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Among Sen. Bernie Sanders' most fervent followers, a constant refrain prevails: Why doesn’t he run for president in 2016? Sanders tried to put that question to rest for the thousandth time in this month’s Playboy magazine, for which he gave an interview to the liberal activist and occasional political candidate Jonathan Tasini. “Well, the answer is that to run a serious campaign, you need to raise hundreds of millions of dollars,” Sanders said, a feat accomplished by Barack Obama only because he “went to his friends on Wall Street.” That reality aside, Sanders continued, “I think people are

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et’s be honest: With less than a month to go before Vermont’s August 9 primary, the race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination remains a total snoozer. The three major Ds vying to replace retiring Gov. PETER SHUMLIN have done little to distinguish themselves from one another, on substance or Untitled-2 1 6/30/16 2:21 PM style. And unlike the last competitive contest — when Shumlin wrested the nomination from four other politiGREEK FESTIVAL cal heavyweights back in 2010 — the 2016 PREVIEW WEDNESDAYS, 7:00 P.M. electorate doesn’t appear all that interested. “I think most people don’t realize SETH JARVIS ON HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) we have an August primary, and I think SUNDAY, 8P.M. people are very focused on what’s happening nationally, for good reason,” says one of the contenders, former WATCH LIVE transportation secretary SUE MINTER. @5:25 WEEKNIGHTS ON Indeed. After another week of TV AND ONLINE bloodshed and turmoil — from Baton GET MORE INFO OR WATCH ONLINE AT Rouge to St. Paul to Dallas — it’s hard VERMONT CAM.ORG • RETN.ORG CH17.TV to get worked up about school district consolidation in our little corner of the country. And as fellow candidate 16t-retnWEEKLY.indd 1 7/12/16 11:37 AM MATT DUNNE notes, many voters have been focused on “a presidential contest that happened to involve a certain Vermonter.” “For perfectly good reason, it just happens to mean the center of attention just hasn’t been on the governor’s race,” the former Google manager and state senator adds. The third contender, former amILLADELPH, JM bassador and state senator PETER FLOW, HISI, GALBRAITH, says the unusually long MGW AND campaign season, which began 13 MANY LOCAL months ago when Shumlin announced AND NATIONAL ARTISTS. his retirement, has “dissipated” interCOMING SOON: est in it. And he criticizes the state’s SEED OF LIFE decision to move its primary to the NOW CARRYING PAX doldrums of August. 2, AS WELL AS G PEN, “If you asked me to pick the worst AND MAGIC FLIGHT day possible to hold an election, I probably would pick that date,” he says. Not that Vermont primaries have, historically, turned out an abundance of voters. In 2010, just 74,596 of the state’s 444,341 registered voters cast Democratic ballots. Because there were so many candidates that year, 75 Main Street | 802-865-6555 Shumlin managed to win the nomination with support from just 18,276 people — fewer than live in the town of Essex. And that was the most comMon-Thur 10-9 Fri-Sat 10-10 Sun 10-8 petitive Democratic gubernatorial w w w .n o r t h e r n l i g ht s p i p e s .c o m primary since JERRY DIAMOND bested Must be 18 to purchase tobacco products, ID required TIMOTHY O’CONNOR back in 1980.

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This time around, some observers think just 60,000 Ds will turn out, meaning the victor might need no more than 25,000 votes. All three candidates are working hard to win those votes, but they face a far less motivated electorate than in 2010. Back then, Democrats were itching to take back the governor’s office after eight years of frustration under Republican governor JIM DOUGLAS. “I think that really did animate the race,” says Democratic strategist BILL LOFY, who served as Shumlin’s first chief of staff. “In this race, there isn’t that obvious a level of energy around it because we have a Democrat in the governor’s office.” Former lieutenant governor DOUG RACINE experienced much the same when he attempted to succeed fellow Democrat HOWARD DEAN in the 2002 gubernatorial election. “There was Dean fatigue then. And I think there’s Shumlin fatigue now,” says Racine, who ran again in 2010 and later served in the Shumlin administration. “I don’t know if it’s coincidence, but every time there’s an open seat, the governorship goes back to the other party.” Recognizing Shumlin’s unpopularity, the Democratic candidates have all sought to distance themselves from the incumbent. But they often sound like they’re channeling him — or refighting his old battles. Galbraith can barely get through an interview without mentioning that he drafted a financing plan for Shumlin’s single-payer health care plan before the governor abandoned it. At a recent press conference in Montpelier, Dunne sounded as cocky and unconvincing as Shumlin in his assurances that he could fix Vermont Health Connect — simply by bringing in the right people. And as the incumbent did when he ran for reelection in 2012, Minter has run television ad after television ad promoting her work responding to Tropical Storm Irene. They’re not channeling just Shumlin. When Minter released her higher education plan last month, she gave it the unfortunate name of “Vermont Promise” — the same thing Douglas called his doomed college scholarship plan a decade ago. Minter and Dunne are especially prone to the political cliché, decrying, respectively,

“one-size-fits-all” and “cookie-cutter” approaches to education reform. Silos, if you ask Minter, seem to be in desperate need of breaking down. Lofy, who remains neutral in the race, warns that recycling that kind of pabulum isn’t going to work in 2016, when voters are “anxious, angry and uncertain.” “My sense is that those candidates who pursue that more traditional, cautious, boilerplate path are pursuing a losing political strategy in this political climate,” he says. The three Democrats seem to sense that. To an almost farcical degree, they’ve been mimicking and namedropping Sen. BERNIE SANDERS (I-Vt.) and appropriating elements of his presidential platform and rhetoric. In his first two television ads, Dunne mentioned Sanders as often as Minter did Irene. And Galbraith made sure to note in both of his ads that they’re “paid for by Galbraith for Vermont — not the special interests,” a rip-off of Sanders’ “not the billionaires” tagline. (The ads may actually have been financed by a millionaire: Galbraith himself, who acknowledges loaning his campaign a chunk of change.) Ellis Mills Public Affairs lobbyist KEVIN ELLIS says he understands the impulse to emulate Sanders, but he wonders whether voters will really buy it. “There’s a large degree of anger, frustration and protest in that movement,” he says. “Bernie Sanders is an antiestablishment guy. Sue Minter went to Harvard and MIT. Matt Dunne went to Brown.” (Galbraith, for the record, went to Harvard, Oxford and Georgetown.) Whether any of the three are finding traction is difficult to say. It’s been five months since the latest nonpartisan poll and four months since the candidates have had to disclose their campaign finances. Anecdotally, Dunne and Minter appear to have picked up more establishment support, and they are running more robust operations: Both have 10 paid staffers apiece, while Galbraith has just three. But the former ambassador seems to be having a greater impact on the debate. Since he declared his

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Donald Duck, Pt. 5 So, um, have statewide Republican candidates BRUCE LISMAN and SCOTT MILNE determined yet whether they’ll support their party’s racist, sexist, xenophobic presidential nominee? Nah. What’s the rush?! Lisman, who is challenging Scott for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, “continues to evaluate” birther DONALD TRUMP’s candidacy, according to campaign manager SHAWN SHOULDICE. “Bruce will continue to give the issue deliberate and thorough consideration,” she says. Phew! If Lisman’s months-long dodge isn’t “deliberate and thorough,” I don’t know what is. Milne, who’s running against Sen. PATRICK LEAHY (D-Vt.), says he’s still “listening” to Vermonters and weighing his options. Of which there are basically two. “There’s a lot of time between now and November 8,” he says. “I know Seven Days wants me to make a decision

every Monday, but I don’t think anyone else does.” Then his indecision shouldn’t be a problem. Anyway, Milne notes, “It’s not a guaranteed sure thing that Trump is gonna be the nominee, so let’s get through that.” Better luck next week.

Media Notes After 42 years in the journalism business, Valley News editor-at-large JIM FOX has called it quits. Fox spent much of his career at the helm of the bistate daily, which is headquartered in West Lebanon, N.H. He handed off dayto-day management of the newsroom a decade ago and has been mentoring reporters and writing editorials ever since. “I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that Jim Fox has been the heart and soul of the Valley News for more than 20 years,” says editor MARTY FRANK. Fox, 66, says he came to the conclusion that “enough was enough.” “I will contribute a couple of

editorials a week to the [paper], watch a lot of baseball, commune deeply with my bullmastiff and read a lot of books,” he says. “As to what else, I’m not sure yet.” Farther south, the publisher of the Brattleboro Reformer, Bennington Banner, Manchester Journal and Berkshire Eagle has also departed — though it’s unclear precisely why. EDWARD WOODS had worked for the papers’ parent company, New England Newspapers, for 11 years and also held the title of CEO. In a press release issued last week, one of the group’s new owners, HANS MORRIS, called it “a friendly separation.” Speaking to Seven Days, Woods declined to elaborate, citing a nondisclosure agreement, but he called the move “100 percent” voluntary. Replacing him, at least on a temporary basis, is an old hand. MARTIN LANGEVELD worked for the papers from 1978 until 2008, serving at times as publisher of the Reformer and the North Adams Transcript. He advised the new, local ownership group when it bought the papers in May from Digital First Media, and he plans to stick around until “we hire the very best person we can for this.” Langeveld says he’s focusing on “rebuilding the newsroom” after years of cuts — and bringing back jobs that had been outsourced to other Digital First locations. “We definitely have already grown the staff significantly,” he says. m

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candidacy in March with a focus on economic populism, he has pulled his peers a smidge to the left. Now all three say they hope to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, though Minter won’t commit to a specific time frame. “I entered the race because neither Minter nor Dunne was talking about it,” Galbraith claims, complaining that the press has failed to document their policy differences. (For what it’s worth, his hostility to large-scale renewable energy projects — not exactly a liberal stance — has gotten plenty of ink.) As they make their final pitches, Galbraith’s foes aren’t focusing on policy distinctions. Asked how she differs from her opponents, Minter notes that she has spent her career in Vermont — not “outside the state.” Dunne’s time at Google has taken him across the country, while Galbraith’s diplomatic work has taken him across the globe. “I’ve been here in Vermont, delivering for Vermonters,” Minter says without a trace of subtlety. “And I think when you ask who’s done more for Vermonters, I think the choice is pretty obvious.” Dunne, meanwhile, frames it as a political choice. “Who can beat PHIL SCOTT?” he asks, referring to the Republican lieutenant governor, who is seen as the frontrunner for his party’s nomination. “If candidates have similar views, who can actually win in November?” It’s a good question. But the answer right now, if the Democrats don’t get energized, might be none of them.

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professional pedigree. Scott’s campaign coordinator, Brittney Wilson, described Lisman as “a guy whose Wall Street firm went belly-up, brought America’s economy to its knees and bankrupted millions of Americans.” “Despite all of that, he walked away with bags of money, which says everything that needs to be said about his ambitions and his tactics,” Wilson continued. In an interview, Scott himself said his staffers had used stronger language than he would have. “I don’t disparage anybody for making money,” he said. But, he added, “I do think the tactics in D.C. and tactics on Wall Street are different from here in Vermont.” Lisman is, as he often says on the campaign trail and in television ads, “not the usual guy” in this campaign. Unlike his rivals — Scott and three Democrats — he has never held elected office. His record is the most elusive, his background the least typical and his bank account the biggest: Last December, he revealed a personal net worth of $50 million. He’s not been afraid to spend on his burgeoning political career. Over four years, he sank $1.3 million into a “nonpartisan” advocacy organization he founded, Campaign for Vermont, which ran television and radio ads featuring Lisman. As a candidate for governor, he reported spending $453,843 of his own money by mid-March. A new report is due this week. His campaign finance report shows that the connections he forged on Wall Street pay dividends. One former colleague, Richard Harriton, was fined $1 million by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He gave Lisman $1,000. Another, Robert Steinberg, lists the $54 million former home of Donald Trump as his address. He gave Lisman $4,000. Lisman wasn’t born into the Wall Street world. He grew up in Burlington’s

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n her 2009 book documenting the demise of Bear Stearns, financial reporter Kate Kelly described a gathering of the Wall Street firm’s top brass on one of its final days. The group was preparing for the investment bank’s sudden sale to rival J.P.Morgan as the 2008 mortgage meltdown escalated. “The gathering was a who’s who of senior talent at Bear,” Kelly wrote. Among them: Bruce Lisman, cohead of the firm’s global equities division. Now a Republican candidate for governor of Vermont, Lisman had reached the upper echelons of the firm before it came crashing back to Earth, as Kelly described in her book, Street Fighters: The Last 72 Hours of Bear Stearns, the Toughest Firm on Wall Street. He managed more than 2,000 people in a division that grew under his watch from $50 million to $2.3 billion in annual business. “Those meetings were mostly listening to what was happening to us,” Lisman said, recalling what he described as a painful time. “It was too late to say anything.” Eight years later, the 69-year-old Shelburne resident maintains that he played no role in the over-leveraged mortgage trading that brought the company — and the nation’s economy — crashing down. “My division was so far away from any of that,” Lisman said. “I only knew equities.” His friends, former colleagues and disinterested observers agree. “Bruce had no inkling that was happening,” said Steven Begleiter, a former senior managing director at Bear Stearns. “His decisions were not the problem.” Now, as he campaigns for governor a world away from Wall Street, Lisman’s business background serves as both a selling point and an albatross. He’s trying to persuade voters that his career prepared him to manage taxpayers’ money. But after a lifetime in the boardroom, he struggles to relate to voters — and explain how he’d get the job done. In recent weeks, advisers to his Republican gubernatorial opponent, Lt. Gov. Phil Scott, have seized on populist sentiment to pillory Lisman’s

Old North End, the son of a schoolteacher and a secretary, and he graduated from Burlington High School and the University of Vermont. He started in the financial industry at the bottom, as a file clerk. His boss admonished him to just file the papers,

not read them, he said. He soon was being paid to read the paperwork as a stock research analyst and then as director of research for Lehman Brothers — another firm that wouldn’t survive the 2008 crash. Moving to Bear Stearns in 1984, he advanced from research director to cohead of global equities, a position he held for 21 years until the company’s 2008 demise. He made the transition to J.P.Morgan for a year, retiring in 2009.

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last months. “We were pretty siloed.” Watching the company go at a fire-sale price to J.P.Morgan was devastating, he said, but, “I don’t think we had a choice.” Begleiter, who donated the maximum $4,000 contribution to Lisman’s campaign, said he often relied on Lisman’s judgment at Bear Stearns. “He’s a great decision maker and consensus builder,” Begleiter said. “One hundred percent of the time, he had the right view on complicated issues.” Bishop, who owns a vacation home in Manchester, said she thinks the skills Lisman learned on the Street would translate well to running the state. “Why doesn’t Vermont need a problem solver who knows how to take a problem and figure out a way hopefully not to waste money and find the right end result?” she said. Win Smith, president of Sugarbush Resort in Warren and a former executive vice president at Merrill Lynch, said that a background in the financial industry could prepare a candidate to run the state. “I wouldn’t expect him to be an expert on every single aspect of government, but he could put together a good team,” said Smith, who has not endorsed a candidate. “Vermont could really use somebody who understands the fiscal challenges of the state.” That’s how Lisman pitches himself — as someone experienced in hiring the right people and managing projects. But putting Wall Street skills to work in government is not easy, or common — though others, such as former New Jersey senator and governor Jon Corzine, treasury secretary Hank Paulson and Congressman Jim Himes (D-Conn.) have made the jump. Vermonters have been able to glimpse Lisman’s management style. He served on the University of Vermont Board of Trustees from 1996 to 2004, when it hired Judith Ramaley as president — and he chaired the board and search committee when it later hired her successor, Dan Fogel. Ramaley resigned after four years in 2001 following a hockey hazing scandal and a faculty union drive. “Not every hire is going to work out,” Lisman said. Fogel served 10 years but resigned as president in 2011 amid allegations that his wife had an inappropriate

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n the warm, still evening of June 15, Malletts Bay was full of boaters enjoying Lake Champlain. Then around 6:30 p.m., tragedy struck: Two motorboats collided, and one of the pilots hit the water and disappeared. Witnesses frantically called 911. Some dove off their boats in efforts to save the man. But authorities later said Rodney Dion drowned and sank to the bottom of the lake. Police divers recovered the 60-year-old Milton man’s body the next day. Speed and navigational errors likely caused the collision, according to U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer First Class Jason Balmer, who is based at the station in Burlington. Dion and the other boat’s skipper, 58-year-old Keith Wright of South Burlington, appeared to realize that they were heading toward each other, Balmer said. A critical navigation rule holds that operators on a collision course should head to starboard — their right — to avoid crashing. Instead, according to Balmer, the operators veered toward the same spot. “Both of them were making various course changes to avoid collision, but they weren’t in accordance with the navigation rules,” Balmer said. “And they didn’t slow down, and that’s what resulted in the accident.” The Coast Guard was one of several agencies that responded to the collision. Balmer’s summary of what happened is based on eyewitness accounts and his knowledge of the official investigation, which is being conducted by the Colchester Police Department. Police investigators, however, have not yet made a formal finding about the cause. Wright and his three passengers were not seriously injured, nor was Dion’s passenger. How to pilot a boat is spelled out in the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Rules and Regulations Handbook. But many people ignore boating regulations, Balmer said. “They are required to follow the navigation rules, but nobody knows them.” The rules are covered in a state-approved boatingsafety course required for Vermonters born after January 1, 1974 who operate motorized vessels and personal watercraft. People born before then are not required to take the course under a state law that dates to the early 1990s. They were exempted under a political compromise, and police say that as far as they know, neither Dion nor Wright took the course. About 30,000 Vermont residents have taken the eighthour course, which is offered through a private company online and taught by volunteers at community centers and parks departments. One of the lessons from the Colchester fatality is to slow down and give other boaters space, said Corp. Kevin Mays, field coordinator for the Vermont State Police marine division. The tragedy is a reminder to “just give people room. There’s no reason to crowd everybody out there,” Mays said. “It’s a big lake.” He also urged compliance with the “no-wake rule,” which says operators should go no faster than 5 miles per hour when they are within 200 feet of another occupied vessel.

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“If you’re near something, within 200 feet of something, you probably should be going slow,” Mays said. The investigation is not complete, and until it is, Colchester Police Chief Jennifer Morrison said, it’s premature to say what caused the crash. The boats are being studied to determine how fast they were traveling. But she and Cpl. Michael Akerlind, who doubles as the Colchester harbormaster, agree that Dion and Wright realized they were on a collision course. “It wasn’t an issue of not seeing each other,” Akerlind said. Debbie Dion, the widow of the man who died, said her husband was on a fishing excursion with a buddy that night. He knew the boating rules well. Her husband drove the boat despite a visual impairment resulting from a car crash in 1995. He was legally blind, but not totally blind, Debbie Dion said, adding that he did not have a license to drive a car. Rodney Dion could still see well enough to spot things on the water and do tasks such as text, Debbie Dion said. She does not believe her husband’s vision problem played any role in the crash and said it was likely a tragic accident. “He was loved by a lot of people, and he will be missed,” she said. No one in the boats wore a life jacket, said Debbie Dion. “I was told that when he hit the water, it knocked him unconscious. Had he had a life jacket on, he would have floated,” she said. “Instead he just immediately sank.”

Police do not believe that alcohol was a factor but are awaiting the results of Dion’s toxicology tests. Wright was tested the night of the crash and was not drunk, according to Akerlind and Morrison. So far, Akerlind does not think charges are warranted, but he emphasized that not all the information is in. Once the investigation is complete, the file will go to Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. Donovan, who has the final say on whether to bring charges. “There was nothing grossly negligent that occurred; nobody was impaired as far as we know at this point,” Akerlind said. Seven Days’ efforts to reach Wright were unsuccessful. When a reporter went to his home in South Burlington Friday, relatives said he was out of town. The shock from the collision — witnessed by dozens of boaters and people on shore — has not ebbed. Malletts Bay is one of the most popular spots on Lake Champlain for anglers, sailors and boaters. It’s home to more than 1,000 moorings and slips at marinas. The bay’s public boat launch, where both Dion and Wright put in their vessels, is one of the busiest in Vermont. At peak times, more than 500 boats ply inner and outer Malletts Bay. The bay is also popular because its coves can offer refuge from the swells that regularly form on the 120-milelong lake, which can make boating an unpleasant experience of slamming against wave after wave. The night of the crash was calm and still, though. The bay was busy with boats, but not at peak traffic, according to police.

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At Champlain Marina, which is on the the lake bottom 60 feet below the surface welcome Dr. Michael bay near the crash site, manager Bruce around 2:30 a.m. They waited until first Gravett, with ten years Deming said people are still talking about light to bring him up. experience in primary the tragedy. “Life was lost,” Deming said, Such crash scenes are fairly rare in adding that the accident gives a “bad rep Vermont, which, compared to other states, care. Dr. Gravett also for boating in general.” Each year, there has few fatal boating accidents. From 2011 has extended expertise are accidents — but not usually this severe, to 2015, five people were killed statewide in heart, respiratory and Deming said. in boating accidents, according to national men’s health issues. Navigating the busy bay is similar to reports compiled by the Coast Guard and negotiating a packed lot full of moving the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. cars, he said. “You know when cars are The national total was 3,205 people. EXPERTS IN NATURAL MEDICINE coming at each other in a parking lot and Common causes for accidents include We can also be your primary care doctors! something’s not quite right? People make inattention, failure to follow navigational Accepting all Vermont insurances mistakes; they don’t always judge the situ- rules and boating under the influence. lo ca l, f re s h , o rig in a l ation correctly,” Deming said. Drunken boating is a problem the Akerlind carefully steered the 26-foot Coast Guard sees periodically on Lake 802-860-3366 Colchester police boat out into the bay Champlain. But tickets are relatively www.MountainViewNaturalMedicine.com on a hot afternoon July 1, few, according to the Coast S. Burlington, VT with a Seven Days reporter Guard and state police. and Chief Morrison aboard. Sometimes BUI tickets are Akerlind had marked a red 1076 Williston Road, S. Burlington issued after reckless driving X on the boat’s mapping 862.6585 is observed, or when marine system to show where the www.windjammerrestaurant.com police do one of their regular crash occurred. A late after“safety checks” on boats to noon thunderstorm was in inspect life jackets, registrathe forecast, so boat traffic tions and boater education was light. Sailboats bobbed 8v-Mountainviewnaturalmed071316.indd 1 7/11/16Untitled-14 5:10 PM 1 6/15/16 11:23 AM cards — proof an operator on their moorings, and took the safety course. residents of summer camps JASON BALMER, State law prohibits the and year-round homes on C OAST G UARD PET T Y operator of a vessel from the shore mowed lawns OF F IC ER F IRST CL ASS driving while drunk — deand worked on their docks. fined as having a bloodSmall aluminum bass boats putt-putted along, and several cabin cruisers, some as alcohol level of 0.08 percent or higher, the big as a house and flying the Canadian flag, same standard as on roads. But operators are allowed to drink as long as they stay powered over the water. The accident spot is an easy 10-minute under the limit, and passengers can drink cruise from the public boating access, without restrictions. This differs from beyond buoys near shore that order boat- motor vehicle rules, which prohibit drivers to slow down. The site is where the ers and passengers from drinking. In the aftermath of the crash, some bay starts to open up, just east of a point of land known as Malletts Head that leads to boaters are saying there should be speed Marble Island. limits farther out into Malletts Bay, near Akerlind remembered the night of the the accident site, where boaters often crash well. “We got the call at 6:30. I think open it up. “People just hit the throttle and I was on scene within 10 minutes or so.” take off,” said Ed Losier, the manager of “There was a large debris field, and Coates Island Marina on Malletts Bay. some fuel on the water,” Akerlind recalled. Malletts Bay is beautiful, but it’s inPrivate boats and people on personal wa- creasingly busy and requires caution, he tercraft had gathered, as had several ves- added. sels carrying emergency responders. “With the sailboats trying to come Wright’s 35-foot boat had already sunk in and out under sail, the power boats with a large hole in the stern. The four coming in and out, it’s extremely busy people aboard had gotten off safely. Dion’s and dangerous,” he said. “It can really get 20-foot boat was damaged and afloat, and pretty wild out there.” m his passenger had been transported to shore. Contact: molly@sevendaysvt.com Petty Officer Balmer was on the second shift of Coast Guard responders, who INFO searched the waters for Dion at midnight For information on the boating safety course, along with other law enforcement. State visit the Vermont State Police website at 863-5625 • HomeShareVermont.org police using sonar located his body on vsp.vermont.gov/auxiliary/marine.

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hen Judy Rosenstreich first won election to the Vermont House in 1972, she ran as a Republican and saw the party as one for liberals in the mold of Nelson Rockefeller and Jacob Javits. Rosenstreich championed integration and cheered in 1973 when the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling legalized abortion. Then, as she viewed it, the party shifted to the right. “The Republican Party went in a completely different direction,” Rosenstreich, 72, told Seven Days. So she joined the Democrats and has been firmly allied with the “Ds” for decades. She’s set on one party, but that can’t be said for her opponents in the race for two open House seats in central Burlington. Selene Colburn and Brian Cina will also be on the Democratic ballot in the August 9 primary, though Colburn is a Progressive and Cina has Progressive leanings. Colburn, who serves on the Burlington City Council, sees herself as a “fusion” candidate and plans to caucus with the Progressives if elected to the House. Cina calls himself a “hybrid” candidate. He’s seeking Progressive endorsements and says that, if elected, he wants to caucus with both the Progs and the Dems — even though they often meet at the same time, which would make doubleduty impossible. “I’m getting a lot of flak around this choice,” Cina admitted. Other Progressive candidates around the state are also using the fusion strategy, including newbies inspired to run by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Independent Sanders has managed to attract millions of supporters in his run for the Democratic presidential nomination. Call it fusion or hybrid, the Vermont Democratic Party is not a big fan of the approach in state races. “When we’re able to caucus together, that’s the moment where we can be as effective as possible and really make sure that we support our platform and the values that we care about as Democrats,” said Christina Amestoy, communications director for the party. The party will dedicate its campaign resources to affiliated Democrats and won’t support Colburn or Cina — but will back Rosenstreich.

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The Chittenden 6-4 district where they are running encompasses a northeastern swath of Burlington. It includes some Old North End streets, student dorms and off-campus rentals, subsidized housing, carefully restored highend homes and the sprawling University of Vermont and University of Vermont Medical Center campuses. Incumbent Reps. Kesha Ram, a Democrat, and Chris Pearson, a Progressive, are giving up their seats, but not politics. Ram is running for lieutenant governor, while Pearson is seeking the Democratic nomination for a state Senate seat. (Pearson is treasurer of Cina’s campaign.) All three candidates vying to replace them — Cina, Colburn and Rosenstreich

— say they support universal health care and fossil fuel reduction. Cina is a “maybe” for now on marijuana legalization, while Colburn and Rosenstreich are for it. Rosenstreich wants to push for a public retirement system that covers all Vermonters and grow businesses that are member-owned cooperatives. Colburn stresses affordable housing and renewable energy; Cina wants to promote economic opportunity and reform public education funding. Colburn and Cina are more like teammates than opponents: They strategize together and meet up for door-knocking sessions. Cina, 40, is a clinical social worker and psychotherapist who lives on Isham Street. He grew up in New Jersey and

moved to Burlington in 1998 after graduating from Dartmouth College with a music degree. He worked as an AmeriCorps volunteer at Spectrum Youth & Family Services, then took a staff job there. He earned a master’s in social work from the University of Vermont in 2005 and works in private practice in Burlington. Many of his clients are children and parents. That contributed to his decision to run for a spot on the Burlington School Board in 2014, his first-ever run for elected office. (School board elections are nonpartisan.) Cina, who is single and has no children, joined the board amid public ire over deficits and double-digit tax increases. He quickly earned a reputation for candor. As an auditor droned on during a ponderous public presentation about chronic deficits, Cina dismissed the jargon and said what many people were thinking: “It sounds like a mess.” Fixing the mess became a catchphrase in the local debate on school woes. He was also outspoken as cochair of Pride Vermont from 2000-2003, when debate swirled around civil unions. He recalled Pride events around the state, especially in rural areas, “where 14 people” attended and were “scared” to be seen at a gay-rights event. “It was the whole ‘Take Back Vermont’ era,” he said, referring to the movement that cropped up to protest civil unions. Cina said he doesn’t currently identify as gay but considers himself “multi-spirited.” “I feel like I have a masculine-feminine spirit,” he explained to Seven Days. Like Cina, Rosenstreich grew up in New Jersey. She is the daughter of a Polish immigrant homemaker and a selfeducated father who helped design the first automatic pinsetters for bowling alleys. She moved to Vermont as a young mother in the late 1960s after graduating from the University of Connecticut with a political science degree. She later earned a master’s degree at Saint Michael’s College. Rosenstreich has lived on Henry Street for almost 20 years and works as a senior policy adviser at the Vermont Department of Mental Health. She also worked as executive director for the Vermont State Employees’ Association, and in leadership roles for a variety

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of nonprofits. She is divorced and has said. “I don’t know why she’s running as a Democrat.” three grown children. Colburn defended her decision, When Rosenstreich first ran for the House back in the 1970s, she faced saying it would be tough to run as a “straight-up Progressive” subtle and not-so-subtle in a presidential election sexism. One of her oppoyear. Some voters will be nents questioned whether she would be able to hold casting a ballot for the first office and take care of her time and might “never have children; others saw a experienced a third party,” woman candidate as a curiosity. But she she said. persevered and in an upset became the Democrats might not like her apfirst woman elected to represent the proach, Colburn acknowledged, but she town of Waterbury in the legislature. “I vowed to work closely with all parties was a trailblazer,” she said. if elected. And she does not apologize At a Statehouse orientation for for going the fusion route. “I think you new lawmakers, a commithave to think about the most tee chairman greeted the successful strategy to get newcomer with this remark: elected,” she said. “My, you’ll add to the scenery There are some around here.” Progressives, too, who don’t Rosenstreich responded: “love” the fusion strategy, “I hope I do more than add to Colburn added, declining to the scenery.” name names. “It cuts both Over time, Rosenstreich ways.” said, she made many friends She was born in Burlington and was taken seriously as a and has deep roots in the city lawmaker, in spite of the fact and its institutions. Her late that she stood out as much grandfather founded the art for her youth as her gender. department at the University At just 28, “I was the of Vermont, while her late youngest woman in the hisSEL ENE grandmother was an English C OLBURN tory of the Vermont General teacher at Burlington High Assembly,” Rosenstreich said. School. Colburn, 46, grew During her second term, in 1976, up on Willard Street and graduated Rosenstreich was appointed as a White from BHS in 1987. She studied dance at House Fellow in Washington, D.C., Bennington College and then went west, where she focused on energy policy. where she worked in San Francisco. She Back in Vermont, she worked in a variety earned a master’s in library and inforof jobs and switched to the Democratic mation science at Simmons College in Party. Boston in 1999. She works as an assistant After moving to Burlington, library professor at UVM and lives on Rosenstreich sought to restore the Latham Court with her husband and front porch on her 19th-century brick two children. house. Initially, she was told the porch As a city councilor, Colburn pushed rebuild would be too close to a neigh- for a policy to require Burlington Police bor’s property under city rules. She to carry Narcan, the drug that can reargued that the rules discouraged res- verse heroin overdoses. Since police toration in the historic neighborhood began carrying the antidote in January, — and helped secure a preservation- they have used it at least once a month friendly zoning change. Preservation and saved lives, Colburn said. Burlington gave Rosenstreich an It’s this kind of change that makes award, and she scored political points. politics worth it, she said. “I cried when Rosenstreich said she will be a I learned about their first reversal,” problem-solver in the Statehouse. she said. “I learned that you can make “I’ve spent many years working at real differences in real people’s lives by the legislature representing different doing this work.” organizations,” Rosenstreich said. “I The primary will likely decide come to this with a full understanding which two candidates will go on to of how the process works, how to be represent the district. No one has filed effective.” as a Republican or as a Progressive, and She emphasized that she’ll caucus those ballots are blank. Absent a writewith the Democrats and that voters in campaign, two of three contenders on can be confident in who she says she the Democratic ballot will show up at is politically. That’s a contrast from the Statehouse come January. m Colburn, Rosenstreich said. “She’s known as a Progressive,” Rosenstreich Contact: molly@sevendaysvt.com

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A black Brooklyn man whose drug conviction was overturned by the Vermont Supreme Court has filed a federal lawsuit against Bennington police, saying the department engaged in racial discrimination by targeting him in a 2013 traffic stop. Shamel Alexander, who was freed in February after serving nearly three years in prison, alleges that officers had no evidence to justify a drug investigation and targeted him because of his race. Alexander traveled to Bennington in a taxi in 2013 and asked to be dropped at a Chinese restaurant downtown. En route, the cab driver asked another driver, who turned out to be an off-duty Bennington cop, for directions to the restaurant. The officer directed them to the Lucky Dragon, then alerted an on-duty officer, who happened to be nearby, that the cab “would probably be a good stop if [the officer] could find him doing something wrong.” Officers were interested in Alexander because they had received anonymous tips that a black man named “Sizzle,” a heavyset African American, came to Bennington via taxis to deal drugs. Though Alexander didn’t match the vague physical description or other information police had about “Sizzle,” officers stopped the cab, questioned and searched Alexander, and arrested him for possessing 0.4 ounces of heroin. He had no criminal record and was deemed a low risk to reoffend, but he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. The Vermont Supreme Court in February unanimously overturned Alexander’s sentence, ruling that the suspect’s description was too vague to warrant a valid stop and search.

Pride Center of Vermont executive director Kim Fountain will step down in September after five years on the job. Fountain, the subject of a June 22 profile in Seven Days, announced in an email Tuesday that she has taken a new job as chief operating officer at the Center on Halsted in Chicago. According to its website, the Center on Halsted is the “Midwest’s most comprehensive community center” serving LGBTQ people. In Vermont, many credit the 48-year-old Fountain with revitalizing the Pride Center, which was struggling financially when she arrived. In recent months, after tragic local and national events involving LGBTQ people, Fountain became a de facto spokesperson for the community. The center is actively searching for a replacement for Fountain, whose last day will be September 11 — the day of Burlington’s annual Pride Parade. “From my first interview through Kim Fountain to this letter, I have felt supported and lovingly challenged, always in the context of concern and excitement for our community,” Fountain wrote in a farewell message to Pride Center supporters. “I am comforted in knowing that I am leaving the center in good hands because it is right where it has always been — with you.”

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Taking Stock « P.15 relationship with a UVM associate vice president. “Dan Fogel was an excellent hire,” Lisman asserted, arguing that he reestablished the university’s competitive reputation, beefed up faculty salaries and revitalized aging campus infrastructure. But Lisman has yet to demonstrate that he can govern in the public eye. As he campaigns, he speaks as if he’s in a boardroom full of people who have to be there and know the lingo. At a June 27 meeting with the Professional Fire Fighters of Vermont in Barre, Lisman left members looking listless. Eschewing the microphone, he was marginally audible and made little effort to win the firefighters’ endorsement, though the labor union has in the past gone to bat for both Democrats and Republicans.

Lisman did assure his audience that he opposes right-to-work laws that allow workers to benefit from union negotiations without paying dues. But when the firefighters asked what he would do about workers’ compensation that doesn’t cover all the risks they face, he replied, “I’d like to know more.” Asked about fire academy funding, he said, “Well, if I knew more about it, I might be able to tell you more about it.” At a forum later that day in Burlington sponsored by groups of social services providers, Lisman gave answers the audience was looking for. He said, for example, that he supported increased funding for mental health treatment. But Lisman, a small and bullish man who looks like he’s perpetually shrugging, also rifled through many answers with perplexing generalities. “The person you elect will tell you a lot about what you expect to happen in

10 years, but in fact it’ll direct us to that direction,” he said in his closing statement. “I’m not suggesting a revolution. Rather, I’m suggesting competence. Instead of incoherence, objectivity about what we need to do.” Pressed for details on his positions, Lisman responds as if he’s unaccustomed to sharing his opinions publicly. He has called for repealing the Act 46 school district consolidation law. Yet when asked how, as a Shelburne resident, he voted last month on whether to consolidate districts within the Chittenden South Supervisory Union, he initially refused to say. His vote was private, he said. Reminded that he’s a candidate for governor and his vote would reveal how he thinks Act 46 is playing out in his own community, he relented: “I voted no.” The merger vote passed overwhelmingly in Shelburne and four other towns.

Lisman is convinced, nonetheless, that Vermonters are fed up with how their government is run, whether it involves consolidating school districts or the beleaguered Vermont Health Connect insurance exchange. “I believe in strong management,” he said at the Burlington forum, taking a swipe at departing Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin. “I believe we’re supposed to hire the best people we can find, not the best people we know.” First, he’ll have to persuade voters that a career Wall Streeter can do that. Lisman dismissed the suggestion that his big-bucks background makes it hard for him to relate to average Vermonters. “Nobody asks me about that,” he said. “People are generally unhappy with the government that serves them. That’s what people talk to me about.” m Contact: terri@sevendaysvt.com

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January 18, 1967. Together they had two children, Tina Marie and Thomas Jr. He was employed at Vermont Heating & Ventilating Co. and later at the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont for 25-plus years. He was predeceased by his first wife, Victoria, in 1982 and later married Dianne Marie Fleece on November 23, 1985. Tom (aka Papa) was a wonderful grandfather and loved his grandkids to no end. He was predeceased by his parents; sister Evelyn and husband Robert Bourdeau; brother Edward Dacres; brotherin-laws Robert Beech, Richard Bevins and James Worthy; and grandson Thomas Allen Dacres. Left to cherish his memory are his wife; his daughter Tina Marie, and husband Robert Kimball and their children: Justin Thomas

Dacres and wife Danielle, Katrina, and Victoria May; his son, Thomas F. Dacres Jr., and wife Natascha and their children: Joshua Thomas, Nadja Ute-Victoria, Vince, Colton, Austin and Evanna; daughter Marie and husband Dale Solomon and their children; sisters Clara Beech, Bertha Worthy and Rena Bevins; and nine wonderful and very special great-grandchildren. A celebration of life will be held at 293 River Road in Colchester on Friday, July 15, from 4 to 7 p.m. A church service of Christian burial will be held Saturday, July 16, at 3 p.m. at the Winooski United Methodist Church, followed by a burial service at Lakeview Cemetery on North Avenue in Burlington. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle counties in memory of Tom.

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John Megown Von Bargen, 70, passed away from lung cancer on Monday, July 4, 2016, at 2:50 a.m.at his home surrounded by his family. John was born on September 25, 1945, in Ironwood, Mich., to John and Jessie Von Bargen. He is the brother of Mary Von Bargen Frederick. John’s childhood was spent in a number of states in the Midwest as his father was in the United States Forest Service. He attended and graduated from Lehigh University with a degree in economics. After concluding his education, he traveled the United States

as a comb salesman and, in so doing, visited Vermont, where he met and fell in love with his wife Leslie Bibens. On August 24, 1975, he and Leslie were married and started their life together. In the years to come, John and Leslie built a home together in North Springfield and had two children, John Eric Von Bargen and Julie Von Bargen Thom. They had an admirable marriage that ended after three years of John’s unwavering loving care of Leslie, who passed away of ovarian cancer on July 9, 2012. In June 2016, John was married to Veronica Todorovic, and their time was cut too short by John’s illness. He is survived by Veronica; John and Emily Von Bargen; Jason and Julie Thom; and his grandchildren, John Eric Von Bargen Jr., Henry Richard Von Bargen and Evie Leslie Thom. With a desire to work with his hands, John made the improbable decision to train himself as a silversmith. First selling his jewelry at local craft fairs, he eventually opened his first store, the Silver Mine, in Killington in 1975. These entrepreneurial learnings coupled with John’s passion for quality and his risk-taking mindset led to the founding of his first Von Bargen’s

jewelry store in Springfield. John gradually expanded to four store locations and developed an industry-wide respected business known for its quality and ethics. John’s charisma, enthusiasm and engaging conversation often left those with whom he interacted with an unforgettable impression. He had incredible energy and a wild streak that revealed his love of and appreciation of life. As an addict to the New York Times, a long-standing VPR supporter and a voracious reader, John could speak to any topic at length. His confidence and delivery made him a great storyteller, and he never let the facts get in the way of a good story. He may have been often wrong, but he was never in doubt. John will be missed intensely by his family and by the many friends he developed throughout his life. The funeral service for John was held on Friday, July 8, at the Congregational Church in Springfield. A reception followed at the Von Bargens’ home. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in John’s honor to the Norris Cotton Cancer Center Research Fund (603-653-0745).

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tion to plant seeds of doubt about human nature. Four centuries after his death, Shakespeare’s popularity is still growing like a weed. Jericho’s 2016 country garden tour on Saturday, July 16, commemorates the Bard’s quadricentennial with Shakespeare in the Garden. It’s a unique addition to the plethora of events this year that have commemorated his passing in 1616. A tour committee brainstormed the theme last February, and the DEBORAH RAWSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY, along with six local residents, literally cultivated it on their grounds this spring. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Jericho Community Center, where villagers have been gathering since 1847. Each garden on the tour has photos of Shakespeare next to species that crop up in his plays. Visitors might be surprised to discover just how frequently he waxed poetic about plants. More than 150 varieties — from aloe to yew — are referenced in the playwright’s prolific output. Many of them made the journey

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from merry olde England to the New World, and subsequently took root in Vermont. In Love’s Labour’s Lost, for example, Shakespeare praises daisies and violets for painting “the meadows with delight.” Hot lavender, mint and marjoram show up in The Winter’s Tale. Wild thyme,

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oxlips and luscious woodbine are celebrated in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. If the play’s the thing, then Jericho’s Shakespeare in the Garden is like a botanical play that captures the spirit of the town. What to see or not to see is up to individuals on the self-guided tour. Maps to each location are printed on the tickets. The library will demonstrate that all the world’s a stage with live readings

by ELIZABETH BERNSTEIN of Shakespeare’s work every hour between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and written quotes appear on stakes among its flower beds. The garden’s overall design, according to organizing committee member ORELYN EMERSON, “was strongly influenced by the rustic Shakespeare Garden in [New York’s] Central Park in 1916, composed of rustic cedar arbors, trellises and benches.” In BOB and SHIRLEY SMITH’s garden, two streams cascade into a waterfall down their hillside. The landscape features tall trees and shade-loving plants, including numerous varieties of hosta, astilbe, marsh marigolds, rodgersia, darmera, water lilies and wild strawberries for ground cover. Talk about love’s labour. JOANN and DAVE OSBORNE offer a medicinal herb garden featuring more than 40 plants used in teas, tinctures, oils, salves and creams. Their calm oasis also features stone creatures among the healing beds. As if wandering through a midsummer night’s dream, visitors to FAITH INGULSRUD and ERIC AVILDSEN’s garden will tread alongside terraced slopes and stone walls toward a wood clearing. Edible plants and untamed flora, many of them mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays, lead the way. SANDY FARY and MICHELLE PINAUD’s garden landscape was created, you might say, measure for measure. Fary felled some sugar maple trees in the fall and used the wood to build an arbor and fence around her vegetable garden. She planted wisteria to climb the arbor and put the trellis along the fence. Wood chips were used for paths that meander around the grounds, where vegetable plantings are arranged in concentric circles. “Because the climate is similar to that in England,” Fary says, “I have 77 plants referenced in [Shakespeare’s] works.” These and other gardens, along with an afternoon tea, await visitors to the tour on Saturday, which begins at 9 a.m. rain or shine. All’s well that ends well at 3 p.m.

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Over the past few years, Exchange Street in Middlebury has become a hub for those who want to imbibe local. Among its occupants are Stonecutter Spirits, Otter Creek Brewing Company, Woodchuck Cider, Appalachian Gap Distillery, Aqua Vitea Kombucha and Vermont Coffee Company. Now, Middlebury’s hippest street is about to get arty: Vermont Coffee Company has opened a theater. Last weekend, the VERMONT COFFEE COMPANY PLAYHOUSE hosted a debut party and performance directed by and starring DEB GWINN, wife of VCC owner PAUL RALSTON. “Our whole thing is about bringing people together,” Ralston said. “What do people do in communities? They talk; they eat; they do art; they share their creativity.” According to Ralston, opening a theater was always part of the plan. “This is one of the reasons that we roast coffee,” he said. “You have to pay to do your art. It’s hard to get people to pay you for your art.” And if coffee helped fund the theater, Ralston added, the theater will help promote the coffee. “In the crudest sense, it’s part of our marketing,” he said. Gwinn is known locally for directing 18 seasons of SHAKESPEARE IN THE BARN at Mary’s Restaurant at the Inn at Baldwin Creek in Bristol. For the past six years, she has mounted invitation-only performances in a teeny-tiny Middlebury studio in the building that currently houses the toy shop Ollie’s Other Place. Now, Gwinn said, she’s thrilled to have a larger venue. The VCC playhouse is a 70-seat “gray-box” theater: Gray curtains enclose the

space. “We needed to soften our walls, and we just thought black would be too dark,” she explained. Chairs and “retired” lighting were obtained from Middlebury College, and Ralston built the low stage in VCC’s on-site woodshop. “It’s really an industrial warehouse vibe,” he said. “It’s not a high-end theater.” Gwinn will serve as artistic director of the playhouse. So far, she has booked Gare St Lazare Ireland for a couple of shows in October. Gwinn calls the theater troupe, which adapts Samuel Beckett’s prose pieces for the stage, “a personal favorite.” For the opening event last weekend, Gwinn enlisted local actors to perform her new work “Billy the Kid Sister.” The 20-minute comedy was inspired by and set to Aaron Copland’s 1938 ballet Billy the Kid. There was no dialogue. “It’s acting to music,” explained Gwinn. “It’s not unlike dance, but we don’t call it that. Some people feel it’s kind of like a silent movie.” Ralston is also planning to occupy the theater on some nights. The former Vermont state senator currently records his WDEV show “The Reluctant Politician” in a studio in the VCC building. He hopes to do live studio recordings of that show in the playhouse, as well as live radio dramas. “Our hope is that, once a month, we have things happening here,” said Ralston, who sees the theater as part of Exchange Street’s renaissance. He’d like to see the former industrial thoroughfare become a vibrant arts and culture hub, much like Pine Street in Burlington’s South End, he added. The first order of business: getting the street a sidewalk. MEGAN JAMES

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We Are as Gods: Back to the Land in the 1970s on the Quest for a New America

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Kate Daloz, PublicAffairs, 384 pages. $26.99.

even Days’ writers can’t possibly read, much less review, all the books that arrive in a steady stream by post, email and, in one memorable case, on a very exhausted donkey. So this monthly feature, Page 32, is our way of introducing you to new books by Vermont authors. To do that, we’ll contextualize each book just a little and quote a single representative sentence from, yes, page 32. Inclusion here implies neither approval nor derision on our part, but simply: Here are a bunch of books that Seven Days readers might like to know about. In this installment, we have a bit of an inadvertent theme: books that explore (and sometimes extol) a return to the land.

“Peg had always prided herself at being fashionably ahead of the crowd in her tastes and enthusiasms, but when she heard about how they were living over at Myrtle [Hill Farm] — cooking over campfires and living in lean-tos — she thought, ‘They’re out there, I’m square.’”

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Ruah Swennerfelt, foreword by Rob Hopkins, Producciones de La Hamaca for the Quaker Institute for the Future, 121 pages. $15.

Clearer in the Night “His smile was soft, like the sun right before it sets on a fall night.”

Sheila Post, Green Writers Press, 240 pages. $24.95.

“I am exacting on both fronts, Katie — research and fashion.”

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Henry David Thoreau was, arguably, the very first back-tothe-lander, and SHEILA POST pays him tribute in this novel of ideas, published by Brattleboro’s GREEN WRITERS PRESS. The protagonist is a young Harvard professor who finds her convictions challenged when she’s asked to teach a seminar on Thoreau. Battling for her mind and heart are two very different men: one an erudite, status-obsessed Boston Brahmin, the other a rugged Vermonter who’s following in Thoreau’s footsteps.

The “Rob” referenced here is Rob Hopkins, one of the founders of the Transition Town movement, which aims to help whole communities develop the group spirit and resilience necessary to weather the challenges of climate change. Hopkins contributed a foreword to this compact manual by RUAH SWENNERFELT, a founding member of Transition Town Charlotte. In clearly organized sections, the author presents the history and key concepts of Transition — such as “resilience” versus “sustainability” — with an emphasis on “what people of faith can bring to this innovative Movement.” Bearing a glowing blurb from BILL MCKIBBEN, the book works to build bridges between activists of traditional faiths and those who see themselves as firmly secular.

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Last year, I interviewed REBECCA CROTEAU of Colchester about “the booming business of writing erotic romance.” Since then, Croteau has added this full-length novel — the first in a potential series — to her output of shorter works. While Clearer in the Night has steamy passages, it’s not a work of erotica, but rather a coming-of-age tale with a paranormal element. The twentysomething heroine grapples with a telepathic gift and ambiguous advances from a tall, dark stranger — shades of Sookie Stackhouse on “True Blood.” Croteau gives plenty of weight to realistic psychological elements, such as the narrator’s embattled relationship with her mom, and her prose is lyrical and sometimes bitingly funny.

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“Rob and the students hoped to demonstrate to local people that ‘life with less oil could, if properly planned for and designed, be far preferable to the present.’”

Perhaps you saw the headlines in April: “Bernie Sanders Was Kicked Out of a Commune for Not Working.” “Bernie Sanders Was Asked to Leave Hippie Commune.” The source of those pieces of clickbait was a brief episode in parttime Vermont resident KATE DALOZ’s thoughtful, personally inflected study of the back-to-the-land movement. In an engaging, novelistic style, Daloz traces the founding and growing pains of Myrtle Hill Farm — the pseudonym for a real commune in the Northeast Kingdom, and a microcosm of the 1970s movement that reversed America’s urban migration pattern. The book maintains a delicate balance, neither an exposé of back-to-the-landers nor a celebration of them. Personal experience seems to make it easier for Daloz — who was raised in a geodesic dome not far from Myrtle Hill — to acknowledge both the highs and lows of the movement. She presents a convincing argument that, while rural living turned out to be no idyll, the back-to-the-landers nonetheless “helped to bend the mainstream in their own direction.” And the Bernie story? Well, “kicked out” may be a strong way of putting it, given that Sanders was never a commune member in the first place. In 1971, Daloz relates, he spent three days interviewing Myrtle Hill residents as a journalist, after which one member, who was tired of “sitting around and talking about ideas … politely requested that he move on.”

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SD: How’d she like it? OT: She had a blast.

Plus, the ride up is fun, and when you jump off, it’s quiet and very peaceful. Helicopters are fun, too. The ride is just as fun as the skydive. Again, the exit is cool because you’re not moving, just stepping out.

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SD: Anything else people should know about this sport? OT: What can I say? It’s not for everybody. Some people say you must have a death wish to skydive. It’s actually the opposite. You have a life wish. It’s like any activity. You can be afraid of life and sit on your couch and do nothing, or you can go biking, hiking or skydiving. When we’re on our deathbed, what do we remember? Our memories, or how much money we made? I’ll take the memories.

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precise. The 53-year-old Montréal native is founder and co-owner of Vermont Skydiving Adventures in West Addison. Established in 1992 at the Franklin County State Airport in Swanton, the skydiving school quickly relocated to Shelburne, then to its current location, on a private airstrip behind a former donkey farm aptly named Ass-Pirin Acres. Thomsen remembers seeing skydiving on television as a kid; when he turned 18, he began looking for places to learn it. Three years later, in a bar, he overheard someone mention that Ole Thomsen (rear) doing a recent tandem he’d learned to skydive in Malone, N.Y. jump with a skydiving student Thomsen drove there the following week and did his first jump over Labor Day weekend 1984. He returned a week later to repeat the feat and was hooked. they’re all modern. There’s a computer In the 32 years since, Thomsen has on the parachute, so if you forget to pull completed about 11,500 jumps. Between [the rip cord], the computer will open it May and the end of October, he works for you — if you get knocked out or get full time as a skydiving instructor — or, complacent and forget your altitude. I’ve as he puts it, “as full time as a summer- used my reserve parachute five times in weekend, weather-dependent business 32 years. It’s not really scary, because in Vermont gets.” you train for it. So when [a parachute Thomsen says he can teach almost failure] does happen, it’s a confidence anyone to tandem skydive — that is, sky- builder. dive harnessed to an instructor — in just 20 minutes. Students go up in one of the SD: You’re more likely to get killed school’s two Cessnas. In the absence of in the car on the way to skydiving, cloud cover or ground winds exceeding right? 14 miles per hour, they can jump from TO: That is a fact. If you want the stats, 9,000 to 12,000 feet up and free-fall for it’s more dangerous to ride your bicycle about 30 seconds. [or] to drive in a car with Last week, Seven a driver between the Days caught up with ages of 16 and 21. It’s NAME Thomsen on the ground. also more dangerous to Ole Thomsen He sported a Vermont work on a farm or work Skydiving Adventures in construction. TOWN T-shirt that read, West Addison SD: Have you jumped “What could possibly from high altitudes? go wrong?” I asked him JOB OT: Oh, yeah, but not that question in light in our planes. Other of last August’s “hardco-owner, landing” death of Joe Vermont Skydiving centers have highaltitude jumps where Crossley, a 68-year-old Adventures you have to have oxygen instructor at the school. on board. The highest Witnesses reported that I’ve done was from Crossley, who’d been skydiving for 49 years, appeared uncon- 24,000 feet. It’s like a novelty jump. It costs more money, but it’s fun to do scious before his landing. every now and then. SEVEN DAYS: Have you ever had SD: How about from different kinds of anything go wrong while you were aircraft? skydiving? OLE THOMSEN: No. Of course, we OT: Oh, yeah. Hot-air balloons are fun to jump with two parachutes, and today jump out of, because they’re stationary.

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Why are humans so afraid of insects? My first response is to think that insects spoil our food, and a single insect can quickly turn into many, but mice and birds eat our food, too, and mice carry diseases. But almost nobody is afraid of birds, and mice don’t inspire nearly the same revulsion that insects do. Nathan creature-specific fear than in what motivates powerful fear responses in general. So why bugs? Some say, maybe unsurprisingly, that it’s evolution: There may just be things humans are genetically predisposed to fear because they once presented us with a distinct mortal threat. Spiders, for instance: “Humans were at perennial, unpredictable and significant risk of encountering highly venomous spiders in their ancestral environments,” Joshua New, a professor of psychology at Barnard, told the Sunday Times in 2014. Eventually, the idea goes, awareness of that risk crept into our DNA. New was coauthor of a study that year suggesting that humans retain a special ability to quickly identify spiders in our visual field. Subjects answered questions about images they’d seen flashed on a computer screen, which included depictions of spiders, flies and hypodermic needles

as well as abstract shapes. The subjects recalled seeing the spiders better than anything else, having evolved — the authors surmised — the need to detect spiders’ presence tout de suite. Tests on young children have also lent credence to the idea that there are some fears people are inherently inclined toward. One 2008 paper, for instance, reported that infants associated footage of snakes with audio of a frightened-sounding voice. Similarly, you’ll see it argued that a famous depth-perception experiment from the 1960s called the “visual cliff ” — in which human babies and young animals must decide whether it’s safe to crawl onto a solid but transparent plank suspended above the floor — demonstrates an innate fear of falling in species that don’t fly or swim. As always with evolutionary psychology, not everyone’s buying it. Some might point to a quirky study structured roughly like New’s, only here the subjects were first screened

cockroaches, which are practically harmless? Another theory, then, is the disease-avoidance model, which suggests that our responses don’t stem from a fear of violent harm but from what researchers have called “the food-rejection response of disgust”; why we fear insects more viscerally than we fear lions, in short, is that (as you suggest) insects are the sort of thing that would mess up our food. A 1997 paper examining fears of various animals among subjects in seven countries found a great deal of cross-cultural consistency in the way people responded to the animals in the “disgust-relevant” category — unclean-seeming critters like cockroaches, spiders, worms, leeches, bats, lizards and rats. This is all far from settled, clearly. The answer is that nobody really knows where primal fears come from, and there’s some evidence suggesting they can be learned. Not very satisfying, I know, but hey, it’s nature versus nurture again! Just a few more millennia of back and forth, and we’ll have this very debate encoded in our DNA.

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don’t know that I’d nominate mice as an exemplar of an unscary stimulus, to be honest — fear of mice is one of the most common fears out there. It’s got its own entry as a phobia in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, and, in most surveys, it’s right up there with fears of spiders, snakes, dogs and insects. I’ll give you birds, though. Nobody’s afraid of birds. But it is true there’s a special weight attached to the fear of bugs, which has received more attention in the scientific literature than mouse phobia has. Plus, there was that Jeff Daniels movie. I’m conflating spiders and insects here, though spiders are, of course, arachnids; I don’t think too many bugphobes are busy worrying about that distinction. In fact, researchers often collapse a whole bunch of critters into a small-animals category that also includes snakes, worms, etc., being less interested in

with two tests: one gauging fear of spiders, the other measuring in-depth familiarity with the British sci-fi show “Doctor Who.” (Like I said, quirky.) They were then asked to find a picture of a horse in a grid of other images, including spider photos and “Doctor Who” stills, and guess what? Relative to the control group, both “Doctor Who” fans and arachnophobes were slower to find the horse, suggesting that we’re simply more apt to notice (and thus be distracted by) things we’re already interested in. If you fear spiders for whatever reason, you’ll be more attuned to them; it doesn’t need to be genetic. Critics also see the evolutionary theory as too convenient: After the fact, “it is quite easy to create a plausiblelooking adaptive scenario for a phobia to almost any stimulus,” in the words of one researcher. Plus, why would people specifically fear small dangerous animals like spiders and snakes, but not larger, predatory animals that also have the potential to do lethal damage — lions, tigers, and bears? And why do so many people fear

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Can We Talk? “I’m sure you’ll get there once you prove yourself,” I said. “Hey, what brings you to Vermont? A legit vacation?” Tyler exhaled, tapping his hands on his thighs. “Yes! A legit vacation. I’m meeting my boyfriend at the hotel to spend a few days with him and his parents. This is the second year for all of us. We really love Stowe — all of Vermont, really.” “That’s music to my ears,” I said, chuckling. “My paycheck depends, at

As I came into my teens in the late ’60s, few gay people were out. Homosexuality was still talked about in hushed tones, if at all. Only years later did I realize that I had probably had a couple of friends who were gay. (They may not have known it then, either, now that I think about it.) Thankfully, at least in younger generations, gayness is no longer much of an issue. “That’s great,” Tyler said, and mercifully left it at that. WASP culture, I’ve

IF I HAD THE DOUGH, I WOULD TAKE UP RESIDENCE AT THE PLAZA FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND GO TO A SHOW EVERY NIGHT. least partially, on a steady flow of tourists. Hey, you mind some low and mellow music?” “Sure, that would be nice.” As I tuned in the radio, I said, “You know, I had this vehicle for nearly a month before I discovered it came with satellite radio. Now I’m, like, addicted to it.” Tyler said, “Like many New Yorkers, we don’t own a car, so I haven’t listened to it much myself.” “Oh, it’s terrific. There’s, like, a couple hundred stations. You know what I’ve lately gotten into? Andy Cohen, the guy behind all those housewife reality shows — he has his own channel. I think they call it Radio Andy. A lot of his show hosts are gay, and I’m enjoying the sensibility they bring to the interviews and whatnot.” Gay sensibility? What on Earth was I going on about? Probably another instance, I realized, of showing my age.

observed, is predicated on the transmutation of awkward social interactions. It probably stems from the first imperative: avoidance of conflict. This is not the healthiest basis for relationships (see the novels and short stories of John Updike), but I appreciated Tyler’s forbearance. “So, Tyler,” I asked, shifting the topic off my imaginary gay radio friends, “does your job involve contact with the firm’s clients?” “Oh, all the time, and I really enjoy it. Just last week was the Joan Rivers estate sale. Perhaps you read about it? I was helping a client bid on Joan’s dog’s silver water bowl. This was a Tiffany piece engraved with the dog’s name, Spike. Joan was quite the gal, wasn’t she?” We both laughed in memory of the iconic, inimitable, irrepressible female comic. “We estimated it, pre-auction, at two to three thousand,” Tyler continued, “based mostly on the silver content, not

the provenance. But it actually brought over 13,000, if you can believe it. The sad thing is, some bidders think of celebrity pieces as an investment, but the value rarely holds up — and, in fact, often plummets. The price is usually at its peak soon after the celebrity’s death.” “That makes sense,” I opined, “but who among us would not covet Spike’s silver water bowl? It’s really priceless, isn’t it?” Again, we laughed in tandem. Turning onto Stowe’s Mountain Road, I asked, “So, are you and your boyfriend theatergoers? Have you seen anything good lately?” “We are,” Tyler replied. “Somehow, Stephen scored us tickets to Hamilton, which we saw last month. I didn’t even want to know how much he paid for them. But it was as amazing as the reviews have said it was. Well worth it.” “You know, I always claim that I barely miss the Big Apple at all,” I said. “But, if I had the dough, I would take up residence at the Plaza for a couple of months and go to a show every night.” “You’re certain you don’t miss New York?” Tyler asked with a smile and a wink. “Is that your story? Because you kind of light up when you talk about it.” “Busted, Tyler,” I conceded, chuckling as I turned into the hotel driveway. “I guess maybe I do, just a little.” m All these stories are true, though names and locations may be altered to protect privacy.

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riving up North Street in his black SUV the afternoon of July 1, Burlington Police Chief Brandon del Pozo spotted one of his rookie cops talking with a Somali American man outside the Community Halal Store. Del Pozo, dressed in his dark blue uniform with expertly burnished tuxedo shoes, pulled over and walked up to them. Abdinur Hassan greeted the chief like an old friend. “Abu Zane!” (“Father of Zane!”) he called out, referring to del Pozo’s young son Zane. “I was just learning about Islam,” explained Vincent Ross, a lanky officer assigned to patrol North Street on foot. “Are you observing Ramadan?” del Pozo asked Hassan. Then he added, switching casually to Arabic, “Ba’ad sitta ayoum, inta khallas, nam?” (“After six days, you’re finished, yes?”) “Yes, yes, khallas,” answered Hassan. In the year since he arrived in Burlington, del Pozo has become a ubiquitous presence in the city, equally comfortable talking about Islam outside a halal shop, debating drones with privacy advocates or discussing film with a reporter. The energetic Brooklyn native, an 18year veteran of the New York City Police Department, was picked by Mayor Miro Weinberger to replace outgoing chief Mike Schirling. It was a controversial choice. Del Pozo endured intense grilling, but in the end he won over the city council. Even so, Burlingtonians may not have fully understood what they were getting: a chief with big ambitions to position this small city at the vanguard of American policing reform. The Ivy-educated del Pozo is working on a PhD in philosophy and has a book deal with a prestigious publishing house. He’s an “intellectual with a badge,” says a New York acquaintance, writer Gary Shteyngart. Hardly an armchair chief, del Pozo combines a philosopher’s appetite for discourse with a cop’s inclination toward action. Since his arrival, he’s put his department at the center of efforts to address opiate addiction and mental health crises. He has equipped all cruisers with

Brandon del Pozo at a Burlington City Council meeting about his confirmation as police chief in July 2015

Del Pozo got his first taste of rural New England at Dartmouth College, where he majored in philosophy. He served in the ROTC, joined Kappa Chi Kappa fraternity and lost a bid for student assembly president. Del Pozo also wrote more than 60 columns, often witty and contrarian, for the school newspaper. His subject matter was diverse: He railed against the cost (30 cents) of extra cheese slices in the dining hall, defended fraternities, and advocated for allowing gay people to serve in the military. In one of his final columns, del Pozo mentioned having met with senior editors at Vanity Fair, the New Yorker and other magazines. But he decided he was “too young to be a writer,” he recalled, and instead joined the NYPD. He figured he would “learn a lot about life … and then go to graduate school.” Del Pozo started out in 1997 as a beat cop, traversing Brooklyn’s East Flatbush,

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dispatched to Hawaii as a combat medic during the Vietnam War. Del Pozo is the product of a courtship that began in a mailroom in New York City — his father, who later became a customs broker, was working there when he met a Jewish secretary down the hall. The family of four — del Pozo’s younger brother is now a lawyer — shared half of a Brooklyn duplex with del Pozo’s maternal grandparents. His grandfather, who served as a paratrooper and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, was his childhood hero. “It was clear that the only way I was gonna not be constantly harried in my household was by being a really good student,” said del Pozo. Testing into Stuyvesant High School, a prestigious Manhattan public school, changed his life. “The second you get in, your whole understanding of your potential is reset,” he noted.

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often on foot. “I literally looked at a map and said, ‘I want the most troubled precinct I could get to on a bike,’” del Pozo said, referring to his mode of commuting. Three police officers were killed in that precinct during his time there. He was on duty when terrorists piloted planes into the World Trade Center in 2001. Dispatched to the scene, del Pozo helped evacuate the nearby New York Stock Exchange. Later, the NYPD sent him to the Middle East as part of a terrorism intelligence-gathering unit. Based in Amman, Jordan, for two years, del Pozo helped train that country’s first communitypolicing unit and picked up some basic Arabic in the process. In 2008, he was sent to Mumbai on India’s west coast after coordinated terror attacks killed 164 people there. He used ballistics analysis and other techniques to study how the attacks had been carried out. Back in New York, del Pozo rose through the ranks, investigating police corruption in Manhattan and heading precincts in the Bronx and Manhattan’s West Village. Later, as commanding officer for the Office of Strategic Initiatives, he ensured that every precinct became active on social media. Along the way, del Pozo picked up three master’s degrees: public administration from the John F. Kennedy School

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the overdose-reversing drug Narcan. He’s created new positions to address domestic violence and community affairs, ramped up online data and increased officer training and foot patrols. Del Pozo’s dogged outreach — he invites imams to lunch; he meets with antipolice activists and then tweets about it — isn’t mere image burnishing. It’s precisely the kind of community policing he wants his officers to master. New Haven, Conn., Police Chief Dean Esserman calls del Pozo “one of the future great American police chiefs.” Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, a progressive policing think tank in Washington, D.C., calls him a “rising star” and describes his approach to policing as “iconoclastic.” Del Pozo has become a law enforcement leader during a particularly fraught time in American policing. Last week, police officers killed two black men — in Baton Rouge, La., and outside St. Paul, Minn. Then, at a protest in Dallas on Thursday night, a gunman shot and killed five police officers. The events brought the rift between cops and communities of color into sharp relief. “Every police department is now inextricably a part of a national debate, and we’re no different,” del Pozo said during an interview Monday. “There’s no room for complacency in American policing right now.” His conclusion: “I believe that, at the root of it all, communities of color and police officers are all good people, and familiarity goes further than anything else in bringing them together. Cultural competency training is crucial, but it’s more about citizens and police sharing spaces and experiences day after day.” He added: “We can accomplish that.” Del Pozo said he sent a one-line email to Wexler at the end of last week: “Now we’re going to see around the country who the leaders are in American policing.”

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From Brooklyn to Burlington Last summer, del Pozo left the big city to command the police force of Burlington, where the entire population is roughly equal to that of the NYPD. Colleagues told him “it made no financial sense,” recalled the 41-year-old father of two boys, ages 4 and 8. He had qualms, del Pozo admitted, about leaving a secure job with a growing pension at the institution where he’d spent his entire professional life. Then Robert Wasserman, a consultant to current NYPD Commissioner William Bratton, told del Pozo over lunch, “There comes a time when you need to decide: Do you want to be a cop who looks at himself as a civil servant? Or do you want to be a cop who looks at himself as a leader?” Del Pozo concluded that he would be able to tackle “real urban problems” in Burlington “not as a functionary, but as somebody who could shape how the problems would be addressed,” he said. The job would also require him to negotiate the politics of policing, which was apparent from the moment Weinberger chose him. Del Pozo’s July 13, 2015 confirmation in front of the city council was the most hostile hearing in recent history. People crammed into Burlington City Hall Auditorium holding signs that read, “No NYPD in BTV.” One person called him a “documented racist Muslim hater.” Del Pozo looked only faintly uncomfortable as people condemned him. “Get out of there,” texted his wife, Sarah, who was watching online from New York. He ignored the advice. When it was his turn to talk, del Pozo systematically rebutted the allegations. He also pledged to be a bridge between the police department and the community. “What I really look forward to is sort of that complete lack of privacy I’m gonna have on and off duty,” he told the council. All 12 city councilors voted for him. “That was the first time I realized, wow, he was born to be a police leader,” his wife said later. Del Pozo’s response: “If this was an indifferent populace, I wouldn’t be interested in being a part of its civic life.” A year after his confirmation, the

Brandon del Pozo with officers outside of the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts during Donald Trump’s rally in January 2016

chief still hasn’t adjusted to Burlington’s dress code; he’s possibly the only person in the city who sports a pocket square. But he fits in when it comes to extracurricular pursuits: skiing, ice climbing, biking and hiking in all seasons. He sometimes documents his adventures on social media. Burlington’s proximity to mountains was a large part of its appeal for del Pozo, who also has a house in the Adirondacks. The fit, square-jawed chief doesn’t seem to have a resting state. During a police commission meeting earlier this month, he was alternately talking, jotting something down in his black notebook as someone else spoke, or texting under the table. He gives thoughtful, nuanced answers laced with scholarly references — often apologizing for their length midway through. Asked about the racial dynamics of Vermont’s opiate trade, in which many out-of-state dealers are men of color, del Pozo responded, “We can’t turn minority communities into the bogeyman of the opiate crisis. A real worry I have is, when we talk about who is bringing drugs to town and really exploiting the community, if we talk about them being predominantly people of color, there’s this worry that Vermonters will look

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at their neighbors of color in the same light. That’s a problem.” Del Pozo is image conscious and careful with his words. But he also retains a beat cop’s bluntness. Talking again about racial patterns in the opiate trade, he said, “There is injustice packed into this, but that doesn’t mean we can take it lying down. I mean, it’s killing people.” Off the record, he’ll convey in less diplomatic lingo his frustration at the pace of progress, or with a certain agency’s reticence to innovate. Then he’ll apologize for going off the record and reiterate his commitment to transparency. Del Pozo remains, as the mayor put it, a cop’s cop. He’s the kind of executive who gets out of bed at 2 a.m. to be at the

scene while his officers apprehend a man who threatened his girlfriend with a gun. His office is decorated with police paraphernalia from his NYPD career: helmets, badges, even a ceremonial dagger. But del Pozo’s bookshelf reveals broader interests: Next to Cop in the Hood and Varnished Brass is The Pale King, David Foster Wallace’s posthumous novel about postindustrial working life. Del Pozo, who has kept a journal since high school, still has a creative bent. He gets animated discussing “Sunday 1287,” the short film he wrote and directed last year; it was based on a lightly fictionalized account of a murder in his New York precinct. Last week, it was selected for screening at the 2016 Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival. After writing one novel that he never tried to sell, del Pozo is working on a nonfiction book. Top-notch publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux has picked it up. While living in New York, del Pozo traveled in literary circles, attending Paris Review galas and dining with acclaimed authors. He met writer Shteyngart at one such dinner. Shteyngart told Seven Days that he frequently asks but is rarely able to

convince his agent to represent friends. When he put her in touch with del Pozo, however, she jumped at his proposal to write a book about American policing, told through his experiences at the NYPD. “He’s a cop who is very erudite, who is able to write about law enforcement in a way that’s going to be very new and unexpected,” predicted Shteyngart. “I think it will get a lot of attention.” Del Pozo, who had to be cajoled into talking about his artistic endeavors, said he assured the mayor, “First and foremost, I’m a chief of police and, second, a writer about policing.” As evidence, he noted that his draft is overdue.

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Del Pozo is also cognizant of the more quotidian quality-of-life concerns that preoccupy residents. (His family bought a house on South Union Street in the relatively tony Hill Section and gets the stray drunk college kid taking a shortcut through his backyard.) On July 1, he was driving around the city, checking in with officers assigned to patrol Burlington by foot. Del Pozo didn’t invent the foot patrol, as veteran police officers are keen to clarify. But, in a move widely praised by the community, he has increased their frequency and focused on “hot spots.” That is, areas plagued by drug dealing, such as North Street, or persistent panhandling, such as the intersection of Church and Cherry streets. Heading down North Street, del Pozo noted that he’d gotten the Public Works Department to install streetlights that are 40 watts brighter. Later, parked at the corner of Church and Cherry, he observed that his request for the grime to be power-washed off Rite Aid’s white wall had so far gone unmet.

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After his confirmation in Burlington, del Pozo continued to make overtures to residents who might be inclined to mistrust him. The chief, who has made it a priority to strengthen ties between his department and New American communities, went up and down North Street introducing himself to shop owners. That’s how he met Hassan. Evidence that his strategy has worked: A pacifist who objects to the institution of policing had positive things to say about him after he reached out to her. “He’s definitely forward-thinking in ways that I have not previously seen,” said Rachel Siegel, a former city councilor and executive director of the Peace & Justice Center. An event occurred on March 22 that tested del Pozo’s commitment to transparent and accountable policing. After a five-hour standoff, one of his officers shot and killed an elderly schizophrenic man, Ralph “Phil” Grenon, who was armed with two knives. The incident reignited a debate in Burlington about lethal force and how to respond to people in crisis. In the months afterward, del Pozo, who was at the scene, has defended his officers’ actions. But he’s also proven unusually willing to discuss how his department can do better. And he publicly released virtually all of the police body-camera footage, which is often withheld. Among the outraged citizens was Shay Totten, a former Seven Days columnist who has a son with autism, and who went on what Totten himself described as a “bit of a Twitter rant.” Del Pozo messaged Totten and invited him to a meeting of residents and cops to discuss the shooting. Later this month, Totten is giving a presentation to the police force about coping with mental illness.

At the end of an interview about Grenon’s death, Burlington Free Press publisher Al Getler asked del Pozo, “So, what do you say to the Mondaymorning quarterbacks who are still out there?” The chief was being offered a chance to defend his department but responded: “I think they need to continue to Monday-morning quarterback. We took a human life.” “He’s really reflective and much less defensive than other police executives I’ve met before,” said Sarah Kenney, who chairs the police commission, a volunteer board that advises the department. Del Pozo is not willing to endlessly rehash, however, and has little patience for purely abstract discussions. “One of the overriding priorities of my time here is to create a police force that is very, very good — that’s the best police force in Vermont — at dealing with acute mental health crises in a safe way,” del Pozo said. While that will require close collaboration with other agencies such as the Howard Center and the Burlington Housing Authority, del Pozo hasn’t waited to take action. He’s already sent several officers to participate in use-offorce and de-escalation training. And he’s ordered polycarbonate shields for his officers, which he thinks could reduce the need for force.

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Scholar in Chief « P.33 While he was stopped, Nancy Kirby, a Burlington resident who works at nearby Champlain Leather, came up to the window to thank del Pozo for stepping up the police presence. The chief was clearly delighted by the unbidden praise. “I’m blushing,” he told her, grinning. But as soon as Kirby left, he returned to the point he’d been making to a reporter: He’s aware that focused foot patrols will push troublesome activity to other streets, not eliminate it. To achieve a more lasting effect, del Pozo plans to employ the kind of person-specific, data-driven approach that he’s been championing. After reviewing civil fine data, his department has identified some 15 people who have accumulated an average of 40 tickets each for offenses such as public intoxication, public urination and aggressive panhandling. On average, they’ve each paid one. Del Pozo is working with the Chittenden County State’s Attorney’s Office and the city to implement a harder-line approach in such cases. In lieu of fines that rarely get paid, he wants to start pursuing criminal charges against repeat offenders who congregate downtown. This approach will be employed for the “smallest number of the biggest offenders,” who already have lengthy rap sheets, del Pozo stressed. “We’re not criminalizing people who haven’t already criminalized themselves.” Even so, this more punitive approach will likely be unpopular in certain camps. Jared Carter, a Vermont Law School professor who directs the nonprofit Vermont Community Law Center, credited del Pozo with using community policing to control drug activity on North Street, where he lives. But, citing concerns about civil liberties, he deemed the chief’s tenure a “mixed bag.” For example, Carter said, he’s spoken with homeless people who say officers are overzealous in enforcing city ordinances against panhandling and trespassing.

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“Not everything has been smiles and hugs, but it’s not adversarial, either,” said Cpl. David Clements, president of the Burlington Police Officers Association. “A lot of the things he is hoping to accomplish, in my opinion, probably require more staffing,” he noted. In particular, Clements is concerned that some of del Pozo’s specialized positions, such as community affairs officer and domestic violence prevention officer, come at the expense of the regular patrol division. But del Pozo is “way more willing to listen to whatever those issues may be — in a genuine way,” said Clements, who’s worked under four BPD chiefs. While previous chiefs have been “excellent external leaders,” Clements noted, “We really were lacking internal support.” He applauded del Pozo for putting “an emphasis on an officer’s well-being.” Hours after the killing of the Dallas policemen last Thursday, del Pozo suspended solo patrols for his officers, citing safety concerns.

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“I would love to stay in policing past being the Burlington chief,” he said. His people skills, cogency and sangfroid under verbal fire have also fueled speculation on whether he might pursue a political career. Del Pozo was prepared for that question. His answer: “I’m not seriously considering politics, because the idea of constantly having to do what it takes to raise money to continue to do your job seems like capitalism. It doesn’t seem like democracy.” He did hint at other inclinations. “What I love about policing now is how creative you can be, and I think whatever I do after this, I want it to be something where I can make a difference by being creative,” said del Pozo. “There are also things like writing and film,” he added. “You could tell a story that matters to Americans about something like drugs and policing.” m

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honor goes to a big-city chief; NYPD Commissioner Bratton was a recipient earlier in his career. “He’s not afraid to challenge conventional thinking,” said director Wexler. Wexler said he was particularly struck by del Pozo’s response after the Grenon shooting, and by his willingness to critique his own practices. Last Saturday, the New York Times featured Burlington’s chief in a story about law enforcement’s reaction to the string of tragedies in Baton Rouge, Minneapolis and Dallas. Asked about the interview, del Pozo sounded both eager to weigh in and wary of being branded as a talking head: “You want to be part of that national debate, but you also want to keep on doing it at home,” he said. Given his quick rise to prominence, it’s reasonable to wonder how long he’ll stick around. While del Pozo thinks the three-year average tenure for a police chief is too short, he doesn’t expect his current gig to be “a 10-year job.”

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hey have become a defining feature of Vermont village life, a familiar presence on the modern landscape from Bennington to the Northeast Kingdom. I speak not of covered bridges, white clapboard Congregational churches or tidy town commons, but of Dollar General stores. It’s nearly impossible to drive anywhere in Vermont today without coming across the familiar yellow signs with black block lettering. Vermont has 31 Dollar General stores, twice as many as it contained three years ago, and more than any other New England state. Colorado, which has a population eight times that of Vermont, also has 31 Dollar General stores. Granted, the company doesn’t have a monopoly on the Green Mountain State’s corporate dollar-store market. There are 14 Family Dollar stores in Vermont, and eight Dollar Trees, according to company documents. Still, expert observers say Dollar General has been the more forceful presence. Speaking about Family Dollar, Paul Bruhn, director of Preservation Trust of Vermont, said, “They’re way less aggressive about building stores than Dollar General is. Dollar General is the big player in the state.” The stores’ seemingly inexorable proliferation has stirred familiar fears that they will chip away at the state’s character and jeopardize local business. And yet, when one compares the case of Dollar General with its most obvious parallel — the arrival of Walmart — the lack of visible opposition is striking. Vermont famously fought the superstore’s advent tooth and nail, remaining the last state in the country without one until 1995. The Walmart in St. Albans opened in 2013 only after a 20-year legal battle. In both 1993 and 2004, the National Trust for Historic Preservation put the entire state on its annual list of the 11 most endangered sites in the country, citing the threat from big-box stores. All over Vermont, Dollar Generals, which follow the same low-cost, cookiecutter model as Walmart, seem to have sprouted overnight. How did they get past Vermonters’ fierce protectiveness of their landscape?

is very charming. If [Dollar General] begins to make the town like every place that people are already familiar with, it becomes a less attractive spot.” The Chester Development Review Board approved the store, but opponents, citing what they believed were violations of local zoning laws, appealed to environmental court and, eventually, to the Vermont Supreme Court. Last summer, the Vermont Supreme Court gave the green light for the store — concluding, among other findings, that Chester’s zoning ordinance was too vague. Now the skeleton of Dollar General is rising on Chester’s Main Street, in anticipation of a scheduled opening in the fall. And locals are nervously wondering whether local commerce will be affected.

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In the parking lot, I found Celine MacDonald, who owns Jerry’s Sports Tavern in downtown Barre, loading bags of groceries into her trunk. She said she buys everything at Dollar General, from snacks to juices and sodas for her bar. It’s usually cheaper than what her suppliers offer, she explained. No wonder Dollar General stores have provoked Vermonters’ age-old fears of watching mom-and-pop businesses go dark. But experts say the stores’ actual economic impact in Vermont is unclear. Jack Garvin, chair of the Vermont Alliance of Independent Country Stores and general manager of the Warren Store, said his organization’s members are aware of Dollar General’s proliferation but have not voiced significant concerns. “We’re more of an attraction,” Garvin said, referring to the typical rustic country store’s appeal for tourists and passersby. Country stores that sell more sundrytype items could be impacted by competition from Dollar Generals, he acknowledged — then admitted to having bought decorations for his own store at a Dollar General. “I am a culprit,” Garvin said. “When you live in Vermont, you have to watch every penny.” Bruhn said his organization sees value in Dollar General stores — when they are located in downtowns and don’t contribute to sprawl. For example, Bruhn described a Dollar General in Bennington as having “been a good addition to downtown.” “We understand that there are a lot of people that want that kind of shopping experience,” Bruhn said. “It’s not unlike the old five-and-dime stores. Our concerns have more to do with location and scale. The issue for us is, do we need one every eight miles?” Even Dollar General’s detractors say they are learning to make their peace with the stores. Pacilio said she took some solace from the fact that her legal fight persuaded Dollar General to keep several trees and bushes the company had wanted to uproot at its new Fairlee store. It also scrapped plans for a 16foot illuminated sign in favor of a much smaller design. “People have told me that’s the nicest-looking Dollar General store they’ve ever seen,” Pacilio said. But she has urged her tenants not to shop at the store. And Pacilio hasn’t forgotten the lessons of the Dollar General fight — she recently secured a seat on her town’s planning board. m

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Cunningham said he gets calls from across the country from citizens seeking advice on how to stop Dollar General. He tells them to hope their local regulations are strong enough to beat back the company’s army of lawyers and development professionals. So far, the most successful opposition effort occurred in South Hero. When a group of local citizens got wind that Dollar General was considering moving in, they quickly passed a zoning law restricting commercial development to 3,000 square feet, successfully keeping the store at bay, according to Vermont Public Radio. “We are glad to be able to provide Vermont residents with the everyday low prices and value we offer our customers,” company spokeswoman Crystal Ghassemi said. “We do take community concerns into account when we are choosing store locations and look to be long-term, positive corporate citizens and community members.” Dollar General is considering building new stores in Castleton and Pittsford, she said. Roughly 70 percent of the 12,400 Dollar General stores nationwide are

located in communities with fewer than 20,000 residents. Their primary customers, according to statements from the publicly traded company, are lowand fixed-income Americans desperate to keep their spending in check. The pattern holds in Vermont. There are no Dollar General stores in Burlington, South Burlington, Montpelier, Waterbury or Stowe, but Dollar General is open for business in Rutland, Bennington and the Northeast Kingdom. Ground zero for the company’s expansion in Vermont appears to be downtown Barre, which has two stores within a mile of each other. None of them seems to have engendered much protest from locals. On a recent weekday afternoon, I visited the dueling shops, located on South Main Street and North Main Street, to try to understand the appeal that has catapulted Dollar General from a single store opened in Kentucky in 1955 to a corporate colossus with stores in 43 states and $20 billion in annual sales. My first impression was surprise at how accessible the stores felt. Walmart, with its shelves stretching skyward and football-field-size layouts, can intimidate and overwhelm the senses. Dollar General, by contrast, feels cozier. Yet the range of items available for purchase seemed strikingly similar to Walmart’s. Within a few square feet in the North Main Street store, I found a book by Joyce Carol Oates for $3, a tube of frozen ground beef for $4.25, a $1 jar of pickles, a box of 24 crayons for 50 cents and a quart of motor oil for $3.60. Enticing you to grab all these items are yellow and black signs tucked discreetly atop shelving units: “Wow, Simple Prices You Can Add Up in Your Head.” “Wow, We Accept Manufacturers [sic] Coupons.” (Dollar General seems to be a big fan of “wow.”) “More deals for your dollar every day!” “We Always Stretch Your Dollar.” Each store I visited appeared to have only two employees on duty, and there were minutes-long spells when no one staffed the cash registers. When the employees were at their posts, they often didn’t seem too happy to be there. “All I want to do is crawl under a rock and not deal with anybody,” a twentysomething female cashier murmured to a customer. “Or go into a room, close the door and not deal with the world.” That didn’t deter the steady trickle of customers, most with carts full of cheap groceries and other supplies.

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To begin with, it’s a size issue. Most proposed Walmart stores average about 100,000 square feet and sit on large enough tracts of land to trigger Act 250 review, Vermont’s notoriously stringent land-use approval process. Dollar General stores, by contrast, range between 8,000 and 10,000 square feet and almost always require fewer than 10 acres, one of the primary thresholds for Act 250 review. As a result, the only hurdles new Dollar Generals have to clear are local zoning and planning ordinances. And those have proved to be little impediment. “When citizens try to use local zoning or town plans [to oppose the stores], they often find these documents are not written in a way that is useful,” said Bristol attorney James Dumont, who has assisted citizens’ groups in several communities in their fights against Dollar General. “A lot of them have standards in them that our supreme court has said are not enforceable. Well-intended citizens in good faith rely on the zoning ordinance, and they go to court and find out the zoning ordinance isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.” In Fairlee, for instance, the town had zoned the entire Route 5 corridor for commercial use, without strict limits on building size. When Dollar General announced plans for a store in that corridor in 2014, citizens’ options were limited. Opponents such as Susanne Pacilio, who owned a home across the street from the proposed Fairlee location, were forced to pin their hopes on a vaguely worded slice of zoning code stating that new development must be “harmonious” with the surrounding area. They failed, as Pacilio acknowledged they figured they would all along. “The zoning in most towns in this state is pathetic,” Pacilio said. “Dollar General must have seen that when they first started exploring Vermont and decided this was the place they were going to conquer.” Still, citizens’ groups have fought back. The most intense battle occurred in Chester, where a group of activists spent four years fighting plans to bring a Dollar General a stone’s throw from the town common and just eight miles from an existing Dollar General in Springfield. Critics said the store would destroy the village’s character and homogenize an area that relies heavily on tourism. “These things come into the community and basically don’t do anything for the community,” said Shawn Cunningham, who led the resistance. “They don’t participate in the local economy except to take money out. Chester

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eenage protagonists are unreliable narrators, almost by definition and through no fault of their own. Teens are walking existential crises: From friend feuds to school plays to weird crushes, they lack the maturity to see the larger picture and put moments of conflict in perspective. Also, adolescence is a time of sussing out one’s life. Each teen experiences this differently, and others can only hope to make sense of it. This is the premise upon which Vermont author Margot Harrison’s debut young adult novel, The Killer in Me, is founded: Is 17-year-old Nina Barrows crazy? Can she be trusted to put her own terrifying experiences in context with the world around her? Is she truly experiencing a supernatural psychic connection with a serial killer, or are her “dreams” — of a young veteran who kills people at random — simply the onset of schizophrenia?

From the beginning of Nina’s story — an exploration of the delicate contours of family, trauma and adolescence — the reader must latch onto this crazypsychic binary in order to make sense of its twists and turns. The only adopted child of a lesbian hippie mother in Vermont, Nina describes the typical banality of high school, hormonally shifting relationships and recreational prescription drugs in a rural community. All of this is rendered even more banal in contrast to one defining reality for Nina: As long as she can remember, her only dreams are those in which she experiences the life of a complete stranger, Dylan Shadwell — she refers to him as “the Thief” — who, after an uneventful military tour in Afghanistan, suddenly decides to murder people for sport. In her sleep (she’s on Eastern Standard Time, while Shadwell is two hours behind in Albuquerque), Nina

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becomes a witness to his meticulous planning and the horrific brutality he exacts upon victims around the country. The Thief seemingly has no preferences or habits regarding his targets’ identities or the circumstances of their deaths. (An FBI analyst might scoff at the idea of a serial killer without an MO, but this unpredictability makes him all the more terrifying.) Whether Shadwell is real or Nina’s delusion, the never-ending invasive experience is traumatic. In an effort to avoid sleeping, she mainlines caffeine and Adderall purchased from estranged childhood friend Warren Witter. She isolates herself, emotionally and physically, from practically everyone around her. Nina’s psychological afflictions seem more like those typically associated with abuse or sexual assault than with psychic links to (possibly imaginary) psychopaths. Her physical description — “kinda disheveled and pale, with those huge eyes … like the heroine of a murder ballad” — only adds to the seriously disturbing portrait of her inner life. For readers who have bet against the supernatural (many of us, after all, have seen Fight Club), there is downto-earth respite in Warren. Once Nina confesses her secret to her childhood buddy — knowing full well he’s in love with her and is also useful with a gun — his voice becomes a humanizing

FROM THE KILLER IN ME: He calls himself the Thief in the Night. He likes to think he’s invisible. That’s why he doesn’t talk, doesn’t torture, doesn’t interact with them until he has to. Like death itself. “They” are his victims. He calls them “targets.” First came the old man. Then the homeless guy. The hitchhiker. The lady who ran the campground. The woman in the honky-tonk parking lot. And now this couple in upstate New York, the Gustafssons. He found them two Mondays ago when he was in Schenectady for a scale-model conference. He hadn’t planned to get into any trouble there (his private code word for killing somebody is “trouble”). But his eyelids felt gritty, the telltale sign he wouldn’t be able to sleep, and the left lid kept twitching like it sometimes does. He should’ve pinched a couple Ambien from his girlfriend back in Albuquerque, but it was too late now. So he slid the battery out of his phone, took a random exit into a quiet neighborhood of little ranch houses, and went hunting. He looked for a house with no dog, no kids’ toys, access through the garage, a master bedroom facing away from the street. He found one. He hadn’t brought any tools so everything stayed theoretical. When he hunkered down behind a bare lilac bush and examined the house, he saw it as a puzzle. A mission.

buoy amid her nebulous, often frantic account. Warren’s first-person narration is interspersed with Nina’s own so that, together, they tell a two-sided version of her predicament — what it feels like, and what it looks like to everyone else. Like the reader, Warren wants to believe her; the alternative is almost more tragic, at least for his lifelong crush. But when we begin to suspect that Nina is Holden Caulfield-grade unreliable, his steadfast devotion keeps us on board with their mission. Warren’s own struggle is with more concrete problems: how to transcend the shadow of his redneck criminal father and brothers, or whether to abandon his neglected mother and seek the college education he really wants. (Also, how to keep Nina in his life without being a total creep.) Warren and Nina take a road trip from New England to the Southwest. To their parents, it’s a trip to visit colleges and meet Nina’s birth mother; to the teens, it’s in search of the Thief and the bodies he’s buried in the desert. But, of course, the journey is ultimately about vindication — of Nina’s sanity, of their relationship and of their post-high-school future. It’s in describing this trip that Harrison’s writing truly shines. She’s at her best when painting landscapes, from Vermont in the soggy springtime to the scorching, merciless expanse of southwestern deserts in summer: Green has bled out of the landscape. The red sun slants on distant anthills of beige sand, and I wonder why anybody ever put down roots in the desert. It looks sterile, dry, dead, like outer space. Harrison shows us America-byhighway through adolescent eyes, complete with perfectly manicured suburbs, front-yard trees decked out in bird feeders, abandoned shacks and secret turnof-the-century mines. The Killer in Me is as much atmosphere as story. The author also gives us a handful of understated narrative moments from both Nina and Warren that are genuinely funny — frivolous personal moments in a landscape of nature’s dusty indifference and a dark portrait of evil.

WHETHER SHADWELL IS REAL OR NINA’S DELUSION, THE NEVER-ENDING INVASIVE EXPERIENCE IS TRAUMATIC. (Even if unreliable, the teen voice can be a gold mine for charm.) Regardless, the all-consuming aspect of Nina’s life makes it hard to bond with her. In part that’s because we don’t learn much else about her, aside from her interest in Warren’s Philip K. Dick book, once, in middle school. In addition, the story’s suspense is sometimes compromised by a narrative timeline that lurches forward and backward.

It’s tempting to think The Killer in Me is addressing teen depression or the quest to conquer one’s unpleasant origins. (Perhaps Nina’s adoption stemmed from horrors committed in front of her, inflicting deep-seated trauma that would take years to unpack.) Ultimately, though, the book’s tension balances on the essential question of whether Nina is sick or sane. And that makes for a less satisfying or complex ending than the narrative’s constant uncertainty leads us to expect.

Still, what this novel has in spades is ambience. The cinematic qualities of Nina and Warren’s adventure would lend the story to teen-thriller film treatment. One can imagine the montage in which he teaches her how to shoot a gun, for example, or another in which they bond over days of midwestern highways and junk food and 24-hour-diner breakfasts. A cinematographer, director and actors could give more weight and subtlety to

the book’s moments of tenderness, insecurity and clarity. Days after reading The Killer in Me, a reader’s mind will certainly linger out in Harrison’s blistering desert, whether or not Nina was right about it. m Disclosure: Margot Harrison is associate editor at Seven Days.

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THE DURATION OF THE CORRESPONDENCE MAY SAY

MORE ABOUT THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THESE TWO POETS THAN ANY GIVEN LETTER DOES.

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orset Theatre Festival is presenting the regional premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s 2012 Dear Elizabeth, a play drawing on the 30-year correspondence between poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. Ruhl confines her text to selected letters and a few of their poems, inventing no dialogue of her own. Bishop and Lowell’s 450-some collected letters were published as Words in Air (2008). The duration of the correspondence may say more about the friendship between these two poets than any given letter does, and no biographical volcano erupts in Ruhl’s dispassionate distillation. In Dorset’s production, director Adrienne Campbell-Holt mixes realism in the actors’ reading of their letters with resonant, nearly mythic physical staging of the poets’ few encounters with each other. The stage is duly divided into three parts: a writing room with desk and window for Bishop, a desk and massive bookcase for Lowell, and a liminal space in the center. The props and details in the writing rooms are quirky yet realistic, while the center of the stage is an immense gray frame, its horizon slyly tilted, above asymmetric stairs. The frame holds tidy title slides to set scenes, plus projections that spill out beyond its borders to show clouds, planets or landscape fragments that seem to flood from the characters’ imaginations onto the wall. The play counts on the audience’s familiarity with core biographical facts about Bishop and Lowell. It’s fine to dispense with tedious exposition, but only if it’s to make room for narrative that’s more powerful. In this case, Ruhl handles Bishop’s drinking by having her pull a bottle from a drawer, drink from it and then drop it in a wastebasket — hardly a full picture of her struggle with alcoholism. Lowell’s bipolar disorder is depicted, by turns, via a title slide that announces he’s at McLean Hospital and, later, with blocking that places him asleep atop his desk, a pose that makes mental illness merely an interruption that suspends his writing output. Ruhl chose no letters to shed more light on these major events. How these two people produce magnificent poems while coping with such

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problems could be a biographical play’s essence. But the letters Ruhl selects do not constitute a full portrait and give few hints of what animates the characters. Instead, we savor their wit and the tang of gossip about their literary contemporaries. The letters include compelling moments, such as Lowell’s thoughts on becoming a father and Bishop’s reconciliation to her loneliness. But a good bit of the play is expended on details such as letting us know that Bishop just got a toucan and that Lowell left a lighted cigarette in his coat pocket. The texture is lovely, but it never forms a story. Ruhl has something else in mind, and she doesn’t indulge in simplistic psychological portraits. She stands at a bracing distance and lets the letters disclose the largely superficial facts of the characters’ lives without any hoary “what it all

means” moments. Though she dangles an obligatory what-might-have-been through a Lowell letter wondering why he didn’t propose to Bishop, sexual tension is not the theme of the play. The playwright’s open-ended structure gives Campbell-Holt occasions to use sound, movement and setting to meditate on the nature of communication itself. To Ruhl’s metaphor of a wire strung across the stage to ferry a postcard from Bishop to Lowell, the director adds her own touches: a stylized hesitation before they holds hands during a walk on the beach, various conventions for the physical delivery of letters and objects, and faintly surreal pantomime of the moments when they met in person. Bishop’s dry wit and keen self-knowledge come through clearly in the letters. But it’s Andrea Syglowski’s gorgeous

search for the nooks and crannies in this character that rivets attention. Ruhl’s choice of letters doesn’t give her much to work with. But Syglowski’s steely look before responding to Lowell’s description of his new girlfriend with “I am glad the lady is beautiful; that really cheers one a lot” is all we need to know about how she handles jealousy. Syglowski uses subtle changes in voice, posture and movement to show her character aging. It’s not merely the loop she attaches to hang her glasses from her neck, but her careful movement as she fits on the chain that suggests she’s in her sixties. Syglowski gets the play’s strongest statements about making art, and she exhibits just the right amount of urgency when Bishop startles herself by asking, “When does one begin to write the real poems?” Her

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nuanced performance irrigates the dry desert of the material. As Lowell, Chris Henry Coffey is splendidly rumpled and plays the expansive, restless poet with earnest humor and rakish desire. Both he and Syglowski make the poets ordinary physical figures, without glamour or grace. In Lowell’s case, Coffey portrays the poet’s engagement with the world by bending his tall frame in curiosity and moving with impulsive energy. Dropped lines marred his performance on opening night, a problem worth remarking on only because the crucial rhythm of a two-character performance failed to materialize. The lost lines were surely recovered in subsequent shows, but will these two actors communicate as perfectly as Lowell and Bishop did? That’s the central question of the play’s potential. Ruhl’s subject is connection, and that demands two actors working in harmony. Stylistically, Lowell’s confessional poetry is far from Bishop’s formal, objective precision. Perhaps the most fascinating part of their friendship is how much each valued the other’s opinion, even though their work was so different. The mesh of two minds is the crucial story here, and on Friday night, a performance without a shared tempo to unite two actors didn’t express it. The show’s sterling production values start with a beautifully detailed set by John McDermott that embodies Campbell-Holt’s fusion of realistic storytelling with metaphorical imagery. Amy Altadonna’s pinpoint sound design, Grant W.S. Yeager’s evocative lighting and Kevin Ramser’s moody projections all drive the show’s oscillation from dreamscape to literalism. The letters don’t form a story, but they do pay homage to friendship, and to writing itself. In the end, the play is a landscape painting, not a battle scene. Gaze upon it expecting comfort and some humor but little rapture.

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Cycles of History An exhibit at the Sheldon Museum celebrates 150 years of the bike B Y KEVI N J. KEL L EY

he bicycle history exhibit at Middlebury’s Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History — titled “Pedaling Through History: 150 Years of the Bicycle, the Collection of Glenn Eames” — will likely appeal as much to art lovers as to Lycra wearers. As curator and prime lender Eames suggests, many of the vintage bikes on display qualify as “sculpture you can ride.” Some were intricately designed by deft 19th-century metallurgists who might be seen as precursors to mid-20th-century abstract-expressionist sculptors. Other historical cycles, such as the Old Hickory, built almost entirely of wood in 1898, are so rich in texture that viewers will be strongly tempted to touch them. Then there is the first breed of bikes, known as velocipedes, or “boneshakers.” Like some ancient artworks, they were originally colorfully painted but now have a misleadingly monochromatic appearance. A trio of drawings of fuzzy-headed cyclists by New Yorker cartoonist and Vermont cartoonist laureate Edward Koren adds another aesthetic dimension to “Pedaling Through History.” Visually intriguing, too, are the photos of sternfaced early cyclists lent by Torontobased collector Lorne Shields. In putting these artifacts on display, the show also highlights a key facet of U.S. social history. “Feminine attire and social etiquette” of the Victorian era “denied the pleasures of cycling to women,” Eames points out in a bound set of commentaries available to visitors. It was nearly impossible — and quite dangerous — for a woman wearing the requisite long, ruffled dress to work the pedals attached to the five-foot-tall front wheels of the penny-farthing, or “ordinary bicycle,” that was the standard model until the 1890s. Then came the “safety bike,” with the equal-size front and back wheels familiar to all cyclists today.

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That bike owed its name to a design that resulted in fewer injuries to cyclists, who were less likely to be pitched headlong over the handlebars than they were on a penny-farthing. It was the much more easily mounted and ridden safety bike that American feminist Susan B. Anthony referred to as a “freedom machine” for women. The safety bike “changed everything,” Eames notes in his catalog. A Raleigh International he purchased in 1974 changed everything in Eames’ own life. Back then, he confessed during a recent interview at his home in Burlington’s Old North End, he was a cigarette-smoking U.S. Navy veteran and Massachusetts resident without much direction or motivation. Buying that Raleigh didn’t only prove “transforming, both physically and mentally” — it also put Eames on a career course that has revolved around bikes. After moving to Vermont in 1986, he worked for several years as a cycle specialist at Skirack on Main Street. In 2000, he opened his own shop: the Old Spokes Home on North Winooski Avenue. Along the way, Eames assembled one of the country’s most important collections of old-time bikes. It’s the source of 23 of the 26 models exhibited at the Sheldon. The more he learned about bike history, Eames related, the more he came to appreciate that “the bicycle transformed the lives of people in the 19th century, just like it did for me.” For the show, he has also lent several accessories that indicate how little has changed for cyclists over the decades. Technology has advanced, of course — but, then as now, bikers needed to make noise to alert pedestrians to their presence. A century ago, they used whistles and horns, as well as bells. Locks were also essential accoutrements. En route, cyclists would drink from flasks; aprèsbike, they might imbibe from beer steins like those on display. An 1895 bike map of Vermont highlights the same routes frequently plied by pedalers today.

Two years of preparation preceded last month’s opening of “Pedaling Through History.” Sheldon director and fellow cycling enthusiast Bill Brooks originally suggested the idea for the show, but Eames’ sale of the Old Spokes Home and its simultaneous merger with Bike Recycle Vermont delayed its fulfillment. The timing proved propitious nonetheless: This year marks the 150th anniversary of the world’s first patent for a pedal-powered bicycle. It was issued to Pierre Lallement, a Frenchman living in New Haven, Conn. A serpentine-style, woodenwheeled boneshaker included in the show was modeled on Lallement’s drawing for his patent application and built in Brooklyn in 1868. Vermont bike makers get big billing, as well. Eames’ guide to the show tells, for example, of the Montpelier Manufacturing Company. Along with a Boston firm, it formed a cartel that, for a time, set royalties that had to be paid by every bike builder in the United States. The final object in the show — which includes only a few models from the past 30 years — is a fat-tired bike manufactured in 2016 by Budnitz Bicycles of Burlington. If Eames’ dream comes true, Vermont will one day become the site of a permanent display of his collection, which is three times larger than what’s on view at the Sheldon. “I’d love for it to be an ongoing inspiration for many people,” Eames said. Yo, sponsors of the New Moran facility on Burlington’s waterfront — are you listening?

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or the past two summers, Stefano Cicirello parked his Dolce VT food truck on Pine Street, just north of Howard Street, in Burlington’s South End. On weekday afternoons, Cicirello — and other food truckers rotating through the same spot — fed artists and workers from nearby studios and businesses. Many patrons ate at ArtsRiot’s picnic tables, a few steps away. On the brick wall behind them, the art space’s motto — “Destroy apathy” — made a silent appeal, painted in blocky, black-andwhite sans-serif script. Beside the truck, another sign, issued by the city’s Department of Public Works, warned, “1 Hr Parking 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Except Sundays & Holidays.” If few food truck patrons thought about the nuances of the wall’s message over a workday lunch, probably even fewer noticed the parking advisory. Cicirello and the other truckers knew their lunches violated the signage, he said, but no one had stopped them from parking there. Tickets were few and far between. This spring, ArtsRiot bought its own truck, building on the momentum of its popular restaurant. Chef George Lambertson planned to take over Dolce VT’s lunch spot in early summer, once the truck was up and running. He’d serve cheeseburgers and Chinese food, he told Seven Days in June. But before the truck was ready, city parking officers appeared one day, and they kept coming back. They checked their watches and, exactly one hour later, they’d write Cicirello a ticket. “It was like they were metered spots,” Lambertson recalled. “It was really aggressive.” The enforcement put a damper on ArtsRiot’s summer plans, but it’s also a symptom of a problem that stretches beyond Pine Street: As mobile eats

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already serves several days a week. Rather than foster competition, having two trucks in close proximity draws more visitors to each, Cicirello said. Meanwhile, ArtsRiot co-owner PJ McHenry is working with the city to

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Tremolo is an Italian term for a musical effect in which a note is repeated at a rapid pace and wavers, or trembles. For CHRIS GLEASON and CAROLINE WILLIAMSON, the word also recalls trembling of the over-caffeinated variety. Located in the Front gallery at 6 Barre Street, and open 8 a.m. through noon Monday through Saturday, TREMOLO aims to provide customers with just the right amount of java. As lovers of music on vinyl, the owners plan on having a player and LPs in the space. For now, they offer regular and nitro cold brew, and use the pour-over technique for making hot coffee. Beans come from Burlington’s BRIO COFFEEWORKS, and soon they’ll start sourcing from Northfield’s CARRIER ROASTING, as well. The minute attention to detail — weighing out the beans, grinding them to order and allowing the water to drip through — takes some time, but Gleason says

it provides a superior cup and allows customers to participate in the process. He and Williamson encourage visitors to ask questions while they make the coffee, and to hang out in the gallery as they drink. This is all part of the community vibe Gleason and Williamson hope to create and, eventually, to bring to a permanent location in downtown Montpelier. “Our full café will be more of a community art space with live music, foreign movies … We want it to be a place where people feel comfortable and can have a coffee and express themselves,” says Gleason.

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THE SQUEAKY WHEEL While King oversees parking enforcement, Burlington’s DPW decides where, when and for how long people can park. Requests to update the ordinances governing parking spots go to engineering technician Damian Roy. When a request comes in, Roy said, he studies the situation, then passes a report and recommendation to the Public Works Commission, which yeas or nays the request, then submits it for public review. If all goes favorably for ArtsRiot, Lambertson may be able to start cooking in the spot legally by late August. That’s speedy for a government timeline but deadly slow for a fledgling food operation that banks most of its business June through September. “Even if we win the battle, we’ve really lost the summer,” Lambertson said. Roy was “being really reasonable,” he added, “but he’s trapped in the wheels of the process.” Roy said a large part of that process involves “engaging businesses who are most likely to have patrons use those parking areas.” Dolce VT’s Cicirello said Roy told him that one South End business was “against trucks parking on the street.” Which business? “I don’t know,” Cicirello said. “They wouldn’t say.”

REINVENTING THE WHEEL In a phone interview last Friday, Burlington City Councilor Tom Ayres (D-Ward 7) asked a reporter: “Are you aware that within the downtown core, food trucks are not allowed at all?” Ayres chairs the council’s license committee and referenced a city statute that prohibits licensing trucks to operate in the area bounded by Cherry, Maple and Pine streets and South Winooski Avenue. The statute protects “the restaurant district of the community,” Ayres said, adding that his “understanding is that [the rule] goes back quite a few years.” Beyond the city core, licensed trucks can theoretically serve food from any unmetered parking spot as long as they

respect applicable time limits. But in practice, doing so “gets a little dicey,” Ayres said, “because of the interaction with city parking regulations.” Many other American cities have made specific areas available for regular food truck parking. In Burlington, up to seven food trucks are permitted to park along University Place on the University of Vermont’s central campus. But none of the five city officials Seven Days spoke with last week

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could recall how that long-standing arrangement came to be. Keeping track of the trucks at University Place is a task that falls to Jean Poulin at the Office of the City Clerk/ Treasurer. She makes sure each truck is licensed, insured and registered with the city and administers a waiting list of truck owners hoping to join the queue. Provided truckers pay a $400 fee, pass a background check, and submit biometrics and proof of insurance, they can park on University Place at designated times for a year. After that, they can renew for a fee. Does Poulin think the University Place system could be adapted or applied in other parts of Burlington? “You’d have to go through the license committee [to answer that],” she said, and passed along Ayres’ number. Ayres said he thought the city could “look into creating other areas similar to University Place” in spots where demand for food trucks is high. More specifically, places like Pine Street, he

said, where “we’ve created this food truck culture already.” With ArtsRiot’s Friday Truck Stops now in their fourth season, and several trucks already parking in the neighborhood’s private lots, facilitating weekday truck access could make sense, Ayres said, particularly as local businesses continue to grow and draw more workers to the area. “I would be more than happy to put this on the agenda of the next license committee meeting,” Ayres added, “and talk with my fellow councilors about what we may be able to do to leverage some progress in that direction.” Though Ayres seemed hopeful that the idea could gain traction, he wouldn’t speculate on whether a University Place-type model could work on Pine Street, saying the process would have to begin with amended parking regulations. Beyond Pine Street, the councilor added, “I think there are probably areas where we could find a little more flexibility for [food truck parking]. I don’t think the city is willfully trying to inhibit the growth of food truck culture.” Ayres described an area in Austin, Texas, where “there’s a significant stretch of public space that’s just one food truck after another.” He wished, he noted, that such a place existed in Burlington.

PARK ACCESS Cicirello of Dolce VT has similar ideas for making the city food truck friendly. He suggested “designating some place like Perkins Pier [on the Burlington waterfront] or some other place so we can all set up.” Recent efforts seem to be moving in that direction. In June, Adam Hineman of Taco Truck All Stars — who is working to unite Vermont’s mobile food community under the Vermont Food Truck Coalition — teamed up with the city’s Department of Parks & Recreation to launch Leddy Park Beach Bites. Ayres, whose Ward 7 comprises an area near Leddy Park in Burlington’s New North End, said the first-Wednesday food truck picnics have been very successful. “The city recognizes that we have something significant going on here,” he added. But letting trucks access public spaces is different from allowing them to use public parking spaces. “That’s pretty

Wondering where to find the latest mobile lunch special? Since food trucks can be here one day, gone tomorrow and back again somewhere else, Seven Days is compiling a Food Truck Finder. We’ll list where and when to find each truck and what to expect when you get there. Find a tasty teaser in the paper each week starting July 20, then check online for expanded info and listings. Are you a food truck owner who would like to be listed? On the list already, but your schedule has changed? Let us know: foodtrucks@sevendaysvt.com.

much out of the city council’s hands,” Ayres said. At DPW, Roy was lukewarm about applying the University Place model elsewhere in the city. “It’s kind of an anomaly,” he said, “and we do not consider it to be any kind of precedent we want to expand upon. The general rule is that the right of way is made for access, not enterprise, and using [it for] enterprise is not necessarily the direction we want to go in.” Still, Roy seemed sympathetic to the truckers’ predicament. “When this first came up, I started asking myself these questions,” he said, “and it got really big really quickly. How do we — or do we want to — manage having trucks on the street? Where should we put it; to what extent? How do we manage it? Do we assign certain trucks to certain areas? Do we shuffle them around? How will they interact with the businesses around them?” Ensuring that opening the roadway to trucks won’t “cause more harm than good” would require extensive research and deliberation, Roy said: “I would think all the major political entities in the city would have to weigh in, all the way up to the mayor’s office and city council.” Still, he added, “I think it’s a worthy discussion to have.” With more trucks trolling the roadways every year — and a robust demand from Queen City workers hungry for lunch-scene diversity — “worthy” could well become “pressing” before too long. Contact: hannah@sevendaysvt.com

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BURLINGTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD TUESDAY AUGUST 2, 2016, PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The Burlington Development Review Board will hold a meeting on Tuesday August 2, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. in Contois Auditorium, City Hall. 1. 15-0801PD; 140 GROVE STREET (RL, Ward 1E) Bayberry LLC Amend final plat approval specifically condition 13 relative to phasing of inclusionary housing units. 2. 16-1225CA/CU; 410 NORTH STREET (RL, Ward 1E) Scott Goodwin Finish garage interior to be accessory dwelling unit, add parking space. 3. 16-1506CA/CU; 282 East Ave (I/RL, Ward 1E) UVM Construction of one story building for UVM Rescue Services with associated site modifications. Plans may be viewed in the Planning and Zoning Office, (City Hall, 149 Church Street, Burlington), between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

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SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS One Opening Vehicle for Hire Licensing Board Term Expires 6/30/18 Two Openings Applications may be submitted to the Clerk/ Treasurer’s Office, 149 Church Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Attn: Lori NO later than Wednesday, August 10, 2016, by 4:30 p.m. If you have any questions please contact Lori at (802)865-7136 or via email lolberg@burlingtonvt.gov. City Council President Knodell will plan for appointments to take place at the August 15, 2016 City Council Meeting. STATE OF VERMONT CALEDONIA UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 307-1214 CACV CITIFINANCIAL SERVICING LLC v. BRUCE DONOVAN, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF MERIL M. LABOUNTY, CITIFINANCIAL SERVICING, LLC OCCUPANTS OF 85 FOREST AVENUE, ST. JOHNSBURY, VT

MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered November 20, 2015 in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Meril M. Labounty Sr. and Margaret A. Labounty to CitiFinancial, Inc., dated November 15, 2006 and recorded in Book 320 Page 125 of the land records of the Town of St. Johnsbury, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage from CFNA Receivables (MD), Inc. f/k/a CitiFinancial, Inc. to CitiFinancial Servicing, LLC dated December 23, 2013 and recorded in Book 379 Page 232 of the land records of the Town of St. Johnsbury, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 85 Forest Avenue, St. Johnsbury, Vermont on July 28, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,

To wit: All that certain parcel of land in Town of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, State of VT, as more fully described on Book 238 Page 067 ID# IV067010, being known and designated as all and the same land and premises as conveyed to the Grantor herein, Michelle Paez, (now known as Michelle Paez Pearce), and Joyce M. Giacco (now deceased) as joint tenants with full rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common, by Warranty Deed of Joyce M. Giacco, dated June 28, 1985, and recorded in Book 183, Page 32 and 33, of the St. Johnsbury Land Records. Being the same property conveyed by Fee Simple Deed from Michelle Paez Pearce, formerly Michelle Paez to Meril M. Labounty, Sr. and Margaret A. Labounty, husband and wife, tenancy by entirety, dated 05/23/1997 recorded on 05/27/1997 in Book 238, Page 067 in Caledonia County Records, State of VT. Reference is hereby

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made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description. Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer&#39;s or cashier&#39;s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer&#39;s or cashier&#39;s check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale.

DATED : June 20, 2016 By: /S/ Bozena Wysocki, Esq. Bozena Wysocki, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 443-4-15 CNCV Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Bank Minnesota National Association, as Trustee for Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2003-3, Plaintiff v. Wilfred C. Martell, III a/k/a Wilfred Martell, Sarasota CCM, Inc. and Occupants residing at 24 Railroad Street, Milton, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Wilfred C. Martell, III a/k/a Wilfred Martell to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as

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A lot of land with all buildings thereon located on the easterly side of Railroad Street in the Village of Milton. The building consists of a dwelling house and a separate garage. Said property is bounded, now or formerly, as follows: On the west by said Railroad Street; on the north by Eldon and Ruth Barrows; on the east by Harold and Rosanna Cadreact; and on the south by Percy and Marguerite Sheltra. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash or cashier’s check by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Milton. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe, Fortin, Rees & Cykon, 30 Kimball Avenue, Ste. 307, South Burlington, VT 05403, (802) 6609000. This sale may be

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cancelled at any time prior to the scheduled sale date without prior notice. Dated at South Burlington, Vermont this 6th day of July, 2016. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Bank Minnesota National Association, as Trustee for Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-3 By: Grant C. Rees, Esq. Lobe, Fortin, Rees & Cykon, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 307 South Burlington, VT 05403 Attorney for Plaintiff STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 567-4-16CNPR In re estate of Joan Stern. NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of Joan Stern late of South Burlington, VT. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having

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AND ALBERT J. CADORETTE, JR. OCCUPANTS OF 8 WENDELL PLACE, BARRE, VT SUMMONS & ORDER FOR PUBLICATION THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO: Albert J. Cadorette, Jr. 1. YOU ARE BEING SUED. The Plaintiff has started a lawsuit against you. A copy of the Plaintiff’s Complaint against you is on file and may be obtained at the office of the clerk of this court, Washington Unit, Civil Division, Vermont Superior Court, 65 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05602. Do not throw this paper away. It is an official paper that affects your rights. 2. PLAINTIFF’S CLAIM. Plaintiff’s claim is a Complaint in Foreclosure which alleges that you have breached the terms of a Promissory Note and Mortgage Deed dated December 28, 2004. Plaintiff’s action may effect your interest in the property described in the Land Records of the City of Barre at Volume 219 Page 209. The Complaint also seeks relief on the Promissory Note executed by you. A copy of the Complaint is on file and may be obtained at the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court for the County of Washington, State of Vermont. 3. YOU MUST REPLY

WITHIN 41 DAYS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. You must give or mail the Plaintiff a written response called an Answer within 41 days after the date on which this Summons was first published, which is August 19, 2016. You must send a copy of your answer to the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff’s attorney, Loraine L. Hite, Esq. of Bendett and McHugh, PC, located at 270 Farmington Avenue, Ste. 151, Farmington, CT 06032. You must also give or mail your Answer to the Court located at 65 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05602. 4. YOU MUST RESPOND TO EACH CLAIM. The Answer is your written response to the Plaintiff’s Complaint. In your Answer you must state whether you agree or disagree with each paragraph of the Complaint. If you believe the Plaintiff should not be given everything asked for in the Complaint, you must say so in your Answer. 5. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CASE IF YOU DO NOT GIVE YOUR WRITTEN ANSWER TO THE COURT. If you do not Answer within 41 days after the date on which this Summons was first published and file it with the Court, you will lose this case. You will not get to tell your side of the story, and the Court may decide against you and award the Plaintiff

The Affidavit duly filed in this action shows that service cannot be made with due diligence by any of the methods provided in Rules 4(d)-(f), (k), or (l) of the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that service of the Summons set forth above shall be made upon the defendant, ALBERT J. CADORETTE, JR., by publication as provided in Rules 4(d)(l) and 4 (g) of those Rules. This order shall be published once a week for 3 weeks beginning July 10, 2016 in the Seven Days, a newspaper of the general circulation in Washington County, and in the Orlando Sentinel, a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Orange, State of Florida, and a copy of this summons and order as published shall be mailed to the defendant Albert J. Cadorette, Jr. at 124 Cinnamon Drive, Orlando, Florida 32825 and at 8 Wendell Place, Barre, VT 05641. Dated at Newfane, Vermont this 28 day of June, 2016. /s/ Timothy B. Tomasi Hon. Timothy B. Tomasi Presiding Judge Washington Unit, Civil Division

TOWN OF WESTFORD DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. Chapter 117 and the Westford Land Use & Development Regulations, the Development Review Board will hold a public hearing at the Town Offices, VT Route 128, at 7:15 pm on Wednesday, August 10, 2016 in reference to the following: Subdivision Amendment – Aaron & Heidi Rabtoy Property (15.42 acres, Lot 3) off Twin Hill Road in the Rural 10, Rural 5, and Water Resources Overlay (WRO) Zoning Districts. The Applicant seeks approval to convert Lot 3 (deferred development lot) into a single family dwelling building lot. For information call the Town Offices at 8784587 Monday–Friday 8:30am–4:30pm. Matt Wamsganz, Chairman Dated July 6, 2016

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SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION SUPPORT GROUP This caregivers support group meets on the 3rd Wed. of every mo. from 5-6:30 p.m. at the Alzheimer’s Association Main Office, 300 Cornerstone Dr., Suite 128, Williston. Support groups meet to provide assistance and information on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. They emphasize shared experiences, emotional support, and coping techniques in care for a person living with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia. Meetings are free and open to the public. Families, caregivers, and friends may attend. Please call in advance to confirm date and time. For questions or additional support group listings, call 800-272-3900. ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION TELEPHONE SUPPORT GROUP 1st Monday monthly, 3-4:30 p.m. Pre-registration is required (to receive dial-in codes for toll-free call). Please dial the Alzheimer’s Association’s 24/7 Helpline 800-272-3900 for more information.

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ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE & DEMENTIA SUPPORT GROUP Held the last Tue. of every mo., 5:30-7:30 p.m., at Birchwood Terr., Burlington. Info, Kim, 863-6384.

BEREAVEMENT/GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP Meets every other Mon. night, 6-7:30 p.m., & every other Wed., 10-11:30 a.m., in the Conference Center at Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice in Berlin. The group is open to anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one. There is no fee. Info, Ginny Fry or Jean Semprebon, 223-1878.

ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS W/ DEBT? Do you spend more than you earn? Get help at Debtor’s Anonymous plus Business Debtor’s Anonymous. Sat., 10-11:30 a.m., Methodist Church at Buell & S. Winooski, Burlington. Contact Brenda, 338-1170. BABY BUMPS SUPPORT GROUP FOR MOTHERS AND PREGNANT WOMEN Pregnancy can be a wonderful time of your life. But, it can also be a time of stress that is often compounded by hormonal swings. If you are a pregnant woman, or have recently given birth and feel you need some help with managing emotional bumps in the road that can come with motherhood, please come to this free support group lead by an experienced pediatric Registered Nurse. Held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Birthing Center, Northwestern Medical Center, St. Albans. Info:

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

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DOMESTIC & SEXUAL VIOLENCE WomenSafe offers free, confidential support groups in Middlebury for women who have experienced domestic or sexual violence. Art For Healing. Six-week support group for people who have experienced domestic or sexual violence. Childcare provided. Please call our hotline, 388-4205, or email am@womensafe.net for more information. FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THOSE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS This support group is a dedicated meeting for family, friends and community members who are supporting a loved one through a mental health crisis. Mental health crisis might include extreme states, psychosis, depression, anxiety and other types of distress. The group is a confidential space where family and friends can discuss shared experiences and receive support in an environment free of judgment and stigma with a trained facilitator. Weekly on Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Downtown Burlington. Info: Jess Horner, LICSW, 866-218-8586. FCA FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Families coping with addiction (FCA) is an open community peer support group for adults 18 & over struggling with the drug or alcohol

addiction of a loved one. FCA is not 12-step based but provides a forum for those living this experience to develop personal coping skills & draw strength from one another. Weekly on Wed., 5:30-6:30 p.m. Turning Point Center, corner of Bank St., Burlington. (Across from parking garage, above bookstore). thdaub1@gmail.com. G.R.A.S.P. (GRIEF RECOVERY AFTER A SUBSTANCE PASSING) Are you a family member who has lost a loved one to addiction? Find support, peer-led support group. Meets once a month on Mondays in Burlington. Please call for date and location. RSVP graspvt@gmail.com or call 310-3301. G.Y.S.T. (GET YOUR STUFF TOGETHER) GYST creates a safe & empowering community for young men & youth in transition to come together with one commonality: learning to live life on life’s terms. Every Tue. & Thu., 4 p.m. G.Y.S.T. PYNK (for young women) meets weekly on Wed., 4 p.m. Location: North Central Vermont Recovery Center, 275 Brooklyn St., Morrisville. Info: Lisa, 851-8120. GRIEF & RECOVERY SUPPORT GROUP 1st & 3rd Wed. of every mo., 7-8 p.m., Franklin County Home Health Agency (FCHHA), 3 Home Health Cir., St. Albans. 527-7531. HEARTBEAT VERMONT Have you lost a friend, colleague or loved one by suicide? Some who call have experienced a recent loss and some are still struggling w/ a loss from long ago. Call us at 446-3577 to meet with our clinician, Jonathan Gilmore, at Maple Leaf Clinic, 167 North Main St. All are welcome. HELLENBACH CANCER SUPPORT Call to verify meeting place. Info, 388-6107. People living with cancer & their caretakers convene for support. INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS SUPPORT GROUP Interstitial cystitis (IC) is recurring pelvic pain, pressure or discomfort in the bladder & pelvic region & urinary frequency/urgency. This is often misdiagnosed & mistreated as a chronic

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DISCOVER THE POWER OF CHOICE! SMART Recovery welcomes anyone, including family and friends, affected by any kind of substance or activity addiction. It is a science-based program that encourages abstinence. Specially trained volunteer facilitators provide leadership. Sundays at 5 p.m. at the 1st Unitarian Universalist Society, 152 Pearl St., Burlington. Volunteer facilitator: Bert, 3998754. You can learn more at smartrecovery.org.

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CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS CoDA is a 12-step fellowship for people whose common purpose is to develop healthy & fulfilling relationships. By actively working the program of Codependents Anonymous, we can realize a new joy, acceptance & serenity in our lives. Call for time and location. Tom, 238-3587, coda.org.

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

ramp entrance, 1:302:30 p.m. St. Johnsbury support group meets the 3rd Wed. montly at the Grace United Methodist Church, 36 Central St., 1:00-2:30 p.m. Colchester Evening support group meets the 1st Wed. monthly at the Fanny Allen Hospital in the Board Room Conference Room, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Brattleboro meets at Brooks Memorial Library on the 1st Thu. monthly from 1:15-3:15 p.m. and the 3rd Mon. montly from 4:15-6:15 p.m. White River Jct. meets the 2nd Fri. montly at Bugbee Sr. Ctr. from 3-4:30 p.m. Call our helpline at 877-856-1772.

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OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS 12-step fellowship for people who identify as overeaters, compulsive eaters, food addicts, anorexics, bulimics, etc. Tue., 7 p.m., St. James Episcopal Church, 4 St. James Place, Essex Jct. All are welcome; meeting is open. Info: Felicia, 777-7718.

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MARIJUANA ANONYMOUS Do you have a problem with marijuana? MA is a free 12-step program where addicts help other addicts to get & stay clean. Ongoing Tue. at 6:30 p.m. and Sat. at 2 p.m. at Turning Point Center, 191 Bank St., suite 200, Burlington. 861-3150.

NORTHWEST VERMONT CANCER PRAYER & SUPPORT NETWORK A meeting of cancer patients, survivors & family members intended to comfort & support those who are currently suffering from the disease. 2nd Thu. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 11 Church St., St. Albans. Info: stpaulum@myfairpoint.net. 2nd Wed. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m. Winooski United Methodist Church, 24 W. Allen St., Winooski. Info: hovermann4@comcast. net.

NAMI CONNECTION RECOVERY PEER SUPPORT GROUP Bennington, every Tue., 12-1:30 p.m., CRT Center, United Counseling Service, 316 Dewey St.; Burlington, every Thu., 3-4:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Cathedral, 2 Cherry St. (enter from parking lot); Rutland, every Sun., 4:30-6 p.m., Rutland Mental Health Wellness Center, 78 S. Main St.; St. Johnsbury, every Thu., 6:30-8 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Church, 47 Cherry St. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, program@ namivt.org or 800639-6480. Connection groups are peer recovery support group programs for adults

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS is a group of recovering addicts who live w/ out the use of drugs. It costs nothing to join. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using. Info, 862-4516 or cvana.org. Held in Burlington, Barre and St. Johnsbury.

MALE SURVIVOR OF VIOLENCE GROUP A monthly, closed group for male identified survivors of violence including relationship, sexual assault, and discrimination. Open to all sexual orientations. Contact 863-0003 for more information or safespace@pridecentervt.org.

NAMI FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Brattleboro, 1st Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., 1st Congregational Church, 880 Western Ave., West Brattleboro; Burlington, 3rd Wed. of every mo., 6 p.m., Community Health Center, Riverside Ave., Mansfield Conference Room; Burlington, 2nd & 4th Tue. of every mo., 7 p.m., HowardCenter, corner of Pine & Flynn Ave.; Berlin, 4th Mon. of every mo., 7 p.m. Central Vermont Medical Center, Room 3; Georgia, 1st Tue. of every mo., 6 p.m., Georgia Public Library, 1697 Ethan Allen Highway (Exit 18, I-89); Manchester, 4th Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., Equinox Village, 2nd floor; Rutland, 3rd Mon. of every mo., 6 p.m., Rutland Regional Medical Center, Leahy Conference Ctr., room D; Springfield, 3rd Wed. of every mo., 6:30 p.m., HCRS (café on right far side), 390 River St.; St. Johnsbury, 4th Wed. of every mo., 5:30 p.m., Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital Library, 1315 Hospital Dr.; White River Junction, last Mon. of every mo., 5:45 p.m., VA Medical Center, William A. Yasinski Buidling. If you have questions about a group in your area, please contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Vermont, info@namivt. org or 800-639-6480.

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KINDRED CONNECTIONS PROGRAM OFFERED FOR CHITTENDEN COUNTY CANCER SURVIVORS The Kindred Connections program provides peer support for all those touched by cancer. Cancer patients as well as caregivers are provided with a mentor who has been through the cancer experience & knows what it’s like to go through it. In addition to sensitive listening, Kindred Connections provides practical help such as rides to doctors’ offices & meal deliveries. The program has people who have experienced a wide variety of cancers. For further info, please contact sherry. rhynard@gmail.com.

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bladder infection. If you have been diagnosed or have these symptoms, you are not alone. We are building a Vermontbased support group & welcome you to email bladderpainvt@gmail. com or call 899-4151 for more information.

MYELOMA SUPPORT GROUP Area Myeloma Survivors, Families and Caregivers have come together to form a Multiple Myeloma Support Group. We provide emotional support, resources about treatment options, coping strategies and a support network by participating in the group experience with people that have been though similar situations. Third Tuesday of the month, 5-6 p.m. at the New Hope Lodge on East Avenue in Burlington. Info: Kay Cromie, 655-9136, kgcromey@aol.com.

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LGBTQ SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE SafeSpace offers peerled support groups for survivors of relationship, dating, emotional &/ or hate violence. These groups give survivors a safe & supportive environment to tell their stories, share information, & offer & receive support. Support groups also provide survivors an opportunity to gain information on how to better cope with feelings & experiences that surface because of the trauma they have experienced. Please call SafeSpace 863-0003 if you are interested in joining.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Do you worry about the way you eat? Overeaters Anonymous may have the answer for you. No weigh-ins, dues or fees. Mon., 5:30-6:30 p.m. Temple Sinai, 500 Swift St., S. Burlington. Info: 863-2655. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (OA) Meetings in Barre Tue. 5:30-6:30 p.m. and Sat. 8:30-9:30 a.m., at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 39 Washington St. Info, Valerie 279-0385. Meetings in Burlington Thurs. 7:30-8:30 a.m., at the First United Church, 21 Buell St. Info, Geraldine, 730-4273. Meetings in Johnson occur every Sun., 5:30-6:30 p.m., at the Johnson Municipal Building, Rte. 15 (just west of the bridge). Info, Debbie Y., 888-5958. Meetings in Montpelier occur every Mon., 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Bethany Church, 115 Main St. Info, Joan, 223-3079. Meetings in Morrisville occur every Sat., 10-11 a.m., at the First Congregational Church, 85 Upper Main St. Contacts: Anne, 888-2356. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS 12-step. Sat., 9-10 a.m. Turning Point Center, 182 Lake St., St. Albans. Is what you’re eating, eating you? We can help. Call Valerie, 825-5481. PARKINSON’S DISEASE OUTREACH GROUP This group meets on the second Tuesday, 10-11:30 a.m. of the month at Pillsbury Homestead Senior Community Residence at 3 Harborview Rd., St. Albans in the conference room next to the library on the first floor. Wheelchair accessible. Info: patricia_rugg18@ comcast.net. PEER ACCESS LINE Isolated? Irritable? Anxious? Lonely? Excited? Bored? Confused? Withdrawn? Sad? Call us! Don’t hesitate for a moment. We understand! It is our choice to be here for you to listen. Your feelings do matter. 321-2190. Thu., Fri., Sat. evenings, 6-9 p.m. PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Held every 2nd Tue. of the mo., 6-8 p.m. at the Hope Lodge, 237 East Ave., Burlington. Newly diagnosed? Prostate cancer reoccurrence? General discussion

and sharing among survivors and those beginning or rejoining the battle. Info, Mary L. Guyette RN, MS, ACNS-BC, 274-4990, vmary@aol.com. QUEEN CITY MEMORY CAFE The Queen City Memory Café offers a social time & place for people with memory impairment & their fiends & family to laugh, learn & share concerns & celebrate feeling understood & connected. Enjoy coffee, tea & baked goods with entertainment & conversation. QCMC meets the 3rd Sat. of each mo., 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Thayer Building, 1197 North Ave., Burlington. 316-3839. QUIT TOBACCO GROUPS Are you ready to be tobacco free? Join our FREE fi ve-week group classes facilitated by our Tobacco Treatment Specialists. We meet in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere. You may qualify for a FREE 8-week supply of nicotine replacement therapy. Contact us at (802)-847-7333 or QuitTobaccoClass @UVMHealth.org. SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION NEW ENGLAND Support group meeting held 4th Tue. of the mo., 6:30-8:30 p.m. Williston Police Station. Info, Blythe Leonard, 878-0732. SEX & LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS 12-step recovery group. Do you have a problem w/ sex or relationships? We can help. Ralph, 658-2657. Visit slaafws. org or saa-recovery.org for meetings near you. SEXUAL VIOLENCE SUPPORT HOPE Works offers free support groups to women, men & teens who are survivors of sexual violence. Groups are available for survivors at any stage of the healing process. Intake for all support groups is ongoing. If you are interested in learning more or would like to schedule an intake to become a group member, please call our office at 864-0555, ext. 19, or email our victim advocate at advocate@ sover.net. STUTTERING SUPPORT GROUPS If you’re a person who stutters, you are not alone! Adults, teens & school-age kids who stutter & their families are welcome to join

one of our three free National Stuttering Association (NSA) stuttering support groups at UVM. Adults: 5:30-6:30, 1st & 3rd Tue. monthly; teens (ages 13-17): 5:30-6:30, 1st Thu. monthly; school-age children (ages 8-12) & parents (meeting separately): 4:15-5:15, 2nd Thu. monthly. Pomeroy Hall (489 Main St., UVM campus. Info: burlingtonstutters.org, burlingtonstutters@ gmail.com, 656-0250. Go Team Stuttering! SUICIDE SURVIVORS SUPPORT GROUP For those who have lost a friend or loved one through suicide. Maple Leaf Clinic, 167 N. Main St., Wallingford, 446-3577. 6:30-8 p.m. the 3rd Tue. of ea. mo. SUICIDE HOTLINES IN VT Brattleboro, 257-7989; Montpelier (Washington County Mental Health Emergency Services), 229-0591; Randolph (Clara Martin Center Emergency Service), 800-639-6360. SUPPORT GROUP FOR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ALLIES OF TRANSGENDER ADULTS We are the parents of an adult transgender woman. While we celebrate the emergence of her authentic self, we find we have many questions to explore with others on this path with their loved ones. We meet the 4th Thursdays of the month, 5 p.m. Pride Center of VT. Please join us! margie@pridecentervt.org, 802-860-7812 SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN who have experienced intimate partner abuse, facilitated by Circle (Washington Co. only). Please call 877-5439498 for more info. SURVIVORSHIP NOW Welcome, cancer survivors. Survivorship NOW has free wellness programs to empower cancer survivors to move beyond cancer & live life well. Regain your strength & balance. Renew your spirit. Learn to nourish your body with exercise & nutritious foods. Tap in to your creative side. Connect with others who understand the challenges you face. Go to survivorshipnowvt. org today to sign up. Info, 802-7771126, info@ survivorshipnowvt.org.

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Washington West Supervisory Union is seeking a motivated individual to join our central office team in Waitsfield, VT. The person hired for the position will perform a variety of administrative tasks in support of the Director of Curriculum; including communication, organization, word processing, database management, and preschool services coordination. Requirements are 3 years of administrative assistant experience; strong interpersonal, organizational, and writing skills; technical aptitude with high proficiency in MS Office, web-based tools, Google tools, etc.; ability to multitask and prioritize workflow; attention to detail and follow-up. This is a full-time position beginning around mid-August 2016. We offer competitive compensation and a full benefits package. Please submit a letter of interest, resume, and 3 current letters of reference through schoolspring.com OR mail to: Sheila Soule, Director of Curriculum Washington West Supervisory Union 340 Mad River Park, Suite 7 Waitsfield, VT 05673 Application Deadline: July 22, 2016. EOE.

Little Lambs Childcare

Director

Seeking a full-time director for innovative new daycare center in Montpelier. Oversee program, care for chil9:13:15 PM dren, supervise staff, and communicate with families. See www.ovws.org for Orchard WALDORF

job description. 802-456-7400 Valley E. Montpelier, VT

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Part-Time Help Wanted!

Northwest Solid Waste District needs Attendants at N. Hero, St. Albans, Montgomery, and Bakersfield Recycling Drop-Offs!

• Refreshments Available!

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FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY COORDINATOR

The Burlington Housing Authority is seeking a full time family self-sufficiency coordinator. The Family Self-Sufficiency Program is designed to support and encourage Section 8 program participants who wish to achieve economic self-sufficiency. BHA’s program currently has approximately 100 participants. S/he will administer the Family Self-Sufficiency Program in conformance with HUD regulations, including the development of individual Contracts of Participation, with concrete interim and final goals.

158 Morse Dr., Georgia. Or, nwswd.org for application/job description. Call 524.5986.

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The successful candidate must have strong computer and interpersonal skills. Budgeting knowledge is a plus. Minimum Qualifications: College degree and two years’ prior experience in social services. Experience in economic self-sufficiency programs and/or the HUD Family Self-Sufficiency Program preferred. Please send your resume and salary requirement to:

Claudia Donovan, Burlington Housing Authority, 65 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05401. cdonovan@burlingtonhousing.org The Burlington Housing Authority is an equal opportunity employer.

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PLUMBING & HEATING TECHNICIAN. SIGN-ON BONUS

$250 for Licensed Plumbers or Licensed Journeyman

Must have valid driver’s license, professional licenses preferred - gas, plumbing certification. Experience in the trade is required. Paid vacation, paid holidays, Aflac and more.

Pay compensated with experience. Vehicle provided.

Call 893-0787 for more details.

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2 Full time AmeriCorps positions with a National Leader in Affordable Housing Champlain Housing Trust’s HomeOwnership Center, serving the affordable housing needs of Chittenden, Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, is seeking a Home Education Coordinator and Shared Equity Coordinator. These dynamic 11+ month positions require a Bachelors degree or related work experience, proficient computer and writing skills, and a commitment to community service. Experience in housing, teaching, or lending is a plus. Positions start September 12, 2016. Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. Visit www.vhcb.org/americorps for more info and an application. Questions? Contact Barbara or Jaclyn at 862-6244 or Toll-free 877-274-7431. EQUAL OPPORTUNIT Y EMPLOYER - COMMIT TED TO A DIVERSE WORKPLACE.

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MAINTENANCE MECHANIC/PLC Technician Middlebury, VT

Champlain Community Services is a progressive, intimate, developmental services provider agency with a strong emphasis on self-determination values and employee & consumer satisfaction.

SHARED LIVING PROVIDER:

Agri-Mark has a full-time immediate opening for a Maintenance Mechanic to work in our Middlebury, VT facility. Flexible work schedule required, including working nights, weekends, and holidays.

Provide residential supports to an individual in your home. Generous stipend, paid time off (respite), comprehensive training and supports are provided. We are currently hiring for a variety of situations.

A successful candidate will have at least a journeyman’s electrical license and/or strong PLC experience or have a strong maintenance background. The candidate should be well versed in PLC control systems, VFDs, pneumatics, and production plant equipment. Must be able to work both independently and as a team member. Excellent troubleshooting and maintaining plant equipment in a food production environment.

For more information, contact Jennifer Wolcott, jwolcott@ccs-vt.org or 655-0511 ext. 118

Agri-Mark offers a competitive starting wage, health, dental and vision, pension, 401(k), etc. Apply in person, by email to aleblanc@agrimark.net or send your resume with cover letter to:

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COMMUNITY INCLUSION FACILITATORS Provide one on one inclusion supports to an individual with an intellectual disability or autism. Help folks lead fulfilling lives, reach their goals and be productive members of their community. We currently have several positions with comprehensive benefit packages. Send your resume and cover letter to staff@ccs-vt.org These are great opportunities to join a distinctive developmental service provider during a time of growth.

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Barre Congregational Church, UCC

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT (PT)

SSTA, a local nonprofit, is hiring for the following positions:

Our active, growing, progressive church seeks a selfmotivated, multi-tasking person to provide us with

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administrative support. The candidate must be able to maintain confidentialities, respond to needs in a timely manner, and work well with a variety of people and demands. Must have excellent communication skills and be proficient in MS Word, website maintenance, and have the ability to manage our church database.

• Customer Service Reps • Drivers Hours and shifts vary. All applicants MUST SUBMIT AN APPLICATION to be considered for employment.

This is a 12 hours per week job with daytime schedule to be agreed upon.

For more information and to obtain and application, visit our website at sstarides.org or contact us at 802-878-1527.

Send cover letter and resume to Rev. David Vanderlinde-Abernathy at aberlinde@myfairpoint.net.

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The Burlington Police Department is seeking an executive assistant to the chief of police. This position will provide a qualified person with an exciting opportunity to work at the heart of the Burlington Police Department during a time of innovation and change in the profession. The assistant will be an integral part of the department’s management team, working closely with the chief as well as the command staff and specialized positions to maintain and enhance the effectiveness, good order and efficiency of the department. The assistant will not only administer the office of the chief of police, but also help manage innovation within the department and shape its response to critical incidents. The functions of the assistant require developing and having a deep knowledge of the crime and policing conditions of the city and the department’s proposed responses; as well as intimate knowledge of the city’s communities and constituencies. The assistant will be responsible for conducting confidential inquiries on internal matters on behalf of the chief and issuing statements to the media as the chief’s designated spokesperson. It will be an excellent opportunity for a self-motivated, intelligent, hardworking person who understands the value of good policing in a democratic society to become well-versed in the operations and administration of the police department responsible for serving and protecting Vermont’s largest city, with all of the challenges and opportunities that this entails. Completion of Bachelor’s Degree and two years of experience preferred; or an Associate’s Degree and three years of experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent and five years of experience in an office environment as an Executive Administrator required. For a complete description, or to apply, visit our website at burlingtonvt.gov/hr or 802/865-7145. If interested, send resume, cover letter and City of Burlington Application by July 18, 2016: HR Dept, 200 Church Street, Suite 102, Burlington, VT 05401.

Group Operations Manager NEFCU has created a new position to manage programmatic, operational and risk requirements, for the Deposit Services and Plastic Card delivery groups, as well as manage programmatic and procedural response to BSA. This position reports to the CFO and is responsible within these work groups for adapting policies and procedures in response to internal control, compliance and risk management requirements, and for internal and external service standards within the operations group. The successful candidate will be a programmatic and systems level thinker, capable of analyzing and responding to changing conditions with clear, actionable and effective solutions. Expert level knowledge in card services, deposit operations, and BSA is required. Experience supervising staff and working cooperatively to meet team and cross functional goals and outcomes is essential for success. A Bachelor’s degree or satisfactory combination of education and experience is required. A minimum of 5 years banking experience with programmatic responsibility for Deposit Operations, Debit and Credit Card Operations, and BSA is required. Strong Excel and Microsoft Office skills are critical for success in the position. Qualified candidates should submit (1) a letter of introduction illustrating interest in the position listed above, (2) a complete and up to date resume with position/employer history, position duties and salary history, to hr@NEFCU.com. Please note the Group Operations Manager in the subject line. Applications without all requested components will be considered incomplete.

NEFCU enjoys an employer-of-choice distinction with turnover averaging less than 10 percent. More than 96 percent of our 200 staff say NEFCU is a great place to work. - 2015 Annual Staff Survey If you believe you have the qualifications to contribute to this environment, please send your résumé and cover letter and salary history to: hr@nefcu.com.

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EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE

New England Federal Credit Union, Vermont’s largest Credit Union with 7 branch locations, is a growing organization committed to excellence in service, convenience, and simplicity. NEFCU offers a stable, supportive, high-standards work environment, where employees are treated as key stakeholders. Please visit our website nefcu.com to learn more about the great opportunities and benefits that exist at NEFCU.

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EOE. WOMEN, MINORITIES AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Office Manager The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF) seeks a highly organized, experienced Office Manager with proven customer service and administrative support experience and a strong affinity with the mission of the VSJF. Full job description available at vsjf.org. Send resume and cover letter to officemanager@vsjf.org, no later than 5 p.m., Friday July 29, 2016.

Community Capital of Vermont seeks an executive director for our vibrant, growth oriented state-wide microenterprise and small business lender serving low and moderate income entrepreneurs. Executive Director is responsible for the day-to-day management of the organization and supporting the Board’s leadership on policy and long-term planning. A full description of the position and application process is available at communitycapitalvt.org/about-us/jobs-at-ccvt/. Deadline to apply is July 15. EOE.

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Town Hall Theater seeks an accountant. A two-year degree and two years of experience are required, as well as mastery of QuickBooks. Experience with nonprofits is a plus. The position is flexible, and generally 8 hours a week. Email a resume to executivedirector@ townhalltheater.org or call 388-1436 to set up an interview.

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WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CLAIMS REPRESENTATIVE VERMONT LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS Are you interested in joining a mission-driven organization and team of dedicated colleagues? We seek a claims professional to serve our municipal membership within VLCT’s self-insured property, casualty, and workers’ compensation pool, VLCT Property & Casualty Intermunicipal Fund (PACIF). We will consider adjusters of various levels of workers’ compensation experience and will interview entry through senior levels. Knowledge of claim principles and law, especially workers’ compensation, is essential; familiarity with risk pooling and/or local government is helpful. This position reports to the Manager, Workers’ Compensation.

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• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience);

Sodexo at UVM is hiring

Cooks and Food Service Workers. Join our amazing team and be part of the Farm to Institution Movement! Excellent benefits package, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, training and career advancement opportunities. Send resumes to sodexo.balancetrak.com . SODEXO IS AN EEO/AA/ MINORITY/FEMALE/DISABILITY/ VETERAN EMPLOYER

• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze information; • Current Vermont workers’ compensation adjuster license preferred, a current Vermont Property and Casualty license is a plus; • AIC designation preferred; additional designations are helpful; • Valid Vermont driver’s license Hiring salary range is commensurate with experience. A detailed job description is posted at vlct.org under Marketplace/Classified Ads. VLCT offers a quality workplace in downtown Montpelier and an excellent total compensation package. Please email cover letter, resume, the names and phone numbers of three professional references to jobsearch@vlct.org with WC Claims as subject. Review begins immediately; Applications accepted until EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER position filled.

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Addison Northwest Supervisory Union

Cathedral Square is ranked as one of the 10 Best Places to Work in Vermont by Vermont Business Magazine.

11 Main Street, Suite B100, Vergennes, VT 05491

HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALIST

LPN

Cathedral Square, a nonprofit organization providing housing and services to seniors throughout Vermont, is seeking: An LPN who provides charge nurse duties, care and services to residents who are functionally, physically or socially impaired within the scope of license at our Assisted Living Residence, under the direction of the RN. She/he supports a philosophy of aging in place consistent with the mission of assisted living and in compliance with the State of Vermont Level III Assisted Living/Residential Care Home regulations. Must possess a Vermont LPN license. Experience in long term care setting preferred. Full-time, evening shifts, every other weekend. Visit cathedralsquare.org for a full job description. CSC offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits and

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STATE LONG TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN

We are looking for a skilled, professional and upbeat individual who can manage and explain employee benefits, retirement programs and disability benefits to our staff. The successful candidate will also be able to process and manage FMLA, Workman's Comp and implement the criminal and background check needed for new employees, volunteers and student teachers. Individuals interested in this position should be prepared to create efficient and effective human resource systems for the office and for our schools. Certification in Human Resources or willingness to work towards one. Knowledge of webpage design, Google apps, Excel and Word. It would also be beneficial to know how to navigate a student management system. Team work, people skills and public relations a must. Applicants should apply at schoolspring.com and provide letter of interest, current resume, transcripts, evidence of licensure and three (3) current letters of recommendation. Deadline to apply is July 15, 2016.

Vermont Legal Aid seeks an individual to direct its Long Term Care Ombudsman Project and to serve as the State Long Term Care Ombudsman (SLTCO). The SLTCO will supervise a staff of six ombudsmen located in Legal Aid Offices throughout the state. The SLTCO provides support to the local ombudsmen on a wide range of legal issues including guardianship, public health care programs, and the rights of persons receiving long-term care services in Vermont. In addition, the SLTCO will analyze, comment on, and monitor the development and implementation of federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and other government policies and actions that pertain to longterm care facilities and services and to the health, safety, welfare, and rights of residents, and to recommend any changes in such laws, regulations, and policies.

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Applicants must have at least ten years of legal or relevant experience and demonstrated expertise in long-term care services and supports or other direct services for older persons or persons with disabilities; consumer-oriented public policy advocacy; leadership and program management skills; and negotiation and problem solving skills. The SLTCO must have the organizational skills, commitment to social justice and temperament needed to balance direct supervision of the local ombudsmen with the demands of playing a leading role in advocating for systemic change in Vermont’s long-term care system before the legislature and administrative agencies. The position can be based in either Burlington or Montpelier and requires travel throughout the state. Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to work as part of a team are required. Starting salary is $65,000+ D.O.E. and excellent fringe benefits. Send cover letter, resume, references and writing sample as a single PDF with the subject line “SLTCO Application 2016” by August 3 to Eric Avildsen, Executive Director c/o edavis@vtlegalaid.org We are an equal opportunity employer committed to building cultural competency in order to effectively serve our increasingly diverse client community. We encourage applicants to share in their cover letters how they can further this goal.

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Commercial Loan Assistant

Vermont Economic Development Authority seeks a motivated, team-oriented individual to join our staff. Team-oriented individual sought to fill the position of Commercial Loan Assistant in VEDA’s Montpelier office, providing administrative and technical support to loan officers and the Commercial Lending Team. The position requires an upbeat professional with computer proficiency particularly in Microsoft Office including Excel, strong written and verbal skills, accuracy, attention to detail, and organization. Familiarity with business, lending, financial records and an Associate’s Degree is required. VEDA offers a competitive salary and benefits package and is an equal opportunity employer. Please send your resume and cover letter to: tporter@veda.org Or mail it to: Thomas Porter Vermont Economic Development Authority 58 East State Street, Suite 5 Montpelier, VT 05602-3044

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Yestermorrow Design/Build School in Waitsfield seeks an Operations Director to join Yestermorrow’s senior management team. We are looking for a strategic, organized, detail oriented, motivated individual to ensure that our school’s physical and administrative operations run smoothly and efficiently. The Operations Director manages a team of nine staff and interns and is responsible for bookkeeping, annual budgeting, procurement and purchasing, all human resources functions, IT support, and assisting the Executive Director with long term planning. Candidates must have a strong background in staff management, bookkeeping, budgeting, database management, benefits administration, and organizational planning.

Interested persons please e-mail letter and resume to applications@dunkielsaunders.com Vermont by July 15, 2016.

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Experience in a legal office is preferred but not a requirement. Use of QuickBooks Pro is essential. Qualifications: strong bookkeeping, organizational, and communication skills. Specific responsibilities include: all bookkeeping for law firm; coordination of client expenses and invoicing; bi-weekly payroll entry including all adjusted pays, employee setup and changes; HR-related tasks, including insurance and retirement accounts. Competitive benefits and salary.

To apply, please send a resume and cover letter via email to Mike Crowley, Executive Director at mike@yestermorrow.org by August 5, 2016.

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ACCOUNT ASSOCIATE

Downtown Burlington law firm is seeking bookkeeper.

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We are looking for motivated, responsible individuals. Must be able to work independently, possess a positive attitude, be capable of lifting up to 50 pounds and have a clean driving record. We offer a competitive wage along with benefits. Apply in person or online at Farrell Vending Services 405 Pine Street Burlington, VT 05401 farrellvending.com.

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Send resume, anticipated salary range and cover letter to nekhealth@yahoo.com. July 15, 2016.

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Wake Robin, Vermont’s premier continuing care retirement community, seeks dedicated nursing professionals with a strong desire to work within a community of seniors.

Residential Care Charge Nurse (RN) Full-Time Monday-Friday This Nurse assumes oversight responsibility for the Nursing Assistant Staff who are approved to administer meds in a Residential Care Setting. Must have a valid RN License in the state of Vermont.

LNA Full-Time Evening or Day Positions Available Wake Robin seeks LNAs licensed in Vermont to provide high quality care in a fast paced residential and long-term care environment, while maintaining a strong sense of “home.” Wake Robin offers an excellent compensation and benefits package and an opportunity to build strong relationships with staff and residents in a dynamic community setting. Interested candidates please email hr@wakerobin.com or fax your resume with cover letter to: HR, (802) 264-5146. Wake Robin is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Alternative health care practice with locations in Northeast Kingdom and Montpelier seeks committed member to join our administrative team. We’re creative, flexible, professional multitaskers with positive attitudes. Computer, office, and communication skills required. Medical billing, web maintenance and nonprofit experience a huge plus. Attention to detail and the ability to assist patients in a competent manner is critical. Reliable transportation to both locations is necessary. Training in the Hardwick area, 20 -30 hours per week. 30-40 hours per week when fully trained.

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ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION

GPS has shifts available putting flyers into the newspaper. Saturday Night Shifts are Required. Shifts are fast paced and the work is easy (up to 25 hours weekly). Pre-Employment Drug Test & Background Check is Conducted. Starting pay is $9.60 per hour. Attractive night shift compensation Incentive is offered. $250.00 Bonus after 90 Days of employment.

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Executive Director. Founded in 1981, the Clarina Howard Nichols Center, a 501c3 not-for-profit organization, works to end domestic and sexual violence in Lamoille County. Clarina provides advocacy programs, emergency shelter, support and direct services to survivors of domestic and sexual violence as well as community outreach programs to affect social change. • The Executive Director, supported by the Board of Trustees, administers, coordinates, and manages the operations of the Clarina Howard Nichols Center. • A strong fundraising background is required. • The successful candidate will have experience with program development, grant writing, staff supervision, working with volunteers, basic technology, and the budget process. • Serving as the public face of the organization, the Executive Director must be comfortable working with other agencies, community members, board of directors, and financial supporters. • A working understanding of current trends in domestic and sexual violence is desirable. • A bachelor’s degree or higher is required, as well as a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a related field. An advanced degree is desirable. This is a full time salaried position with benefits. Interested candidates should submit a letter of interest, resume, and salary requirements to:

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If you are an organized, efficient professional who enjoys a fast paced, busy (but enjoyable) work environment this may be just the career path for you. Great opportunity to be part of a new specialized Human Resources case management team. You will administer the medical leave functions within the Department of Human Resources; working with assigned customers on complex and day to day leave management issues related to Family Medical and Parental Leave, Workers Compensation, and related leave. As the resident expert on employee medical leave you will be part of the DHR Field Operations unit dealing with all federal and state employment laws, Collective Bargaining Agreements, and policies and procedures related to employee medical leave. Good communication skills are essential for providing accurate and timely guidance to supervisors and employees on matters relating to the interpretation and application of FML and WC laws, rights and responsibilities. Ability to manage and coordinate all required notifications, paperwork and associated process for medical leave situations. Considerable knowledge and experience in FML, WC and ADA is expected. Technical level work experience in human resources which includes leave management work is required. For more information, contact: chris.mcconnell@vermont.gov. Full time, Montpelier, Reference Job ID #619539 for Level I and Job ID #619540 for Level II. Application deadline: July 18, 2016

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The Agency of Human Services, Department of Health, is seeking an experienced, highly skilled, dynamic, and experienced public health leader with excellent management, organizational and interpersonal skills to join our public health leadership team as the Director of the Health Surveillance Division. Working under the direction of the Deputy Commissioner, the Director of Health Surveillance will be a strong leader and manager with a deep knowledge and experience in public health and an appreciation for the important role of health surveillance in promoting and protecting the best health for all Vermonters. This position plans, leads, coordinates, and evaluates a broad range of public health programs in the areas of infectious disease control and prevention, health research and statistics and laboratory sciences. This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned professional to lead the State in promoting and protecting the health of Vermonters through exemplary practices in Health Surveillance. For more information, contact Tracy Dolan: tracy.dolan@vermont.gov. Reference Job ID #619552. Location: Burlington. Status: Full time. Application Deadline: July 24, 2016. To apply, you must use the online job application at careers.vermont.gov. For questions related to your application, please contact the Department of Human Resources, Recruitment Services, at 855-828-6700 (voice) or 800-253-0191 (TTY/Relay Service). The State of Vermont is an equal opportunity employer and offers an excellent total compensation package.

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Two Centuries of TOUR DE STORES ‘the Experience’ Dorset Union Store B Y J U L I A CL A NCY

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Dorset Union Store circa 1884

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On the day I visit the Dorset Union Store, I’m welcomed by the front doorbell and by a row of glass jars flush with homemade cookies. I see stacks of molasses, chocolate chip and knobby oatmeal-raisin, the last swollen two inches thick with chopped nuts. A man walks past with a wave to someone in the kitchen. His boots creak on the aged floorboards as he fills a shopping cart with Folgers coffee, Hershey’s chocolate sauce, Fat Toad Farm caramel and an aluminum container of layered baked ziti from the prepared-foods cooler. A woman hurries in with two small boys, both eager for a fresh-fruit galette. “Hey there, any galettes left?” she asks TWO CENTURIES

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the Dorset Inn, a white-columned property just across the green from Peltiers. “Gretchen and I have owned the store together for nine years,” says Loudenslager, “but she was very plugged into the community before that. I was looking for something to do after I retired. We had history in Dorset, friends in Dorset; we were godparents to the Hathaways’ oldest granddaughter…” Loudenslager trails off, as if to let a listener fill in the obvious: Together, she and Schmidt decided to take on the project of ownership. Although the paramount goal was “to keep the store’s original footprint,” the duo was eager to add a few updates, enhancing the wine room and expanding the kitchen to accommodate a capacious bakery and deli section.

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office by the store’s open kitchen. “He was raised right upstairs.” The Hathaway family bought the store in 1977. At the time, the business was known as Peltiers, as it had been since Perry Peltier claimed sole ownership in 1955. It remained Peltiers until 2007, when Loudenslager and Schmidt purchased it and restored its original name — the Dorset Union Store. “We wanted to return the store to its roots,” says Loudenslager. “Preserving the store as a historic site was one of our biggest incentives to buy it in the first place.” Loudenslager, who spent 30 years in the New York City banking business, met Schmidt at a golf event in Dorset — minutes from the general store she would later own. At the time, Schmidt owned

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ast month, I asked, “What does the Vermont general store look like in 2016?” That question led to a statewide road trip, chronicled in monthly installments to span the summer season. I may have assumed I would find nostalgia and tourist-based kitsch, but I discovered that the Vermont general store, an emblem of local culture specific to the Green Mountain State, is not a relic of the past. Like any lasting business, general stores must evolve to be enduring — a point proven by the Putney General Store and Pharmacy, which was twice saved by its town after it twice burnt nearly to the ground. This time, I visit the Dorset Union Store, which in 2016 looks virtually the same as it did the year it opened in 1816 — at least from the outside. In a gauzy black-and-white photograph inherited by co-owner Cindy Loudenslager, the most manifest difference is the dirt road snaking past the entrance. The store’s old façade remains. And the faint jangle of a bell above the front door has been welcoming patrons for two centuries. Loudenslager, along with her “partner in business and in life,” co-proprietor Gretchen Schmidt, celebrated the Dorset Union Store’s 200th birthday on July 9 on the green beyond its front stoop. A giant canopy covered the festivities, which included old-fashioned games, live music and tables replete with from-scratch fare made by the store’s head baker, Lori Lantz, and its head chef, Rick Warnecke. Locals and travelers turned out for strawberry shortcake, sandwiches loaded with pulled pork or grilled chicken, and dollar cones from the instore creemee machine. A portion of the day’s earnings was donated to local organizations, including Make-A-Wish Vermont, whose CEO, Jamie Hathaway, has a particular connection to the store’s history. “Jamie and his parents, Jay and Terri, owned the store for 27 years, just before us,” Loudenslager tells me in her small

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the young guy behind the cash register. “Did I miss them already?” The galettes are gone, as are the doughnuts, croissants, chocolate chip scones and blueberry muffins baked this morning. The trio opts to buy a few pieces of penny candy. Nearby, an older woman and her neighbor discuss an upcoming cataract surgery. A couple chat about babysitting plans as they pick up lunch from the deli counter: cucumber-dill salad, two wedges of chicken pot pie, and quinoa tossed with carrots, fennel and feta. “I’ve thought about why we continue to succeed and operate,” says Loudenslager, as she churns a vanilla creemee into a tall twist. “I mean, people continue to go here, even when

they can go to the big stores. And we don’t just have regulars — we have people who come in several times a day, every day.” One reason for this customer loyalty, she suspects, is convenience. “Along with a stocked grocery, we have goodquality food and good-quality pastries, all made from scratch,” Loudenslager continues. “That’s something people want nowadays; they want good food, but they don’t want to cook lunch every day, and they don’t want to cook all evening.” The Dorset Union Store also serves its community by organizing a host of annual events including a town-wide Halloween costume party on the green and a giant Easter-egg hunt featuring

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Loudenslager hands me the molasses cookie and a vanilla creemee in a dish. “On the house,” she says. “I like to crush the cookie on the soft-serve.” I thank her, the cold ice cream sinking gently under the hunks of cookie I press on top. I wave goodbye to the rest of the crew and tote my treat to the Volvo, which is ready to take me to my next general-store destination. And I get Loudenslager’s point: I’m not a Dorset local, but I want the Dorset Union Store in my life. Five minutes away on Route 30, I’m already thinking of my next trip: The bell above the 200-year-old front door will chime as I walk in for an oatmeal cookie, remembering to savor “the experience.” m

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Loudenslager decked as the holiday bunny. Yet the crux of the store’s twocentury perseverance may be its dayto-day routine: what Loudenslager calls “the experience.” “It’s an experience when you come in here,” she says. “Gretchen, myself and the staff know all the customers. Neighbors come in to catch up; they talk about their weekend plans, their kids, their updates. That just doesn’t happen in the big stores.” Loudenslager pauses to grab a dark, sugar-burnished molasses cookie from the jar by the register. “Sometimes I order online from Staples,” she continues, “and it’s quick and easy. Boom, boom, boom, and it’s done. But you know what? I love to walk out onto the floor of this general store and see people. Talk to people. People really want this in their lives; they did and still do. I think that’s what it’s really about, and that’s why we stay.”

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LAURA JOHNSON: The curator presents a talk on the fascinating history of silhouette portraiture. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, noon. $5; free for members. Info, 388-2117. LIFE DRAWING: Pencils fly as a model inspires artists to create. Bring personal materials. The Front, Montpelier, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 839-5349.

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EMAIL MARKETING FOR YOUR SMALL BUSINESS: Attendees learn how to craft thoughtful, compelling emails to further their goals. Waterbury Public Library, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 882-8191.

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GREEN MOUNTAIN CHAPTER OF THE EMBROIDERERS GUILD OF AMERICA: Prospective thread enthusiasts get the scoop on stitch work with artists from the chapter. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 264-5660.

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MONTRÉAL CIRQUE FESTIVAL: High-flying acrobatics and circus acts astonish spectators in venues — inside and out — across the city. Various Montréal locations. $15-25. Info, 514-376-8648.

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STOWE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL: ‘IN SEARCH OF ISRAELI CUISINE’: The food-focused film opens the series and features a guest appearance by the director, Roger Sherman. Jewish Community of Greater Stowe, 7-9 p.m. $10-15. Info, info@jcogs.org.

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COMMUNITY SUPPER: A scrumptious spread connects friends and neighbors. Bring a dessert to share. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 5-5:45 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300. THE VERMONT CHEESE PLATE: Fromage fans unite to learn about the dairy delicacy with Tom Bivins of the Vermont Cheese Council and food educator Rory Stamp. North Porch, the Inn at Shelburne Farms, 6-8 p.m. $75. Info, 985-8686.

KNITTERS & NEEDLEWORKERS: Crafters convene for creative fun. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: A diversified bazaar celebrates all things local — think produce, breads, pastries, cheeses, wines, syrups, jewelry, crafts and beauty products. Depot Park, Rutland, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 342-4727.

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TEEN & ADULT DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Quick thinkers 14 and up rely on invented personas to face challenges and defeat enemies. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 5:30-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

DROP-IN HIP-HOP DANCE: Beginners are welcome at a groove session inspired by infectious beats. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 540-8300.

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HISTORICAL TROLLEY TOURS OF BURLINGTON: Tourists and locals alike ride in style while learning fun facts about the Queen City in themed tours exploring history, brew culture and even haunted houses. See trolleytoursvt.com for details. 1 College St., trolley stop, Burlington, 10 a.m., noon, 2 & 6 p.m. $8-18; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 497-0091. WAGON RIDE WEDNESDAYS: Giddyap! Visitors explore the working dairy farm via this time-tested method of equine transportation. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $4-14; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355. THE WAKE UP TO DYING TRAVELING EXHIBIT: A series of discussions, workshops, songs and exhibits are aimed at shifting the attitude on death from fear to familiarity. See wakeuptodyingproject. org for details. Various Burlington locations. Free. Info, 793-9111.

BRIDGE CLUB: Strategic players have fun with the popular card game. Burlington Bridge Club, Williston, 9:15 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. $6. Info, 872-5722.

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EPIC MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: Guided practice and group conversation with Yushin Sola cultivate well-being. Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 7:308:30 p.m. $14. Info, 299-9531. INSIGHT MEDITATION: Attendees absorb Buddhist principles and practices. Wellspring Mental Health and Wellness Center, Hardwick, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 472-6694. MIDDLEBURY FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Participants get pumped for summer activities with a fun, varied outdoor training session. Rain location: Middlebury Municipal Gym. Private residence, Middlebury, 7-8 a.m. $12. Info, 343-7160.

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JUL.20 | WORDS A Novel Novel There’s not much to say about Georgia O’Keeffe that hasn’t already been said or written. The “mother of American modernism,” known for her vaginal flower images and southwestern landscapes, has been studied extensively. Dawn Tripp is one of the latest authors to undertake the monumental task of unraveling the renowned painter’s life. Her novel — not a biography — titled simply Georgia sheds light on O’Keeffe’s rise to fame and the rocky road she traveled to get there. According to the Huffington Post, “Dawn Tripp writes in much the same way as O’Keeffe painted: in vivid color and subtle shade.” Meet the author on Wednesday in Middlebury.

A CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR DAWN TRIPP Wednesday, July 20, 7 p.m., at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. $5. Info, 3829222. townhalltheater.org

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The Peter & Will Anderson Trio, composed of the eponymous twin musicians and guitarist Alex Wintz, are known for their modern arrangements of jazz standards. The Juilliard School grads have released three albums to date. Their latest, Déjà Vu, in collaboration with drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath, was called “a burner that also reveals the band’s cohesiveness and spirit” by JazzTimes. Catch the sax-wielding (clarinet, too!) siblings at the Big Picture Theater and Café this Friday.

Spring, summer, fall and winter: Vermonters celebrate the four seasons in a multitude of ways. Farm to Ballet seeks to honor the impact those fluctuating temperatures have on cultivators with a “year in the life”-style production. Dancers twist and leap their way through the story of seasons on a Vermont farm, from the return of geese to rituals of planting, irrigating and harvesting the crops. Conceived and directed by Chatch Pregger, formerly of Boston Ballet, the series returns for its second season beginning on Saturday at the Philo Ridge Farm in Charlotte. Gear up for kicking cows, lilting lettuce and pigs en pointe.

THE PETER & WILL ANDERSON TRIO Friday, July 15, 7 p.m., at Big Picture Theater and Café in Waitsfield. $15-20. Info, 496-8994. bigpicturetheater.info

FARM TO BALLET Saturday, July 16, 6:30-8 p.m., at Philo Ridge Farm in Charlotte. $16.50 plus cost of food. Info, 593-2912. farmtoballet.org

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The band, by any other name, might sound as sweet. But some might be a little put off by their moniker, the Milk Carton Kids. The folk-pop duo of Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan, known for tight harmonies and compelling lyrics, acknowledge that discomfort. “It’s usually a dark and depressing image because of what it represents,” concedes Pattengale in an interview with GoldenPlec. But, they counter, “as long as the music is good, the name has nothing to do with it.” Good their music most certainly is. Catch the Grammy-nominated (for Best American Roots) performers, touring with their 2015 album Monterey, in Burlington this Wednesday. Caitlin Canty opens.

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MINDFUL WORKWEEKS: WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEDITATION: Give your brain a break at a midweek “om” session followed by tea and conversation. Milarepa Center, Barnet, 7-8 p.m. Donations. Info, milarepa@milarepacenter.org. MORNING FLOW YOGA: Greet the sun with a grounding and energizing class for all levels. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $10. Info, 540-0186.

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WEDNESDAY WACKTIVITY: PAPER AIRPLANES: Aspiring aeronauts ages 5 and up create aircrafts that will go the distance. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

NIA WITH LINDA: Eclectic music and movements drawn from healing, martial and dance arts propel an animated barefoot workout. South End Studio, Burlington, 8:30-9:30 a.m. $14; free for first-timers. Info, 372-1721. POWER SMOOTHIE BIKE: Healthy bodies pedal their way to delicious, nutritious treats. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: A stretching session for all ability levels builds physical and mental strength to support healing. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 861-3150. rics, endurance and diet define this high-intensity physical-fitness program. North End Studio B, Burlington, 6 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243. TAI CHI: Instructor Shaina Levee walks movers of all ages and experience levels through the meditative martial art. Jericho Town Green, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 899-4686.

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YOGA ON THE DOCK: Healthy bodies jump-start the day at a serene outdoor practice with lakeside views. Community Sailing Center, Burlington, 7-8 a.m. $15. Info, 864-9642.

BEGINNER RUSSIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Learn the basics of the Eastern Slavic tongue. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-6:45 p.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov. INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Fine-tune your ability to dialogue in a nonnative language. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:457:30 p.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov. INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Pupils improve their speaking and grammar mastery. Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757. INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: Participants take communication to the next level. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov.

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MARGOT HARRISON: THE KILLER IN ME

Celebrate the launch of this brilliantly twisted psychological thriller. Ticketed.

ZUMBA: Lively Latin rhythms fuel this dancefitness phenomenon. Vergennes Opera House, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 349-0026.

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KIDS’ DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Experienced and novice players ages 9 through 13 take on challenges to defeat enemies in this pen-and-paper role-playing game. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

CRAFTSBURY CHAMBER PLAYERS: World-class musicians explore classical compositions by Milhuad, Brahms and others. Elley-Long Music Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 7:30 p.m. $10-25; free for kids under 12. Info, 800-639-3443.

MINI CONCERT: CRAFTSBURY CHAMBER PLAYERS: The group excerpts its evening performance of classical compositions. Elley-Long Music Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-3443.

EDWARD SHARPE AND THE MAGNETIC ZEROS: The 10-piece folk-pop ensemble takes the stage fresh off the back of its newest album, Person A. Wild Belle open. Shelburne Museum, 7 p.m. $36-44. Info, 877-987-6487.

NINJA MANIA STORY TIME: Kickboxing characters come to life in a read-aloud session. Highgate Public Library, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 868-3970.

FIDDLE JAM: Acoustic players catch up at a bowand-string session. Godnick Adult Center, Rutland, 7:15-9:15 p.m. Donations. Info, 775-1182.

ROCKIN’ RON THE FRIENDLY PIRATE: The swaggering singer doles out raucous riffs about the seafaring folk while strumming guitar. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: Music lovers celebrate the eve of Bastille Day with major works in “Formidable French.” University of Vermont Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $25; free for students. Info, 503-1220.

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Discover the tumultuous side of our state’s temperance movement. Ticketed. The celebrated mystery author is touring for the paperback release of The Nature of the Beast, and this is her only VT appearance! Ticketed. Offsite.

THE PARTY THAT SHALL NOT BE NAMED

Join us for festivities and the midnight release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Costumes encouraged. All ages. Free.

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT SOUND BATH: Absorb the good vibrations of gongs, bowls and didgeridoo — a relaxing sonic massage to get you through the week. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. $15. Info, 510-697-7790.

YOUNG WRITERS & STORYTELLERS: Kindergartners through fifth graders practice crafting narratives. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

language BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: Students build a foundation in reading, speaking and writing. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov.

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TODDLER TIME: Puzzles, puppets, stories and art supplies entertain tots ages 4 and under. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

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SUMMER STORY TIME: Math activities and engaging narratives make for a memorable morning for ages 3 through 7. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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EAT LIKE AN ATHLETE: Elementary age kids learn how to make trail mix. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 748-8291.

SCIENCE LOVES ART: Young ‘uns of all ages explore transdisciplinary activities such as bubbles, prisms, watercolors and more. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11:30 a.m. & 12:30 & 2 p.m. $10.50-13.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. SUMMER GARDENING PROGRAM: Young gardeners take up their trowels and tend to the beds, then cook with the fruits of their labor. Highgate Public Library, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 868-3970. SUMMER SCIENCE: ARCHEOLOGY: Budding bone diggers ages 6 and up sift for artifacts, create petroglyphs and contemplate ancient civilizations. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

THE BACON BROTHERS: Kevin Bacon is more than a movie star: He and his brother dish out tunes in a compelling rock show. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $35-60. Info, 775-0903. CITY HALL PARK CONCERT SERIES: SAM MOSS: The Boston-based songwriter and string player ambles through Americana songs in an outdoor performance. Burlington City Hall Park, noon. Free. Info, 865-7166.

JAN-PIET’S CHOICE: In a mini music appreciation course, performer Jan-Piet Knijff demonstrates ideas and techniques in a chosen piece, then elaborates on the composer. Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, noon. Free. Info, 223-3631. JOHN LACKARD BLUES BAND: Smooth sounds entice listeners. Oxbow Park, Morrisville, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 888-6370. LINDSEY STIRLING: The groundbreaking violinist blends electronica and dance with modern classical and Celtic modes. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $42-62. Info, 863-5966. MIDDLEBURY FESTIVAL ON THE GREEN: DABY TOURÉ: With his ethereal voice, the guitar player and singer woos audiences. They Might Be Gypsies

open. Middlebury Recreation Park, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 462-3555. MIDDLESEX CONCERT SERIES: RED HOT JUBA: Swing tunes from the Burlington band give off a countrified jazz vibe in an outdoor performance. Martha Pellerin & Andy Shapiro Memorial Bandstand, Middlesex, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 272-7578.

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FROGGER!: Learn to recognize the slippery, bumpy amphibians by sight and sound with interpretive ranger Brian Aust. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister. Info, 244-7103. GETTING THERE FROM HERE: Outdoor enthusiasts learn what to bring on the trails in north-central Vermont. Bring water. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 4-5 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister. Info, 244-7103.

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ARE THESE FIVE MISTAKES MAKING YOUR PET SICK?: Christine Sullivan walks animal owners through common pet-care mess-ups and natural home remedies. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

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BIKE BUM RACE SERIES: Mountain bikers of all ages, riding solo or in teams of up to five, tackle the Snowshed trails. An after-party with raffle prizes helps athletes cool down. Killington Resort, 2-5 p.m. $25-100; preregister. Info, 775-1928. BURLINGTON HASH HOUSE HARRIERS: Beer hounds of legal age earn sips with an invigorating jog and high-impact game of hide-and-seek. See burlingtonhash.com for details. Various Burlington locations, 6:30-9 p.m. $5; free for first-timers. Info, bh3@burlingtonhash.com. WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: Ladies dribble up and down the court during an evening of friendly competition. See meetup.com for details. Lyman C. Hunt Middle School, Burlington, 8-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.

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BOB JOLY: The Athenaeum director opens the presentation “Arts & Culture Series: the Evolution of Publisher’s Bindings: 1825-1900.” St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. DEVIN COLMAN: Travel through time with the Vermont state architectural historian, who gives a pictorial tour in “Tales and Treasures of Essex.” Essex Community Historical Society, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4088.

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‘BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY’: The fast-paced comedy by Ken Ludwig puts a hysterical spin on the hounding mystery tale by Arthur Conan Doyle in this Saint Michael’s Playhouse production. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $34.50-$43.50. Info, 654-2281. ‘DEAR ELIZABETH’: Sarah Ruhl’s epistolary drama brings the relationship between American poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell to the stage. Dorset Playhouse, 2-5:30 p.m. & 7:15-10:30 p.m. $18-49. Info, 867-2223. ‘MAN OF LA MANCHA’: The Tony Award-winning play based on The Adventures of Don Quixote springs to the stage under the direction of Tim Fort. Weston Playhouse, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $17.50-65. Info, 824-8167.

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AUTHORS AT THE ALDRICH: STEPHEN P. KIERNAN: The journalist and novelist of The Hummingbird and Last Rights reads from his work. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 476-7550. GIANT BOOK SALE: More than 20,000 affordably priced titles tantalize readers in an outdoor sale. Stowe Free Library, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Free. Info, 253-6145.

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NOT JUST FICTION BOOK CLUB: From cover to cover, Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life captivates eager readers. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.

p.m. Free. Info, 800-733-2767. Tracy Hall, Norwich, noon-5 p.m.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST BOOK CLUB: Lit lovers congregate to discuss their favorite Charles Dickens’ novel. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-726-6499.

RUTLAND SUMMER EVENING BRIDAL SHOW: Blushing brides-to-be sip wine, sample cake and check out dresses and other nuptial necessities. A wide array of door prizes rounds out the day. Killington Grand Resort Hotel, 6:30-9:15 p.m. $6-7. Info, 459-2897.

VETERANS BOOK GROUP: Those who have served in combat connect over reading materials. White River Junction VA Medical Center, 5-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 295-9363, ext. 5417. WEDNESDAY EVENING BOOK CLUB: Bibliophiles exchange ideas and opinions about The Pecan Man by Cassie Dandridge Selleck. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:45-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. WEDNESDAY FICTION WORKSHOP: Aspiring authors get together for a feedback session on chapters penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. WRITING CIRCLE: Prompts lead into a 30-minute free write and sharing opportunities in a nonjudgmental atmosphere. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 303.

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WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM MEETING: Socially conscious ladies convene to discuss upcoming programs and community-related topics. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-4929.

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SEASON LAUNCH PARTY: Free snacks, beverages and prizes fuel an introduction to the artists who will be visiting this summer. Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422.

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COMMUNITY DISCUSSION: Residents get together to chew the fat over the values of space and community growth. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 303.

dance

CONTEMPORARY DANCE CLASS: Instruction for individuals of varying ability levels is tailored to each mover’s unique style. North End Studio B, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $5; free for first-timers. Info, 863-6713.

AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: Healthy donors give the gift of life. See redcrossblood.org for details. VFW Post 792, Montpelier, 11:30 a.m.-5:30

MONTRÉAL CIRQUE FESTIVAL: See WED.13. VERMONT SCENIC CIRCUIT: Comely canines strut their stuff at an official American Kennel Club dog show. Tunbridge World’s Fairgrounds, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 479-9843.

film

CLASSIC MOVIES IN THE RED BARN: ‘KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL’: An ex-con is framed for a robbery and must ferret out the real thieves in this 1952 crime drama. An introduction by local screenwriter A. Jay Dubberly sets the tone. Mary’s Restaurant at the Inn at Baldwin Creek, Bristol, 8-10 p.m. Free. Info, 453-2432. ‘I’M NO ANGEL’: In this 1933 musical, Mae West shines as the star performer in a sordid circus. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘THIS IS SPINAL TAP’: The classic 1984 mockumentary about one of England’s loudest bands comes to the big screen. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7 p.m. $7.50. Info, 775-0570.

food & drink

BURLINGTON EDIBLE HISTORY TOUR: Gourmands rewind to when farm-to-table was a reality rather than luxury in a two-mile tour of the Queen City featuring snack stops at five restaurants. Awning behind ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 1 p.m. $48; preregister. Info, 863-5966.

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CELEBRATE YOUR FARMER SOCIAL: SWEETLAND FARM: A get-together with pastoral pizza introduces folks to the diversified vegetable and meat operation. Sweetland Farm, Norwich, 5:30 p.m. $10. Info, 649-2991. COCKTAIL PARTY: Themed libations please palates at a weekly sipping session complete with shuffleboard. Stonecutter Spirits, Middlebury, noon-8 p.m. Cost of drinks; BYO food. Info, 388-3000.

games

CHITTENDEN COUNTY CHESS CLUB: Checkmate! Strategic thinkers make calculated moves as they vie for their opponents’ king. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 324-1143.

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LAWN GAME NIGHT: Bocce, badminton, croquet — oh my! Grassy games are fueled by tasty eats from Taco Truck All Stars. Shelburne Vineyard, 5-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8222.

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COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS: A 20-minute guided practice with Andrea O’Connor alleviates stress and tension. Tea and a discussion follow. Winooski Senior Center, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-1161. DE-STRESS YOGA: A relaxing and challenging class lets healthy bodies unplug and unwind. Balance Yoga, Richmond, 7:15-8:30 p.m. $14. Info, 434-8401. THU.14

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PECHA KUCHA NIGHT: Various presenters talk about the craft of creating stories. Flynndog, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $6. Info, 654-7980.

THE WAKE UP TO DYING TRAVELING EXHIBIT: See WED.13.

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CENTRAL VERMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MIXER: Area professionals network over refreshments, door prizes and a raffle. Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks, Montpelier, 5-7 p.m. $10; preregister. Info, 229-5711.

TROPICAL FISH CLUB MONTHLY MEETING: Speakers ranging from local hobbyists to nationally known aquarium aficionados share their expertise. Essex Junction VFW Post, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 372-8716.

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SEABA’S 30TH BIRTHDAY & ANNUAL MEETING: Network, mingle and get creative at a shindig celebrating the arts organization. SEABA Center, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. $5; preregister. Info, 859-9222.

SUMMERVALE: Locavores fête farms and farmers at a weekly event centered on food, brews and kids’ activities, with music by Becker, Ullman, Markley and Freedberg. Intervale Center, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 660-0440.

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VETERANS’ ASSOCIATION WOMEN’S COMPREHENSIVE CARE CENTER BOOK GROUP: Women who have served meet up for a discussion of literature. White River Junction VA Medical Center, 5-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 295-9363.

HISTORICAL TROLLEY TOURS OF BURLINGTON: See WED.13.

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LEGO CLUB: Brightly colored interlocking blocks inspire developing minds. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. MINI CONCERT: CRAFTSBURY CHAMBER PLAYERS: See WED.13, Hardwick Town House, 2 p.m.

BASTILLE DAY: Yves Lambert Trio, Michèle Choinière, Clyde Stats and others perform traditional French tunes commemorating the storming of the Parisian fortress. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-9:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 233-5293. BROWN BAG CONCERT SERIES: AMBER RUBARTH: The self-taught guitarist and award-winning songwriter doles out soulful tunes. Woodstock Village Green, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3981.

PLAINFIELD PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Tykes ages 2 through 5 discover the magic of literature. Cutler

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THE ART OF SPIRITUAL DREAMING: An open discussion hosted by Eckankar pushes open-minded seekers to examine their nighttime visions. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 6:307:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-772-9390.

SATIN & STEEL: The 10-piece R&B group takes listeners back with covers of allstar songs by Tower of Power, Earth, Wind & Fire, and others. Bayside Park, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5640.

MEDICARE BOOT CAMP: Folks turning 65 get the scoop on the health SONGWRITING WORKSHOP: Seth insurance program from Senior Cronin guides Burlington Writers Solutions staff. Norman Williams |C Workshop musicians and singers in G: OM N I Public Library, Woodstock, 5-7 p.m. Free; PA structuring original strains. 110 Main St., EW RAT IV E CR AFT BR preregister. Info, 800-642-5119. Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. NK

HULA-HOOPING & JUGGLING WITH MICHELLE: Youngsters ages 3 and up step into the ring for some acrobatic fun. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 264-5660.

ANNEMIEKE MCLANE: SUMMERKEYS III: The pianist is joined by accordionist Jeremiah McLane for a classical program. Richmond Free Library, 7:30-9 p.m. Donations. Info, 356-2199.

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DROP-IN YOUTH GARDEN SESSION: Kids of all ages dig into educational programming at the leafy veggie plots. Northwest Rutland Community Garden, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 779-5550.

AFRICAN DRUMMING WORKSHOP: Students of all ages learn the rhythms of Guinea, Mali, Senegal and Gambia with percussionist Ousmane Camara. Big Picture Theater and Café, Waitsfield, 11 a.m.-noon. $15-18. Info, 496-8994.

RICHARD JULIAN: The songwriter and guitarist performs at the lakeside Soundwaves concert series. Ballard Park, Westport, N.Y., 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 518-962-8945.

SUNSET AQUADVENTURE PADDLE: Explore the Waterbury Reservoir, and learn how the dam was built by hand. Contact Station, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; limited space; preregister. Info, 244-7103.

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CRAFTSBURY CHAMBER PLAYERS: See WED.13, Hardwick Town House, 7:30 p.m. $10-25; free for kids under 12. Info, 800-639-3443.

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‘NUTRITION’: IS IT GOOD FOR YOU?: Acupuncturist Edward Kentish draws on the world of Chinese medicine for a conversation regarding how we think and speak about what we eat. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

SPECIAL OLYMPICS YOUNG ATHLETES PROGRAM: Children ages 2 through 7 with and without intellectual disabilities strengthen physical, cognitive and social development skills. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 878-6956.

COLVIN & EARL: Seasoned country musicians Steve Earle and Shawn Colvin take the stage on the heels their first album together. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15-55. Info, 863-5966.

ROCKIN’ THE LITTLE RIVER: TOUR OF CCC CAMP SMITH: Visit the site where 2,000 men who built the Waterbury Dam once lived. Camp Smith Trail parking lot, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 11 a.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister. Info, 244-7103.

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MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: Seekers clear their minds and find inspiration and creativity in a guided practice. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 303.

SEWING BASICS: Crafty kiddos ages 10 and up learn how to sew buttons, hem pants and keep clothes looking great with Karin Hernandez. Fairfax Community Library, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

Waterbury, 4 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister. Info, 244-7103.

KARMA KLASS: DONATION-BASED YOGA FOR A CAUSE: Active bodies hit the mat to support local nonprofits. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Donations. Info, 540-0186.

PRESCHOOL MUSIC: Tots up to age 5 and their caregivers turn up the volume. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

COLD COUNTRY BLUEGRASS & DANA & SUSAN ROBINSON: A book sale and barbecue fuel an evening shindig in the gazebo. Old Schoolhouse Common, Marshfield, 6:30 p.m. Cost of food. Info, 426-3581.

INTRODUCTORY FORZA CLASS: Beginners get a workout with wooden replicas of the weapon while sculpting lean muscles and gaining mental focus. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

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BIRDS BY EARS & EYES: Birds just can’t keep quiet; find out who’s singing and what it’s all about. CCC Camp Smith trailhead, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 10 a.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister. Info, 244-7103. THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE REALLY, REALLY ITCHY: Learn all about the plant kingdom, from medicinal jewelweed to nasty, blister-inducing poison ivy. Nature Center, Little River State Park,

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BURLINGTON RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB: Mixedgender teams lace up for games of two-hand touch. You don’t need to be a pro to play, just bring cleats and a water bottle and learn a new sport. Fort Ethan Allen Athletic Fields, Colchester, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, burlingtonrugbyevents@gmail.com.

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‘BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY’: See WED.13. ‘DEAR ELIZABETH’: See WED.13. ‘THE DOCTOR’S DILEMMA’: The play by George Bernard Shaw, staged by Unadilla Theatre, dissects the medical profession. Festival Theatre, Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 456-8968.

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CANAAN MEETINGHOUSE READING SERIES: Lit lovers listen up for readings by Sy Montgomery and Diane Les Becquets. Meetinghouse, Canaan, N.H., 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-523-9650. GIANT BOOK SALE: See WED.13. MARGOT HARRISON: Readers celebrate the launch of the Vermont author’s first novel, The Killer In Me. Phoenix Books Burlington, 7 p.m. $3. Info, 448-3350.

‘FOREVER’: Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Dael Orlandersmith presents an uplifting exploration of family. Weston Playhouse, 7:30 p.m. $15-30. Info, 824-8167.

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‘LUCKY STIFF’: An English shoe salesman gambles for his dead uncle’s fortune in this offbeat murder mystery performed by the Flynn Youth Theater Company. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7 p.m. $14-16. Info, 863-5966.

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

‘MAN OF LA MANCHA’: See WED.13, 7:30 p.m.

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‘THE MIKADO’: Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera, set in Japan, takes a satirical look at British politics. Unadilla Theatre, Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 456-8968. ‘ONCE UPON A MATTRESS’: The story of “The Princess and the Pea” gets revamped by the Lamoille County Players in this side-splitting musical comedy. Hyde Park Opera House, 7-9:30 p.m. $10-18. Info, 888-4507. ‘THE SECRET GARDEN’: The North Country Community Theatre presents its rendition of the family-friendly musical based on the book by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $15-25. Info, 603-448-0400. ‘TOMFOOLERY’: Nothing is sacred in Lost Nation Theatre’s staging of this satirical show by Tom Lehrer, which features numbers like “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park” and “The Masochism Tango.” Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. $10-30. Info, 229-0492.

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BALLROOM DANCING & WEST COAST SWING: Learn how to twist with Ballroom Nights, then join others in a dance social featuring disco, tango and more. Singles, couples and beginners welcome. Williston Jazzercise Fitness Center, West Coast Swing lesson, 7-8 p.m.; dance social, 8-9:30 p.m. $10-14. Info, 862-2269. ECSTATIC DANCE VERMONT: Jubilant motions with the Green Mountain Druid Order inspire divine connections. Auditorium, Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 505-8011.

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COMMUNITY NIGHT: At this month’s picnic gathering, artsy grown-ups get live demos of wooden lathe turning, and wee ones try their hand at twig and flower crowns. Left Eye Jump Blues Band supply tunes. Shelburne Craft School, 4-7 p.m. Free; BYOB. Info, 985-3648. FLIGHT CLUB: Make planes and parachutes out of paper, plastic and tape at this family-friendly activity time. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:45 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. MEET & GREET WITH CAROLYN FRIEDLANDER: The modern quilter shares her design process and shows off some of her hand-appliquéd goods. Nido Fabric & Yarn, Burlington, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 881-0068.

AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See THU.14, BFA Middle School, Fairfax, noon-5 p.m. Poultney St. Raphael Catholic Church, noon-5 p.m. GHOST WALK: DARKNESS FALLS: Local historian Thea Lewis treats pedestrians to tales of madmen, smugglers, pub spirits and, of course, ghosts. Democracy Sculpture, 199 Main St., Burlington, 8 p.m. $18; preregister; limited space. Info, 863-5966. HISTORICAL TROLLEY TOURS OF BURLINGTON: See WED.13. VERMONT LAKE MONSTERS: Players for the baseball team read stories to kids and sign memorabilia. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. THE WAKE UP TO DYING TRAVELING EXHIBIT: See WED.13.

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KILLINGTON WINE FESTIVAL: Hundreds of wines from around the world please palates at this shindig, now in its 15th year. Killington Resort, 6-8 p.m. $45-90. Info, 773-4181.

SOLARFEST: New England’s renewable-energy festival celebrates more than 20 years with workshops, activism, and live music by Dar Williams, Madaila and others — all powered by the sun. Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, 2-11 p.m. $20-50; $60 for weekend pass. Info, info@solarfest.org. VERMONT BREWERS FESTIVAL: Cheers! Workshops and an abundance of craft beer make for a sipping soirée to remember. Waterfront Park, Burlington, noon-9:30 p.m. $35; limited space; for ages 21 and up. Info, 877-725-8849. VERMONT SCENIC CIRCUIT: See THU.14, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

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‘TANNER ’88’: Screenings of the hard-hitting political satire written by Garry Trudeau about the 1988 presidential race gear folks up for the general election. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 6:30 p.m. $2-20. Info, 603-508-8528. WARREN MILLER ENTERTAINMENT’S INTERNATIONAL OCEAN FILM TOUR: Aquatic films excite adventurous viewers. See lakeplacidarts.org for details. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $15-20. Info, 518-523-2512.

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BELLOWS FALLS FARMERS MARKET: Grass-fed beef meets bicycle-powered smoothies at a foodie fair overflowing with veggies, cheeses, prepared eats, kids’ activities and live music. Canal Street, Bellows Falls, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, bellowsfallsmarket@gmail.com. BURLINGTON EDIBLE HISTORY TOUR: See THU.14. BURLINGTON TRUCK STOP: Mobile kitchens dish out mouthwatering fare and local libations. An indoor artists’ market adds flair to the night. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 540-0406.

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COCKTAIL PARTY: See THU.14. DOWNTOWN RISING: Plattsburgh comes alive with local food, music and art at the weekly market organized by Chazy Farm. Trinity Park, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-570-5016. FIVE CORNERS FARMERS MARKET: Conscious consumers shop local produce, premade treats and crafts. Lincoln Place, Essex Junction, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 5cornersfarmersmarket@gmail.com. FOODWAYS FRIDAYS: Cooks use heirloom herbs and veggies to revive historic recipes in the farmhouse kitchen. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.5 p.m. Regular admission, $4-14; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355.

LAURA CORTESE & THE DANCE CARDS: The quartet dishes out toe-tapping, hip-swinging American roots music after a vegetarian potluck. Cabaret Room, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 6 p.m. $10-15; free for kids. Info, 748-2600. NOYANA HOSPICE SINGERS: The volunteer vocalists share some of their end-of-life bedside melodies in a 30-minute concert, then answer questions about their work. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5:30-6:15 p.m. Free. Info, 793-9111.

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O SHOW TRIBUTE CAN RELEASE: The brewery celebrates the release of new suds with a performance by Nashville musician Jay Taylor. 14th Star Brewing Co., St. Albans, 7 p.m. Cost of drinks. Info, 528-5988.

JEREMIAH MCLANE & ANNEMIEKE SPOELSTRA CONCERT: The husband-and-wife duo perform classical works by European and South American composers on accordion and piano. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, South Pomfret, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 457-3500.

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FRIDAY NIGHT SUSHI & BRING YOUR OWN VINYL: Gourmands roll in for a night of rice and riffs. Stowe Street Café, Waterbury, 6-9 p.m. $8-20; BYOB. Info, 882-8229.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: NEW WORLDS: Composer-in-residence Evan Chambers premieres two new works. University of Vermont Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $25; free for students. Info, 503-1220.

H BU NT THE PETER & WILL ANDERSON TRIO: RY F E STIVAL O RICHMOND FARMERS MARKET: An openThe clarinet and saxophone virtuosos (and air marketplace connects cultivators and twin brothers) perform exciting arrangements of fresh-food browsers. Volunteers Green, Richmond, jazz and classical with guitarist Alex Wintz. See 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 343-9778. calendar spotlight. Big Picture Theater and Café, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. $15-20. Info, 496-8994.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.13, 9:15 a.m.

health & fitness

LAUGHTER YOGA: Breathe, clap, chant and giggle! Both new and experienced participants reduce stress with this playful practice. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300. RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.13. YOGA ON THE DOCK: See WED.13.

kids

ACORN CLUB STORY TIME: Little ones up to age 4 gather for read-aloud tales. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

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FITNESS FRIDAY: RELAY RACES: Movers in first through fifth grades have fun with exercise. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. FIZZY FEST: Budding scientists take an effervescent adventure with burping contests, froth paintings, bubble-blowing races and more. See echovermont.org for details. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $10.5013.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. FUN WITH PHYSICS: Young scientists of all ages experiment with exploding bags, food coloring and density columns. Lawn, Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. STORY TIME AT THE HARDWICK FARMERS MARKET: The Jeudevine Memorial Library captivates kiddos with narratives focused on force and motion. Atkins Field, Hardwick, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 472-5948. SUMMER STORY TIME: Kiddos ages 3 through 6 navigate narratives, then jump into casual craft time. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:3011 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

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THE ANTI-QUEENS: The Toronto grunge rockers deliver a punk-tastic show. Gone by Friday, Legend of You and Restless Atlantic open. ROTA Gallery and Studio, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $3-10. Info, rotagallery@gmail.com.

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CITY HALL PARK CONCERT SERIES: THE PATRICIA JULIEN PROJECT: The Burlington based jazz-quartet delivers covers and originals. Burlington City Hall Park, noon. Free. Info, 865-7166. FOUR SHILLINGS SHORT: The eccentric worldmusic duo delivers acoustic folk tunes. Mount Holly Town Library, Belmont, 7:30-10 p.m. Donations. Info, 259-3707. FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT SERIES: LOU GRAMM: The rock vocalist from Foreigner entertains while

SUMMER CARILLON SERIES: The melody of bells rings out across the campus in a performance by Elena Sadina, the carillonneur for the Middlebury Summer Russian Language School and Belgian Carillon School. Mead Memorial Chapel, Middlebury College, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

outdoors

MAKING TRACKS: SEEING SKINS & SKULLS: Pour and paint track casts of furry friends to take home. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 4 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister. Info, 244-7103. STREAM RAMBLE: Water-shoe-clad nature lovers grab critter nets and explore the secrets of the mountain stream. Stevenson Brook Trail, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 1:30 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister. Info, 244-7103.

seminars

RELATIONSHIP AS PRACTICE: Robert Kest facilitates an exploration of human connection as it correlates to mindfulness, nature and the psychology of living with others. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

sports

FRIDAY NIGHT 420 RACING: Hoist the jib! Crews of two unwind from the week with a low-key race. Community Sailing Center, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-2499.

talks

‘FOREVER’: See THU.14. ‘LUCKY STIFF’: See THU.14. ‘MAN OF LA MANCHA’: See WED.13, 7:30 p.m. OTTER CREEK FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: ‘A MASKED MAN APPEARS’ & ‘NATHANIEL THE GREAT’: Two oneact plays deal with themes of suicide and mourning, and revealing true identity, respectively. Wallingford Recreation Field, 8-10 p.m. $10-15. Info, 855-8081. ‘THE MIKADO’: See THU.14. ‘ONCE UPON A MATTRESS’: See THU.14. ‘THE SECRET GARDEN’: See THU.14. ‘THE SEYMOUR SISTERS’: In this Stowe Theatre Guild production, estranged siblings meet to sort through their deceased parents’ belongings. Stowe Town Hall Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, thesistersseymour@gmail.com. ‘TOMFOOLERY’: See THU.14.

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BROWN BAG BOOK CLUB: Readers voice opinions about All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. FRIDAY MORNING WORKSHOP: Lit lovers use MFAstyle critique methods to analyze a novel-in-progress by a Burlington Writers Workshop member. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. GIANT BOOK SALE: See WED.13.

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‘FAUST 3’: Free sourdough with aioli fuels audience members as they take in the play about a citizenless democracy. Paper-Mâché Cathedral, Bread and Puppet Farm, Glover, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 525-3031.

HISTORICAL TROLLEY TOURS OF BURLINGTON: See WED.13. INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY MEETING PLACE: Brainstorming leads to forming activity groups for hobbies such as flying stunt kites and playing music. Presto Music Store, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 658-0030. SHRED FEST: Those looking to avoid identity theft destroy and dispose of personal documents in a secure environment. New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 879-8790. THE WAKE UP TO DYING TRAVELING EXHIBIT: See WED.13.

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CAMBRIDGE MUSIC FESTIVAL: The daylong soirée showcases New England-based musicians, singers and songwriters, including Swale, Locals & Company, and others. See cambridgemusicfestival. com for details. Cambridge Community Center, 2-10 p.m. $5-15. Info, 730-2383.

DRIVE LESS, HAVE MORE FUN FEST: Learn about alternative transportation, including car sharing, electric cars, utility bikes and more, while enjoying free food and a bike valet. Walk and bike tours of Montpelier round out the program. Vermont Statehouse lawn, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 279-9074.

COHASE CHAMBER ANNUAL GARDEN TOUR & TEA: Explore different area gardens with the Cohase Chamber of Commerce, then enjoy tea at Ariana’s Restaurant in Orford, N.H. Various Vermont & New Hampshire locations, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $20. Info, 603-353-4620. COUNTRY GARDEN TOUR: Green thumbs take a self-guided route through seven eye-catching gardens. Readings of botanical references in William Shakespeare’s works round out the day. Various Jericho and Underhill locations, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. $15. Info, 899-3853. PLANT SALE: Green thumbs stock up on ornamental trees, shrubs, perennials and more at this 22nd annual event. Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Horticultural Farm. University of Vermont Horticultural Research Center, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, info@friendsofthehortfarm.org.

community

QUEEN CITY MEMORY CAFÉ: People with memory loss accompany their caregivers for coffee, conversation and entertainment. Thayer House, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 777-8054.

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‘THE DOCTOR’S DILEMMA’: See THU.14.

GHOST WALK: SHADOWS OF THE PAST: Early risers familiarize themselves with the Burlington of yesteryear in a guided tour led by local historian Thea Lewis. Top of Church St., Burlington, 9 a.m. $15. Info, 863-5966.

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NONVIOLENT ACTIVISM 101: Community members explore strategies for breaking down systems of oppression. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington, noon-5 p.m. Donations. Info, 863-2345, ext. 6.

SANDY ROBERTSON: The clinical nurse specialist lends her expertise in “Innovative Integrative Health and Healing: Nurse Mentorship & Training: Power of Presence & Improving Efficiencies.” McClure Conference Room, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 847-0000.

‘DEAR ELIZABETH’: See WED.13.

GHOST WALK: DARKNESS FALLS: See FRI.15.

DO GOOD FEST: Brett Dennan, Steady Betty and the Dave Keller Band headline a daylong shindig to raise money for area nonprofits. Kids’ activities and food truck fare round out the bill. National Life Building, Montpelier, 3 p.m. Free; $20 for parking cars. Info, info@dogoodfest.com.

SHELDON OLD HOME DAYS: A parade, barbecue and live music from Rick Norcross help the community celebrate the history of the town. Sheldon Historical Society, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 370-4148.

‘BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY’: See WED.13.

BARKAID 50 STATE TOUR: Hairstylists chop locks at a benefit for All Breed Rescue. Potential pup parents can find hounds in need of adoption onsite. O’Brien’s Aveda Institute, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. $20. Info, 658-9591.

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CLIMATE CHANGE & PUBLIC LANDS: Attendees learn how Mt. Mansfield State Park has changed over the years. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister. Info, 244-7103.

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‘FARM TO BALLET’: Artistry meets agriculture as dancers reinterpret classical pieces to benefit the Farm to Ballet Project. Bring your own seating. A farm-fresh dinner whets the appetite. See calendar spotlight. Philo Ridge Farm, Charlotte, 6:30-8 p.m. $16.50 plus cost of food. Info, 593-2912. TAP KIDS SHOWCASE SPEC-TAP-ULAR: The country’s top young tap dancers meld new work, live music and award-winning performances in a rousing New York Stage Originals’ production. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 2-3:30 & 7:30-9 p.m. $25-35. Info, 540-0700.

FLYIN RYAN OUTDOOR FESTIVAL: Revelers rock and ride at a family-friendly day filled with group bikes and runs, a slip ’n’ slide, vendors, a pig-roast dinner and a DJ set by Kevin Thibault. Catamount Outdoor Family Center, Williston, 2-7 p.m. $10-30. Info, 879-6001. KILLINGTON WINE FESTIVAL: See FRI.15, 1-4 p.m. MONTRÉAL CIRQUE FESTIVAL: See WED.13. SOLARFEST: See FRI.15, 9 a.m.-11 p.m. VERMONT BREWERS FESTIVAL: See FRI.15. VERMONT SCENIC CIRCUIT: See THU.14, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

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FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT: Families set out lawn chairs and a blanket for a kid-friendly film after noshing on berries, treats and food. Fisher Brothers Farm, Shelburne, 6-9 p.m. Cost of food. Info, 735-0005. OPERA HD: ‘LA DAMNATION DE FAUST’: In a screening of the Opéra National de Paris production, tenor Jonas Kaufmann stars in Berlioz’s dramatic show about Faust, who sells his soul to save a girl and ends up paying a hefty price. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $16-60. Info, 760-4634. ‘A SAILOR-MADE MAN’: The 1921 silent film about a young man trying to rescue his kidnapped wife is brought to life by live music. Brandon Town Hall, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 247-5420.

food & drink

BURLINGTON EDIBLE HISTORY TOUR: See THU.14. BURLINGTON FARMERS MARKET: More than 90 stands overflow with seasonal produce, flowers, artisan wares and prepared foods. Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 310-5172. CAPITAL CITY FARMERS MARKET: Meats and cheeses join farm-fresh produce, baked goods, and locally made arts and crafts. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 793-8347.

LIST YOUR EVENT FOR FREE AT SEVENDAYSVT.COM/POSTEVENT CHOCOLATE TASTING: With the help of a tasting guide, chocoholics of all ages discover the flavor profiles of four different confections. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1807. COCKTAIL PARTY: See THU.14. VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.13, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

health & fitness

MIDDLEBURY FITNESS BOOT CAMP: See WED.13, 8-9 a.m. R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.13, North End Studio A, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. SUNBATHING THE FELDENKRAIS WAY: Feel like you’re catching rays while you stay inside by rolling over, chatting and appreciating the little things. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 2-5 p.m. $25. Info, 540-0186.

kids

DIY CARDBOARD ARCADE: Kids ages 8 and up construct their own playfields, then compete on the homemade structures. Fairfax Community Library, 10 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420. FIZZY FEST: See FRI.15. LITTLE ART, BIG FUN: Tina and Todd Logan lead a hands-on art-tastic activity for kiddos in conjunction with the “Big Art, Bold Vision” exhibit. Berlin Mall, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 272-5956. PARENTS’ NIGHT OUT: Moms and dads hit the town while youngsters ages 4 through 11 have fun with arts, crafts, games and pizza, then wind down with a movie. ONE Arts Center, Burlington, 5-9 p.m. $10-35. Info, oneartskids@gmail.com. SATURDAY DROP-IN STORY TIME: A weekly selection of songs and narratives engages all ages. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. TEEN HENNA: The owner of Mystical Mehndi demonstrates the temporary tattoo technique on attendees in grades 6 through 12. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 264-5660.

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VERMONT DRAG IDOL: Gender-bending kings, queens and in-betweens strut their sparkles and vie for the crown at this all-ages show. Proceeds benefit Outright Vermont. Club Metronome, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. $12-15. Info, 865-9677.

CARILLON SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: Notable musicians ring the 47 keyboard-controlled bells in the bell tower. Parade Ground, Norwich University, Northfield, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 485-2080.

COOLER IN THE MOUNTAINS CONCERT SERIES: The New Rhythm and Blues Quartet offers up British Invasion pop, rockabilly, free flowing jazz and more at this outdoor musical shindig. Snowshed Lodge, Killington Resort, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 422-6201.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL CONCERT: Emerging artists perform classical compositions on the strings. South Burlington Community Library, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080.

THE PETER & WILL ANDERSON TRIO: See FRI.15, Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $20; $40 includes dinner package; preregister; BYOB. Info, 247-4295.

BUG & BUTTERFLY WALK: Nature lovers bring nets, binoculars and magnifying glasses to catch a close-up glimpse of local species. Pack a picnic lunch for after the walk. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 10 a.m.-noon. Donations; call to confirm in case of rain. Info, 434-2167.

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THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE REALLY, REALLY ITCHY: See THU.14, 10 a.m. THE MAGIC OF BIRD MIGRATION: Avian enthusiasts learn how songbirds, shorebirds and other species travel thousands of miles each year with astounding accuracy. B-Side Beach, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 4 p.m. $2-3; free for children ages 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. MUSHROOMS DEMYSTIFIED: Fungi lovers learn about different varieties — fabulous and fearsome alike — found throughout the park. Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 11 a.m. $2-3; free for children ages 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. OWL PROWL & NIGHT GHOST HIKE: Flashlight holders spy denizens of dusk on a journey to 19th-century settlement ruins, where spooky Vermont tales await. Meet at the History Hike parking lot, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. STREAM RAMBLE: Water-shoe-clad nature lovers grab critter nets and explore the secrets of the mountain stream. Nature Trail, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 1:30 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister. Info, 244-7103. A WALK IN THE WOODS: EXPLORE, ENJOY & PROTECT THE PLANET: Walkers jaunt through the forest, then hang out for a social at Burlington Cohousing. Centennial Woods Natural Area, Burlington, 10 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, merrill. liana@gmail.com.

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VCAM ORIENTATION: Video-production hounds master basic concepts and nomenclature at an overview of VCAM facilities, policies and procedures. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

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GOSHEN GALLOP: Rugged 5K and 10K courses take runners across varied terrain in a challenging race for all ability levels. A meal, awards and music follow. Blueberry Hill Inn, Brandon, 4 p.m. $45-50. Info, 247-6735. ISLE LA MOTTE 5K RACE & HALF-MILE FUN RUN: On your mark, get set, go! Runners pound the pavement to raise money for the Isle La Motte Recreation Department and the Wounded Warrior Project. 2341 West Shore Rd., Isle La Motte, 7-10 a.m. $3-25; preregister. Info, 928-3434. MINI GOLF FUNDRAISER: Animal lovers shoot for a hole in one to support the Central Vermont Humane Society. Rain date: July 17. Lots-O-Balls Mini Golf, Duxbury, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $5-7. Info, 244-0144.

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‘BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY’: See WED.13, 8 p.m. and 2 p.m. COMMUNITY REHEARSAL FOR ‘WHATFORWARD CIRCUS’: Interested actors and musicians are invited to practice for the ongoing production. Circus Field, Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 525-3031. ‘DEAR ELIZABETH’: See WED.13.

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A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL PARKS: Opera North provides a program of classic tunes saluting the centennial of the National Park Service. Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3368, ext. 222.

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DEAD SET: Zach Nugent leads a colorful cast of talented musicians in a tribute to the Grateful Dead. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8:30-11:30 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0406.

BIRD BANDING DEMONSTRATION: Fans of feathered fliers drop in to observe this unique method of studying songbirds. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 6:30-11 a.m. Donations. Info, 229-6206.

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CITIZEN CIDER LAKE HOPPER CRUISE SERIES: PINK TALKING FISH: A musical medley of Pink Floyd, Talking Heads and Phish tunes entertain passengers aboard the Lake Champlain Ferry. King Street Ferry Dock, Burlington, will call, 5 p.m.; boarding, 6 p.m.; cruise, 7-10 p.m. $20-25. Info, 658-4771.

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SOUTHERN VERMONT IDOL: Singers belt out their chosen melodies in hopes of impressing the judges and audience. Bellows Falls Moose Lodge, 7 p.m. $314; preregister; limited space. Info, 603-313-0052.

‘FOREVER’: See THU.14, 2 & 7:30 p.m. ‘LUCKY STIFF’: See THU.14, 2 & 7 p.m. SAT.16

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GIANT BOOK SALE: See WED.13. POETRY EXPERIENCE: Rajnii Eddins facilitates a poetry and spoken-word workshop aimed at building confidence and developing a love of writing. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

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FLYNN GARDEN TOUR: A self-guided tour of private plots highlights stunning landscape designs. An afternoon tea follows at Red Wagon Plants. Various Hinesburg locations, tour, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; tea, 3-4 p.m. $40; free for kids 14 and under. Info, 652-4533.

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COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS WITH THE CENTER FOR MINDFUL LEARNING: Peaceful people gather for guided meditation and interactive discussions. Burlington Friends Meeting House, 5-7 p.m. $10. Info, assistant@centerformindfullearning.org.

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BALKAN FOLK DANCING: Louise Brill and friends organize participants into lines and circles set to complex rhythms. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. $6; free for first-timers; bring snacks to share. Info, 540-1020.

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GHOST WALK: SHADOWS OF THE PAST: See SAT.16. HISTORICAL TROLLEY TOURS OF BURLINGTON: See WED.13. ONLY SLIGHTLY TALENTED TALENT SHOW: Somewhat-skillful performers take the stage for a night of no-fuss fun. Bethany Church, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, arthurzorn@hotmail.com.

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KILLINGTON WINE FESTIVAL: See FRI.15, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. MONTRÉAL CIRQUE FESTIVAL: See WED.13. OTTER CREEK FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: See WED.13. VERMONT CHEESEMAKERS FESTIVAL: Fromage lovers sip vino and sample local cheeses while mingling with more than 40 artisan producers at this pastoral party. Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $60; free for kids under 3; limited space. Info, 866-261-8595. VERMONT SCENIC CIRCUIT: See THU.14, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

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MONTPELIER FESTIVAL OF THE KILLER BS: Viewers settle in for an outdoor screening of Reefer Madness and The Three Stooges. Parking lot, Onion River Sports, Montpelier, 8:30 p.m. Free. Info, rsheir@gmail.com.

food & drink

CHOCOLATE TASTING: See SAT.16. NATIONAL ICE CREAM DAY: Celebrate the dreamy dairy confection by making and sampling four different flavors. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $4-14; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355. WINOOSKI FARMERS MARKET: Area growers and bakers offer ethnic fare, assorted harvests and agricultural products against a backdrop of live music. Winooski Falls Way, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, info@ downtownwinooski.org.

games

GETTING THERE FROM HERE: See WED.13, 12:30 p.m.

GAMES PARLOUR: Strategic thinkers bring favorite tabletop competitions to play with others. Champlain Club, Burlington, 2-8 p.m. $5. Info, orsonbradford@gmail.com.

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sports

MORNING FLOW YOGA: See WED.13.

ADVENTURE RIDE: Cyclists embark on a 20-mile mystery ride over varying terrain. Bring snacks and call for details. Old Spokes Home, Burlington, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 863-4475.

NIA WITH SUZY: Drawing from martial, dance and healing arts, sensory-based movements push participants to their full potential. South End Studio, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $14. Info, 522-3691.

CHAMP’S CHALLENGE FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS: Cyclists pedal eight- or 40-mile routes, while runners and walkers tackle a 5K course before a lakeside barbecue luncheon. Proceeds benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Lifestyle Foundation. Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. $15-120; preregister. Info, 310-5983.

kids

FAMILY DAY: CIRCUS-PALOOZA: Step right up! Carnival games, carousel rides, daring acts and yummy food round out a big top-themed bash. Shelburne Museum, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $5-10; free for members and kids under 5. Info, 985-3346. SUNDAYS FOR FLEDGLINGS: From feathers and flying to art and zoology, junior birders ages 5 through 9 develop research and observation skills. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 2-3 p.m. Regular admission, $3.50-7; free for members; preregister. Info, 434-2167.

language

BASIC & INTERMEDIATE SPANISH GROUP: Students roll their Rs while practicing en español. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2:45-3:45 p.m. $15. Info, maigomez@hotmail.com.

music

‘AN EVENING IN AN AFRICAN VILLAGE’: The Achinda Family Singers perform Swahili harmonies. The Hinesburg Children’s Choir and Wake Robin Singers add their refrains. Barn, 1570 Baldwin Rd., Hinesburg, 5-7 p.m. $8-15; free for kids under 12. Info, 877-9291. HÉLÈNE PLOUFFE: The violinist is joined by pianist Michael Waters for wild inventions in classical and jazz while attendees nibble on tea and cakes. Fisk Farm Art Center, Isle La Motte, 2, 3 & 4 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 802 928-3364.

ULTIMATE FRISBEE PICKUP: Athletes bust out their discs for a casual game. Bring cleats and white and dark shirts. Calahan Park, Burlington, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, gmdaboard@gmail.com.

THE PRIMAL BOYS: Main Street Arts at St. Andrews presents a performance by the American roots musicians. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church of St. Johnsbury, 3 p.m. $10; free for students. Info, 748-2600. UNCLE SPUDD: The Maine punk outfit delivers high-energy tunes in a stigma-free setting. Frankie Moon and Comrade Nixon open. ROTA Gallery and Studio, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $3-10. Info, rotagallery@gmail.com.

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BIRDS BY EARS & EYES: See THU.14, Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 9 a.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister. Info, 244-7103. CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE HIKING SERIES: Adventure seekers confer with park interpreters to map out routes meeting individual needs. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 2 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

HISTORICAL TROLLEY TOURS OF BURLINGTON: See WED.13. SOCIAL GATHERING: Those who are deaf or hard of hearing or want to learn American Sign Language get together to break down communication barriers. The North Branch Café, Montpelier, 4-6 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 595-4001.

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MOVIE: Snacks are provided at a showing of a dramatic sports biography. Call for title. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.13, 7 p.m.

theater

R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.13, North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m.

BRANDON TOWN PLAYERS AUDITIONS: Thespians try out different roles for a murder-mystery comedy. Call for details. Brandon Senior Citizens Center, Forestdale, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 247-6720. ‘DEAR ELIZABETH’: See WED.13. ‘THE DOCTOR’S DILEMMA’: See THU.14.

‘MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN’ AUDITIONS: Thespians show their stuff in hopes of appearing in the Essex Players’ production of Eugene O’Neill’s sequel to Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Essex Memorial Hall, 1-5 p.m. Free. Info, 881-7116. ‘ONCE UPON A MATTRESS’: See THU.14, 2-4:30 p.m. ‘SHREK THE MUSICAL JR.’: Local students perform and direct the whimsical tale about a grumpy ogre on a journey of self-discovery. Champlain Centre, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1 & 3 p.m. $10. Info, adirondackregionaltheatre@hotmail.com. ‘TOMFOOLERY’: See THU.14, 2 p.m. ‘WHATFORWARD CIRCUS’ & ‘ONWARD PAGEANT’: Primitive puppets and their players unravel the passions and politics of our capitalist culture, proposing out-there solutions to difficult problems. Paper-Mâché Cathedral, Bread and Puppet Farm, Glover, 3 p.m. $10. Info, 525-3031.

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GIANT BOOK SALE: See WED.13.

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SALSA MONDAYS: Dancers learn the techniques and patterns of the salsa, merengue, bachata and chacha. North End Studio A, Burlington, fundamentals, 7 p.m.; intermediate, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 227-2572.

‘HAMILTON: THE PLAY, THE MAN AND THE MUSIC’: Biographer Willard Sterne Randall clues folks into the president behind the smash Broadway hit. Ethan Allen Homestead Museum, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-4556.

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‘THE MIKADO’: See THU.14.

PLATTSBURGH BLUES & JAZZ: TORONZO CANNON: The Windy City bluesman delivers an energetic set. The Champlain Wine Company, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. $12-15. Info, 518-564-0064.

EMAIL MARKETING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES: See WED.13, Capstone Community Action, Barre, 9:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 882-8191.

OTTER CREEK FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: See WED.13.

‘LUCKY STIFF’: See THU.14, 1 & 6 p.m.

‘A MOZART EXTRAVAGANZA’: The New York Chamber Soloists charm classical connoisseurs with the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings and other compositions by the famed composer. Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $15; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 425-2209.

business

WOMEN’S PICKUP SOCCER: Swift females of varying skill levels break a sweat while making runs for the goal. For ages 18 and up. Rain location: Robert Miller Community & Recreation Center. Soccer fields, Leddy Park, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free; $3 for rain location. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.

‘FOREVER’: See THU.14, 3 p.m.

‘A MAD HATTER’S TEA’: Attendees don wonderful costumes for a crumpets and performance of Gerald Fried’s classical composition, “Alice Meets the Queen.” Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, 3-4:30 p.m. $15; free for kids. Info, 425-2209.

THE VERMONT JAZZ ENSEMBLE: The 17-piece group revisits the big-band era at a benefit concert for Island Arts. Grand Isle Lake House, 6:30 p.m. $20-25; free for kids under 12. Info, 372-8889.

ROCKIN’ THE LITTLE RIVER: TOUR OF WATERBURY DAM: Visit the site where 2,000 men who built the Waterbury Dam once lived. Top of the Waterbury Dam, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 11:30 a.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister. Info, 244-7103.

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HANDS IN THE DIRT: Seniors work side by side with preschoolers in the garden while stories and snacks keeps spirits high. Transportation and interpretation available; call for details. Archibald Neighborhood Garden, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 864-7528.

health & fitness

MORNING FLOW YOGA: See WED.13. NIA WITH SUZY: See SUN.17, 7 p.m.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.13. YOGA ON THE DOCK: See WED.13. ZUMBA: See WED.13.

kids

DISNEY MOVIE ON THE BIG SCREEN: Little film lovers curl up for a classic tale. Highgate Public Library, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 868-3970. GROW YOURSELF A MEAL: Kids in grades 1 and up take a field trip to the library garden and harvest fresh veggies, then use them to make new recipes. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. LEGO CLUB: Burgeoning builders create colorful constructions. Highgate Public Library, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 868-3970. PRESCHOOL MUSIC: See THU.14, 11 a.m. STORY TIME & CRAFTS WITH CAITLIN: Engaging narratives complement seasonally themed creative projects. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 955-5124.

language

ADVANCED-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Language learners perfect their pronunciation with guest speakers. Private residence, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

music

SAMBATUCADA! OPEN REHEARSAL: Newbies are invited to help keep the beat as Burlington’s samba street-percussion band sharpens its tunes. No experience or instruments are required. 8 Space Studio Collective, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5017.

seminars

BEGINNING GENEALOGY: Those looking to climb their family tree get tips from Sheila Morris, who introduces key resources for accessing ancestry information. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

sports

BTV MTB RIDE: Mountain bikers of all levels maneuver over local trails. Old Spokes Home, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-4475.

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SKIRACK GET STARTED MOUNTAIN BIKING SESSION: Cyclists tackle tricky terrain and get oneon-one tutelage from an instructor. Catamount Outdoor Family Center, Williston, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 879-6001.

theater

MONDAYS AT THE IMPROV: Emerging entertainers express themselves through theater games and acting techniques for onstage and off. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 999-7373. OTTER CREEK FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: ‘13 THE MUSICAL’: The Vermont Theatre Lab presents a show about growing up and dealing with change. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 775-0903.

words

GIANT BOOK SALE: See WED.13. THE MONDAY NIGHT POETRY WORKSHOP: In the company of guest poet Kerrin McCadden, wordsmiths analyze creative works-in-progress penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. SCI-FI PLUS BOOK CLUB: Author Sylvain Neuvel joins readers for a discussion of her novel Sleeping Giants. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.

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COLORING CLUB: Adults and high school students relax by shading inside the lines. BYO coloring books and implements. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600, ext. 108.

business

RENTAL INCOME SEMINAR: Those seeking financial freedom and security get wise to the ways of real estate investment. Preferred Properties, South Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 318-7654.

community

FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: See FRI.15.

dance

BEGINNER WEST COAST SWING & FUSION DANCING: Pupils get schooled in the fundamentals of partner dance. North End Studio B, Burlington, 8-9 p.m. $11-16. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail.com.

SWING DANCING: Quick-footed participants experiment with different forms, including the Lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Beginners are welcome. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.

food & drink

COMPARATIVE CRAFT BREWING: VERMONT & DENMARK: The founder of Hill Farmstead and beer-making instructors team up to deliver a talk on the fermentation-based practice. Classroom 3, Simpson Hall, Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 586-7711. PENNYWISE PANTRY: On a tour of the store, shoppers create a custom template for keeping the kitchen stocked with affordable, nutritious eats. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9753.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.13, 7 p.m.

health & fitness

BRANDON FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Hop to it! Get fit with strength, endurance, agility and coordination exercises. Otter Valley North Campus Gym, Brandon, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $12. Info, 343-7160. DE-STRESS YOGA: See THU.14, 5:45-7 p.m. GENTLE DROP-IN YOGA: Yogis hit the mat for a hatha class led by Betty Molnar. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. KICKBOXING CLASS WITH BELINDA: Athletes embrace their inner badass by building endurance, strength and flexibility in a class propelled by fun music. North End Studio B, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $15. Info, bestirredfitness@gmail.com. MEN’S YOGA: Gents stretch and strengthen their limbs and learn how the practice can calm the nervous system. Balance Yoga, Richmond, 7:15-8:15 p.m. $14. Info, 434-8401. ZUMBA WITH ALLISON: Conditioning is disguised as a party at this rhythm-driven workout session. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. $10. Info, 227-7221.

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DROP-IN YOUTH GARDEN SESSION: See THU.14. GAMING GROUP: Movers and dice-shakers ages 10 and up get together for tabletop board and card games. Fairfax Community Library, 5-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420. LEGO CHALLENGE: Burgeoning builders tackle construction tasks with colorful blocks. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. PINWHEELS & AIRPLANES WITH MR. K: Airborne activities and rotating recreational objects occupy youngsters. Highgate Public Library, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 868-3970. PRESCHOOL BALLET WITH MELISSA: Tots ages 3 through 5 dip and jump while their parents hang out at the library. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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READ TO WILLY WONKA THE CHOCOLATE LAB: Kiddos cozy up for story time with the library’s furry friend. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. STORY HOUR WITH ERICA PERL: The author of Ferocious Fluffy joins young readers for a special session complete with hamster crafts. Flying Pig Books, Shelburne, 11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 985-3999. STORY TIME: Little ones perk up their ears for narratives while engaging their hands with crafts. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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‘DEEP TIME’: After a screening, director Noah Hutton joins the audience for a discussion of his film about the people behind the oil industry. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3100.

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‘BOOKED FOR LUNCH’ SERIES: Lit lovers in grades K and up listen to Becoming Babe Ruth and other sporty stories. Bring a bag lunch. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

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‘THE AWFUL TRUTH’: A couple in the process of divorcing try to undermine each other’s attempts to find love again in this 1937 flick. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. Free. Info, 540-3018.

Festival: Saturday, August 27, 2PM, Flynn Theatre

kids

PRESCHOOL MUSIC: Melody makers ages 3 through 5 sing and dance the morning away. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 11:30 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 264-5660.

HISTORICAL TROLLEY TOURS OF BURLINGTON: See WED.13.

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INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED WEST COAST SWING: Fun-loving folks learn the smooth, sexy stylings of modern swing dance. North End Studio A, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $11-16. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail.com.

KNIGHTS OF THE MYSTIC MOVIE CLUB: Cinema hounds view campy features at this ode to offbeat productions. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 356-2776.

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TUESDAY VOLUNTEER NIGHTS: Helping hands pitch in around the shop by organizing parts, moving bikes and tackling other projects. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-9687.

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SUMMER CHESS CLUB: Novices learn the right moves with guidance from teen strategists. Players 8 and under must bring an adult. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 1-2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6956. TIME TRAVEL TUESDAYS: Families experience a blast from the past with 19th-century chores and games in the restored 1890 farmhouse. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free with regular admission, $4-14; free for kids 3 and under. Info, 457-2355. TODDLER STORY TIME: Good listeners up to 3 years old have fun with music, rhymes, snacks and captivating tales. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

language

BEGINNER-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Basic communication skills are on the agenda at a guided lesson. Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757. ITALIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Parla Italiano? Language learners engage with a fluent speaker in an informal training. Jericho Town Library, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 899-4686. ‘LA CAUSERIE’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Native speakers are welcome to pipe up at an unstructured conversational practice. El Gato Cantina, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195. PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Frenchlanguage folks engage in dialogue en français. Burlington Bay Market & Café, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2431.

music

CASTLETON SUMMER CONCERT: GREEN BROTHERS BAND: The five-member Latin jazz, funk and reggae group performs soul-stirring medley of grooves. Castleton University, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 468-6039. OPEN JAM SESSION: Musicians follow the flow and explore sound together. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 303.

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SACRED HARP SING: Vocalists warm up, then launch into early-American a cappella songs in a relaxed, harmonic evening. Listeners are welcome. Paper-Mâché Cathedral, Bread and Puppet Farm, Glover, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 525-3031. STARLINE RHYTHM BOYS: Listeners lounge on blankets and lawn chairs while the musicians delight ears with powerful harmonies. Legion Field, Johnson, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 802 635 7826.

politics

VERMONT GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES FORUM: Politicians vie for votes in the discussion, “Vermont’s Economic Future in a Time of Climate Change.” Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 775-0903.

sports

BURLINGTON RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB: See THU.14.

talks

GIANT BOOK SALE: See WED.13. KERYN NIGHTINGALE: Actors perform excerpts from the early chapters of the Warren author’s novel, Moon Threads. Phantom Theater, Edgcomb Barn, Warren, 8 p.m. Donations. Info, 496-5997. MICHAEL BROEK & ERIN MORGON GILBERT: The writers read from selected works. Marble House Project, Dorset, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, info@marblehouseproject.org. SEARCH FOR MEANING ADULT DISCUSSION GROUP: Avid readers reflect on selected texts. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-561-6920. WINE & STORY OPEN MIC: Prompts trigger firstperson narratives told to a live audience. Shelburne Vineyard, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 863-1754.

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LIFE DRAWING: See WED.13.

business

BENNINGTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MIXER: The Shires Working Group joins area professionals to talk shop. Bennington Project Independence, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 447-3311.

community

CURRENT EVENTS CONVERSATION: Newsworthy subjects take the spotlight in this informal and open discussion. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-4918.

crafts

KNITTERS & NEEDLEWORKERS: See WED.13.

dance

DROP-IN HIP-HOP DANCE: See WED.13.

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HISTORICAL TROLLEY TOURS OF BURLINGTON: See WED.13. MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE OBSERVATORY STARGAZING OPEN HOUSE NIGHT: Stargazers scour the skies for clusters and nebulae. Call to confirm. Observatory, Middlebury College, 9-10:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-2266. TECH HELP WITH CLIF: Electronics novices develop skill sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and other gadgets. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 12 & 1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6955. TECH TUTOR PROGRAM: Teens answer questions about computers and devices during one-on-one sessions. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 4-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.

NIA WITH LINDA: See WED.13. RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.13. R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.13. WEDNESDAY NIGHT SOUND BATH: See WED.13. YOGA ON THE DOCK: See WED.13. ZUMBA: See WED.13.

kids

CIRCUS TIME WITH NETDAHE STODDARD: Youngsters jump into the ring and take a stab at juggling, stilts and balance beams. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. FROM BOOK TO MOVIE: Readers grades 6 and up discuss 42: The Jackie Robinson Story, then watch the movie. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. MINI CONCERT: CRAFTSBURY CHAMBER PLAYERS: See WED.13. MINI OLYMPICS STORY TIME: Pint-size readers go for the gold at a read-aloud session. Highgate Public Library, Highgate Center, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 868-3970. PAJAMA STORY TIME: Tykes cuddle up in PJs for captivating tales, cookies and milk. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. READING BUDDIES: Kids in grades K through 5 join teen mentors to stay sharp with stories. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 2-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6956. SCIENCE LOVES ART: See WED.13. SUMMER STORY TIME: See WED.13. TEEN TIE-DYE: Bleach pens, spray bottles, elastics and other tools help kids in grades 6 through 12 make spectacular T-shirts. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. TODDLER TIME: See WED.13. WEDNESDAY WACKTIVITY: TIE-DYE: Fabric artists ages 5 and up get groovy with pigment. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 2-3 & 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

language

BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.13. BEGINNER RUSSIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: See WED.13. GERMAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Community members practice conversing auf Deutsch. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov. INTERMEDIATE RUSSIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: See WED.13. INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: See WED.13.

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music

OTTER CREEK FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: See WED.13.

TRUE STORY OF ‘THE FINEST HOURS’: Author Michael Tougias turns out for a presentation on the 1952 Coast Guard rescue behind the book and movie. Varnum Memorial Library, Jeffersonville, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 644-2117.

food & drink

‘LOOK OUT OLYMPICS, HERE COMES ZEUS’: The young actors of Summer Encore deliver a tale of deities and discus. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

MORNING FLOW YOGA: See WED.13.

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.13.

film

‘FOREVER’: See THU.14.

MINDFUL WORKWEEKS: WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEDITATION: See WED.13.

WAGON RIDE WEDNESDAYS: See WED.13.

‘HOT TOPICS’ LECTURE SERIES: KRISTYNA BISHOP: The senior social development specialist for the World Bank brings the heat with “Safeguarding Community Rights to Forests in a REDD+ World.” Oakes Hall, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, noon. Free. Info, 831-1371.

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JUST FOR FUN FILM SERIES: The Marx Brothers take on the snooty world of opera in a 1935 flick. Call for movie title. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

COMMUNITY SUPPER: See WED.13. VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.13.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.13.

health & fitness

EPIC MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: See WED.13. INSIGHT MEDITATION: See WED.13. MIDDLEBURY FITNESS BOOT CAMP: See WED.13.

CHRIS PIERCE & JAY NASH: Energetic, honest lyricism takes center stage at this musical shindig. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, South Pomfret, 7:30 p.m. $20. Info, 457-3500. CITIZENS CONCERT BAND: Picnickers enjoy music from the full band of brass, percussion and woodwind instrumentalists. Grand Isle Lake House, 6:30 p.m. $10-15; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 372-8889. CITY HALL PARK CONCERT SERIES: KAREN KRAJACIC: The songwriter draws on the beauty of nature in a noontime performance. Burlington City Hall Park, noon. Free. Info, 865-7166. CRAFTSBURY CHAMBER PLAYERS: See WED.13. DAVE KELLER: Blues and soul collide in a solo performance from the Montpelier-based musician. The Essex Culinary Resort & Spa, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 878-1100.

MIDDLESEX CONCERT SERIES: STILL KICKIN’: Classic rock tunes from the Waterbury outfit get folks jazzed up at an outdoor performance. Martha Pellerin & Andy Shapiro Memorial Bandstand, Middlesex, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 272-7578. THE MILK CARTON KIDS: The Americana duo draw on jazz, classical and alternative themes in an expansive, boundary-defying performance. Caitlin Canty opens. See calendar spotlight. First Unitarian Universalist Society, Burlington, 7 p.m. $27-44. Info, 877-987-6487. SONG CIRCLE: Singers and musicians congregate for an acoustic session of popular folk tunes. Godnick Adult Center, Rutland, 7:15-9:15 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 775-1182.

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BUG WALK: Those interested in insects grab their nets for an exploratory expedition. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 3:30-5 p.m. $5; free for members. Info, 229-6206. FROGGER!: See WED.13. GETTING THERE FROM HERE: See WED.13.

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‘A COURSE IN MIRACLES’: A monthly workshop based on Helen Schucman’s 1975 text delves into the wisdom found at the core of the world’s major religions. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-645-1930. SOCIAL MEDIA 101 & 102: Learn how to reach customers and drive repeat business. Newsbank Conference Center, Chester, 1-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 882-8191.

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BIKE BUM RACE SERIES: See WED.13. BURLINGTON HASH HOUSE HARRIERS: See WED.13. WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: See WED.13.

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‘ALMOST, MAINE’: The Stowe Theatre Guild stages John Cariani’s comedy about the residents of a remote town and their midwinter adventures in and out of love. Stowe Town Hall Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $15-25. Info, 253-3961. ‘DEAR ELIZABETH’: See WED.13. ‘FOREVER’: See THU.14. ‘GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER’: The romantic comedy presented by the Saint Michael’s Playhouse centers on a wealthy white couple coming to terms with their racial stereotypes. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $35-45. Info, 654-2281. ‘HAMLET’: The Rutland Youth Theatre company presents the classic tale of murder, family and revenge. The Gables at East Mountain, Rutland, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 558-4177. OTTER CREEK FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: ‘SPRING AWAKENING’: The Tony Award-winning rock musical explores teenage sexuality and the difficulties of growing up in 19th-century Germany. Merchants Hall, Rutland, 8-10:30 p.m. $19-25. Info, 855-8081.

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AUTHORS AT THE ALDRICH: M. DICKEY DRYSDALE: The journalist and poet reads from Vermont Moments: A Celebration of Place, People and Everyday Miracles. Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 476-7550. CHAPTER & VERSE BOOK GROUP: Adults discuss children’s lit by Sara Pennypacker. Flying Pig Books, Shelburne, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 985-3999. A CONVERSATION WITH DAWN TRIPP: The author reads from her breakout novel about the modernist painter Georgia O’Keeffe. See calendar spotlight. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 382-9222. GIANT BOOK SALE: See WED.13. WEDNESDAY FICTION WORKSHOP: See WED.13. WRITING CIRCLE: See WED.13. m

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LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY: Join master landscape, fine art and architectural photographer Gary Hall for this special handson workshop exploring our beautiful Vermont summer landscape! Evening class sessions will combine lecture, advice on technique and discussion of your work, and the Saturday session will include a field shoot at a location decided by the group. Bring your camera to the first class. Thu., Aug. 4 & 18, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Sat., Aug. 13, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $150/person; $135/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., lower level, Burlington. PHOTO: DARKROOM CRASH COURSE: Want to learn how to make your own black and white photographic prints in a traditional darkroom but can’t fit our eight-week course into your schedule? Join us for a hands-on overview of the process from start to finish and leave confident to print and process on your own. All supplies are included! Bring your 35mm, medium format, or toy (Holga or Lomographic) camera to class. No experience necessary. Weekly on Thu., Aug. 4-18, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $150/person; $135/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., lower level, Burlington. PHOTOSHOP CRASH COURSE: Learn all of the basics of Adobe Photoshop in this three-evening intensive workshop. Uploading and saving images for print and the web, navigating the workspace, adjustment layers and basic editing tools will be covered. Bring images on your camera or on a Mac-compatible flash drive to class. No experience necessary. Weekly on Tue., Aug. 2-16, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $90/person; $81/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., lower level, Burlington.

YOUTH CAMPS: Enrollment is still open for Burlington City Arts Camps for ages 3 to 18! Join us this summer in our paint, photography, digital, clay or print studios and work closely with skilled teaching artists for a week. Every camp includes in-depth studio arts experience, high-quality art materials and a final celebration. Come for a half day or pair a morning and afternoon camp to make a full-day experience. Visit burlingtoncityarts.org for a complete list of camps. Location: Burlington City Arts, Burlington.

craft TRY GLASS BLOWING: Learn to blow and press glass. July and August only. Make two beautiful and colorful projects in your 20-minute session. Kids 7+ and adults. Great for couples, families, small groups. Price includes your admission to the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. New: Sundays starting July 31. Jul.: Mon.-Thu., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Aug.: Sun.-Wed., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $45/20-minute private class. Location: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, 4472 Basin Harbor Rd., Vergennes. Info: Orwell Glass, 948-2209, info@orwellglass.com, orwellglass.com.

ADULT: BEGINNER WHEEL: Instructor: Rik Rolla. This course is great for beginners looking to learn the fundamentals of basic wheel-throwing techniques. You will learn how to center, throw, trim and glaze. The instructor will guide you to create finished pieces for the electric oxidation kiln. You will leave with several functional pieces. 8 Fri., 10 a.m.noon, Sep. 9-Oct. 28. Cost: $303/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org. ADULT: MIXED LEVEL WHEEL: Instructor: Rik Rolla. This course is great for potters with some experience, who are looking to learn the fundamentals or brush up on basic wheel-throwing techniques. You will learn how to center, throw, trim and glaze and create pieces for the electric oxidation kiln. 8 Wed., 5:30 -7:30 p.m., Sep. 7-Oct. 26. Cost: $303/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org. ADULT: MIXED-LEVEL BEGINNER: Instructor: Rik Rolla. For beginners and those with some clay wheel throwing experience. You set the pace; the instructor helps with demos and guided assistance. The gas reduction kiln and electric oxidation kiln are for your use, as well as an option to explore all other available firing methods. 8 Tue., 10 a.m.-noon, Sep. 6-Oct. 25. Cost: $303/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org. ADULT: SHAKER HALL TABLE: Instructor: Chris Ramos. A comprehensive introduction to woodworking, this course explores basic principles of lumber

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ADULT: ABSTRACT PAINTING: Instructor: Brooke Monte. This class is about creating a visual language through abstract form, space, and color. We will demonstrate techniques using a variety of mediums including charcoal, conte crayon, pastel, acrylics, oils, or water-base oils, and we will explore glazing, dry brush, masked edges, acrylic transfers and textured impasto. 6 Wed., 1 -3 p.m., Oct. 19-Nov. 30; no class Nov. 23. Cost: $186/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

selection, hand-tool and machinery usage, milling, joinery, and finishing. You will build a Shakerstyle hall table, taking the project from blueprint through completion, while gaining familiarity with the woodshop environment. 9 Mon., 6-9 p.m., Sep. 19-Nov. 14. Cost: $518.50/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: Sage Tucker-Ketcham, 9853648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org. ADULT: PAINTING IN OIL: Instructor: Brooke Monte. Gain confidence with oil painting in this class aimed for beginners and folks who want to gain more experience. We will paint still life; fall fruits, vegetables, breads and flowers. Beginning color theory and composition theory will be discussed and applied to class work. 6 Wed., 10 a.m.noon, Sep. 7-Oct. 12. Cost: $186/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

dance DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. $15/person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 5981077, info@salsalina.com. DSANTOS VT SALSA: Experience the fun and excitement of Burlington’s eclectic dance community by learning salsa. Trained by world famous dancer Manuel Dos Santos, we teach you how to dance to the music and how to have a great time on the dance floor! There is no better time to start than now! Mon. evenings:

beginner class, 7-8 p.m.; intermediate, 8:15-9:15 p.m. Cost: $12/1hour class. Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Tyler Crandall, 598-9204, crandalltyler@hotmail. com, dsantosvt.com.

design/build WOODWORKING IMMERSION PROGRAM: Woodworking/furniture-making intensive. Study under professional furnituremakers and woodworkers, taking on increasingly challenging projects of your own design. Learn designing, building, turning, joinery, tool operation and more. Access the shop evenings and weekends. Minimum length of enrollment in the Immersion Program is one semester/15 weeks. 15 trade credits and certificate earned. Aug. 22-Dec. 16, Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m., excluding breaks. Cost: $6,500/15-week program. Location: Vermont Woodworking School, 148 Main St., Fairfax. Info: Katie Crown, 849-2013, katie@vermontwood workingschool.com, vermont woodworkingschool.com. WOODWORKING IMMERSION PROGRAM: Spend full days studying under professional furniture makers and woodworkers learning woodworking skills and techniques. Take on increasingly challenging woodworking and furniture projects of your own design. Outside of class hours, access the wood shops and bench rooms into the evening hours and through the weekend. Aug. 22-Dec. 9. Cost: $6,500/fall semester full-time program. Location: Vermont Woodworking School, 148 Main St., Fairfax. Info: Blake Ewoldsen, 8492013, info@vermontwoodworking school.com, vermontwoodwork ingschool.com. WEEKEND TINY HOUSE SUMMER CAMP: Day 1: tool use, lumber list and cut list. Then we will build a floor, get rafter pattern and put up two walls with our temporary Hollywood house. Day 2: Roofing, siding, flooring, door and window work on a variety of existing buildings. Meals not included, camping on-site, campfire at night, collective field kitchen with grill, water and ice. Water to septic to electric and more concerning tiny house life will be covered. Tools not required. Jul. 23 & 24. Cost: $250/ person/sliding scale. Location: Bakersfield, Vermont. Info: vermonttinyhouses.com.

28, Sep. 8, $22 each. Six-person minimum required to run most classes; invite friends! Please register online or come directly to the first class! Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington; Capital City Grange, 6612 Rte. 12, Berlin. Info: 9994255, burlingtontaiko.org. KID’S AND PARENTS’ WORLD DRUMMING IN BURLINGTON AND MONTPELIER!: Tue. Taiko in Burlington (ages 6 and up): 4-5:20 p.m., starting Jul. 12, $45/ child or $85/parent-child for 3 weeks; Aug. 30, $30/child or $58/ parent-child for 2 weeks; Wed. Djembe in Burlington (ages 6 and up): 4:30-5:20 p.m., starting Jul. 13, $36/child or $69/parent-child for 3 weeks; Aug. 3, $24/child or $46/parent-child for 2 weeks; Sep. 21, $48/child or $92/parentchild for 4 weeks. Montpelier: Thu., 3:30-4:20 (ages 3-5) and Thu., 4:30-5:20 (ages 6 and up) starting Jul. 14, $36/child or $69/ parent-child for 3 weeks; Sep. 1, $25/child or $48/parent-child for 2 weeks; Oct. 6, $36/child or $69/ parent-child for 3 weeks (no class Oct. 20): Five-person minimum required to run most classes; invite friends! Please register online or come directly to the first class! Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington; 6612 Rte. 12, Berlin. Info: 9994255, burlingtontaiko.org. TAIKO DRUMMING IN BURLINGTON AND MONTPELIER!: Study with Stuart Paton of Burlington Taiko! Burlington Beginner/Recreational Class, Tue., 5:30-6:20 p.m., starting Jul. 12, $36/3 weeks; Aug. 30, $24/2 weeks; Sep. 20, $48/4 weeks. Accelerated Taiko Program for Beginners, Mon. & Wed., 6:30-8:20 p.m. starting Jun. 20, $120/5 classes (no class Jul. 4); Jul. 11, $144/3 weeks; Aug. 29, $120/5 classes (no class Sep. 5); Sep. 19, $144/3 weeks. Montpelier Taiko Beginners, Thu., 5:30-6:50 p.m., single day workshops on Jul. 12, Sep. 1, $22 each. Six-person minimum required to run most classes; invite friends! Please register online or come directly to the first class! Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington; Capital City Grange, 6612 Rte. 12, Berlin. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org.

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drumming DJEMBE IN BURLINGTON AND MONTPELIER!: Learn drumming technique and music on West African drums! Drums provided! Burlington Beginners Djembe, Wed., 5:30-6:20 p.m., starting Jul. 13, $36/3 weeks; Aug. 31, $24/2 weeks; Sep. 21, $48/4 weeks. $15/ drop-in. Djembes are provided. Montpelier Beginners Djembe, Thu., 7-8:20 p.m. starting Jul. 14, $54/3 weeks; Djembe workshop, Sep.1, $22; Djembe tuning workshop, Sep. 8, $22; $22/walk-ins. Montpelier Conga workshops Thu., 5:30-6:50 p.m., Jul. 14, Jul.

THINK LIKE AN ARTIST: WHOLE BRAIN STRATEGIES FOR BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS: Artists manage to invent brilliant and creative new ways of seeing the world while working within structural constraints by being open to experience in several key ways: They use all their senses to gain new perspectives; find relationships between unrelated ideas and events; juxtapose things in new

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herbs BEAUTY BY NATURE: Spend a day, evening, or whole weekend on a beautiful homestead in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom making fun, affordable and effective beauty products and cordials. Classes include Butters & Balms, Herbal Facials and Cordial Making and include an assortment of lovely body products and an herbal cordial to take home. Aug. 6 & 7. Cost: $200/whole weekend, 16 hours; $95/1 day, 7 hours; $35/evening, 2 hours. Location: Fungi & Flora Folkschool at River Cloud Farm, Passumpsic. Info: Melissa Laurita Kohl, 357-2013, melissa@ fungiflorafolkschool.com, fungiflorafolkschool.com.

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and interesting ways; seek ideas from the depths of the unconscious; work at the edge of their potential; and take conceptual risks. This class is designed to effect shifts in perception, help people break out of traditional mind-sets and reframe their worldview in a safe and fun atmosphere. Adults & teens 16+: Fri.-Sun., Jul. 15-17, Fri. 6-8 p.m., Sat. & Sun. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $95/person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

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LEARN TO MEDITATE: Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom. Shambhala Café (meditation and discussions) meets the first Saturday of each month, 9 a.m.noon. An open house (intro to the center, short dharma talk and socializing) is held on the third Sunday of each month, noon-2 p.m. Instruction: Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appt. Sessions: Tue. & Thu., noon-1 p.m., & Mon.Thu., 6-7 p.m. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org.

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SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill. Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 864-7902, ipfamilytaichi.org.

yoga NONPROFIT, DONATION-BASED YOGA: Burlington’s only nonprofit, donation-based yoga studio. Great for students of all levels. Sangha Studio hosts over 40 weekly classes, workshops, and special events. Offering yoga service initiatives and community outreach programs to schools, the hospital, and various community centers. Come join in! Daily. Location: Sangha Studio, 120 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Caitlin Pascucci, 448-4262, sanghastudiovt@gmail. com, sanghastudiovt@gmail.com. HONEST YOGA: Honest Yoga offers practice for all levels. Brand new beginners’ courses include two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily heated classes with alignment constancy and kids’ summer camps. We hold teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels.

KUNDALINI YOGA AT RAILYARD: Home to Kundalini yoga, meditation and Dharma yoga. We offer five Kundalini yoga classes a week, Astrology research clinic every Fri., 9:45-11:30 a.m. Freestyle dance fitness w/ Silvia, Fri., 12:15-1:15 p.m. Open house celebration, Jul. 16, noon-6. Check our website for information, special events, workshops and the most updated schedule. Location: Railyard Yoga Studio, 270 Battery St., Burlington. Info: Urban Moonshine, 522-3698, railyardyoga@gmail.com, railyardapothecary.com. EVOLUTION YOGA: Evolution Yoga and Physical Therapy offers yoga classes for beginners, experts, athletes, desk jockeys, teachers, fitness enthusiasts, people with who think they are inflexible. Choose from a wide variety of classes and workshops in Vinyasa, Kripalu, Core, Gentle, Vigorous, Philosophy, Yoga Wall, Therapeutics and Alignment. Become part of our yoga community. You are welcome here. Cost: $15/class; $130/10-class card; $5-10/community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 8649642, evolutionvt.com. HOT YOGA BURLINGTON: Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, stressed, restless or just bored? Come try something different! Yes, it’s yoga, you know, stretching and stuff. But we make it different. How? Come and see. Hot Yoga Burlington is Vermont’s first Far Infrared heated hot yoga studio, experience it! Can you teach creative Vinyasa? Yoga teacher wanted. Get hot: 2-for-1 offer. $15. Location: North End Studio B, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 999-9963, hotyogaburlingtonvt.com.

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We are expanding to 2 new practice spaces in September to have more to engage families and kids. Daily classes & workshops. $25/ new student (1st week unlimited); $18/class or $140/10-class card; $12/class for student or senior; or $100/10-class punch card. Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Hana, South Burlington. Info: 497-0136, honestyogastudio@gmail.com, honestyogacenter.com.

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LEARNING THE SCORE: MUSICIANSHIP SKILLS FOR VOCALISTS: Interested in joining the new Flynn Adult Community Chorus? Do you enjoy singing in musical theater or other choral contexts but find yourself tired of needing someone else to pluck out the notes and rhythms for you? Join this much-needed new workshop to brush up on your music theory and get comfortable independently unpacking all the information a composer embeds into a musical score. Adults & teens 15+: Tue. & Thu., Jul. 12-28, 5:45-7:15 p.m. (Listening Lab, 7:15-7:45 p.m.). Cost: $110/6 sessions (add $30 for Listening Lab). Location: Flynn Center for

VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Classes for men, women and children. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enhances strength, flexibility, balance, coordination and car- dio-respiratory fitness. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training builds and helps to instill courage and self- confidence. We offer a legitimate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu martial arts program in a friendly, safe and positive environment. Accept no imitations. Learn from one of the world’s best, Julio “Foca” Fernandez, CBJJ and IBJJF certified 6th Degree Black Belt, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr., teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mon.-Fri., 6-9 p.m., & Sat., 10 a.m. 1st class is free. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 660-4072, julio@bjjusa.com, vermontbjj.com.

workshop with professional international model Nadine Theresa. Learn some outdoor lighting techniques for portrait and art photography from former commercial and art photographer Bill Mason. Clothed and limited nude/ topless poses. Shoot will take place throughout the grounds, including gardens, fields, trails, buildings, woods, etc. Sat., Jul. 16, 8 a.m.-noon Cost: $75/4hour shoot. Location: Ethan Allen Homestead, 1 Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington. Info: 399-0168, naturallight@scare forceone.us, tinyurl.com/jgrja8w.

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SITE-SPECIFIC MOVEMENTMAKING: Hannah is a longtime creator of site-specific dances. Having made a piece for the Hay Project in 1998 as well as Dear Pina in 2012, she is delighted to be returning to Shelburne Farms to form a lush, stark and intricate piece of distance and closeness in and around the Breeding Barn. There will be a public showing at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 22. Participants,

please wear sneakers and flowing clothing in shades of purple/ yellow/grey. Adults & teens 16+: Mon.-Fri., Jul. 18-22, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $150/week. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

EXPERIENCED NATIVE SPANISH TUTOR: Spanish? Meet a new, exciting world! Improve comprehension and pronunciation; achieve fluency. It’s easy; you just need the right tutor. I am proud to say my students have significantly improved their Spanish with my teaching approach. What do my students say? Search “Spanish Tutor Burlington, Vt., Maigualida.” Location: College St., Burlington. Info: 276-0747, maigomez1@ hotmail.com, burlingtonvt.uni versitytutor.com/tutors/116306.

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rior to writing Away, the forthcoming record from his band Okkervil River, Will Sheff was at a personal and creative crossroads. Okkervil River had essentially disbanded, with members moving on to other projects or to raise families. Sheff ’s grandfather, a jazz musician and Sheff ’s personal hero, had become gravely ill. Sheff spent much of his time at his grandfather’s bedside as he lay dying in hospice in New Hampshire, where Sheff grew up. Following his passing, Sheff retreated to a friend’s empty house in the Catskills and began writing, with no clear idea what he was writing, exactly. He simply let himself go to see what might happen. “Eventually, I realized I was writing a death story for a part of my life that had, buried inside of it, a path I could follow that might let me go somewhere new,” Sheff wrote in a statement about the album, which is due out on September 9. Away doesn’t much sound like an Okkervil River album, at least on the surface. In place of his old backing band, Sheff enlisted a collection of avantgarde and jazz players, plus guests such as Marissa Nadler, the contemporary classical ensemble yMusic, and his old Okkervil River and Shearwater bandmate Jonathan Meiburg. In place of OR’s signature indie romp is a more delicate, contemplative and ethereal sound. Sheff indeed found a new path in the woods of the Catskills. It is sometimes serenely gorgeous and sometimes haunting. Okkervil River play the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge on Sunday, July 17. Ahead of that show, and one day before Sheff ’s 40th birthday, Seven Days spoke with the songwriter by phone.

SEVEN DAYS: Unless Wikipedia is lying to me, which it never does, happy birthday! WILL SHEFF: Oh, yeah! It’s tomorrow. I appreciate that. SD: And it’s a big one. Forty, right? WS: It is. I’ve been thinking about that. I’ve been so busy working that I haven’t planned anything for my birthday, really. And I feel worried about it. My 40th birthday is a really good opportunity for me to set myself off on the next 10 years of my life in a way that really makes sense. I’m excited to turn 40. It’s like cracking open the next chapter of my life. So I started planning little things — like, one teeny little thing a day that I want to do. It will be a week of my birthday, instead of one big day. So I appreciate getting a birthday wish from a stranger! SD: So, weird coincidence: I turned 38 recently. And the day before was the first time I listened to “Okkervil River R.I.P.,” from the new album. And there’s a line about being a couple of days away from turning 38 and you’re a horrible sight. Gotta say, that one hit close to home. WS: That’s funny. I’m glad I was able to give you that little moment. SD: Speaking of the new record, it’s a new direction for you and Okkervil River. What inspired the shift? WS: I think the crucial part of all of this is that I wasn’t setting out to make an Okkervil River record. In fact, I wasn’t even sure if I was making a record. It’s funny, I wrote this little statement about the record, and I was trying to explain where I was at emotionally, kind of having a little emotional breakdown. And everybody kind of makes it sound

like … I don’t know. It’s weird. The point is, I was in a place where I was doing a lot of writing in an unguarded way. And I really liked it, so I thought I would see, as an exercise for myself, if I could write a whole record. So that was my whole goal: Write, write, write. SD: But then you enlisted a bunch of avantgarde jazz players. WS: Well, I thought, I have a great drummer. And when you have a great drummer, you can do any kind of music in the world. And not necessarily the things you’d associate with having a strong drummer, like funk. You can apply that to the most subtle, simple things and elevate it way more than in a situation where you’re noticing the drumming. So I had a vision in my mind of doing a more acoustically based record and working with jazz people and [not thinking] in a usual rock way. I wasn’t sure I’d even do anything with it. But in two days we recorded about 12 songs, and everything was pretty much done and ready to go. And I walked away from it like, That was fun. I don’t really know what that was, but it was cool. And over time, these songs that I’d recorded became the most important things to me in my life. And they contained inside of them some kind of future for me. I had actually brought a thing into the world, even though I was the only person who knew about it besides the musicians. And that thing became something that wanted to help me. Then I started thinking about releasing the record. And I started contacting friends about adding arrangements and little vocals. And along the way I thought, You know, this is Okkervil River. DO LESS

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I know, I know. It’s been, like, two solid weeks without any festival news. You’re probably all “Yo, DB. Where’s my festival news, bro?” Relax. And don’t call me bro, chief. I got you. Around Independence Day weekend, the festival slate tends to dry up. But, emboldened by a renewed sense of freedom — and hot dogs — we get back in the festie swing this week, with no end in sight until GRACE POTTER sings us out into fall come September. So let’s dig in, shall we? We begin with the Cambridge Music Festival, which is a music festival at the future site of the Cambridge Community Center in Jeffersonville on Saturday, July 16. (For flatlanders and/ or those who never leave Burlington: Jeffersonville is a village in the town of Cambridge, hence the geographical confusion there.) It’s a particularly nifty little one-day fest that combines two of my favorite locavore treats: music and comedy. On the former score, the lineup features the ever-excellent roots-soul duo DWIGHT & NICOLE, who I’m pretty sure are trying to set the record for playing every festival in the state this summer. Joining them are beloved BTV art rockers SWALE, southern VT teenage sensations the SNAZ and a hyperlocal — to the festival — entrant, Jeffersonville’s LOCALS & COMPANY. (See? It even says so in their name.) Between the bands’ sets, local standup comedians will keep the

crowds warm — and warm up themselves for the upcoming Green Mountain Comedy Festival. (More on that in a sec.) Comics appearing include 2015 Vermont’s Funniest Comedian finalist PAUL CHURCH, the delightfully bizarre TAYLOR SCRIBNER, “Cringe! A Night of Hilarious Humiliation” founder ANNIE RUSSELL and the 2015 VFC champ, KENDALL FARRELL. Oh, and at sunset, expect a performance from Jerichobased fire-performance troupe CIRQUE DE FUEGO. Speaking of the sun, SolarFest 2016! After a yearlong hiatus, everyone’s favorite sustainability celebration is back and in new digs, no less. The fest runs Friday and Saturday, July 15

and 16, at the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester. In truth, what we should really be talking about here are all the innovations in renewable energy that will be on display. But I’ll leave that to the folks leading the numerous workshops and demonstrations on green buildings, sustainable food and the like. Instead, I’ll draw your attention to the music and hope that’s enough to lure you into bettering yourself — and our planet — while you’re there. The main lineup features 14 artists performing on two gorgeous stages — the Arkell Pavilion and the Equinox Stage, the latter of which is a natural amphitheater overlooking Mount Equinox. Highlights include folk songwriter, children’s author and professor DAR WILLIAMS, rockers DONNA THE BUFFALO, Grammy-nominated blues singer MARCIA BALL, ’70s rock torch bearers WILD ADRIATIC, Grammynominated reggae singer and DJ SISTER CAROL, hip-hop-infused second-line badasses PITCHBLAK BRASS BAND and local dance-pop phenoms MADAILA. That last band may give Dwight & Nicole a run for their money in frequency of festival appearances this summer. Also of note is the annual SingerSongwriter Showcase competition, which features 10 regional tunesmiths vying for a slot at next year’s festival. Interestingly, only two of the contestants are Vermonters: RICHARD RUANE and BRENDAN EPRILE. Give ’em hell, gents.

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In other news, if you go to only one show this week, I’d make it KATIE TRAUTZ and SAM MOSS at La Puerta Negra in Montpelier on Thursday, July 14. As you hopefully know by now, Trautz is one of the area’s most deeply respected fiddlers and folk music boosters — and she’s part of one of my favorite VT bands, WOODEN DINOSAUR, which doesn’t hurt. Moss, who currently lives in Boston but used to call Brattleboro home, also has a Wooden Dinosaur connection.

Last but not least, I’ve been having a bit of gentle fun with Madaila this week. But I kid because I love. And if you’ve been following along, lo, these past two years, you know I love me some Madaila. One reason why: I admire their ambition. Exhibit A — or G or Q or Y … I’ve lost count at this point — is this: Madaila on Main. That’s an all-day festival the band is hosting on Main Street in Burlington on Sunday, September 4, in front of Nectar’s. Yup, they’re commandeering a friggin’ street. We’ll have more details in the coming weeks. But for now, I’d hold off on making any other Labor Day weekend plans, ya dig?

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the VCC, is standup SEAN DONNELLY, who has made all the usual rounds of latenight shows and cable but who most notably has a bulldog named Rickles — as in DON RICKLES. (Anyone under 30, ask your parents.) On Tuesday, comedian EMMA WILLMANN from SiriusXM’s “The Check Spot” and the “First Time” podcast plays the early slot at VCC. Willmann recently was a finalist in the prestigious New York’s Funniest Stand-Up contest hosted by Caroline’s on Broadway, which is a pretty big deal. Later at VCC, catch SAM MORRIL, of “Last Comic Standing,” “Conan” and “@Midnight” renown. Or you could pop on over to the Light Club Lamp Shop for the annual Oddballs Show, which features several of the area’s alt-iest standups, including Scribner, Robin, SEAN HUNTER WILLIAMS, MAE BARRON, KEVIN MCTAGGART, JESSIE BAADE, Madaila and Dwight & Nicole. (OK, fine, two of those are not appearing at the show. You can guess which ones.) RICHARD BOWEN hosts. Tune in for more on the GMCF next week. (Disclosure: Swale bassist TYLER BOLLES is my brother.)

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Meanwhile, in Middlebury, the 38th annual Middlebury Festival on the Green heads into its closing weekend on the stately Village Green. On Thursday, July 14, traveling folkie and PETE SEEGER acolyte RIK PALIERI plays the lunchtime Brown Bag series show. That evening, local honky-tonk hero BRETT HUGHES takes the stage, backed by bassist PAT MELVIN, pedal-steel ace BRETT LANIER, fiddler CALEB ELDER and drummer DAN DAVINE. Dwight & Nicole close out the day, which I’m pretty sure puts them one ahead of Madaila in the fest count. On Friday, July 15, the evening set opens with indie folk duo the DUPONT BROTHERS, touring behind their brilliant new album A Riddle for You. Then it’s … wait for it … Middlebury hometown heroes Madaila! (Oh, snap. We’re tied again.) Now, it’s been a little more than a month since the close of the 2016 Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, which should have been ample time for you to rest your aching jazz hands. (That’s what jazz leg day is for, yo.) So they should be in peak form for the VERMONT JAZZ ENSEMBLE STREET DANCE, which closes the FotG on Saturday, July 16. Finally, there is one more festival you’ll want to know about. But it’s not a music festival. It’s the annual Green Mountain Comedy Festival, which kicks off on Monday, July 18, and runs through Saturday, July 23. We’ll have a deep dive in these pages next week, when the fest kicks into high gear. But in the meantime, there are worthwhile shows on the early slate that bear mentioning. Opening the fest on Monday is the annual Best in Show showcase at Vermont Comedy Club, featuring finalists from the 2015 Vermont’s Funniest Comedian contest. Scheduled to appear are Farrell, ANYA VOLZ, TIM BRIDGE, MIKE THOMAS and 2015 winner

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If you go to one other show this week — and happen to really like Montpelier, and why wouldn’t you? — check out YONATAN GAT at Buch Spieler Records on Sunday, July 17. The former Monotonix axe man and founder was named the “Best Guitarist in New York” by my alt-colleagues at the Village Voice in 2013. Live, Gat’s eponymous trio is just nutty — as anyone who caught them at the Skinny Pancake last year can attest. They meld Brazilian psych, Afrobeat, Middle Eastern surf and all sorts of other worldly styles with jazz intellect and punk fire. It’s absurd. Jazzy Montpelier post-rock band JULY 26 MOVEMENT open. Tickets are super limited, so give the folks at Buch Spieler a call to order.

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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Ron Sweet (Americana), 6 p.m., donation.

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BREAKWATER CAFÉ & GRILL: Whirlwind (rock), 6 p.m., free.

BUCH SPIELER RECORDS: Anachronist, Coquette (rock), 8:30 p.m., NA.

THE DAILY PLANET: Colin Cope & Chris Page (funky soul), 8 p.m., free.

FILM: LA DAMNATION DE FAUST Saturday, July 16, 7 pm

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Joshua Glass (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. Wildlife Collective (house), 10 p.m., free.

LA PUERTA NEGRA: Katie Trautz, Sam Moss (folk), 7:30 p.m., donation.

JP’S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free.

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JUNIPER: Ray Vega Latin Jazz Quinteto, 8:30 p.m., free.

MARTELL’S AT THE RED FOX: Lesley Grant and Ralph Eames (Americana), 7 p.m., free. Open Mic, 9 p.m., free.

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

MOOGS PLACE: Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions, 7 p.m., free. Ryan Montbleau (folk), 9:30 p.m., $10. Film Night: Indie, Abstract, Avant Garde, 10 p.m., free.

SUSHI YOSHI (STOWE): Andrew Moroz Trio (jazz), 5 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with Disco Phantom, 6 p.m., free. Villanelles, Swale (indie), 9:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Liv & Letlive (folk), 7 p.m., free. Sam Moss (folk), 8 p.m., free. Micah Scott (folk), 9 p.m., free. The Womps (rock), 10:30 p.m., free.

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RED SQUARE: Bob Levinson Trio (blues), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: Zach Nugent (soul), 6 p.m., free. Pop Rap Dance Party, 10 p.m., free.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda’s Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation. THE TAP ROOM AT SWITCHBACK BREWING: Open Mic, 6 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Yonic Tonic (standup), 9 p.m., free.

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SWEET MELISSA’S: Wine Down with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. WHAMMY BAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

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MARTELL’S AT THE RED FOX: Seth Yacovone (blues), 7 p.m., free.

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SWEET MELISSA’S: BYOV Thursdays, 3 p.m., free.

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PARKER PIE CO.: Spencer Lewis (acoustic), 7:30 p.m., free.

Comedy. In the book, much as he’s done onstage for three decades,

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Glass recounts the ups and downs of his life and career with irascible wit, uncommon insight and the (more than) occasional well-placed F-bomb. Glass plays a three-night, five-show run at the Vermont Comedy Club in Burlington this Thursday through Saturday, July 14 through 16.

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

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NAKED TURTLE: Jay Lesage (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., free. OLIVE RIDLEY’S: So You Want to Be a DJ?, 10 p.m., free.

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BREAKWATER CAFÉ & GRILL: Dog Catchers (rock), 6 p.m., free. CHURCH & MAIN: Cody Sargent Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free. CLUB METRONOME: Greyhounds, the Family Night Band (soul, rock), 9 p.m., $7/10. 18+. THE DAILY PLANET: Lowell Thompson (alt-country), 8 p.m., free. DRINK: BLiNDoG Records Acoustic Sessions, 5 p.m., free. FINNIGAN’S PUB: Craig Mitchell (funk), 10 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Half & Half Comedy (standup comedy), 8 p.m., free. Junglist Lounge (D&B), 10:30 p.m., free.

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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Muddy Ruckus (folk), 8 p.m., free. Marygoround and Bob Banjo (folk), 9 p.m., free.

BAYSIDE PAVILION: Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 6 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Jeezum Crow (rock), 10 p.m., free.

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CITY LIMITS: Throttle Thursdays with DJ Gold, 9 p.m., free.

NAKED TURTLE: Turtle Thursday with 95 Triple X (pop), 9 p.m., NA. OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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burlington NECTAR’S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free. Bluegrass Thursday: the Railsplitters, 9 p.m., $2/5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Emily Davis (aggressive folk), 6 p.m., free. The Brazen Youth (indie), 7 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Atsuko Chiba (post rock), 11 p.m., NA. RED SQUARE: Left Eye Jump (blues), 6 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8, 10 p.m., free. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: DJ Kermit (top 40), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): AliT (indie pop), 8 p.m., free.

BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Ted Crosby (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. BREAKWATER CAFÉ & GRILL: Uncle Jed (rock), 6 p.m., free. Phil Abair Band (rock), 6 p.m., free. CLUB METRONOME: Latin Night with Jah Red, 9 p.m., $5. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Made by Robots (experimental), 7 p.m., free. Freq with DJ Vakkuum (techno), 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Barbacoa (surf), 9 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Ami Madeleine & Jeremy Tinn (indie folk), 7 p.m., free. Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: DJ Moar Mead (eclectic), 10 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Improv Jam, 6 p.m., free. Todd Glass (standup), 7:30 p.m., $20.

NECTAR’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. Grippo Funk Band, DJ Rekkon, 9 p.m., $7.

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RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music), 11 a.m., free. Amber Wolfe & Zoe Wishbone (folk), 7 p.m., free. Brian Dolzani (folk rock), 9:30 p.m., free. Siding Spring (rock), 11 p.m., free. Starpit, Gigantic Ant (rock), 12:30 a.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Northern Exposure: Coon Hill John, Will Pellerin, Troy Millette & Dylan Gombas, Steve Hartmann (rock), 8:30 p.m., $6. AA. MONKEY HOUSE: Second Thursday Selector Sets with DJ Disco Phantom (eclectic), 9 p.m., free. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The Suspects (rock), 7 p.m., free. PENALTY BOX: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free. SUGAR HOUSE BAR AND GRILL: Country DJ, 9 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Chris Page (folk), 4 p.m., free. The High Breaks (surf), 7 p.m., $5. DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: D Jay Baron (house), 9 p.m., $5. FRI.15

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tracks and branding it as Dance Songs, Vol. II+. In keeping with his slow-pitch approach, Busker took three years to release his latest album, You Are What You Pretend to Be. Busker sends a warning shot across our bow on opener “The Meanest Thing I’ll Ever Write.” The song kicks off the album with cheery guitar strumming and wry, knowing lyrics about hiding who you really are. It’s hard to believe that the generally winsome Busker could be truly mean, but his only-half-ironic musings lend some credence to the claim.

Up next is “Dogs at the Door,” which — similar to the companion instrumental “Dogs at the Café,” a few tracks later — is an easy-to-gloss-over jazz-pop number. These moments are certainly not bad, just a bit bland. The same goes for “The Whole.” “Redemption on Pearl” is Busker’s strongest and most affecting vocal performance. His breathy voice is simultaneously urgent and distant, conveying a range of emotions with poise and control. Punchy vocal doo-wop and xylophonic keys open “The Interrogator.” It’s a get-up-and-go kind of tune, reminiscent of Spoon’s foottapping numbers “The Underdog” and “The Way We Get By.” Rapid synth beats combined with a surf-rock guitar line warm up the sixth cut, “My Fear of Losing You.” Evoking a one hit-wonder, Flock of Seagulls vibe, it’s an energetic track that helps Busker

stand out from the generic pop-folk crowd. Slow and tender, “Babies to War” is a cautionary tale of growing up too fast and facing the cruel world before you’re ready. “Don’t wake yet / Stay and dream while you still can,” Busker advises. Busker’s closing cover of Elliott Smith’s “Pitseleh” is a wistful, humble nod to the late indie icon, who seems to have inspired some of Busker’s hushed vocals. On You Are What You Pretend to Be, Busker sheds his reliance on guitarcentric arrangements and embraces more varied instrumentation. He seems simultaneously emboldened and relaxed by jaunty percussion and some surprising keyboard elements. A breezy warmth sweeps through the album, making for easy summer listening. Milton Busker’s You Are What You Pretend to Be is available at miltonbusker.com.

member of Rutland band Get a Grip, one of Vermont’s most successful hardcore groups in recent years. With the new addition on drums of Ruston Fettig (formerly of Bombardier to Pilot, currently holding down the Red Summer Sun), Sink or Swim have gathered a lineup that can pretty much do whatever they want. Fortunately, instead of math-rock wank, they favor loud, fast and fun. It’s a visceral approach, but there’s nothing primitive about it. The most consistently impressive aspect of Searching for Sincerity is how creative and surprising the arrangements can

be. Kimball and Grandchamp bring a lot of experience and smarts to bear on every track. The sequencing is smooth, with songs folding into each other, creating the feel of a well-planned live show. Sink or Swim also have a talent for unabashed pop. The songs here are short but loaded with ideas both catchy and concise. There are an awful lot of earworms per square foot, and it’s hard to walk away from this album without humming a few. The vocals are, perhaps, an acquired taste. Yet it’s hard to fault a band who cheerfully describe themselves as “melodic punk/hardcore with off-key vocals” for crimes against pitch: We were warned. Besides, their sheer enthusiasm is entertaining, and their rough-hewn hooks are a welcome break from the usual Cookie Monster growls and stylized screams that so many genre vocalists settle for. Lyrically, the album is all over the map, which fits. There are vulnerable

love songs (“World Without You” and “Just Mine”), manifestos against consumer culture (“Rat Syndicate”) and occasional attempts to incite a riot (“Violence Party”). There’s not much of a unifying theme, but at least all the important bases get covered. The production work on Searching for Sincerity is superb. The sound is raw and powerful without losing any balance or fidelity, just polished enough to sound damn good when you turn it up. Which you should. Eric “Noodle” Wisowaty did an expert job, and the album clearly benefits from a single hand doing the engineering, mixing and mastering. One thing Sink or Swim’s proper debut makes clear: They must be a nuclear blast onstage. Catch them in Vermont if you get the chance — the band is currently fundraising to play tour dates in Norway. In the meantime, Searching for Sincerity is available at sinkorswimvt.bandcamp.com.

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Unless you keep a very close ear on the singer-songwriter sets at venues like Radio Bean and the Skinny Pancake, you could be forgiven for not knowing the name Milton Busker. His presence in the folk-pop scene over the past decade and a half has been inconsistent but rewarding. Busker, who calls himself “the world’s foremost purveyor of suitfolk,” won the Advance Music Singer/ Songwriter Contest back in 2002. He dropped an EP on CD, Dance Songs Vol. II, that same year, before mysteriously vanishing from the music scene. Fast-forward about a decade to 2013, when Busker emerged from his musicless bunker. He rereleased his older EP in digital form, adding two more

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Burlington-based hardcore outfit Sink or Swim made their debut in 2013 with a short, brutal EP, Vermont Road Trips. They’ve since returned with a new drummer — and a full-length album, Searching for Sincerity. Well, “fulllength” by genre standards, anyway. In time-honored hardcore punk tradition, the album clocks in at 12 tracks and just more than 20 minutes. Searching for Sincerity is a curious title for such an anarchic, sarcastic project — although there is plenty of serious stuff here. Matt Kimball (bass, vocals) and Nick Grandchamp (guitar, vocals) share primary songwriting duties. Both are hardcore scene veterans. Kimball cut his teeth on bass for Crucial Times and juggles several side projects. Grandchamp is a

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RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Supersounds DJ (top 40), 10 p.m., free. RUBEN JAMES: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: Crusty Cuts and Loupo (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Barika (ethereal dub), 8 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Todd Glass (standup), 7:30 & 10 p.m., $20.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Acoustic Happy Hour, 5 p.m., free. Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.

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RIMROCK’S MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Rekkon #FridayNightFrequencies (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. RUSTY NAIL: Seth Yacovone Band, Jiggawaltz, Ramcore (blues), 8 p.m., $10.

middlebury area

51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE: The Brazen Youth (rock), 6 p.m., free. CITY LIMITS: City Limits Dance Party with Top Hat Entertainment (Top 40), 9:30 p.m., free. TOURTERELLE: Deb Brisson and the Hayburners (country), 7:30 p.m., $12.

JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Jeezum Crow (rock), 7 p.m., free.

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MONKEY HOUSE: Friday Happy Hour: Bryce & Cohen Bluegrass, 5 p.m., free. Radio Underground, Quincy Mumford & the Reason Why, Rad Girls (rock), 9 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

JASPER’S TAVERN: Raized on Radio (rock), 9:30 p.m., $5.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Bootless & Unhorsed (rock), 5 p.m., free. The Clicks (rock), 9 p.m., free.

MONOPOLE: Folk Faces (folk rock), 10 p.m., free.

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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Dave and Rory Laoughran (acoustic rock), 6 p.m., donation. CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Donna Thunder (acoustic rock), 6 p.m., free. Phil Yates & the Affiliates, Zeus Springsteen (rock), 9 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5 p.m., free.

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

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Cooie Sings (folk), 6 p.m., free. Binger (jam), 9 p.m., $3.

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Pop Rap Dance Party, 9 p.m., free.

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MARTELL’S AT THE RED FOX: 66 City Band (’60s rock), 9 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Tokimonsta (electronica), 8:30 p.m., $15. AA.

SUGAR HOUSE BAR AND GRILL: Miss MiZery (rock), 9 p.m., free.

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MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free.

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ARTSRIOT: Dead Set (Grateful Dead tribute), 8:30 p.m., $10. AA. BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Audrey Bernstein (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. CLUB METRONOME: 10th Annual Vermont Drag Idol, 6 p.m., $12/15. Retronome With DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Marcie Hernandez (folk), 7 p.m., free. Collaborate with DJ Phatrix & Friends (house), 10 p.m., free.

THE FARMHOUSE TAP & GRILL: Dale & Darcy (folk), 7 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke with Megan, 10 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Jahson, 9:30 p.m., $3.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Band of Ghosts (space rock), 7:30 p.m., free. Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free.

THE OLDE NORTHENDER PUB: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Lux (rock), 10 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Acoustic Brunch with Clare Byrne (folk), 11 a.m., free. Pete Sutherland & Tim Stickle’s Old Time Session, 1 p.m., free. Songwriter Sessions, 4 p.m., free. London After Dark ’67 (rock), 6 p.m., free. Espialist (Americana, shoegaze), 7 p.m., free. Greg Hall & the Barnhouse Band (rock), 9 p.m., free. WW Presents: Freak Heat Waves, Alex Calder (post punk), 10 p.m., NA.

NECTAR’S: Andy Lugo Duo (reggae, rock), 7 p.m., free. Pink Talking Fish After Party: Dub is Dead, DJ Nickel-b (Grateful Dead tribute), 7 p.m., $5/7. RADIO BEAN: Underground Wildfires (indie folk), 6 p.m., free. Letter Castle (indie folk), 7 p.m., free. Sparrow Blue (folk), 8:30 p.m., free. Folkfaces (folk), 10 p.m., free. Otter (rock), 12:30 a.m., free. RED SQUARE: Andriana Chobot Trio (jazz, folk), 4 p.m., free. Relative Souls (soul), 7 p.m., $5. Mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul, 6 p.m., $5. DJ Reign One (EDM), 11 p.m., $5. RUBEN JAMES: Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Ellen Powell (jazz), 7 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: L Yeah (house), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch Scramble, noon, $5-10 donation. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Get a Sitter (standup), 7:30 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Revibe (rock), 11 p.m., free.

VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Maradeen (rock), 1 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Zack Rhodes Trio (funk), 8 p.m., free.

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SMITTY’S PUB: Think Twice (rock), 8 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Todd Glass (standup), 7:30 & 10 p.m., $20. VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Dionysia (rock), 10 p.m., free.

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HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: VT Cover Band Showcase: Radio Flyer, Bon:Fire: AC/DC Tribute to Bon Scott, Native Tongue, Nightrain, 8 p.m., $10/12. AA. JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Sky Blue Boys (bluegrass), 7 p.m., free. MONKEY HOUSE: Phil Yates & the Affiliates, YURT, 1881 (rock), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Nerbak Brothers (blues), 5 p.m., free. Tymes Up (rock), 9 p.m., free. STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Coon Hill John (Americana), 7 p.m., free. Timothy James Connection (folk), 7 p.m., free. SUGAR HOUSE BAR AND GRILL: DJ Steve B (top 40), 9:30 p.m., free.

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation. MothershipSoulBrother (gypsy-soul), 6 p.m., donation.

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MARTELL’S AT THE RED FOX: The Nobby Reed Project (blues), 9 p.m., NA. MOOGS PLACE: Kelly Ravin (country), 9 p.m., free.

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CITY LIMITS: City Limits Dance Party with DJ Earl (top 40), 9:30 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Rehab Roadhouse (rock), 9 p.m., $3.

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PARKER PIE CO.: Celtic Session, 2 p.m., free.

outside vermont

MONOPOLE: Free Air (rock), 10 p.m., free.

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MONKEY HOUSE: Sparrow Blue, Harrison Cobb (folk), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+. PENALTY BOX: Trivia With a Twist, 4 p.m., free. SUGAR HOUSE BAR AND GRILL: Vermont’s Next Star (open mic), 8 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Bleeker & MacDougal (folk), 11 a.m., donation. SWEET MELISSA’S: Kelly Ravin (country), 6:30 p.m., free. Live Band Rock & Roll Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

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THE FARMHOUSE TAP & GRILL: Silver Bridget (musical saw), 7 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Family Night (open jam), 10:30 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Dance Video Request Night with Melody, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Lamp Shop Lit Club (open reading), 8 p.m., free. Maradeen (rock), 10:30 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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NECTAR’S: Drunk & in the Woods (soul, funk), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Able Thought (folk), 7 p.m., free. Hahn Cassady (folk), 8 p.m., free. Amanda Glasser (folk), 9 p.m., free. Furnace Creek, Hold On, Caulfield (indie folk), 10 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Mashtodon (hip-hop), 8 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: Snakefoot (house), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Comedy & Crêpes (standup), 7 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: GMCF: Best in Show (standup), 7:30 p.m., $12. GMCF: Sean Donnelly (standup), 9:30 p.m., $15.

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MONKEY HOUSE: Kelly Ravin (country), 5:30 p.m., free.

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PHAT KAT’S TAVERN: Jay Natola (solo guitar), 9 p.m., free.

outside vermont

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke with DJ Dana Barry, 9 p.m., free.

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JP’S PUB: Open Mic with Kyle, 9 p.m., free. LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Peter Williams & Bob Guerinna (jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: GMCF: Oddballs Show (standup), 8 p.m., free. Local Dork (eclectic), 10 p.m., free.

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Godfather Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free.

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eyed sweetness. But it’s cut with the gritty Memphis soul that has long been for drinks with James Carr.” We’ll work on that. In the meantime, catch Greyhounds at Club Metronome in Burlington this Thursday, July 14.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Karaoke with Roots Entertainment, 9 p.m., free.

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Papa GreyBeard (blues), 6 p.m., donation. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Cajun Jam with Jay Ekis, Lee Blackwell, Alec Ellsworth & Katie Trautz, 6 p.m., $5-10 donation. SWEET MELISSA’S: Wine Down with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. John Lackard Blues Jam, 7:30 p.m., free. WHAMMY BAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs

MOOGS PLACE: The Ramblers (country), 8 p.m., free. PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

WED.20

middlebury area

NECTAR’S: Dead Set (Grateful Dead jam), 10 p.m., $3/5. 18+.

BREAKWATER CAFÉ & GRILL: King Me (rock), 6 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Lokum (music of the Near East), 6:30 p.m., free. Grup Anwar (Turkish classical), 8:30 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Eric George & Friends, 10 p.m., $3.

CLUB METRONOME: Zion I & the Grouch, Eligh (reggae), 9 p.m., $15/17. 18+.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Joey Keogh (folk), 10 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: DJ KermiTT, 8 p.m., free. Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: Cam Will (indie folk), 7 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): CVS Jazz Night, 8 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: GMCF: Emma Willmann (standup), 7:30 p.m., $15. GMCF: Sam Morril (standup), 9:30 p.m., $15.

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BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Old Time Music Session, 6 p.m., donation.

MOOGS PLACE: Jason Wedlock (rock), 7:30 p.m., free.

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HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: The Paper Kites, Larkin Poe (indie folk), 8 p.m., $15/18. AA.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Trivia Night, 7:30 p.m., free.

HATCH 31: Bristol Folk Session, 6 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

THE DAILY PLANET: Eric George (folk), 8 p.m., free.

champlain islands/northwest

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Steve Waud (Americana), 8 p.m., free. Aquatic Undeground (house), 10 p.m., free.

BAYSIDE PAVILION: Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 6 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom

JUNIPER: Ray Vega and Friends (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Cody Sargent Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Ryan Montbleau (folk), 9:30 p.m., free. Film Night: Indie, Abstract, Avant Garde, 10 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Strawberry Riot (bluegrass, pop), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE: Blues Jam, 8 p.m., free.

burlington

NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with Disco Phantom, 6 p.m., free. Villanelles, the Mountain Says No, Dino Bravo (rock), 9:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Myles Doesn’t Play This (jazz, hip-hop), 7 p.m., free. American Opera (indie folk), 8

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

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p.m., free. Wonky Tonk (country), 9 p.m., free. David Rosane and thr American Zookeepers (folk, rock), 10:30 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda’s Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

RED SQUARE: Joe Moore Band (blues), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

THE TAP ROOM AT SWITCHBACK BREWING: Open Mic, 6 p.m., free.

SIDEBAR: Zach Nugent (soul, gospel), 6 p.m., free. Pop Rap Dance Party, 10 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: GMCF: Sketch Showcase, 7:30 p.m., $12. GMCF: Liza Treyger (standup), 9:30 p.m., $15. GMCF: Fun & Gameshow (game show), 11 p.m., $10.

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HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Black Mountain, Man Forever (rock), 8:30 p.m., $15/17. AA. MONKEY HOUSE: Broca’s Area, Dryfter Trio (future soul), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: First Tracks (rock), 7 p.m., free.

NAKED TURTLE: Jay Lesage (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., free. OLIVE RIDLEY’S: So You Want to Be a DJ?, 10 p.m., free.

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ince 2007, Burlington photographer Todd R. Lockwood has used his 1967 Hasselblad to carefully capture the faces of some of his visually compelling friends and acquaintances. Not everyone makes the cut, and Lockwood does few commissions. The selective results are largescale, black-and-white, square-format portraits that are dazzling in detail and depth. His subjects look directly at the camera, allowing viewers to, in turn, study their gazes in a manner that’s rare in real life. Who knew, for instance, that former Vermont governor Madeleine Kunin had such mesmerizingly sultry eyes before Lockwood captured them? Kunin’s portrait, along with many others he has previously exhibited, currently line the two rooms of the Champlain College Art Gallery in Burlington. But the main focal point of “Portraiture Reimagined,” as the show is titled, is an 80-inch video monitor. On it are looped 10 portraits that one might call live. Any viewer can use a cordless mouse to start, pause and rewind the series of brief films. Lockwood began pursuing this new direction in portraiture after purchasing the latest in movie-camera technology last October: an EPIC-M DRAGON Monochrome made by RED, which shoots only in black and white and in extremely high resolution. The subjects of his “cinema portraits” — the photographer coined the term — hold the same frontal gaze as in the stills but for two to three minutes each, with no edits. Viewers can practically see into their pores while actively returning their gazes. Lockwood didn’t just ask his subjects to look at the film camera for a few minutes, which would have been an intriguing but facile step beyond still photography. Instead, during each shoot, the subject was listening to his or her recorded voice — reading a poem, describing an experience or, in one case, playing a saxophone — and so the face is awash in changing emotions. Viewers hear the same recording while watching the silent subject react. Some are more expressive than others, but in each case minute facial changes become riveting.

Claude Mumbere by Todd R. Lockwood

The first portrait, titled “Chicago,” is a particular spectacle. In it, a young black man named Claude Mumbere listens to himself reading Carl Sandburg’s poem of the same title. It was the performance that launched the two-time high school winner of the Vermont Poetry Out Loud competition to second place nationally in 2012. Mumbere is a confident actor, and expressions roll like waves through his face. While his recorded voice utters the line “laughing with white teeth,” he laughs silently, revealing his own amazingly white teeth. Occasionally, Mumbere looks as if he can barely contain himself from mouthing the verses. He is re-creating his performance without actually uttering the words. Mumbere is made for film; viewers would be hard-pressed to tear one’s eyes from his expressive face, whether they know the subject’s history as a performance artist or not. A brief introduction outside the viewing room mentions Mumbere’s accomplishments, but Lockwood provides little or no biographical information about his other subjects. Nor does he offer any explanation for why they chose what to voice

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John Killacky by Todd R. Lockwood

or, for that matter, why he chose these subjects in the first place. Margaret Strouse listens to herself reading a poem that’s not her own — Rainer Maria Rilke’s “You Who Never Arrived.” She is clearly not an actor; Strouse has a beautiful face, but literary-minded viewers may prefer to listen to the poem without that distraction. Her portrait might be more compelling if we knew the reason behind her choice of text. John Killacky listens to a text he wrote that seems to be a poem. He has

a long history with the stage; many Burlingtonians know him as the executive director of the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts. What surprises in Killacky’s portrait is the narrative from his earlier life as a former marathoner and dancer cut down by an unstated injury that made it difficult to stand, or maintain a love life. By the end of his portrait, Killacky is moist-eyed, presumably reliving those difficult days in memory. In “Portraiture Reimagined,” the subjects with stage awareness are the

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CALL TO ARTISTS ‘THE ARTIST’S FAMILY’: Visual artists are invited to submit work in any medium for an exhibition opening August 5. Works should address the subject of family: biological or chosen, genealogy, heritage, baggage, privilege, etc. Deadline: July 25. For details and to submit, email joymadden@yahoo.com. Rose Street Artists’ Cooperative and Gallery, Burlington. Info, 488-4501. CAMBRIDGE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: The Cambridge Arts Council invites local artists and artisans to participate in their eighth annual sidewalk arts event on August 13. Interested artists may find more information and register at cambridgeartsvt.org, or by calling Monica at 633-2388. Deadline: August 1. Various Jeffersonville locations. $40; $20 for students. Info, 633-2388. ‘EYES THAT CAN SEE’: Seeking photographs made in Vermont for an upcoming exhibition curated by Burlington photographer Monika Rivard. Artists may submit up to five photographs to eyesthatcan see.vermont@gmail.com. Deadline: October 1. New City Galerie, Burlington.

most compelling. Add to this category Phish bassist Mike Gordon. It is pure entertainment to watch his “performance” as he listens to his prose narration about the inspiration for starting the now-renowned band. Smiling coyly, Gordon plays with Lockwood’s expectation of a frontal gaze and moves his eyes — in sync with small stretches

FUNCTIONAL AND FUNKY ART: Middlesex juried artists collective is accepting new applications from artisans who work in wood, bird houses or garden art, clocks, mobiles and whimsical functional works of all kinds. To submit, email photos of your submissions to thebuzz@thehivevt.com with “Attention Nancy” in the subject line. Deadline: August 3. The Hive, Middlesex. Info, 595-4866. THE GALLERY AT LCATV: Lake Champlain Access Television is looking for artists to exhibit visual arts at a spacious community media center in northern Colchester. Artists must meet the criteria of LCATV membership (live, work or attend school in Colchester, Milton, Georgia, Fairfax, Westford, South Hero, Grand Isle or North Hero). Exhibitions can be one, two or three months and include a reception. Group shows are welcome. Proceeds from any sales go to the artists. Lake Champlain Access Television, Colchester. Through August 1. Info, 862-5724. GREAT VERMONT PLEIN AIR PAINT-OUT: Plein air painters are invited to participate in this festive event. Deadline: July 31. For more info and to register, visit vermontartfest.com/wp-content/ uploads/2016/05/paint-out-2016-information-registration-form.pdf

craftedness. In remarks at the show’s opening, he said, “After a decade of making portraits, I’d been finding them too ambiguous.” In an email later, he specified that his still portraits provide viewers with “often too much room [for interpretation].” Stills cannot “capture a complex human story in a fraction of a second,” he added.

DURING EACH SHOOT, THE SUBJECT WAS LISTENING TO HIS OR HER RECORDED VOICE —

AND SO THE FACE IS AWASH IN CHANGING EMOTIONS.

“Portraiture Reimagined” by Todd R. Lockwood, through September 3 at Champlain College Art Gallery in Burlington. champlain.edu

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f ‘EXPOSED’: The 25th annual outdoor sculpture exhibit, featuring Korean artist JaeHyo Lee, among other works by local and national artists. Opening walkabout: Saturday, July 23, 4 p.m. July 23-October 15. Info, 253-8358. Helen Day Art Center in Stowe.

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f ERIKA LAWLOR SCHMIDT: A solo exhibition of recent works, some inspired by the first women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls, N.Y., and featuring collages of American furnishings with repurposed paper doilies and stitched thread. Artist talk: Sunday, July 31, 4 p.m. July 20-August 13. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester.

ART EVENTS LIFE DRAWING/PAINTING: Join fellow artists for drop-in figure drawing. All mediums welcome. Chairs are available, but BYO easel. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, Thursday, July 14, 7-9 p.m. $12. Info, 839-5349. AU SABLE RIVER VALLEY STUDIO TOUR: The second annual event featuring more than 25 open artist studios and spaces, presented by Norte Maar, Jay Craft Center, Young’s Studio & Gallery and Stoneledge Pottery. Reception on Friday, July 15, 6-9 p.m., at the Jay House, Jay, N.Y. Various, locations, N.Y., Saturday, July 16, and Sunday, July 17, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Info, 646-361-8512. JAY INVITATIONAL OF CLAY: The third annual exhibition features a local and regional selection of works in clay. Reception on Friday, July 15, 6-9 p.m., on the grounds. Jay House, Jay. N.Y., Saturday, July 16, and Sunday, July 17, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Info, 646-361-8512. VERGENNES ARTS WALK & RECEPTION: The public is invited to view art at select Main Street businesses, then celebrate with participating artists at Creative Space Gallery. Creative Space Gallery, Vergennes, Friday, July 22, 5-8 p.m. Info, 877-3850.

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f ‘60 PAINTINGS BY THE ART TEAM BILLYBOB’: An exhibition of works by William Coil and Robert Green. Closing reception: Friday, August 5, 5-8 p.m. Through August 31. Info, 651-9692. VCAM Studio in Burlington. ‘AMAZING GRACE’: A group exhibition celebrating the past 40 years of Grass Roots Art and

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Community Effort, which is committed to developing and promoting self-taught artists. Artists include Gayleen Aiken, Larry Bissonnette, Merrilll Densmore, Dot Kibbee, Roland Rochette, Curtis Tatro and others. Through September 3. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, in Burlington. CARL RUBINO: “From the Bark of a Single Tree,” abstract macro-photography images of compositions found on the bark of a tree on a tiny island in the Adirondacks. Through August 31. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington. CATE NICHOLAS: “First Vision,” the artist’s first solo photography exhibition. Through August 7. Info, 540-8333. Sequoia Salon in Burlington. CREATIVE COMPETITION: The community-sourced exhibition features a variety of artworks, submitted for public vote; winner takes home a kitty from artist entrance fees. MICHELE JOHNSEN AND BARBARA NEDD: “Over the River and Through the Woods,” paintings by two longtime artists whose works address place and who share ties to Colebrook, N.H. Through July 30. Info, 578-2512. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington. EBEN MARKOSKI AND INTY MUENALA: Steel sculpture and installation work, respectively, by the Vermont-based artists. Through July 29. Info, 363-4746. Flynndog in Burlington. ERIC EICKMANN: A solo exhibition of new works by the Burlington painter. Through July 27. Info, 233-2254. Karma Bird House Gallery in Burlington. ‘EXALTATIONS’: Grassroots and vernacular art from the collections of Gregg Blasdel, Julie Coffey, William L. Ellis and Jennifer Koch. Through July 26. Info, 735-2542. New City Galerie in Burlington. ‘FIXED/FLUXED’: In recognition of the Seven Below Arts initiative, this group exhibition brings together 11 former residents for an initiative meant to “de-emphasize the gallery space as a place for fixed, final products, and reposition it as a place for transitory work and evolving ideas.” Through October 1. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington. ‘FLAGS!’: An exhibition, presented in collaboration with Waterwheel, featuring handprinted canvas flags by James Belizia and limited-edition five-color screenprints by David Welker, each signed by members of Phish. All proceeds benefit Frog Hollow’s newly established artisan grant program. Through July 31. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center in Burlington. FRANKIE D.: “Creative Chaos,” a debut exhibition of acrylic paintings made with “passion, angst, imagination and intensity.” Through July 31. Info, 355-3502. Radio Bean in Burlington.

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‘MAN IN THE LANDSCAPE’: Seeking submissions of images addressing humans’ impact on Earth, for an exhibition to be juried by Brett Erickson. For details and to submit, visit photoplacegallery. com. Deadline: August 15. PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury. $30 for up to five images, $7 for each additional. Info, 388-4500.

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MAD RIVER VALLEY CRAFT FAIR: This 46th annual festival taking place September 3 and 4 seeks talented artists to fill remaining vendor booths. This is a juried show that features a range of art and craft. Interested artists, email laura@madriver.com. Deadline: August 1. Kenyon’s Field, Waitsfield. $180-300.

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Can the cinema portraits? Clearly, Lockwood — who trained in photography and then took 30 years off to pursue other interests, including owning a recording studio — thinks they do a better job. As curator Chris Thompson points out, Lockwood’s project is not rooted in irony, as were Andy Warhol’s “screen test” films of visitors to his Factory, a project that might be considered a progenitor to this one. Instead, Lockwood’s is a genuine attempt to portray people’s essences. In his world, access to that certainty increases with the frames-per-second capacity of one’s technology. Genuine or not, what a view it is. m

LABELS FOR LIBATIONS: Artists are invited to submit their designs to be featured on the next can of Art Hop Ale. Visit magichat.net/ seaba for details and to submit. Deadline: August 29. Magic Hat Artifactory, South Burlington. Info, 859-9222.

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of his music that Lockwood inserted in his narrative — up, down or sideways. His eyes become a pair of veritable dancers. Whether featuring a performer or not, however, each of Lockwood’s portraits is a performance of sorts. The subjects are not spontaneously emoting; they were given the finished audio file, sound effects and all, a week ahead of the shoot, according to the photographer. (Mumbere’s, his first, is the exception: Lockwood told him to come back the day after he filmed him reciting but didn’t say why.) It’s impossible to know whether the subjects of “Portraiture Reimagined” practiced reacting to their own words in front of a mirror. Possibly the results would have been different had Lockwood filmed them listening, unprepared, to the same recordings. Lockwood’s own declared intentions seem to point away from

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HOWARD CENTER ARTS COLLECTIVE AND BELLCATE SCHOOL: A group exhibition of works by collective members and students, as well as work from guest artists Jim Babb Jr., Nate Longchamp, Justin Rounds and others. Through July 29. Info, aforguites@howardcenter.org. Burlington Records. JEFFREY TRUBISZ: “On the Trail,” photographs by the seasoned hiker. Through July 30. Info, 660-9005. Dostie Bros. Frame Shop in Burlington. MICHAEL BUCKLEY: “Coffee, Tea and You,” an exhibition of works by the late Vermont artist made using those beverages. Through August 31. Info, 658-6016. Speeder & Earl’s Coffee, Pine Street, in Burlington. MIMI MAGYAR: “Obsessive Compulsive Dzines,” an exhibition of works in graph paper and ink. Through October 31. Info, 301-938-8981. Revolution Kitchen in Burlington. NANCY TOMCZAK: Watercolor paintings of birds of the Northeast. Through July 29. Info, 657-3872. Petra Cliffs in Burlington. ‘RUN! JUMP! FLY! ADVENTURES IN ACTION’: A traveling exhibition created by the Minnesota Children’s Museum allows visitors to engage in strength, coordination, balance and endurance training exercises in their own adventure stories. Through September 11. Info, 864-1848, ext. 120. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington. ‘A SLICE OF LIFE: EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES & SNIPPETS OF AN ARTIST’S LIFE’: A group exhibition featuring works in a variety of mediums that offer a glimpse of the artist’s life, from the most intimate to the most public moments. Through August 31. Info, 859-9222. Art’s Alive Gallery in Burlington. TODD R. LOCKWOOD: “Portraiture Reimagined,” an exhibition at the convergence of portrait photography and film. Through September 3. Info, 865-5426. Champlain College Art Gallery in Burlington.

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‘BEING PRESENT’: A group exhibition featuring the work of 25 of artists currently represented by the gallery, offering a visual and contextual reflection on its 25th year. Through September 13. Info, 9853848. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. ‘GRANDMA MOSES: AMERICAN MODERN’: This exhibition co-organized with Bennington Museum showcases more than 60 paintings, works on paper and related materials by Anna Mary Robertson Moses, aka Grandma Moses, alongside work by other 19th- and 20th-century folk and modern artists. Through October 20. Info, 985-0881. DOMINIQUE EHRMANN: “Once Upon A Quilt,” an exhibition of 16 quilts by the Québec-based fiber artist. Through October 31. GEORGE SHERWOOD: “Wind, Waves and Light,” an outdoor exhibition of eight large-scale, stainless steel kinetic sculptures. Through October 31. Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum. ‘IN LAYERS: THE ART OF THE EGG’: A group exhibition of 20-plus artists whose works focus on the beauty, biology and essence of eggs. Through October 31. Info, 434-2167. Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington. MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM: The Granville photographer exhibits images taken on trips to Europe and England during the 1970s, as well as images from coastal Maine, Vermont, New York and provinces of Canada. Through August 31. Info, 767-3844. Healthy Living Market & Café in South Burlington. PLEIN AIR EXHIBITION: An exhibition of paintings created during the Jericho Plein Air Festival. Through August 7. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

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AMANDA AMEND: “Viajes (Travels),” watercolors by the Vermont artist. Through August 26. Info, 828-0749. Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier.

‘NOTES OF COLOR’: Works in a variety of mediums and styles by members of the Vermont

Art Resource Association. ANN SARCKA: An exhibition of prints, acrylic paintings and photography . Reception: Thursday, July 21, 5-7 p.m. Through September 16. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier. ‘BIG ART, BOLD VISION’: An exhibition curated by Janet Van Fleet featuring enlargements of works by 16 artists in mall windows. Artists include: Rosalind Daniels, Anna Dibble, Janet Fredericks, Jessa Gilbert, Steven P. Goodman, Wendy James, Mark Lorah, Mickey Myers, Maggie Neale, Elizabeth Nelson, Adelaide Murphy Tyrol, Arthur Schaller, Jayne Shoup, David Smith, Kathy Stark and Frank Woods. Through November 26. Info, janetvanfleet@ fairpoint.net. Berlin Mall. ‘IMPRESSIONS’: An exhibition of works by members of Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, including Lois Beatty, Maureen O’Connor Burgess, Patty Castellini, Janet Cathey, Rachel Gross, Sheri Hancock-Tomek, Victoria Shalvah Herzberg, Judy Lampe, Carol Lippman, Elizabeth Mayor, Emily Parrish, Nori Pepe and Nancy Wightman. Through September 9. Info, 371-4100. Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin.

JULIANA CASSINO FECHTER: “Landscape: An Emotional Place,” an exhibition of paintings of local trees and environments. Reception: Friday, July 22, 6 p.m. Reading with Anne Davis: 7 p.m. Through September 10. Info, 426-3581. Jaquith Public Library in Marshfield. MICHAEL SMITH: “¿Hungry?” paintings of foods such as Wonderbread, chicken and blueberry pie. Through November 1. Info, 479-7069. Morse Block Deli in Barre. NEYSA RUSSO: “Artis Equus,” an exhibition of handmade wool felt tapestries exploring humankind’s relationship to the horse throughout history. Through July 31. Info, 229-2444. Yarn in Montpelier. RENÉE BOUCHARD: “Kaleidoscopic Pathos,” an exhibition of paintings that address landscape and human experience. Through September 30. Info, 223-5811. Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier. ROGER WEINGARTEN: “Nightsong With Parasol,” more than 80 digital prints and sculpture incorporating metamorphosis, history and humor. Through August 16. Info, 595-5252. Center for Arts and Learning in Montpelier. SUMMER ART EXHIBITION: A group exhibition of recent works by the gallery’s 15 artist-members. Through July 23. Info, 839-5349. The Front in Montpelier. TOM WIES: “Elusive Element,” an exhibition of photographs taken over the last four years in Scandinavia, Serbia, Ireland and sites across the United States, featuring landscapes, portraits and abstractions of nature. Through September 30. Info, 223-5811. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier.

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‘ROBERT DOUGLAS HUNTER AND HIS STUDENTS’: An exhibition of 24 paintings by the artist popularly considered “Dean of the Boston School of Painting,” as well as more than 50 works by students. ANDREW ORR AND HIS STUDENTS: Landscapes by the Vermont artist and workshop students, including Janet Bonneau, Nancy Calicchio, Julie Davis, Peggy DuPont, Fiona Cooper Fenwick, Barbara Jensen, Mary Krause, Julie McGowan, Howard Mitchell, Dan Pattullo, Kari-Unn Paye, John Richards, Jody Siegle and Linda Van Cooper. Through September 5. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. CAROL O’MALIA: “Intermission,” paintings of summer scenes. Through August 13. CHARLIE HUNTER: “Rail Town Noir,” paintings of railyard scenes. Through August 6. DAVID STROMEYER: “Visions in Steel,” a selection of large outdoor sculptures and smaller interior works, presented in collaboration with Cold Hollow Sculpture Park. Through September 9. Info, 253-8943. West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe. JUDITH WREND: “Sculpture,” a solo exhibition featuring outdoor, freestanding interior and wallmounted pieces that explore light, space, color and

reflection. Through September 5. Info, 888-1261. River Arts in Morrisville. MOLLY DAVIES: “Beyond the Far Blue Mountains,” a remastered digital projection of the original 16mm “three-screen fairytale.” PAT STEIR: An exhibition of prints and drawings by the world-renowned New York painter, accompanied by video of the artist by Molly Davies. Through November 13. Info, 253-8358. Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. PATTY CASTELLINI: New monotype prints by the New Hampshire artist. Through August 31. Info, 253-1818. Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. SUMMER SHOW: Works from four contemporary Vermont artists: Arista Alanis, Molly Davies, Sebastian Sweatman and Craig Wiltse. Through September 5. Info, sebsweatman@gmail.com. Vermont Contemporary Art Space in Stowe.

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ANNELEIN BEUKENKAMP: A solo exhibition of watercolor paintings by the Burlington artist, produced by Valley Arts. Through October 10. Info, 496-6682. The Bridges Vermont Resort & Tennis Club in Warren. GREEN MOUNTAIN WATERCOLOR EXHIBITION: A group exhibition features more than 70 watercolor paintings selected by three jurors. Through July 23. Info, 496-6682. Lareau Farm Inn in Waitsfield. HOPE BURGOYNE: “Elements,” a solo exhibition of abstract oil landscapes. Through July 30. Info, 2447801. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury. JULIE PARKER: An exhibition of photographs that “strip away recognizable reality” and focus on the sensations of light. Through July 31. Info, 496-5470. Three Mountain Café in Waitsfield. MAUDE WHITE: “Time Honored,” an exhibition of hand-carved paper scenes honoring the importance of marking time and bearing witness to the past. Through July 30. Info, 617-842-3332. Walker Contemporary in Waitsfield.

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‘ADDISON COUNTY IN PROFILE: SILHOUETTES FROM THE SHELDON ARCHIVES’: An exhibit of rarely displayed silhouettes of early residents of Addison County, from the 1800s to 1900s, including many prominent and accomplished personalities. Through September 3. ‘PEDALING THROUGH HISTORY: 150 YEARS OF THE BICYCLE’: In recognition of the 150th anniversary of the first pedal bicycle patent, this exhibition showcases

the extensive bicycle collection of Glenn Eames, which traces the evolution of the bicycle through today. Through October 16. Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury. ‘LIFE UNDER THE SHADOW’: Acrylic paintings by Bhutanese refugee Hom Pradhan that reflect the young artist’s experience growing up in a refugee camp in Nepal. Accompanying audio by VFC codirector Gregory Sharrow. Through July 31. ‘PORTRAITS IN ACTION’: A multimedia exhibition pairing portrait photography and audio interviews to share the work of pioneers in renewable energy, environmental conservation and land-use planning. Through August 6. HOM PRADHAN: “Life Under the Shadow,” a collection of acrylic paintings paired with audio excerpts that reflect the young artist’s experience growing up in a Bhutanese

Summer Show at Vermont Contemporary Art Space In the grand Vermont tradition of using barns as art spaces, painter Seb Sweatman has claimed the Comfort Farm Barn in Stowe as the temporary

home of pop-up gallery Vermont Contemporary Art Space. This exhibition showcases his work alongside

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Molly Davies and Craig Wiltse. Sweatman and Alanis will show abstract paintings, while video artist Davies presents three short films. Wiltse, who works in a variety of media, will show five light boxes that combine sculpture, collage and painting. A reception is Saturday, July 16, 5-7 p.m. Through September 5. Pictured: “Rett,” a painting by Sweatman.

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‘Papering the Town’ Famed circus impresario P.T. Barnum once

said, “Without promotion, something terrible happens — nothing!” With this new

exhibition, the Shelburne Museum shows 18 original circus posters meant to excite the imagination and, most importantly, draw the largest crowds possible. This is the first chance to see some of the posters Shelburne has acquired that had not been previously exhibited because of their immense size. Also on view are posters discovered in 1991 underneath the siding of Harold and Gladys Degree’s Colchester home. Though the heyday of the American circus (1870-1950) is long gone, audiences can still bear witness

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Charmer,” maker unknown. refugee camp. Through July 31. Info, 388-4964. Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury. ‘IMAGINED REALITIES’: An exhibition of photographs meant to evoke alternate realities, juried by Tom Chambers. Through August 5. Info, 388-4500. PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury.

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BETH MILLER: “This World Is Exactly What I Wanted,” a solo exhibition of works that integrate beauty, reverence, innocence and grief. Through August 6. Info, galleries@castleton.edu. Info, 468-1266. Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland.

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CAROLYN SHATTUCK: “Unstill Lifes,” an exhibition of oil-on-canvas paintings and mixed-media works on clayboard. Through September 30. Info, 773-1801. Rutland City Hall. FRAN BULL: “In Flanders Field,” an installation of etchings, sculpture and textiles that present a multilayered reflection on war and humanity. Through July 30. Info, 775-0356. Chaffee Downtown Art Center in Rutland. RUTLAND/KILLINGTON SHOWS

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‘PAUL STRAND IN VERMONT: 1943-1946’: An exhibition of 25 works taken in Vermont, just after the renowned artist’s return to still photography following almost a decade of filmmaking. Info, 443-3168. ‘PERSEVERANCE: JAPANESE TATTOO TRADITION IN A MODERN WORLD’: A traveling exhibition featuring full-scale photographs exploring the craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattooing, as represented by seven renowned tattoo artists. Through August 7. Info, 443-5258. Middlebury College Museum of Art.

STEVEN P. GOODMAN: “Dreaming of Vermont,” abstracted landscape paintings that pay tribute to the state. Through July 31. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery, Mill Street, in Middlebury.

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KLARA CALITRI: Objects and paintings by the prolific nonagenarian whose work is informed by her Austrian heritage and inspired by living things. Through August 6. Info, 382-9222. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in Middlebury.

REBECCA KINKEAD: Ten new figurative paintings by the Vergennes artist. Through July 30. Info, 989-7419. Edgewater Gallery, Merchants Row, in Middlebury.

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KAREN ROSENKRANTZ: “Birdwatching: A Metaphor for Surveillance,” oil paintings by the Boston/New York City painter, who uses birdwatching as a metaphor for the state of constant surveillance we live in today, blending aesthetics with social critique. Through July 31. Info, steven. jupiter@gmail.com. Steven Jupiter Gallery in Middlebury.

‘QUAKER MADE: VERMONT FURNITURE, 18201835’: Furniture made by Monkton Quaker Stephen Foster Stevens, exhibited alongside account books, diaries, documents, photographs and other personal ephemera. Through October 30. Info, 877-3406. Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh.

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‘THE SKY’S THE LIMIT’: A juried exhibition of work by members of the Vermont Pastel Society. Through July 29. Info, 247-4295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon. ‘SOLIDS AND SURFACES’: Handcrafted furniture by Richard Haver and painted landscapes by Grace Mellow. Through August 30. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild.

champlain islands/northwest NORTHERN VERMONT ARTIST ASSOCIATION: An exhibition of artworks by NVAA members in a variety of mediums. Through August 6. Info, 524-3699. Village Frame Shoppe & Gallery in St. Albans.

‘SWEET HARMONY BY THE LAKE’: Intergenerational art show opening featuring inspirational flags created by island schoolchildren, seniors, community members and gallery artists. Through October 16. Info, 378-4591. Grand Isle Art Works.

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‘BIRDS ARE DINOSAURS’: An exhibit that traces the evolution of birds from dinosaurs, featuring skeletons, life-size replicas and hands-on activities. Through October 31. Info, 359-5000. Vermont Institute of Natural Science Nature Center in Quechee. ‘THE BIRDS’: The fourth annual exhibition of collages and prints by Ben Peberdy of Deluxe Unlimited and W. David Powell. Through August 31. Info, 295-0808. Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction. EMILY PARRISH: “Used to Be,” new works that use the artist’s personal history to examine southern identity. Through July 31. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction.

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POLLY FORCIER: “Early American Decoration,” a retrospective exhibition of stenciled and painted objects by the local stenciling expert, including replicas of different types of hand-decorated early American objects. Through October 31. Info, 6490124. Norwich Historical Society and Community Center. ‘WINNERS AND NOT’: An exhibition hosted by the Bradford Historical Society includes a large display of vintage political posters, buttons and pamphlets from state and federal elections. Through October 31. Info, 222-4423. Bradford Academy.

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DOT KIBBEE: An exhibition of works by the artist who was an active GRACE participant from the 1980s through 2005. Through July 27. Info, 4726857. GRACE in Hardwick. ‘THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS’: A multimedia show featuring more than 100 Vermont artists and celebrating the splendors of summer, the animal kingdom and verdant rural life. Through August 1. Info, 533-2045. Miller’s Thumb Gallery in Greensboro. GEORGIA LANDAU: “Real and Imagined Works in Paint and Clay,” an exhibition of works by the Montpelier artist. Through August 28. Info, 5632037. White Water Gallery in East Hardwick. KARI MEYER: “Honest Skies,” landscape paintings chronicling “the evolving beauty of the seasons.” Through August 9. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury. ‘MIRROR/MIRROR’: An exhibition reflecting upon the looking glass and all that it contains, from telescopes to magic tricks, disco balls to dentistry, fashion to psychotherapy, myth to superstition. Through May 1, 2017. Info, 626-4409. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover. PHYLLIS J. HAMMOND: A retrospective of works by the late Newport artist and author of Traveling With Wildflowers: From Newfoundland to Alaska. Through September 10. Info, 334-1966. MAC Center for the Arts Gallery in Newport.

SUE TESTER: Photographs of local scenes, birds and animals. Through August 1. Info, 525-3366. Parker Pie Co. in West Glover. ‘X-RAY VISION: FISH INSIDE OUT’: A traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution featuring 40 large-scale digital prints of x-rays of several species of fish. Through June 1. Info, 748-2372. Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium in St. Johnsbury.

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AYN HANNAH: “Mapping With Stitches,” new textile art quilts combining layered fabric with thread “drawing.” ERIC BOYER: “Convergence,” sensuous sculptures made from wire mesh. Through August 31. Info, 257-4777. Gallery in the Woods in Brattleboro. ‘UNION STATION: GATEWAY TO THE WORLD’: An exhibit of images and stories of Brattleboro’s Union Station, home of BMAC, to mark the 100th anniversary of its opening. Through October 23. ‘UP IN ARMS: TAKING STOCK OF GUNS’: A group exhibition considers the enormous physical, psychological and symbolic power of guns in the U.S. Artists include Liu Bolin, Linda Bond, Kyle Cassidy, Madeline Fan, Susan Graham, Jane Hammond, Don Nice, Sabine Pearlman and Jerilea Zempel. Through October 23. JAMIE YOUNG: “Chaos and Light,” a solo exhibition of paintings depicting several spe-

cies of vines covering trees all over New England. Through October 23. PHILIP J. CALABRIA: “The Stilled Passage: Photographs of Unrestored Ellis Island,” photographs of the historical immigration passageway. Through August 29. Info, 257-0124, ext. 108. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

students and staff, Project Action participants and other community members engaged with the Photovoice initiative. Photovoice uses participatory photography to facilitate conversations about community and values. Through July 31. Info, 885-8372. The Great Hall in Springfield.

JON GREGG: “Evolving a Mark,” paintings by the Vermont Studio Center cofounder. Through August 14. Info, 251-8290. Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts in Brattleboro.

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‘LANDSCAPES AFTER RUSKIN: REDEFINING THE SUBLIME’: An exhibition curated by American artist Joel Sternfeld, who uses Victorian scholar John Ruskin’s work as a departure point for contextualizing contemporary renderings of landscapes and nature. Works are by Joseph Beuys, Katherine Bradford, Christo, Gustave Courbet, Naoya Hatakeyama, Anselm Kiefer, Raymond Pettibon, Gerhard Richter, Thomas Ruff, Ai Wei Wei, David Wojnarowicz and more. This show also serves as the world debut of Sternfeld’s 2016 film London Bridge. Through November 27. Info, 952-1056. Hall Art Foundation in Reading.

“CONTEMPORARY QUILTS: FROM TRADITIONAL FORMS TO ART QUILTS”: A group exhibition of works by quilters from Readsboro and the surrounding area. Artists include Norma Abel, Tessa Atwood, Cindy Bartosewcz, Jeanne Chivers, Betty King and Carol Marks. Through July 24. Info, 423-5600. Confluence in Readsboro.

MOLLY HATCH: “Passage,” site-specific sculpture and drawings by the Massachusetts-based artist. Through July 30. Info, 380-1607. Catherine Dianich Gallery in Brattleboro.

‘MILTON AVERY’S VERMONT’: Works the American modernist created based on his summers spent in southern Vermont during the mid-1930s through the mid-1940s. Through November 6. MARCY HERMANSADER: “It Is All a Mystery,” a selective retrospective featuring four distinct bodies of paperworks dating from 1981 through 2015. Through July 31. MARK BARRY: “Something About Summer,” an exhibition of paintings based on images of the everyday life the artist creates with family and friends. Through October 2. Info, 447-1571. Bennington Museum.

‘SPRINGFIELD PHOTOVOICE’: More than 100 images taken by Community College of Vermont

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Mark Barry The Bennington Museum opens “Something About Summer”

in its Regional Artists Gallery, featuring “faux-naïve” paintings by Baltimore and North Bennington artist Mark Barry. Varying in size, the works depict what he has dubbed “the seemingly ordinary moments in life that aren’t ordinary at all.” Such moments include apple eating, bike riding, and gathering with friends and family. Barry uses broad strokes and a cartoonish style to show a “genuine appreciation of life.” A reception is Saturday, July 16, 3-5 p.m. Through October 2. Pictured: “Apple Eaters.”

BUNNY HARVEY: “Fully Involved,” a solo exhibition of semiabstract landscape paintings. Through September 11. Info, 498-8438. White River Gallery at BALE in South Royalton. ‘A JOURNEY ACROSS BOUNDARIES’: A group exhibition curated by artists Angelo Arnold and Gowri Savoor, featuring works by Arnold, Galen Cheney Jason Galligan-Baldwin, Karen Henderson, Liz Kauffman, Rachel Moore, Savoor, Jason Swift and Mary Zompetti. Through September 5. Info, 778-0334. Chandler Gallery in Randolph.

f PETER FRIED AND CELIA REISMAN: “Painting in the Neighborhood,” an exhibition of artworks depicting built landscapes. Reception: Saturday, August 6, 5-7 p.m. Through September 4. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester. ‘QUARTETS’: An exhibition of monoprints, block prints and paper collage by Janet Cathey and Kristen Johnson. Through September 3. Info, 889-9404. Tunbridge Public Library. ‘THE VLS COMMUNITY’: A group exhibition featuring works by Vermont Law School students, alumni, staff and spouses. Through August 13. Info, 763-7094. Royalton Memorial Library in South Royalton.

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AIDRON DUCKWORTH: “Color – a Theory in Action,” an exhibition of works meant to demonstrate the late artist’s mastery of color and its emotive qualities. Through July 24. Info, 603-469-3444. Aidron Duckworth Museum in Meriden, N.H. EDMUND ALLEYN: “In my studio, I am many,” a retrospective showcasing nearly 50 works, including paintings, drawings, films and technological pieces, by the late Québécois artist. Through September 25. LIZ MAGOR: “Habitude,” a nonchronological survey of sculpture and installation produced by the Canadian artist, called “the most influential sculptor of the past 30 years.” Through September 5. LIZZIE FITCH AND RYAN TRECARTIN: “Priority Innfield,” a “sculptural theater” containing four movies and an ambient soundtrack presented in five pavilions. Through September 5. Info, 514-8476226. Montréal Museum of Contemporary Art. JEANETTE FOURNIER: “The Art of Nature,” watercolors of the natural world by the self-taught artist. Through August 31. Info, 603-745-2141. Jean’s Playhouse in Lincoln, N.H. JULY ART SHOW: A group exhibition spotlighting work by Ann Pember. Through August 2. Info, 518-963-8309. Adirondack Art Association Gallery in Essex, N.Y. m

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movies Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates ★ ★

o many things about this picture are nearly impossible to believe: that its preposterous storyline is loosely based on actual events; that its writers are Andrew Jay Cohen and Brendan O’Brien, the team behind the two funny and inventive Neighbors features; and that it got likable and entertaining personalities Adam Devine (“Modern Family,” “Workaholics”), Zac Ephron, Aubrey Plaza and Anna Kendrick together and somehow generated zero movie magic. Is it August already? That’s usually the dumping-ground month for the summer’s bottom-of-the-barrel big-screen fails. Yet here we are, barely into mid-July, and we’re not laughing at a major studio comedy. Ninety-eight minutes has seldom seemed so long. The idea is that Mike (Devine) and Dave (Ephron) aren’t just bros. They’re really brothers, a couple of generically dim bulbs with a history of turning family celebrations into disasters. (Home movies of such events helpfully illuminate the audience in the movie’s opening moments.) Dad — a squandered Stephen Root — plays the movies ostensibly to help his sons understand why he’s laying

down a new law as their sister’s Hawaiian wedding date approaches. Thinking that it will keep them out of trouble, Dad instructs the boys to find proper, well-behaved dates to bring to the occasion. (In real life, the Stangle brothers’ cousin was getting hitched himself, but the screenwriters here substitute their sister Jeanie for no apparent reason. Sugar Lyn Beard costars in this particularly thankless role. Mike and Dave decide to bypass dating services and advertise on Craigslist. The whole thing goes viral when more than 6,000 women respond. (The guys think they’re the attraction, but it’s really the free trip to Hawaii.) Naturally, this leads to them being interviewed on a number of TV shows. (The real Stangles also eventually wrote a book.) One of these appearances catches the attention — between bong hits — of best friends Alice (Kendrick) and Tatiana (Plaza). The movie’s central, and really only, gag is that the girls are considerably wilder party animals than the guys. To win their two tickets to paradise, they get makeovers, fabricate respectable backstories and concoct a scheme to run into Mike and Dave outside a Manhattan bar. This involves Tatiana allow-

HAWAIIAN PUNCH LINE A talented all-star cast can’t save Szymanski’s one-joke raunchfest from a date with dullness.

ing a speeding cab to run into her. So, fairly early on, we perceive that this story is not in the hands of a Judd Apatow, Adam McKay or Paul Feig. Rather, it’s in the hands of first-time feature director Jake Szymanski, a 26-year-old who’s made online shorts for Funny or Die. How lazy, repetitive and predictable is the film? Let’s just say it would’ve died quickly had it debuted on that site instead of nearly 3,000 screens across the country last weekend. The cast is game, but there’s only so much it can do with writing this limited. How

many times are we supposed to watch Alice get hammered and still think it’s a subversive hoot? I lost count of the dick jokes Tatiana made. But I know she kept making them right through to the outtakes. OK, we get it: Girls just wanna have fun. Just like the guys. Too bad the script didn’t get another polish or three because, guess what, audiences do, too. What Mike and Dave really need aren’t dates but better, more imaginative material. RI C K KI S O N AK

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The Secret Life of Pets ★★★★★

t’s no secret that, however madly you love your kids, taking them to kids’ movies can be an act of monumental personal sacrifice. You check your watch and sneak glances at your email. Studios love to play the “something for grown-ups, too” card, but rare is the PG release that doesn’t leave you fighting off the nods. Well, The Secret Life of Pets is that rare achievement: an animated movie that entertains on so many levels, and at such a level of cockeyed brilliance, that it really is fun for the whole family. I don’t think I checked my email even once. I know I didn’t nod. Directed by Chris Renaud (the Despicable Me series) with an assist from protégé Yarrow Cheney, this is essentially Toy Story with tails. Instead of playthings, household dogs, cats, birds, you name it, come to anthropomorphic life the moment the homeowners turn their backs. The cast is a pedigreed assemblage that features Louis CK as the voice of Max, a rescue terrier taken in by a young New Yorker named Katie (Ellie Kemper). He’s the Woody of this version. The two clearly have bonded over the years. His idea of a great day is staring at the apartment door until she returns from work. One day, Katie returns with an unwelcome surprise: a mammoth brown mutt she introduces as Duke (Eric Stonestreet). He’s

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our Buzz. As soon as Katie hits the hay, the fur begins to fly. Woofs are replaced with words, and the illusion of contented canine coexistence gives way to all-too-human antics. Max attempts to maintain his alpha status while Duke throws his weight around, even displacing the poor pup from his personal doggie bed. This rivalry soon takes a back seat to bigger problems when Max winds up missing in the city (with a little help from

Duke), after a dog walker fails to notice he’s one leash light. Luckily, his absence is detected by Gidget (Jenny Slate), the Pomeranian next door who’s secretly mad about Max. She quickly puts together a rescue party. Joining her are neighborhood fat cat Chloe (Lake Bell), a not particularly bright pug named Mel (Bobby Moynihan), Buddy the dachshund (Hannibal Buress), Sweetpea the budgie (Tara Strong), and a hawk

called Tiberius (Albert Brooks, who just keeps getting better). Together they leave the safety of home in search of their friend. What they find is peril, violence and, most frightening, pure psychotic fury in the form of a little white bunny called Snowball. He’s a crazy, amazingly funny creation brought brilliantly to life by Kevin Hart. It’s possibly the finest work of the comic’s career to date. Snowball is the motormouth boss of a sewer-dwelling gang known as the Flushed Pets. Imagine a Guy Ritchie movie in which the criminals are feral cats with Cockney accents, vipers, giant crocodiles and abandoned sea monkeys (“We can’t help it if we don’t look like the ad!”). That’s evidently what screenwriters Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio and Brian Lynch did. To my knowledge, there’s never been a children’s film with anything remotely this surreal. The creators of Secret Life make all the right any-age moves, from the madcap jazz score by Alexandre Desplat to the gleaming skyline conjured by Illumination Entertainment’s CGI team to the bizarro laughs. It’s nonstop fun, pure genius and the closest any studio has come to winning a dogfight with Pixar. Children’s films don’t get a whole lot hairier or more hilarious than this. Take my word for it: You will not check your watch. RI C K KI S O N AK

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NEW IN THEATERS GHOSTBUSTERS: If there’s something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? In this reboot action comedy, your local ghost catchers are Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones. Paul Feig (Bridesmaids) directed. (116 min, PG-13. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy, Stowe, Sunset, Welden) THE INFILTRATOR: As the eponymous “infiltrator” in this true-story crime drama from director Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer), Bryan Cranston plays an undercover narcotics agent who breaks into the inner circle of Pablo Escobar’s drug-trafficking operation. With John Leguizamo, Diane Kruger and Benjamin Bratt. (127 min, R. Palace)

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THE BFGHHH1/2 Steven Spielberg directed this Disney adaptation of Roald Dahl’s quirky fantasy about a young girl (Ruby Barnhill) who befriends a “Big Friendly Giant” (Mark Rylance, aided by CGI) — and discovers that not all giants are so well disposed toward human children. With Rebecca Hall and Bill Hader. (117 min, PG) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCEHHHH1/2 A high school reunion brings together a CIA agent (Dwayne Johnson) and a mild-mannered accountant (Kevin Hart) who used to be the cool one in this mismatched-buddy comedy from director Rawson Marshall Thurber (We’re the Millers). (114 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 6/22)

FINDING DORYHHH1/2 Pixar’s animated sequel returns to the aquatic setting of Finding Nemo a year after the events of the first film, when the forgetful fish of the title (voiced by Ellen DeGeneres) decides to set off in search of her long-lost family. Andrew Stanton returns as director, alongside Angus MacLane. (103 min, PG; reviewed by M.H. 6/22)

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MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATESH1/2 A pair of bros (in the literal and figurative senses) place an online ad to find the perfect fun-loving wedding dates, but they get more than they bargained for in this comedy from director Jake Szymanski. Zac Efron and Adam Devine are the dudes; Aubrey Plaza and Anna Kendrick the dates. (98 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 7/13) THE MUSIC OF STRANGERSHHH1/2 This classicalmusic documentary from director Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom) follows Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, an international collective of musicians and artists, as it travels and performs. (96 min, PG-13)

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Luck will only get you so far toward that dream job or bigger paycheck. OUR KIND OF TRAITORHHH A Russian mafia operative (Stellan Skarsgård) seeking sanctuary in the UK enlists the aid of a college professor (Ewan McGregor) in this espionage drama based on the John le Carré novel. With Naomie Harris. Susanna White (Nanny McPhee Returns) directed. (108 min, R)

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THE PURGE: ELECTION YEARHHH The third installment of the dystopian horror series in which Americans are permitted to slaughter one another one night a year. Elizabeth Mitchell plays a presidential candidate who doesn’t think legalized murder is such a great idea. James DeMonaco again directed. (105 min, R) THE SECRET LIFE OF PETSHHHHH What do pets get up to when their owners are away? Plenty of shenanigans, this animated family comedy suggests. Louis CK voices a terrier trying to deal with a new dog in his household; Kevin Hart, Jenny Slate and Albert Brooks also contributed their voice talents. Chris Renaud (Despicable Me) and Yarrow Cheney directed. (90 min, PG; reviewed by R.K. 7/13) THE SHALLOWSHH1/2 If you’re just 200 yards from the beach, is a great white shark still scary? In this horror thriller from director Jaume Collet-Serra (Non-Stop), the answer appears to be yes. Blake Lively plays the surfer who finds herself in this odd predicament. (87 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 6/29) SWISS ARMY MANHHHH Paul Dano plays a guy shipwrecked on a desert island with only a flatulent corpse (Daniel Radcliffe) for company in this very offbeat indie comedy adventure from writer-directors Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. (95 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 7/6) NOW PLAYING

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THE LOBSTERHHHH1/2 In a dystopian society where singletons must find partners within 45 days or face transformation into “beasts,” Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz play people attempting to win the Mating Games. Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth) directed. (119 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 6/8)

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THE LEGEND OF TARZANHH Alexander Skarsgård steps into the loincloth in this new take on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic pulps. With Margot Robbie, Samuel L. Jackson and Christoph Waltz. David Yates (four Harry Potter installments) directed. (109 min, PG-13)

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THE CONJURING 2HHH Demon busters Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Stewart and Vera Farmiga) return in another purportedly “true” scare story from their case files. With Madison Wolfe and Frances O’Connor. James Wan again directed. (133 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 6/15)

INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCEH1/2 Roland Emmerich returns to direct this belated sequel to his 1996 alien-invasion blockbuster, but don’t look for Will Smith. This time around, Jeff Goldblum, Liam Hemsworth, Maika Monroe and Vivica A. Fox are among those defending the planet from renewed extraterrestrial attacks. (120 min, PG-13)

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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWSHH Dave Green (Earth to Echo) directed the second installment of the Michael Bay-ified franchise about an unusual crew of crime-fighting urban superheroes. With Megan Fox, Will Arnett and Tyler Perry as the mad scientist. (112 min, PG-13)

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pand your sense of your own gender. If you respond enthusiastically to these shifts, you will begin a process that could turn you into an even more complete and attractive human being than you already are.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I’ll name six heroic tasks you will have more than enough power to accomplish in the next eight months. 1. Turning an adversary into an ally. 2. Converting a debilitating obsession into an empowering passion. 3. Transforming an obstacle into a motivator. 4. Discovering small treasures in the midst of junk and decay. 5. Using the unsolved riddles of childhood to create a living shrine to eternal youth. 6. Gathering a slew of new freedom songs, learning them by heart and singing them regularly — especially when habitual fears rise up in you.

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22)

If you are smoothly attuned with the cosmic rhythms and finely aligned with your unconscious wisdom, you could wake up one morning and find that a mental block has miraculously crumbled, instantly raising your intelligence. If you can find it in your proud heart to surrender to “God,” your weirdest dilemma will get at least partially solved during a magical three-hour interlude. And if you are able to forgive 50 percent of the wrongs that have been done to you in the last six years, you will no longer feel like you’re running into a strong wind, but rather you’ll feel like the beneficiary of a strong wind blowing in the same direction you’re headed.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your life has re-

semblances to a jigsaw puzzle that lies unassembled on a kitchen table. Unbeknownst to you, but revealed to you by me, a few of the pieces are missing. Maybe your cat knocked them under the refrigerator or they fell out of their storage box somewhere along the way. But this doesn’t have to be a problem. I believe you can mostly put together the puzzle without the missing fragments. At the end, when you’re finished, you may be tempted to feel frustration that the picture’s not complete. But that would be illogical perfectionism. Ninety-seven percent success will be just fine.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): My friend Athena works as a masseuse. She says that the highest praise she can receive is drool. When her clients feel so sublimely serene that threads

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The latest Free Will Astrology poll shows that 33 percent of your friends, loved ones and acquaintances approve of your grab for glory. Thirty-eight percent disapprove, 18 percent remain undecided and 11 percent wish you would grab for even greater glory. As for me, I’m aligned with the 11 percent minority. Here’s what I say: Don’t allow your quest for shiny breakthroughs and brilliant accomplishments to be overly influenced by what people think of you. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You are at the pinnacle of your powers to both hurt and heal. Your turbulent yearnings could disrupt the integrity of those whose self-knowledge is shaky, even as your smoldering radiance can illuminate the darkness for those who are lost or weak. As strong and confident as I am, even I would be cautious about engaging your tricky intelligence. Your piercing perceptions and wild understandings might either undo me or vitalize me. Given these volatile conditions, I advise everyone to approach you as if you were a love bomb or a truth fire or a beauty tornado. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Here’s the

deal: I will confess a dark secret from my past if you confess an equivalent secret from yours. Shall I go first? When I first got started in the business of writing horoscope columns, I contributed a sexed-up monthly edition to a porn magazine published by smut magnate Larry Flynt. What’s even more scandalous is that I enjoyed doing it. OK. It’s your turn. Locate a compassionate listener who won’t judge you harshly, and unveil one of your subterranean mysteries. You may be surprised at how much psychic energy this will liberate. (For extra credit and emancipation, spill two or even three secrets.)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): What do you want to be when you grow up, Capricorn? What? You say you are already all grown up, and my question is irrelevant? If that’s your firm belief, I will ask you to set it aside for now. I’ll invite you to entertain the possibility that maybe some parts of you are not in fact fully mature; that no matter how ripe you imagine yourself to be, you could become even riper — an even more gorgeous version of your best self. I will also encourage you to immerse yourself in a mood of playful fun as you respond to the following question: “How can I activate and embody an even more complete version of my soul’s code?” AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): On a sum-

mer day 20 years ago, I took my 5-year-old daughter Zoe and her friend Max to the merry-go-round in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Zoe jumped on the elegant goldenmaned lion and Max mounted the wild blue horse. Me? I climbed aboard the humble pig. Its squat pink body didn’t seem designed for rapid movement. Its timid gaze was fixed on the floor in front of it. As the man who operated the ride came around to see if everyone was in place, he congratulated me on my bold choice. Very few riders preferred the porker, he said. Not glamorous enough. “But I’m sure I will arrive at our destination as quickly and efficiently as everyone else,” I replied. Your immediate future, Aquarius, has symbolic resemblances to this scene.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Early on in our work together, my psychotherapist confessed that she only works with clients whose problems are interesting to her. In part, her motivations are selfish: Her goal is to enjoy her work. But her motivations are also altruistic. She feels she’s not likely to be of service to anyone with whom she can’t be deeply engaged. I understand this perspective and am inclined to make it more universal. Isn’t it smart to pick all our allies according to this principle? Every one of us is a mess in one way or another, so why not choose to blend our fates with those whose messiness entertains us and teaches us the most? I suggest you experiment with this view in the coming weeks and months, Pisces.

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(March 21-April 19): Upcoming adventures might make you more manly if you are a woman. If you are a man, the coming escapades could make you more womanly. How about if you’re trans? Odds are that you’ll become even more gender fluid. I am exaggerating a bit, of course. The transformations I’m referring to may not be visible to casual observers. They will mostly unfold in the depths of your psyche. But they won’t be merely symbolic, either. There’ll be mutations in your biochemistry that will ex-

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): How often have you visited hell or the suburbs of hell during the last few weeks? According to my guesstimates, the time you spent there was exactly the right amount. You got the teachings you needed most, including a few tricks about how to steer clear of hell in the future. With this valuable information, you will forevermore be smarter about how to avoid unnecessary pain and irrelevant hindrances. So congratulations! I suggest you celebrate. And please use your newfound wisdom as you decline one last invitation to visit the heart of a big, hot mess.

of spit droop out of their mouths, she knows she’s in top form. You might trigger responses akin to drool in the coming weeks, Virgo. Even if you don’t work as a massage therapist, I think it’s possible you’ll provoke rather extreme expressions of approval, longing and curiosity. You will be at the height of your power to inspire potent feelings in those you encounter. In light of this situation, you might want to wear a small sign or button that reads, “You have my permission to drool freely.”

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