbelievable accusation." reported a story on one of the library's darker Ed, himself a former Democratic gubernasecrets: The men's room has for some time torial candidate (he lost to Dick Snelling in been downtown Burlington's premier gay 1980), told Inside Track things got to* the cruising location. point where he wanted to do something for a -"It's kind of tough for the kids and the friend. "It's beyond my comprehension she seniors," said one veteran library volunteer, would intentionally lie," said Granai. "I'm not who described the current culture as that of saying she hasn't made a mistake," he said, but "a literati homeless shelter — but that's to be the Althea he remembers "was compulsive expected with a public library these days." about honesty." The staff has been quick to expunge bathOf course, Ed hasn't seen much of Althea room graffiti, and even removed the doors lately. He resigned from the State Senate in from the stalls, but to no avail. Being public 1993 for medical reasons. That's when Althea means the public is welcome. "Nobody expects to go to the bathroom of tried to become Vermont's Gun Control Queen and instead shot herself in both feet. It the library and find that going on," said was her first taste of public humiliation. Library Co-Director Amber Collins. Collins Colleagues say she hasn't been the same since. was understandably nervous about going on Granai said he hadn't seen television with the story. any of the documents supBut since Joyce's story porting the charges against his aired, Burlington police old friend. He just can't have been cruising the believe what he's been reading Fletcher Library, too. In in the newspapers. addition to Church Street's Media Notes — Wouldn't mustachioed gendarme, you know it? The Teetor Trial C p l . Robert Booher, four has been postponed again — additional cops have been this time for three months. assigned to walk the beat Originally scheduled for last downtown for the holispring, the jury trial over the days, and the Fletcher is reporter's lawsuit was supon their itinerary. posed to begin December 4 at Unfortunately, the Chittenden Superior Court. problem isn't just what goes It's been two years and eight on in the men's room. months since the Freeps fired There's been a rash of City Hall reporter Paul thefts, too. Purses and • ^ ^ ^ B ® Teetor. Attorney Ritchie wallets tend to disappear I M ^ ^ Betger told Inside Track the quickly if left unattended • ^ ^ delay is due to another trial even for a second. And staff ^ ^ that's proceeding much slower members have been count^ ^ — t h a n expected. As for his ed among the victims. 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"We're reviewing it," he said. sion in Ireland about the Famine," noted Hey, maybe it's time to think of hiring Dermot, "that both the 50th and 100th some private security for the Fletcher like they have at the courthouse. Hello, Mayor Clavelle? anniversaries passed unmarked." Food will not be served. Beverages will follow, however, at a Free Althea! — Finally, someone's spoken up location to be determined later. for Chittenden County Assistant Judge Althea Dr. Sanders, I Presume? — Bernie Sanders Kroger. In a letter to the editor published in last Friday's Rutland Herald, former Democratic has lost the services of his chief of staff, Jane Sanders. Jane told Inside Track she's pursuing State Sen. Ed Granai of Burlington wrote, a doctorate in "education in public life." She "Althea is respected as a woman of impeccable hasn't left the scene, though. "Full-time for integrity and honesty." (The letter's been sent me was 80 hours a week," said Jane. 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Adrian Zmed in the opening credits of "T.J. Hooker." He had short, feathered black hair and small, dark eyes. In one scene he had his shirt off, and the sight of his defined chest and veiny forearms made me feel, well, kind of ftinny in my tummy. I was in the third grade. I soon moved my affections to someone more my speed. His name was Chris, he was the new kid in fifth grade, and he, too, had dark feathered hair. He sat behind me in English class. One of the first times he ever spoke to me was after a class discussion with the school nurse on puberty. He tapped me on the back, and I turned to find him holding aTaterTot drenched in ketchup. "This is what a girl looks like when she has her period," he snorted. I blushed. It was love... er, it was lust.. .well, it was something. But that relationship never came to fruition. In fact, no relationship ever came to fruition until I was 20 years old and spent a few happy months with the president of the philosophy club at my college. He had prematurely greying hair (and not enough of it to feather), smelled like a combination of Pert Plus, laundry detergent and little boy, and never once tried to gross me out with potatoes in any form. The first time we went out, he bought me dinner and rented Citizen Kane. After a couple of dates, we didn't really go out any more. We just rented serious movies and had serious discussions and got seriously naked in his tiny messy bedroom. I was super, wicked happy. And then the love e-mails stopped. And the words "truth" and "beauty" that he had written on my forearms with indelible marker in Greek began to fade. And we broke up. I was alone again. I hadn't ever dated anyone before him, and kissing him made me realize what I had been missing out on all those years. Having my heart broken sucked. But after a while, the main thought in my head concern- g ing romance was "Yeah, I want more of that. | Definitely." And I did get more of that at college. During a summer on Marthas Vineyard, I somehow ended up on a deserted beach at 3 a.m. with an artist who would soon be departing for India. I spent time with a graphic design student. I had the hots for a political science major. Once I graduated, though, the stream of men stopped flowing. I started spending my evenings alone. I got bored. I whined at work. At the proddings of my boss, I composed a personal ad. The first week it was in the paper, I spent much of the time feeling like I was going to hurl. When my mother called, she said, "What are you, crazy? You're going to meet up with some weirdo." My friends alternated between worrying about my safety and laughing their asses off at me. Every time an envelope came in the mail, they hovered in expectation. Hey, this was exciting. I was going to go out on a date. I might, according to some of the more dramatic people I knew, even get stalked and murdered. Ooo-ee! The first guy who responded was this rather odd 30-year-old with a buzz cut, big, smeary glasses and a poor grasp of the English language. He kept stopping by work...and stopping by work. "Maggie, you have to be nice to him." "Maggie, you're too nice, and that's why all those weirdos follow you around." Everyone was quifk to offer advice. But they weren't the ones try-

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tionship with a client. "Burton was definitely the turning point for us," he acknowledges. Jager also appreciates that Burton is willing, like boarders on the slopes, to take risks. All its catalogs sell dare-devil attitude — usually with smart, sassy graphics and outstanding action photography from mountaintops. But an appropriation from Madonna's Sex book several years ago pushed the envelope. In the erotic passage, words referring to a certain anatomical spot are crossed out and replaced with snowboarding-related words. "I like my board." it begins. "My Burton is the temple of learning," it concludes. Not all JDK's clients cater to the short-attention-span Mtv generation, though. There's Canon, Isotoner, Major League Baseball, Burlington's White Crow Software and Problem Knowledge Couplers — a computerized symptom analysis program for medical paraprofessionals. JDK has also done work for hoary old Sylvania, IBM and GE. And every year, there's at least one pro bono piece for a local nonprofit, such as the '94-'95 brochure for the Vermont Symphony Orchestra.

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JDK senior design director and Jager's cousin. "It used to be very exciting ...having those accolades. But we just decided it was time to move on." The 30-year-old designer regrets that the younger people at JDK haven't experienced their share of Pegasus praises. But, he adds, "if there's any kind of image of

by Pamela Polston us being snobs, it's perpetuated from without, not within. Because we're so busy, people might think we're aloof, but in reality we're just working our butts off." Michael Jager is adamant that JDK isn't just "the David, Gio and Michael show," and a

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dedication clearly set the tone. "I've worked with some world-class designers," says Magic Hat co-owner Alan Newman, "and JDK is as good or better than most. What makes them great is that they approach every project, every design problem, with a level of creativity that I've never seen before. Everything that comes out of there is fresh." Newman recalls the pleasure of working with Covell to create the distinctive look of Magic Hat. "We were probably in their face more than a lot of clients," he says. "We were looking for something with mystery that celebrated the alchemy of brewing." He adds that the fledgling micro-brewery didn't want a look that was too slick, nor too Vermont. They went to the right place. The swirly logo and quirky typeface with moon and star is earthy and funky-sophisticated, and its tap handles are literally works of art. The look has done a lot to set Magic Hat apart from its competition, but, in truth, the design says less about the brew than about the people behind it. At JDK, that's not unusual. "We do design that's distinctive to the client," says Jager. "We don't do trendy shit — that's pointless. A lot of design studios foolishly fall into that trap." Once JDK establishes a "core identity" for a client, he explains, JDK helps build the brand name by using that identity throughout — "from pointof-purchase to Web sites" and even, in the case of Burton, to the architectural and interior design of its showrooms. "We've got a talent for getting into a brand we work with," says Jager. "You really merge on an intellectual level with what that brand is all about." Jager keeps his hand in a lot of projects, according to Covell, and is often the first one to do the research with a new client. "Michael is the most driven person I've ever met, period," say Burlington designer Bill Harvey. "He's completely dedicated to making great design." But Harvey is quick to also praise Di Paola, who worked for him in the early '80s. "Gio's brilliance has nothing to do with software," he says. Paul Kaza, a South Burlington ad agency owner who employed both Jager and Di Paola for two years, concurs. "A lot of people don't realize the role she's played in setting the design tone

there," he says,"She's an extremely talented designer." Right now Di Paola is worried, probably needlessly, that she'll lose her touch while taking time off to be with fourand-a-half-year-old Eli and seven-month-old Mia. "Michael had a dream this morning," she says wistfully, "that I went back to the office and I was thrilled that I had all this work to do." ith the purchase and renovation this fall of a hulking brick building at 47 Maple Street, JDK finally has a space worthy of its size and eminence. Built in 1915, its last owner was Independent Foods, which essentially used the building for storage. There is

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by photographer/musician Michael Galinsky and film-school grad Suki Hawley about the Louisville, Kentucky underground music scene, featuring a soundtrack by Slant 6, Freakivater, Retsin and others. (Left, a scene from the movie.) The real treat, though, is the live act: El Inquilino Communista, Spain's hippest alt-rockers, on their first U.S. tour. Check it out Monday at Toast.

WEDNESDAY DAS EFX, GROUP HOME (rap), Club Toast, 9 p.m., $10. COMEDY, ANNE'S BAND (funk, soul — final gig!), Club Metronome, 10 p.m. No cover. HANNIBAL & AGOSTI (rock), Nectar's, 9 p.m. No cover. HEARTATTACK WITH ROBERTO RENNA (DJ), 135 Pearl, 9 p.m., $3 under 21. OPEN MIKE, Burlington Coffeehouse, City Market, 8 p.m. No cover. OPEN MIKE ACOUSTIC JAM, Java Love, 8 p.m. No cover. NATO (unplugged rock), Cactus Cafe, 8 p.m. No cover. JOHN LACKARD BLUES BAND (blues), Alley Cats, 9:30 p.m. No cover. REFLEX (rock), Patches, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. No cover. DANNY COANE & HIS GRASSY KNOLL BOYS (bluegrass), Sneakers, Winooski, 9 p.m. $2. TIM CAIRA (acoustic), Thrush Tavern, Montpelier, 9 p.m. No cover. THURSDAY DESIRED EFFECT (jazz), Halvorson's, 9 p.m. No cover. MADELINES, STARLIGHT CONSPIRACY, SCRAP DOUGLAS, ROSEBUDDY (alt-rock), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m., $3/5. THE MANDOLINQUENTS (bluegrass), Burlington Coffeehouse, City Market, 9 p.m., $3. OPEN MIKE, Cactus Cafe, 8 p.m. No cover. MOTEL BROWN (funk-rock), Club Metronome, 9 p.m., $4. HANNIBAL & AGOSTI (rock), Nectar's, 9 p.m. No cover. CRAIG MITCHELL (DJ), 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. No cover. REFLEX (rock), Patches, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. No cover. MARTY MORRISSEY (Irish), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 9:30 p.m. No cover. THE LAST ELM STRING BAND (acoustic), Last Elm, 9 p.m. Donations. JAMES HARVEY (piano), Sneakers, Winooski, 9 p.m. $2. THREE MILE LIMIT (folk), Local Legends Coffeehouse, Daily Bread, Richmond, 7:30 p.m., $3.50. Q

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CLYDE STATS TRIO (jazz), Windjammer, 4 p.m. No cover. BIM SCALA BIM, KEN SLEEPS NAKED, Club Metronome, 9 p.m., $4. KMB (hip-hop), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m., $5/7. DESIRED EFFECT (jazz), Samsara, 9 p.m. No cover. BROOKS WILLIAMS (folk), Burlington Coffeehouse, City Market, 9 p.m., $8. THE WARRENS (rock), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. No cover. CRAIG MITCHELL (DJ), 135 Pearl, 9 p.m., $3/$5 under 21. REFLEX (rock), . . Patches, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. No cover. THE HIGH STREET BAND (rock), Wolfs Lair, Colchester, 9 p.m., $2. LOUISE TAYLOR (singer/songwriter), Williston Coffeehouse, 8 p.m., $5. OPEN MIKE WITH GERRY DEVINE, TAMAH (acoustic), Pyralisk, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $5. NO EXCEPTION (jazz-funk), Mad Mountain Tavern, Waitsfield, 9: 30 p.m., $3. ^

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LIVE IRISH MUSIC, Speeder & Earl's (Pine St.), 2 p.m. No cover.'80S DANCE PARTY WITH DJ CRAIG MITCHELL, Club Metronome, 9 p.m., $3. FROM GOOD HOMES, GUSTER (grooverock), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m., $8. THE WARRENS (rock), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. No cover. NORTH UNION (folk), Burlington Coffeehouse, City Market, 9 p.m., $5. DAN SHAW (DJ), 135 Pearl, 9 p.m., $3/$5 under 21. TEMPERANCE, HECKLE, SEVEN YEARS WAR, BIG MISTAKE (rock — benefit For Food Not Bombs), 242 Main, 7 p.m., $5/4 with food item. BLUE FOX (blues), Alley Cats, 9:30 p.m. No cover. REFLEX (rock), Patches, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. No cover. THE HIGH STRET BAND (rock), Wolf's Lair, Colchester, 9 p.m., $2. SPILL, SOLID CITIZEN (alt rock), Pyralisk, Montpelier, 9 p.m., $5. PETE SUTHERLAND & LEE BLACKWELL (traditional), Community Coffeehouse, Ripton, 7:30 p.m. NO EXCEPTION (jazz-funk), Mad Mountain Tavern, Waitsfield, 9: 30 p.m., $3. Q

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LOTION, 7 p.m., $5; SUNDAY MASS WITH REV. CRAIG MITCHELL, Club Metronome, 9 p.m. No cover. VELOCITY GIRL, EDSEL, LINDY PEAR (alt-rock), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m., $6. FREEFALL (jazz), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. No cover. BRISSON & ABAIR (acoustic rock), Alley Cats, 9:30 txm. No cover. Q

WOMEN'S NIGHT, Last Elm Cafe, 8 p.m. Donation. BETTER THAN EZRA, DAHVEED, EVE'S PLUM (alt rock), Club Metronome, 7 p.m., $10/12. HALF-COCKED (film), EL INQUILINO COMMUNISTA (Spanish alt-rock), UGLY BEAUTY (alt-rock), Club Toast, 7:30 p.m., $5. OPEN MIKE WITH GEOFF GINTER (acoustic), Java Blues, 7 p.m. Donations. ALLEY CAT JAM (rock), Alley Cats, 9:30 p.m. No cover. Q

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FLASHBACK: HITS OF THE '80S (DJ), Club Toast, 9 p.m. No cover/$3 under 21. GROOVE LINE (live acid jazz), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. No cover. PARIMA JAZZ BAND, ParimaThai Restaurant, 8 p.m. No cover. BRISSON & ABAIR (acoustic rock), Alley Cats, 9:30 p.m. No cover. SNEAKERS JAZZ BAND, Sneakers, Winooski, 9 p.m., $2. FOLK JAM (acoustic), Last Elm Cafe, 8 p.m. Donation. JOHN LACKARD BLUES BAND (blues), Patches, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. No cover. Q

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COMEDY NIGHT, Club Metronome, 8 p.m., $5. THE SKATALITES (Jamaican ska), Club Toast, 9:30 p.m., $12. JOHN LACKARD BLUES BAND (blues), Buddah's hard Rock Cafe, 9 p.m. No cover. HEARTATTACK WITH ROBERTO RENNA (DJ), 135 Pearl, 9 p.m., $3 under 21. ANDY TAYLOR (rock), Patches, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. No cover. OPEN MIKE ACOUSTIC JAM, Java Love, 8 p.m. No cover. BL00Z0T0MY (blues), Alley Cats, 9:30 p.m. No cover. TODD FITCH (acoustic), Thrush Tavern, Montpelier, 9 p.m. No cover. BREAKAWAY (bluegrass), Sneakers, Winooski, 9 p.m., $2.

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council is hosting a series of statewide public meetings to prioritize its programs. "We are putting everything on the table," Clarke says. "It is really hard to say, 'we will chop this first.'" The forums, which combine a focus group with public hearings, are also a way to prepare people for the new reality, which Clarke assures "is not going to be the same as it was." Trouble is "the same as it was" is not exactly common knowledge — Shark Communications is hard at work on a publicity campaign for the council that will explain its work "in plain English," Clarke says. The Vermont Council on the Arts operates behind the scenes — networking, lobbying and setting arts policy in education, tourism and economic development. The organization also brings artists into Vermont schools, finances bilingual brochures and sponsors the annual Vermont Design Insitute. "We bring people together on a statewide level," Clarke says. "Nobody else does that." In performing circles, the council is better known for its granting practices — every year

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it disburses a fair chunk of change to local artists and arts organizations. Many artists have benefitted from the individual fellowships and project grants doled out each year. But the application process is time-consuming, and some say the rewards do not justify the paperwork. Grants range from a few hundred dollars — for videotaping — to multi-thousand-dollar grants to support existing arts organizations, like the Flynn Theatre. "One of the biggest questions we are asking ourselves is what should be the relationship between grant-making and services," Clarke says. "Some artists feel the investment of creative dollars is important to them. Others say what they need help with is getting their art out in front of people." Dancer Meg Cottam, who came to the Bennington meeting, counts herself in the first camp. "I think the funding of new work should be an absolute priority — more important than services, technical assistance or education," she says. "The other things don't exist without the creation of work."

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F U T U R E S H O C K : Nicolette Clarke braces for budget cuts. Art-loving businessman Bill Schubart, who will be part of the focus group in Burlington next Thursday, has a different view. "The old model of the sacred artist who deserves this or that amount of support is probably not going to persist," he suggests. "There will always be art, and great art, but artists are going to have to look differently at how they structure their lives and their income." There are two signs of hope amongst the cultural chaos: The council is expecting level funding from the state of Vermont this year, and its unique status as a private nonprofit membership organization allows it full

fundraising freedom. "We are really looking to ask Vermonters in a direct way, in the same way public television and radio do, to make a contribution to preserve our quality of life," Clarke says. After an overprogrammed and not-so-lucrative fall performing arts season, that strategy may raise some eyebrows among arts organizations. The last thing beleaguered Vermont cultural presenters want right now — next to Newt for president — is more competition. •

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CONTACT IMPROV: Gravity plays a crucial role in a kinetic free-for-all. Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington, 7:15 p.m. $1. Info, 860-3674.

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'SPEED THE P L O W : Rachel Beddoe, Al Salzman and Dennis McSorley perform in this morality play by David Mamet. Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College, Burlington, 8 p.m. $6-15- Info, 660-0869.

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ANNE OF GREEN GABLES': Set on Prince Edward Island at the turn of the century, this story of a young orphaned girl is geared for kids in grades three through six. Flynn Theatre, Burlington, noon. $5. Info, 863-5966.

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HOLOCAUST POETRY & MUSIC: An evening of poetry and song benefits One by One — an organization created by people whose lives have been deeply affected by the Holocaust. Ohavi Zedek, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 864-0218. NATIVE AMERICAN TALK: Mohawk Bruce Kelly returned to the reservation last year after several years of living in the Burlington area. He discusses the integration of Native Americans into mainstream society at the Vermont Room, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2535. TRANSPORTATION MEETING: The Metropolitan Planning Organization takes input on its three-year, comprehensive transportation plan. Regional Planning OfFice, Essex Junction, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3004.

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PAT GODWIN: The comic Christmas song recycler sings "The 12 Days of Rehab," "Elvis is Coming Back for Christmas" and other anti-holiday

Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 654-2487. 'HIV IN THE FAMILY': Kate Hill, former director of Vermont CARES, talks about the process of accepting — and then losing — her infected son. St. £ Edmund'? Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 10 a.m. $10. Register, 654„ 2100. HOLOCAUST PERFORMANCE: Activist-actor Rosalie Gerut sings and favorites. Sheraton-Burlington, 8 p.m. leads a discussion on "Reconciling $13-15. Info, 660-2440. Descendants of the Holocaust and the CLASSICAL CONCERT: Brian Webb Third Reich." Beth Jacob Synogogue, conducts students and community musiMontpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-9408. cians in a concert of works by Brahms, CREATIVE TOOL CONSIGNMENT: Poulenc and I loward I lattjon. UVM Proceeds from your second-hand softRecital Hall, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. ware, art supplies, musical instruments Info, 656-3040. and woodworking tools benefit the Center for Homeschooling. Consigntheater ments are taken today at 175 N. Prospect 'SPEED THE P L O W : See November St., Burlington, 1-5 p.m. Free. Info, 29. 863-3425. 'BEYOND THERAPY': Hailed by critSILENT AUCTION: Students raise ics as rude, hilarious and outrageous, this money for spring-break community sercontemporary comedy follows two "gladivice projects around the country. Billings, ator singles- looking for love in the disco UVM, Burlington, noon - 7 p.m. Free. • era. Studio Theatre, Middlebury College Info, 656-2060. Center for the Arts, 8 p.m. $1. Info, 388MEDICAL HISTORY TALK: Lester MIDD. Wallman talks about the Burlington art Military Hospital during the War of DRAWING SESSION: Artists get inspi1812. Hall A, Given Building, UVM, ration from a live model at this weekly Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 656-3131. drawing session. Artspace, Burlington, OUTRIGHT MEN'S GROUP: Gay 6:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 862-2898. and bisexual men under 23 discuss their issues. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865words 9677. POETRY READING: Poets from The CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: People Anthology of New England Writers read a t dealing with cancer get support based on Cover-To-Cover Bookstore, Randolph, 7 the work of the National Wellness p.m. Free, Info, 728-4206. Communities. Cancer Wellness Center, Chace Mill, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. kids Register, 865-3434. STORYTELLING: Len Cabral tells tales at the Wheeler School, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0983. SCIENCE PROGRAM: Pre-schoolers learn the difference between primary and secondary colors at a free-form explomusic ration of shape and hues. Discovery 'A CELTIC CHRISTMAS': Senator Pat Museum, Essex Junction, 9:30 &C 10:45 Leahy reads Dylan Thomas in a traditiona.m. $4.50. Register, 878-8687. al holiday concert with the Irish band STORIES: Kids aged two-and-a-half to Aengus. Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, three-and-a-half hear tales at the Fletcher Burlington, 8 p.m. $12.50. Info, 656Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Three4455. and-a-half to six year olds listen 10-10:30 'THE BOBS': The wacky a capella quara.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. tet blends doo-wop, jazz scat and soul SINGLE PARENTS NETWORK: with Bobby McFerron-style instrumentaSingle parents and their children gather tion. Flynn Theatre, Burlington, 8 p.m. for community and discussion. Middle $18.50. Info, 863-5966. School, S. Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. 'A CEREMONY OF CAROLS': Harpist Info, 863-6613. Heidi Sooms joins the all-female vocal PARENTS ANONYMOUS: Terrible ensemble for an evening of seasonal works twos or teens? Get support for parenting by Benjamin Britten. Stowe Community while your kids play next door. Church, 8 p.m. $7. Info, 223-2424. Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 'LIGHTS OF MIDWINTER': Anima 800-639-4014. takes a medieval approach to music in a holiday concert inspired by abbess etc Hildegard von Bingen. Grace Methodist AIDS QUILT CEREMONY: Governor Church, St. Johnsbury, 8 p.m. $4-7. Info, Howard Dean reads the names of 223-0211. Vermont victims while white-clad volunteers unfold a portion of the memorial dance quilt. See op-ed piece, this issue. Tarrant ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCING: All

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'SPEED THE PLOW: See November 29. 'BEYOND THERAPY': See November 30. ONE-ACT FESTIVAL: Northern Stage spends three days showcasing monologues and scenes by Vermont playwrights. Tonight Tom Weakly performs Sleeping Outside Eden. Burlington City Hall, 8 p.m. $6 for three days. Info, 864-ARTS. PETER BURNS VARIETY SHOW: The local performance artist shares his obsessions at the Last Elm Cafe, Burlington, 8 p.m. Donations. Info, 658-7458. STUDENT PLAYS: Coupling and uncoupling are explored in two theatrical gender-benders: Hot Fudge and Three More Sleepless Nights. Hepburn Zoo Theatre, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $1. Info, 388-MIDD.

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POETRY READING: Vermont poet Jody Gladding reads at Dearleap Books, Bristol, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 453-5684.

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'THE TOYS TAKE OVER CHRISTMAS': Secret Magic Doll Dust brings the toys to life at Royall Tyler Theatre, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. This performance only is free to financially or physically challenged children, their friends and families. It will be interpreted into American Sign Language hearing impaired. Info, 656-2094. SONGS AND STORIES: Children of all ages delight in songs and stories by Robert Resnik. Fletcher Library, Burlington, 11-11:40 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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CREATIVE TOOL CONSIGNMENT: See November 30. The sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. SILENT AUCTION: See November 30, noon - 7 p.m. INTERNATIONAL CRAFT SHOW: This cultural fair features Laotian dancers, Balkan singers, ethnic food, craft demos and handmade wares from four continents. Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. $2. A cabaret at 8 p.m. costs $7. Info, 863-6686. AIDS QUILT DISPLAY: A piece of the memorial quilt — the largest ever shown in Vermont — is on display at Tarrant Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2487. FUTURE OF PSYCHOLOGY LECTURE: The president of the American Psychological Association talks training, service delivery and health care reform. 314 Dewey Hall, UVM, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2670. LETTER PRESS DEMO: David Walters prints greeting cards on hand-made paper using an old-fashioned letteF press. Little Shop of Recovery & Discovery, Burlington, 5-9 p.m. Free. Info, 658-4288.

BOBS AWAY: They perform a cap) "prove the human voice remains Bobs — aptly named after the HISTORICAL CHRISTMAS: Celebrate turn-of-the-century Christmas with folk music, sleigh rides and a parlor play. Shelburne Museum, 5-9 p.no. $8.75. Info. 985-3346. OUTRIGHT 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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FOLK BENEFIT: The Duxbury Land Trust benefits from this harmonic convergence of Patti Casey, Rachel Bissex, Dick McCormack and the Ground Hog Opry. Storyteller ftjfoc Parker is the emcee. MoiupeUer City Hall, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 244-6394. p

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BALLROOM DANCE: Fox trot, waltz and swing on the largest dance floor in town. South Burlington Middle School, 8 p.m. $14 per couple. Info, 862-0190. CONTRA DANCE: Mary Des Rosiers calls for Live Free or Die. Capitol City 0 \ Grange, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $5. Info, , ; ; 426-3734. WOLCOTT BALLET: The Little Match Girl, by Hans Christian Andersen, is performed to music by Schubert. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 4 p.m. $7. Info, 635-2356 x 476.

t h e a t e r 'SPEED THE PLOW': See November 29. 'BEYOND THERAPY': See November 30, 3 8c 8 p.m. ONE-ACT FESTIVAL: See December 1. Tonight features Velvet Turtle by Los Angeles playwright Karen Rizzo. STUDENT PLAYS: See December 1, 3 & 8 p.m.

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'LIGHTS OF MIDWINTER': Sec December 1, St. Augustine's Church, Montpelier. A CEREMONY OF CAROLS': See December 1, Bethany Church, Montpelier. VERMONT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Organ virtuouso Anthony Newman plugs in for Poulenc. Works by Handel, Schubert and Wagner will also be performed. Flynn Theatre, Burlington,

8 p.m. Walter Parker of Vermont Public Radio hosts a pre-concert talk at 6:30 p.m. $10-31. Info, SOO-VSO-9293. SALAMANDER CROSSING: The Northampton band plays "floor-burning newgrass" at the grand opening celebration of Crow Bookshop, 14 Church St., Burlington, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 862-0848. WATERBURY COMMUNITY BAND: Non-diners are welcome at this concert after a church fundraising supper. Highlights from The Music Man and The Lion Kingvj'iW be played, along with holiday tunes. Congregational Church, Waterbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 244-6352.

'CHEAP ART AUCTION': Highbrow, lowbrow. Nothing goes for more than $25 at this fundraiser for the volunteerrun, anti-profit Last Elm Cafe, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-7454. 'FREE ART FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY': Kate Hodges leads a workshop in family art at Artspace, Burlington, 9 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 862-2898. 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.

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'AMERICAN DREAMING': UVM anthropology professor Sarah Mahler discusses her book on immigrant life at the Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 863-8326. 'SPRING S N O W : Castle Freeman Jr. signs copies of his new book at the Vermont Book Shop, Middlebury, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 388-2061.

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'THE TOYS TAKE OVER CHRISTMAS': See December 1,10 a.m., 3 & 7 p.m. $3.50/7. HOLIDAY CRAFTS: Kids over three make ornaments, wrapping paper and

trinkets. Community Center in Jericho, 10 a.m. - noon. $2. Info, 899-4991. STORY TIME : Kids over three listen up at<$J« Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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LETTEJR PRESS DEMO* See December 1, 10 arm. - 5 p . m ? ? HISTORICAL CHRISTMAS: See December 1, noon - 6 p.m. CREATIVE TOOL CONSIGNMENT: See November 30. The sale continues from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. INTERNATIONAL CRAFT SHOW: See December 1, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. The cabaret starts at 8 p.m. AIDS QUILT CEREMONY: See November 30. New Vermont-made panels are added to the national quilt at a special closing ceremony at 6 p.m. The quilt is on display from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. VEGETARIAN MEAL: Food Not Bombs cooks up a meat-free meal for eager eaters. Come early to help cook. Last Elm Cafe. Burlington, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-0622. 'FEED YOUR NEIGHBOR' CAMPAIGN: Donate much-needed non-perishable protein to a Seven Days-sponsored food drive. Price Chopper, Shelburne Road, Burlington, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 864-CCTA. FUNDRAISING DINNER: Eat all you want at a dinner underwritten by Burlington restaurants. Proceeds help finance a camping trip for Rock Point School, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. $5-10. Reservations, 863-1104. HIKE: An eight-mile hike up the toll road brings to you to the summit of Mt. Manfield. Bring warm clothes. Meet in Montpelier, 9 a.m. Free. Register, 2237035. CARRIAGE RIDES & MUSIC: Catch a horse-drawn carriage ride on the Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, noon - 4 p.m. Fifty tuba players blow at 1 p.m. Free. Info, 863-1648.

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A CEREMONY OF CAROLS': See December 1, Warren Church, 4 p.m. $7. 'MESSIAH': Two student choirs perform the Christmas classic. Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, Burlington, 2 &c 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040. EPIC BRASS: A pre-show telling of the Hanukkah story kicks off a concert with the Boston-based brass quintet. Barre Opera House, 3 p.m. $5-10. Info, 4768188.

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VITAL ORGAN: Pipes are passe. Even world-class keyboard artists have switched to digital organs. Anthony Newman — once a proponent of period instruments — swears by the imitation. He plugs in Saturday for Poulenc and Handel in a double-barreled concert with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. Guaranteed good vibrations. 3 . DREAM ON: Life in America is not all its cracked up to be, especially for immigrants. Vermont-based anthropologist Sarah Mahler documents the disillusionment — and inter-ethnic antagonism — in a book that makes The American Dream sound more like a nightmare. She signs Saturday at the Peace & Justice Store. A* TALKING TOURISM: The simplest solution to the state budget crisis? Tourism. Like it or not, the future of Vermont depends on those slow-driving, camera-toting leafpeepers and their ski" bunny offspring. How to lure them north is the focus of the annual Vermont Travel Industry Conference Tuesday and Wednesday at the Radisson. Anyone for perma-foliage? mm '

D* BRIDE SIDE: If clothes axe a reflection of culture, bridal fashion is a full-length mirror. Five wedding gowns illustrate the sartorial theories of costume curator Margaret Spicer. She talks trains, tulle and tradition Wednesday at the Fleming Museum.

Phantom of the Orchestra! Vermont Symphony with Organist Anthony Newman at the Flynn Dec. 2 Anthony Newman Performs Classic Masterpieces for Organ and Orchestra Saturday, December 2 at 8 pm Kate Tamarkin, Conductor Anthony Newman, Organist Handel: "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale" Schubert: Symphony No. 5 Wagner: Siegfried Idyll Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani TICKETS AVAILABLE from the VSO TicketLine (864-5741) or from the Flynn Box Office (86-FLYNN).

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POETRY READING: Ellen Bryan: Voigt reads from her work at the Kellogg Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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ISLE BE H O M E F O R C H R I S T M A S : A tuneful trio from the Emerald Isle presents the Irish portion of A Celtic Christmas. Senator Patrick %ahy contributes a rare bit from Wales — care of Dylan Thomas — May at Ira Allen Chapel. ONE-ACT FESTIVAL: See December 1. Tonight features plays by and about women.

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'DELIVERED VACANT': Vermont filmmaker Nora Jacobson shows her award-winning documentary about a wacky cast of characters living in Hoboken. See story, this issue. Savoy Theater, Montpelier, 4 p.m. $6.75. Info, 454-1455.

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'THE TOYS TAKE OVER CHRISTMAS': See December 1,10 a,m., 3 & 7 p.m. $3.50/7.

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HISTORICAL CHRISTMAS: See December I, noon - 6 p.m. A homemade fruitcake and recipe gets you in for free. CRAFT OPEN HOUSE: Watch spinning, card-making and other craft-making techniques while guitarist Spencer Lewis serenades. Frog Hollow, Burlington, noon - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 863-6458. HISTORICAL SOCIETY: The Chittenden County group hears Donna Brown discuss "Vermont Inside Out." Fletcher Library, Burlington, 2:15 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403. MEDITATION FOR BOSNIA: Walk and send peace rays where they're needed. Last Elm Cafe, Burlington, 1 p.m. Donations. Info, 658-7458. ANTIQUE AUCTION: Check out the collectibles at the Community Center in

Jericho, 1:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 8992800. BIRD BANDING DEMO: What do volunteer banders do? See the traps, tools and record keeping used by the government. If any birds are trapped, you can watch banding up close. Birds ofVermont Museum, Huntington, 9 a.m. - noon. $3. Info, 434-2167.

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OPEN REHEARSAL: Women bring their vocal chords to a harmonious rehearsal of the Champlain Echoes. Knights of Columbus Hall, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6703.

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AUDITION: The college theater department is seeking actors for Assassins, a bold contemporary musical by Stephen Sondheim. Singing and non-singing roles are available. Royall Tyler Theatre, UVM, Burlington, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-0088.

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'THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN': Rainer Fassbinder combines comedy, soap opera, history, politics and social satire in this subtitled German movie about a most unusual war widow. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-3361.

WOODBURY COLLEGE INTRO: Woodbury specializes in teaching adults paralegal, mediation, prevention and community development skills. Get a hands-on intro at Woodbury College, Montpelier, 5:30-9 p.m. Free. Register, 800-639-6039. TEEN HEALTH CLINIC: Teens get information, supplies, screening and treatment for sexually-related problems. Planned Parenthood, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Pregnancy testing is free. Info,

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CHRISTMAS CONCERT: The Catamount Singers offer holiday tunes at St. Paul's Cathedral, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 864-0471. COMMUNITY BAND PRACTICE: Musicians of all levels rehearse with the Waterbury Community Band. Waterbury Congregational Church, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 244-6352. t h e a t e r AUDITION: See December 4.

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CINEMA STUDIES MEETING: Film production folks also discuss the spring curriculum, financial aid and admissions. A screening of the Wim Wenders film, Kings of the Road, follows. Burlington College, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9616.

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TRAVEL INDUSTRY CONFERENCE: See December 5, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. BRIDAL FASHION HISTORY: The history and etiquette of bridal fashions are covered in a lecture by a costume designer. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. $2. Info, 656-0750. SENIOR GATHERING: Elders meet for coffee and conversation. Wheeler School, Burlington, 8:15-10:15 a.m. Free. Info, 865-0360.

The calendar is written !>y Clove Tsindle. Submissions for calendar, clubs and art listings are due In writing on the Thursday before publication. S E V E N D A Y S edits lor space and style. Send to: S E V E N D A Y S , P.O. Box 1164, Burlington, VT 05402-1164. Or fax 802-865-1015. sevenday@together.net

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MIND-BODY PSYCHOTHERAPY: Tuesday December 5, 5:30 p.m. Burlington. Free. Register, 860-8344. Leah Wittenberg talks theory, issues and the hows of integrating the body in therapy.

MEDITATION INTRO: Friday, December 2, 7 p.m. Burlington Shambala Center. Free. Info, 8632632. The first talk of a weekend intensive is open to all MEDITATION: First & third Sundays, 10 a.m. - noon. Burlington Shambala Center. Free. Info, 658-6795. Non-sectarian and Tibetan Buddhist practices are taught.

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waves me into her office. She's on the phone, smoothing out an equipment deal. I sit on the couch next to a pile of scripts. Empty reels and film cannisters litter the floor. This is the archetype of an independent movie-making base camp. Nothing decorative. Nothing superfluous. Nothing Hollywood — including lunch. "I could warm up some macaroni and cheese if you want." Jacobson is off the phone, cranking up a mammoth propane heater. She's ready to talk about her new dramatic film, Letters to

My Mother's Early Lovers, and her plans to shoot it in her hometown of Norwich, Vermont. "I knew that to make this film, Id have to spend a lot of time here," she says of her temporary return to Vermont after more than a decade in Hoboken, New Jersey. Based on a novel by Vermonter Sybil Smith — who co-wrote the screenplay with Jacobson — the film will cover Smith's mother's involvement in an early commune experiment near Brattleboro masterminded by Scott and Helen Nearing. Rife with family secrets, agrarian Socialist idealism and early dabblings in free love, the film is scheduled to start a four-week shoot in1 May —Tnosdy with1' ~ : home-grown talent. It's the most exciting development in local cinema circles since Jay Craven pulled off Where the Rivers

Flow North. Comparing her project to the popular independent, Strangers in Good Company — beloved for its endearingly unknown cast, and low-key, non-slick approach— Jacobson is aiming for that segment of the American film-viewing public that is "fed up with formulaic Hollywood films." The $200,000 movie

has already drawn backing from some choice state grant-makers, but Jacobson still has the balance to raise. Hence the statewide tour of her 1992 documentary about urban gentrification,

Delivered Vacant. Laid-back and lanky in her jeans and over-sized sweater, Jacobson, 42, looks more like a Vermont farm kid than an auteur. She looks tired — she's getting over a cold — but focused. It's easy to believe her when she says "my work pretty much is my life." Her office is a chilly quonset hut attached to the one-room former train station she shares with her builder-

IT'S THE MOST EXCITING DEVELOPMENT IN LOCAL CINEMA SINCE JAY CRAVEN PULLED OFF WHERE THE RIVERS FLOW NORTH. musician sweetheart, his two teenagers and a "bunch of big, huge, black cats." It's a far cry from the life she led on the Norwich farm where her parents still live. When she was eight, her playwright father moved the family to France so he could devote a year to writing. The year turned into seven," and Jacobson grew up in Paris while her poet-actress mother did radio vocal work, and her father dubbed English translations onto German film soundtracks. Despite her early exposure to the arts, Jacobson had no involvement in film until she made a "kind of a dumb Super8 movie to get out of writing an English paper" in high school. It wasn't until she got to Dartmouth that a film course com-

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pletely changed my life," she says. "I knew that was what I wanted, to do." By the time she received a Masters in Fine Art from The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Jacobson was a committed advocate of experimental film. "I never thought I'd make a documentary film of my own. I considered film a very subjective medium, like an art form — not particularly representational." But when she entered the work force, it was as an assistant to a documentary maker in Hoboken. While she continued to make short experimental films on her own, Jacobson recognized a need to make herself marketable by learning the documentary form. Prompted by an "interest in people's lives, how they worked, what they did, I started exploring the city with my camera." In the process, Jacobson started hearing about families being forced from rental properties to make way for condominium conversion. As she filmed interviews with homeless people in a new shelter on her block, "I was aware of my own role in the gentrification process and being unsettled by it." Jacobson recalls, "I wanted to make a film that really looked at the phenomenon — how it works, from every point of view. Anything to do with housing, I'd be there with my camera." For the next eight years, Jacobson let her Bolex roll as white yuppies proudly moved into newly converted condos, poor Hispanic families packed to leave, politicians expounded the virtues of free enterprise and buildings made uninhabitable by suspicious fires. What Jacobson didn't know when she started filming was that she would be burned out of her own apartment within the year. In 1992,

Delivered Vacant was shown at the New York Film Festival. There are some who feel the film is weighted toward the rights of the tenant," Jacobson admits. But critics and audiences raved — and by 1993, the film earned a coveted spot in the Sundance Film Festival and a Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco Film Festival. Jacobson was primed to take her video reporting skills wherever she wanted. So, why did she switch from documentary to drama, with Letters to My

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tasting food — a bad thing for fries that are made to dance with a spritzing of vinegar and a dollop of ketchup. The crew at Al's processes about half a ton — that's 1000 pounds, in case you've forgotten — of potatoes on an average day. The lines are always impossibly long. Yet, somehow, you get your food in under six minutes every time. It's always been the same: good. But now I'm worried. Al's has remodeled to accommodate more seating. The kitchen's been moved back about 20 feet and they've installed new fryers. Here's why I'm worried: A friend of mine tells me she's heard that the fries have changed. So I decide to investigate. It's Sunday night. I'm already oily, having spent the better part of the weekend eating fried clams and scallops in southern Maine — usually served with killer cole slaw, but lame frozen-style fries. As we hit Williston Road on the way back home, I'm ready for the

real thing. We roll into Al's. The nine new Pitco Friolators — same brand as the old ones — gleam from way back in the roomy new kitchen. The same old battle-scarred griddle is still there, but now you give your order to a guy at the head of the line instead of leaning over the counter, which was supposed to protect you from the griddle, and yelling your order to the cook through a savory mist of vaporizing hot dog and hamburger grease. I order a quart of fries for my family and a modest pint for myself, along with a pepper steak to wash 'em down. While I wait I make a few inquiries.

"You've got new Friolators." "Yep. We've earned 'em." "Same oil?" (I'd heard they've always used Newol, one of the top-notch frying oils. But look out, vegetarians: It's lardbased.) "Yep. Wed never change that." I feel encouraged. "One difference, though," the fellow continues, "is that the new fryers have automatic temperature control, which keeps the oil within two degrees of the right temperature. The old fryers sometimes varied 25 degrees one way or another." I feel a little worse. The old fries were always soooo good. What if the strict temperature control keeps the oil from acquiring that good old flavor? What if the new fryers with "auto-filtering units" suck the life out of the oil? What if the oil never gets old, and the fries come out looking as clean as an

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configuration of its cobalt glass "window" suggest ever so slightly an inpenetrable Gabon mask. Crocker's small bronze animals are Noah's Arkinspired: they come in pairs. In particular, the artist seems to have a thing for long-necked creatures, e.g., storks and giraffes. Crocker's forms are graceful and anatomically perfect, but retain the sensuous, unassuming charm of hand-shaped clay.

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icture a quilt 180 times larger than the one on display this week at St. Michael's College. Measure it in football fields, in field houses, in individual panels — however your mind can picture 300,000 AIDS deaths in America. Then remember that fewer than one in 10 AIDS cases happens in this country, that most of the pandemic is happening in Africa, Southeast Asia and the Caribbean. Try to picture an international AIDS quilt — how big would it have to be? Think again about the single panel that touched you the most, and multiply the tragedy by millions. Most quilt makers choose to emphasize the positive when creating a panel — to capture a sense of vibrancy and aliveness about the dead person's life. This results in a Quilt which, despite the underlying sense of loss, is almost cheerful on the surface. Real understanding requires looking beyond the warm fuzzy images to how ugly this disease really is. Every one of those panels represents a death, usually a messy, unpleasant death full of vomit, feces and drool, dementia, incontinence, and wasting, and a great deal of physical and emotional pain. As survivors, we want to preserve the warm memories of the ones we love.

But truly understanding AIDS means bearing witness to an unromantic, unsanitized reality than cannot be conveyed through a quilt. When looking at the individual panels, notice who is represented. Sure, AIDS affects all parts of our society, but the overwhelming majority of those memorialized in the Quilt are gay men or drug users, in both cases disproportionately AfricanAmerican or Latino. Our society has long divided people with AIDS into innocent victims and guilty ones — does your reaction change upon realizing that most of the panels are for those unequivocally in the "guilty" category? Pay attention to all of the pink triangles, rainbow flags, and other gay symbols on the Quilt panels — a whole community is being devastated, and the Quilt documents that destruction. A huge number of Quilt panels were made by gay men for their deceased partners: How many people think about what it means to be the surviving partner in a relationship rarely acknowledged or recognized as valid? How many of the school kids seeing the Quilt understand the relationship of the names on the panels to the physical and verbal queer-bashing that goes

on in their schools? Does seeing a memorial panel make you actually care about the real life of a junkie on the streets? When you look at the Quilt, do you understand how racism, homophobia and sexism contributed to this epidemic? Does it make you want to actually do something about it? To understand the loneliness of AIDS, look at the Quilt panels which have been made with only a first name, or even "anonymously." Understand what those represent: families so ashamed of their deceased son or daughter that, even in death, they won't allow the disease to be associated with the family name. Ask yourself what life with AIDS must have been like for someone in that position. When you walk through the Quilt, force yourself to ask why we have allowed this to happen to our country. How many of the names on the panels would not be there if we had been willing to put the necessary resources into prevention in the first place? Into talking honestly about sex and drugs? If we fail to make these connections, the

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Quilt has no meaning. We have created a wide array of tokens in response to the AIDS epidemic: red ribbons, bumper stickers, Christmas tree ornaments and a host of other epidemic by-products. Participating in these gestures may give voice to our deep pain and loss, and help draw attention to the issue. But in isolation they are little more than gestures, often mistaken for actually doing something effective about AIDS. At its best the Quilt can propel those who view it into meaningful individual and collective action. Mother Jones, an American union organizer, is credited with the phrase "Pray for the dead and fight like hell

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for the living." If you are touched by the quilt, don't just leave it feeling more connected to AIDS. Do something: give money, volunteer you time with an organization providing prevention services, challenge AIDS misinformation and bigotry when you hear it or volunteer as a "buddy" to help someone in declining health. That commitment to effective action is, in the end, the most fitting and eloquent memorial to the dead. •

Terje Anderson has worked in AIDS prevention and services for over a decade and has contributed to many Quilt panels. He lives in Burlington and is a member of the President's Advisory Council on HIV-AIDS.

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Martin Scorseses Casino is a stylish, high-intensity cross between Bugsy and Goodfelias — a blood-drenched chronicle of the Mafias role in the creation of Las Vegas. Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci, respectively, play a brilliant handicapper hired by the mob to oversee a casino — along with its "skim" of the profits — and the vicious pitbull told to watch over him. Against ail odds, Sharon Stone holds her own in this high-powered company as a hustler who thinks she's hit the jackpot when DeNiro proposes. The films center of gravity is Ace (DeNiro) Rothstein's wanton refusal to lose, even when the gamble is marriage to a woman he has to coerce with the promise "if it doesn't work out, youll be set up for life." A master analyst of the odds, he's a man who has made few bad bets as a gambler and, as a casino boss, has permitted few big winners to walk away. Inexplicably devoted to her longtime pimp (played with oily magnificence by James Woods) Stone goes through the motions just long enough to produce a child, get her own bank account and turn JACKPOT Scorsese returns to score with into an out-of-control juice head before asking for permission to the Las Vegas mob. leave and, more importandy, for her severance pay. Characteristically, Rothstein has hedged his bet. The money is in a safety deposit box and he has the only key. Three thousand miles from the epicenter, of course, are the "boys back home," who, if apprised of the situation unraveling out West, would be less likely to send a marriage counselor than a pack of rabid wolves. Like a blackjack player betting he can take just one more hit and not blow it, DeNiro's character and his greedpumped, coke-fueled pals push things ever closer to the brink of disaster. One by one, alliances, old friends and loves are cast aside like a lousy hand of cards. It takes nearly duee hours to reach that brink, and every [ frame is vintage Scorsese. After the costume drama Age of Innocence and silly thrillerGsr/v Fear, it's great to see the director back in the ^ genre where he's done so much of his best work. While Casino wont rank with his very finest films, it is a hugely watchable picture distinguished by a rich script, industrial-strength performances, a cool score and camerawork as snazzy as it gets.

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WHITE MAN'S BURDEN Why would white-hot John Travolta gamble his professional momentum on a low-budget film from a first-time director (Desmond Nakano)? Because its producer — who also produced Pulp Fiction — asked him to. Set in an America where the roles of blacks and whites have been reversed, the story concerns a laid-off worker who kidnaps his former boss.

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