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ate Friday night, after the Vermont House completed its work for the year, members spent the final moments of the legislative session standing, one by one, to wish retiring colleagues a fond farewell. With so many lawmakers leaving, the goodbyes took some time. “Is anybody coming back next year?” Rep. SAM YOUNG (D-Glover) joked as the clock struck 11:17 p.m. Some, yes, but not the four men who have run the joint for the past six years — each of whom has served at least 14 years in state office: Gov. PETER SHUMLIN, Lt. Gov. PHIL SCOTT, House Speaker SHAP (D-Morristown) and Senate SMITH President Pro Tempore JOHN CAMPBELL (D-Windsor). As midnight approached, all four delivered farewell addresses that dwelled on the Statehouse’s collegial — even familial — nature. “Like all families, we’ve had our spats, but we’ve always come together, in the end, to do what’s best for Vermont,” Shumlin told a joint assembly of the House and Senate. The governor gamely ticked off a list of the session’s accomplishments, but even he seemed to admit that there weren’t very many. “I know this isn’t the year for tickertape parades for public service and endless thank-you tributes from your constituents,” he said before veering off his prepared remarks. “That’s why we’ve gotta give them to ourselves.” Others were more blunt. “This was probably the roughest session I’ve been in,” said Sen. DICK SEARS (D-Bennington), who has served for 24 years. “I think the leadership changes were unprecedented … That created some vacuums.” Sears’ protégé, Sen. TIM ASHE (D/PChittenden), pointed to one vacuum in particular: An administration that once ruled the Statehouse with an iron fist had spent the session “kind of closing its books.” “We don’t see the face of the administration officials the same way we have in the past,” said Ashe, who is vying to succeed Campbell as Senate president pro tem. “ I would say they’re closing up.” Sen. CLAIRE AYER (D-Addison), who is also running for the position, expressed a sentiment shared by many in the building: that the legislature has been adrift ever since Shumlin abandoned his plan

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to enact the nation’s first single-payerstyle health care system 18 months ago. “I think we had PTSD — reform fatigue,” she said. “After that big lift, I think everyone was a bit burned.” By the end of last week, plenty of lawmakers seemed to be turning their attention to the looming election season. House Republicans demanded roll-call votes Friday night on the budget and tax bills — to put themselves and the Dems on the record for electoral purposes. Scott, who is running for governor, missed his final afternoon of presiding over the Senate so that he could participate in Green Up Day festivities

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— photos of which were immediately dispatched to his social media accounts. At the start of his final press conference as speaker Friday afternoon, Smith joked about a hit piece the Republican State Leadership Committee had just mailed to his House district, assailing him for his spendthrift ways. It was scotch-taped to the glass wall of his Statehouse office. “I’m fired up about this. I think it’s awesome. It’s, like, one of my best oppo pieces,” he joked. “They must be really concerned about a guy not running for office.” Smith, who had previously committed to adjourning by Saturday, told the assembled reporters, “If we pulled an inside straight, we could get out of here tonight — but I don’t think that’s likely.” Even as he savored his final moments in command, Smith seemed ready to go home. Asked whether he felt the legislature had accomplished much this session, the speaker chuckled. “I think it’s in the eye of the beholder,” he said, before growing serious. “I think that we did.” Smith ticked off a list of three victories: a bill guaranteeing paid sick leave and more funding for human service agencies and transportation projects. “There’s not a lot of sexy stuff this year. But, you know, if you look at

the biennium,” he began, and then listed several of last year’s legislative accomplishments. A few minutes later, Smith seemed to arrive at a better answer. “You know, here’s the thing: I don’t think that we should judge the success of a session on the number of bills that we pass,” he said. “I think that we ought to look at the long-term arc and say, ‘Did we put in place policies that are going to have a long-term effect on the state of Vermont?’” He’s right. It’s not about the numbers. And while many of us focused on bills that didn’t cross the finish line — marijuana legalization, fossil fuel divestment, redefining independent contractors and ethics reform — the legislature did make incremental progress that will affect people’s lives: Youthful offenders will have greater access to the family court system; those with criminal records will have greater protections when applying for jobs; and those addicted to opiates will have greater access to naloxone. But there is something to be said for ideas that are bigger and more expansive than those — ones that could lift more Vermonters out of poverty, bring more jobs to the state’s rural reaches and improve quality of life for everybody. Such big ideas have been missing in recent years. As Smith finished up his press conference Friday, reporters asked — as they always do — whether he would run for another state office. “You know, this is a bad time to ask whether I’m running for anything,” he said, levity returning to his voice. “Because all I really want to do is run from the building.” He wasn’t alone.

The Donald Duck Since former beauty pageant magnate DONALD TRUMP locked up the GOP presidential nomination last week, party officials throughout the country have been tying themselves in knots explaining whether they’d hand him the nuclear codes. Same holds true here in bright blue Vermont. Gathered at the Statehouse last Thursday to endorse Scott’s gubernatorial campaign, many of the state’s Republicans seemed uninterested in discussing the Donald. Some stood like

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He has been paying attention to Trump’s utterances, though, and says, “A lot of it’s disturbing.” Please, go on! “Claiming that he didn’t know who DAVID DUKE was, cozying up with the Klan. Everybody says things in the heat of campaigns that probably aren’t filtered correctly, but Trump has said some things that I think a lot of Americans are going to have a hard time swallowing when they vote for him,” Milne says. “But we’ll see. There’s a lot of time between now and the election.” Wait a second. “Cozying up with the Klan” isn’t a deal-breaker? “I’m not ruling him out,” the Pomfret Republican says. “HILLARY CLINTON, according to many people who are credible or are viewed as credible, could be indicted by Election Day.” So when will Milne make up his mind? “I promise you when we get to October 15, I’ll tell you who I’m going to vote for, and you can take that to the bank,” he says. Then again, deadlines slip. Just ask Scott’s primary opponent, retired Wall Street banker BRUCE LISMAN. Two months ago, the Kasich supporter said he would make up his mind about Trump if and when the guy locked up the nomination. After Kasich dropped out last Wednesday, Lisman issued a statement pledging to “carefully evaluate” Trump’s candidacy “in the coming days.” The “coming days” have since come and gone — and Lisman remains on the fence. “You know, I don’t have a lot of time to watch television these days,” he claims. “So I’m just catching up on Mr. Trump.”

Like Milne, Lisman says he finds some of Trump’s rhetoric “offensive and, in some cases, disturbing.” For example: the likely nominee’s proposals to deport undocumented immigrants, discriminate against Muslims and punish women seeking abortions. “And he’s said other things that I found concerning, but he’s also said things that I think ring true for people and for me,” Lisman adds, citing Trump’s economic and foreign policy messages. “Therefore, I think it’s a good moment to listen to what he says between now and the convention, because he really won the race — and now what?” The Shelburne Republican isn’t leaving himself with many other options. He says he would not cast a ballot for likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, nor would he write in another candidate. So, um, doesn’t that mean he’s voting Trump? “No, that isn’t what I said,” he counters. Why not consider Clinton? “I’m in the Republican party,” he explains. “I’m from this side.” Maybe now. But as recently as October 2010, Lisman described himself to Vermont Business Magazine as “a lifelong Democrat.” Within a few years, he had jettisoned that label in order to run the ostensibly nonpartisan Campaign for Vermont — a sort of gubernatorial campaign-in-waiting funded with more than $1.3 million of his own cash. “I’ve said before I was a longtime Democrat. I gave it up along the way,” Lisman told Seven Days in an August 2013 interview. “I don’t think political parties have been doing the right thing for a while.”

That hasn’t kept him from donating at least $26,450 to the Vermont Republican Party since 2010. Prior to his partisan conversion, Lisman contributed to such Democratic luminaries as Sen. CHUCK SCHUMER (D-N.Y.), former governor HOWARD DEAN, and former senators TOM DASCHLE, CHRIS DODD and JON CORZINE. And, get this: He donated $1,000 to Clinton during her 2008 presidential campaign. “Well, I went to a fundraiser,” he says, downplaying the donation. “Someplace in New York … I think it was somebody’s office.” Funny. During that August 2013 interview, Lisman wasn’t so embarrassed by his former political beau. “I liked Hillary a great deal,” he gushed at the time. As for the $500 he gave President BARACK OBAMA later in the 2008 race? “I remember that one. A colleague asked me for a favor,” he now explains. “It was a fundraiser. He asked me to go. A close friend. I said I’d really rather not go. And he said, ‘Well, listen.’ He was a good friend.” Well. Now that Lisman’s journey across the political spectrum has landed him to Scott’s right in a Republican primary, there’s only one step left for him: endorsing Donald Trump and donning a “Make America Great Again” hat. So when’s he gonna make up his mind? “I haven’t decided,” Lisman says. I’ll make it up when I make it up.” m

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deer in headlights when a reporter asked for a show of hands of those who would vote Trump. The lieutenant governor quickly intervened. “I will say that this press conference is about electing me,” Scott said. “So I would like to ask everybody that’s going to vote for me to raise their hands.” The Republicans hoisted their hands and cheered — and then dodged several more questions about their party’s presidential nominee. In fairness to Scott, he has been nothing if not consistent in his aversion to Trump. As early as last September, he told Seven Days he found the man “totally offensive.” Three months later, when Trump called for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S., the LG tweeted, “Real leaders don’t reject American values, incite anger or exploit fear for political gain.” And in March, Scott said, “I can’t vote for someone who acts the way he does — disparaging women, minorities, mocking people with disabilities.” So it came as no surprise last Thursday when Scott stood firm and vowed to write in a noncandidate’s name for president — perhaps former governor JIM DOUGLAS. (By Friday, legislators were already circulating hot-off-the-press “Jim Douglas for President” bumper stickers.) Other Republican candidates haven’t been so clear. Almost-governor SCOTT MILNE, who says he’s “very likely” to challenge U.S. Sen. PATRICK LEAHY (D-Vt.) this fall, previously endorsed Ohio governor JOHN KASICH. Now that his fave has dropped out, Milne says, “I’m not supporting anybody for president right now.”

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n April 21, Victor Diaz, a 24-year-old undocumented farmworker and migrant-rights activist, drove to Stowe with a friend for a Mexican food event. Federal immigration officers in plainclothes intercepted Diaz and arrested him in the parking lot of the Green Goddess Café. They drove him to a St. Albans detention facility before transferring him to a prison in Dover, N.H., to await a bail hearing. When Diaz went before a judge last week in Boston, he had the benefit of an immigration lawyer and a petition on his behalf signed by 2,000 of his northern neighbors. Released on a $1,500 bond, the Mexican-born advocate is back in Vermont, but his case is far from over. As he fights to stay in the country, questions remain in what’s become the highest-profile deportation case in the state since 2013. Among them: Will public officials defend Diaz even though he was convicted of a DUI? How did U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement find out, and did his activism have anything to do with it? Diaz has worked in Vermont for about six years. He’s one of roughly 1,500 undocumented workers who keep the state’s large dairy farms running. While seasonal farmworkers can get visas through a federal guest worker program, that isn’t an option for year-round dairy farm workers. Acknowledging the need for this migrant muscle, state leaders — prodded by labor activists — have taken steps to support it. For example, in 2013, Vermont became one of a handful of states to allow these workers, who are often isolated in rural areas, to obtain a “privilege card” which functions as a driver’s license. Migrant Justice, a local group that formed in 2009 to advocate for farmworkers, played a lead role getting that and other legislation passed. It’s also called out instances of racial profiling and successfully fought previous attempts to deport undocumented workers. Members of the group helped Diaz negotiate a difficult situation in May 2014, when he quit a farm job in Ferrisburgh because of unsanitary living conditions; he said there was sewage coming out of the faucet in the trailer where he and fellow workers lived. When the employer refused to pay him for work done before his departure, Migrant Justice reps accompanied Diaz to the farm to demand his paycheck. He got what he came for. Afterward, Diaz, who now lives and works on a Vergennes farm, began volunteering on Migrant Justice’s farmworker coordinating committee. He’s helped lead its Milk With Dignity campaign, an effort to get companies to only patronize farms that meet certain labor standards, including decent accommodations and fair pay. Shortly after major milk buyer Ben & Jerry’s embraced the idea in 2015, Diaz’s photo appeared in a New York Times story about the farmworker labor movement. He had just returned from a Food Chain Workers Alliance meeting in Los Angeles when the feds caught up with him in Stowe. Diaz’s arrest spurred Migrant Justice to action — again. On April 22, while Diaz was still in jail, about

40 of the group’s members and supporters marched into Sen. Patrick Leahy’s (D-Vt.) Burlington office to demand that he intervene with federal officials on Diaz’s behalf. The group sent out a press release with the headline: “Vermont Human Rights Leader Arrested by Immigration Police at Mexican Cultural Event.” Later that day, ICE issued an explanation in a written statement that said Diaz, whose full name is Jose Victor Garcia-Diaz, was an “ICE enforcement priority” because of a DUI conviction. ICE spokesman Daniel Modricker directed journalists to a 2014 memo in which the U.S. Department of Homeland Security prioritized the government’s deportation targets. At the top of the list are undocumented immigrants convicted or suspected of terrorism and espionage; felons; and those caught at the border. The second rung includes people who have been convicted of “significant” misdemeanors — such as sexual abuse, drug trafficking and driving under the influence — as well as anyone who has “significantly abused” visa programs. On October 21, 2015, at 9:20 p.m., a state trooper pulled Diaz over in Panton because the license plate

lights on his vehicle weren’t working, according to the police report. Trooper Brett Flansburg wrote that he smelled alcohol and spotted empty beer bottles in the backseat. Diaz blew a 0.096 percent — exceeding the 0.08 percent legal limit. In November, Diaz pled no contest to a DUI in Addison County Criminal Court and paid a $400 fine. It’s unclear whether he understood that his plea would make him a priority for deportation. Migrant Justice said he wasn’t ready to be interviewed last week, and the public defender who represented him in the DUI case didn’t respond to an interview request. Undocumented immigrants aren’t guaranteed an attorney during deportation proceedings, but Migrant Justice hired Matt Cameron, a Boston-based immigration lawyer, to represent him. “I do have questions about the nature of this apprehension,” Cameron said during a phone interview last week. “It feels a little targeted to me because of his labor work.” Arousing his suspicions: ICE’s arrest report, according to Cameron, notes that Diaz is an “associate of Migrant Justice.” On the other hand, Cameron acknowledged: “ICE has been getting pretty serious about DUI convictions.”

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In response, state police declared that enforcing federal immigration would not be a priority, and the department passed a new, bias-free policy But, he said, “Certainly, he would not prohibiting cops from asking about have been the same kind of priority immigration status before making an down here in Massachusetts … We’re arrest unless it’s considered relevant to concerned with people who are beating a criminal investigation. The policy doesn’t preclude officers their wives and selling drugs.” Diaz’s supporters want more infor- from asking after an arrest, however, mation about how ICE found out about and it’s silent on what they should then his conviction and later tracked him to do with that information. Trooper Flansburg, who arrested Stowe. Diaz, said in an interview that he never When local police take a person’s finasked Diaz about his immigration status gerprints after an arrest, that biometric and didn’t know that ICE data gets passed on to ICE, began an investigation which can run the prints afterward. through its own system, What about the proslooking for matches with ecutor who charged Diaz? law-breaking noncitizens. “I didn’t report Mr. GarciaICE began using this Diaz to ICE. I don’t genertechnique in Vermont ally routinely do that,” said four years ago. Since then, deputy state’s attorney it’s run more than 76,000 Chris Perkett. Under what prints, which produced circumstances would he? “I 1,124 matches —“aliens,” don’t like to answer hypoin ICE’s parlance, either theticals,” he responded. convicted or charged with Perkett’s suggestion: a crime. Of those, ICE has “You have to ask ICE” how deported only 11. it found out. But according to Migrant Seven Days did, but Justice, Diaz shouldn’t ICE did not answer the have been flagged, because question. he had never run afoul Regardless of how it of federal authorities. An came to light, Diaz’s DUI ICE spokesperson did not complicates his case. respond to a request to conMigrant Justice mainfirm this. tains that it doesn’t warrant Diaz’s conviction is a deportation, arguing that matter of public record, so WIL L L AMBEK, it’s possible an enterprising MIG RANT JUST ICE he’s already paid the price. “He went though the crimiICE officer was keeping nal justice system and came an eye on the docket at Addison County Criminal Court. It’s out on the other side, and his interacalso conceivable that a local official tions with the law should end there,” said Will Lambek, a spokesperson for tipped off the feds. Nationwide, collaboration between the group. “In general, there is a powerful mislocal law enforcement and ICE has been less than harmonious. In 2014, lack conception that many people hold that of cooperation forced ICE to ditch its there are deserving immigrants and unSecure Communities program, which deserving immigrants,” Lambek continrelied on local law enforcement depart- ued. “I think we have to challenge that ments to help them find what ICE terms and ask ourselves what the limits of our empathy and our understanding are.” “criminal aliens.” Plenty of people agree. During Diaz’s In Vermont, police agencies distanced themselves from ICE after the May 4 bail hearing in Boston, Cameron state’s last high-profile deportation case. presented the petition and 30 letters During a routine traffic stop in 2011, asking for Diaz be released. “I haven’t Vermont state police asked a passenger, seen this kind of outpouring in a while,” an undocumented farmworker and ac- the immigration lawyer said afterward. But the elected officials who helped tivist named Danilo Lopez, for proof that he was here legally. They notified ICE, Lopez three years ago appear more conwhich started deportation proceedings flicted about what to do for Diaz. On April 22, Leahy’s state director, that lasted until 2013. ICE dropped the case when Leahy, Sen. Bernie Sanders John Tracy, told the people who had (I-Vt.) and other public officials went to bat for Lopez. VICTOR DIAZ » P.22

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ermont’s 2016 legislative session may have lacked the drama that typically plays out beneath the Statehouse’s golden dome. But as they do most years, lawmakers waited until the final week to make some of their most significant decisions. In some cases, they waited until the final moments: The House and Senate reached a deal on a controversial renewable energy siting bill just hours before adjourning last Saturday morning. With bills pinging back and forth between the two bodies, it was difficult to track which ones passed and which died on the sidelines. Here’s a partial accounting: seven bills that made it to Gov. Peter Shumlin’s desk and seven proposals that didn’t.

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Vaping Joins Smoking — Out in the Cold The Coalition for a Tobacco Free Vermont persuaded lawmakers to ban electronic cigarettes from every location where state law now prohibits tobacco products, including restaurants, public buildings and motor vehicles in which young children are passengers. The group found a powerful ally in Vermont Health Commissioner Harry Chen. He had warned that a survey of high school students showed more teenagers were “vaping” e-cigs than smoking traditional ones — a worry because both contain habit-forming nicotine. Antismoking advocates also sought to make countertop displays of e-cigs illegal, but they lost that fight. Rep. George Till (D-Jericho) hoped this might be the year he could spark interest in even more restrictive antismoking legislation. He talked the House into increasing the smoking age to 21 and taxing e-cigarettes like other tobacco products — but the Senate extinguished both measures.

Peekaboo, I See You Technology offers police powerful new tools, such as drones and license plate readers, to assist in their investigations. But the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont and several legislators argued that those innovations pose a threat to people’s privacy. With the Senate taking the lead, the legislature crafted a package that defines when police can use drones, specifically forbidding them from doing so when private citizens are “peacefully exercising their constitutional rights of free speech and assembly.” It also sets up different levels of protection depending on the kind of information that law enforcement is seeking. For the most sensitive information — emails, texts and phone calls and precise location information — police would need to get a warrant. The ACLU had hoped lawmakers would also shorten the retention period for data recorded by license plate readers mounted on police cruisers and set a higher bar for access to that database. The readers pair plate numbers with time, date and location information. Records are kept for 18 months, but the ACLU wanted the data deleted after 24 hours. In the end, law enforcement persuaded lawmakers to stick with the access procedures and retention periods that have been in place for the past three years.

Sound and Fury Throughout the 2016 session, a crew of Vermonters adorned in neon-green vests has maintained a presence at the Statehouse. Its message: Grant citizens a greater say in where solar and wind projects get built. Balancing the state’s renewable energy goals and the concerns of homeowners proved difficult, however. Not until the final hours of the session did lawmakers reach a compromise on S.230. Under the new law, towns that adopt approved plans will get greater standing in the Public Service Board process. The board in turn has to set new sound standards for wind turbines, in response to noise complaints from neighbors. Those standards won’t take effect soon enough for critics of a planned Swanton wind project. “We’re not happy,” said Fairfield resident Penny Dubie, who lives nearby. Her husband is former lieutenant governor Brian Dubie, a one-time proponent of wind power who actively opposes the Swanton project. A few days later Penny Dubie sounded more optimistic. “Even though I was disappointed, at least there will be some study and rule-making by the PSB to hopefully put in place more protective sound standards for neighbors of wind turbines,” she said.

Perseverance Pays Advocates for children and workers started pushing for paid sick leave a decade ago. Businesses pushed back, blocking bills in 2009 — mid-recession — and again in 2013 and 2014. This year was different. Rep. Tristan Toleno (D-Brattleboro), a small-business owner, introduced a scaled-back version of the legislation early last year, suggesting that advocates had broadened their base of supporters. Endorsements from legislative leaders and Shumlin improved the bill’s prospects, according to Lindsay DesLauriers, director of the small business group Main Street Alliance. But some business groups remained opposed. “It is going to impact companies that can’t afford it,” said Bill

Driscoll, vice president of Associated Industries of Vermont. “It would have been better if there was a small business carve-out.” Ten months after the House passed the bill in April 2015, the Senate followed suit, and Vermont became the fifth state in the U.S. to require employers to give their workers paid time off for sickness and injury, to go to medical appointments and to care for sick children or relatives. Beginning next January, workers will become eligible for up to three sick days a year. Starting in 2019, they can take up to five.

Second Chances A year ago, Shumlin signed an executive order eliminating a question on state job applications inquiring about criminal history. The legislature decided that private employers should follow his example. So they passed a “ban-thebox” law. Employers can still perform criminal background checks and interrogate potential employees about past infractions during an interview, but they can’t eliminate anyone based on a form. “This bill lets people tell their stories,” said Dan Barlow of Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility. Jim Harrison of the Vermont Retail & Grocers Association agreed the change had merit but characterized it as another government mandate. Lawmakers enacted an additional measure to give Vermonters a second chance to make good. In a tweak to the rules governing driver’s license suspensions, the law now allows many individuals who have lost the right to drive as a result of unpaid fines to pay reduced amounts and regain their licenses. “What we are trying to do is hit the reset button,” said Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. Donovan.

Voting Made Easy When Secretary of State Jim Condos learned about automatic voter registration from his counterpart in Oregon — now-governor Kate Brown — he knew he wanted replicate it in Vermont. When people apply for drivers’ licenses in Oregon, they are automatically registered to vote.

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Previously, wannabe drivers in Vermont have had to check a box saying they also wished to exercise their democratic rights. As of July 1, 2017, they’ll be signed up automatically. This is the latest in a string of laws designed to increase Vermont voter access — in contrast to efforts in many other states to constrict it, Condos said. In 2009, Vermont lawmakers agreed to expand early voting. In 2010 they said 17-year-olds could vote in a primary if they would turn 18 by Election Day. Last year they authorized same-day voter registration beginning in 2017.

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Divest? No So Fast, Governor Shumlin must have forgotten to check with Treasurer Beth Pearce when he declared that the State of Vermont should sell off its coal, ExxonMobil and other fossil fuel stocks. “I believe that divestment is not the appropriate strategy for our fund and is counter to our fiduciary responsibilities,” Pearce responded, marching her message around the Statehouse. Shumlin countered with a direct appeal to the Vermont Pension Investment Committee, which oversees the system’s holdings. PASS/FAIL

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Legalizing marijuana was a priority for Shumlin. But even as he announced it in January, House leaders warned that their 150-member chamber might not be ready to roll.

Plenty of lawmakers came to the Statehouse in January fed up with the nonstop problems of Vermont Health Connect, a federally mandated health insurance marketplace. But the obvious remedy — scrapping it — couldn’t be achieved quickly, according to House Health Care Committee chair Bill Lippert (D-Hinesburg). The best response the legislature could muster was a provision tucked in the budget authorizing an “independent third party analysis” to look at the system’s functionality, longterm cost and staffing — as well as to evaluate potential alternatives. Similarly, after Shumlin pulled the plug on his single-payer health care plan in December 2014, its supporters urged lawmakers to explore less ambitious alternatives. Peter Sterling, a veteran of the single-payer campaign, suggested expanding state-financed health coverage for children, aka Dr. Dynasaur, to young adults up to age 27. At the same time, Dr. Deb Richter was pressuring lawmakers to look at making primary care available to all Vermonters. “They are both good ideas that are being vetted,” Sterling said. “They are not competing.” In the final budget, the legislature directed the administration to research Richter’s proposal but provided no money. Sterling, meanwhile, secured $100,000 at the last minute — less than he wanted, but enough to keep the idea alive.

Shumlin put two aggressive medication measures before lawmakers this year but got only a fraction of what he wanted. As part of his ongoing fight against opiates, the governor called in his State of the State address for “an end to the system where doctors, dentists, and health care providers send patients home with 80 or 90 pills in their pocket.” Instead, he said, patients would be limited to 10 pills for minor procedures. The Vermont Medical Society didn’t like the idea of lawmakers telling doctors what to do. The solution: Let the health commissioner make rules to govern the prescription of opiates. House Human Services Committee chair Ann Pugh (D-South Burlington) said, “I have confidence the commissioner will come out with rules that balance appropriate pain management with protections against diversion.” Shumlin’s other medication measure met a quick death. He wanted to speed up the legal process that determines whether individuals in psychiatric crisis will be committed to hospitals and forcibly medicated. The change was intended to save the state $5 million in hospitalization expenses. The House Human Services Committee rejected that, saying bluntly, “A revision of this magnitude to a major policy in mental health treatment has no place in the budget.”

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Sen. Anthony Pollina (P/D-Washington) called this year for an ethics commission with staff empowered to investigate top government officials, echoing a proposal Condos outlined last June. “It wasn’t that I thought there was rampant corruption, but there have been a lot of questions,” Pollina said, citing concerns about the influence of campaign contributions on policy. “What we were missing was an independent entity to resolve those questions.” His bill hit resistance in the Statehouse. It took most of the 2016 session for senators to agree on a watered-down plan for an advisory commission without staff or enforcement power. “It is very difficult for legislators to craft laws that impact legislators,” Pollina observed. The bill set some rules, too. Legislators and top government officials would have to wait at least one year before lobbying for private clients before the legislature or other public bodies. It also said candidates for elected offices would have to disclose sources of income, board memberships and company holdings. But because the Senate didn’t send the bill to the

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Last fall, lawmakers started hearing from school board members about burdensome school budget caps enacted as part of a 2015 school consolidation law called Act 46. The caps hit lowspending towns harder than high spenders. Shumlin urged the legislature to delay or repeal the caps before school boards finalized their budgets at the end of January. Some legislators worried about taking pressure off school boards to control spending. House Republican leader Don Turner of Milton warned, “Make no mistake, any change by the legislature that repeals or increases the allowable growth limit will increase education spending and increase your property taxes.” The House and Senate sparred until the last minute before agreeing to soften the spending cap for many school districts and eliminate it for those spending less than the state per-pupil average. But they boosted the penalty for districts that exceeded the cap. As House Education chair David Sharpe (D-Bristol) summed it up: “We helped school districts without destroying the good things in Act 46.”

“There is not broad consensus about which way to go,” House Majority Leader Sarah Copeland Hanzas (D-Bradford) said at the time. Four months later, House members proved her right, soundly defeating a Senatecrafted legalization bill and then nixing an alternative plan to decriminalize the cultivation of up to two pot plants. Lawmakers did quietly pass separate legislation that expands access to legal medical marijuana. People with glaucoma and those with chronic pain will now be able to get it. For a detailed analysis of how legalization went south, see story on page 18.

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ast December, Gov. Peter Shumlin called several Democratic House members to his Montpelier office as he prepared for his final legislative session. He wanted their counsel on marijuana and was seeking champions to help get legalization legislation through. He got plenty of advice but never found the House ally he was looking for. “I said I thought we needed more time,” said Rep. Donna Sweaney (D-Windsor), a 20-year House veteran who joined the meeting by phone. “My thinking was ‘Yep, this is going to happen, but maybe not now.’” “There was nobody … so excited they would take the lead on it,” recalled Rep. Tony Klein (D-East Montpelier), who also weighed in. Klein supports legalization, but without regulation or taxation. He didn’t feel strongly enough about Shumlin’s plan to take the reins. Despite the governor’s support, and passage of an early version of a bill in the Senate, the bid to legalize marijuana in Vermont went up in smoke this year. While the average Vermonter might have expected it to be a slam dunk, pro-legalization forces had trouble agreeing on who could grow and sell pot. Opponents were louder than supporters. And budding advocacy efforts never turned into the kind of statewide grassroots effort required to overturn federal legislation. Perhaps most importantly, Shumlin didn’t have the full support of House Speaker Shap Smith (D-Morristown), who last year switched his position on pot from reluctant to amenable and back again as he entered and then withdrew from the governor’s race. Smith said he supported the concept but argued that the majority of his members weren’t ready. Shumlin apparently wasn’t listening. Despite the lukewarm response he got from House Democrats at the end of 2015, the governor called legalization a priority in his January State of the State address. He had lined up a longtime friend and ally, Senate Judiciary Committee chair Dick Sears (D-Bennington), to lead the way in the Senate, where lawmakers of both parties were more open to the idea of regulating and taxing marijuana. But Shumlin, Sears and other supporters underestimated resistance in the House and never came up with a game plan to win its members over. “It is incredibly disappointing,” Shumlin said after the House defeated

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legalization by a resounding 121-28 vote. An alternative plan to remove criminal penalties for cultivation of two plants also went down, 77-70. What did the House object to? “I think it’s a two-year bill,” said Rep. Tom Stevens (D-Waterbury), a liberal legislator who supports the concept of legal weed but voted against the Senate version of the bill when it finally reached the floor last week. “If you’re going to legalize something that’s illegal federally, the deliberative process has to be thorough. I think the Senate version had too many holes in it.” Ideally, people have to be talking about it outside the Statehouse, too. It takes years of public education and marketing to drive difficult-to-pass legislation across the goal line in Vermont. Supporters have to elect legislators who agree with them. Constituents have to hound them. And advocates have to find real people with moving, mind-changing stories. Such was the case with the 2009 same-sex marriage law, the end-of-life patient choice law in 2013 and the labeling of genetically modified foods in 2014. In 2016, that sort of effort was just starting for marijuana legalization. The Vermont Coalition to Regulate Marijuana aired ads, but such campaigns failed to create a groundswell. “I think the governor overreached and misjudged the mood of the state,” said Kevin Ellis, a veteran Statehouse lobbyist who opposed the bill on behalf of Smart Approaches to Marijuana

Vermont. “Clearly, the House reflects the state more closely.” “In the House, people said they were not hearing from their constituents on this,” said Allen Gilbert, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont, a legalization supporter. “Someone once told me, ‘Politicians don’t lead; they follow.’ You have to lead with some sort of campaign that makes them feel compelled.” The Senate Government Operations Committee started gathering ideas about legalization in 2015. This year, Sears’ Senate Judiciary Committee conducted five public hearings around the state. But there were no House Judiciary members on either panel, Gilbert noted — a missed opportunity for lawmakers working in different chambers to hear the same public testimony. “It would’ve been a totally different story if you held those hearings jointly,” Gilbert said. People attended the hearings, but it wasn’t standing room only. Some Vermonters admitted marijuana use, but others may have been reluctant. “People who smoke marijuana don’t want to speak up, because they’re criminals. That’s why you didn’t get a lot of constituent contact,” said Rep. Sam Young (D-Glover). Opponents didn’t dominate the discussion, but many of the critical voices had more clout. Police shared many concerns about legalization, including the potential for more drugged driving, for which there is no roadside test. South

Burlington Police Chief Trevor Whipple and Vergennes Police Chief George Merkel stood vigil at the Statehouse last week, urging House members to defeat legalization and decriminalization. Shumlin’s urging, meanwhile, failed to convince many House members. As a lame-duck governor whose favorability ratings had spiraled, he had lost the power of persuasion. “People are feeling pretty sore right now about Vermont Health Connect,” Stevens said of the state’s troubled health care exchange and how it reflects on lawmakers. “It would’ve been hard to say, ‘Trust us on this.’” He had his own doubts, too. “I couldn’t guarantee that we would be able to pull this off.” Shumlin did enlist Sears, a key move in getting the legislation to pass the Senate. The powerful senator is a retired youth counselor who said he hadn’t smoked marijuana since he was first elected to the Bennington Selectboard in 1987. He promised Shumlin only that he would give the issue a hearing. But Sears went much further, persuaded that it would be tougher for youths to get marijuana in a regulated marketplace. A sizable group of legalization backers surrounded Sears in the Senate. Two of them, Sens. Jeanette White (D-Windham) and Joe Benning (R-Caledonia), had written their own bill in December. It would have legalized marijuana this year, including home cultivation and marijuana lounges. Although legalization supporters were happy to have a bill on the table on day one of the session, they knew its 100-square-foot plots would never fly. When Sears, with help from Shumlin staffer James Pepper, unveiled his own bill in late January, it allowed for sale and possession of marijuana. But Sears worried that marijuana grown on 100-square-foot plots would end up on the black market, so he nixed home growing altogether. Politically, that hurt, said Matt Simon, New England political director for the pro-legalization Marijuana Policy Project. “It diminished the enthusiasm of supporters and created opposition,” Simon said. Home cultivators, once strong allies, came out against Sears’ bill. On Facebook, the group Vermont Home Grown advised members: “PLEASE CONTACT YOUR REPS AND ASK THEM TO VOTE NO BECAUSE THIS

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IS A CORPORATE WEED BILL WITH HOME GROWN AND SMALL FARM LICENSES PROHIBITED.” Shumlin said he would be OK with legalizing a small amount of homegrown pot, but he yielded to his ally Sears. It was apparent that even among supporters, there was no consensus about what legalization should look like. White said that shows why it would be difficult to become the first state to legalize marijuana through legislation. In Colorado, voters faced a simple yesor-no decision via public referendum. “It’s way more complicated” to spell out how legalization would work, White said. “What does legalization mean? There wasn’t agreement on that.” After the Senate voted 17-12 to move Sears’ bill to the House, legislators’ differences became even clearer. Uncomfortable with Sears’ plan to legalize commercial growth and sale, House members started tossing out alternatives such as legalizing or decriminalizing home cultivation.

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“There was never any gelling around a particular proposal,” Speaker Smith said. “I think that caused real problems.” House Judiciary Committee chair Maxine Grad (D-Moretown) argued that Sears’ bill would open the door to corporate marijuana, which she criticized as “not the Vermont way.” Sears fumed. “Corporate weed? If you really read the bill, it was more like Heady Topper weed,” he said, referring to the Vermont craft beer. But if Grad and Sears viewed the bill differently, it may have been because they never talked it over during the fourmonth session, Sears acknowledged last week. As counterparts, the two legislative leaders routinely discuss legislation related to legal matters. This year, however, Sears said their schedules kept conflicting, and Shumlin and his staff never pushed the two to get together. Sears conceded that the lack of communication was probably a mistake. “We really misjudged where the House was,” Sears said. Mid-session, for example, he was surprised to discover that Rep. Betty Nuovo (D-Middlebury), a longtime liberal lawmaker on the

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ore Vermont parents are losing their children in custody battles with the state — a debilitating side effect of Vermont’s opioid-abuse crisis. Petitions for “termination of parental rights” increased 61 percent between 2011 and 2015, from 208 to 335 cases annually. When state prosecutors take that final legal step, they almost always win. Last year, courts approved 88 percent of their petitions. A significant number of those cases go all the way to the state Supreme Court, at which point the details — minus proper names — end up in the public record. In the end, the state breaks up a Vermont family almost every day. Parents who are hooked on heroin and prescription opiates are driving an increase in child neglect cases, according to state child welfare officials and prosecutors. “It’s the drugs,” said James Hughes, state’s attorney in Franklin County, which has been swamped with juvenile cases. “Young parents are taking care of their addiction instead of taking care of their children.” Petitions for “children in need of supervision,” when the state takes custody on a temporary basis, are also way up statewide. They increased from 867 to 1,252 cases over five years ending in 2015. Those filed on grounds of abuse and neglect, as opposed to sexual crimes or other factors, have increased 91 percent within the same time frame. According to the data, and the social workers, temporary cases often become permanent. The decision to sever ties between parents and children has deep ramifications. It might save lives or spare children the long-term developmental harm that can be caused by abuse and neglect. In one case appealed to the Supreme Court, a child was subjected to “unexplained non-accidental injuries in mother’s care.” Another case refers to a stepmother who told a social worker she wanted to “be the next one on TV for killing her kid.” But acting too aggressively can be dangerous, too, if it breaks the powerful bond between parent and child when a second chance might allow a mother or father to become more responsible and keep a family intact.

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“Separating even a nonideal parent from a child is just a tremendous stressor, and many kids are extremely attached to parents who can be neglectful and abusive,” said Dr. David Rettew, associate professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. Termination of parental rights decisions are difficult but ultimately must be guided by one goal, he said: “Obviously, the standard is: What is the best interest of the child?” State officials hoped that big investments in medically assisted opioid drug treatment would help addicted parents break their habits and safely care for their children. The number of people in such treatment statewide nearly doubled from about 1,600 to 3,000 over the past two years, but that hasn’t reduced juvenile caseloads. “It’s killing us, to be blunt,” Hughes said of the backlog in Franklin County, where juvenile cases used to take up one day a week on the court calendar and now easily fill three or four. A jury receiving room is being converted into a second family courtroom and a new assistant state’s attorney is coming on board to help in July, as part of a $10 million child welfare funding infusion approved by the legislature this spring to add Department for Children and Families social workers and office staff, new government lawyers, and at least one new judge.

There’s statewide competition for the new resources. Hughes says he needs two new attorneys, not just one, and another full-time support staffer to handle the load of child welfare cases, which are almost always driven by the same thing. Almost every case has “a substance abuse aspect to it,” Hughes said. Currently there are 1,380 children in custody of the DCF, and they’re trending younger than in the past: 532 are under the age of 6, up from 284 in 2013. The increase means DCF is scrambling to recruit more foster parents, including some who will go on to adopt children if the birth parents lose custody permanently. A shift in policy may also be a factor in the growing numbers. The death of two small children in 2014 caused some to question whether DCF had been putting too much emphasis on family reunification. Both children had been removed from their homes after DCF found evidence of abuse. They were subsequently reunited with their families, only to die, authorities say, at the hands of caregivers. An outside review by a panel of experts recommended reform. “DCF staff training should clearly address the staff misperception that reunification should always be pursued first and foremost,” read the Vermont Citizen’s Advisory Board Child Death Review Report. “DCF should train staff to assess child safety first and foremost, and to pursue reunification only when safe and in the child’s best interest.”

Deputy DCF commissioner Cindy Walcott says the state is doing just that — without being overly aggressive in terminating parental rights. Matt Valerio has a different perspective. As Vermont defender general, he oversees the court-appointed lawyers who represent parents at risk of losing their children. “People in the field are telling me that government is taking children into custody that, five years ago, they might not have,” Valerio said. Addiction alone didn’t used to be sufficient justification — especially if the parent was seeking treatment. Now the state isn’t taking any chances. Most of the parents facing termination of rights are poor, he added, and this makes it more difficult for them to stabilize their lives and deal with addiction. “To be perfectly frank, this isn’t a legal problem at all,” Valerio said. “This is a poverty problem. A treatment problem, a housing problem, a jobs problem, all arising out of poverty.” Children in termination-of-parentalrights cases have typically already been removed from the parent’s care for safety’s sake. Often they have been placed in foster homes or with relatives who become licensed foster parents specifically to care for their own kin. Safety is not the only factor driving terminations, though. Permanency is also a consideration. Federal law strives to prevent children from lingering in foster care or bouncing from home to home, although some children still do. The law says that when children are placed in “out-ofhome care” for 15 of the last 22 months, the state must file to terminate parental rights unless it can show there is a compelling reason why this is not in the child’s best interest. That provision leaves room for discretion. Some advocates for parents say the state should give parents more time to conquer their addictions with treatment, since relapse is common. Others say it’s unfair to leave children in limbo that can go on for years. One case that was appealed to the Supreme Court last year involved child neglect by an opioidaddicted mother who had been in and out of treatment for nine years. Balancing the need to give parents a chance and to give children permanency

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Not all termination of rights cases inin an adoptive home is “a very thorny volve drugs. Sometimes other issues are problem,” Walcott said. Parents who have battled addiction a factor, including mental illness. That’s know that firsthand. Skyler Browder how Martha Bowdish of Weybridge is a former heroin addict who says she came to be the adoptive mother of a has been clean and sober for more than 19-month-old boy this spring. The state took custody of the child two years, since shortly before her little from his mentally ill mother when he boy was born. One evening last week after her was 5 weeks old and placed him in son was in bed, Browder, a 26-year- foster care with Bowdish, who has old student at Community College three teenage and young adult children of Vermont, sat on the couch at her of her own and has been a foster mom modest Colchester apartment and to more than a dozen children over the past four years. talked about her journey. When her adoptive son arrived as Next to the couch, balloons tied a newborn, it was supwith bright ribbons posed to be a temporary marked the boy’s recent placement. Then his birthday. A pint-size father relinquished cusbasketball hoop stood tody, no other relatives in the living room, and stepped up to care for the fridge door was the baby and the state plastered with pictures filed to terminate the of the smiling, brownmother’s parental rights. haired tot. “In his case, nothBrowder relishes ing else was viable. And being a mother. But it we just fell in love with wasn’t always so. She him. He’s been a part gave her first baby up for of our family from the adoption five years ago JAMES HUG HES, beginning,” Bowdish because she was using F RANKLIN C OUNT Y said in the kitchen of her heroin and knew she STAT E’S AT T ORNEY farmhouse on Lemon wouldn’t be a fit parent. Fair Road, where freshBrowder also believes the child would have been removed by baked banana bread sat on the counter the state if she had not relinquished and a carefully written list of family rules taped to the wall advised: “Do not rights. “I didn’t go into any treatment pro- let other peoples’ bad day make you gram, because I really didn’t want to have a bad day.” In the first month that Bowdish stop,” she said. “I had no desire to be clean fostered her 19-month-old, his birth and sober and no desire to be a parent.” When Browder found herself preg- mother visited the boy several times, nant again in 2013, she was ready to and the two women met. “She comchange. She enrolled in a methadone pro- pletely loved him, adored him. I think gram, to help quit heroin and moved into if she was mentally stable, she could a residential program at the Lund family have cared for him,” Bowdish said. Then the mother went nine months center in Burlington a week before her son’s birth. She spent 14 months living without seeing the baby and in court at Lund learning to be a parent and stay hearings gave mixed signals about clean. She tapered off the methadone what she wanted for the child longterm, according to Bowdish. shortly after her son was born. “In one court hearing she said, ‘I want Browder, a single mom, attends support group meetings four times a Martha to have him.’ The next court hearweek and says she has divorced herself ing she said, ‘No, I want you to wait until from the people who were part of her January … I might be able to take him by world when she did heroin. She’s close then.’ The judge just said no.” Bowdish loves her little son dearly to both her parents and wants to be a but understands how wrenching it was teacher someday. In her view, addicted parents need for his birth mother to lose him. After the adoption, the birth parents more assistance in the form of counseling, sober houses where they can live have no legal rights to see or commuwith their children and regular sup- nicate with the boy, but Bowdish says port groups. Treatment with metha- she wants him to know who they are done, Suboxone and other drugs is not someday. She said, “I don’t want to close that enough, she said. “It takes a lot more then popping a door for him.” m pill to become a productive member of society again,” she said. Contact: molly@sevendaysvt.com

LOCALmatters Pass/Fail « P.17 Pearce, who turned out to be a formidable opponent, won the battle. Lawmakers didn’t enact divestment legislation — but they did agree to a nonbinding resolution expressing their support for divestment. VPIC, on which Pearce serves, responded by establishing a subcommittee to investigate the idea. Pearce told lawmakers last week that the board would hire two financial consultants — one recommended by divestment advocates — to provide joint recommendations. Sierra Club Vermont program manager Robb Kidd praised Pearce’s role in “giving an active voice to everybody.” But he gave Shumlin credit, too, noting that VPIC wouldn’t be talking about divestment “if the governor hadn’t come out and supported it.”

Labor Pains When he’s constructing a house, Swanton homebuilder Denis Bourbeau wants to be able to bring in a cabinet maker, an electrician or a plumber as independent contractors. But state labor auditors informed him that some of those workers should be considered employees, which obligates him to pay for their worker’s compensation and unemployment insurance. Bourbeau is fighting the ruling in court, but in the meantime, he and other Vermont business owners hoped lawmakers would clarify the definition of an independent contractor. In March, a bill that would do just that passed the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee by a unanimous 11-0 vote.

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Victor Diaz « P.15 crowded into the senator’s foyer that Leahy was “clearly concerned about this.” Tracy also said that Leahy, a longtime advocate for immigration reform, “strongly feels that our scarce [enforcement] resources be focused on criminals, not on people who are abiding by the law or raising families.” This was before ICE disclosed Diaz’s DUI. Asked later whether the DUI changed Leahy’s stance on the deportation proceedings, his spokesperson, David Carle, said in an email: “Senator Leahy recognizes and appreciates the concerns expressed on behalf of Mr. Diaz, who has been an important member of the Vermont community for years. The facts of the case, including Mr. Diaz’s criminal conviction, are continuing to unfold, and Senator Leahy will continue to closely follow the case. Until there is more clarity, it would be inappropriate to say much more.” Sanders is also being cautious. According to his spokesperson, Josh Miller-Lewis, the senator’s office sent a letter to ICE “asking them to carefully consider all the factors in Garcia-Diaz’s case, including community ties in Vermont.” Miller-Lewis said it was against policy to share the

communication. Yet when Sanders’ staff penned a letter on behalf of Lopez in 2013, it was posted on the senator’s website. Given that tepid congressional support, and his “second priority” status with ICE, does Diaz stand a chance of staying in the country? Cameron said he’ll seek prosecutorial discretion — in other words, he will try to convince ICE that it’s got bigger, more dangerous fish to fry. He may also pursue what’s called post-conviction relief, attempting to retroactively modify his original conviction by, for instance, changing Diaz’s plea deal to a lesser offense — undercutting the argument for deportation. “I think we have a very strong case for that, based on the amount of support we have seen this week,” Cameron said. Resolution likely won’t come quickly. In Boston, where Diaz is being prosecuted, immigration court cases take, on average, 586 days from start to finish. In the meantime, Diaz doesn’t plan to lower his profile. According to Lambek, he’ll continue advocating for farmworkers’ rights with Migrant Justice. Contact: alicia@sevendaysvt.com

Labor leaders, however, quickly moved to scuttle the bill, arguing that a new test for determining who qualifies as an independent contractor would open the door for abuse. “We don’t want to FedEx-ify Vermont,” said AFLCIO of Vermont president Ben Johnson, referring to the shipping company whose drivers are considered independent contractors. In the closing week of the legislative session, the House banished the bill to another committee that didn’t have time to act on it. The fight is not over, said Maureen Connolly, executive officer of the Homebuilders and Remodelers Association of Northern Vermont: “We will turn to the election. We’re going to educate Vermont citizens why this matters.”

Tooth Tax Pulled Vermont has a big budget gap because of mushrooming

Medicaid expenses. Shumlin proposed to fill it by expanding a health care provider tax to dentists and independent physicians. Hospitals, including hospital-affiliated physician practices and nursing homes, already pay the tax that, if broadened, would have raised $17 million and drawn down $20 million in federal funds. But dentists and indie doctors rallied patients and quickly quashed the plan. “It was a nonstarter,” said Vaughn Collins, executive director of the Vermont State Dental Society. Minnesota is the only state in the U.S. that currently taxes dentists. Following suit would have hindered recruiting and retention, according to Collins, with patients likely shouldering the extra cost. It wasn’t the first time Shumlin tried to tax dentists. He had proposed a teeth tax in his first budget address six years ago. Then, as now, Collins said, “It didn’t go anywhere.”

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New CEDO Director, Same ‘Personal Hardship’ Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger announced Monday that he wants state Commissioner of Housing and Community Development Noelle MacKay to be his new director of the Community and Economic Development Office. She would earn $96,836. Weinberger is seeking a “personal hardship” exemption from the city council on MacKay’s behalf so she does not have to move to Burlington. Otherwise, MacKay would need to comply within a year with a charter provision that stipulates top appointees must be legal voters in Burlington — for which residency is a requirement. Debate flared about the residency rule last month. Some residents questioned the hardship exemption given to Burlington’s new school superintendent, Yaw Obeng, who bought a house in South Burlington, where his kids attend school. Supporters of the rule, including city council president Jane Knodell, say it assures that leaders have “skin in the game.” Opponents say it’s not fair to ask people to move for appointments that might last just a few years, and a residency requirement limits the pool of qualified applicants. Seven Days recently found that several high-paid city appointees have exemptions. They included former CEDO director Peter Owens, who commuted from a home in Hanover, N.H. In a memo to the council, Weinberger wrote that it would be a hardship for MacKay to move to Burlington because she and her husband purchased their Shelburne home in 2012 and “have put significant resources into restoring it.” Weinberger added: “If they are required to sell their home in the next year, they are likely to suffer a financial loss.” MacKay’s appointment confirmation and exemption request will come before the council on May 16. She would start work August 1. MacKay currently oversees a staff of 40 permanent employees and 50 seasonal workers in a $28 million department of state government. She is the former executive director of Smart Growth Vermont. MOLLY WALSH

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the 32 years of his sobriety, which he considered, rightfully, one of his greatest achievements. His caring and concern ranged from the largest — taking care of our planet and resources — to the smallest — providing a home and shelter for his beloved dogs, Rocky and Mister A. When stricken with lymphoma at the age of 59, Steve fought with the courage, determination and positive spirit that marked his every pursuit. It is his fighting spirit, his thirst for life and love, his smile, his intelligence, his moral compass, and his kind and giving nature that we will all always carry in our hearts.

Steve, the son of Robert and Helen (Fuller) Butler, leaves behind his wife, Sheila, and her family Margaret, Louise and Matthew; his sisters Barrie and Beverly; beloved nieces and nephews Lara, Brendan, Tim, Ryan, Julia, Davis, Sarah and their families; and his brother in spirit, Duncan. There will be no public service; however, in lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sport or the Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice, whose members shared so much of their love and kindness. Steve lived life large and beautifully, and so we say “Elo Negie Soli” to our beloved Steve … sometime again.

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hrill hounds, make room in your collections next to ARCHER MAYOR and DON BREDES for a third standout author of gritty Vermont mysteries. Bennington County’s ERIC RICKSTAD is increasingly distinguishing himself as an author of dark, pageturning procedurals with topical twists. If you know Rickstad’s name from his debut coming-of-age novel Reap, set in the Northeast Kingdom and published in 2000, you can be assured he’s still covering some of the same territory, geographically and emotionally. Now, however, his protagonists are detectives rather than frightened youths caught up in rural crime, and they’re reaching a new audience. Rickstad’s thriller The Silent Girls, published in 2014, landed on the New York Times and USA Today best-seller lists. His new novel, Lie in Wait, takes place in the same town — Canaan, Vt. — a few years earlier. Specifically, it’s November 2010, and passions are running high about a pending (fictional) marriage-equality court case. An ambitious Canaan lawyer has drawn local ire by taking up the cause of a gay couple seeking to wed. When a teenage babysitter is found brutally murdered in his home, suspicions immediately go to certain prominent Take Back Vermont activists. But smalltown detective Sonja Test, facing her first murder case, doesn’t want to jump to conclusions. Rickstad’s third-person narration takes us into the minds of characters on opposing sides of the debate, heightening both empathy and suspense as the murder investigation unearths a wider-reaching tragedy. While not as gothic as The Silent Girls, Lie in Wait proves satisfyingly twisty and harrowing as it races to a startling denouement. Tying it all together is the likably stubborn and perspicacious Test — a mother of two young children who’s determined to take an active role in the case rather than ceding it to a senior state police detective. Seven Days quizzed Rickstad via email about his grim, compelling and not always geographically literal visions of Vermont. SEVEN DAYS: Your first novel, Reap, was characterized as “literary.” When and how did you decide to start writing thrillers? How different are the two genres in your mind? ERIC RICKSTAD: I believe most books are characterized or categorized by people other than the writer. Reap was literary, but, I thought, also very suspenseful, if a slower burn than my “thrillers.” Genre is a peculiar beast. After Reap, I perhaps got lost in trying to be too “literary” and lost sight of what I love most: a good story that keeps me up late at night or causes me to be the last person to get off a plane. I had always written about crime; the social, economic, psychological and emotional factors that lead

year and half, and to be translated in several languages is crazy to me. Good crazy… Lie in Wait has done very well out of the gate. It was an international best seller its first four weeks in stores and is up for an International Thriller Writers Award. To be able to go to conventions and meet or be on panels with writers such as Chris Pavone, Gillian Flynn, Paula Hawkins, Lawrence Block and Walter Mosley, that’s pretty fun. SD: A few characters from Reap appear in Lie in Wait. Why did you decide to connect the two books? ER: Lie in Wait decided for me. I was shocked as I wrote those characters in and discovered they were a part of Lie in Wait. Shocked and saddened, because what occurs is pretty tragic, heartbreaking, I think. I never know what is going to happen when I sit down to write each day. I don’t have a clue. I don’t outline. I am as surprised when a twist comes as the reader hopefully is. When I write a novel, it’s as if I am the first reader of a novel no one else has read yet. I possess the only copy, and it’s all in my mind. Of course, the first several drafts are pretty lousy reading. But, eventually, it improves.

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a person to violent crime or murder intrigue me, as does the aftermath, the emotional ruin for family and friends and community. But I also love a page-turner. I guess the difference between “literary” fiction and “genre” is that genre isn’t afraid to put the story out there, create a constant tension and suspense in nearly every sentence that makes for compulsive, addictive reading. So, basically, I went from writing “literary” novels about crime to writing “crime” novels with all the literary chops and personal style I could bring to them. SD: Did you expect The Silent Girls to sell as well as it did? Have the strong sales opened new opportunities for you as a writer? ER: I didn’t know what to expect. I hoped it would do well. But even if I’d had expectations of good sales, those expectations would have been far exceeded by how strongly readers have responded to it, both in North America and around the world. To have it be a New York Times, USA Today and international best seller for many weeks, continue to find readers after a

SD: Do you have a particular town in mind when you think of Canaan, or is it a composite? ER: I grew up fishing and hunting up there [in the Northeast Kingdom] and loved it then and now. I love the beauty of it, and the contrast of that beauty with the severity of the place, the weather and remoteness, and the difficulties of making a go of it in such an isolated area. The stresses and pressures it can impose on people, as it also offers relief and serenity. I wanted a very isolated and remote sense of landscape, physically and psychologically and emotionally for a setting, so Canaan having Canada for its north border and New Hampshire to its east was perfect. I also love the name itself. It’s a biblical reference. I use many place names that resonate for me, that actually exist, but the geography is way, way off. Lost Nation Road, Forgotten Gorge, Unknown Pond, Avers Gore. I love the sounds of these places and the atmosphere they create. But my map is in my head, and anyone who ever used that map to try to get around in the NEK would be lost very quickly and probably end up driving down the wrong dirt road and never be seen again. SD: What kind of research did you do to portray a small-town detective? ER: I know a few police officers who have been irreplaceable to me. I bounce ideas off of them and ask them if what I’ve written is remotely accurate. I met and emailed with one detective who’d been in homicide and narcotics for 25 years in New York City. Another one is a writer whom I more recently befriended. He

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was the detective sergeant in homicide in the Portland, Maine, force for more than two decades. I’ve already sought his advice for my latest novel. It’s invaluable. SD: Your two thrillers both broach contentious issues. What kind of role do you see your writing as having in relation to politics? ER: I often write from a place of outrage. Political or social. For instance, I am outraged when I learn from a news piece that a perpetrator of a recent murder or rape or violent crime against a woman has made a life of this behavior. Has been in and out of jail for repeat offenses and, to my mind, should have still been in jail and not free to harm again. For me, I find it impossible to write about crime without drawing from social injustices or social/political hot-button

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Fans of MARGOT HARRISON’s film reviews in Seven Days probably know that she has a thing for horror movies. Turns out the Burlington author can pen a spine-tingling tale herself. Those who have had a chance to read advance copies of Harrison’s new novel, The Killer in Me, have pronounced it “very scary.” In its recent starred review, Publishers Weekly calls the book a “terrific debut thriller.” No wonder the trade group Independent Booksellers put the book on its Summer/Fall 2016 top-picks list — one of just six selected in the young-adult fiction category. It’s a total conflict of interest for Seven Days to praise The Killer in Me — Harrison is our associate editor. But we’re proud of her and delighted by the book’s early warm reception. On the advance proof, publisher Hyperion’s teaser copy reveals: “Seventeen-year-old Nina Barrows knows all about the Thief. She’s intimately familiar with his hunting methods: how he stalks and kills at random, how he disposes of his victims’ bodies in an abandoned mine in the deepest, most desolate part of a desert…”

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he Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department’s information specialist and staff photographer describes himself as a “science communicator.” That is, most of his work involves documenting FWD staff at work, from game wardens tracking down poachers to wildlife biologists radiocollaring bears. His goal, TOM ROGERS says, is to “give people that connection to our work and [show] why it’s exciting, fun and important.” The 34-year-old Potsdam, N.Y., native, a wildlife biologist himself, has worked for FWD for four years. This Saturday, May 14, Rogers will teach a workshop on wildlife and nature photography at Elmore State Park. The event, cohosted by the Vermont Woodlands Association, will cover the basics of exposure, depth of field and use of camera equipment, followed by a field session in the park. FWD bird biologist JOHN BUCK will be on hand to help attendees find actual critters to shoot. In advance of the workshop, Seven Days spoke to Rogers about his photography, which has taken him to nearly 30 countries. SEVEN DAYS: How long have you been shooting nature photography? TOM ROGERS: Off and on since college. After grad school, my wife and I took a year off and worked and volunteered our way around the world. That’s when my interest in photography really took off. We were in places like the Ghats of India, the Himalayas and the Middle East, where the potential for photography is just spectacular. I took tens of thousands of photos. SD: Are you formally trained in photography? TR: No, I’m completely self-taught. My father-in-law is a really good photographer and has given me some

education in it. I also went out for one day with Kurt Budliger, a famous Vermont photographer, who did a one-day personal training for me. But that’s the extent of it. SD: This seminar is mostly for beginners to learn the basics and intermediates looking for some new tricks? TR: That’s right. I’ve done seminars like this for a few years, since I started working for the department, because photography is a great way for people to connect with nature. Traditionally, [the Fish & Wildlife Department] has focused on hunting, fishing and wildlife watching. But with the digital photography revolution, an amazing number of people are getting out there and taking pictures of birds, moose and other wildlife. SD: What are some common mistakes that amateur photographers make when shooting nature? TR: I wouldn’t necessarily call it a mistake, but one thing people tend to do is not really explore what their camera can do. Beginners can be a little bit intimidated because digital cameras have all these different functions and features, and people tend to just keep it set on “auto” for everything. My goal is that, within 20 minutes of showing people the basics of their cameras, they’ll have an understanding of how to start the next steps to exploring those things, and [we can] take away some of the mystery of those functions and allow them to branch out. SD: Where do you recommend photography buffs go in Vermont to get good wildlife pictures? TR: The best one is Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area in Addison. It offers fantastic opportunities to see

birds and waterfowl, as well as all the things that want to eat waterfowl, like raptors. Also, this time of year in the Northeast Kingdom, if you drive along the smaller roads in Island Pond, you can get out of your car and hike some of the trails, and you’re pretty likely to see moose. They tend to concentrate in the mucky ponds and low-lying areas where they get salt runoff from the roads. SD: How have you gotten some of your best wildlife shots? TR: I feel like I’m revealing the secrets behind my magic tricks a little, but one of the good things about working as a wildlife biologist is that I get up close and personal with a lot of wildlife. We’re banding or radio collaring or dealing with animals that are being rehabilitated, so I get a lot closer to them than most people do. SD: What are the best times for shooting wildlife in Vermont? TR: Dawn and dusk. That’s when wildlife are most active. The challenge is that sometimes, even when the light is beautiful, it can be a little dimmer, which makes [the shutter] a little slower. So a bird is not going to stay still for long. Even a moose will look blurry if you can’t take that fast, well-lit shot. m Contact: ken@sevendaysvt.com

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magazine, candidly admits in his comic, “Booze gave me the courage to try things I wouldn’t normally do creatively.” Colleen Frakes lives in Seattle, where she’s working on her sixth graphic novel. She writes, “The first year was tough! CCS didn’t know what they were doing yet. We were in class 12 hours some days.” The party occasioned a reunion not just for the early “pioneers” but for other alumni of CCS, who greeted one another with particular enthusiasm and camaraderie. “It’s been like old home week,” said STEVE BESSETTE, a faculty member and himself a pioneer graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art (now the Kubert School) in Dover, N.J. “At least 20 to 25 alumni have come back.” Bessette’s award-winning comics include Saga of the Swamp Thing (written by Alan Moore), and he has illustrated many fiction and nonfiction books. Fraternizing with Morgan and Studlar at the party, Bessette guessed that CCS has graduated “150 to 200 students at this point.” BEN T. MATCHSTICK, coinventor of the PinBox 3000, took a break from watching small children attack his cardboard pinballs and summoned a crowd for a different entertainment. “Little ones in front, bigger ones in back,” he commanded with the practiced ease of a street performer. Listeners duly arranged themselves for Matchstick’s kamishibai (paper theater) performance of Sturm’s wordless book Birdsong: A Story in Pictures. The audience included a police officer, whose ostensible weekend duty was to

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Just down the block, the thesis works of the class of 2016 were on view in the foyer of the historic Colodny Building. This former department store — whose vintage sign still hangs in the entrance — was the original home of the cartoon school. In 2011, CCS expanded into the former post office nearby. Manning a table filled with free comic books, RAINER KANNENSTINE said he just graduated from the Vermont Commons School in South Burlington, now lives in White River Junction and plans to attend CCS this fall. His grandmother, artist MARGARET KANNENSTINE, roamed the crowd and smiled approvingly at some pint-size painters. CCS faculty member JON CHAD, author of Leo Geo and His Miraculous Journey Through the Center of the Earth and other graphic books, sat down at a table to autograph copies of Science Comics, in which his comic “Volcanoes: Fire and Life” appears. A line quickly formed. “Do you prefer monsters or robots?” he asked each person, and then carefully drew the chosen creature before signing his name. m

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speakers. Among the latter was longtime CCS board member MATT DUNNE, who did not mention that he happens to be running for governor. In its first decade, the Center for Cartoon Studies has not only survived but thrived; it now offers one- and twoyear programs as well as a master’s of fine arts degree. Without question, the school has contributed greatly to the unique creative energy of this erstwhile sleepy railroad town. Actually, scratch “sleepy”; at one point, a rumbling, ground-shaking, whistling train passed nearby, serving as a reminder that trains still wake residents on a regular basis. Such late-night disturbances were among the reminiscences featured in “Pioneers,” a simple black-and-white comic anthology created by five CCS first-year students and sold at the party for $3. The cartoonist contributors illustrated hardships they recalled from their time at the then-experimental school. Ross Wood Studlar, who is now a park ranger out west and draws comic books featuring animals, remembers walking home from his CCS classes “in 30 below zero, plus wind chill.” Sean Morgan, now an illustrator and staff artist at Dime Entertainment

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n overcast sky failed to dampen spirits in White River Junction last Saturday. The CENTER FOR CARTOON STUDIES was hosting a 10th-anniversary block party that brought a stream of visitors to the middle of downtown. It was a joyous, all-ages affair: Little kids drew their own cartoons, played with cardboard pinball machines, painted at easels, lined up for free comic books and snacked on pizza and free cupcakes. The grown-ups did much the same — plus stood around talking, as adults do. The party took place one day after the school’s 10th graduation ceremony, which featured a commencement talk by New York Times best-selling cartoonist Nate Powell. At the party, CCS cofounders MICHELLE OLLIE and JAMES STURM wore nonstop happy faces as they mingled with friends and guests. Current students and interns made free buttons out of vintage comic books, staffed art tables and showed visitors around the Schulz Library in the school next door. On a small outdoor stage, CCS MFA graduate and now school faculty member LUKE HOWARD played emcee, introducing a lineup of entertainers and

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When Seven Days stopped by to ask if the Blaisdells had ever received threats because of this digital glitch, Kristine, 31, was flummoxed. She had no idea their four-acre plot had achieved such prominence in Google’s eyes and reported no contact from either Google or any “strange solicitors.” “Nobody’s ever come up and said, ‘Hey, this is Vermont!’” she said. Carrying 1-year-old daughter Delaney in her arms, Blaisdell threw on a pair of shoes and gamely walked the couple hundred feet to the exact point that Google uses to define “Vermont.” It’s a wooded area adjacent to a small clearing where the Blaisdells keep their firewood. It boasts no geographic markers, no unusual terrain, no evident internet-enabled beacons. Blaisdell was amused by the whole situation. Far from fearing retribution from internet bad guys, she seemed delighted to learn that her property embodies a digital quirk. “We’ll tell [our son] Colton he can build a fort here — Fort Vermont!” she said. Blaisdell plans to show off her “fame” on Google Maps to friends. “It’ll be our new party trick!” she exclaimed with a laugh.

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by drawing the smallest possible circle needed to enclose a given polygon, then determining the center of that circle. Of course, there are other approaches. “You can think of the ‘point’ of Vermont being the place with the biggest population, being the place with the most Foursquare reviews, being the place that most people have gone to as tourists,” said Morris. “And those are suggestions that, certainly, a company like Google is capable of offering. This is what interests me: Somebody made the conscious decision to put Vermont’s centroid [in Morristown] for Google.” Morris sees no human or digital logic underlying Google’s selection of the Morristown address to represent Vermont. He’s posted a query about it to the popular programming site Stack Overflow, but, at press time, no explanations had emerged. Similar questions have been posted over the years on Google Maps’ online forums, but the internet giant has not offered answers. Nor did its representatives reply to Seven Days’ inquiries. Drive out to the Morristown address nearest Google’s “Vermont” pinpoint, and you’ll be greeted by an ungainly yellow Lab and an aged mutt, both barky but friendly. They belong to Kristine and Brad Blaisdell, who live hard by the Internet Heart of Vermont. Brad is a landscaper; Kristine stays at home to care for their two kids.

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the IP address attached to it — as the default internet address from which they operated their fraud and identity-theft scams. Until the Fusion writer explained the situation to the residents, they were at a loss as to why they’d been harassed and threatened both on- and offline. Alerted to the problems its algorithms caused, MaxMind has since relocated the country’s “center” to a nearby lake. Resident fish and toads are unlikely to notice any internet threats they may receive. Morris explained that digital maps traffic in three kinds of information: points, lines and polygons. The last term refers to a bounded area on a map, such as the vaguely funnel-shaped outline of Vermont. Trouble can arise when mapping algorithms treat polygons as points. This level of approximation poses no problems for many practical applications. Morris said GPS can pinpoint a location “down to six points of decimal precision, lat/long.” That’s enough to help you find your friend at Speeder & Earl’s, even if your phone can’t find her table by the window. “It doesn’t really make much of a conceptual difference if you’re here and your geolocation thinks you’re over in that corner, because you’re still in the building,” Morris said. Certain applications, however, commit rounding errors of far greater magnitude. An entire country can be reduced to a single dot or “centroid” on a digital map. Mapmakers generally calculate a centroid

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he internet is jam-packed with inexplicable stuff: Bronies, YouTube comments and Nyan Cat, to name a few. For an online quirk that’s more mundane but also more locally relevant, look no further than Google Maps. Ask for driving directions from any American city to Vermont, without entering a specific address for the latter. Google Maps will direct you to a wooded area near the end of Fairwood Parkway in Morristown. WTF? It’s impossible to drive to a nonspecific place, so when you enter a vague query, Google does a little computational approximation, selecting a point to “represent” Vermont. The logic behind the selection of that point, however, remains unclear. By contrast, let’s say you query Google Maps for directions to North Dakota. The site will steer you to the state’s approximate geographical center — just northwest of a body of water called Turtle Lake. This “smack-dab in the middle” strategy makes spatial and logical sense. Yet the Lamoille County town of Morristown, though roughly equidistant from Vermont’s eastern and western borders, lies well north of the state’s geographical center, which many Vermonters would place near Randolph. Compounding this cartographical weirdness, Google Maps is very specific about the point it uses to represent Vermont. The site directs users to drive to a particular address, then get out of their cars and walk a short distance to arrive at “Vermont.” The location has clearly not been chosen arbitrarily. So what’s going on here? Many of us use Google Maps as our go-to source for driving directions. Does an approximation like this one suggest that the Big Internet in the Sky is deliberately misleading us? Should Morristown brace itself for an onslaught of confused out-of-state travelers? Bill Morris, a cartographer with Burlington data-centric marketing outfit Faraday, alerted Seven Days to this quirk. He discovered it after reading an article in the online Fusion Journal about another mapping service that ran into unexpected difficulties owing to its definition of the geographical center of the United States. For years, MaxMind placed that center on a family farm in Potwin, Kan. Unfortunately for the residents of that farm, countless internet no-goodniks used MaxMind’s “geographical center” — and

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hy don’t they design a biodegradable butt? Yeah, that’s a real puzzler — if there’s one thing cigarette makers are known for, it’s their deeply felt sense of social responsibility. Probably just nobody’s brought it to their attention yet. We’ll come back round to this in a minute, but let’s talk in the meantime about part one of your question. The short answer is no, filters don’t really do anything. They’re about the illusion of a lighter cigarette rather than the fact of one. This revelation shouldn’t exactly be shocking, but you may be interested to learn that manufacturers didn’t set out to make a deceptively useless filter — early on, cigarette manufacturers appear to have actually wanted

something that would remove some of the harmful materials their products contained. You old enough to remember the 1950s, Tom? Americans had by then been puffing happily away on their massmanufactured smokes for half a century, while at the same time lung cancer — previously quite rare — was becoming epidemic. It was only after World War II that scientists started putting the pieces together. As we know now, cigarette-industry players — Philip Morris, Lorrilard, et al. — were soon well aware of the link between their products and lung cancer; they just didn’t feel like sharing this info publicly. Manufacturers did, however, put some cash behind a project to mitigate, in earnest, some of the malign side effects of smoking: the cigarette filter.

would appreciably reduce the health hazards imposed by smoking (caused by tar, nicotine and gases) while preserving the taste and ‘satisfaction’ that smokers craved (provided by tar, nicotine and gases).” Accordingly, the industry did something that conformed much more to our expectations for its behavior. One chemist discovered that if you adjust the pH in cellulose-acetate filters, you can get them to change color during the smoking process, making it look like some really bad stuff is being screened out. Thus does the filter story take its ghoulishly cynical left turn: Hoping to keep concerned smokers on board but unable to actually make cigarettes safer, manufacturers settled for tricking the smokers into thinking the cigarettes were safer. Where does that leave us? The fact that filters change smokers’ MO has produced one observable public-health effect: a shift in the type of cancer you get from smoking. A 2011 study in the International Journal of Cancer, based on 30 years of research, suggested that while declining rates of squamous cell cancer can be attributed to cigarette filters, so can increasing rates of another type of cancer, adenocarcinoma, which occurs in parts of the lung that

smoke reaches through deeper inhalation. You can’t win for losing. Anyways, getting to your other question: Celluloseacetate filters are photodegradable, meaning that UV in sunlight breaks them down somewhat. This might be OK but for the fact that so many of them — globally about 4.5 trillion butts become litter every year, out of 6 trillion cigarettes annually smoked — end up in the environment. We don’t yet know what damage this is doing, though (for instance) under lab conditions, one cigarette butt in one liter of water is enough to kill both salt- and freshwater fish. The tobacco industry’s position? It’s smokers’ responsibility not to litter — full stop. You can expect to be waiting on your better filter just a while longer.

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Do cigarette filters provide any benefits to the smoker, or were they simply created by the tobacco companies to make customers think they were addressing the health risks of smoking? Filters seem to trap something, as evidenced by the discoloration noticed on any discarded butt. While I’m on the topic, why don’t manufacturers make filters out of something that actually decomposes when exposed to the environment, rather than something that litters our beaches, parks and sidewalks forever? Tom M.

And they appealed to textile and chemical companies for help. An early result was the Kent Micronite filter, designed by Lorillard; it used asbestos fibers to trap, uh, harmful substances. The fact that it was literally full of carcinogenic matter wasn’t what made it unpopular. Rather, the thing worked too well: The Micronite, which removed 30 percent of tar particulate, also removed the cigarette’s flavor and forced smokers to pull harder on their draw. It also proved excessively tricky for mass production, as did filters using natural materials like cotton and wool, which have a nonuniform structure. What manufacturers needed was something that could be made in volume and at low cost — Americans at the time were, after all, going through about 400 billion cigarettes a year. The answer turned out to be a filter made of cellulose acetate. This did, indeed, block a little tar and toxic gas, but smokers, ever resourceful, responded by changing their behavior — smoking more, taking deeper puffs, etc. — thereby making the practical effect of the celluloseacetate filter approximately nil. At this point, cigarette makers basically threw up their hands, yielding to the intractability of what was known as the “filter problem.” As a 2011 paper in the journal Tobacco Control put it, researchers had “confronted an engineering contradiction: to design a cigarette filter that

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On a High Note Soprano Mary Bonhag of Scrag Mountain Music gives voice to Vermont

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hen Mary Bonhag and her husband, Evan Premo, moved to Vermont from Red Hook, N.Y., in 2010, locals took notice. Both were good-looking, in their midtwenties and finely trained as classical musicians — Bonhag as a soprano, Premo as a double-bass player. Within a year of their arrival, they had launched a concert series in the Mad River Valley with the ease of seasoned professionals. Bonhag and Premo named their enterprise Scrag Mountain Music, after the peak near Northfield that the couple could see from their first cottage. Scrag’s mission was twofold: to provide a retreat for their wide circle of urban musician friends and to make classical music accessible to everyone. Its motto: “Come as you are. Pay what you can.” If that sounds idealistic, this unusual couple has made idealism work for them. They have created communitysupported chamber music in a rural state and changed the way their audiences experience classical concerts. Scrag has become an integral part of Vermont’s music community, even influencing the way the state’s other classical groups approach their audiences. Strong as a team, the spouses are in-demand performers individually, as well. Premo, who is also a composer, spends more than a quarter of the year traveling around the U.S. for residencies and as far afield as London and Abu Dhabi for gigs with a chamber music collective called Decoda. Meanwhile, Bonhag has become Vermont’s go-to soprano soloist for such groups as the Burlington Choral Society and Capital City Concerts in Montpelier, giving some 25 non-Scrag performances a year. She also conducts the Mad River Chorale. All this while being the primary caregiver for the couple’s two sons: Glen, 3 and a half, and George, 15 months. “I feel like a pioneer, like Laura Ingalls Wilder,” Bonhag joked during a recent singing practice in the home she and Premo bought in Marshfield last year. “I have no model for this.” Yet she is doing “this,” and with a sense of adventure. “What would you like to do with your one wild and precious life?” her cellphone voicemail asks. Bonhag is making up her own answer as she goes along.

Making a Home Next week, Scrag Mountain Music will present a concert called “Water, Women and Whales” in Randolph, Montpelier and Warren. Bonhag, who will sing works by George Crumb, Robert Schumann and Kaija Saariaho, has been squeezing in near-daily practices at home. Last Monday was a typical one for the singer, aside from the presence of a reporter, who was following her around in hopes of answering the question, How does she do it?

Mary communicates with her voice, with her face, with her body —

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Premo was in the Adirondacks for a five-day teaching gig. In the morning, Bonhag had driven Glen to preschool in Montpelier with George in tow (50 minutes round-trip). At noon, Bonhag and toddler retrieved Glen (another 50 minutes), managing to get groceries on the way. Sometimes the children nap in the car during these trips, their mother said; that day, they did not. Later, Bonhag would have a lengthy vocal practice and a quick dinner, then head to Moretown for a twohour rehearsal with the Mad River Chorale. She would

get home around 10 p.m. A babysitter would be with the boys for seven hours. “It’s really a full day. And my days are all like that,” the singer told Seven Days with a laugh, pulling diapers from the grocery bags she’d deposited on the floor. Bonhag, 30, has blond hair, a wide smile and graceful posture. That last feature comes from years of practicing the Alexander Technique, a head-neck-torso alignment strategy that dates from the 1890s. Bonhag’s ease of movement, combined with her seamless dual conversations with children and reporter, gave her a calm, unflustered presence. “I think we’re going to cook that first, George,” Bonhag said cheerfully to her younger son; on the floor, he’d pulled a yam from a bag and begun to gnaw on it. Meanwhile, Glen, who had proudly taken on the task of putting groceries away, expressed delight at a red bell pepper. “I got that for you, Glen, because I know you love them,” his mother said. A row of kitchen windows overlooks the rolling hills of Bonhag and Premo’s 45-acre plot. Pointing out the forest of tall pines that begins not far from the house, Bonhag said, “I feel so protected here.” Immersion in nature seems necessary to her spiritual and bodily health. An avid gardener and herbalist, she’s looking forward this summer to developing a vegetable plot, raising chickens and putting in an orchard — that is, after Premo clears a swath of trees in front of the house. “We have big plans in terms of homesteading,” Bonhag said. As if to verify his mother’s statement, Glen pulled a jar of home-pickled beans from the pantry and asked, “Can we eat these, too, Mama?” This homey environment also seems to nurture visiting Scrag musicians, who stay with Bonhag and Premo, at neighbors’ houses or at a nearby inn. Cooking and eating together is a crucial aspect of Scrag residencies, which the series has offered from the start. “More than one [player] has said, ‘Wow, this has revived my passion for music,’” Bonhag said. New York-based pianist David Kaplan, who just performed for the University of Vermont’s Lane Series, will arrive at the couple’s house on Monday, May 16, for his second residency with Scrag. Toward the end of his weeklong stay, he’ll accompany Bonhag in “Water, Women and Whales.” In a phone call, Kaplan recalled how, last summer, his hosts hiked the property with their troupe of musicians, took them for a dip in their stream, and treated them to a bonfire one night and slow-cooked pork another. During rehearsals, the group took breaks so that Mary could breastfeed George. “They’re the Helen and Scott Nearing of Vermont musicians,” quipped Shelburne-based pianist Paul Orgel, referring to the pioneering midcentury back-tothe-land couple. Orgel accompanied Bonhag on songs

by Fauré, Chausson and Wolf at a Burlington concert in April. In that program, Orgel said, “Mary approached the 19th-century poetry with the same unjaded romanticism that she and Evan bring to their life in the mountains of Marshfield.”

Spirit and Revolution Bonhag grounds both her singing and her enthusiasm for rural living in a Christian spiritualism. She attends Congregational churches and feels a strong connection to what she calls “God’s creation.” “When I moved to Vermont, I felt like I could speak my heart for the first time,” she said. “People would make space for that.” That’s because Vermonters pay attention to the land and the rhythms of nature, she explained. In Montpelier, she has found a sympathetic community

she’s learned to make her practice “streamlined and efficient,” she said. When she can manage memorization, she added, it makes singing “amazing.” “You get to empathize with everything, so that you feel like you’re really singing those words,” Bonhag said. “It’s you.” Dick Riley, who leads the Burlington Choral Society, has picked Bonhag to sing solo soprano at nearly every concert — from his first with the group in 2012 to last month’s performance of parts of Haydn’s The Seasons. (He is also on Scrag’s board.) “I want to come across to the public as someone broad in his tastes,” Riley said with a chuckle, explaining his choice, “but the fact is, she’s just a thrill to work with. She communicates with her voice, with her face, with her body — she embodies music.” While “some sopranos sound the same no matter what they’re singing,” Riley added, “Mary has a re-

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markable capacity to learn a huge variety of music and represent the style of them all.” That was equally evident to Montpelier flutist Karen Kevra, the founder-director of Capital City Concerts, who played “tricky, enigmatic French” duets with Bonhag in Scrag’s inaugural concert. She has commissioned Premo to write a song cycle for soprano, piano, flute and double bass for CCC’s next season. Bonhag, Kevra said, “has a flute-like quality to her singing, and I’ve been told I have a singing quality to my playing, so it sounded like a duet for the same two instruments.” “Mary doesn’t sound like anyone else,” declared Kaplan, who first accompanied Bonhag on Aaron Copland’s “Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson” for a concert with the former Burlington Ensemble. She has the warm sound and dramatic range of any good lyric soprano, he said, but “a special quality to her voice” makes it difficult to compare her with other singers. That uniqueness, Kaplan suggested, has to do with the unorthodox professional path Bonhag and Premo

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of “herbalists and people willing to talk about things of the heart and spiritual matters.” Growing up in a rural part of Lebanon, N.H., Bonhag got her first introduction to music by singing in the church choir; her mother was the organist. That initiation has shaped her entire approach to musical performance. “For me, singing is a spiritual experience,” she said. “I feel like I am a channel for the music — something flows through me and out to the audience. It’s not about me; I’m a conduit for the music and the words and the story I’m portraying.” That’s true whether the music is religious or not, but it’s fortuitous, Bonhag said, that much of the Western repertoire for voice is Christian in origin. “Classical music comes from the church,” she said. “That makes it easy for me … The works are so comforting.” Bonhag believes the only way to truly channel a piece of music is to memorize it. That’s a challenge for her these days, with so many demands on her time. So

chose. The couple met the week before both started studying music at the University of Michigan. (Premo composed Seasonal Song Cycle for soprano and double bass, the first of many pieces he would create for that unusual pairing, shortly after meeting his future wife.) They married after graduation and moved to Red Hook, N.Y., where both could easily access more training in the New York City area. Bonhag earned her master’s in vocal performance at Bard College, in a program founded and run by soprano Dawn Upshaw. Meanwhile, Premo, originally from the rural Upper Peninsula of Michigan, completed the Carnegie Hall Academy fellowship program, where he played under the baton of Simon Rattle and others. Yet, despite this elite background, the couple chose not to then “move to New York and do the whole game,” as Kaplan put it. Instead, recalled Bonhag, the couple stunned their musician friends by moving to small-town Vermont, where they aimed to make a living bringing classical music — much of it new, difficult or both — to locals in accessible ways. Scrag concerts take place in casual locales, including farm barns, art spaces and library rooms, where attendees aren’t expected to dress up. Musicians and audiences converse freely with one another between works during both “very open rehearsals” and concerts; the musicians encourage audience interaction in their introductions to each work. Families are welcome at both; no one is shushed. And there’s no obligation to pay — a model that, Bonhag said, has consistently netted an average of $15 per audience member. “We made that up,” she explained of the payment model, which has since been adopted by Paul Gambill’s Montpelier-based Community Engagement Lab and a salon series in Bristol cofounded by pianist Cynthia Huard. The idea of bringing difficult music to nontraditional audiences came in part from two residencies Bonhag did at Yellow Barn, a summer festival and residency retreat in Putney. Artistic director Seth Knopp “just programs what he wants to program, so the whole town has this incredibly sophisticated taste in music,” she said. Scrag has had a similar effect on central Vermonters. “Over the last six years, I’ve noticed people’s ears have become more receptive to new music,” Bonhag remarked. Audiences even seemed to enjoy a “really thorny” Elliott Carter quartet, she added. As Montpelier resident Nancy Sherman, who has been to nearly every Scrag concert, put it, “They make [new music] accessible and inviting; they dramatize it. Even if you don’t know what you’re listening to, they perform in such small venues that you’re always four or five seats away, so you see their expressions. They make contemporary music not scary.” For Scrag’s final concert of the season, in August, audiences will hear contemporary music by Premo. Inspired by the success of Vermont composer Erik Nielsen’s revival of his opera A Fleeting Animal last fall, Premo is reviving his 2006 chamber opera The Diaries of Adam and Eve, which is based on a Mark Twain text. Bonhag will sing the lead. Nielsen, who lives in Brookfield, noted a small but growing movement within the American classical world to “meet people where they are, not just stand up in a tux and play.” Montréal-based cellist Matt

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sounds, and soon enough the boys had awoken and could be heard outside. Bonhag said that, ideally, she would practice here for two hours every day. “Part of the whole artist-mother thing is really trying to be gentle on myself,” she added. “How mothers take care of themselves — that’s the thing no one talks about. I have no model for how to balance everything.” Bonhag’s mother started working as a school music teacher after Bonhag and her siblings were grown. Bonhag may lack models for what she’s doing, but, according to Kevra, she “balances it all so wonderfully — sometimes literally, like, one child in one arm and one in the other.” Bonhag currently does not have a voice teacher — unusual for a professional singer at her level. But she has been developing her voice on her own, she said, paying particular attention to her body. And her body has also changed her voice: Her pregnancies darkened her timbre, Bonhag says, and widened her rib cage. That allowed extra room for the diaphragm, which singers use to support their breath and project their voice. “During my pregnancy with Glen, there was a point where I felt I could sing forever [before drawing a breath],” she recalled. “My rib cage had expanded,

but he hadn’t filled in the space yet. My “Mirage” was written for the Finnish phrases were longer.” soprano Karita Mattila, whom Bonhag Bonhag began her practice lying on once saw perform in Ann Arbor, Mich. her back on a yoga mat and stretching Though the theater seated more than a while uttering the sounds “miya, miya, thousand, “I felt like she was singing to miya.” While moving through upward me,” Bonhag recalled ecstatically. dog and downward dog, she switched to Vermont audiences might say the “vee-o-vee-o-vee.” same of Bonhag’s singing. How she ac“Getting my body into a place where complishes that is a mystery even to her, I can sing is almost more important than despite all her training. doing a lot of singing,” she explained. “Singing is so mystical and magical When she shifted to more conven- and strange,” she said, “because it’s all tional warm-ups — singing scales while about your imagination, how the sounds standing at the piano and picking out you hear in your head somehow come ascending notes — Bonhag’s voice was out of your mouth.” so powerful that the room seemed to After eating a rushed dinner and shrink. Yet she appeared to be making indulging Glen in a quick game of hidelittle effort. and-seek, Bonhag jumped “I start with a full in her minivan for the 45sound because that’s minute drive to the Mad what engages my whole River Chorale rehearsal system and body,” she in Moretown. She made said. More than once it hard for a reporter to during her practices, follow, whipping around Bonhag related, her curves at more than 50 children have entered miles per hour. the room, only to run Once arrived, after out again shouting, “Too warming up the chorus, loud!” Bonhag started her singNext, she sat at the ers on Maurice Duruflé’s piano and sang through “Ubi caritas et amor,” an a song from Schumann’s a cappella piece that was cycle “Frauenliebe und on the program for the -leben” while accompagroup’s spring concert. nying herself capably, “She just wants to have even stopping on a pasyou hear the most beausage to correct her fingertiful song first,” joked a ing. (“A singer needs to bass singer. be responsible for all the After a bit of talk about parts,” she explained.) MARY BON HAG “imagining” the sounds, “Now I’ll practice it for Bonhag instructed the real,” she went on, and chorus to sing the piece stood to sing while limiting her playing again. At the end, she declared appreciato left-handed chords. Bonhag’s sing- tively, “Woo, that’s the best we’ve done ing was passionate, the German clearly it yet, and” — she played the final note articulated. on the piano — “yes, we stayed in tune!” The soprano moved on to the Even so, Bonhag added, the singers Crumb and Saariaho, enthusiastically needed to do another pass on the secintroducing each piece. “Crumb is both tion they had “slogged through.” ethereal and earthy. I could sing Crumb This time, the chorus pulled off a forever,” Bonhag said of the composer beautifully unified chord on the final of unusual sounds, which include the “amen.” After a spell of silence, Bonhag whale-like tones of “Vox Balaenae.” She exclaimed, “Nice, nice!” and the singers pulled a stack of oversize scores from a exhaled in a murmur of wonder and bookshelf and opened another Crumb agreement. Music had been made. m piece to show his atypical handwritten notation style: two musical staffs curv- Contact: lilly@sevendaysvt.com ing toward each other to form the shape of an eye. INFO The Saariaho work, called “Mirage,” “Water, Women and Whales,” presented by is based on a Mazatec shaman’s chants Scrag Mountain Music, with Mary Bonhag, recorded in Mexico and translated into Catherine Gregory, David Kaplan, Evan Premo English. “I am a woman who flies,” it and Saeunn Thorsteinsdóttir, Friday, May 20, begins. In some passages, every word 7:30 p.m., First Light Studios in Randolph; Saturday, May 21, 7:30 p.m., Unitarian Church is sung with a glissando, which Bonhag of Montpelier; and Sunday, May 22, 4 p.m., demonstrated in a slow tempo, drawing Warren United Church of Christ. Pay what you can. scragmountainmusic.org out each sliding note.

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orraine Siciliano remembers the moment when she and her husband, Brian Joyce, faced the decision: Should they spend the money to renovate their circa 1848 farmhouse in Burlington’s now-suburban New North End, or plow the cash into a new house? “It was fish-or-cut-bait time; we either had to leave or fix it up,” said Siciliano, recalling the cramped kitchen, dirt-floor basement, drab vinyl windows and poorly insulated plaster walls covered with layers of wallpaper and paint. That’s not all she pictured, though, as she made her decision. The house at 20 Derway Drive, which will be featured on Preservation Burlington’s Homes Tour on Saturday, June 4, is one of Burlington’s oldest remaining farmhouses. The Greek Revival structure had good bones and many happy family memories to go with its cracked plaster. When Joyce suggested they move, “I was voted down,” he said, smiling at his wife one afternoon last week. Siciliano decided she didn’t want to sell the house where the couple’s two children had grown up and see someone else move in and fix it up. So, in August 2014, the couple hired Chittenden County contractor Rob Ricketson to do an extensive renovation of the first floor (the upstairs awaits phase two). Three months later, the classic white clapboard house with a deep front porch was sitting pretty. The makeover will be on display during the tour, along with a folder of maps, land records and newspaper clippings that detail the history of the house, compiled by a Preservation Burlington volunteer. The Derway Drive home was built on land owned by Elizabeth Bigelow, wife of prominent businessman Lawrence Bigelow, and likely was first inhabited by their farm manager, John Derway, and his family. Back in the mid-1800s, this northernmost section of Burlington was a sweep of farmland between Lake Champlain and the high banks of the meandering Winooski River. The Derway farm was home to the following livestock, according to the 1850 Vermont agricultural census: three horses, eight milk cows, six working oxen and three swine. A decade

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to make the pitch. Viens has also been known to make “cold calls” when he sees a house with potential. “Frequently I’ll just go knock on the front door,” he said. Sometimes total strangers grant his request — and, in June, find hundreds of people traipsing through their homes and gardens. Homeowners are more likely to agree to the tour after a renovation when they feel their property is at its best, Viens said. That was the case with Siciliano, who works at the Department of Vermont Health Access, and Joyce, a former WCAX-TV reporter who now works for the Department of Homeland Security. The couple readily showed a Seven Days reporter around last week, offering a sneak peek of their home tour. The new kitchen is spacious and full of light, with a vaulted ceiling carved

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caulk creaky storm windows made when Calvin Coolidge was president. Even Preservation Burlington board members have heatedly debated the issue of replacement windows, Viens acknowledged. But they stand firm on the underlying principle. When, piece by piece, the features of an old residence are stripped, hacked or obscured with clunky siding, “pretty soon you can’t even see the historic home underneath,” Viens said. At $20 per “tourist,” the annual homes tour is the organization’s biggest fundraiser. Making it happen is an exercise in persuasion: Just how do you convince homeowners to open their doors to hordes of curious visitors? Preservation Burlington board members start by holding tour-brainstorming sessions, then dispatch a friend of each homeowner of a recommended property

from a former second-floor cubby. Old beams reclaimed from another part of the house stretch across that ceiling, adding texture and detail. All the interior window trim has been restored, and the new six-over-six wood-frame windows are more in keeping with the house’s origins. (Most of the original windows were long gone when Siciliano and Joyce purchased the property in 1994.) Original paneled doors with latches have been painted and preserved. The gleaming wide-plank wood floors were pulled up, trimmed where previous sanding had worn off the old tongueand-groove fittings, reset and refinished. Ricketson, who was at the house during the reporter’s tour, explained how the markings on the planks showed that they had been cut in a water-powered sawmill. Siciliano and Joyce opted not to save the plaster-and-lathe walls, so Ricketson took them down to the studs. Inside the wall cavities, the workers found a jumble of bricks apparently intended as insulation and fireproofing — an old Yankee technique that was not uncommon in 19th-century homes. The contractor’s team hauled out the bricks, insulated the new sheetrock walls and painted them so they no longer resembled a “wallpaper museum,” as Siciliano described the “before” scene. The dirt basement was finished with a poured-concrete floor, and the remains of an ossified opossum were removed. Joyce outfitted the formerly dank space in classic man-cave style, with tools and a shop bench. The old stone foundation is still visible, as are thick cypress floor joists fitted together with mortise-andtenon joints. The makeover did not add footage to the home, but it opened up cramped nooks, hallways and porches that had been added piecemeal to the 30-by30-foot core of the farmhouse over the years. The result is a much brighter, airier house that will live on for many years to come — and makes its current residents happy. “Nothing about the footprint of the house changed,” Siciliano said. “It just needed to be dragged out from collapsing upon itself.” In saving it, she’s sure she made the right choice. m

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later, the house was moved about 160 feet west to accommodate city plans for a right-of-way to extend North Avenue into the hinterlands. Today, the neighborhood is lined with modest Capes and ranch-style homes along with a smattering of condominiums, apartments and patches of trees that break up the suburban development. The farmhouse’s presumed birthday is noted on a green-and-white Preservation Burlington plaque affixed to the exterior. Those plaques are a familiar sight around the city and a visible reminder of Preservation Burlington’s work. Since 1998, the nonprofit has labored to protect historic properties through a combination of praise, prodding and protest. Its founders were a group of Burlington residents alarmed by the deterioration of historic homes in the core of the city. Many single-family homes had been converted to collegestudent rentals, with attendant noise, late-night partying and parking issues. Preservation Burlington pushed for more dorms on campus and successfully lobbied for passage of a city ordinance that limits to four the number of unrelated adults who can reside in singlefamily dwellings on certain streets. “It was really a quality-of-life issue that started the group,” said Preservation Burlington home tour chairman Matthew Viens. Still, the housing issue has proved difficult to resolve: Loud kegfests, parking wars and packed student rentals remain a town-gown problem even with additional campus dormitories. Meanwhile, Preservation Burlington has expanded beyond that cause. The all-volunteer membership has helped save several structures from demolition, including Henry’s Diner on Bank Street and the Varney House on Cherry Street. Preservation Burlington bestows annual awards to celebrate local restoration and holds do-it-yourself workshops on such tasks as reglazing old windows. The organization discourages the replacement of historic slate roofs with asphalt shingles and the use of aluminum or vinyl siding to cover original wood shingles or clapboard. City zoning codes impose restrictions on replacement materials in Burlington’s historic districts but allow certain exceptions. Slate gives way to asphalt roofing at many sites around town, and it’s not unusual to see stacks of original windows that have been torn out of old houses and dumped at the curb with a “free” sign. Some property owners object loudly when city hall tells them they should

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Our hunting party set off at about 7 My reverie was shattered by a series a.m. for a pine grove a quarter mile or so of sharp squawks from behind. Stanley from Stanley’s front porch. Like many was using a chalked-up wooden turkey birds, turkeys have excellent eyesight, so call to draw the toms to the faux hen. In camouflage was a must. I could muster the right hands, this simple device can only tan pants and a green shirt, but emit a surprising variety of sounds. Porter lent me a camo jacket. He had When it became apparent that no stressed that I should avoid wearing red, males were taking the bait, Porter and white or blue: Those are the colors of Stanley, figuring there was nothing to toms’ heads, and we were there to hunt, lose, started shredding on their turkey not be hunted. calls like camo-clad Eddie Van Halens. Turkeys also have acute Stanley let loose with a hearing, so, once we’d sonic boom of a gobble, and all selected sturdy trees Markowitz and I cracked to hunker down against, up. we ceased all talking and For all her enthusiasm movement. Porter had set about hunting, Markowitz up a remarkably lifelike doesn’t look a natural for female turkey decoy some the part. She got into the 40 feet from where we sat; sport during her tenure as D EB M A R KO WI T Z I hoped the toms were as Vermont secretary of state, convinced by it as I was. At from 1998 to 2011, and said that time of the morning, her initial interest was, in a most turkeys were still roosting high way, political. Hunting is a popular recin the trees where they had spent the reation in Vermont, and, as Markowitz previous night. Stanley instructed us to put it, “It was important for me to really listen carefully for the rustling sound of understand my constituencies.” their arboreal descent. Her fondness for the sport grew Having spent fairly little time in the naturally, though, in part because she woods, I’ve never been particularly at- enjoys being outdoors in nature. More tuned to its sounds. But without the than that, Markowitz said, “[Hunting] hubbub of the workplace or music fill- is the kind of nature experience where ing my ears, I could hardly fail to notice you really have to pay attention, lookthe rush of the wind and the ceaseless, ing for the signs and the sounds and the varied calls of birds doing whatever it is ground. You’re looking for the story in that birds do. the woods.”

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ouis Porter hit the dirt. Clad entirely in camouflage, he soldiercrawled across a muddy road, his gun at the ready. I chuckled silently at the scene’s resemblance to ones in countless war films. Porter’s quarry, a big male turkey waddling around a hilly field, was decidedly nonthreatening. Still, excitement was in the air. After a morning hunt in which no shots had been fired, it appeared that we might not go home empty-handed after all. Porter, the commissioner of the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, was part of a small turkey-hunting party that I had been invited to join. Our other members were Deb Markowitz, secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources; Frank Stanley, government affairs director for the Vermont Traditions Coalition, a traditional-land-use organization; and photographer James Buck. On a chilly but pleasant May morning, we had convened at Stanley’s place in Monkton, doused ourselves with bug spray and set off into the woods. Only Porter and Markowitz carried shotguns. Stanley, an experienced hunter who knows every inch of the woods on or near his property, was our guide and chief turkey caller. Both

Markowitz and I happened to grow up in suburban Westchester County, N.Y., where hunting plays an insignificant role in local culture. Since then, she has taken to the sport, and was hoping to bag her first tom that morning. (Hens are off-limits until fall.) For my part, I’d never been hunting before and was eager to understand its appeal to so many Vermonters. Hunting wild turkey is a popular pastime in a state that’s more closely associated with deer hunting. Fish & Wildlife measures participation in the sport by the number of licenses it sells, which was 17,655 for the 2015 spring and fall turkey seasons. In spring, hunters are permitted to shoot two toms; one turkey of either sex is the fall limit. In 2015, nearly 6,000 turkeys were harvested from a statewide population that’s estimated to be between 45,000 and 60,000. Those figures have been erratic over the past two decades. After dipping in the early 1990s, the wild turkey population spiked significantly from the mid-’90s to 2008, following the reintroduction of the birds to Vermont’s wild lands. Since 2008, numbers have declined slowly, a trend that Fish & Wildlife officials believe may indicate that the population is stabilizing.

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A moment later, she pointed to a tree that had been stripped of its bark close to the ground: the handiwork of a porcupine. Markowitz sees no inconsistency in supervising the ANR and being a hunter. “If we didn’t have hunting, [Vermont’s natural resources] would be even more out of balance,” she said. Porter explained that many big-game species — deer, bear, moose, turkey — were nearly extirpated from Vermont between one and two centuries ago. “They’ve come back because of an approach to wildlife management called the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation,” he said. “The idea is that wildlife belongs to all people, [and] that regulated hunting, fishing and trapping provide the way to manage those species and also provide revenue to pay for their conservation.” Porter called this management of wildlife according to scientific and legal principles “a very democratic idea,” and noted that it has enjoyed remarkable success overall. “We brought all those species back, not only to really healthy populations but to populations that can sustain a significant amount of harvesting and provide a lot of recreational opportunities,” he said. The birds we were hunting had given us precious few opportunities even to hear them, much less shoot them. Markowitz explained that this is why it’s called “hunting,” not “killing”: You spend most of your time searching. Having heard hardly a ruffle, we plunged deeper into the woods. Stanley had scouted the area recently and knew a few more spots where gobblers gather. After a pause to eat cookies and try out the turkey call again, we reached another grove and settled in. At this point, I wondered if I had what it took to be a hunter. I enjoy walking

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ensen Beach’s new collection of short stories, all but one set in Sweden, depicts that setting like a parallel universe. It’s almost identical to Vermont, but canted sideways, with different light. Sweden has slightly different social mannerisms, but similar weather to New England. Mostly cold. Beach teaches undergraduate writing and literature courses at Johnson State College and in the master’s program at Vermont College of Fine Arts, and he’s fiction editor of Green Mountains Review.. Beach has lived in Sweden and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English from Stockholm University; he’s currently translating books by Swedish fiction writer Åsa Foster. Swallowed by the Cold is a progression of linked stories. Each stands alone as an arresting work of short fiction, yet, read in combination, all of them expand and intensify as they interlock. For instance, when “The Apartment” appeared in the New Yorker,, it had considerable impact as an ominous set of ligatured anecdotes about a woman with an arid marriage and a drinking problem, which result in an awful mistake with a neighbor. Now, as a chapter in Beach’s book, the story swells with pathos, for a reader will recognize this woman from two preceding stories that exposed her husband’s secretive sexual adventuring. Throughout the book, a character appears momentarily or is glancingly mentioned, only to reappear as pivotal in another story. Beach’s assemblage makes a coherent whole, laced with cross-stitches like the filaments spanning a spider’s web. Henrik Brandt, for example, appears in the book’s opening story: haughty, brooding, bored with his job and family. Surreptitiously, he’s involved with a woman who is married to a colleague, and they carry on just out of sight of their two spouses while vacationing as a foursome. The story focuses on a bicycle mishap in which a neighbor is killed. Tensions are bred by Henrik’s failure to recognize that the injured man was calling for help, not “waving,” when they passed him in a sailboat just after his accident. At the story’s end, Henrik visits the dead man’s house, sees a number scrawled beside the telephone and makes a call. The person who answers turns out to be Lennart, the dead man’s son, who will be the protagonist of several of the book’s subsequent stories. In another story, “Henrik Needed Help,” Henrik himself has an accident: From where he was seat-belted to the driver’s seat of his upside-down Volvo, he needed help. It was late, and Jenny was driving south, listening to a radio documentary about North Korea. She saw the cast of bright headlights out of the shallow ditch. Here, in his briefest story, made of one long paragraph, Beach introduces Jenny, repositions Henrik and

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visiting the comatose Henrik in the hospital and befriends his still-devoted wife, Lisa, who in the earlier story had suffered from Henrik’s philandering. The force field of this constellation pulls in Jenny’s jealous husband, Jacob, who is unable to believe that his wife is spending hours at a stranger’s bedside and not in bed with a paramour. Many of these characters carry secrets, revealed by the writer only to the reader — who, if paying attention, will notice when a character lets slip a falsehood, such as telling a new acquaintance the wrong name or profession or hometown. In a late story, the recurring character Lennart has “been concocting lies all week about where he’d been and what he’d done.” Some of these seem less like grave transgressions than the routine camouflages and subterfuges of everyday human interaction, but lies create infection, which can spread. When, in another story, the vantage swivels to a different character’s sensibility, we see how the truths people experience are vastly divergent yet coexist — adjacent realities, with nobody aware of the totality. “How much of another’s life can we rightly assume when we see it only in passing bursts?” This is a question proffered by Beach’s quietly omniscient narrator, in the story “To God Belongs What He Has Taken,” about a conversation between two women who barely know each other. Isn’t that also a description of the way powerful short stories offer glimpses of lives — in “passing bursts”? Linked stories aren’t an innovation. A number of recent collections are constructed the same way, including Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge, Jennifer Egan’s A Visit From the Goon Squad and Vermonter David Huddle’s Nothing Can Make Me Do This. Yet what Beach achieves in this mode is fascinating. With each successive story, point of view shifts decisively but subtly. As one story gives way to another, a reader will likely feel watchful, alert for clues about who is in the thick of the next predicament, where it takes place, the year, the time of day. The steady current running through the stories invites one to read them in order, but the sequence doesn’t proceed chronologically. A telling revelation may arrive at any time about a character previously met or about to be introduced. Beach has a knack for positioning the domestic turmoil of his narratives in tandem with public events, most of which occurred in Sweden. Among these are the assassination of politician Anna Lindh on September 11, 2003, and the bombing of Stockholm on February 22, 1944. A strange, unforgettable set piece takes place on September 3, 1967, during the “right-hand traffic diversion”: Over a few minutes in the middle of the night, Sweden switched from left-side to right-side driving. In Beach’s rendering, this is a metaphysical as well as a true historical incident, in the midst of which an elderly couple who rise early to watch the switch lose each other, apparently forever.

In the vibrantly imagined place that Beach portrays, there are deaths, carnal betrayals and drunken binges, but also gestures of tender kindness. In a village or small town — common in both Vermont and Sweden — we get to know people by sharing orbits: the overlapping or deviating paths of relations, lovers, familiars and strangers. Encounters can be bruising, or generous and consoling. Nearly all of Beach’s people are afflicted in some way, their interior sense of being at odds with how others perceive them. The disparity can be unsettling, but it’s also endearing. “It’s like living a make-believe life,” one character says of the freedom to redefine oneself when meeting new people. Yet, steadily throughout the book, just beneath the surface of the prose, lies a thrumming undercurrent of impending emergency. It’s the steady menace of what might be called “fate,” often taking the form of an unintended consequence. In the first of a pair of stories called “The Winter War,” Lennart ponders the power of happenstance:

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FROM “THE RIGHT-HAND TRAFFIC DIVERSION” He tried again to explain it to his wife. Using first his hands, one fisted into a globe, the first finger of his other circling an exaggerated wobble, and then a crude sketch on the back page of the sports section of DN, he illustrated the inclination of the earth’s axis. Agneta shook her head, said, “We’re moving into darker days.” His wife’s figurative thinking often frustrated him. It was early, just after four in the morning. They were up to witness the right-hand traffic diversion. He had been waiting for months through the slow buildup of changes across the city. New street signs, bus stops. A new fleet of trams with doors on both sides. The measure to switch the flow of traffic from the left-hand to the right-hand side of the road had passed narrowly through parliament. Despite a widespread public education initiative and an aggressive advertising campaign, including songs and humorous sketches on state televisions and a line of women’s underwear with the date September 3, 1967, printed across the seat, the change remained unpopular. But it was one he supported. He refilled his coffee cup. “We’ll lose a minute or two a day as we get closer to the equinox.” “I prefer winter to summer,” his wife said. “In winter, we’re on the way to better things. Summer is so unhopeful.”

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offee math used to be a lot simpler: Is it cheaper to buy the grounds in the blue can or the red and yellow can? How many sugar packets will it take to render a massive cuppa gas-station joe palatable? If I guzzle that whole Styrofoam cup of swill, how many hours will it take me to fall asleep? As with many consumables, appreciation for coffee has grown over recent decades. Some treat it as not just a caffeine-delivery system but a prized beverage. And, accordingly, the calculations have gotten trickier. Today, consumers can dive as deeply into coffee lingo and logistics as they’d like, learning the differences among beans grown in various microclimates of a region of Costa Rica or exploring the relationship between roast level and sweetness in the cup. A few years back, it seemed comedic to listen to people order fussy espresso drinks: “Can I have a venti half-caf latte with soy milk and caramel? On ice.” Take a hipster to a coffee bar today, and she might ask for a pour-over of bright, citrus-y Ethiopian Sidamo, roasted to just before second crack. A few years ago, that request would have been gibberish to all but the most fervent coffee drinkers. To many, it still is. Perhaps because it’s treated as fuel, and some hesitate to shell out for a better cup, coffee doesn’t yet enjoy the same exalted status as scotch or Cabernet. But it’s clearly a beverage on the rise. And, while our coffee industry may get less national ink than our craft breweries, we can make one shocking statement with certainty: Vermont businesses play a part in nearly every cup sold in the United States. This is not true of gallons of milk or growlers of craft beer, or even of jugs of maple syrup. The Green Mountains’ climate doesn’t permit the growing of coffee beans, yet Vermont has become a coffee superpower.

Why? A little history: In 1981, a former rolling-paper salesman named Robert Stiller decided to snap up a coffee shop in Waitsfield, located near his Sugarbush ski condo. He parlayed that venture into Green Mountain Coffee Roasters — the now-beleaguered behemoth that was renamed Keurig Green Mountain in 2014 and sold to an investor group this March. KGM has weathered financial troubles over the years: Stiller has lost, regained and re-lost his billionaire status and was finally forced out as chairman of his company’s board. Environmentalists target the business for selling singleserving K-Cup pods — nine billion of them in 2014 alone — that are neither compostable nor easily recyclable. (You can recycle portions of the K-Cup after pulling it apart into its component pieces, but who actually does that?) Yet KGM employs more than 6,000 people worldwide and, according to Fortune, controls 20 percent of the retail coffee market in the U.S. And it has demonstrated a dedication to social responsibility: It engages in water-restoration projects, donates to nonprofits that strengthen coffee-growing communities and encourages staff members to do volunteer work. In Vermont, one of KGM’s most significant impacts, aside from providing jobs, is training the next generation of coffee entrepreneurs — people who left the company but stayed in the state to start their own businesses. It’s the coffee parallel of the New England Culinary Institute, which has seeded the restaurant industry with graduates, and hence new eateries, around the state. KGM alumni form the backbone of Vermont’s coffee industry, joined by coffee lovers who moved to the area for its touted quality of life. Some are coffee testers and theorists, some are activists BEAN HERE NOW

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Recent visitors to Waterbury’s PARK ROW Café may have noticed changes afoot. Renovations, including installation of new lighting and countertops, have been in progress for months. More subtle are the changes happening in the kitchen: Owner JEFF STOUDT and head chef JASON LESTER have been reworking the menu, which has long focused on breakfast. That’s because later this month, after 22 years of serving flapjacks at 7 Park Row, Stoudt will relaunch his business as BUDDY’S FAMOUS. The menu will feature grassfed beef burgers served on housemade buns with hand-cut fries.

Like Park Row, Buddy’s will offer casual fare in a counterservice format. Some options — including Park Row’s overstuffed deli sandwiches and wraps, and baked goods such as cookies — will remain the same. “This has been kind of a test period,” Stoudt tells Seven Days, adding that he plans to complete the changeover by Memorial Day weekend. In addition to draft beers and a few wines, Buddy’s will feature several fruit-and-yogurt smoothies, which Park Row began serving a couple months ago. These include the Strawberry Fields, a Florida-inspired slurry of berries, bananas and OJ; and the strawberry-pineapple-coconut Pacific Sunset, among others.

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more local producers get wind that he’s there. “This community has really welcomed what we’re doing, more than I’ve ever seen a community do that,” Smith says. “It’s one of a few really unique general stores left in Vermont — you can get hardware and food and pellets for your horses and flowers for your mom during Mother’s Day.” PLAINFIELD HARDWARE DELI is open daily from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Dan Cox, who was the first full-time staff member at Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, is one of the coffee industry’s movers and shakers, both locally and nationally. He rose through the ranks to become GMCR’s vice president, and has served as national cochair of the Specialty Coffee Association of America. After he and Stiller parted ways in 1992, Cox founded a trifecta of Burlingtonbased businesses: Coffee Enterprises, Coffee Analysts and Coffee Ed. Slated to move in the near future, those businesses currently occupy impressive headquarters in Burlington’s Lakeside neighborhood. A floor-toceiling window in Cox’s office affords a stunning view of Lake Champlain. Framed newspaper articles about the company hang in the conference room, and pre-Columbian artworks decorate the walls. When it’s tasting time, a ceremonial gong summons employees. At Coffee Analysts, Cox’s associates use sophisticated equipment such as refractometers and vacuum ovens, along with their own highly trained palates, to put coffee beans and packaging through their paces. Vice president Spencer Turer has worked in the coffee industry for more than 20 years. “Out of the top 10 coffee companies, we test for nine of them,” Cox says. Those include national brands such as Folgers, Kraft and KGM. They do quality testing for Dunkin’ Donuts, too. While Coffee Analysts is about the sensory evaluation and analysis of coffee products, Coffee Enterprises guides professionals through the intricacies of working in the coffee industry. It offers assistance with business planning and marketing, coffee purchasing, and mergers and acquisitions, as well as other matters of law. Cox has even written a book, Handling Hot Coffee: Preventing Spills, Burns, and Lawsuits, to help save beverage businesses from legal action. Through the third arm of the business, Coffee Ed, the team provides customized training for those who work in the industry. One of Cox’s points of pride is that his outfit — which includes the “largest independent testing facility in North America” — is not a coffee roaster, nor is it involved with the production of coffee for sale. “We’re completely

flavor profiles. Many baristas, including Elizabeth Manriquez, owner of Espresso Bueno in Barre, swear by Vermont Artisan’s espresso blend. CLI’s environment is relaxed and casual. Its staffers include lab director Shannon Cheney, a sensory analyst who is a former employee of KGM and a 20-year industry veteran, and Maxwell Duquette, who fell into the coffee business during college. Duquette found a PHOTOS: JEB WALLACE-BRODEUR

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independent,” he notes. “We’re not competing with any of our clients.” Mané Alves takes a different approach. A former (brief ) employee of Cox’s, he founded his own company, Coffee Lab International, in 1995. Like Cox’s suite of businesses, CLI offers product analysis, testing and education. Unlike Coffee Enterprises, Alves and his staff also roast and sell coffee under the name Vermont Artisan Coffee & Tea Co.

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Alves travels five months out of the year, sourcing beans from farmers who have exceptional practices and produce the highest-quality coffee. In Waterbury, those beans may be kept single origin — for instance, a Guatemalan coffee that comes from organic-certified suppliers with plantations on the shores of Lake Atitlán — or combined into blends with consistent

mentor in Alves and now works in sales and marketing. Both are bursting with coffee enthusiasm and eager to talk about their work. A tour of the facility includes a stop in the roasting room, which has nine roasters ranging in size from petite to gigantic, and a visit to the tiny kitchen, where a Kegerator hums. What’s inside? Cold brew.

In the cup — or, in this case, a tulip glass typically used for fancy beer — the cold brew is refreshing and complex and has a rich, smooth mouthfeel akin to that of a fine stout. The product has been in development for nearly two years; Vermont Artisan plans to release it at the Vermont Brewers Festival this July. Next on the tour is the tasting room, where the coffee analysis and testing occurs. Cups of beans sit out on tables, and shiny water boilers are lined up on the counter. Cupping, the highly structured procedure by which coffee is slurped and scored, is a precise and serious business. In the coffee industry, those who have passed an arduous series of tests administered by the Coffee Quality Institute are dubbed “Q graders,” licensed to analyze and grade Arabica coffee. Q graders — who develop skills similar to those of sommeliers — determine whether beans can be graded as specialty coffee, a distinction reserved for those that have few defects. Bags of beans that smell and taste delicious and arrive sans broken or underripe beans, mold and stray husks, translate to better returns for the grower. Cox was the second American ever to earn the Q grader distinction. Four members of the Coffee Analysts staff are also Q graders. Four members of Alves’ tasting team likewise bear that title, and Alves himself is one of just 34 instructors worldwide who can train and test new Q graders. He’s taught more classes than all but one of them. Q grader classes require intense attention to detail and culminate in a rigorous test. They are also pricey: $1,650 for a six-day stint. When Duquette took the class, which he passed, 12 of the other 15 attendees failed. CLI’s other courses include a fiveday session on roasting and cupping, and two-day instruction on becoming an excellent barista. Perhaps it’s a positive commentary on the state of the industry that, like Coffee Enterprises, CLI has outgrown its current digs. This fall, it will relocate to a new facility on Route 100 in Waterbury Center. There, CLI will have a dedicated classroom for its School of Coffee, as well as a new café where customers can sample and learn. Holly Alves, Mané’s wife and CLI’s president (and a former employee of KGM), says the café will provide an outlet for the tiny lots of boutique coffee that Alves comes across in his travels.

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SEVENDAYSVT.COM/CLASSIFIEDS the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing. If you feel that any of the District Commission members listed on the attached Certificate of Service under “For Your Information” may have a conflict of interest, or if there is any other reason a member should be disqualified from sitting on this case, please contact the district coordinator as soon as possible, no later than prior to the response date listed above. Should a hearing be held on this Project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by May 25, 2016. Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, affected

state agencies, and adjoining property owners and other persons to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria. Non-party participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. Section 6085(c)(5). Dated at Essex Junction, Vermont this 6th day of May, 2016. By: /s/Stephanie H. Monaghan Stephanie H. Monaghan District #4 Coordinator Natural Resources Board 111 West Street Essex Jct., VT 05452 802-879-5662 stephanie.monaghan@ vermont.gov CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Chapter 20, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, of the Burlington Code of Ordinances: Sec. 20-74. Charges. (a) Charges made or incurred under this division shall not exceed [fifty dollars ($50.00)] sixty-two dollars and fifty cents ($62.50). Park-

ing or storing charges made or incurred under this division shall not exceed [seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50)] ten dollars ($10.00) for the first day and [fifteen dollars ($15.00)] twenty dollars ($20.00) per day for each day thereafter. With the exception of towing done pursuant to section 20-77, a charge for towing shall be assessed when the following actions to enforce the provisions of this Division related to the moving or removal of vehicles have occurred: the officer requests a tow truck for purposes of moving or removing the vehicle, a tow truck is on site and the tow truck driver takes actions necessary for moving or removal of the vehicle, including, but not limited to, backing up to the vehicle, dropping the bed of the truck or hooking the vehicle to the tow truck. Charges made pursuant to section 20-77 shall be incurred when the tow truck driver takes actions necessary to remove the vehicle, including, but not limited to, backing up to the vehicle, dropping the bed of the truck or hooking the vehicle to the tow truck. The tow truck

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driver or tow company shall provide a written receipt to the owner or operator of any vehicle moved or removed under this Division showing all charges incurred, including but not limited to, tow charges, parking or storage charges and any administrative fee. (b) – (c) As written. Adopted this 20th day of April, 2016 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norm Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director – Technical Services Adopted 4/20/16; Published 05/11/16; Effective 06/01/16 Material in [brackets] delete Material underlined add CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Motor Vehicles, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: Sec. 7. No-Parking Areas. No person shall park any

vehicle at any time in the following locations: (1) - (530) As Written. (531) On the south side of Main Street for seventy-three (73) feet west of South Champlain Street. (532) On the north side of Main Street for thirtyeight (38) feet east of South Champlain Street. (533) On the south side of Main Street for thirtynine (39) feet east of South Champlain Street. Adopted this 20th day of April, 2016 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norm Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director – Technical Services Adopted 4/20/2016; Published 05/11/16; Effective 06/01/16. Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add. CITY OF BURLINGTON TRAFFIC REGULATIONS The following traffic regulations are hereby enacted by the Public Works Commission as amendments to Appendix C, Motor Vehicles, and the City of Burlington’s Code of Ordinances: Sec. 27 . No Parking

Open 24/7/365. Post & browse ads at your convenience. Except with Resident Parking Permits. No person shall park any vehicle except vehicles with a valid resident parking permit or a valid guest pass and clearly identifiable service or delivery vehicles on any street designated as “residential parking.” (a) Streets designated for residential parking at all times include: (1) – (13) As Written. (14) [The first five (5) spaces west of Pine Street on the north side of Maple Street.] On the north side of Maple Street for the first five (5) spaces west of Pine Street. Residents from 74 Maple Street through and including 106 Maple Street shall be eligible for resident parking permits. Adopted this 20th day of April, 2016 by the Board of Public Works Commissioners: Attest Norman Baldwin, P.E. Assistant Director – Technical Services Adopted 4/20/16; Published 05/11/16; Effective 06/01/16. Material in [Brackets] delete. Material underlined add.

NOTICE OF LEGAL SALE View Date 5/26/2016 Sale Date 5/27/2016 Ariel Otero Unit #173 Easy Self Storage 46 Swift South Burlington VT 05403 802-863-8300 NOTICE OF SELFSTORAGE LIEN SALE LYMAN STORAGE 10438 ROUTE 116 HINESBURG VT 05461 802-482-2379 Notice is hereby given that the contents of the self-storage units listed below will be sold at public auction by sealed bid at the Lyman Storage facility. This sale is being held to collect unpaid storage unit occupancy fees, charges and expenses of the sale. The entire contents of each self-storage unit listed below will be sold, with the proceeds to be distributed to Lyman Storage for all accrued occupancy fees (rent charges), attorney’s fees, sale expenses, and all other expenses in relation to the unit and its sale. Any proceeds beyond the foregoing

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In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered April 12, 2016 in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Douglas P. Desjardins to Coldwell Banker Mortgage, dated April 22, 2011 and recorded in Book 1004 Page 10 of the land records of the City of South Burlington, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of the following Assignments of Mortgage from (1) Assignment of Mortgage from Coldwell Banker Mortgage to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. dated October 26, 2011 and recorded in Book 1044 Page 241, (2) Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. to PHH Mortgage

Corporation dated August 25, 2014 and recorded in Book 1232 Page 230, (3) Assignment of Mortgage from PHH Mortgage Corporation to Nationstar Mortgage, LLC dated April 17, 2015 and recorded in Book 1264 Page 54, all of the land records of the City of South Burlington, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 3 Bayberry Lane, Unit 3, South Burlington, Vermont on May 27, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Carolynn Lee Erwin by Warranty Deed of Danny Huang and Elaine Huang dated June 3, 2005 and recorded in Volume 712, Page 369 of the City of South Burlington land records and being more particularly described in part therein as follows: Unit No. 3 of the Treetop Condominium situated at Kennedy Drive, South Burlington, Vermont, which condominium was established by Declaration of Condominium of Investors Corporation of Vermont dated May 8, 1978 and recorded in Volume 143, Page 15 of the land records of the City of South Burlington. The property is known and designated as 3 Bayberry Lane. The property herein conveyed is depicted on a lot plan entitled “Treetop, South Burlington, Vermont, dated September, 1977 and recorded in Volume 105 on Page 85 of said Land Records. The location of the unit herein conveyed and its floor plan are depicted on plans entitled “Exhibit B-Unit Plans” and “Exhibit C-Floor Plans” recorded in Volume 107, Page 166 of said Land Records. This conveyance includes an undivided 2.6614 percent interest in the Common Areas and Facilities described in the aforementioned Declaration of Condominium. By signing this deed, the within Grantees consent to the modification of this percentage interest pursuant to Article IV of said Declaration. Should section 1(b) of the Development Area be annexed to the Condominium, then the undivided percentage

interest in the Common Areas and Facilities of the within Grantees or their heirs, successors, and assigns will be 1.5890, and should Section 1(c) be annexed to the Condominium, then the undivided percentage interest in the Common Areas and Facilities of the within Grantees or their heirs, successors, and assigns will be 1.0370. Included in this conveyance is an undivided interest in one of a maximum of 188 memberships in Treetop Park Association, Inc., a non-profit corporation formed by Investors Corporation of Vermont, to own, operate, and maintain the park and recreational facilities depicted on the aforementioned Lot Plan. Said membership shall be appurtenant to, and nonseverable from, the unit herein conveyed. The property is known and designated as 3 Bayberry Lane, South Burlington, Vermont. Property ID: 0160-00003 Reference is hereby 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’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’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 : April 21, 2016 By: /S/ Bozena Wysocki, Esq. Bozena Wysocki, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151

Farmington, CT 06032 STATE OF VERMONT LAMOILLE UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO: 123-4-09 LECV U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO LASALLE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE MERRILL LYNCH FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-FF2 v. JAMES BRUNELL AND KELLY BRUNELL, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (“MERS”) AND AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN A DIVISION OF NATIONAL CITY BANK ANDOCCUPANTS OF 1663 VT RT 100C, Johnson, 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 December 30, 2014 in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by James Brunell and Kelly Brunell to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for First Franklin a division of National City Bank, dated December 29, 2006 and recorded in Book 114 Page 372 of the land records of the Town of Johnson, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of the following: (1) Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for First Franklin a division of National City Bank to Bank of America, National Association as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-FF2 dated March 12, 2009 and recorded in Book 122 Page 185 of the land records of the Town of Johnson and (2) Purchase Agreement among Bank of America, N.A., Bank of America (GSS) Limited, Bank of America National Trust Delaware, U.S. Bank National Association, Elavon Financial Services Limited and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, pursuant to which U.S. Bank acquired

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Dated at South Burlington, Vermont this 19th day of April, 2016.

/s/ Corey J. Fortin, Esq. Lobe, Fortin, Rees & Cykon, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 307 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 681-6-14 CNCV The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders CWALT, Inc. Alternative Loan Trust 2006-OC7, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-OC7, Plaintiff v. Anthony J. Sineni aka Anthony Sineni aka Anthony J. Sineni, III,

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Post & browse ads at your convenience. Mongeon Bay Properties, LLC, Malletts Bay Homeowner Association, Inc., East Lakeshore Drive Septic, LLC, Michael J. Di Vincenzo, P & P Septic Service, Inc. and Occupants residing at 913 East Lakeshore Drive, Colchester, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Anthony J. Sineni aka Anthony Sineni aka Anthony J. Sineni, III and Mongeon Bay Properties, LLC to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Merrimack Mortgage Company, Inc. a Massachusetts Corporation dated February 7, 2006 and recorded in Volume 551, Page 348, which mortgage was assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Merrimack Mortgage Company, Inc. a Massachusetts Corporation to The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders CWALT, Inc. Alternative Loan Trust 2006-OC7, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-OC7 by an instrument dated September 6, 2012 and recorded on February 28, 2012 in Volume 722, Page 371 of the Land Records of the Town of Colchester, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 10:15 A.M. on May 24, 2016, at 913 East Lakeshore Drive, Colchester, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: The leasehold estate created by the Lease executed by Ernest A. Mongeon, et al., as lessee dated 3/26/46, recorded in Book 4, Page 184, demising and leasing for a term of

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Being all and the same premises conveyed to Anthony J. Sineni, III by Warranty Deed of Warren L. Bills dated 7/21/03 and of record in Volume 453, Page 396 of the Colchester Land Records.

By: /s/ Corey J. Fortin Corey J. Fortin, Esq. Lobe, Fortin, Rees & Cykon, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 307 South Burlington, VT 05403 Attorney for Plaintiff

A building or camp known as “Camp Geneva” and which camp is located on the south side of the shores of Lake Champlain at Malletts Bay in the Town of Colchester and located on the north side of the highway leading from Clarey’s to Colchester Center and which camp is located on the west side of “Camp Kildare”, so-called. Also, all right and title which I have into a written lease between the Mongeon Bay Properties, LLC and the Mallets Bay Homeowners Association, Inc. 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 Colchester. 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 cancelled at any time prior to the scheduled sale date without prior notice. Dated at South Burlington, Vermont this 11th day of April, 2016. The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders CWALT, Inc. Alternative Loan Trust 2006-OC7, Mortgage Pass-Through

STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 281-2-16CNPR In re estate of Ann M. Bassette. NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of Ann M. Bassette late of South Burlington. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period. Date: 5/6/2016 /s/ Andrew H. Montroll Signature of Fiduciary Andrew H. Montroll Executor/Administrator: 135 College Street P.O. Box 1045 Burlington, VT 05402 802-383-0730 amontroll@mblawoffice. com Name of publication Seven Days Publication Date: 5/11/2016 Address of Court: Vermont Superior Court Chittenden Probate Unit 175 Main Street P.O. Box 511 Burlington, VT 05402

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By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Regina A. Gay a/k/a Regina Gay to Unity Mortgage Corporation d/b/a The Reverse Mortgage Company dated November 17, 1997 and recorded in Volume 578, Page 149, which

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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 cancelled at any time prior to the scheduled sale date without prior notice.

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To Wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Edward A. Gay and Regina E. Gay a/k/a Regina Gay by Warranty Deed of Arnold E. Barron and Evelyn E. Baron, dated June 15, 1959, of record in Volume 158, Page 426 of the Land Records of the City of Burlington.

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by pay-

STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 318-3-15 CNCV CIT Bank, N.A. f/k/a OneWest Bank, N.A., Plaintiff v. Bruce E. Donovan, Administrator of the Estate of Regina A. Gay a/k/a Regina Gay,United States of America, Secretary of Housing & Urban Development, Midland Funding, LLC and Occupants residing at 415 Flynn Avenue, Burlington, Vermont, Defendants

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.

TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale.

DATED : April 26, 2016 By: /S/ Bozena Wysocki, Esq. Bozena Wysocki, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032

mortgage was assigned to OneWest Bank, N.A. n/k/a CIT Bank, N.A., by an instrument dated February 23, 2012 and recorded on March 5, 2012 in Volume 1165, Page 566 of the Land Records of the City of Burlington, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 9:00 A.M. on May 24, 2016, at 415 Flynn Avenue, Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage:

Reference is hereby 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.

ing the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale.

Survey for Fred S. Hunter South Side of V.T. Rte. 100C, Johnson, Vermont” prepared by David J. Peatman, licensed land surveyor, dated February 20, 2006 and the be filed in the Johnson Land Records in connection with this conveyance. Subject to restrictions, reservations, easements, covenants, oil, gas or mineral rights of record, if any.

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Bank of America’s securitization trust administration business and the loan was transferred from Bank of America, National Association as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-FF2 to U.S. Bank National Association, as Successor Trustee to Bank of America, N.A., as Successor to LaSalle Bank, N.A., as Trustee For The Holders of the Merrill Lynch First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Mortgage Loan AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2007-FF2, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 1663 VT RT 100C, Johnson, Vermont on May 26, 2016 at 11:00 am all and singular the premises described in said mortgage To wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Fred S. Hunter by the Limited Warranty Deed of Vermont Housing Finance Agency dated December 7, 1993 and of record in Book 70, Pages 295-296 of the Johnson Land Records. This property is located on both the Northerly and Southerly sides of Vermont Route 100 C and is shown on sheets one and two of a survey entitled “Total Station

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Empowering Seniors and Caregivers Central Vermont Council on Aging is an innovative agency dedicated to quality elder services in Central Vermont. We are currently seeking a proven leader for the following fulltime position based in our Barre office:

Plate Restaurant in Stowe, VT is seeking a full-time, passionate, experienced, saute cook for its busy open kitchen. Please send your resume to amartin0014@gmail.com The Dude Abides!

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Chittenden East Supervisory Union seeks a full-time mechanic to maintain, repair and modify a variety of district vehicles, engines and related equipment. Excellent salary and benefits. Please apply online at schoolspring.com or call 434-2128 for an application. On-line application must include: profile, letter, resume, references. Hard copies of three written reference letters will be required for verification at the interview level. Visit our website cesu.k12. vt.us for information about our schools. EOE M/F

PLANT MECHANIC WASTEWATER This position is responsible for performing preventative and corrective maintenance at any of the three wastewater treatment plants and pump stations. Also responsible for performing all general tasks involved in maintaining division operations and property. This position requires analysis/ troubleshooting of industrial controls and communication equipment such as VFDs, PLCs, and interlocked process equipment. Requirements include a high school diploma or equivalent, completion of a mechanical/electrical program at a two year technical college and 1 year experience in a wastewater plant or similar industrial setting, performing preventative and corrective maintenance, or 3 years working in a wastewater plant or similar industrial setting performing preventative and corrective maintenance or a combination of relevant education and experience. A valid Vermont State Driver’s license is required and the ability to obtain Valid Class B CDL license with tanker endorsement as well as the ability to obtain a Grade 1 DM Wastewater certification for the State of Vermont within 1 year from date of hire. To apply, send a cover letter, resume and completed City of Burlington application by May 23, 2016 to:

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Director of Case Management Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director of Case Management will ensure quality, person centered client services by supporting staff in skills development, supervision, training, and data management. As a member of the upper level management team, this position supports overall agency goals through participation in strategic planning, setting budgets, and management-level activities. Travel throughout Orange, Lamoille and Washington Counties is required. The successful applicant will have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant field, and demonstrated experience in supervision, knowledge of Vermont elder services, exceptional organizational skills, a commitment to keeping our services growing in a constantly changing environment, and strong technological skills including database management and a working knowledge of MS Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook. Experience in RBA (Results Based Accountability), and grants management is a definite plus! Our ideal candidate is compassionate, open-minded, flexible, detail-oriented, and committed to fostering excellence in others. For more information, visit our website at cvcoa.org. Salary is based on experience and includes a generous benefits package. To apply, please send resume and cover letter to jobs@cvcoa.org by May 27.

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Equipment Operator Green Mountain Compost is seeking to hire a skilled equipment operator to help produce premium compost and soil products. Daily operations include windrow turning, processing, finished product screening, blending and loading of trucks. If you are a highly motivated individual who enjoys operating and maintaining heavy equipment you should check out the full job description at www.cswd.net. A minimum of two years’ experience. $16.87 per hour. Excellent benefit package. Please send resume and letter of interest to: Amy Jewell CSWD 1021 Redmond Road, Williston, VT 05495 or e-mail ajewell@cswd.net by May 23.

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We are seeking a Finance Manager with entrepreneurial drive to lead the accounting department for multi-location retail company. You oversee daily functions of the department including payroll & AP and are responsible for financial reporting and the analysis of store and department performance. Duties include tax filings, 401(k) Administration, employee benefits, and governmental filings. You bring your knowledge and perspective to work with owners, buyers and staff to design and execute company plans. Qualified candidates have a minimum of five years’ experience including supervisory and training experience.

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Responsibilities include but are not limited to daily sales and payment reconciliation, general ledger entries, assisting in preparations of monthly financial statements, payroll and HR support as well as other accounting functions. You are accurate and detail orientated in your work and enjoy working with numbers and people. You possess strong auditing, reconciliation and organizational skills and the skills to communicate well with all those you work with. Qualified candidates have 3-5 years of bookkeeping and payroll experience and are well versed in QuickBooks.

Friday, May 20, 2016 1:00- 6:00 p.m.

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The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission seeks a skilled and self-motivated financial professional on a part-time basis. Successful applicants will enjoy working with a highly functioning team of committed professionals. Familiarity with QuickBooks or similar software is highly preferable. Applicants should be comfortable in a Microsoft Office environment, particularly with Excel. Functions include accounts receivable, accounts payable, general accounting, budgeting, grant administration, and records management. CCRPC is the regional planning agency for the Burlington VT region. Our offices are in downtown Winooski along the river in a great walking environment with a variety of restaurants, services and businesses. The workplace is friendly and flexible. The individual selected must be a self-starter, able to work independently and stick to deadlines. Some night meetings may be expected. Compensation commensurate with experience. There will be future opportunities for advancement. Please send a letter of interest and resume (with references and contact information) by 4 pm, Friday, May 27, 2016 to Charlie Baker, Executive Director at: cbaker@ccrpcvt.org. See the full ad and job description at ccrpcvt.org/about-us/news/jobs. No phone calls please. Applicants should be available for an interview.

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FULL TIME AOP Clinician: Seeking a Vermont licensed MSW mental health professional with excellent clinical skills to provide outpatient psychotherapy to adults. LADC licensure a plus. Strong Assessment skills and willingness to collaborate with larger AOP team are critical.

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Community Support Staff: Provide outreach and office-based support to adults coping with psychiatric disabilities. Work flexibly as part of interdisciplinary treatment teams to provide treatment planning, coordination and implementation of services to assist individuals in recovery process. Bachelor’s degree and experience in human services preferred.

The Town of Johnson seeks full time Town Administrator/ Community and Economic Development Director position. Job Description and application on the town webpage at townofjohnson.com.

Y&F Outreach Clinician: Work in homes, communities and schools with children, adolescents, and families with emotional and behavioral challenges. Master’s degree and two to four years’ counseling experience required. Behavior Interventionist: Provide 1:1 support and training in behavioral, social, and communicative skills to children in home and school settings. Extensive training in ABA, trauma-informed supports and ASD intervention provided. Bachelor’s degree required.

Contact Duncan Hastings, 635-2611, dhastings@ townofjohnson.com for info.

CRT Clinician: Provide psychotherapy, supportive counseling, and service coordination to adults coping with life impacting major mental health conditions. Strong interest in working on trauma approaches, DBT, and open dialogue a plus. Must have a Master’s degree and be on track for rostering and licensure. We offer a dynamic and supportive learning and teaming environment where we’re working on innovative directions of practice informed by an international scope of inquiry.

Submit application, letter of interest and resume: Town of Johnson, P.O. Box 383, Johnson Vermont, 05656 by 5/30/16.

Eldercare Clinician: Provide psychotherapy to clients for a wide range of mental health and substance abuse issues. Provide outreach services to homebound elders. Excellent supervision, flexibility and training opportunities. MSW required.

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Home-based (ASD) Behavior Interventionist: Support children 2-21 with autism spectrum disorders in home and community settings to develop social, communication, and adaptive skills. Position is fully supported and training is included. Applicants must have (or be in process of acquiring) bachelor’s degree. Use of own transportation required.

FINANCE DIRECTOR The Town of Milton is seeking an engaging, collaborative and skilled municipal finance steward to join its senior management team as the Finance Director. Reporting to the Town Manager, this fulltime position is responsible for the oversight, forecasting and tracking of the town’s financial health. The Finance Director also works closely with the School Business Manager on a variety of fiscal matters. Salary range is $72,000-$92,000 commensurate with experience. The town of Milton offers an excellent benefits package.

Weekend Emergency Team Clinician: Work one weekend per month providing phone and face to face assessment, crisis intervention, and brief counseling support to Addison County residents. Master’s degree required. Must live within 30 minutes of Middlebury. Opportunity available for additional weekday, overnight, and weekday substitute shifts. Therapeutic Support Worker: Provide positive community support for transition-age youth after school. This is a community-based position which requires flexibility with hours and the ability to work effectively in a positive manner with a variety of individuals within and outside the agency. Bachelor’s degree required. 1-2 years of experience preferred. Use of own vehicle as well as a good driving record is required. Crisis Stabilization Substitute: Assist in staffing residential crisis support program for adults coping with life disrupting mental health conditions. Bachelor’s degree and experience in residential or community support work in the mental health field, and an understanding of recovery oriented approaches for coping with major mental health conditions.

FOSTER FAMILY Foster family needed for a period of 18-24 months for a 10 year-old girl in our community who loves arts, crafts and animals. The child and family of origin are working toward reunification. Caregiver(s) needs to have patience and ability to self-regulate while providing structure, consistency and nurturing. Ideal home will not have same aged children. Family will receive support, training, respite and a generous monthly reimbursement. Contact Marilynn Lang at 388-6751.

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Full-time, 40 hour/week position in a busy internal medicine practice. Medical experience preferred, but will train the right applicant. Duties include: facilitating a positive experience for patients, escorting patients to exam rooms, entering patient data and history and/or extracting data and reports from electronic health record, and performing procedures including, but not limited to, EKGs, PFTs, pulse oximetry, urine collections and audiograms.

To apply, send resume, cover letter and City of Winooski Application to: Human Resources 27 West Allen Street Winooski, Vermont 05404 Or email to jhulburd@winooskivt.org

If interested, please send resume to Niki DuVal, 368 Dorset St., Suite 1, South Burlington, VT 05403, or nduval@goodhealthpc.com.

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working with people? The City of Winooski is seeking a Part-Time Customer Service Coordinator. This position will assure that City services are delivered in an effective, efficient and friendly manner by greeting customers, both on the phone and in person, processing payments and executing general office support duties. This position is 24 hours per week and requires a High School Diploma or equivalent. For more information please visit winooskivt.org.

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Lamoille County Public Defender’s Office, Hyde Park. Previous secretarial experience required. Experience as a legal secretary and with Microsoft Office software preferred. Must be able to work independently and as a team player. Half-time PG15 position with State benefits. Full job description found at: defgen.vermont.gov/resources. Starting pay: $14.46/hour.

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KidsGardening.org, formerly a program of the National Gardening Association, has been the nation’s leading resource for school and youth gardening since 1982. We provide garden grants, school gardening research and garden-based curriculum. We work with national sponsors to create opportunities for kids to learn through the garden, engaging their natural curiosity and wonder by providing inspiration, community, know-how and resources. Learning through gardening creates a generation of kids connected to their food and community and engaged in nurturing a healthy planet. We believe that learning through gardening should be an indispensable part of children’s education and personal development.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR We are searching for a talented and experienced leader to be Executive Director of our national non-profit. You will be responsible for leading and growing KidsGardening.org to create the greatest impact on furthering our mission. You will be responsible for managing our organization and leading our experienced and dedicated team, developing innovative strategies and growing our audience and reach, so we achieve and surpass our goals. Our ideal candidate will have a minimum of five years of regional or national non-profit leadership experience, with specific expertise in strategic planning, creating partnerships, marketing communications, and fundraising, as well as the ability to engage a variety of audiences. A proven ability to create successful national advocacy and/or marketing campaigns a plus. Gardening experience highly valued and a passion for our mission is a must. We work hard AND offer a fun place to work in a great location, with strong cultural values, competitive wages and outstanding benefits.

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2016-2017 SCHOOL YEAR For position details and application process, visit schoolspring.com, job #2650417, or send cover letter, resume, certifications, and three letters of recommendation to: Leeann Wright, Director, Northwest Technical Center 71 South Main Street, St. Albans, VT 05478-2274

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Full-time Music Contact International is a group tour operator specializing in performance tours. We are seeking a highly motivated and detailoriented individual with excellent writing and interpersonal skills. The ATC assists the operations team in managing the logistics of concert tours and festivals. This includes, but is not limited to: liaising with foreign suppliers; assisting with recordkeeping, itinerary writing, lists, handbooks, posters, ﬂights, venue and destination research; and maintaining supplier database. International travel experience important and foreign language ﬂuency is a plus!

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Lamoille North Supervisory Union is seeking a technology professional to collaborate with our school technology teams to maintain, support and continually advance our robust technology infrastructure for our students and staff. Lamoille North is an 1,800 student, 450 staff education system that boasts an exciting integrated infrastructure that supports a multi-platform network in our 10 locations, with 500 Mbps -1Gbps connectivity in each locale. Located at the base of the Green Mountains in the Lamoille River Valley town of Hyde Park, Vermont, the region is among the fastest growing in the state.

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s Degree; excellent writing skills, exceptional organizational and customer service skills; ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.

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Entry Level | Full-time Seeking a personable, detail-oriented individual for entry-level position. Position includes administrative support for operations; managing payments for our Online Payment Site; working with clients to coordinate individual ﬂight requests; liaise between clients, ﬂight department, and inhouse coordinators; assist in marketing related projects.

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thoughtful, dependable, and trustworthy. Ability to communicate clearly by 1:16 PM phone and in writing. Must have valid driver’s license. Start date May 16th, 2016. Please submit resume and three work references to melinda@mainstreetlanding. com.

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Education and/or Experience: Bachelors degree in information technology/computer science or related field or equivalent experience in technology is preferred. Demonstrated experience and/or training in software, hardware, network and other technology related information, as well as outstanding customer service are essential.

Salary: $65,000-$70,000, plus a generous benefit package. Fullyear, full-time position beginning July 1, 2016.

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Social Worker

▪ The Community Health Team Social Worker is responsible for facilitating access to health care for all patients, individual patient case management and community resource referral.

▪ This full-time position is located at The Thomas Chittenden Health Center.

▪ MSW with 5-7 years of community experience. Current license to practice in the State of Vermont.

▪ Minimum of 3-5 years as a clinical care provider and advocate. UVMHealth.org/MedCenterJobs Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Sales Manager Trainee position available in Charlotte at a small manufacturer of high tech machines with national and international sales. Applicant must be sales oriented with a high interest in all things mechanical. Compensation is locally competitive.

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Stenographer Burlington-area tree service is looking to hire aspiring tree climbers. No experience neccessary. Must have valid driver’s license. Willing to train the right person. Email resume to limbwalking@gmail.com.

Receptionist We have an immediate opening for an experienced receptionist with strong customer service skills and experience operating a multi-line switchboard. Strong organization, communication, and computer skills are necessary. Must be a reliable and professional self-starter with strong interpersonal skills.

Lane Press, Attention: Human Resources P.O. Box 130, Burlington, VT 05402 or, jobs@lanepress.com. EOE

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Mansfield Hall is a private, innovative residential college support program for students with diverse learning needs.

SPECIAL EDUCATOR

Special Education Professional to serve as our Academic Case Manager/Director. This position requires excellent teaching, organization, planning, written and oral communication skills. The ability to multitask and collaborate with our academic partners in the collegiate community is essential. Having a commitment to the success of all students and ability to understand and teach to various learning styles is required. Master’s degree in special education or a related field is preferred.

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DIRECTOR OF CONNECTIONS Our Connections Program is our non-residential transition experience for our students. This position requires a strong leader with excellent communication and management skills to build a cohesive team and collaborate with our multiple community partners. In addition, this position carries some Academic Case Manager responsibilities (see above). The ideal candidate will have the multilayered skill set to manage staff and volunteers, and to work closely with students and parents. Master’s degree in human services, special education, or a related field is preferred.

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Rutland Regional Planning Commission (RRPC) is hiring a full-time Transportation Planner, who will be part of a diverse and fun team of regional and urban planners. The right person for this position will thrive by working with a team of professionals who promote smart growth principles and will understand how transportation planning shapes our local 2:48 PM communities. The Transportation Planner will have a core understanding of urban design, town planning and economic development. A deep understanding of transportation planning concepts is essential and a land use planning background or advanced degree is preferred. The position requires the ability to work cooperatively with people from diverse backgrounds, to organize and facilitate public meetings, to write in a clear and compelling manner, to write and administer grants and to oversee program budgets. Evening meetings, public hearings and field visits come with the territory. The RRPC is located in The Opera House, a historic building located in the epicenter of downtown Rutland, Vermont. The RRPC is 50 years strong and full of energy to make a lasting difference in the region. The Rutland Region is dynamic and thriving. It is home to three major ski areas; four colleges; a vibrant local food, craft beer, and arts scene; and world-class recreational opportunities. There is a can-do community spirit that sets the region apart – from entrepreneurial support to recordbreaking blood drives. The high quality of life in the region draws people from all corners of the world. Each season brings ever-changing vistas of beauty throughout the scenic valleys, mountains and byways. The region is large enough to entertain a thriving economy yet quaint enough for individuals to enjoy the peace of the green mountains and to make a lasting impact in the community. Rutland is evolving and you can be part of the change. The salary is approximately $50K per year, plus generous health care, retirement options and vacation time.

Provide life skills planning and training with our students. This position requires the ability to work independently and in conjunction with our Director of Student Life to enhance our students’ capabilities in their life skills, social goals, and capacity for independence. Bachelor’s degree in human services, education, or related field with some experience is required.

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If you want to make an impact in a growing field and network of 27 communities that will last into the future, then please submit a cover letter, resume and three professional references to mskaza@rutlandrpc.org or mail to: Mary Kay Skaza, Rutland Regional Planning Commission, P.O. Box 965, Rutland, VT 05702. Deadline is May 31, 2016. Visit rutlandrpc.org for more information. Address questions to Mary Kay Skaza, mskaza@ rutlandrpc.org. You will be contacted before references are called. RRPC is an equal opportunity employer.

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In the coming months Howard Center will launch a new integrated crisis program and we are now hiring the Director and Assistant Director for this new First Call for Chittenden County team. These individuals will lead and support a 24/7 call center, mobile assessment team, response and intervention services, and suicide prevention initiatives. Position details below. (Note: Until the formal launch of the integrated program, all Howard center crisis numbers will remain the same.)

Director, First Call for Chittenden County

The Director is responsible for the leadership, management and staff supervision of the FCCC program. Must demonstrate proficiency as a public relations representative for the Agency and requires strong risk management skills and the ability to uphold a standard of excellence in crisis care. A solid understanding of Vermont’s mental health system of care, 5-7 years including direct service and supervisory experience, and credentials as a licensed Psychologist Master, LICSW or LCMHC are required. Job ID# 3214

Assistant Director, First Call for Chittenden County

The Assistant Director will support FCCC initiatives by providing leadership, management and staff supervision. Will be responsible for staff training and development, implementing clinical initiatives and best practices, and upholding a positive program culture. Credentials as a licensed Psychologist Master, LICSW or LCMHC are required, as well as 3-5 years of direct service and supervisory experience. Job ID #3215

MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES Head Nurse, Medicated Assisted Treatment Program

This position is responsible for safely dispensing methadone and buprenorphine products and maintaining all Nursing Dispensary operations. Constant observation of clinical activity, process, and transaction regarding written clinical policy. The Head Nurse is responsible for the daily functions of dispensary. Receives and enters inventory medication into the computer. Maintains DEA binder on monthly basis. Assists with writing nursing policy and protocols. Covers for Nurse Supervisor when absent. Strongly preferred: bachelor’s degree, three years’ experience in nursing, supervisory experience and previous work in a community setting. Required skills include performing an EKG, strong organizational skills and attention to detail. LPN required. Job ID# 3198

to join our growing childcare team! Email resumes to krista@leapsvt.com or call 879-0130.

Clinician, Substance Abuse, Chittenden Clinic Join our multidisciplinary team of enthusiastic and caring professionals to help those fighting opioid addiction. Seeking two Hub Substance Abuse Clinicians to provide individual, group and family counseling and health home services to patients dependent on opioids. Health Home services are comprehensive in nature, enabling the Chittenden Clinic to provide enhanced client services that are coordinated and address medical and psychosocial issues. Clinicians work with treatment providers and community support groups with the goal of coordinating care and referrals. In addition, counselors implement and maintain clinical records addressing treatment plans and progress in treatment. Counselors assist in developing and carrying out clinic policy and procedure. LADC strongly preferred. Howard Center offers generous time off, starting at 35 days/year for full-time positions. This is a full-time, benefits eligible position with a starting annual salary of $39,000. If licensed, additional $750/year stipend added to base pay. Job ID# 3015

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Keeler Bay Service is looking for an experienced automotive mechanic. Starting pay $20.00 plus an hour. Please contact 372-6139 or email us at clshoram@gmail.com.

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Full time, Hardworking. Previous experience desirable. Transportation required.

Security Officer Must provide ongoing oversight to patient behavior at one or both Medication Assisted Treatment sites to ensure a safe environment and efficient dosing procedure. Ensure patients are adhering to clinic policy. Appropriate intervention would be necessary. Part-time and full-time positions available. Part-time position is on the weekends. Job ID# 2752 and Job ID# 3200

Residential Counselor, Spruce Street Seeking energetic and professional individual to provide a safe environment for adults with mental health challenges living in a residential setting. Work with residents in establishing and reaching goals aimed at independent living. Help develop coping and symptom management skills. Must have ability to exercise sound judgment and to be compassionate and respectful. Bachelor’s degree required; human services experience desirable. Full time, 40 hours (including one asleep overnight). Starting pay of $15/hour. Job ID# 3216

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Cook, Lakeview Community Care Home Seeking an energetic and compassionate person to cook for residents in a community care home setting who have mental health challenges. Duties involve planning and preparing nutritionally balanced meals, ordering and shopping for food, and clean up. There is a lot of contact with residents in this job. It is a full-time, 38-hour position working four days and off three days in a row. Prior cooking experience is appreciated. Job ID# 3219

Activities Guide WhistlePig Rye Whiskey is looking for an Activities Guide. Please go to whistlepigwhiskey.com/ work-with-us for a complete job description and application instructions.

Howard Center offers an excellent benefits package including health, dental, and life insurance, as well as generous paid time off for all regular positions scheduled 20 plus hours per week. For more information, please visit howardcentercareers.org. Howard Center is an equal-opportunity employer. Applicants needing assistance or an accommodation in completing the online application should feel free to contact Human Resources at 488-6950 or hrhelpdesk@howardcenter.org. 14-HowardCenter051116.indd 1

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Outreach Representative Seeking organized and motivated individual for the position of Outreach Representative in the Burlington office of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. The position is the office’s liaison to various constituencies – which may include higher education, affordable housing, and disability organizations. The Outreach Representative will help plan and organize public meetings and other events. Must be comfortable speaking in public, talking with a wide range of Vermonters, and willing to work some nights and weekends. Applicant must have very strong verbal and written communication skills and a proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment. Significant knowledge about government and the legislative process is essential. Full time position. Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply. Equal Opportunity Employer.

REGIONAL TREATMENT COURT COORDINATOR

Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor

(Job Code 16018)

The Vermont Judiciary is looking to fill a long term temporary position in White River Junction. 40 hours per week. $22.09 per hour with benefits. The Coordinator will be responsible for the general administration and ongoing development of the treatment court programs. Prior experience and education in criminal justice or social services settings strongly preferred. Open until filled.

Go to vermontjudiciary.org for more details and how to apply.

Treatment Associates, Inc., is seeking a full- or part-time Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (or working towards licensure). Experience with individual and group therapy, medication assisted therapy, and IOP. Send resumes to jsstonemd@live.com.

Mail, fax or email cover letter and resume by May 25 to: Ethan Hinch Office of Senator Bernie Sanders 1 Church St. 3rd Floor Burlington, VT 05401 FAX: 802-860-6370

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Primmer, a full-service law firm with offices in three New England states and Washington, DC, is seeking a motivated individual to join our business team in Burlington. The Business Assistant will provide administrative/functional support to the Directors of Administration & Human Resources and Finance with involvement in several functional areas, including human resources, finance, vendor relations, insurance administration, firm event planning and facilities. This is a critical position involving extensive internal and external communications. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who is detail-oriented, resourceful and versatile. Desired skills and experience include: • At least three years’ human resources experience, preferably in a professional office setting • Strong interpersonal, organizational and writing skills • Technical aptitude with high proficiency in MS Office 2010 • Ability to multi-task • Attention to detail and follow up • Law firm or legal department experience is a plus We offer competitive compensation and a full benefits package. Please submit letter of interest and resume to careers@primmer.com.

Turtle Fur, a leader in the outdoor accessories industry with a growing multi-channel online business, seeks an eCommerce Operations Manager. Become an integral part of a great team and take responsibility for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the online business of Turtle Fur on both our own website, www.turtlefur.com, as well as 3rd party marketplaces. Responsibilities • Manage a growing eCommerce team. • Work closely with the marketing team. • Set annual goals, priorities, and budgets alongside senior management. • Manage related SaaS systems to ensure smooth operations of the eCommerce department. • Guide all customer acquisition, conversion, and retention efforts (SEM, Email Marketing, Site Optimization, Review Solicitation, Live Chat, Promotions). • Oversee the listing of Turtle Fur products on 3rd party marketplaces (Amazon & eBay), seek out new opportunities for 3rd party selling, and coordinate with Sales on marketplace seller policies for wholesale. • Manage inventory levels via forecasting and in-season transfers. • Be involved in the creation and planning of Direct-to-Retail product. • Oversee all eCommerce projects ensuring open communication across all departments. • Report on traffic and sales metrics to senior management on a regular basis. Requirements • 5-8 years of experience in D2C eCommerce (outdoor industry or CPG preferred). • Bachelor's Degree required. • Knowledge of paid search programs (Google Adwords certification a plus). • Experience working with 3rd party marketplaces and knowledge of their best practices. • Strong analytical background. • Strong communication skills. • Familiarity with HTML, CSS, & Java. • Knowledge of Shopify, Channel Advisor, or RetailOps a plus. All inquiries to: hr@turtlefur.com 9t-TurtleFur051116.indd 1

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COLCHESTER FIRE DISTRICT No. 2

DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR

Court Administrator’s Office seeks person for temporary position to processes financial transactions, disbursements, receipts, expenditures and fund transfer requests. Makes corrections in accounting records. Assists professional staff in maintaining accounting systems. Maintains tracking systems and recordkeeping systems. Performs related duties as assigned. Stationed in Montpelier, VT, $14.46 per hour, 20-40 hours per week.

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GMCS is hiring staff for our event security team. · Part time Open until filled. Candidates shall submit a complete and up· Choose your own Posted on 04/21/2016 by Colchester Fire District No.2 Colchester, to-date Judicial Branch Application and resume. An electronic schedule VT expires in 05/25/2016. version of the Application and a more detailed job description · Great second job may be found at vermontjudiciary.org. Colchester Fire District No.2, located in Colchester, is currently · Nights and weekends accepting resumes and cover letters for a full time District available Administrator. The District provide water to the Malletts Bay · Work at great outdoor section of the Town of Colchester and emergency service to the events entire Town. The District serves over 8,300 residents with over 4t-OfficeCourtAdminACCOUNTING051116.indd 1 5/9/16 4:38 PM MILTON TOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT OPENING · No experience necessary 2,600 service connections. The District Administrator oversees the · We will train you day-to-day operations of the District’s water system and supervises the District employees. This position encompasses all aspects of administration of the District’s water system. The Administrator is the water system primary operator and is responsible for operations, maintenance and proper functions of the District’s water supply and distribution system. Minimum Qualifications • Knowledge and level of competency associated with a postsecondary education. •

Three years of supervisory experience and two years experience with computer software and control and telemetry systems, or any equivalent combination of education and experience that demonstrates possession of the required knowledge, skills and abilities.

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MANAGER OF BUILDINGS & GROUNDS

The Milton Town School District is looking to fill a vacant Manager of Buildings and Grounds position to begin immediately. This is a full-time year round salaried position. Qualified candidates will have the following:

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Submit all application materials that include your cover letter, resume and three letters of references electronically via SchoolSpring. Applications submitted in any other format will not be considered.

Milton Town School District Attention: Terry Mazza 42 Herrick Ave. Milton, VT 05468 FAX: 802-893-3213 EOE

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Providing innovative mental health and educational services to Vermont’s children and families. Resourceful Renovator seeks a highly motivated, teamoriented

Lead Carpenter

to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of eight years of residential remodeling & renovation experience with at least two as lead carpenter. Preferred skills include the basics as well as the ability to problemsolve and think creatively. A positive attitude along with great communication skills are essential. Basic tool set and reliable transportation is required, truck preferred. RRP certification, green building knowledge, supervisory skills, and energy efficiency experience are all pluses. Besides competitive pay and year round employment, we provide benefits such as: paid time off, dental insurance, continuing education, and the rewards of working with like-minded people who take incredible pride in what they do. Our clients are the best customers around and their word of mouth is leading us to new, exciting projects. Check out examples of our work at resourcefulrenovator.com Please e-mail your resume to resourcefulrenovator@ yahoo.com

“Make a difference in the life of a child!”- NFI Vermont, a leader in Specialized trauma and adolescent development, is looking to expand our team of innovators. Full time and part time positions available. Competitive wages, training opportunities, flexible work schedules and family oriented culture. Excellent benefits with tuition reimbursement offered for 30 or more hour employees.

Full and Part Time Community Integration Specialist Sign On Bonus Offered! Community Based Services

CBS is committed to empowering youth by providing family based treatment through innovative, diverse and community integrated methods. CBS is seeking full and part time community integration specialists to join our talented team of mental health professionals. Responsibilities include working individually with children and adolescents with mental health challenges both in the community and in their homes. The opportunity to bring personal interests/ hobbies to share with youth is encouraged. Ideal candidates must have a bachelor’s degree, be able to work afternoon and evening hours, have a valid driver’s license, and reliable transportation. Generous benefits package is provided which includes sign on bonus and tuition reimbursement. Please send a cover letter and resume to brandiecarlson@ nafi.com EOE

Full Time DCF Contract Care Coordinator St. Albans

Northeastern Family Institute St. Albans has an opening for a full-time DCF contract Care Coordinator. Coordinators work directly with children and families involved with DCF, who experience multi-system issues, including substance abuse, domestic violence, and mental health challenges. Responsibilities include coordinating and facilitating large meetings, teaming with community service providers, creating treatment plans through collaboration with DCF, and parent education. We are looking for candidates with strong communication and documentation skills, who work well in a team setting. Experience with Family Time Coaching, Family Safety Planning and Family Group Conferencing is a plus. Bachelor’s degree and/or two years’ experience in related field required. Please submit cover letter and resume to NFI-St. Albans, ATTN; Tessi Simmons, 12 Fairfield Hill Road, St. Albans VT 05478, or email tessisimmons@nafi.com

Full-Time Therapeutic Case Manager St. Albans

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The NFI St. Albans wraparound program is seeking a therapeutic case manager to provide comprehensive clinical services to youth and families. The ideal candidate would be a flexible, outside the box thinker to provide trauma informed care while interacting with multi-stressed systems. The case manager is responsible for collaborating with teams and families to develop and guide treatment; this includes providing clinical supervision within the WRAP micro-team. NFI provides excellent training opportunities, clinical supervision and a comprehensive benefits package. Master’s degree in social work, counseling or related field preferred. Send resume and cover letter to tessisimmons@ nafi.com

Full-Time Weekend Awake Overnight Counselor Group Home

The NFI Group Home is seeking a hardworking, committed and passionate person to join our staff team in the role of a weekend Awake Overnight Counselor. The Group Home, located in Burlington, is a long-term residential program, which provides intensive treatment services to males and females, ages 13-18. The Awake Overnight Counselor provides safety, supervision and support to the youth during the sleeping hours. The position is 30-hours per week on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and is benefits eligible. Please contact Jen Heintz at jenniferheintz@nafi.com if you are interested in being considered for this position. Include your resume and cover letter. EOE 14-NFI05116.indd 1

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Full & Part Time Residential Counselors Shelburne House

The Shelburne House Program of NFI Vermont is seeking a Residential Counselor. Shelburne House is a residential program which provides assessment and stabilization services to male teenagers, ages 13-18. Responsibilities include supporting youth, ADL (activity, daily learning), assisting with independent living skills, and implementing treatment plans created by clinicians. Experience working with teenagers with emotional and behavioral challenges desired. BA in psychology or related field highly desirable. There is a full time and part time positive available. Our full time position is offered with a comprehensive benefits package. Send cover letter and resume to Rachael Donovan, 4292 South Brownell Road. Williston, VT 05495 or e-mail rachaeldonovan@nafi.com.

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Administrative/ Executive Assistant

Small, dynamic, professional association seeks a SUMMER CANVASSERS dedicated, competent and The Vermont Public Interest Research Group, the state’s largest highly-dependable person for environmental and consumer advocacy organization, is looking the position of administrative for passionate people who want to work hard and have fun while assistant. Must possess changing the world. Join our team as we engage in public interest strong organizational and organizing and advocacy campaigns on everything from climate communications skills and and clean energy to getting big money out of politics. Positions are available in Montpelier and Burlington. Learn more about all the be proficient in bookkeeping opportunities we have and apply online at: (QuickBooks), Microsoft www.vpirg.org/jobs (Word/Excel), database management and basic web design. Commitment 4t-VPIRG042716.indd 1 4/25/16 3:27 PMto quality work and timely, reliable member services is essential.

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This is a full-time position with competitive wages and excellent benefits. Modern and pleasant work environment located near downtown Montpelier. Please send letter of interest and resume via email to: Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director Vermont Superintendents Association jfrancis@vtvsa.org

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NFI Shelburne House

The Shelburne House Program of NFI Vermont is actively seeking an Awake Overnight Counselor. The Shelburne House is a residential program that works with adolescent males between the ages of 13-18 and is highly specialized in crisis stabilization, clinical assessment, and long term intensive treatment. The Awake Overnight Counselor is primarily responsible for maintaining safety and supervision during the hours when clients are asleep (10 p.m. - 8 a.m.) on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. This is a great position for an individual who is pursuing higher education or already has a part time job. Experience working with adolescent males who possess behavioral/ emotional challenges is strongly desired as well as a BA in psychology or a related field. Please send cover letter and resume to Rachael Donovan at rachaeldonovan@nafi.com.

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Digital Campaign Specialist Do you love what Vermont is all about? So do we at VSECU. We’re seeking individuals who believe in our vision of empowering possibilities for Vermonters, our memberowners, and co-workers. Our employees and culture bring our brand to life and we are seeking a dynamic and focused individual who wants to bring purpose to his/her work. By joining the Marketing team as a Digital Campaign Specialist, you will be relied on to create solutions, develop and execute on marketing campaigns from creative inspiration, production and reporting analytics, with expertise in digital marketing tactics and channel management. We are flexible and team-oriented at VSECU, a credit union for everybody in Vermont. Learn more and apply here:

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PROJECT MANAGER: VT EPSCOR CWDD The VT EPSCoR Center for Workforce Development and Diversity (CWDD) works to inspire students to enter STEM careers by providing research opportunities for undergraduate students and high school students and teachers throughout Vermont. We seek a highly organized Project Manager who will manage CWDD projects including integrating students into EPSCoR’s undergraduate, high school and middle school programs; the VT EPSCoR Streams Project; the implementation of scholarship programs; and will provide administrative assistance to the CWDD Coordinator. Interested candidates should have experience in project management and/or program administration, and a scientific background (MS preferred). Experience working with secondary students and undergraduates is a plus. See http:// www.uvm.edu/~epscor/cwdd for more information. This position will be an employee of Saint Michael’s College working for VT EPSCoR.

LAST CHANCE! Immediate AmeriCorps Member Opening We are looking for energetic individuals to fill the roles of AmeriCorps Crew Members for our 2016 season starting immediately! If spending the summer outdoors working to preserve some of Vermont’s most scenic landscapes sounds appealing, visit our website at vycc.org to apply for a Conservation AmeriCorps Member position today. Compensation is $275 weekly living allowance, and $2865 AmeriCorps Education Award upon successful completion. Room and Board Included. 3v-VYCC051116.indd 1

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Engaging minds that change the world Seeking a position with a quality employer? Consider The University of Vermont, a stimulating and diverse workplace. We offer a comprehensive benefit package including tuition remission for on-going, full-time positions. These openings and others are updated daily. Project Coordinator - University of Vermont Extension - #S545PO - University of Vermont Extension is hiring a .75 FTE Project Coordinator to lead and grow delivery of prevention-based programs that build strong families and healthy youth. Promoting School-Community-University Partnerships that Enhance Resilience (PROSPER), this effort is part of the Vermont 4-H Youth Development program. The project coordinator provides leadership to a community team responsible for implementing the initiative. Responsibilities include coordinating program logistics, developing outreach materials for both print, social media and web, completing evaluations and written reports. In addition, grant writing and fundraising is an essential component of the job. 6:31 PM The successful candidate must have a Bachelor’s degree and two years’ related experience with focus in youth prevention programming and fundraising preferred. Demonstrated ability to write grants and fundraise. Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate programs. Candidate must demonstrate effective interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work with youth and adult volunteers in a team environment. Computer and electronic communication proficiency required. Candidates must have the ability to frequently travel to various locations. The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution. Applicants are encouraged to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal. This position is funded through August 31, 2017 and may be extended subject to additional funds being secured. Position is open until filled. Electrical Senior Mechanic - Physical Plant Department - #S651PO - Perform highly skilled electrical, fire alarm, and emergency system repairs, preventative maintenance, emergency service and installation. Perform highly skilled electric control system troubleshooting for HVAC systems. Access information utilizing desktop applications. Promote a work place that encourages safety within the field and in the shop. Operate University vehicle. This position reports to a Utilities Trades Supervisor and requires active engagement in learning and practicing principles of social justice and inclusion, environmental sustainability and delivering great customer experience. High School diploma, and Vermont State Masters Electrician license and Fire Alarm TQP Certification required. Five years’ experience in electrical trade which includes electrical maintenance and repair; demonstrated proficiency in two or more skilled trades (such as boiler operations, HVAC, plumbing and/or controls) required. Valid driver’s license and driver’s check required. Lifting up to 50 lbs. occasionally. Specific physical requirements may apply. Initial employment contingent on a successful completion of physical screening. Computer experience. Must wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) while performing specific job tasks. Office & Small Events Coordinator - Conference & Event Services - #S660PO - The University of Vermont’s Conference & Event Services is seeking an Office & Small Events Coordinator. This position provides general office and operational support and serves as the front line point of contact for the reservations and scheduling of meeting/program needs for the department. The Office & Small Events Coordinator processes leads, contracts, coordinates small events and provides assistance to customers with event and program needs, coordinates scheduling of University space, services, and equipment requested by University affiliated and non-University external groups. This employee is the point person for the student employment process which includes processing student job postings with the Student Employment Office (SEO) and overseeing successful selection, training, and supervision of student reservation/office assistants. The ideal candidate will actively engage in learning and practicing principles of social justice and inclusion, environmental sustainability, and delivering great customer experience, have an Associate’s degree and one to two years of customer service, hospitality or conference/event related experience, a demonstrated understanding of software applications and systems, effective interpersonal and organizational skills, and experience working effectively in teams and independently. Valid driver’s license or ability to obtain to operate University vehicles to transport materials, equipment or clients to event sites. Experience working in a higher education and familiarity with EMS or other space/event scheduling software desirable. The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution. Applicants are encouraged to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal. For further information on these positions and others currently available, or to apply online, please visit our website at: www.uvmjobs.com; Job Hotline #802-656-2248; telephone #802-656-3150. Applicants must apply for positions electronically. Paper resumes are not accepted. Job positions are updated daily. The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Applications, from women, veterans, individuals with disabilities and people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged. Untitled-35 1

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VIP is a 100% employee owned company where our customers are our friends. Using the latest technologies, we provide an innovative suite of solutions to distributors, bottlers, suppliers, and brand owners in the beverage industry. At the heart of our innovation is the VIP culture where we embrace a collaborative problem-solving approach, and put a premium on one’s health and wellness. For over 40 years, VIP has built long-lasting relationships with many of the largest and most successful companies in the beverage industry. We value these relationships, and owe it to them to constantly strive to help them reach their goals in an ever-changing industry. Our famous midday basketball and street hockey games, on-site fitness center, cycling club, softball team, and on-site child care center are just some examples of the activities that bring VIP employees together. Come work for a company where hard work is recognized, and a healthy work-life balance is encouraged. VIP offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, 401k, profit sharing, ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan), on-site child care and fitness centers, discounted EDGE memberships, paid time off, and more.

Software Implementation Specialist

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Learn how to install, use and set-up the various components of VIP Solution Packages and Software, while working with an experienced Implementation Specialist Successfully understand the VIP Software with the knowledge to install and train at VIP customer sites. Installation includes: preparatory data conversion and hardware set-up Training includes: on-site support during installation, as well as post-installation support Provide excellent support and customer service to existing customers to include trouble-shooting issues, emphasizing training components, managing on-site software upgrades, and communicating with Customer Support, as well as providing feedback to Development Teams.

Job Requirements: • Must be highly organized and detail-oriented • Effective communication skills, both written and orally • Provide effective teaching and training in a resourceful way • Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and as a team player • Ability to multi-task and handle multiple projects and customers • A desire to learn new technologies and provide innovative ideas in the implementation team • Knowledge of beverage distribution is a plus! • This position is 30% - 50% travel within the U.S

VIP Day-Care has (2) immediate openings for a Center Assistant, and (1) opening for a Pre-School Teacher.

Center Assistant

The Center Assistant will assistant in the infant/toddler classrooms. Some of the responsibilities include, assisting with lessons, caring for the children, and helping the day-care run smoothly. The ideal candidate will be, creative, flexible, have a positive attitude, enjoys educating young children, and works well in a team atmosphere. Education Requirements: Associate Degree in early childhood or human/child development or related field

The Pre - Toddler Teacher

The Pre - Toddler Teacher will be in charge of creating a safe and nurturing environment for children ages 1-5. He/She will assist with planning and implementing a creative curriculum. The qualified candidate will need to communicate daily with parents, be a reliable asset to the daycare, and most importantly get down and work at the children’s level. Pay is competitive depending on education and experience. Applicant must have a positive attitude, be a team player, and be committed to working with children. Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in early childhood or human/child development or a related field; which includes one year (may be school year of experience if the experience is in a school) of successful experience with the ages of children specified by the terms of the license or appropriate license from the Vermont Department of Education.

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Customer Support Specialist

Looking for a highly professional, people oriented individual whose main interest is in a satisfied and happy customer. Interact with customers to provide and process information in response to inquiries, concerns and requests about products and services, as well as provide internal support and set up for launch of new customers. Ability to train and teach customers to use software products is required.

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Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom, a Vermont based telecommunications solutions provider, located in central Vermont, is seeking a qualified individual to join our team in our Waitsfield Office.

CATV NETWORK TECHNICIAN

Responsibilities include CATV network installation, troubleshooting, testing, and maintenance, including head-end, outside plant, remote sites, as well as customer premise. Also responsible for supporting digital headend maintenance and cable modem and converter processing. Strong troubleshooting and interpersonal communications skills required. Practical knowledge of the fundamentals of IP networking and addressing; knowledge of IP networking and addressing used in digital cable systems preferred. Qualified applicants must possess a valid VT Driver’s License as well as a minimum of two years’ CATV installation, repair, and maintenance work experience, or related experience. No calls please, submit resume and a completed WCVT job application to: Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom

ATTN: Human Resources PO Box 9, 3898 Main Street Waitsfield, VT 05673 Fax: (802) 496-8342 Email: hr@wcvt.com

Community Engagement Manager Do you have a passion for the mission of the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf? The Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity / Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf has an opening for a Community Engagement Manager. As the largest direct service emergency food provider in Vermont, the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf serves over 12,000 people each year. The Community Engagement Manager coordinates fundraisers and special events including food and fund drives. The position oversees the volunteer program and engages with volunteers in the community to help raise funds for CEFS. The Community Engagement Manger also works closely with the Development Director to generate press and increase online visibility. Successful candidates must have a bachelor’s degree in business or human services plus 2-4 years related experience or a combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills have been acquired; and the ability to communicate with, supervise, and empower volunteers to be effective in their roles. Supervisory experience and experience with volunteers in a non-profit setting is preferred. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential. This is a full time position with excellent benefits. Please send a cover letter and resume by email to: cefsengage@cvoeo.org. To learn more about this position, please visit cvoeo.org.

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Graphic Designer Seven Days has an immediate, part-time position available on its award-winning design team. A successful candidate designs quickly, skillfully and creatively under intense deadline pressure. You must be ready to hit the ground running from day one — this is not an entry-level position. In addition to weekly newspaper duties, this designer produces graphics for our monthly parenting magazine Kids VT, e-newsletters, web banner ads and annual glossy magazines (7 Nights, BTV, What's Good). Preference 5h-SevenDays-Designer-051116.indd 1

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given to candidates who have significant experience designing at magazines and/or newspapers and who are available immediately. We are looking for a designer with an edgy aesthetic who loves media — both print and digital — and is comfortable designing editorial and advertising for any medium. Required on-site shifts include Monday 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Tuesday 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Required expertlevel knowledge of: Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, PhotoShop CC. Send cover letter, resume and three print design samples from publication work in .pdf format (portfolio links to print work also acceptable) to designjob@sevendaysvt.com by Thursday, May 12, at noon.

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We are seeking an Early Childhood Teacher/Parent Educator to work in our 5 STAR child care setting. We are a therapeutic child care program that supports children birth through 3 and their families. Strong candidates must have knowledge of child and adolescent development, family systems, mental health issues, excellent communication skills, and want to work with young families. Flexibility and collaboration is a must. This is a six-month, full-time position with generous benefits, total hours negotiable. Please submit your resume by May 18th. Contact Info: Please contact Donna Bailey at dbailey@ addisoncountypcc.org or Sue Bloomer atsbloomer@ addisoncountypcc.org or you can contact on our web-site addisoncountypcc.org.

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Frontrunner Network Systems Corp has an opening at the Global Foundries facility near Burlington. On-site responsibilities include MAC and switch maintenance on Rolm equipment. Seeking an experienced, certified Rolm tech capable of completing tasks independently. Part-time to potential full-time position. Qualified candidates may e-mail resumes to sshaw@ frontrunnernetworks.com.

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Do you share our passion for community-based restorative justice?

Lamoille Restorative Center is hiring a

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Do you have case management experience? LRC is a team-oriented, non-profit agency based in Hyde Park. We have a full-time position for someone who possesses strong facilitation skills, a clear sense of boundaries, brings a human services background and embraces a restorative justice philosophy Responsibilities include conducting evidence-based screenings, facilitating meetings to repair harm, supporting program participants, victims and volunteers, and collaborating with partner agencies and professionals in the criminal justice system. A bachelor’s degree and experience in a related field is required.

Interested individuals can apply by sending a cover letter and resume to the following email address: info@lrcvt.org

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Our nurses, rehab specialists and social Responsibilities • Develops, implements, evaluates and reports onmedicine the quality workers deliveranalyzes, patient-centered improvement and clinical risk management programs and activities for home health and hospice, our annual flu program. Oversees in a better placeandfor care: the home. cross organizational teams to ensure improvement in performance that

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Hospice & Palliative RN (Full-time) with the Community Health AccountableCare Care (CHAC) organization, and supervises the RN Telehealth Manager and the RN Central Care Coordinator. Home Care RNQualifi (Full-time) cations • Five or more years of quality improvement experience in a Full-time) healthcare Occupational Therapist (Part- or setting, preferably in home health services • Ability to analyze and interpret data is critical in this position Physical Therapist (Part- or full-time) • Oversees CVHHH’s telehealth program including a telehealth contract

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing or other Healthcare professional field is required, master’s degree preferred, with CPHQ certification highly desirable

HR at hr@cvhhh.org or call CVHHH takes greatContact pride in our strong commitment to our employees, offers a competitive compensation package and a comprehensive benefits package. Interested applicants should (802) 224-2233 for more information or to apply. apply online at cvhhh.org/job-postings or send a Cover letter and resume to hr@cvhhh.org.

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Vermont State Housing Authority, statewide housing provider, needs a professional individual to handle all field operations for a variety of rental housing programs in parts of Franklin and Grand Isle counties.

Centurion, a partnership between MHM Services and Centene Corporation, is a leading provider of healthcare services to correctional facilities nationwide. Centurion of Vermont is proud to be the provider of healthcare services to the Vermont Department of Corrections.

Responsibilities include working with clients, landlords and community organizations; mediating issues; administering and enforcing contracts with property owners; and performing annual reexaminations of tenants and inspections of units under the program.

We invite you to learn more about the environment that is often referred to as “nursing’s best-kept secret” — correctional nursing. We are currently seeking a full time Care Coordinator at our Regional Office in Waterbury Center.

Bachelor’s Degree and two years’ work experience in public or private housing field, including public contact. Individual will be home-based and must reside in either Franklin or Grand Isle county. Extensive driving required, including weekly trips to the central office in Montpelier. Position is full time 40 hours per week.

The Care Coordinator reports to the Director of Care Coordination (DCC), working closely with the DCC to provide oversight for the continuum of care for inmates with complex health needs as they are released to the community. The Care Coordinator coordinates with the Department of Corrections (DOC) staff, facility Medical and Mental Health Professionals, Clinical Treatment Teams, and community providers relative to the release of inmates with complex needs. The Care Coordinator serves as a resource to Primary Care Providers, Mental Health Professionals (MHP), Treatment Teams, and DOC Reentry staff, and those involved with reentry, both internal to the DOC and external within the community; acts as a liaison to outside agencies in the reentry process.

For full position details visit www.vsha.org. Cover letter and resume to HR, VSHA, One Prospect St. Montpelier, VT 05602-3556 VSHA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Community Health Improvement RN ▪ This full-time, 36 hours a week position helps patients take positive steps towards improved health. The RN provides assistance to referred patients working on issues related to chronic disease and medication management. Working in Patient Centered Medical Homes across Chittenden County.

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NEW CAREER OPPORTUNITY Tourism & Marketing: Director of Communications BUSINESS ANALYST III Champlain Housing Trust’s Finance team in Burlington

Join Agency of Human Services and serve the affordable housing needs a diverse group of people. JobofDescription: We have an exciting and challenging opening for a Business Oversee all accounting functions forExperienced owned properties, partnerships, sought to lead the Vermont Department of Tourism professional Analyst III in Williston, Vermont. You will have the opportunity and fee managed properties in CHT’s&property and asset management Marketing’s public and trade relations eﬀorts. This mission-critical position to improve the healthcare services provided to the citizens of is designed generate positive tourism-related coverage of Vermont in the portfolio. Your primary responsibility is to assuretothat timely and the State of Vermont by ensuring that the technological systems national international accurate financial reports are produced and toand support the Finance marketplace. The Director of Communications is put in place meet the needs of Vermonters. You will identify for the development and implementation of a proactive business Directors in assuring that CHT’sresponsible corporate financial activity is areas of business process improvement, create technical and outreach plan consistent with the goals and mission of the Department of managed accurately and effectively. business process documentation, support and inform decision

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makers, and bridge the gap between business needs and Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree with emphasis accounting, finance via socialinnetworking tools. This position is responsible for all tourism media solution implementation requirements. Job Requirements: or mathematics; three years of management/supervisory experience relations in-state and out-of-state; press release development; pitching targeted You must be proficient in using a BA’s tools and techniques to in accounting and financial management or equivalent experience. tourism story ideas to regional and national media; development of press manage business analysis activities; elicit, analyze, and manage Knowledge of software systems andfamiliarization real estate document/corporate trips and itineraries; management of media contact lists; and requirements; evaluate solutions; and contribute to strategic records keeping preferred. Must be able to manage priorities in support formultiple Vermont’s international public relations initiatives. The Director analysis of business processes. You must possess excellent a busy work environment; possess excellent communication, analytical, will also collaborate with the Agency of Commerce executive team in the communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills. You must be ofjudgment a proactive organizational and computer skills; development and exercise sound and travel trade and business recruitment plan. This competent in technical writing, business modeling, and organizing position to will report to the Commissioner of Tourism & Marketing. initiative in solving problems. A commitment social and economic information. Experience with MS Visio and UML or other formal justice and the limited equity model of property ownership is required. modeling languages is a plus. Education and Experience: Six (6)

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years or more of Business Analysis experience at a professional CHT is a socially responsible employer offering a competitive salary ﬁeld; Public Relations or related have a minimum of ﬁve years of relevant work level. Preferred: CCBA/CBAP certification. Bachelor’s degree or commensurate with experience. Ourexperience; benefit package demonstrate includes training,knowledge of Vermont and Vermont’s tourism industry. higher in an IT-related subject. health insurance, vacation, holiday, sick leave, 403(b), disability and life insurance. Submit a cover letter and resume bywriting May 20th to Human and a minimum of three references should be Resume, samples For more information, contact Robert John Maddock at (802) Resources, Champlain Housing Trust, 88 King Street, Burlington, VT Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community submitted to Kitty Sweet, 233-9757 or email robert.maddock@vermont.gov Reference 05401 or email HR@champlainhousingtrust.org. No phone calls, please. LifeJob Development, One National Drive, Montpelier, VT 05620-0501. In-Full and out-ofID #619217. Location: Williston. Status: time. Limited

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JOB: First Baptist Church of Burlington, a progressive American state travel will be required. Salary range: $50,000. Deadline: May 26, 2016. Baptist Church in EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER - CHT is committed to a diverse workplace and highly encourages women, persons with service – exp. $45,000 07/31/17.-Application Job Description: disabilities, Section 3 residents, and people from diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds to apply. downtown Burlington, Experienced professional sought to lead the Vermont Department of Tourism is seeking a college & Marketing’s public and trade relations eﬀorts. This mission-critical position graduate to serve as Director of Youth/Young 550CHT-HR-SeniorAccountant-7D-01.indd 1 4/27/16 11:06 AM is designed to generate positive tourism-related coverage of Vermont in the Department of Vermont Health Access Adult Outreach. The Department of Vermont Health Access, Analytics Unit,

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national and international marketplace. The Director of Communications is seeks a highly organized withbusiness excellent attention to responsible for the development and implementation of a professional proactive detail to join our team as a Financial Manager III. This position outreach plan consistent with the goals and mission the Department of of health is responsible for of performing comprehensive analysis earn up to $17.00/hr Tourism and Marketing as well as maintaining consistent communications care, financial and Medicaid/VHC data using spreadsheets and database managementfor software. Job duties include, analyzing via social networking tools. This position is responsible all tourism media and interpreting various types of health care data including relations in-state and out-of-state; press release development; pitching targetedclaims data, encounter data, and financial reports. This position will tourism story ideas to regional and national media; development of press assist in the development of communications, proposals, reports, Nightfamiliarization Shift $3,000 signtrips on and itineraries; management ofand media contact spreadsheets presentations as well lists; as assistand in researching. This is a fast paced, challenging and dynamic environment with support for Vermont’s international public relations initiatives. The Director colleagues across all organizational levels. The ideal candidate will will also collaborate with the Agency of Commerce executive team in the have strong analytical, mathematical, and project management development of a proactive travel trade and business recruitment This skills. Must be proficient in excel, and plan. knowledge in other Microsoft position will report to the Commissioner of Tourism & Marketing. office products such as PowerPoint is largely beneficial. Excellent

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POSITION: Part time, 15-20 hours per week. Initiate and oversee programs and service learning opportunities facilitating the spiritual growth of youth, college age, and young adults in our community. Grow these groups to become a vital part of our congregation. Detailed job description available upon request.

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Resume, writing samples and a minimum To ofapply, three references should be you must use the online job application at careers.vermont. submitted to Kitty Sweet, Vermont Agencygov.ofForCommerce questions relatedand to yourCommunity application, please contact the Department of VT Human Resources, Recruitment Services, at 855Development, One National Life Drive, Montpelier, 05620-0501. In- and out-of828-6700 (voice) or 800-253-0191 (TTY/Relay Service). The State state travel will be required. Salary range: $45,000 - $50,000. of Vermont offers an excellent total compensation package and is an EOE.

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MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST Tourism & Marketing: Director of Communications Department of Mental Health Agency of Commerce and Community Development

Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital (VPCH) is seeking Mental Health Specialists VCGI seeks a leader in the geospatial technology and data management realms to to join our team of dedicated professionals. At VPCH we are passionate and direct our evolving organization and develop a vision for the future of geospatial committed to the care of individuals with psychiatric disabilities. As a Mental technology in state government. VCGI is a division of the Agency of Commerce Experienced professional sought to lead theHealth Vermont Department of Tourism Specialist you will work collaboratively as a member of a multidisciplinary and Community Development with statewide responsibilities to lead and provide team, using evidence-based practices to position provide patient-centered care. You will & Marketing’s public and trade relations eﬀ orts. This mission-critical governance to Vermont’s geospatial community and shared data assets. The supportcoverage the mission of VPCH to provide excellent a recovery-oriented, safe, Director will bring interpersonal and public communication skills as is excellent designed to generate positive tourism-related of Vermont inopportunity thecare infor respectful environment. This is an excellent individuals with a well as experience with program, project and personnel management to a long- The Director of Communications is national and international marketplace. Bachelor’s degree in Human Services or experience in a human services setting. established, dedicated and good-humored team. For more information, contact Evening and night shifts available. For business more information, contact Kathy Bushey responsible for the development and implementation of a proactive David Metraux, david.metraux@vermont.gov. Reference Job ID #619125. Location: kathleen.bushey@vermont.gov. Reference Job ID# 618888. Location: Berlin. outreach plan consistent with the goals and at mission of the Department of Montpelier. Status: Full time, permanent. Application Ddeadline: 05/16/16. Status: Full Time. Application Deadline: May 15, 2016.

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CHRONIC DISEASE PROGRAMnetworking SPECIALIST tools. This position is responsible via social for all tourism media VOCATIONAL REHABILITATIONREGIONAL MANAGER

Vermont Department of Health relations in-state and out-of-state; press release development; pitching targeted Department of Aging and Independent Living The Vermont Department of Health is seeking a talented professional to join its The Divisiondevelopment of Vocational Rehabilitation is looking for a creative, high energy tourism story ideas to regional and national media; of press tobacco control team in the Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention leader committed to continuous improvement to fill a management position in a in an effort to reduce the burden of chronic disease Vermonters. We are familiarization trips andonitineraries; management of media contact customer-centered agency serving joblists; seekersand with disabilities and the business looking for a colleague who has experience in risk behavior management, and support for Vermont’s international public relations The community. initiatives. Responsible for two busyDirector offices, 25 staff, administrative, budget and enjoys facilitating community/stakeholder engagement and creating new strategic personnel oversight. Requires Master’sindegree will also collaborate with the of Commerce executive team thein a human services field and three partnerships. Experience in developing and implementing workAgency plans and applying years professional level experience that includes at least one year of managerial, development of a proactive travelorganizations trade and business recruitment plan. This For more information, contact public health best practice to assist Vermont’s network of community supervisory or program administrative responsibility. and service providers to reduce the impact of tobacco advertising and secondhand Karen Blake-Orne at karen.blake-orne@vermont.gov or call (802)793-3645. position will report to the Commissioner of Tourism & Marketing. smoke exposure is preferred. The candidate will ideally possess experience Reference Job ID #618222. Location: Barre. Status: Full time. Application in tobacco control and prevention work,Job as well Description: as experience in training and deadline: May 25, 2016. Candidates must: demonstrate strong oral and written skills; have Department a BA in educating stakeholders on collaborative partnerships for sustainable interventions. Experienced professional sought to lead the Vermont of Tourism Strong project management, critical thinking skills, and an understanding of Public Relations or related field; have atrade minimum of five yearsThis of relevant work position & Marketing’s public and relations eff orts. mission-critical partnership engagement and/or community organizing are required. The position experience; demonstrate knowledge of Vermont and Vermont’s tourismofindustry. Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets is designed to as generate positive tourism-related coverage Vermont in the requires exceptional written and verbal communication skills, well as the ability The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets seeks an exempt to write, administer and manage multiple grant and contract agreements. For national and international marketplace. The Director of Communications is Executive Assistant to the Secretary to coordinate, organize, interact and manage daily information, contact Rhonda Williams at 863-7592 or rhonda.williams@vermont. Resume, writing samples and a minimum of three should responsible for the development and references implementation of abe proactive business schedules and functions of the Secretary’s Office. This position requires a highly gov. Reference Job ID #619110. Location: Burlington. Status: Full time - limited submitted to Kitty Sweet, Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community organized individual with excellent communication skills, including all forms of outreach plan consistent with the goals and mission of the Department of service. Application deadline: May 16, 2016. social media, as well as computer skills. The ability to establish and maintain Development, One National Life Drive,asMontpelier, VT 05620-0501. In-communications and out-ofTourism and Marketing well as maintaining consistent effective working relationships among a variety of professional disciplines, networking tools. This position is responsible all tourism state travel willvia besocial required. Salary range: $45,000 - $50,000. governmental bodies, and the public isfor key. This is a full timemedia exempt position relations in-state and out-of-state; press release pitching targeted with full time benefits. Givendevelopment; the impending change in Administration, the Vermont Department of Health position is available and secure from May 23rd thru December 31, 2016. After The Vermont Department of Health’s Division of Health Promotion and Disease tourism story ideas to regional and national media; development of press that time the position may continue, though that cannot be guaranteed. This is an Prevention has an opening for a Program Technician II. Reporting to and assisting familiarization trips and itineraries; management of media contact lists; and excellent opportunity for a person interested in a highly professional environment the Division Business Manager, the ideal candidate will be an energetic, organized support for Vermont’s international relations initiatives. The Director that willpublic build relationships within and outside state government, gain executive and collaborative individual with exceptional written and oral communication skills. administrative skills, build connections across the executive and legislative also with the Agency of Commerce executive team in the The position will support programmatic will staff in a widecollaborate variety of tasks and special branches of state government, and be a member of a smart, dynamic team invested projects. Other regular duties include grant & contract processing, development of a purchasing, proactive travel trade and business recruitment plan. This in the Agency’s mission. Work is performed in a standard office setting with accounts payable, literature review, out-of-state travel arrangements, meeting position will report to the Commissioner ofand Tourism & Marketing. possible evening weekend work including travel. This is an exempt position. scheduling, training documentation, facilities requests, and phone line coverage DO NOT APPLY ONLINE. responsibilities. Applicants to this opportunity should be highly experienced using the Microsoft Office suite of applications, and be comfortable learning and using Candidates must: demonstrate strong oraland and skills; haveAdministrative a BA in Assistant: Submit resumes coverwritten letters to Faith Raymond, new technology systems. Candidates should be capable of converting editing field; Public Relations or and related have a minimum of fi ve years of relevant work faith.raymond@vermont.gov or mail to: VT Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets, documents into digital formats, be knowledgeable in the principles and practices 116 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05620-2901. experience; demonstrate knowledge of Vermont and Vermont’s tourism industry. of public administration, understand modern office management practices, and be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships. For information, For more information and/or a copy of the Job Specification, please, contact contact Al Johnson at 951-0162 or al.johnson@vermont.gov. Reference Job ID and aJolinda LaClair, Deputy Secretary: 828-1629 orshould 828-5667.be Reference Job ID Resume, writing samples minimum of three references #619109. Location: Burlington. Status:submitted Full time - limited service. Application #619182. Location: Montpelier. Status: Full-time/exempt. Application Deadline: to Kitty Sweet, Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community May 19, 2016. Deadline: May 16, 2016.

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Development, One National Life Drive, Montpelier, VT 05620-0501. In- and out-ofstate travel will be required. Salary range: $45,000 - $50,000. 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

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F4F also helps farmers who have extra land but no resources to purchase seeds and plant new crops. For instance, it’s working with a coffee-growing cooperative in Nicaragua, consisting of 750 families, to start the area’s first farmers market. “There’s only one supermarket, and it’s owned by Walmart, and it carries all processed and expensive food,” Nadworny explains. The new market, which she compares to the Intervale Food Hub in Burlington, will give families a fresh alternative. “It looks like [Vermont] 20 years ago,” she says. “It’s the very same integrated process of strengthening a local food system.” Overall, says Nadworny, “We’re helping transfer this knowledge and power to these farming communities so they have choices.” Many of F4F’s board members and advisers work in the coffee industry, or study it. They include founder Rick Peyser (former director of social advocacy and coffee community outreach for KGM), who works at Lutheran World Relief; Mané Alves; Brio Coffeeworks co-owner and president Magda Van Dusen; and Ernesto Méndez, an assistant professor at the University of Vermont, who analyzes “interactions between agriculture, livelihoods and biodiversity conservation.” Cox helped found and serves on the board of another Vermont nonprofit, Grounds for Health. Its mission is to “reduce cervical cancer among women in developing countries” by partnering with coffee cooperatives and health organizations in Africa and Latin America. To date, GFH has screened more than 61,000 women and helped treat 4,177.

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Like that of many food products, coffee production has a dark side. The Coffea plant genus grows in equatorial regions between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, so much of the world’s coffee is sourced from impoverished nations, some of them embroiled in conflict. Each coffee-growing nation has its own laws governing exportation and its own legal and ethical standards for labor. Because coffee is a commodity product — the second most traded good in the world after oil — much of it is sold for a minuscule price per pound. Furthermore, coffee growing is seasonal and subject to the vagaries of precipitation, temperature and plant diseases, so it rarely yields sufficient profit to create stable businesses and communities. That’s where Food 4 Farmers comes in. The mission of the Hinesburg-based nonprofit is to help bring food security to coffee-growing communities. Says codirector Janice Nadworny, “The price of coffee doesn’t support farmers adequately. They’re not earning enough income to feed their families, send their kids to school, have electricity.” Coffee’s commodity status, combined with increasingly challenging climatic conditions that can lead to more disease, will keep that from changing any time soon. Nadworny compares the plight of coffee farmers to that of Vermont dairy farmers producing commodity milk. Some have been able to stabilize their livelihoods using value-added product lines or diversification. Coffee farmers have similar options. But, as Nadworny points out, coffeegrowing regions lack many resources available to businesses in the United States, and farmers there endure tribulations that American farmers don’t. “In many communities, roads might be washed out, there could be guerrillas, or [growers] might have to pay off the paramilitary so they don’t wreck their farm,” Nadworny says. Starting with “community diagnostics” that help identify regional strengths and challenges, F4F helps coffee growers come up with strategies. For instance, farmers might bring in a secondary industry such as beekeeping. “There’s a huge demand for delicious coffee-flower honey,” Nadworny says. “People want to buy it, and the income is significant right away.”

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$1.22 per pound — but specialty coffee is prized. Esmeralda Geisha, one of the most expensive beans, is grown in one small valley on a single Panamanian coffee plantation. In 2013, it fetched $350.25 per pound at auction. Although the Geisha is the most dramatic outlier, it illustrates the point: Farmers do better when they grow specialty coffee. So do other members of the supply chain. According to Cox, each coffee bean is handled about 18 times — from tree to burlap sack to customs — before being purchased by its final consumer, and everybody who handles it needs to get paid: exporters, importers and roasters alike. Specialty coffee, because it has fewer defects and is handled more carefully in production, generally tastes better, too.

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beans and brews? Some would say the future of the industry depends on it. Like dairy farmers, coffee producers thrive when their products are more highly valued. And, as with other specialty foods, the extra dollars typically flow toward those who take better care of soil, employees and products. “The specialty coffee industry pays very close attention to the medical conditions and social conditions” in coffee-growing communities, says Turer. Cox adds, “Until the specialty guys came along, I didn’t see the bigger guys getting involved [in social missions]. If we don’t help [coffee farmers], we won’t have anything to sell.” Green commodity coffee is sold cheaply — it’s currently trading at about

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now take in the finer details of coffee production and brewing, as well as social responsibility. Third-wave coffee roasters characteristically source their beans from individual farms and cooperatives rather than whole regions, attend to tiny gradations in roast temperature, and find creative ways to engage with consumers. Each Friday at noon, for example, Brio offers a public cupping at its Pine Street roastery. The session allows participants to acquire some in-depth coffee knowledge and play at being sensory analysts for an hour. Although Vermont now has dozens of small roasters, Turer, Cox and staffers at CLI believe there’s room for more. Rather than competing with one another for the same customers, roasters should be trying to convert commodity coffee drinkers into specialty coffee drinkers, local experts suggest. In tough economic times such as these, why should people spend more on

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baristas will be able to identify the best brewing method for your tastes — whether French press or Chemex — and prepare your drink with care. At Burlington’s Maglianero, for instance, which uses beans from North Carolina’s Counter Culture Coffee, baristas favor the AeroPress and pour-over methodologies for the consistent and flavorful cups they produce.

A quick primer on methods: The pourover resembles what happens in a drip coffee maker, except you’re pouring the water by hand over the grounds. The coffee seeps through a filter, leaving the cup free of sediment. The Chemex, invented in 1941, is a glass coffee maker using a manual pour-over system. The AeroPress features a plunger like a French press but has key differences such as a finer-gauge filter.

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Preparation options may be complicated, but engaging with excellent coffee doesn’t have to be. Scout & Co., which has three locations in the Burlington area, buys from Vivid Coffee, which roasts beans on location at Scout’s Winooski shop, and other local roasters. Baristas, including co-owner Tom Green, are happy to tell you about the flavor notes in your cuppa, if you’re interested. Or you can just get yours with smoked maple syrup and a torched marshmallow and sit in the sunny window with a coffee in one hand and a Miss Weinerz artisan doughnut in the other. Yes, the fetishization of specialty food products such as coffee can be annoying — especially when self-styled connoisseurs start foodsplaining. But those who care deeply about the aesthetic qualities of their coffee often also care about coffee farmers and choose beans that are grown and harvested sustainably. That care and attention translate to a more stable and resilient livelihood for producers. Roasters and cafés that are willing to charge a little more for their products — and consumers who are willing to pay it — believe in something more than a caffeine high. Their conviction can transform communities, both in coffeegrowing countries and here in Vermont, as the state’s thriving coffee industry demonstrates. So, when your friend asks for a coldbrewed cup of locally roasted coffee from the Kibuye valley of Rwanda, excited about its notes of chocolate and peach, instead of dismissing the hipster-speak, you may want to taste what that’s all about. m

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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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PACEM SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: Parents and potential students see if the learning community for 10through 18-year-olds makes the grade. Pacem School, Montpelier, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-1010.

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ALPS & METERS X STONECUTTER SPIRITS: DESIGNED BY TRADITION MAKER PANEL: Representatives from New Moran, Imhotep Design and more get together for a discussion of design, craftsmanship and life in the mountains. Cocktails and small plates round out the night. Scout & Co., Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 373-5227. AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: Healthy donors give the gift of life. Vergennes Union High School & Middle School, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Northwestern Medical Center, St. Albans, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The Baker’s Store, King Arthur Flour, Norwich, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 800-733-2767. CAREER SERVICES: A Community College of Vermont job-hunt helper assists employment seekers with everything from résumé writing to online applications. Winooski Memorial Library, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 655-6424.

‘FLYING MONSTERS’: Airborne reptiles reach new heights in a 2D and 3D National Geographic film. Northfield Savings Bank Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, noon & 2:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $10.50-13.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. ‘GRATEFUL DEAD MEET-UP AT THE MOVIES 2016’: Deadheads rock out at a screening of the band’s sold-out 1989 concert in Foxborough, Mass. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $12.50. Info, 660-9300. ‘PANDAS: THE JOURNEY HOME’: China’s blackand-white bearlike animals prepare to head to new homes around the world. Northfield Savings Bank Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. & 1 & 3:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $10.50-13.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. ‘PEACE OFFICER’: This 2015 documentary takes a hard look at the increasingly tense relationship between law enforcement and the public. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 2233338. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

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COMMUNITY NIGHT: Diners dig in for a cause at an evening benefiting the Peace & Justice Center. Partial sales are donated. Bluebird Barbecue, Burlington, 4:30-9:30 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 448-3070. COMMUNITY SUPPER: Friends and neighbors connect over a scrumptious spread. Feel free to bring a dessert to share. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 5-5:45 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300.

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GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION: Food, tours and giveaways greet guests at the newly opened hotel. Baymont Inn & Suites Essex Burlington Area, Essex Junction, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 872-5200. TECH HELP WITH CLIF: Electronics novices develop skill sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and other gadgets. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, noon & 1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6955.

KNITTERS & NEEDLEWORKERS: Crafters convene for creative fun. Colchester Meeting House, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 254-5660.

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CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON VERMONT ANNUAL MEETING: An awards ceremony and dinner give way to Art Cohn’s research presentation “Benedict Arnold’s Legacy: Tales From Lake Champlain.” UVM Waterman Building, Burlington, 4:40 p.m. $30; preregister. Info, rwatts@uvm.edu.

MEN’S GROUP: A positive environment promotes socializing and involvement in senior center activities. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-2518.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CHAPTER OF THE EMBROIDERERS’ GUILD OF AMERICA: Needleand-thread enthusiasts gather to work on current projects. Living/Dining Room, Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 9:30 a.m. Free; bring a bag lunch. Info, 372-4255.

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Most musicians could only dream of singing alongside the likes of Willie Nelson or Jackson Browne on an album. For folk legend Judy Collins, this dream is reality. On her 2015 release Strangers Again, the platinum-selling songbird banded together with a dozen artists to record a collection of duets. Perhaps most notable is the reboot of her 1975 hit, “Send in the Clowns,” for which she garnered a Grammy and pop-radio recognition. In this new version, sung with former touring partner Don McLean, Collins’ pipes are as clear and compelling as ever. Blue-eyed Judy steps into the spotlight for a heartfelt concert at Chandler Music Hall.

AN EVENING WITH JUDY COLLINS Sunday, May 15, 7 p.m., at Chandler Music Hall in Randolph. $30-60. Info, 748-2600. catamountarts.org

MAY 14 | MUSIC Rock of Ages When Tanya Tagaq went to college in Nova Scotia, she came down with the typical post-adolescent affliction known as homesickness. Her mother had just the cure: a tape of traditional throat singing that harked back to Tagaq’s Inuit roots. The chanting and guttural growling of the wordless vocal style sparked something in her and, as she told the Guardian, she “woke up.” While throat singing originated as more of a vocal game for two than a musical style, the Björk collaborator takes the form into new territory. For her upcoming concert at FlynnSpace, Tagaq infuses her oftenimprovised vocalizations with elements of electronica, industrial and metal music, backed by drums and violins.

TANYA TAGAQ Saturday, May 14, 8 p.m., at FlynnSpace in Burlington. $21-25. Info, 863-5966. flynntix.org

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SEAN PRENTISS Thursday, May 12, 6:30 p.m., at the Vermont Book Shop in Middlebury. Free. Info, 388-2061. vermontbookshop.com

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Vermont author Sean Prentiss’ book Finding Abbey: The Search for Edward Abbey and His Hidden Desert Grave is precisely what it sounds like: an account of Prentiss’ epic cross-country quest for the famous environmental writer’s final resting place. During an intimate reading, lit lovers journey into the creative biography of the notoriously radical Abbey. In it, Prentiss simultaneously searches for the writer’s sandy sepulcher and examines his own drifting nature. Called a “lively and thoughtful account” by Seven Days’ Ethan de Seife, Finding Abbey is the winner of the 2015 National Outdoor Book Award for History/Biography.

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‘A WILD TASTE OF SPRING’: Locavores learn to get their greens the way nature intended in a culinary class focused on foraging. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $5-10; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9753.

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CREATIVE DANCE FOR BOYS & GIRLS WITH NICOLE CONTE STEVENS: Energetic kiddos increase body awareness through imaginative movement challenges. Call for times. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph. $8-10; preregister. Info, 728-6464.

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, jmuse@colchestervt.gov.

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DANCE-BASED CONDITIONING: Melissa Ham-Ellis leads a series of stretching and strengthening movements. No dance experience is required. Fusion 802 Dance, South Burlington, 7:15-8:15 p.m. $15. Info, 444-0100. EATING WELL ON A BUDGET FOR FAMILIES: A weekly workshop with Frances Fleming of the UVM Extension highlights ways to save and get healthy. Cafeteria, Central Vermont Medical Center, Berlin, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202. 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.

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

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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.

HERBAL MEDICINE MAKING: TINCTURES, OILS, SALVES & CREAMS: Homeopaths take their natural healing skills to the next level in a workshop with Giving Tree Botanicals’ Heather Irvine. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $10-12. Info, 224-7100.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT SOUND MEDITATION: The sacred tones of Tibetan singing bowls, gong, flute and drum help participants release physical and energetic toxins. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. $15. Info, 510-697-7790.

KIDS’ DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Experienced and novice players 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, jmuse@colchestervt.gov. KIDS’ OPEN GYM: Physical fitness is disguised as fun for children ages 6 to 10. Church of the Nazarene, Williston, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-8591. LEGO CLUB: Youngsters ages 6 and up snap together snazzy structures. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420. ‘LOVE THAT DOG’: Lebanon Opera House’s Youth Education Series presents the story of a boy who finds his voice through poetry. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 10 a.m. $4-10. Info, 603-448-0400. READ TO A DOG: Book hounds ages 5 through 10 settle in with a good story and a furry friend. Fairfax Community Library, 3:15-4:15 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

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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, 633-4136. MINDFULNESS CLASS: Dogma-free meditative techniques lead to peace, joy and freedom. Exquisite Mind Studio, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $5-20. Info, 735-2265. MORNING FLOW YOGA: Greet the day with a grounding and energizing class for all levels. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $10. Info, 540-0186. 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. 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. R.I.P.P.E.D.: Resistance, intervals, power, plyometrics, endurance and diet define this high-intensity physical-fitness program. North End Studio B, Burlington, 6 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

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SCIENCE AND STORIES: ‘BUBBLE MAGIC’: Curious minds pop in to play with floating spheres. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30-11 a.m. Regular admission, $10.50-13.50; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: Engrossing plots unfold into projects for young ’uns up to age 6 and their grown-ups. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. STORY TIME WITH A TWIST: Wee ones get the wiggles and giggles out with Ms. Liza. Highgate Public Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 868-3970. 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. YOUNG ADULT BOOK DISCUSSION: Bibliophiles immerse themselves in The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. YOUNG WRITERS & STORYTELLERS: Kindergarteners 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. BEGINNER RUSSIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Language lovers 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: Speakers fine-tune their skills. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:45-7:30 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.

music

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. MUSIC FOR THE EMBETTERMENT OF KITTENS: A varied lineup features Joey Pizza Slice, Harvey Bigman, Ani and others. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 356-2776.

sports

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: Drive to the hoop! 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.

talks

IDEAS ON TAP: ‘BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME’: Scholar Emily Bernard facilitates a dialogue about Ta-Nehisi Coates’ National Book Award-winning work looking at the legacy of racism in America. Arts Riot, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 262-1356. OSAMA ALOMAR: The Chicago-based wordsmith serves up “Very Short Tales From Syria.” St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. RHONDA BILODEAU: Fans of furry friends tap into their animal instincts during the Vermont Dog Pack representative’s lecture “Secrets to Having the Perfect Dog.” A Q&A follows this benefit for All Breed Rescue. Robert Miller Community & Recreation Center, Burlington, 6 p.m. $35. Info, allbreedvt@allbreedrescuevt.com.

theater

VERMONT YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL: Vermont Stage members collaborate with student writers to bring original theatrical works to life. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 2 p.m. $10. Info, 863-5966.

words

BOOK DISCUSSION: Anthony Shadid’s House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family and a Lost Middle East sparks a lively dialogue among readers. Norwich Historical Society and Community Center, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 649-0124. RICK BECHARD: Nonfiction fans flock to a reading and discussion of From Pain To Peace: How Life’s Difficulties Can Teach Us Peace, based on the author’s personal experiences. Phoenix Books Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350. UU BOOK CLUB: Bibliophiles bond over Jared Diamond’s The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies? Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-561-6920. 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. THE WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP: CHAPTER FOCUS: Folks give feedback on selections of up to 40 pages 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.

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OPEN STUDIO: Artistic types meet new friends and craft original works in a community setting. Expressive Arts Burlington, noon-2 p.m. $15. Info, 862-5302.

conferences

VERMONT BUSINESSES FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY SPRING CONFERENCE: Area professionals rub elbows at a day of education, networking and exploration of the triple-bottomline approach to business. Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. $150-200. Info, russe@vbsr.org.

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.

environment

A COMMUNITY DIALOGUE ABOUT WATER IN VERMONT: A bonfire and s’mores make for a cozy discussion about art and environmental sustainability led by creatives from the upcoming “Of Land & Local” exhibition. North Beach, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.

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AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See WED.11, Rutland Elks Club, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. VFW, Swanton, noon-5 p.m. Tracy Hall, Norwich, noon-5 p.m. CAREER SERVICES: See WED.11. THE CAROLINE BAIRD CRICHFIELD FUND FOR WOMEN IN NEED FUNDRAISING EVENT: University of Vermont faculty member Patrick Brown speaks at this annual gathering where community members chip in to keep at-risk women safe. Burlington St. John’s Club, 5-7 p.m. Donations. Info, 862-2001. DANCE, PAINT, WRITE: Adults and teens reboot mind, body and spirit with guided movement followed by an imaginative arts session set to music. Expressive Arts Burlington, 10-11:45 a.m. $20; free for first-timers. Info, 343-8172. MAMA HOPE FUNDRAISER: Supporters shake, raffle and roll to the sounds of Paper Castles, DJ TT and Pony Truck while supporting efforts to build a boarding house in Tanzania. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15-20. Info, 540-0406. PIZZA & PERFORMANCE WITH RUSTY DEWEES: The Logger brings his signature blend of music, comedy and acting to the stage while audience members snack on wood-fired slices. The Common Place, Craftsbury, 6:30 p.m. $5-15. Info, 748-2600. 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.

film

‘AMY’: Archival footage and never-before-heard tracks put the life and death of singer Amy Winehouse in focus in an award-winning 2015 documentary. Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3981. ‘BEING MORTAL’: A 2015 episode of PBS’s “Frontline” delves into doctor-patient relationships near the end of life. A discussion follows. Richmond Free Library, 7-9 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 434-5634. ‘FLYING MONSTERS’: See WED.11. ‘MAN OF ARAN’: Part documentary and part fictional narrative, this 1934 film portrays the everyday difficulties of life on Ireland’s Aran Islands. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘PANDAS: THE JOURNEY HOME’: See WED.11.

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food & drink

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. SLOW FISH BENEFIT DINNER: Gourmands gorge on a four-course meal to help send Slow Food Vermont delegates to the Terra Madre Salone del Gusto conference in Italy. Bleu Northeast Seafood, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $55-75; preregister; limited space. Info, 864-8600.

games

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

health & fitness

COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS: Twenty minutes of 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. CORNWALL FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Interval training helps participants improve strength, agility, endurance and cardiovascular fitness. Cornwall Town Hall, 10-11 a.m. $12. Info, 343-7160. FORZA: THE SAMURAI SWORD WORKOUT: Students sculpt lean muscles and gain mental focus when using wooden replicas of the weapon. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243. 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. LYME DISEASE PREVENTION & BIOMAGNETIC PAIR THERAPY: Health coach Alicia Feltus teaches participants natural methods for staving off symptoms of the pesky infection. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $8-10; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

kids

LEGO CLUB: Brightly colored interlocking blocks inspire developing minds. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. LEGO FUN: Tinkerers in grades K and up create unique structures with geometric pieces. Kids under 5 require parental supervision. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Captivating narratives pave the way for crafts and activities for tots ages 3 through 6. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

SPRING DISCOVERY: Little ones ages 3 through 5 and their adult companions search for tadpoles, salamanders and other signs of the changing seasons. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 9-10:30 a.m. $8-10 per adult/child pair; $4 per additional child; preregister. Info, 434-3068.

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music

LAKE CITY CHAMBER ENSEMBLE: Advanced players make the strings sing for a night of compositions by Mozart, Janáček and others. ROTA Gallery and Studio, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 8 p.m. $3-10. Info, rotagallery@gmail.com.

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ROCK CITY: Barre’s one and only rock and soul chorus harmonizes to tunes from the ’60s through today to benefit the Good Samaritan Haven. Barre Elks Club, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 249-0414.

seminars

CHILD BEREAVEMENT SEMINAR: Professionals provide strategies and resources to support kids who have lost loved ones. Church of the Rock, St. Albans, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $20; limited space; preregister. Info, 393-6767. HOW TO CREATE CAREER AND BUSINESS SUCCESS WITH THE POWER OF POSITIVE MINDSET SO YOU CAN REALLY THRIVE AT WORK: Friends and colleagues pursue a more joyful personal and professional life at a weekly community gathering. Private residence, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free; nonperishable food donations accepted. Info, 864-2978.

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THE VERMONT CORPORATE CUP CHALLENGE & STATE AGENCY RACE: Individuals and teams of three make strides on a 5K run or walk. Vermont Statehouse lawn, Montpelier, 6 p.m. $25-50; $75150 per team; preregister. Info, info@vcccsar.org.

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AARP HOME FIT WORKSHOP: Participants learn tips and modifications for making their homes more livable as they age. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 1-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2518.

theater

SPIELPALAST CABARET: Burlesque beauties perform naughty numbers during an evening of ever-evolving theatrics anchored by a raucous house orchestra. Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 8 p.m. $20-25. Info, 863-5966. VERMONT YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL: See WED.11.

words

ANEW STORY NIGHT: Heavy hors d’oeuvres fuel a night of narratives and networking hosted by ANEW Place. The Old Lantern Inn & Barn, Charlotte, 6-8:30 p.m. $15. Info, 862-9879, ext. 1004. NONFICTION BOOK GROUP: Readers digest Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

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BURLINGTON RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB: New and veteran players attend a practice to learn about the sport and join the team. Bring cleats and a mouth guard. Fort Ethan Allen Athletic Fields, Colchester, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, burlingtonrugbyevents@gmail.com.

RICK CEBALLOS: The musician talks about his heritage in “Cuba: A Personal Journey,” presented as part of the One World Library Project. Lawrence Memorial Library, Bristol, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 453-2366.

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WORD PLAY FOR KIDS: A wide variety of verbal interactions improve language skills in 3- and 4-yearolds. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov.

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READ TO ARCHIE THE THERAPY DOG: Bookworms join a friendly canine for entertaining tails — er, tales. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:15-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

MANDARIN CHINESE CLASS: A native speaker teaches the dialect spoken throughout northern and southwestern China. Agape Community Church, South Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 503-2037.

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PLAINFIELD PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Tykes ages 2 through 5 discover the magic of literature. Cutler Memorial Library, Plainfield, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 454-8504.

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HOMESCHOOL PROGRAMS: Students ages 9 through 12 venture into the great outdoors for nature-themed lessons. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $20; $15 per sibling; preregister. Info, jmontague@audubon.org.

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SEAN PRENTISS: The Vermont author takes readers on a virtual cross-country tour with selections from Finding Abbey: The Search for Edward Abbey and His Hidden Desert Grave. See calendar spotlight. Vermont Book Shop, Middlebury, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-2061. SONGWRITING WORKSHOP: Seth Cronin guides Burlington Writers Workshop musicians and singers in structuring original strains. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. ‘WATER JOURNEYS IN ART AND POETRY’: Dianne Shullenberger shows fluid fabric collage while poet Mary Jane Dickerson reads excerpts from their collaborative book. Bridgeside Books, Waterbury, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 244-1441.

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agriculture

AN INTRODUCTION TO EDIBLE FOREST GARDENING: Green thumbs put permaculture principles to work with help from Walking Onion’s Aaron Guman. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

art

DRINK & DRAW FROM IMAGINATION: Quinn Dray teaches aspiring artists how to realistically render imagined environments. ONE Arts Center, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $20-24 includes one drink; $40 per pair; cash bar; preregister. Info, 518-649-6464.

bazaars

RICHMOND RUMMAGE SALE: Thrifty consumers bag gently used items. Richmond Congregational Church, 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 434-2053. SPRING RUMMAGE SALE: A wide array of secondhand treasures makes for budget-friendly buys. First Baptist Church of Burlington, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6515.

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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.

conferences

YOUNG FOLKS DOING OLD STUFF CONFERENCE: Tradition sets the tone for a day of social dances, games, workshops and presentations featuring keynoter Laura Risk. Bishop Booth Conference Center, Burlington, 8:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m. $55. Info, mark.sustic@gmail.com.

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HOT HAWAIIAN DANCE PARTY: Upper Valley Young Liberals host a tropical affair where themed attire is required. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. $10-15; BYOB. Info, 356-2776.

LAUGHTER YOGA: Breathe, clap, chant and giggle! Both new and experienced participants reduce stress with this playful practice. The Wellness Coop, Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300.

LET’S DANCE!: Twinkle-toed attendees hone their waltz, blues and Lindy hop skills with master dancer Gina Sonne. Vermont Independent School of the Arts, Sharon, 7-9 p.m. $7. Info, 299-9716.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.11.

YOUNG TRADITION WEEKEND: QUEEN CITY CONTRA DANCE: Angela DeCarlis calls the steps as dancers fall in line to tunes from Audrey Budington, Clayton Clemetson and McKinley James. Bring clean, soft-soled shoes. Shelburne Town Hall, beginners’ session, 7:45 p.m.; dance, 8-11 p.m. $9; free for kids under 12. Info, 371-9492.

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Imaginative XP earners in grades 6 and up exercise their problem-solving skills in battles and adventures. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. EARLY-BIRD MATH: Books, songs and games put a creative twist on mathematics. Richmond Free Library, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 434-3036.

fairs & festivals

YOUNG TRADITEEN MOVIE TION WEEKEND: NIGHT: Cinephiles Musicians and grades 6 through dancers take center 12 break out the stage with time-honored popcorn for a fun flick. styles during two days Burnham Memorial Library, SAT R E .14 | complete with a contra dance, Colchester, 6-8 p.m. Free; preMUSIC LODN | KEN & BRAD KO a contest, an awards reception and register. Info, 264-5660. a concert. See calendar spotlight. Various TEEN VIDEO PARTY: Future filmmakers who Chittenden County locations. Prices vary. Info, participated in producing Hanging With the Greats 233-5293. premiere their work. Ice cream sweetens the screening. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4 film p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. ‘FLYING MONSTERS’: See WED.11. ‘PANDAS: THE JOURNEY HOME’: See WED.11. ‘A VERMONT ROMANCE’: Bob Merrill provides a live soundtrack to this 1916 feature film, the first to be made in the Green Mountain State. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7 p.m. $15. Info, 660-2600.

food & drink

FAST-FOOD FRIDAY: Friends and neighbors rub elbows over a hearty spread of barbecue chicken, potato salad, coleslaw, baked beans, rolls and dessert. Takeout is available. Carolyn’s Dream Methodist Community Center, Highgate, 5-7 p.m. $8; $20 per family of four. Info, 868-4921.

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MURDER MYSTERY DINNER: Suppertime sleuths enjoy a mouthwatering meal and crack a puzzling 1920s-themed case. Brandon Music, 6 p.m. $40; preregister. Info, 247-4295.

ECSTATIC DANCE VERMONT: Jubilant motions with the Green Mountain Druid Order inspires divine connections. Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 505-8010.

ALL-AGES STORY TIME: Babies, toddlers and preschoolers participate in finger plays and action rhymes. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See Wed. 11, Lamoille Union Middle & High School, Hyde Park, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. United Reformed Church, New Haven, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 800-733-2767.

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, $414; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355.

CONTEMPORARY DANCE & FITNESS STUDIO’S PERFORMANCES: Movers of all ages twist and twirl through a variety of forms in this annual showcase. Barre Opera House, 7-9:30 p.m. $12-15. Info, 229-4676.

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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MAGGIE’S ADULT FIBER FRIDAY: Veteran knitter Maggie Loftus facilitates an informal gathering of crafters. Main Reading Room. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 6maggie2@myfairpoint.net.

BALLROOM & LATIN DANCING: Samir Elabd leads choreographed steps for singles and couples. See ballroomnights.com for details. Williston Jazzercise Fitness Center, introductory lesson, 7-8 p.m.; dance, 8-9:30 p.m. $8 for dance; $14 for lesson and dance. Info, 862-2269.

kids

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.11, 9:15 a.m.

health & fitness

BETTER BALANCE: A cardiovascular warm-up, strength training and targeted balancing exercises combine to improve stability and confidence. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $5-6. Info, 658-7477. FITNESS FOR EVERY BODY: Strength, agility, coordination and heart-healthy exercises are modified for folks of all ability levels. Charlotte Senior Center, 9:15-10 a.m. $10. Info, 343-7160.

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PRIDE CENTER OF VERMONT LGBTQA COMMUNITY CELEBRATION: Comics Hillary Boone and Josie Leavitt host an annual affair honoring those who have contributed to the community. Tasty treats and a live auction round out the fun. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 6-9 p.m. $32.50. Info, 860-7812.

music

JIMMY JOE ROCHE: The audio-visual prankster and Dan Deacon collaborator shares the stage with Will Schorre, local composer Harvey Bigman, and area poets. New City Galerie, Burlington, 8-11 p.m. $5-10. Info, 609-707-2027. MIRAH & JHEREK BISCHOFF: Two indie darlings team up for a concert of old favorites and new songs arranged for strings. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 9 p.m. $12. Info, 540-0406. ‘THE NEXT GENERATION’: Classical instrumental and vocal training shines in this showcase for talented young musicians. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $10-16. Info, 728-6464. NORTHERN BRONZE HANDBELL ENSEMBLE: Experienced ringers dive into a medley of tunes inspired by water. Waterbury Congregational Church, 7-9 p.m. $8-12. Info, 372-5415. NORTHSONG SPRING CONCERT: Listeners are treated to choral selections by Dvořák, Handel and others. Barton United Church, 7:30-9 p.m. $5. Info, 895-4942. SLOW JAM: Simple fiddle tunes from Europe and North America take shape as instrumentalists learn by ear. North End Studio C, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $5. Info, 223-8945.

outdoors

SPRING MIGRATION BIRD WALKS: Avian enthusiasts explore habitat hot spots in search of warblers, waterfowl and more. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 7-8:30 a.m. $10; free for members. Info, 229-6206.

theater

‘FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF’: Poetry, dance, music and song converge in Ntozake Shange’s choreopoem about being a woman of color in the 20th century, presented by Dartmouth College students. Warner Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $2. Info, 603-646-2422. SPIELPALAST CABARET: See THU.12, 8 & 11 p.m. VERMONT VAUDEVILLE: SOLD OUT. A madcap troupe of performers celebrates the wonders of springtime in Vermont with music, comedy and circus arts in Bumps & Ruts. Hardwick Town House, 8 p.m. $6-15. Info, 472-1387. ‘YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU’: Theater lovers laugh until they cry during the Lamoille County Players’ production of George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart’s 1930s screwball comedy. Hyde Park Opera House, 7-9:30 p.m. $10-18. Info, 888-4507.

words

CELEBRATION OF WRITING: The Young Writers Project community puts its pencils down and its party hats on to recognize kids published in the 2015-2016 school year at a release party for Anthology 8. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 324-9539. FAITH EXAMINED: Robin R. Meyers’ Saving Jesus From the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus sparks a lively dialogue among readers. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh, N.Y., 12:15 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, hmorlock@charter.net. FRIDAY MORNING WORKSHOP: Lit lovers analyze creative works-in-progress penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup. com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

SAT.14 activism

GLOBAL POVERTY ADVOCACY WORKSHOP: Representatives from the nonprofit organization RESULTS provide prospective volunteers with techniques for promoting a cause. Peace & Justice Store, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 488-0410.

agriculture

NEW NORTH END PLANT SALE: Horticulturalists consult with Red Wagon Plants staff members, who offer gardening advice and assist in the selection of new greenery. Bibens Ace Hardware Store, Burlington, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 482-4060. PERENNIAL PLANT SWAP: Green thumbs gather to trade the contents of their gardens. Plants must be in labeled containers; no orange daylilies. Courtyard, Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

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WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP: Aspiring shutterbugs learn the basics of capturing the great outdoors with Tom Rogers of the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. Elmore State Park, 9 a.m.-noon. $20; preregister; limited space. Info, 377-2628.

bazaars

RICHMOND RUMMAGE SALE: See FRI.13, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. SPRING RUMMAGE SALE: See FRI.13, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

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LOUIE ANDERSON: Audience members laugh until they cry when the Emmy Award-winning jokester doles out his clean comedy routine. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $25.75-35.75. Info, 775-0903.

community

MONTPELIER MEMORY CAFÉ: People experiencing memory loss and their caretakers connect in a relaxed atmosphere. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-2518.

conferences

ADDISON COUNTY SUSTAINABILITY EXPO: Workshops and exhibits offer information on forging a more innovative future, from green housing to community transportation. Kids’ activities and locally made treats top off the day. Middlebury Union Middle School, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $5; free for kids under 16. Info, 598-2388.

dance

CONTEMPORARY DANCE & FITNESS STUDIO’S PERFORMANCES: See FRI.13. CONTRA DANCE: Dave Eisenstadter calls steps set to melodies by Dave Langford and Kate Barnes. Bring clean, soft-soled shoes and snacks. Tracy Hall, Norwich, beginners’ walk-through, 7:45 p.m.; dance, 8 p.m. $6-9; free for kids under 16. Info, uppervalleydmc@gmail.com. MAD RIVER VALLEY TELEVISION’S COMMUNITY DANCE: Friends and neighbors shake it up to the sounds of the Big Basin Band at a shindig complete with good eats, drinks and a raffle. Localfolk Smokehouse, Waitsfield, 8-11:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 583-4488. SWING DANCE WITH THE STARLINE RHYTHM BOYS: Live music by Vermont’s rollicking rockabilly band gets feet kicking. Champlain Club, Burlington, 8-11 p.m. $15. Info, 864-8382.

education

NATURE AS TEACHER: AWAKENING TO THE AWE OF SPRING: Educators pick up tips on taking the classroom outdoors. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 10 a.m.-noon. $10-15; preregister. Info, 434-3068.

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AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See WED.11, Midas South Burlington, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Modern Woodmen of America, Wells, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

EARTHWALK DANDELION COMMUNITY DAY CELEBRATION: Nature lovers welcome spring with songs, crafts, games and more. No pets; kids under 12 require adult supervision. Hawthorn Meadow. Goddard College, Plainfield, 1-4 p.m. $3-10. Info, 454-8500.

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.

SOUP ’N’ CHOCOLATE SUPPER & AUCTION: Diners feast on chili, artisan breads and more while bidding on myriad prizes ranging from a helicopter

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film

‘FLYING MONSTERS’: See WED.11.

SPOTS

‘GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT’: A reporter poses as Jewish to expose prejudice in this 1947 drama shown on 16mm film. Newman Center, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Donations. Info, serious_61@yahoo.com.

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‘PANDAS: THE JOURNEY HOME’: See WED.11. SILENT FILM SERIES: ‘SPITE MARRIAGE’: Buster Keaton plays a starstruck fan smitten by a stage actress in his final wordless feature. Live music by Jeff Rapsis accompanies the action. Brandon Town Hall, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 603-236-9237.

food & drink

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BREW METHODS: Caffeine fanatics go behind the scenes with a tour of the roastery and a demonstration of the many ways to make coffee at home. Brio Coffeeworks, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. $5-10, preregister. Info, 861-9753.

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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. 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. KOREAN FOOD FEST: Gourmands dig into traditional dishes such as kimchi and bulgogi in a unique cultural experience supporting United Methodist Women. Vermont Korean American United Methodist Church, Essex Junction, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $8-12. Info, 338-7571.

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SPEAKEASY SATURDAY: Guests get dolled up for a night of cocktails, home-brewed beer and toetapping tunes. ONE Arts Center, Burlington, 8-11 p.m. $5; cash bar. Info, 518-649-6464.

games

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NORTHERN VERMONT SCRABBLE CLUB: Wordsmiths use lettered tiles to spell out winning combinations. Panera Bread, Barre, 1-5 p.m. Free. Info, 524-1801.

health & fitness

BODY MIND SPIRIT EXPO: Author Rene Jorgensen keynotes a day of spiritual wellness featuring myriad vendors, healers and free workshops. Hilton Burlington, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $10. Info, 893-9966. GRAND OPENING PARTY: Refreshments, raffles and skin evaluations make for a luxurious evening. Pure Beauty: A Skincare Lounge, Burlington, 4-8 p.m. Free. Info, 540-8331. MIDDLEBURY FITNESS BOOT CAMP: See WED.11, 8-9 a.m.

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R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.11, North End Studio A, Burlington, 9-10 a.m.

holidays

ESSEX JUNCTION ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION: Tree huggers branch out with an informational walk, kids’ activities and agricultural tips. Maple Street Park, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 878-6944.

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BIG TRUCK DAY: Little ones get behind the wheel of emergency and service vehicles for a day of high-fueled fun complete with live music, food and a raffle. Proceeds benefit Robin’s Nest Children’s Center. Burlington St. Joseph’s Parish Hall, 10 a.m.1 p.m. $10 per family. Info, 864-8191.

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RABIES CLINIC: Pet owners safeguard cats and dogs against the viral disease. Nail trims are available. Humane Society of Chittenden County, South Burlington, 1-4 p.m. $15-16. Info, 862-0135.

YOUNG TRADITION WEEKEND: See FRI.15.

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GROUP GALA & SILENT AUCTION: Revelers get groovy with music by Tritium Well, libations and hors d’oeuvres at a benefit for the library. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. $35-75. Info, 748-8291.

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BILLIE JEAN VINTAGE GRAND OPENING PARTY: Threads new and old thrill clothing collectors at a sartorial soirée featuring snacks, bubbly and browsing. Billie Jean Vintage, Stowe, 2-9 p.m. Free. Info, 760-6152.

TECH HELP: Electronics novices bring their questions to a hands-on help session with trained troubleshooters. Fairfax Community Library, 9-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

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BIG TRUCK DAY & CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL: Vroom, vroom! Kiddos climb aboard four-wheeled rigs for an automobile adventure. Face painting, live music and a barbecue round out this benefit for the school. Hinesburg Community School, 9:45 a.m.-2 p.m. $5; free for adults. Info, 482-3827. FELTING: Crafters of all ages transform alpaca fiber into balls, pouches and even mice. Kids under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Elizabeth’s Park, Bradford, 1-4 p.m. Free; town waiver required. Info, recreation@bradford-vt.us. GREEN MOUNTAIN YOUTH SYMPHONY AUDITIONS: Musicians of varying skill levels vie for spots in the organization. Monteverdi Music School, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 888-4470. JAMES KOCHALKA: The award-winning local comic book artist and writer colors outside the line in The Glorkian Warrior and the Mustache of Destiny. Phoenix Books Rutland, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 855-8078. PHYSICS PHUN DAY: Youngsters master the force of physics through engaging activities and demonstrations. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Regular admission, $10.50-13.50; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. 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.

language

LUNCH CONVERSATION GROUP: ‘LE DEUXIÈME SAMEDI’: French-language speakers chat and chew in a casual atmosphere. La Villa Bistro & Pizzeria, Shelburne, noon-2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, michelineatremblay@gmail.com.

music

THE BARR BROTHERS: Hailing from Montréal, the folk quartet treats listeners to tunes from 2014’s Sleeping Operator. Death Vessel open. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $16-18. Info, 540-0406.

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BURLINGTON CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: Guest conductor Kayoko Dan leads local musicians in selections by Kuhlau, Schubert and composition contest winners. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10-25. Info, 863-5966. FROST AND FIRE: Celtic, English and American musical styles meld at this edition of the Burnham Music Series. Burnham Hall, Lincoln, 7:30 p.m. $8; free for kids and teens. Info, 388-6863. GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS: The blues rocker of “Bad to the Bone” fame takes the stage as part of his Badder Than Ever Tour. Girls, Guns & Glory open. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $38.75-62.75. Info, 863-5966. HANDEL SOCIETY OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE: Directed by Robert Duff, singers lend their powerful pipes to Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $10-20. Info, 603-646-2422. KEN & BRAD KOLODNER: Traditional Appalachian tunes performed by the father-son duo get a twist with hammered dulcimer, fiddle and banjo. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $20; $40 includes dinner package; preregister; BYOB. Info, 247-4295. LYLE BREWER: The Boston musician picks and strums strains from his 2015 solo guitar album Juno. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, South Pomfret, 7 p.m. $15. Info, 457-3500. NORTHERN BRONZE HANDBELL ENSEMBLE: Experienced ringers dive into a medley of tunes inspired by water. South Hero Congregational Church, 7-9 p.m. $8-12. Info, 372-5415. ‘SCENES AND SONGS’: Middlebury College vocal students treat listeners to a musical-theater sampling that travels from opera classics to Broadway hits. Robison Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433. SECOND WIFE & HAYWIRE: Good eats, libations and a cash bar keep listeners’ energy high at a concert of strong lyrical stylings and acoustic

arrangements. Esther Mesh Room, Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $12. Info, 728-6464. SOUTHERN VERMONT IDOL AUDITION: Youth and adult singers give their all for spots in a tuneful tournament. Karaoke follows. See southernvermontidol. com for details. Bellows Falls Moose Lodge, 5-8 p.m. $5-10 for spectators; free for kids 12 and under; $1030 for contestants. Info, 603-313-0052. TANYA TAGAQ: Backed by drum and violin, the Inuit vocalist combines traditional throat singing with electronica, industrial and metal stylings. See calendar spotlight. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $21-25. Info, 863-5966. UPPER VALLEY COMMUNITY BAND: “Thanks for the Memories” features a playlist of some of the ensemble’s favorite pieces. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $5-10; free for preschoolers. Info, 603-448-0400. THE VULNERABLE: A collective of queer, transgender, female and genderqueer friends gets listeners fired up with a raucous punk show. Better Things and Nothing Good open. ROTA Gallery and Studio, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 8 p.m. $3-10. Info, rotagallery@ gmail.com. YOUNG TRADITION WEEKEND AWARDS RECEPTION & CONCERT: Winners of this year’s contest are recognized. Performances by Eric George, Addie Herbert and Cricket Blue follow. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 233-5293. YOUNG TRADITION WEEKEND CONTEST: Talented performers vie for audience votes with dance, song and instrumental numbers. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Donations. Info, 233-5293.

seminars

VCAM’S DIGITAL EDITING CERTIFICATION: Adobe Premiere users get familiar with the most recent version of the editing software. Prerequisite of VCAM Access Orientation or equivalent, or instructor’s permission. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

VERMONT VAUDEVILLE: See FRI.13, 2 & 8 p.m. ‘YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU’: See FRI.13.

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ART CHURCH: Experienced artists and newbies alike deepen their reverence for the creativity within through meditation and a silent work session. Arrive 10 minutes before the start time. Expressive Arts Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. $20. Info, 862-5302.

bazaars

BURLINGTON RECORD FAIR: Fans of the vintage music medium browse thousands of LPs and CDs. Tunes from 10 DJs add to the good vibrations. Nectar’s, Burlington, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free; $5, 11 a.m.-noon. Info, 881-0303.

community

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.

dance

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. CONTEMPORARY DANCE & FITNESS STUDIO’S PERFORMANCES: See FRI.13, 1-3:30 p.m. DANCE FOR RESILIENCE: Movers kick up their heels to raise awareness for the Vermont Ibutwa Initiative. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes. The Old Lantern Inn & Barn, Charlotte, info session, 3:15 p.m.; dance, 4 p.m. Donations. Info, 399-4956.

education

LYNDON STATE COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY: Students receive their diplomas after an address by Naila Baloch. Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, 11 a.m. Free; limited space. Info, 626-6459.

sports

FRIENDCHIPS 5K FUN RUN/WALK FOR MENTORING: Athletes lope along to support the nonprofit youth organization. Founders Memorial School, Essex Junction, 9:3011:30 a.m. $25. Info, 878-6982.

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JMMY RUN: Runners hit the road COMMENCEMENT to benefit the nonCEREMONY: Scholar profit youth center. Call FR Y Frederick M. “Skip” for details. Jimmy Messier I.1 CO 3| MC CO Burkle addresses graduMemorial Youth Center, ME NT E R DY FB | VE ates and honorary degree Georgia, kids’ run, 8 a.m.; 5K, 10K YO RM O NT VAUDEVILLE | COURTES recipients. Ross Sports Center, and half marathon, 9 a.m. $10-30. Info, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, 10 891-6348. a.m. Free. Info, 654-2000. MILTON COLORATHON RUN 1M/5K: Fun-loving folks enjoy a vibrant, family-friendly race. Bombardier Recreation Park, Milton, 10 a.m. $30. Info, 309-9954.

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WILLISTON RUNS! FOR EDUCATION 5K RELAY RUN: A flat, fast course plays host to individuals and teams. Music, awards and a raffle round out the day. Williston Central School, registration, 8 a.m.; kids’ fun run, 8:30 a.m.; 5K relay, 9:45 a.m. $8-40; preregister. Info, 238-2474.

AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See WED 11, Essex Cinemas & T-Rex Theater, Essex Junction, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

theater

‘PANDAS: THE JOURNEY HOME’: See WED.11.

‘FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF’: See FRI.13. MURDER MYSTERY DINNER THEATRE: ‘PICKIN’ YOUR MURDER — A BLUEGRASS MYSTERY’: Whodunit? Diners fill up on a three-course meal, then do their best to identify the killer in an interactive show. North Hero House Inn & Restaurant, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $69.50. Info, 372-4732.

Vineyard, 6-8:30 p.m. $15-45; preregister. Info, 985-8222.

film

‘FLYING MONSTERS’: See WED.11.

food & drink

CHOCOLATE TASTING: See SAT.14. CRAYFISH BOIL: Southern Smoke dishes out a Louisiana-style feast featuring jambalaya, braised greens and more while the Green Mountain Playboys provide the soundtrack. Shelburne

GAMES PARLOUR: Strategic thinkers bring favorite tabletop competitions to play with others. Champlain Club, Burlington, 2-8 p.m. $5. Info, orsonbradford@gmail.com. SHRINERS SUPER BINGO: Cash prizes reward players who fashion five in a row. Robert E. Miller Expo Centre, Champlain Valley Expo, Essex Junction, 12:30-4:30 p.m. $30 for 12 cards. Info, 434-2055.

health & fitness

MORNING FLOW YOGA: See WED.11. NIA WITH SUZY: Drawing from martial, dance and healing arts, sensory-based movements push participants to their full potentials. South End Studio, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $14. Info, 522-3691.

kids

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. TEEN YOGA: Young adults strike a pose during a healthful and relaxing practice. Wear comfy clothes and bring a mat. Altus Healing Arts, Chelsea, 1-2:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 373-2672.

language

DIMANCHES FRENCH CONVERSATION: Parlez-vous français? Speakers practice the tongue at a casual drop-in chat. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov.

music

CHAMPLAIN PHILHARMONIC: ‘STORYTELLERS’: A spring concert features works by Rossini, SaintSaëns, Ravel, Bizet and student composer Leslie Bixby. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 4 p.m. $5-15. Info, 382-9222. DORIS HUGHES MEMORIAL CONCERT: Organists Vaughn Watson and Jennifer Bower tickle the ivories in this commemorative performance, which also features community singers. A reception follows. First Congregational Church, St. Albans, 3:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 524-4555. AN EVENING WITH JUDY COLLINS: Fans file in to hear the folk legend sing selections from her 2015 album Strangers Again. See calendar spotlight. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7 p.m. $30-60. Info, 748-2600. KEN & BRAD KOLODNER: See SAT.14, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $12-15. Info, 748-2600. NORTHERN BRONZE HANDBELL ENSEMBLE: See FRI.13, Hinesburg St. Jude Catholic Church, 3-5 p.m. $8-12. Info, 372-5415. NORTHSONG SPRING CONCERT: See FRI.13, United Church of Newport, 4 p.m. $5. Info, 895-4942. NOW PLAYING NEWPORT MUSIC SERIES: The Inora Brass Quintet celebrate the parallels between brass music and Vermont’s natural beauty. Newport St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 3 p.m. $10. Info, 323-8952. ORIANA SINGERS: Under the direction of William Metcalfe, the vocal ensemble wows listeners with Handel’s “Israel in Egypt.” The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Burlington, 4 p.m. $25. Info, 864-0471. THE VULNERABLE & TIFFANY’S HOUSE: A queer punk band and a karaoke pop posse come together for an eclectic musical experience. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, 8:30-11 p.m. $5-10. Info, 860-550-4620.

outdoors

EARLY BIRDER MORNING WALK: Avian enthusiasts search for winged species. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 7-9 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 434-2167.

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MEN’S PICKUP LACROSSE: Sticks in hand, seasoned players ages 18 and up go head-to-head in friendly matches. Dorset Park, South Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 578-6081. SURPRISE! RIDE: Cyclists mosey along a mostly off-road route through southern Burlington. A surprise treat tops off the excursion. Maglianero, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, burlbikeparty@ gmail.com. ULTIMATE FRISBEE PICKUP: Athletes break out their discs for a casual match . Bring cleats and white and dark shirts. Calahan Park, Burlington, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, gmdaboard@gmail.com. VELO VERMONT VINTAGE SPRING CLASSIC: Cyclists dust off their dated bikes for a leisurely 30-mile ride followed by an antediluvian-parts swap and sale, food and drink. Red Hen Baking Co., Middlesex, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Donations. Info, velovermontvrr@gmail.com. WOMEN’S PICKUP SOCCER: Quick-footed females of varying skill levels break a sweat while connecting passes and making runs for the goal. For ages 18 and up. Robert Miller Community & Recreation Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $3. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.

talks

STEPHEN ZEOLI: The Mount Independence Coalition president steps back in time with an exploration of the historic site’s role in winning America’s freedom. Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-4556.

theater

‘FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF’: See FRI.13, 2 p.m. INFORMATIONAL MEETING FOR ‘L’IL ABNER’ AUDITIONS: Actors get the scoop on the upcoming production and watch the 1959 film adaptation of Al Capp’s satirical comic strip. Enosburg Opera House, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 933-6171. ‘YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU’: See FRI.13, 2-4:30 p.m.

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AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See WED.11. Mount Abraham Union High School, Bristol, noon-5 p.m. SOCIAL GATHERING: Those who are deaf, 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. TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.11.

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community

‘PANDAS: THE JOURNEY HOME’: See WED.11. ‘SPEAKING OF DYING’: A screening of this short documentary sparks a discussion on developing end-of-life plans. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

food & drink

BOURBON STREET BASH: New Orleans-inspired food and cocktails are on the menu at a Big Easystyle soirée supporting Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. Waterworks Food + Drink, Winooski, 6-8 p.m. $75. Info, 497-3525. CHEESEMAKING: No one can say it’s nacho cheese: Curd lovers make mozzarella and ricotta with Christine McMillian. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-7:45 p.m. Free; limited space; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.11, 7 p.m. VERMONT COUNCIL ON WORLD AFFAIRS TRIVIA NIGHT: Teams of quick thinkers gather for a meeting of the minds. Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 855-650-0080.

health & fitness

BETTER BALANCE: See FRI.13. HERBAL CONSULTATIONS: Betzy Bancroft, Larken Bunce, Guido Masé and students from the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism evaluate individual constitutions and health conditions. Burlington Herb Clinic. Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, 4-8 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, info@ vtherbcenter.org. MORNING FLOW YOGA: See WED.11. NIA WITH SUZY: See SUN.15, 7 p.m. R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.11, North End Studio A, Burlington.

dance

FLYNNARTS DANCE SHOWCASE: Fifteen weeks of work in movement and choreography culminate in a performance of styles ranging from ballet to hip-hop to capoeira and beyond. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5966.

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CONTINUING UKULELE WITH JENNY BEAUDIN: Aspiring songsters ages 8 through 12 flex their fingers on the four-string instrument. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 3:30-4:30 p.m. $8-10; preregister. Info, 728-6464. CRUISERS’ & CRAWLERS’ PLAY & STAY STORY TIME: Babies and toddlers up to age 2 engage in books, songs and social time with blocks, bubbles and parachute play. Highgate Public Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 868-3970. EXPAND THE WORLD: 6TH GRADE ADVENTURES: Kids, classes and families investigate world cultures and legends through museum artifacts. Plattsburgh State Art Museum, N.Y., 9-11:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 518-564-2498. PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: See THU.12. ROBIN’S NEST NATURE PLAYGROUP: Naturalistled pursuits through fields and forests captivate tykes up to age 5 and their parents. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Donations. Info, 229-6206. STORIES WITH MEGAN: Budding bookworms ages 2 through 5 open their ears for exciting tales. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free; groups must preregister. Info, reference@ burlingtonvt.gov.

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

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COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ON HOMELESSNESS: Representatives from area businesses, nonprofits, law enforcement and locals come together to address displacement. Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, dinner, 5 p.m.; discussion, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, lbiren@montpeliervt.org.

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‘FLYING MONSTERS’: See WED.11.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.11.

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JOAN HUTTON LANDIS SUMMER READING SERIES: Helen Fremont, Genanne Walsh and Ros Zimmermann regale lit lovers with works of poetry and fiction. Big Town Gallery, Rochester, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 767-9670.

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URBAN ARTS HITS RURAL VERMONT: Students gather for an animated afternoon of graffiti, graphic novels and anime. Randolph Union High School, 2:30-3:30 p.m. $8-10. Info, 431-0204.

FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: See FRI.13.

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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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VERMONT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION SPRING MEETING: Speakers elaborate on the theme “Sustained Growth, Connectivity and Collaboration in a Community.” Waterbury State Office Complex, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. $50; preregister. Info, 229-9111.

HONEY BEE SEMINAR: Folks get the buzz on beekeeping with Harvest Lane Honey representatives Mike and Rhonda Wells. O.C. McCuin & Sons True Value, Highgate Center, 7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 868-3261.

talks

JUDITH EDWARDS: The local author illustrates the influence of Franklin Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps in a multimedia presentation. S. L. Griffith Memorial Library, Danby, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 293-5106.

theater

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ROCK YOUR ART OUT: Free-form creative expression eliminates the stress and tension of the day. Expressive Arts Burlington, 6:15-8:15 p.m. $20. Info, 862-5302.

bazaars

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WESTFORD SCHOOL ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR: Young makers account for half the vendors at this unique showing of handmade goods, which includes purses, soaps, pottery, baked goods and more. Westford Elementary School, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 355-3408.

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GAMING FOR TEENS & ADULTS: Tabletop games entertain players of all skill levels. Kids 13 and under require a legal guardian or parental permission to attend. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, reference@ burlingtonvt.gov.

INTERMEDIATE & BRANDON FITNESS ADVANCED WEST BOOT CAMP: Hop to COAST SWING: Funit! Get fit with strength, loving folks learn the |E endurance, agility and smooth, sexy stylings of DU ER C CA NT T IO coordination exercises. Otter modern swing dance. North ME N| CE SA I EN Valley North Campus Gym, End Studio A, Burlington, 7-9 M NT M M ICHAEL’S COLLEGE CO Brandon, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $12. Info, p.m. $11-16. Info, burlingtonwestie@ 343-7160. gmail.com. COMMUNITY FLOW: A balanced series of postures SWING DANCING: Quick-footed participants experibuilds strength and flexibility, promoting stamina ment with different styles, including the Lindy hop, and a sense of inner calm. Yoga Roots, Shelburne, Charleston and balboa. Beginners are welcome. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 985-0090. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930. KICKBOXING CLASS WITH BELINDA: Athletes embrace their inner badass by building endurance, etc. strength and flexibility in a class propelled by fun music. North End Studio B, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $15. AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See WED.11, Info, bestirredfitness@gmail.com. Holiday Inn, Rutland, noon-6 p.m. MINDFULNESS CLASS: See WED.11, 12:15-1 p.m.

‘DUCK SOUP’: The Marx Brothers’ 1933 political satire has cinephiles in stitches. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. Free. Info, 540-3018. ‘FLYING MONSTERS’: See WED.11. KNIGHTS OF THE MYSTIC MOVIE CLUB: Cinema hounds view campy flicks at this ode to offbeat productions. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 356-2776.

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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.

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PRESCHOOL STORY HOUR: Imaginations blossom when young ‘uns up to age 6 engage in themed tales and activities. Fairfax Community Library, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

READ TO DAISY THE THERAPY DOG: Budding bookworms join a friendly canine for ear-catching narratives. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:15-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

STONECUTTER SPIRITS TASTING: Imbibers sip locally made spirits. 51 Main at the Bridge, Middlebury, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 388-8209.

MONDAY CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: Lit lovers 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.

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.

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EXPAND THE WORLD: 6TH GRADE ADVENTURES: See MON.16.

PRESCHOOL STORY HOUR: Potential Picassos ages 3 through 5 and their caregivers immerse themselves in the arts through activities and books. Plattsburgh State Art Museum, N.Y., 10 a.m. Free. Info, sbell008@plattsburgh.edu.

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.

BALLROOM DANCE CLASS: Instructor Samir Elabd helps students break down basic steps. Union Elementary School, Montpelier, tango and fox trot, 6-7 p.m.; swing and salsa, 7-8 p.m. $14. Info, 223-2921.

‘RIFFTRAX LIVE: TIME CHASERS’: Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett offer wisecracking commentary on the sci-fi cult classic. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $12.50. Info, 660-9300.

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‘PANDAS: THE JOURNEY HOME’: See WED.11.

JOSHUA MARCUS & CHENDA COPE: The folk musicians band together to push the boundaries of songwriting. Plainfield Town Hall, 7-8:30 p.m. $7-12. Info, 201-214-2580.

‘LITTLE WOMEN’: Katharine Hepburn portrays the fiery Jo in an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel about four sisters coming of age in the 1860s. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 & 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600.

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

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ZUMBA WITH ALLISON: Exercise 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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CREATIVE TUESDAYS: Artists exercise their imaginations with recycled materials. Ages 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, reference@ burlingtonvt.gov.

SPANISH MUSICAL KIDS: Amigos ages 1 through 5 learn Latin American songs and games with Constancia Gómez, a native Argentinian. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov. STORY TIME WITH A TWIST: See WED.11. TEEN TINKER: SPRING SNOW GLOBES: Crafters in grades 6 through 12 get out glitter and glue to make tiny, water-filled worlds. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. 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, 264-5664.

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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. ¡Duino! (Duende), Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2431.

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APPLESEED COLLECTIVE: The nationally known group draws from the deep well of Americana roots traditions for a lively concert. The Wildwood Flower, Rochester, 6 p.m. Donations. Info, 558-6155. Sandy’s Books & Bakery, Rochester, 8:45 p.m. Donations. Info, 767-4258.

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Wednesday, June 8, 8:30am–3:30pm VT Tech, Judd Hall Randolph, VT

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JOSHUA MARCUS & CHENDA COPE: The folk musicians band together to push the boundaries of songwriting. Encounterworks Productions Salon, Burlington, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, encounterworks@gmail.com. SALLY PINKAS & JAN MÜLLER-SZERAWS: Baroque and Romantic works by Bach, Beethoven, Franck and Debussy performed on piano and cello charm classical connoisseurs. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover N.H., 7 p.m. $10-27. Info, 603-646-2422.

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NATURAL PEDICURE PRODUCTS: Herbalist Jessica LaBrie shares nourishing remedies for tired tootsies in a hands-on workshop. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $5-10; preregister. Info, 861-9753. THE ONION RIVER EXCHANGE TIME BANK: Heather Kralik and members of the community organization impart information on the program in which members trade skills, talents and services instead of money. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202. READ WITH ME WORKSHOP: Parents get an education in engaging children in literature. Light fare and free childcare are on hand. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 748-8291, ext. 303.

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BERLIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING: A potluck dinner paves the way for a presentation on the backstory of Berlin’s Dodge Farm. First Congregational Church, Berlin, 6 p.m. Free. Info, historicalsociety@berlinvt.org. BTV RIDE OF SILENCE: Bikers don white duds and adhere to the rules of the road in this wordless outing to raise awareness for cyclists’ rights. Rain date: May 21. Burlington City Hall, meet, 6:30 p.m.; ride, 7 p.m. Free. Info, burlbikeparty@gmail.com.

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STEM CLUB: Inquisitive minds ages 6 and up tackle challenges in science, technology, engineering and math. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

EARTHWALK VILLAGE SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: Prospective students and their parents explore the outdoor education program for grades 6 through 12. Hawthorn Meadow, Goddard College, Plainfield, 9 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 454-8500.

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AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See WED.11, U-32 High School, Montpelier, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

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‘FLYING MONSTERS’: See WED.11. ‘PANDAS: THE JOURNEY HOME’: See WED.11.

CHEF KRUSE’S JAMES BEARD DINNER: Indulge in six courses originally created for New York’s James Beard House by the chef. Basin Harbor Club, Vergennes, 6-9 p.m. $95-$249; limited space. Info, 475-2311.

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP: Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness sparks a two-part conversation about pressing social issues. South Burlington High School, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-2345, ext. 6.

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JENSEN BEACH: Lit lovers celebrate the launch of the Johnson State College instructor and author’s story collection, Swallowed by the Cold. Phoenix Books Burlington, 7 p.m. $3; limited space. Info, 448-3350.

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.11.

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COMMUNITY SUPPER: See WED.11. PENNYWISE PANTRY TOUR: Nutrition and affordability weigh equally as foodies learn the ins and outs of shopping the co-op. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 861-9753.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.11.

health & fitness

DANCE-BASED CONDITIONING: See WED.11. EATING WELL ON A BUDGET FOR FAMILIES: See WED.11. EPIC MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: See WED.11. INSIGHT MEDITATION: See WED.11. MIDDLEBURY FITNESS BOOT CAMP: See WED.11. MINDFUL WORKWEEKS: WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEDITATION: See WED.11. MINDFULNESS CLASS: See WED.11. MORNING FLOW YOGA: See WED.11. NIA WITH LINDA: See WED.11. RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.11. R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.11.

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BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.11. BEGINNER RUSSIAN CONVERSATION GROUP: See Untitled-15 OneHeart-ad.indd 1 1 WED.11. 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.11. INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: See WED.11. INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.11.

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SONG CIRCLE: Music lovers congregate for an acoustic session of popular folk tunes. Godnick Adult Center, Rutland, 7:15-9:15 p.m. Donations. Info, 775-1182.

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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., 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 518-645-1930. MILK MONEY: INVEST LOCAL SERIES: BURLINGTON EQUITY CROWDFUNDING: VERMONTERS INVESTING IN VERMONT BUSINESSES: Financial experts talk dollars and sense at a seminar focused on buying into area enterprises. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free; cash bar. Info, 540-0406.

sports

BURLINGTON HASH HOUSE HARRIERS: See WED.11. WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: See WED.11.

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ERIC RICKSTAD: The Vermont author leads a thrilling discussion of his latest crime novel, Lie in Wait. Phoenix Books Rutland, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 855-8078. THE VERMONT MOTH GRANDSLAM II: ‘WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE’: Champions of the live storytelling series duke it out in a battle of wit and words. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $28.50. Info, 863-5966. WEDNESDAY CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: Lit lovers analyze 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. m

senior featUre concert Celebrating the Coast’s graduating seniors with the music of Duke Ellington, Rebirth Brass Band, Dizzy Gillespie and more!

thu may 19 7 pm hop.dartmouth.edu • 603.646.2422 Dartmouth College • Hanover, NH

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KELLEY MARKETING GROUP BREAKFAST MEETING: Professionals in marketing, advertising and communications brainstorm ideas for nonprofit organizations. Room 217, Ireland Building, Champlain College, Burlington, 7:45-9 a.m. Free. Info, 864-4067.

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TODDLER TIME: See WED.11.

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STORY TIME WITH A TWIST: See WED.11.

Rene Jorgensen is a philosopher who has studied near-death experiences since 2000, where he had a near-death like experience himself. Today he studies near-death experiences and has published books and research on the topic. Studied at the University of Copenhagen.

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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.

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COMMUNITY NIGHT: Carnivores nosh on barbecue fare to support the Vermont Midwives Association. Partial sales are donated. Bluebird Barbecue, Burlington, 4:45-10 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 448-3070.

STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: See WED.11.

FREE Workshops ♥ Readings ♥ Jewelry Reiki ♥ Crystals ♥ Authors ♥ Tarot♥ ♥ Healers Astrology ♥ Aura Photography ♥ and more!!! Keynote Speaker: RENE JORGENSEN

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CREATIVE DANCE FOR BOYS & GIRLS WITH NICOLE CONTE STEVENS: See WED.11.

KIDS’ OPEN GYM: See WED.11.

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CRAFT SESSION: CREATIVE NONFICTION: Readers give feedback on poetry, memoirs, essays and journalism written by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup. com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

kids

BALLOON TWISTING 101: Air-filled animals are within reach at this hands-on workshop for beginners and experienced balloon artists. Milton Municipal Complex, 6-7:30 p.m. $9. Info, 893-4922.

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Conscious Living

ZUMBA: See WED.11.

DROP-IN HIP-HOP DANCE: See WED.11.

food & drink

BURLINGTON RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB: See THU.12.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT SOUND MEDITATION: See WED.11.

EXPAND THE WORLD: 6TH GRADE ADVENTURES: See MON.16.

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ART & POTTERY IN MIDDLEBURY: Adult: Pastels, Int./Adv. Painting, Wheel, Clay Hand Building, Drawing, Watercolors, Dyeing Cotton Naturally, Handmade Books. Kids: Art Studio, Draw & Paint for Fun, Clay Hand Building & Wheel: Tue., Wed., Thu. all summer; weekly art camps: Dragons, Paint Big, Beach Party, Nature Exploration, Mythological Monsters, Super Pegs, Art of India, Animals in Art, Elves & Fairies. Location: Middlebury Studio School, 2377 Rte. 7 South, Middlebury. Info: Barbara Nelson, 247-3702, ewaldewald@aol.com, middleburystudioschool.org. BAS RELIEF SCULPTURE WORKSHOP: Bas-relief sculpture is an optical illusion, transforming three dimensions into two. Instructor Marsha Pels will provide step-by-step guidance through the process, commonly held to be one of the most difficult forms to master, in a two-day workshop at the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center. Simple mold-making will also be explained. Sat. & Sun., May 21 & 22, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $325/ person. Location: The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center, 636 Marble St., West Rutland. Info: 438-2097, info@carvingstudio. org, carvingstudio.org. SILVERSMITHING WORKSHOP: Silversmithing workshop: Metal as Line: Forge, Fuse, Taper and Fabricate for the Hand and Neck with Paulette Werger. Participants will create linear elements in silver to be transformed into pieces of jewelry. A variety of tools, techniques and jewelry forms will be demonstrated and discussed. Sat. & Sun., May 28 & 29, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $325/person. Location: The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center, 636 Marble St., West Rutland. Info: Carol Driscoll, 4382097, info@carvingstudio.org, carvingstudio.org. SUMMER CLASSES SARAH AMOS STUDIO 2016: Master Printer Sarah Amos will be teaching four Printmaking classes during June and July in her private studio in East Fairfield. Jun. 4-6: Introduction to Collagraph/Monoprint; Jun. 18-20: Collagraph Miniature to Mural and Water-Based Mediums; Jul. 9-11: Collagraph/ Collage and Artists Books; Jul. 23-25: Introduction to Collagraph/Monoprint. No experience needed. Maximum

4 students per class. Cost: $800/3-day workshop; basic materials provided; paper not incl. Location: Sarah Amos Studio, East Fairfield. Info: 827-3960, samos@pshift.com, sarahamosstudio.com.

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MOSAIC BASICS W/ MAGPIE FIBERS: Dami, from hand-dyed luxury yarn company Magpie Fibers, will teach you the basics and know-how to master the beautiful art of mosaic knitting. You will be amazed at how easy it is to use slipped stitches, knits and purls to create stunning colorwork motifs without the fuss. Thu., Jun. 2, 5-6:30 p.m. Cost: $35/1.5-hour class, materials not incl. Location: Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St., Suite 2E, Burlington. Info: 881-0068, info@nidovt.com, nidovt.com. TIPS & TRICKS WITH YOTH YARNS: A fun talk on Ve’s favorite knitting secrets! She will chat about various techniques, helpful tips and useful resources she used to help take your knitting from homemade to handcrafted. Ve is “Big Sister,” cocreator of Yarn on the House yarns, dyed in a beautiful dye house in Maine. Thu., Jun. 2, 7-8:30 p.m. Cost: $35/1.5-hour class; materials not incl. Location: Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St., Suite 2E, Burlington. Info: 881-0068, info@nidovt.com, nidovt.com.

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ADULT: SHAKER HALL TABLE: A comprehensive introduction to woodworking, this course explores the basic principles of lumber selection, hand tool and machinery usage, milling, joinery and finishing. Students will build their own Shaker-style hall table, taking the project

from blueprint through completion, learning to both organize and conceptualize a furniture project. Instructors: Ryan Cocina and Chris Ramos. 10 Mon., Jun. 20-Aug. 29, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $483/person; member discount avail. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org. ADULT: BEGINNER WHEEL CLAY: 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. You will use the electric kiln and the gas reduction kiln. You will leave with several functional pieces. Instructor: Rik Rolla. 8 Tue., Jun. 14-Aug. 2, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $303/person; member discount avail. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org. ADULT: CLAY HAND-BUILDING: Instructor: Susan Parente. We will explore coiling, pinching and slab work, building a solid foundation and skills. Mastering hand-building fundamentals is a satisfying path for both beginners and more experienced artists in clay. Creating unique hand-built pieces begins with the basics. We will explore form, demo a variety of approaches to surface treatment and exchange ideas in a comfortable, wellequipped studio. 6 weeks, Fri., Jul. 22-Aug. 26, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $231/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 9853648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org. ADULT: EN PLEIN-AIR: Instructor: Brooke Monte. Practice the traditional fairweather art of painting outside. This is an intro-level class, but all ability levels are welcome. If the weather gets the best of us, we have a classroom reserved. Supportive and respectful and ideal for those who like to be outdoors. 6 Tue., Jun. 7-Jul. 12, 6 -8 p.m. Cost: $186/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool. org. ADULT: METALS 1: This class will focus on jewelry design, small sculpture or functional art. Students will complete several practice pieces before designing and creating wearable finished pieces out of sterling silver. There will be weekly demonstrations including sawing, drilling, piercing, annealing, texturing, jump rings, forming and soldering techniques. Instructor: Sarah Sprague. 6 Wed., Jul. 13-Aug. 24, 5:30-8 p.m. (no class Aug. 9).

Cost: $278/person; member discount avail. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org. ADULT: MIXED-LEVEL CLAY: This course is great for beginners and 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. Use of electric kiln and gas reduction kiln. Instructor: Rik Rolla. 8 Wed., Jun. 15-Aug. 3, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $303/person; member discount avail. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org. ADULT: OIL PAINTING BEGINNER: Instructor: Brooke Monte. Gain confidence with oil painting in this class just for beginners. Learn about thick over lean layering, mixing mediums, color theory, and more. Students will gain an understanding of technique and explore landscape, figurative, still life and abstract motifs. 6 Wed., Jul. 27-Aug. 31, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $186/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org. ADULT: STAINED GLASS: This class will teach you copper-foil stained-glass method pioneered by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Begin with a project that will introduce you to pattern selection and creation, using different types of glass, and cutting and fitting glass pieces, and then learn how to foil and solder. Instructor: Sarah Sprague. 6 Tue., Jul. 12-Aug. 23, 5:30-8 p.m. (no class Aug. 9). Cost: $288/person; member discount avail. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: Sage Tucker-Ketcham, 9853648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org.

ADULT: WATERCOLOR: Instructor: Jackie Mangione. Boost your creativity with this six-week class designed to hone your watercolor skills. We will cover a broad array of painting fundamentals demonstrating color and value relationships, wet and dry watercolor techniques, and design principles that will help you build strong paintings. 6 Thu., Jun. 9-Jul. 14, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $186/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org. ADULT: WATERCOLOR 2: Instructor: Jackie Mangione. Boost your creativity with class designed to hone your watercolor skills. This is a continuation of Watercolors 1 but is open to students who are interested in developing their watercolor skills and techniques to build strong paintings. The class will use landscapes and still life subject matter. 6 Thu., Jul. 28-Sep. 1, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $186/person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@theshelburnecraftschool. org, theshelburnecraftschool.org. WORKSHOP: PASTEL: Instructor: Robert Carsten. This fun and exciting workshop will explore various ways to explore bold color with dramatic light effects in pastel landscapes. Working from your sketches or photos, we will explore concepts of color, design and techniques. Various approaches will be presented and demonstrated. Critique, at-easel assistance and lots of painting time will make this an educational and enjoyable painting experience. All levels are welcome from beginner through advanced. Materials list provided. Aug. 13 & 14, Fri. & Sat., 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cost: $200/person; member discount avail. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org, theshelburnecraftschool.org. WORKSHOP: WATERCOLORS: Instructor: Joel Popadics. Each day, participants will meet on location and will receive two brief painting demonstrations. Topics will vary from painting cows, handling summer greens and composing the lake’s reflections. Students will paint and apply new concepts with individual instruction. Be creatively inspired by Shelburne landscapes while you paint. 1 week, Aug. 8-12, Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $625/person; member discount avail. Location: Shelburne Farms & Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648.

culinary THE ART OF NATURAL CHEESEMAKING WITH DAVID ASHER: Come and discover the secrets of traditional cheesemaking practices with organic farmer, farmstead cheesemaker and author of The Art of Natural Cheesemaking David Asher.

David Asher is an organic farmer, farmstead cheese maker and cheese educator based on the gulf islands of British Columbia, Canada. This event is cosponsored by Chelsea Green Publishing and Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont. Thu. & Fri., Jun. 23 & 24, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $225/person; incl. David’s book. Location: Shelburne Farms, 1611 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-8686, shelburnefarms.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: $12/1-hour class. Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Tyler Crandall, 598-9204, crandalltyler@hotmail.com, dsantosvt.com.

dreams JOURNEY TO THE DREAM: Enter the deep grotto of your dreaming world through the use of a simple shamanic journeying drumming technique to discover the messages within your dreams and visions. Includes free future one-on-one dreamwork session. Sacred drumming, dream vision work, opportunity to share about journey afterward. Bring two recent dreams. Sun., May 15. Cost: $20/3-hour workshop. Location: Sacred Mountain Studio, 215 College St., 3rd floor, Burlington. Info: Archetypal Dreamworks, Laura Smith, 734-0180, dreamer@ archetypaldreamworks.com, archetypaldreamworks.com/ events-workshops-classes.html.

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., $48/4 weeks; $60/5 weeks; $72/6 weeks. $15/drop-in. Djembes are provided. Montpelier Beginners Djembe, Thu., 7-8:20 p.m. $72/4 weeks; $22/walk-ins. Six-person minimum required to run most classes; invite friends! Please register online or come directly to the first class. Location: Taiko

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DANCE, PAINT, WRITE INTENSIVE: Imagine the joy: a day-long excursion into creative play. Whether you are experienced or a complete beginner, this workshop is for you. Start with stretch yoga, move into free dance, paint with fingers, brushes, as a group and individually. It’s process, not product. Then write your heart/mind in prose/ poetry. May 14, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $95/person; no prior experience or training necessary; catered lunch & all materials incl.; preregistration required. Location: Expressive Arts Burlington, 200 Main St., Suite 9, Burlington. Info: Topaz Weis, 343-8172, topazweis@gmx.net, expressiveartsburlington.com.

WALKING: 6-WEEK SERIES: Walking is a very complex activity that requires the coordination and orientation of the entire person. Learn how all the different parts of you are interrelated in this fundamental activity. Anybody can benefit from this series and in particular people who are recovering from an injury which impairs how they walk. For more information please visit website. Prior experience in the Feldenkrais Method is not needed. Beginners are welcome. Same series will be offered in Middlebury and Richmond. Weekly on Tue. starting May 17, 6:30-7:45 p.m. Cost: $75/6week series; $15 drop-in class. Location: Common House @ Ten Stones, 100 Ten Stones Circle, Charlotte. Info: Uwe Mester, 7353770, info@vermontfeldenkrais. com, vermontfeldenkrais.com.

USING TOY THEATRE TO EXPLORE OUR LIVES: Puppetry can critique the status quo and suggest routes for social change. In this workshop, participants will explore the forces that influence or exert control over our lives and will learn creative tools for understanding and challenge the authority of those forces. Please bring 3-5 small toys/objects. Preregistration required. May 14, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $35/person; sliding fees avail. Location: JourneyWorks, 1205 North Ave., Burlington. Info: 860-6203, journeyworksvt.com.

fitness JAZZERCISE DANCE FITNESS: Free classes all May! Torch fat, sculpt muscle and crush calories with this high-intensity workout that mixes dance-based cardio with strength training. Boost your mood and ignite your energy with this fun and effective program! Come see what you have been missing. 41 classes a week. Location: Williston Jazzercise Fitness Center, 59 Day

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rigorous full-day workout explores the specifics and demands of working on classical text through physical acting exercises, voice and speech work, text analysis and one-on-one coaching sessions. Teen/adult, Sun., May 15, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $95/person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

gardening PHYSICAL ACTING: Jena Necrason, head of movement from NYC’s Stella Adler Studio of Acting, leads this acting class on essential tools for dynamic physical expression. Learn ways to align, activate and focus the body as a primary storytelling source. Become more responsive to impulse and work on freeing the body of tension or habits that impede flow and creativity. Teen/adult, weekly on Sat., May 14-28, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $75/3 weeks. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org. SHAKESPEARE WORKOUT: Choose your Shakespearean monologue and come work it out! Learn how to approach the language, poetry and physicality of Shakespeare and transform the text to action. This fun and

EARTH ALCHEMY IN THE ISLANDS: Join us for a weekend cultivating the soul into soil! We will blend artistry and mindful practice with biodynamic and permaculture approaches to organic medicinal farming. We will learn, prepare and design organic food as medicine garden spaces. Led by seasoned experts in biodynamics, energetic medicine, artistry and culinary alchemy. Fri., Jun. 3, 7-9 p.m.; Sat., Jun. 4, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., Jun. 5, 9 a.m.-noon. Cost: $350/weekend. Location: Maya Retreat Center, Center for Integrated Medicine, 2755 W. Shore Rd., Isle La Motte. Info: Jeanette O’Conor, 370-5075, info@mayactr.org, mayactr.org.

healing arts CLINICAL HYPNOSIS, INTERMEDIATE: Hypnovations: Clinical Hypnosis Intermediate Skills Workshop. American Society of Clinical Hypnosis

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THE SPRING LANDSCAPE IN PASTEL: Explore a high-key palette, simplify composition and work with pastel application techniques to create a spring landscape. Materials list provided. Instructor: Robert Carsten. Sat., May 22, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cost: $110/person; $85/members. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Info: 253-8358, education@helenday.com, helenday.com. WATERCOLOR: PAINTING THE BEAUTY OF FLOWERS: Learn basic floral painting techniques with an emphasis on values and composition. All levels welcome. Materials list provided. Instructor Robert O’Brien. Sat., May 14, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost: $110/person; $85/members. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Info: 253-8358, education@ helenday.com, helenday.com. STORYTELLING: In this experiential workshop, we’ll delve into many aspects of stories, weave tales from seemingly mundane events and experiment with new ways to develop stories. Sat., Jun. 4, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $110/ person; $85/members. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Info: 253-8358, education@helenday.com, helenday.com.

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language FREE LANGUAGE CLASS DEMOS: Free Spanish, Mandarin and French demo classes offered to give participants a taste of a

different kind of language class. Experience joyful and successful language acquisition. For adults and teens. No prior experience needed. Preregistration required. Jun. 1, 6 p.m. (Spanish), 7 p.m. (Mandarin), 8 p.m. (French). Location: Vermont Commons School, 75 Green Mountain Dr., S. Burlington. Info: Express Fluency, Elissa McLean, 275-2694, elissa@ expressfluency.com, expressfluency.com. SUMMER LANGUAGE INTENSIVES: Learn a new language quickly and easily. Spanish, French or Mandarin for adults and teens. Three-day classes get you understanding and speaking with ease. Early registration and referral discounts. Try a free class June 1. Also available: training program for language teachers. Jun. 27-29. Cost: $215/person; early discount ends May 16. Location: Vermont Commons School, 75 Green Mountain Dr., S. Burlington. Info: Express Fluency, Elissa McLean, 275-2694, elissa@expressfluency. com, expressfluency.com. JAPANESE LANGUAGE TUTORING: Ace your test! Pass your class! Learn something new! Lessons for yourself or the student, in your home or downtown Burlington. As an English-Japanese bilingual with a master’s degree and college-level language teaching experience, I can help you grasp finer points of the Japanese language for your success. Text me! By appt. Cost: $30/1-hour session. Location: Place of your choosing, Burlington. Info: Ryan Layman, 399-1268. ANNOUNCING SPANISH CLASSES: Join us for adult Spanish classes this summer. Learn from a native speaker via small classes, individual instruction or student tutoring. You’ll always be participating and speaking. Lesson packages for travelers. Also lessons for young children; they love it! Our 10th year. See our website or contact us for details. Beginning week of Jun. 6; 10 weeks. Cost: $225/10 classes of 90+ min. each. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

martial arts VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Classes for men, women and children. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enhances strength, flexibility, balance, coordination and cardio-respiratory fitness. Brazilian

take us and how they move us there. 5 Tue. beginning May 24, 6:30-8 p.m. Cost: $125/5 1.5-hour classes. Location: Writers’ Barn, 233 Falls Rd., Shelburne. Info: Voices of Vermonters Publishing Group, Lin Stone, 922-7641, lin@ windridgebooks.org, windridgebooks.org/ writingworkshops.

Jiu-Jitsu training builds and helps to instill courage and selfconfidence. 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.

meditation 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.

nature NATURAL HISTORY & BIRDING WEEKEND: Celebrate the mysteries of spring migration. With birds as your focus, explore the natural history of the landscape: investigate connections between bedrock, soils, plant distribution, animal behavior, bird ecology, and much more. Learn and practice some core routines for developing closer relationships with our feathered neighbors. Fri., May 27, 5-8 p.m., Sat., May 28, 7 a.m.-9 p.m. & Sun., May 29, 7 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Cost: $300/person. Location: Shelburne Farms, 1611 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-8686, registration@shelburnefarms. org, shelburnefarms.org.

performing arts BILL REED MUSICAL THEATRE SUMMER INTENSIVE: Professional musical theatre training with world-class faculty from New York City’s Circle in the Square Theatre School. Includes vocal technique, speaking voice and diction, song interpretation, Broadway dance technique, physical acting, the

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Alexander Technique, and yoga and stretching. All activities take place at Spotlight Vermont in South Burlington. Jun. 19-25. Cost: $700. Location: Bill Reed Voice Studio, 1967 Spear St., S. Burlington. Info: Sally Olson, sallyolson@billreedvoicestudio. com, billreedvoicestudio.com. FILM ACTING CLASS: Learn a simple, powerful, scene analysis technique, proactive choice and heightened connection. Develop and hone the skill to remain present and vital through multiple takes of a scene and embrace all that you are to become an acting dynamo in my six-week film scene study class. Every Wed., May 25-Jun. 29, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Cost: $240/3-hour class for 6 weeks. Location: Waterbury Center Grange Hall, 317 Howard Ave., Waterbury Center. Info: Richard Waterhouse, 646-6560879, rikwala@gmail.com.

psychology SYNCHRONICITY WORKSHOP: Learn how to put synchronicity to work for you in this workshop that combines discussion and hands-on application. Students should come with specific questions about which they want insight and guidance. Lunch and snacks are provided on both days. Led by Sue Mehrtens. May 14-15, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $75/person. Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover La., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909.

psychotherapy training LEARN TO DO EMDR THERAPY!: The renowned evidence-based approach for trauma and beyond. EMDRIA approved: basic training and low-cost refresher course for licensed and license-eligible clinicians. Payment plan and consults included. Get details and registration online. Part 1: May 20-22; Part 2: Jul. 15-17. Location: EMDR Basic Training, Burlington. Info: emdrconsulting.com.

spirituality FINDING YOUR MISSION IN LIFE: Open your life to greater joy, meaning and wonder as you discover your mission in life, via a series of exercises, readings and supplemental techniques (e.g. hand analysis, type test, chart reading). Led by the Jungian Center Life Mission team. May 11, 18 & 25 & Jun. 1, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $60/person. Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover La., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909.

tai chi 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.

well-being DOWSING 101: Participants will engage practical application of dowsing and solution finding. How to use the pendulum and program for simple yes/no responses. Tips on enhancing dowsing ability and accuracy. Bring your own pendulum! Sat., May 14, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $45/ class & parking. Location: Center for Transformation, 448 Swanton Rd., Suite 300, St. Albans. Info: Julie Charland, 527-1600, lizisiscenter@gmail.com, isiscenter.net.

writing WRITING SHORT STORIES: Fiction doesn’t come from a magical void but does come from writers who craft their work carefully with vision and purpose. Join New England Review’s fiction editor, Janice Obuchowski, and learn how stories are built, what materials they use, where they can

KUNDALINI YOGA AT RAILYARD: We offer four Kundalini yoga classes a week, as well as Dharma yoga. Freestyle dance fitness with Silvia: Fri., 12:15-1:15 p.m. Ecstatic dance starts May 20, every other Fri., 7-9 p.m. Astrology research clinic: Fri., 9:45-11:30 a.m.; preregistration of birth data required. Call Silvia, 730-5594. Location: Railyard Yoga Studio, 280 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. YOGA ROOTS: Yoga Roots strives to provide community experiences that promote healing on all levels with a daily schedule of yoga classes for all ages and abilities. We aim to clarify your mind, strengthen your body and ignite your joyful spirit through classes such as Anusurainspired, Kundalini, Restorative, Heated Vinyasa Flow, Gentle, Nia, Prenatal, and Teen. Check out our special offerings: Feldenkrais w/ Uwe Mester: Sat., May 14, 3-5 p.m.; Dance for Resilience w/ Vermont Ibutwa Initiative at the Old Lantern in Charlotte: Sun., May 15, 3-5 p.m.; Sacred Sound Sanctuary w/ Melinda Kinzie: Sat., May 28, 4-5 p.m. Location: Yoga Roots, 120 Graham Way, Shelburne Green Business Park behind Folino’s. Info: 985-0090, yogarootsvt.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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o many records, so little time. Seven Days gets more album submissions than we know what to do with. And, given the ease of record making these days, it’s difficult to keep up. Still, we try to get to every local release that comes across the music desk, no matter how obscure or far out. To that end, here are four albums that likely flew under the radar of your average local music fan. In some cases, they represent the outermost boundaries of local music. Others simply slipped through the cracks. But each is worth a listen.

Transitory Symphony, The Human Condition

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Transitory Symphony debuted in 2014 with the eclectic and deeply weird record modern music for voice, guitar & keyboard. Rooted in pop constructs, the album was a hodgepodge of sounds and styles that mirrored the offbeat musical curiosity of band architects Tom Haney and Jim Heltz. Now the two are back with a follow-up, The Human Condition. Like its predecessor, the new album comprises a diverse array of genres. Unlike that 2014 album, however, a distinct thematic thread ties The Human Condition together: relationships. Haney and Heltz explore a variety of relationships, from romantic (“Help me find her,” “This is the way love’s supposed to be”) to platonic (“Where’s Eddie?,” “Late night with Sandip”) to their relationship with a certain local political hero (“Run, Bernie, Run”). And they do so while touching on a range of styles including country rock, folk ballads, blue-eyed soul, pop rock and New Wave. One number could pass for an outtake from Blue Valentine-era Tom Waits (“The day I fell in love”). The Human Condition is easily Transitory Symphony’s most cohesive work — though that’s certainly relative. Those with the temerity to parse its contrasting aesthetics may well find some sage wisdom on their own emotional condition. transitorysymphony.bandcamp.com

Bob Devins, My Destiny (SELF-RELEASED, CD, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD)

In the liner notes of his debut album, My Destiny, songwriter Bob Devins likens creativity to a radio. “Put up your antennae and Listen,” he writes. He adds that, while on an evening walk, his receptors picked up the signal that would inform his eight-song record. Devins sets the tone of cosmic artistic predetermination with opener “The Creativity Radio.” It’s a serene, contemporary acoustic guitar track that reveals Devins to be a tasteful and talented player. “Something That You Said” follows with blues-rock swagger. Devins has a gentle, boyish vocal delivery that complements his understated lyrical style. “Something About the Song” is a seven-plus-minute guitar-fueled jam on which Devins proves as deft on electric as he is on acoustic. The song follows a fairly straightforward jam-rock template, but the dude can clearly play. “Just What Did I Expect?” is a rolling pop-rock tune that stands as the album’s finest, bearing shades of Phosphorescent-esque melancholia. “Skye’s Wind” closes the record on a rootsy, windswept note that evokes early Calexico or maybe even a (very) young Neil Young. It’s a strong finish to a promising debut. robertjdevins.bandcamp.com

Mystic Titans of Ju Ju, Brand New Party (JELLY ROLL RECORDS, CD, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD)

Mystic Titans of Ju Ju are composed of three Washington, D.C., expats, Bubba Coon, Evan Johns and Peter Bonta. The trio is presently scattered across the globe — Bonta in Italy, Johns in Austin, Texas, and Coon in Vermont. But on those rare occasions when the Mystic Titans are in the same place, they’re capable of some ass-kicking rock and roll, as evidenced by their latest record, Brand New Party. This is the third Mystic Titans album, and it is, indeed, quite the party. From the opening title track

through album closer “Merry Christmas,” it offers a master class on barroom blues, rock and country that is both raw and refined. In particular, the record benefits from the unique talents of Johns, who is widely respected in Texas songwriting circles (guitarist Bill Kirchen raves about him in the album’s liner notes). Johns writes with fearless wit and whimsy. Coon is no slouch, either; he penned three of the record’s liveliest tracks, including “Hummingbird.” That’s one of two cuts featuring guest vocalist Nicole Nelson of Dwight & Nicole. Given the musicians’ distance from each other, Mystic Titans live shows are few and far between. But Brand New Party is more than adequate consolation. cdbaby.com/cd/mystictitansofjujuevanjo

Dan Weintraub, 1000 Songs, 1000 Days (SELF-RELEASED, CD, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD)

On January 1 this year, Vermont songwriter Dan Weintraub embarked upon an arduous challenge: writing one song a day for 1,000 days. (Eat your heart out, Ryan Adams.) Earlier this year, he released the first batch of songs from that project, a double album titled, fittingly, 1000 Songs, 1000 Days. The two-disc collection features 32 songs — presumably taking him through early February. Hey, only 968 songs to go! Obviously, when creating at such a deliberately intense pace, not everything produced can be songwriting gold. But, somewhat amazingly, Weintraub’s output so far is remarkably consistent. There aren’t many showstoppers among those 32 cuts, but there are precious few clunkers. Weintraub’s stream-of-consciousness style of writing lends itself well to leaving the creative faucet on. And, though he could benefit from some lyrical pruning here and there, Weintraub’s guitar and vocal ditties are pleasant and catchy. At the very least, when he’s finished the project, the odds are extremely good that he’ll have at least one or two albums’ worth of truly strong material. So, mark fall 2018 on your calendars. danweintraubacoustic.com

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a decidedly underground focus and feel — can’t rely solely on the hipster set. To make it work, you have draw from the wider public. So, to me, the true testament of this festival’s brilliance was how often I didn’t know half the crowd. People from all walks of life came out in droves to WW6 all weekend long. And it’s not like the bulk of the 200some acts on the bill were household names. I write about music for a living and didn’t know who many of the bands were. What that tells me is that the Waking Windows crew has curated a reputation for excellence and earned the implicit trust of the music-going public in Burlington. And it has done so without pandering to mainstream tastes or sacrificing its tastemaking integrity. That’s an amazing achievement. So, the coolest music festival in Vermont continues to get cooler. Festival season is now officially open in Vermont. And heads up, other local music festivals: The bar just got higher.

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It’s a good week to be an indie-folk fan in Burlington. Well, I guess that’s always sorta true. But the Queen City is hosting two excellent, big-deal indie shows this weekend. The first is Friday, May 13, at ArtsRiot. Presented by Waking Windows — because of course it is — the show features Brooklyn songwriter MIRAH and Los Angeles-based multiinstrumentalist and composer JHEREK BISCHOFF. Mirah is among the most admired indie songwriters on the planet — her 2011 collaboration with THAO NGUYEN, Thao + Mirah, remains one of my favorite records of the decade. The New York Times has hailed Bischoff as a “pop polymath”; the New Yorker calls him a “phenom.” He’s also collaborated with an astonishing array of artists in a variety of mediums, including NEIL GAIMAN, DAVID BYRNE, NELS CLINE, CAETANO VELOSO and CIBO MATTO. For the ArtsRiot show, the duo is playing original material rearranged

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Before we dig into the week’s music news and views, I’d like to take a moment and reflect on the weekend that was Waking Windows 6. In a word: Wow. In a few more words… If you orbited the rotary in Winooski this weekend — and a lot of you did — I’m guessing you’d agree that the 2016 incarnation of WW was by far the best yet. That’s doubly impressive given how high the bar was previously. The musical highlights are almost too numerous to recount. Though, off the top of my head, my personal favorites included ROUGH FRANCIS side project ASPERO SAICOS. Their re-creation of the Peruvian Tropicália-punk band LOS SAICOS was so entertaining that it inspired a certain local journalist with two left feet to dance up a storm Friday at the Monkey House. I’d never heard HOP ALONG before. But, following their set Friday at the Outdoor Stage, I’ve been rocking their 2015 record Painted Shut almost nonstop. It was a treat to finally see the ESSEX GREEN. BLUE BUTTON blew the doors

off the Misery Loves Co. outdoor stage with a ferocious three-guitar attack that would have made DIARRHEA PLANET blush. Seeing CALIFONE’s TIM RUTILI at the Methodist Episcopal Church was close to a religious experience. And CAROLINE ROSE continues to justify every nice thing I’ve ever written about her. Her set at a packed Waterworks Food + Drink on Saturday was the best I’ve seen her, even considering the sometimes spotty sound. And the list goes on. But what really struck me this weekend in Winooski was the enormity of the thing. If you spend enough time at rock shows in and around Burlington, after a while you get accustomed to seeing a lot of the same faces. To be sure, the usual suspects were out in force all weekend. (At one show heavily populated by the thirtysomething BTV indie-rock crowd, a friend I spoke with equated it to a summer-camp reunion, which wasn’t far off the mark.) The thing is, a festival of Waking Windows’ magnitude — even one with

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WHAMMY BAR: Dave Keller (blues, soul), 7 p.m., free.

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CITY LIMITS: Throttle Thursdays with DJ Gold, 9 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: DJ Blinie (hip-hop), 9 p.m., free.

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OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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242 MAIN: Oh the Humanity!, Los Bungalitos, Suburban Samurai, Be Aggressive. (hardcore), 7 p.m., $8. ARTSRIOT: WW Presents: Mirah & Jherek Bischoff (indie), 9 p.m., $12. AA. BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Toby Aronson (classical guitar), 8:30 p.m., free.

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CLUB METRONOME: Healing Exchange: Tar Iguana Does the ’90s, Melon (rock), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

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Better known as the HARP TWINS, the Kitts are world’s only identical-twin harp duo. They’re also total nerds. Among

their most crowd-pleasing works are renditions of the themes from “Game of Thrones,” Star Wars and the Harry Potter series. However, we’re partial to their elegant reimagining of hard-rock classics by the likes of AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses and Iron Maiden. Simply put, you ain’t never heard the harp played like this. Catch the Harp Twins at the Light Club

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HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Rosedale (rock), 7 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free. LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions, 8 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. NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with Disco Phantom, 6 p.m., free. Funkwagon (funk), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

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RADIO BEAN: Alit (rock), 7 p.m., free. Blahvocado (indie), 10 p.m., free. Chasing Days (rock), 11 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Left Eye Jump (blues), 7 p.m., free. DJ Pat (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda’s Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. ZEN LOUNGE: Kizomba with Dsantos VT, 7 p.m., free. Well Wednesday, 10 p.m., free.

chittenden county HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Nahko and Medicine for the People, Kim Churchill (rock), 8 p.m., $24/27. AA.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Holly Bowling (piano, Phish tribute), 8 p.m., $15. AA. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The Woedoggies (rock), 7 p.m., free.

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BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Rough & Tumble (folk), 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. WHAMMY BAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

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MOOGS PLACE: Jim Charonko (blues), 8 p.m., free. PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom 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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ARTSRIOT: Mama Hope Fundraiser: Paper Castles, DJ TT, Pony Truck (indie), 8 p.m., $15/20. AA. CHURCH & MAIN: Cody Sargent Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free. CLUB METRONOME: Aqueous (groove rock), 10 p.m., $7. 18+. THE DAILY PLANET: Hot Pickin’ Party (bluegrass), 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 (drum and bass), 10:30 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: The Harp Twins (harp duo), 8 p.m., NA. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Rough and Tumble (rock), 10 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free. Bluegrass Thursday: Pappy & Friends, 9 p.m., $2/5. 18+.

RADIO BEAN: Hailey Ward (folk), 7 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Dan Ryan Express (jazz), 10:30 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE: Seth Yacovone Blue Trio, 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): Shay Gestal (Americana), 8 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Improv Jam, 6 p.m., free. Napolean (improv), 7:30 p.m., $5. Daily Grind: Rich Nadworny (improv), 9 p.m., $5.

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HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Nahko and Medicine for the People, Cas Haley (world music, reggae), 8 p.m., $24/27. AA. MONKEY HOUSE: Second Thursday Selector Sets with DJ Disco Phantom (eclectic), 9 p.m., free. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The House Rockers (rock), 7 p.m., free. PENALTY BOX: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

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BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Ron Sweet (folk), 6 p.m., donation. LA PUERTA NEGRA: Ladies’ Lounge: Patty Casey (folk), 8 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA’S: BYOV Thursdays, 3 p.m., free.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Sugar (rock), 7 p.m., free. DJ Fattie B (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: John Daly Trio (folk rock), 9 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Disco Phantom (eclectic), 10 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. Seth Yacovone, Ghosts of Jupiter (rock, blues), 9 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music), 11 a.m., free. Alex Smith (folk), 7 p.m., free. Rob Flax (folk), 8:30 p.m., free. Barbacoa (surf), 10 p.m., free. Sammich (rock), midnight, free. RED SQUARE: Sugar Cone Rose (jazz), 5 p.m., free. Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 7 p.m., $5. DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: D Jay Baron (EDM), 9 p.m., $5. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Supersounds DJ (top 40), 10 p.m., free. RUBEN JAMES: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Barika (ethereal dubscape), 9 p.m., $5. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Adam Mamawala (standup), 7:30 & 10 p.m., $15. ZEN LOUNGE: Salsa Night with Jah Red (Latin), 9 p.m., $5.

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the band to record at his studio. So the brothers Barr zipped down to the Queen City and SMMD spent a week recording with Hughes. That session turned into the band’s second album, That Man Eats Morning for Breakfast, released in 2010. Nifty, eh?

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If you’re a vinyl collector, you’ll want to swing by Nectar’s in Burlington this Sunday, May 15, for the first-ever Burlington Record Fair. Copresented by Nectar’s and Burlington Records, the daylong swap will boast some 20,000 LPs (!) and more than 25 vendors from all over Vermont, New England and Montréal. Among the notable sellers are Burlington

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for strings. Each artist will play a set backed by a string quartet, in addition to collaborating with each other. The second show is Saturday, May 14, at ArtsRiot, but presented by Signal Kitchen. It features Montréal’s the BARR BROTHERS, who are touring in support of a gorgeous new EP, Alta Falls. Here’s a fun tidbit about the Barr Brothers. Some years back ANDREW and BRAD BARR were playing with the band SURPRISE ME MR. DAVIS. They had made plans to record a new album at their Montréal studio. But SMMD front man MARC FRIEDMAN got turned away at the border on his way north. He ended up drinking at a bar in Burlington, where he ran into none other than local honkytonk hero BRETT HUGHES. Hughes invited

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Acoustic Happy Hour, 5 p.m., free. Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free. HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Start Making Sense: Talking Heads Tribute, 9 p.m., $12/15/20. AA. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Gill Landry (singersongwriter), 8 p.m., $12/15. AA. MONKEY HOUSE: Las Rosas (rock), 9 p.m., $3/8. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Shane’s Apothecary (rock), 5 p.m., free. The Grift (rock), 9 p.m., free. SUGAR HOUSE BAR AND GRILL: Discolicious (disco), 9:30 p.m., free. WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Thea Wren (jazz), 9:30 p.m., $5.

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BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Peace in the Valley (rock), 6 p.m., donation. CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Jeff Shelley (solo acoustic), 6 p.m., free. The Fabulous Miss Wendy (post punk), 9 p.m., free. ESPRESSO BUENO: Extempo (storytelling), 8 p.m., $5. LA PUERTA NEGRA: FeelTheBern Dance Party, 9 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5 p.m., free. WHAMMY BAR: Sara Grace, Andy Suits (rock), 7 p.m., free.

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MOOGS PLACE: Curtis & Jess (folk), 7 p.m., free. The Ramblers (rock), 9 p.m., free. RIMROCK’S MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Rekkon #FridayNightFrequencies (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE: Coon Hill John (Americana), 8 p.m., free. CITY LIMITS: DJ Kilie (top 40), 9 p.m., free. City Limits Dance Party with Top Hat Entertainment (Top 40), 9:30 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Mike Burbank & Friends (rock), 6 p.m., free. The Eschatones (rock), 9 p.m., $3.

northeast kingdom JASPER’S TAVERN: Barbie N Bones (rock), 9:30 p.m., $5.

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WILLY B’S TAVERN AT THE THREE STALLION INN: AliT (folk), 5 p.m., free.

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MONOPOLE: Knot Dead (rock), 10 p.m., free.

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

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ARTSRIOT: The Barr Brothers, Death Vessel (indie), 8:30 p.m., $16/18. AA. BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Jeff Wheel, Randy Miller and Brian Miller (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. CLUB METRONOME: Retronome With DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Zach Nugent (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. Disco Phantom (eclectic), 10 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Karaoke with Megan, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Gabe Jarrett Trio (jazz), 9 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Sad Turtle (rock), 10 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: The Dolce Duo (folk), 7 p.m., free. Grundlefunk, Cold Engines (funk, rock), 9 p.m., $5. RADIO BEAN: Cardboard Crowns (folk), 2 p.m., free. Bad Accent (rock), 7 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Andy Lugo (rebel folk), 5 p.m., free. The Tricksters (rock), 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. SIGNAL KITCHEN: Steak Frites V (art show), 7 p.m., $3 donation. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Colorway (rock), 8 p.m., free.

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Have More Fun Originating in Montréal and now based in London, house-music duo

bass lines with a musical curiosity that veers into 1960s psychedelia, world music and beyond. And they do so with impeccable technical prowess and playful creativity that sets them apart in the increasingly crowded dance-music field. Blond:ish headline Sunday Night Mass at Club Metronome in Burlington on Sunday, May 15, with locals L YEA & HAITIAN, JUSTIN R.E.M. and ROB TICHO. ESPRESSO BUENO: Jazzyoke (live jazz karaoke), 7:30 p.m., $5.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Adam Mamawala (standup), 7:30 & 10 p.m., $15.

WHAMMY BAR: Bob Hannan, Geof Hewitt, Sara Grace (soul), 7 p.m., free.

BACKSTAGE PUB: Totally Submerged (rock), 9 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: HmfO: A Hall & Oates Tribute, 9 p.m., $12/15/20. AA.

stowe/smuggs

MOOGS PLACE: Eames Brothers Band (mountain blues), 9 p.m., free.

middlebury area

MONKEY HOUSE: The Rough & Tumble (folk), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

CITY LIMITS: City Limits Dance Party with DJ Earl (top 40), 9:30 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: John Daly Trio (folk rock), 5 p.m., free. Last Kid Picked (rock), 9 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Coon Hill John (America), 7 p.m., free. SUGAR HOUSE BAR AND GRILL: DJ Steve B (top 40), 9:30 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation. Jen & John (folk), 6 p.m., donation.

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Stuck on Planet Earth (alt-rock), 9 p.m., free.

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SMITTY’S PUB: The Growlers (rock), 8 p.m., free.

chittenden county

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JASPER’S TAVERN: DJ Speedo (top 40), 9 p.m., free.

outside vermont

MONOPOLE: Jiggawaltz (rock), 10 p.m., free.

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CLUB METRONOME: Sunday Night Mass: Blond:ish (house), 9 p.m., $15/20. 18+.

NECTAR’S: Burlington Record Fair, 11 a.m., free/$5. AA. Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Jahson, 9:30 p.m., $3. THE OLDE NORTHENDER PUB: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: Pete Sutherland & Tim Stickle’s Old Time Session, 1 p.m., free. Songwriter Sessions, 4 p.m., free. Quinn Mills (folk), 6 p.m., free. Alex Culbreth (folk), 8 p.m., free. Rubberkid (rock), 9 p.m., free. Ghastly, KiefCatcher and Hellascope (rock), 10:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Greenbush (bluegrass), 7 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch Scramble, noon, $5-10 donation. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Steve Spinola (standup), 7:30 p.m., free.

chittenden county BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke/ Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: The Sexbots (rock), 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 & BURRITO CAFÉ: Bleeker & MacDougal (folk), 11 a.m., donation.

reading), 8 p.m., free. Mickey Western (rock), 10 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Chasing Days, the Dirty Blondes, Astrocat (rock), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Kelly Ravin (country), 6:30 p.m., free. Live Band Rock & Roll Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Olivia Millerschein (folk), 7 p.m., free. Count Bass D (hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., free. Latin Sessions with Mal Maiz (cumbia), 10 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom

RED SQUARE: Mashtodon (hip-hop), 8 p.m., free.

JASPER’S TAVERN: Sean Ashby (rock), 9 p.m., $7.

MON.16 burlington

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Family Night (open jam), 10:30 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Dance Video Request Night with Melody, 10 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs

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

northeast kingdom PHAT KATS TAVERN: Jay Natola (solo guitar), 9 p.m., free.

outside vermont

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

JUNIPER: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Jeremy Gilchrist (folk), 7 p.m., free. Lamp Shop Lit Club (open TUE.17

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Burlington resident Maxwell Johnson, aka Maxwellywell, is a soon-to-be Champlain College student who is quietly entering the Queen City’s electronic music scene. He debuted with a DJ set at Radio Bean in March before recently dropping a fivetrack debut EP, POP POP. Built on gradual crescendos and generally smooth drops, POP POP is accessible for electronic neophytes. It also evades easy classification. So, for the die-hard electronic fans out there: Resist the urge to spar over subgenres, and enjoy the ride. The EP starts off with the slowburning “2.” Laggard drum kicks, lush female echoes and ascending xylophonic keys make for a relaxed journey. While

not entirely downtempo, it’s certainly the most restrained cut. Up next is the buoyant title track. Opening with reverb-drenched organ and hand clapping, it quickly progresses to synth-y vocal manipulations. Maxwellywell also layers start-andstop metallic elements to give it some movement. If it had a chorus, the track would make for a fine anthemic singalong. “Crush” picks up the tempo. Juicy, pulsating pops render this one Red Square-friendly — in other words, it’s a club banger. The snare buildup is intense, setting the stage for deliberate, heavy drops. The post-drop frenzy is sexy and danceable, if a little standard. “Doggo Dreams” is a heady number that falls in and out of the chill end of the electro spectrum. Whizzing, high-pitched

ENTERTAINMENT pops contrast a low, heavy drumbeat. The SHOW OF THE YEAR forceful drops, unfortunately, feel a bit THURSDAYS > 10:00 P.M. too aggressive for the otherwise mellow 25 YEARS OF moments. The shimmering transitional LOCAL MEDIA fade at the end is quite nice and could VIDEOS FROM THE VAULT have been used effectively throughout. RETN.ORG/VAULT Maxwellywell breaks his instrumental streak with the closer, a glitchy hip-hop WATCH LIVE track called “Medium Rare.” The icy @5:25 WEEKNIGHTS ON sound of breaking glass is paired with TV AND ONLINE hollow, ringing echoes. Shavar Dawkins GET MORE INFO OR WATCH ONLINE AT — Maxwellywell’s former Burlington VERMONT CAM.ORG • RETN.ORG CH17.TV High School classmate — supplies the rap. Though Dawkins rhymes with easy, laissez-faire style, the track feels out of 16t-retnWEEKLY.indd 1 5/10/16 12:14 PM step with the rest of the EP. Clearly, Maxwellywell wants to experiment and expand his sound. He should find a home in the ambient, textural corners of Burlington’s electronic scene, where he can develop interesting instrumental elements. Tentative and exploratory, POP POP reveals a young artist cutting his teeth. Maxwellywell’s POP POP is available at maxwellywell.bandcamp.com. LIZ CANTRELL

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multi-instrumentalist Tyler Daniel Bean contributes additional guitar parts.) There is pretty much only one setting on this machine, and it is DESTROY. The material is fun, too — far from the earnest anger and political doom that preoccupies so much punk music. Everyone involved seems to be having a blast, and, despite their talent, they don’t take themselves too seriously. It’s good chemistry. In a nod to early hardcore traditions, most of the songs on MMXIV clock in under one minute long. “The Bike Lane” is emblematic of this hit-and-run approach, sprinting directly into a high-speed verse — about bike lanes, presumably, but I can’t be sure — then cranking everything up to 11 before skittering into a funky, palmmuted groove played exactly … once. Drop the curtains, raise the lights, thank you very much. This breezy approach doesn’t always work in their favor. Several tracks, especially “This Is a Sandwich,” would benefit from a longer treatment that allowed the drum grooves — and genuine hook for a chorus! — to breathe more. (Or at all, really.) The band’s commitment to aesthetics makes MMXIV into a more compelling artifact, all angles and edges, but at the cost of a better album.

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Screaming Skull, like so many bands in the hardcore and punk scenes, had a short, intense existence. One of their only two live shows took place at the Monkey House in Winooski in 2014 — MMXIV, to Roman and Latin nerds — at a Halloween benefit show for local musician Jeff Foran. Having since dispersed across the country, the band members left behind some destroyed equipment and a 10-track album, MMXIV, that’s still generating listeners two years later. For all the noise and fire, Screaming Skull were a high-precision operation. The rhythm section of Tom Fuller (Unrestrained) on drums and Matt Kimball (Sink or Swim) on bass do impeccable work here, delivering machine-perfect performances with a madcap human touch. Even on the most fleeting, frantic tracks, the guitar lines manage to be both clever and catchy. This is mostly thanks to the tireless Justin Gonyea, who has worked in the genre so long he can play with constraints to great effect. (Local hyper-prolific

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one of the most distinguished voices in contemporary jazz. That makes sense, given the Grammy-winning singer’s pedigree. Her mentors were Frank Sinatra and Stan Getz, who discovered her at the 1979 Monterey Jazz Festival and for whom she recorded an acclaimed 2014 tribute album, I Remember You (With Love to Stan and Frank). Schuur is currently touring with songs from that album and others, backed by the LEGENDARY COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA.

They’ll appear at the Flynn MainStage in Burlington on Sunday, June

12, as part of the 2016 Burlington Discover Jazz Festival.

WED.18

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda’s Acoustic Soul Night, 8 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.

242 MAIN: Undesirable People, the Red Summer Sun, Sleeping In & Refrigerator Magnet. (punk), 7 p.m., $8.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. Yonic Tonic (standup), 9 p.m., free.

WHAMMY BAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

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

ZEN LOUNGE: Kizomba with Dsantos VT, 7 p.m., free. Well Wednesday, 10 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Lesley Grant (country), 8 p.m., free.

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with Eric George & Friends, 10 p.m., $3.

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Trivia Night, 7:30 p.m., free.

burlington

RED SQUARE: Funkwagon (funk), 7 p.m., free. DJ KermiTT, 8 p.m., free. Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Dan Liptak Trio (jazz), 6 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Improv Class Show, 6:30 p.m., free. Standup Class Show, 8:30 p.m., free.

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JP’S PUB: Open Mic with Kyle, 9 p.m., free.

chittenden county

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Ben Slotnick (singer-songwriter), 10 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Whitechapel, Fit for a King, the Plot in You, Enterprise Earth (metal), 7 p.m., $18/20. AA.

NECTAR’S: Count Bass D, Mister Burns, Jarv, Loupo, Crusty Cuts (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $10/12. 18+.

MONKEY HOUSE: Upclass (jazz, funk), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

RADIO BEAN: Lokum (music of the Near East), 6 p.m., free. Grup Anwar (classical Arabic), 8:30 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. SUGAR HOUSE BAR AND GRILL: Thunder Kittens (rock), 8:30 p.m., free.

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Godfather Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free. LA PUERTA NEGRA: Salsa Lessons with Dsantos, 6:30 p.m., $12.

JP’S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free. LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Cody Sargent Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions, 8 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.

stowe/smuggs

NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with Disco Phantom, Bison, 6 p.m., free. Funkwagon, Stone Blossom (funk, rock), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

middlebury area

RADIO BEAN: Jesse & Dave (folk), 8 p.m., free. Mapmaker (rock), 9 p.m., free.

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

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

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RED SQUARE: The High Breaks (surf), 7 p.m., free. DJ Pat (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

chittenden county

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Clutch, Corrosion of Conformity, Siding Spring (rock), 7:30 p.m., $29/32. AA. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Preshow Sour Beer Tasting, 6 p.m., free. MONKEY HOUSE: Deadgrass (Grateful Dead tribute, bluegrass), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Sammich (rock), 7 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Papa GreyBeard (blues), 6 p.m., donation.

PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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outside vermont

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

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Cajun Jam with Jay Ekis, Lee Blackwell, Alec Ellsworth & Katie Trautz, 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Josh Glass (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. Aquatic Undeground (house), 10 p.m., free.

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RUTLAND AREA

HOP’N MOOSE BREWERY CO., 41 Center St., Rutland 775-7063 PICKLE BARREL NIGHTCLUB, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3035

CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS/ NORTHWEST

CHOW! BELLA, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405 SNOW SHOE LODGE & PUB, 13 Main St., Montgomery Center, 326-4456

UPPER VALLEY

BREAKING GROUNDS, 245 Main St., Bethel, 392-4222

NORTHEAST KINGDOM

JASPER’S TAVERN, 71 Seymour Ln., Newport, 334-2224 MUSIC BOX, 147 Creek Rd., Craftsbury, 586-7533 PARKER PIE CO., 161 County Rd., West Glover, 525-3366 PHAT KATS TAVERN, 101 Depot St., Lyndonville, 626-3064 THE PUB OUTBACK, 482 Vt. 114, East Burke, 626-1188 THE STAGE, 45 Broad St., Lyndonville, 427-3344 TAMARACK GRILL, 223 Shelburne Lodge Rd., East Burke, 626-7390

OUTSIDE VERMONT

MONOPOLE, 7 Protection Ave., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-563-2222 NAKED TURTLE, 1 Dock St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-6200. OLIVE RIDLEY’S, 37 Court St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-324-2200 PALMER ST. COFFEE HOUSE, 4 Palmer St., Plattsburgh, N.Y. 518-561-6920

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CLAIRE’S RESTAURANT & BAR, 41 Main St., Hardwick, 472-7053 MATTERHORN, 4969 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8198 MOOGS PLACE, Portland St., Morrisville, 851-8225 PIECASSO PIZZARIA & LOUNGE, 899 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4411 RIMROCKS MOUNTAIN TAVERN, 394 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-9593 THE RUSTY NAIL, 1190 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245 STOWEHOF INN, 434 Edson Hill Rd., Stowe, 253-9722 SUSHI YOSHI, 1128 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4135

BIG PICTURE THEATER & CAFÉ, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994 THE CENTER BAKERY & CAFÉ, 2007 Guptil Rd., Waterbury Center, 244-7500 CORK WINE BAR & MARKET, 1 Stowe St., Waterbury, 882-8227 HOSTEL TEVERE, 203 Powderhound Rd., Warren, 496-9222 PURPLE MOON PUB, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-3422 THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM, 1 S. Main St., Waterbury, 244-7827 SLIDE BROOK LODGE & TAVERN, 3180 German Flats Rd., Warren, 583-2202

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ASIAN BISTRO, 25 Winooski Falls Way #112, Winooski, 655-9800 BACKSTAGE PUB, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jct., 878-5494 GOOD TIMES CAFÉ, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ, 28 Main St., Montpelier, 229-9212 CAPITAL GROUNDS CAFÉ, 27 State St., Montpelier, 223-7800 CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820 ESPRESSO BUENO, 248 N. Main St., Barre, 479-0896 GREEN MOUNTAIN TAVERN, 10 Keith Ave., Barre, 522-2935 GUSTO’S, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919 KISMET, 52 State St., Montpelier, 223-8646 LA PUERTA NEGRA, 44 Main St., Montpelier, 613-3172 MULLIGAN’S IRISH PUB, 9 Maple Ave., Barre, 479-5545 NORTH BRANCH CAFÉ, 41 State St., Montpelier, 552-8105 POSITIVE PIE, 20 State St., Montpelier, 229-0453 RED HEN BAKERY + CAFÉ, 961 US Route 2, Middlesex, 223-5200 THE SKINNY PANCAKE, 89 Main St., Montpelier, 262-2253 SOUTH SIDE TAVERN, 107 S. Main St., Barre, 476-3637 SWEET MELISSA’S, 4 Langdon St., Montpelier, 225-6012 THREE BEAN CAFÉ, 22 Pleasant St., Randolph, 728-3533 WHAMMY BAR, 31 W. County Rd., Calais, 229-4329

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n the sea of international art fairs, festivals, receptions and parties, only one biennial is devoted to contemporary art by Native and indigenous artists. The third iteration of the Contemporary Native Art Biennial is ongoing through June 26 in Montréal, featuring more than 50 First Nations and indigenous North American artists at four arts venues. The biennial is remarkable for its scale, clarity of vision and commitment to making current Native art visible to a broader public. A wide swath of artists and mediums is represented, from established artists such as Nicholas Galanin, Maria Hupfield and Nadia Myre to emerging ones such as Caroline Monnet and Nico Williams. At this exhibition modeled after the Venice Biennale, the works are organized by the geographic — and tribal — provenances of the artists. Art Mûr (5826 rue St-Hubert), one of Canada’s largest private contemporary galleries, provides the biennial’s Central Pavilion. The Western Pavilion is at Stewart Hall Art Gallery in Pointe-Claire, on the southwestern edge of the island of Montréal. Here, in addition to the works on view, Vancouver artist Luke Parnell is completing a six-week residency during which he will carve — and saw in half — an eight-foot totem pole. The Canadian Guild of Crafts (1460 rue Sherbrooke O) is the Northern Pavilion, while the McCord Museum (690 rue Sherbrooke O) is the fourth venue. It constitutes an Education Pavilion that offers artworks as well as ample programming of lectures and screenings, including Monnet’s short video “Mobilize,” which played at the Sundance Film Festival in January. “Culture Shift” is the theme of this year’s biennial, building on 2014’s “Storytelling” focus and 2012’s inaugural “A Stake in the Ground” exhibition. Art Mûr’s French translation of “culture shift” is “une révolution culturelle.”

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Guest curator Michael Patten, a member of the Sakimay First Nation, notes in his exhibition text that the “shift” embodied by the biennial goes two ways. First, it showcases the work of artists who define new indigenous identities through creative innovation and artistic freedom. Second, it urges settlers to “open up to their indigenous neighbors and recognize how their culture can influence a society that can be more egalitarian and compassionate.” One work that exemplifies such mutual exchange is Myre’s “A Casual Reconstruction.” Myre is a Montréal-based artist of Algonquin descent who curated the inaugural 2012 biennial and, in 2014, received the country’s prestigious Sobey Art Award (for Canadian artists under 40). Her 30-minute video installation is a recording — primarily audio — of a mealtime conversation with friends and family. The group discusses, sometimes heatedly, what it means to them to be Native today. “Who versus what you are,” for example, or the way that younger generations have gleaned the Mi’kmaq language piecemeal from elders and “on the street.”

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Six chairs are arranged in a circle near the screen, with a spotlight beaming on them from the ceiling. As this writer took in the video, three young women of Native descent sat and talked, corroborating what they were hearing. “These are conversations I’ve had,” said Swaneige Bertrand. The conspicuous lack of video — the screen stays mostly black —emphasizes Myre’s concern with language and verbal exchange. This choice to minimize the visual in a video installation indicates the ways in which language continues to move within cultures forced from visibility. It could be read as a movement against visual colonialism. The work demands engagement; the “viewer” is made into both a listener and, by the suggestion of the seating arrangement, a participant. Many other works have a decidedly futuristic air. Naomi Bebo’s “Woodland Child in Gas Mask” is arresting in its combination of traditional beadwork and apocalyptic survival gear; the tiny gas mask bears beaded flowers, berries and insect life. In “Home Coming,” Sonny Assu offers a “digital intervention” for a painting by Paul Kane, an Irish Canadian known for his idyllic 19th-century paintings of First Nations people. Assu placed highly graphic, stylized Northwest Coast motifs in the sky of Kane’s landscape; the figures descend like UFOs. The interruption serves as a contemporary counterpoint

"Home Coming" by Sonny Assu

"Kill the Indian, Save the Man" by Nicholas Galanin

to Kane’s view, which freezes the painting’s Native subjects in the past. Assu’s alteration is reminiscent of graffiti and tagging, as well as the paintings of California artist Wayne White. Similar to Assu, Alison Bremner digitally places Tlingit masks over the faces of famous European oil portraits — da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” and Vermeer’s “Girl With a Pearl Earring.” Beyond these digital remixes, many other works address technology and technological discourse. Williams uses design

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software to plan his intricate, geometric beaded sculptures, equating the tiny, colorful beads with pixels. One of his five tetrahedrons features beaded birches — paying homage, according to Williams, to his Ojibwe ancestors’ ingenious uses of the tree. Another tetrahedron depicts iconic features, natural and manmade, of Montréal. In a perhaps more obvious conflation of traditional art forms with present-day technology, Ningeosiaq Ashoona has carved a miniature computer desk and chair from soapstone, complete with a minuscule ivory seal carving on top. “Computer Desk” is one of many pieces at the Canadian Guild of Crafts that address modern chaos and conflict through the passed-down Inuit arts of carving and printmaking. Many works engage with the violence and detritus of consumerism. Joi T. Arcand’s diorama “Through That Which Is Scene” is a tabletop landscape populated with toy models meant to represent Native peoples, ridiculously disparate in scale. Plastic cowboy and Indian figurines no more than two inches in height stand near the wheels of a comparatively giant model pickup

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f LEE GARRISON: Exhibition honoring the life and work of Emily O. “Lee” Garrison (1928-2014), who sketched or painted nearly every day of her long and active life. Reception: Wednesday, May 18, 5-8 p.m. May 17-18, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Info, 865-7166. Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms.

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f ‘DISCOVERING THE TAROT CARD ARTISTS’: An exhibition featuring one hand-hooked rug per each of the 23 artists who contributed to the parallel exhibition “Exploring the Tarot.” Reception: Thursday, May 19, 5-7 p.m. May 15-July 15. Info, 262-6035. T. W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier. f ‘EXPLORING THE TAROT’: Curated by Loretta Scena and Michele Micarelli, this exhibition features 23 hand-hooked rugs by artists from across the country and Canada who each created their own interpretation of one tarot card. Reception: Thursday, May 19, 5-7 p.m. May 14-June 25. Info, 263-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center in Montpelier.

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SENIOR STUDIO ART THESIS EXHIBITION: Middlebury College students in ART 700 exhibit works in various media in this culminating exhibition, which showcases the work of advanced students completing semester-long independent studio art. May 16-26. Info, 443-3168. Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College.

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‘STARKWHITE & THE NIGHT’: An exhibition featuring a range of works in high-contrast black and white, investigating the ways in which artists investigate the psychological concepts of darkness and light. May 15-June 24. Info, 533-2045. Miller’s Thumb Gallery in Greensboro. "Mona Lisa Smile" by Alison Bremner

INFO Contemporary Native Art Biennial, through June 26 at various venues in Montréal. artmur.com

‘CHRISTO & JEANNE-CLAUDE: THE TOM GOLDEN COLLECTION’: An exhibition featuring 123 original drawings, sculptures, collages and photographs that capture the versatility, longevity and international scope of the duo’s career. May 15-June 26. Info, 518-792-1761. The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, N.Y.

ART EVENTS ‘THE ARTIFACTS OF LIFE’: An exhibition and “mini-museum” showcasing objects contributed by community members that address the theme of serendipity with compelling stories. Reception: Friday, May 13, 5-7 p.m. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, Thursday, May 12, noon-5 p.m. Info, 382-9222. FIGURE-DRAWING CLASS: Drop-in life-drawing session with a live nude model. Cash only. Karma Bird House Gallery, Burlington, Thursday, May 12, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 864-3840.

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capitalize on a moment of heightened political consciousness — biennial implies ongoing engagement. “It’s not like it’s going to be [just] a trend,” said Castro. “We want [to provide] continued support that an individual show wouldn’t be able to accomplish.” “Culture Shift” invites, and challenges, viewers to consider Native cultural expression, resistance and continuity as dynamically invented and reinvented by artists. As Art Mûr directors Rhéal Olivier Lanthier and François St-Jacques suggest in their introduction to the biennial catalog, “It is up to you to reply to this invitation.” m

‘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. May 14-November 27. Info, 952-1056. Hall Art Foundation in Reading.

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truck; a mass-produced doll in some approximation of “traditional” dress towers over the scene at nine or 10 inches tall. In Bremner’s “Cowboys N’ Indians,” the plastic figurines fight around the edge of a leather drum. Neon Kohkom places commercially produced “headdresses” at the bottom of aluminum garbage cans.

The “Modicum” installation, by Leonard Getinthecar (a collaborative alias of Nicholas and Jerrod Galanin) and Nep Sidhu, situates a life-size model of a SWAT team policeman amid a plethora of paper coffee cups suspended with string. Each cup bears the name of an individual who was “extra-judicially” killed by police, smartly linking two types of disposability. The political climate in Canada — and elsewhere — suggests that now is an excellent moment for renewed attention to the work of Native artists. In December 2015, Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its final report, which included 94 calls to action primarily addressed to the government. Art Mûr assistant director Anaïs Castro likened the recent birth of Canada’s Idle No More aboriginal movement to the Black Lives Matter surge in the U.S. Yet the organizers of the Contemporary Native Art Biennial do not wish to simply

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PECHAKUCHA NIGHT: Presenters talk on an array of subjects in this rapid-fire format of 20 images shown for 20 seconds each. This 20th Burlington PKN features Thomas Barber, Bech Evans, Andrea Grayson, Valerie Hird, Rolf Kielman, Angela Palm, Andrea Rosen, Geeg Wiles and Michael Wisniewski. University of Vermont Fleming Museum of Art, Burlington, Thursday, May 12, 6 p.m. $6 suggested donation. Info, 656-0750. TALK: PATTY CASTELLINI: The abstract painter talks about her work in conjunction with her current exhibition. AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon N.H., Thursday, May 12, 6 p.m. Info, 603-448-3117.

Hannah Bureau “Abstracting the Landscape” at Edgewater Gallery on the Green in Middlebury features the

evocative, hybrid works of the Rhode Island School of Design painting instructor. Her paintings, writes the gallery, emerge from “the intersection of abstraction and representation.” Bureau moved to Vermont from Paris at age 8 and is the fourth generation of female painters in her family. “All aspects of an abstract painting can be found in nature,” she asserts. “Abstract shapes and colors, composition, line and texture are all elements that I draw on.” Bureau elegantly departs from the precious precision found in many landscapes, and claims that “Oil painting feels a bit out of control and free for me, very much like my day-to-day life — a beautiful mess.” A reception is Friday, May 13, 5 to 7 p.m. Through May 31. Pictured: “Pink Sky at Night.”

‘BASH’: Big Arty SPA Happening invites community members to celebrate Studio Place Arts at this annual fundraising event featuring art, a silent auction, music from Mellow Yellow, and food. Studio Place Arts, Barre, Friday, May 13, 7-9 p.m. $15 advance/$25 at the door. Info, 479-7069. FLY TYING DEMONSTRATIONS: Demonstration of how to make ties for fly fishing, in conjunction with the exhibition “The Art of Fly Fishing.” Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center, Burlington, Friday, May 13, 5-7 p.m. Info, 863-6458. TALK: ‘THE NATURE THEATER OF CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE’: Noted professor, author and Christo expert Jonathan Fineberg speaks about the large-scale public works of the installation artists. The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls N.Y., Saturday, May 14, 3 p.m. Info, 518-792-1761. TALK: CHUCK HERRMAN: The Vermont wood historian, educator and self-taught artist speaks about his exhibition “Out of the Forest.” Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, Wednesday, May 18, noon. Info, 388-2117.

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‘THE ART OF FLY FISHING: IN SUPPORT OF PROJECT HEALING WATERS’: An exhibition of fly fishing-themed artwork, flies tied by local veterans and various paraphernalia. Works available through a silent auction culminating with an event on May 26. Proceeds benefit Project Healing Waters, a nonprofit dedicated to the physical and emotional rehabilitation of active military service personnel and veterans with disabilities. Through May 31. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center in Burlington. ATHENA KAFANTARIS: “Strange Music From Another Room,” an exhibition of puppets that combine craft and technology by the maker-in-residence. Through May 31. Info, 540-0761. Generator in Burlington.

f ‘A BODY IN FUKUSHIMA’: Photographs of Eiko Otake, documenting a visit she and William Johnston, photographer and Wesleyan University professor of Japanese history, made in 2014 to the irradiated communities of Fukushima. Artist talk with Otake: Monday, May 23, 6-7 p.m. Through May 28. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, in Burlington. CAL LANE: “Traditional Culprits,” a solo exhibition of the New York-based artist’s “industrial doilies,” sculptural works that challenge conventional distinctions between masculine and feminine forms of labor. CLARK DERBES: A solo exhibition of works by the 2015 Barbara Smail Award winner, whose work combines elements of Louisiana and Vermont craft and folk art with abstract and patterned painting. Through June 18. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington.

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36th annual exhibition featuring work by seniors at Mount Mansfield Union, Champlain Valley Union, Burlington, South Burlington, Essex and Colchester high schools. Closing reception: Tuesday, May 31, 6-7 p.m. Through May 31. Info, 859-9222. Art’s Alive Gallery in Burlington. ETHAN BOND-WATTS: New works in wood, glass and stone that explore myth and journey, place and

identity, and the meaning of material. Through May 31. Info, 225-614-8037. South 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. GOLDEN TRUE: Oil paintings by the Vermont artist. Through May 15. Info, 860-4972. Vermont Art Supply and Black Horse S.P.G. in Burlington. JEFF BRUNO: “News From NowHere,” works that depart from the artist’s previous meticulous oil paintings and ballpoint-pen drawings, and instead aim to be disposable, temporary and unarchivable. Through May 28. Info, 578-2512. The Backspace Gallery in Burlington. JEFFREY TRUBISZ: “On the Trail,” photographs by the seasoned hiker. Through July 30. Info, 660-9005. Dostie Bros. Frame Shop in Burlington. JENNIE KRISTEL: “Spring Explorations,” monoprints and mixed-media works. Through May 31. Info, 373-5030. Mirabelles Café in Burlington. KRISTEN M. WATSON: “Digital Immigrant,” multisensory mixed-media art installation that explores the transition from analog to digital life. Through May 28. Info, 578-2512. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington.

MFA THESIS SHOW: An exhibition of works by Champlain College graduating students. SENIOR FILM CAPSTONE SHOW: An exhibition of films made by Champlain College graduating seniors. Through May 23. Info, cthompson@champlain.edu. Champlain College Art Gallery in Burlington. MONIKA RIVARD: Images by the Burlington photographer. Through May 31. Info, 343-1218. Scout & Co. (Burlington). NINI CRANE: “Four Seasons of Watercolor,” paintings that reflect the Vermont artist’s love of nature. Through May 31. Info, 540-8333. Sequoia Salon in Burlington. OLA CARSON: “No.” mixed-media works and the first U.S. show from the Poland-born artist. Through May 17. Info, 864-5884. Karma Bird House Gallery in Burlington. ‘POP ART PRINTS’: Thirty-seven prints significant to the advent of the pop art movement of the 1950s and ’60s, including works by Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol. Also works by the era’s female artists from the Fleming’s permanent collection, including Chryssa, Sister Mary Corita Kent and Marisol. ‘SEX OBJECTS: PERSPECTIVES ON GENDER AND SEXUALITY’: An exhibition of everyday and ceremonial art and

artifacts curated by 40 anthropology and art history students. SAMUEL BAK: “Survival and Memory,” paintings by the Polish artist addressing his experience as a Holocaust survivor, using a Renaissance palette and personal lexicon informed by Jewish culture. Through May 22. Info, 656-0750. University of Vermont Fleming Museum of Art in Burlington.

f ROBERT GOLD: An exhibition of mixed-media works by the Burlington artist. Reception: Friday, June 3, 5-8 p.m. Through June 30. Info, 859-9222. The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington. SEABA MEMBERS ONLY SHOW: The South End Arts + Business Association celebrates its 30th anniversary with one of the largest group shows to come to its gallery walls. For every work sold, SEABA will gift a year of membership to a local artist. Through June 30. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington. SHARON WEBSTER: “HANDHOLD,” 2D and 3D works by the Burlington artist. Through May 28. Info, 6573872. Petra Cliffs Climbing Center & Mountaineering School in Burlington. SIENNA FONTAINE: “Acclaim of Gesture,” mixedmedia works made with walnut ink, marker, acrylic paints, spray paint and stencil work. Through June 30. Info, 859-9222. Speeder & Earl’s Coffee, Pine Street, in Burlington.

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100+ VT artists in a historic grist mill by Caspian Lake ‘UNDER THE INFLUENCE’: An exhibition of works by Nissa Kauppila and Erika Lawlor Schmidt, whose style and subject matter reflect their respective immersions in Asian cultures: a yearlong residency in China for Kauppila, and studies of Zen philosophy and Indian metaphysics for Schmidt. Through June 18. Info, 865-7166. Vermont Metro Gallery, BCA Center, in Burlington. ‘XOXO: AN EXHIBIT ABOUT LOVE & FORGIVENESS’: Developed by the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, this emotion-filled interactive exhibit asks you to open your heart and mind. Through May 15. Info, 864-1848. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington.

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‘32 DEGREES: THE ART OF WINTER’: Winter-inspired works from the late 19th century to present, including contemporary photography, sound pieces, digital art, games and ephemeral sculpture, which invite visitors to experience the complexities of snow and ice. Through May 30. Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum. ANNETTE HANSEN: “Landscapes Through the Years,” in various media including paintings, wall quilts, felt works and beaded pieces. Through June 30. Info, 370-6034. Milton Public Library. DICK BRUNELLE: Recent abstract watercolor paintings. Through May 31. Info, 316-4265. Firebird Café in Essex Junction. ‘DOUBLE EXPOSURE: VISUAL ART AND THE WRITTEN WORD’: A group exhibition of work by local artists. Through June 24. Info, 899-4936. Jericho Town Hall.

f ‘IN THE MOMENT’: An exhibition of images by 45 photographers from around the world whose work addresses spontaneity and chance. Juried by Olaf Willoughby. Reception: Saturday, May 14, 3-5 p.m. Through May 22. Info, 777-3686. Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction. JUDSON BROWNING: “Six Months of Consumption,” senior thesis installation made from a collection of food packaging. Through May 15. Info, 654-2884. McCarthy Arts Center Gallery, Saint Michael’s College in Colchester. KURT MADISON: Images from the Vermont landscape photographer. Through May 31. Info, 985-8222. Shelburne Vineyard.

SUSAN NOEL: An exhibition of work by the Essex Art League member. Through May 31. Info, 879-0126. Brownell Library in Essex Junction.

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ANDREW KLINE: “Geometry of Light,” an exhibition of photography by the East Montpelier artist coinciding with the release of his new book. Through May 13. Info, 262-6035. T. W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier. ARTHUR SCHALLER: “Ships and Shadows,” original collage by the Vermont artist and architect. Through June 30. Info, 828-5657. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier.

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DOUGLAS AJA: “African Safari,” photographs and bronze sculptures of African wildlife. Through May 21. Info, 426-3581. Jaquith Public Library in Marshfield. GABRIEL TEMPESTA: “Landscapes and Wildlife,” an exhibition of highly realistic charcoal and watercolor paintings. Through June 30. Info, 828-0749. Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier. JULIANA CASSINO FECHTER: “Landscapes Above & Below,” paintings of sea and sky. Through June 24. Info, 371-4100. Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin.

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KARI MEYERS: “Honest Skies,” landscapes. Through May 31. Info, 223-7800. The Green Bean Art Gallery at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. LYDIA GATZOW: “Second Harvest,” oil paintings, charcoal and graphite drawings. Through May 15. Info, 454-0141. Blinking Light Gallery in Plainfield.

f MAPLEHILL SCHOOL STUDENT ART SHOW: An exhibition of works by students of the Maplehill School, including paintings, mixed-media, carpentry and blacksmithing, as well as collaborative artwork completed with area senior citizens as part of the school’s Elder Outreach Project. Reception: Friday, May 13, 5-7 p.m. Through May 31. Info, 454-7747. Plainfield Community Center Gallery. ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY ART OPENING: Artist-members celebrate the first anniversary of the collective gallery with cake and contemporary work by Vermont artists. Through June 4. Info, 272-0908. The Front in Montpelier. ‘SADDLE UP! NORWICH CAVALRY: TRAINING, TOURING AND TACTICS ON HORSEBACK’: Exhibition presenting the story of the college cavalry, including life-size imagery, sounds and historic objects. Through June 30. Info, 485-2183. Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University in Northfield. STEVE BARROWS: Hand-built clay masks. Through May 31. Info, 223-1981. The Cheshire Cat in Montpelier.

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ATHENA PETRA TASIOPOULOS: Collage and illustration from found vintage portrait photography. Through May 14. Info, 253-1818. Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. ‘FLIGHT: EXPLORATIONS IN MOVEMENT, MIGRATION AND FREEDOM’: Artworks by gallery artists, local students and notable Syrian artists interpreting the concept of flight as it relates to ideas of freedom of expression, pilgrimage and spontaneous exploration. Through June 26. Info, 253-8943. West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park in Stowe.

f ‘FROM FARM TO TABLE’: A juried exhibition featuring paintings and photographs by more than 50 gallery artists that conjure the edible landscape, from planting and growing to harvesting and dining on vegetables, herbs, fruits and flowers. Artist roundtable and reception: Sunday, May 15, 1-4 p.m. Through June 26. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. f ‘RIVER WORKS 2’: Second annual group exhibition of works that consider the nature of rivers. Reception: Thursday, May 12, 5-7 p.m. Through July 5. Info, 888-1261. River Arts in Morrisville.

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STOWE STUDENT ART SHOW: Work in a variety of media by students from Stowe elementary, middle and high schools, as well as guests from Montpelier High School and U-32. Through May 29. Info, 253-8358. Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. ‘THE WORLD THRU MY EYES’: An exhibition of photography by the clients, staff and board members of this agency for at-risk children and youth. Through May 13. Info, 635-2805, ext. 106. Laraway Youth & Family Services in Johnson.

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‘ENCOUNTERING YELLOW’: Group exhibition of artworks in a variety of media inspired by the color yellow. Through May 29. CAROLYN ENZ HACK: “Vermont Landscape Through Time,” a solo exhibition. Through May 29. f SPA SILENT AUCTION: Silent auction of fine art, crafts, coupons to restaurants, tickets to performances, private art lessons, fresh veggies from artists’ gardens, memberships to local cultural institutions and more, benefitting Studio Place Arts. Bidding concludes at SPA’s annual BASH event on May 13. BASH: Friday, May 13, 7-9 p.m. Through May 13. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre.

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ADRIENNE GINTER: “Fauna Meets Flora,” an exhibition of exquisitely detailed hand-cut paper and archival foam-core constructions by the Putney artist. Through June 30. Info, 828-5657. Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier.

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PHIL LAUGHLIN: “Classic Vermont in 2016,” an exhibition of oil paintings that considers the question, “Does ‘classic’ Vermont still work?” Through June 5. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

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CHARLES FISH: “Blue Ribbons & Burlesque,” photographs taken at Vermont country fairs. Through July 1. Info, 479-8519. Vermont History Museum in Montpelier. CINDY GRIFFITH: Pastel works of magical realism by the native Vermont artist. Through June 30. Info, 595-4866. The Hive in Middlesex.

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BARBARA GEYSELAERS: An exhibition of works by the Berlin, Vt., artist. Through May 31. Info, 496-5470. Three Mountain Café in Waitsfield. ‘BLOOM’: A group exhibition celebrating the beauty and struggle inherent in the change of seasons, with works by Kristi Kohut, Mary O’Malley, Casey Roberts and Maude White. Through May 28. Info, 617-842-3332.

MARILYN GILLIS: “Marks and Musings,” variations of simple black marks on white and graphic collages. Reception: Friday, May 13, 6-8 p.m. Through May 28. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury.

‘ENERGY’: An annual exhibit of works by local students, grades K-12. Through May 14. Info, 775-0356. Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. JUDITH REILLY: “The Girl With the Purple Hair,” a retrospective of works by the Vermont quilt maker. Through May 30. Info, 247-4295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon. KATE GRIDLEY: “Passing Through: Portraits of Emerging Adults,” life-size oil paintings paired with sound portraits. Through May 27. Info, 468-5611. Christine Price Gallery, Castleton University.

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TORREY CARROLL SMITH: “Poppies: The Joy of Painting in a Series,” an exhibition of 20 paintings of a poppy in the garden of the Duxbury artist. Through July 19. Info, 244-8581. White Meeting House in Waterbury.

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DAISY ROCKWELL: “Odalèsque and Other Recent Paintings,” work by the artist and granddaughter of Norman Rockwell. Through May 13. $2-20 suggested donation. Info, 356-2775. Main Street Museum in White River Junction.

HANNAH BUREAU: “Abstracting the Landscape,” a solo exhibition of works at the cross section of abstraction and representation. Reception: Friday, May 13, 5-7 p.m. Through May 31. Info, 989-7419. Edgewater Gallery Merchants Row in Middlebury.

sculptural works in wood. The pieces mingle craft and folk-art influences of his native Louisiana with the abstract sensibilities and assertiveness of contemporary art. Carved initially with a chainsaw, Derbes’ works transform blocks of woods into many-surfaced canvases, which in turn are painted with bold, hard-edged geometries. These are most frequently rectangular variations, like pixels on acid, though triangles show up, as well. Derbes accommodates the wood’s texture and cracks, rendering the medium modernism to highlight the humanity behind the construction of an art object.” Added bonus: BCA provides a “totally unofficial” hand-drawn map to Derbes’ public works around town. Through June 18. Pictured: “Here,” courtesy of RL Photo.

LAURIE SVERDLOVE: “Cataclysms,” a solo exhibition of pastels of cyclones, as well as a small selection of playful urban sculptures. Through June 28. Info, 295-0808. Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction.

ODANAKSIS ARTGROUP: Eight Odanaksis artists present a new exhibit of their plein air paintings. Reception: Saturday, May 14, 3-4:30 p.m. Through June 15. Info, 649-1047. Isabell’s Café in East Thetford. ‘POETS AND THE PAST’: An exhibition of historical objects alongside poems they inspired, written by local poets. Through May 31. Info, 649-0124. Norwich Historical Society and Community Center.

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‘ROOTS: MIXED MEDIA ART SHOW’: Works by Vermont artists Lisa M. Condino and Pat Laffin. Through May 31. Info, 453-6309. Tourterelle in New Haven.

HARRIET WOOD: Exuberant oil paintings that celebrate the arrival of spring and summer. Through May 16. Info, 525-3366. Parker Pie Co. in West Glover.

SUSANNE STRATER: “Structure,” pastel paintings featuring rooftops from Middlebury to Montréal, Germany to Luxembourg. Through May 31. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery Mill Street in Middlebury.

‘HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS’: A group exhibition of new works for the home and garden by members of the Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild. Through June 11. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

CINDY SMITH: “Far and Wide, Near and Dear,” an exhibition of travel photography by the artist and MAC member. Through June 13. Info, 334-1966. MAC Center for the Arts Gallery in Newport.

‘ROBERT MANNING: A RETROSPECTIVE’: An exhibition spanning the career of the New England artist, featuring his depictions of Neolithic stone

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FEATURED ARTISTS: An exhibition of work by four Vermont artists: silver jewelry by Bill and Sandra Owens, river-rock sculpture by Jen Herzer and intaglio prints of wildlife by J. Ann Eldridge. Through June 30. Info, 235-9429. Collective — the Art of Craft in Woodstock.

‘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. Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury.

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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.

‘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. ‘THE CURIOUS COUSINS OF VERMONT OUTSIDER ARTIST GAYLEEN AIKEN’: Twenty-four of the late artist’s cardboard cutout imaginary “cousins,” which are rarely shown together, and more than a dozen drawings and paintings. Through May 21. CHUCK HERRMAN: “Out of the Forest,” carvings by the Vermont wood historian, educator and self-taught artist. Works include birds and waterfowl carved in remnants of a New Haven root fence, maple sugaring story boards and kinetic sculpture. Through May 21. Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury.

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CALL TO ARTISTS 2016 UPCYCLE ART BIKES COMPETITION: Invited: submissions of 3D environmentally friendly sculpture created with upcycled bike parts. May be any size, interactive, kinetic or ridable, but should be designed and crafted with Vermont weather in mind. Selected works will be displayed at Kingdom Trails in East Burke June 17-October 15. Grand prize is $1,000; other cash and purchase prizes available. Artists can submit up to five works, accompanied by $20 application fee. Deadline: June 3, 5 p.m. For prospectus and details: catamountarts.org or kingdomtrails. org. Submit at catamountarts.slideroom.com. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury. Info, kfrench@catamountarts.org. BIRD-THEMED ART SHOW: Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge seeks 2D artworks and photography for an indoor “bird walk” celebrating International Migratory Bird Day on May 21. The exhibit will remain up for two months. Submitting artists will become members of Friends of the Missisquoi Refuge for the year. Application, list of bird species at the refuge and other info at friendsofmissisquoi.org. Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, Swanton. Through May 21. Info, 868-4781. BURLINGTON CITY ARTS COMMUNITY GRANT: Burlington City Arts is accepting proposals from Burlington artists for funding up to $3,000 through its newly established Community Arts Grant. Deadline: May 13. For more info and to apply, visit burlingtoncityarts.org/bca-communityfund. BCA Center, Burlington. Info, 865-7166. CALL TO ARTISTS: ART + SOUL 2016: Dunkiel Saunders seeks submissions of up to five works for the fifth annual Art + Soul event. Artwork must be inspired by the mission of event

monuments and his imaginings of their rich history in fantastical, colorful paintings. Also included: autobiographical drawings, paintings and assemblage sculpture that explore his personal history as an Irish American artist. Through July 9. Info, 748-2022. Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury.

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‘MANUS ET PEDIBUS’: Seeking submissions of photographs relating to the ways in which our hands and feet make us human. Juror:

Dewey-Hagborg, Jon Isherwood and Karolina Kawiaka. Through June 15. MARCY HERMANSADER: “It Is All a Mystery,” a selective retrospective featuring four distinct bodies of paperworks dating from 1981 through 2015. Through July 31. SALLY GIL: “Out of This World,” lush abstract landscapes and sculptures by the Brooklyn-based, Bennington-born artist. Through July 10. Info, 447-1571. Bennington Museum.

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‘DIRECTOR’S CHOICE’: Selected works by Varujan Boghosian, Pat Dipaula Klein, Helen Matteson, Ira Matteson, Nick Santoro, Hugh Townley and John Udvardy. Through July 9. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester. JAMES VOGLER: “Who Turned On the Light,” an exhibition of abstract oil paintings by the Charlotte artist. Through June 30. Info, 498-8438. White River Gallery at BALE in South Royalton. JOAN HOFFMAN: “National Park Landscapes: Celebrating National Park Service Centennial 2016,” impressionistic paintings of American natural heritage sites by the South Royalton artist. Through May 12. Info, 889-9404. Tunbridge Public Library. ‘LOCALLY GROWN’: Works in a range of media by artists from Orange, Washington and Windsor counties. Through June 11. Info, 431-0204. Chandler Gallery in Randolph. ‘LOUIS SHELDON NEWTON: ARCHITECT EXTRAORDINAIRE OF VERMONT’: An exhibition organized by the Hartford and Royalton historical societies that examines the life and work of the Vermont architect. Through June 4. Info, 763-7094. Royalton Memorial Library in South Royalton. PAT HARRINGTON: An exhibition of abstractexpressionist paintings by the former teacher, who uses art to explore and heal her experience as an incest survivor. Through May 31. Info, 767-4258. Sandy’s Books & Bakery in Rochester.

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AIDRON DUCKWORTH: “Color – a Theory in Action,” an exhibition of works meant to demonstrate the

SOUTH END ART HOP: The South End Arts and Business Association invites businesses, fashion designers, outdoor sculptors and other artists to register for the annual South End Art Hop taking place September 9-11. Deadline: June 17. Visit seaba.com for details and to register. SEABA Center, Burlington. Info, 859-9222. STONE BENCH PROJECT: Rutland-area youth ages 13-18 are invited to apply for the opportunity to design and carve a stone bench under instruction from sculptor Nora Valdez. Deadline: June 10. Details and application: info@carvingstudio. org. The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center, West Rutland. Info, 438-2097.

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VERMONT CHORAL UNION LOGO REDESIGN CONTEST: The chorus seeks a new logo to celebrate its first 50 years. The winning entry will receive $250 and credit on concert programs and publications. A full creative brief is located at goo. gl/r8Ajvc. Deadline: June 30. Send questions and submissions to logodesign@vtchoralunion.org. VERMONT FINE FURNITURE & WOODWORKING FESTIVAL: The 13th annual festival invites area makers and craftspeople who work with wood to purchase a booth at the September 24-25 event. Deadline is rolling but space is limited. For details and to apply, visit vermontwoodfestival.org. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock. Through May 27. Booths $175-350. Info, 747-7900.

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late artist’s mastery of color and its emotive qualities. Through July 24. LUCY MINK-COVELLO: An exhibition of paintings by the New Hampshire artist. Through June 5. Info, 603-469-3444. Aidron Duckworth Museum in Meriden, N.H. CONTEMPORARY NATIVE ART BIENNIAL: CULTURE SHIFT: Third biennial multi-venue exhibition of contemporary works by First Nations artists. Through June 18. Info, 514-933-0711. Art Mûr in Montréal. JANE DAVIES: An exhibition of recent paintings. PATTY CASTELLINI: Recent work by the abstract painter. ROGER GOLDENBERG: “Visual Jazz,” an exhibition of music-inspired works. TORIN PORTER: “Forms of Life,” sculptures by the Glover artist. Through June 1. Info, 603-448-3117. AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H. ‘PARTNERS IN DESIGN’: An exhibition spotlighting a crucial, though little-known, aspect of the development of American modern design: the collaboration of Alfred H. Barr Jr., the first director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and Philip Johnson, MoMA’s first curator of architecture. Through August 21. Info, 514-285-1600, ext. 315. ‘POMPEII’: Nearly 200 archaeological artifacts, including bronze and marble statues, mosaics, frescoes, decorative arts and objects from daily life, offer a glimpse into the life of the once-thriving city in the Roman Empire. Through September 5. Info, 514-285-2000. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. RAGNAR KJARTANSSON: The Iceland artist’s first major show in Canada presents three significant works that represent his explorations in performance and straddle mysticism and parody. RYAN GANDER: “Make every show like it’s your last,” an exhibition bringing together diverse elements that reflect the British artist’s interest in the circumstances of art production, as well as our perception of objects. Through May 22. Info, 514-847-6226. Montréal Museum of Contemporary Art. SENIOR BFA 2016: An annual event showcasing the talents and accomplishments of the BFA graduating class of the SUNY Plattsburgh Art Department. Through May 14. Info, 518-564-2474. Plattsburgh State Art Museum, N.Y.

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‘3D DIGITAL: HERE AND NOW’: Innovative work in 3D art and design technology by makers with local connections, including Willard Boepple, Heather

‘IMAGINED REALITIES’: PhotoPlace Gallery invites submissions of photographs that in some way combine the real world with the photographer’s imagination. Juror: Tom Chambers. Deadline: May 23. For details and to submit, visit photoplacegallery.com. PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury. $30 for up to 5 photographs, $7 each additional. Info, 388-4500.

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SEVI AKARCAY: “Encounters With Possibilities of Being,” works on paper by the Turkish artist. Through May 31. Info, 258-9200. Marlboro Graduate Center in Brattleboro.

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.

SLIDELUCK MAD RIVER VALLEY: Slideluck Global seeks submissions from artists working in photography and multimedia for this August 26 show juried by Romke Hoogwaerts. For info and to submit, visit slideluck.com. Deadline: July 8. Knoll Farm, Fayston. $10. Info, 496-9757.

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

‘FUTURE WAVE: 25 YEARS AND LOOKING FORWARD’: Seeking accomplished work from emerging artists for a fall exhibition (September 2-October 18.) All media and diverse approaches welcome. Interested artists should send at least five images and/or link to a website to exhibits@ fsgallery.com. Deadline: July 2. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne. Info, 985-3848.

Tim Booth. Deadline: May 18. For details and to submit, visit darkroomgallery.com. Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, $29 for 5 images. Info, 777-3686.

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‘CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS VS. THE MASTERS: HOMAGE, BATTLE, RECLAMATION’: Thirteen artists address the influence of their creative forebears, including works by Eric Aho, Ross Bleckner, Babette Bloch, Taner Ceylan, Kate O’Donovan Cook, Josef Fiscnaller, Pam Glick, Mimi Gross, Richard Jacobs, Sam Jury, Matt Mattingly, Yasumasa Morimura and Cathy Osman. ‘VISIONS FROM THE EDGE: AN EXPLORATION OF OUTSIDER ART’: Group exhibition featuring 12 artists with autism and other developmental disorders: Oscar Azmita, William Britt, Susan Brown, Chase Ferguson, Evan Gozali, Elisa Huberman, Barry Kahn, Michael McManmon, Walter Mika, Jessica Park, Alba Somoza, and Shmuel Taurog. Guest curated by Tony Gengarelly. JONATHAN GITELSON: “Are You Here?” photographs of the artist’s public project in which he installed the phrase on billboards throughout New England and upstate New York. KAREN GAUDETTE: Scratchboard drawings that metaphorically reflect a middle-aged woman’s journey to find true love. MICHAEL SACCA: “flow-MOTION,” installation of water images by the Vermont photographer. Through June 13. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

beneficiary Local Motion, which works to bring walking and biking within reach for everyone. Prices are to be set by artists, and revenue from pieces sold will be split 50/50 between the artist and beneficiary. For more information and art submission form, visit artandsoulvt.org. Art + Soul, Burlington. Through May 12. Info, 578-2512, kmcclennan@dunkielsaunders.com.

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hile hardly the most imaginatively conceived movie about a supergenius to see release in recent years, The Man Who Knew Infinity is an excellent example of counterprogramming. We’ve officially entered the season of the superhero. What could possibly be less Marvelous than the story of a poor Indian math prodigy who travels 6,000 miles to study under some of the field’s preeminent stuffed shirts at Trinity College? Written and directed by Matthew Brown (Ropewalk), the biopic has a noble enough goal: introducing us to the life and work of Srinivasa Ramanujan, a largely self-taught giant of abstract mathematics little known beyond his native country’s borders. Where Brown falters is in coming up with a way to convey the substance and significance of his subject’s work — as the makers of The Theory of Everything and The Imitation Game, for example, did so effectively. For the first half of the film, we root for Ramanujan to get the recognition he deserves. Born in the late 19th century to a workingclass family in Madras, he’s consumed by the study of numbers — reading everything he can get his hands on, quickly outgrowing teachers, filling notebooks with advanced theorems and equations and flunking out of

HISTORICAL FIGURES Irons and Patel demonstrate great chemistry. Unfortunately, they play mathematicians and shed virtually zero light on that field.

college. Twice. (The film skips that part.) It’s impossible not to hope someone this special will realize his dreams. We also root for him because he’s played by Dev Patel, and few young actors are more instantly likable. With his charisma, Patel could star in The Bashar al-Assad Story and leave audiences feeling like the genocidal maniac is merely misunderstood. So he gets us behind Ramanujan effortlessly. When the young mathematician sends samples of his work to a handful of brainiacs at Trinity — then the math-geek capital of the world — he’s ecstatic to receive a reply. Jeremy Irons costars as G.H. Hardy, an eccentric atheist professor who immediately recog-

nizes the originality of Ramanujan’s formulations and invites him to pursue his studies at the hallowed institution. For the young man, it’s everything he’s ever dreamed of. And, ultimately, less. Once there, Ramanujan is forced to contend with bigotry. The strict vegetarian’s health declines owing to deficiencies in his diet. He grows increasingly impatient as Hardy pooh-poohs his ambition to publish and insists that Ramanujan focus instead on doing proofs for his theorems, a task the latter considers unnecessary because he believes his insights are divinely inspired. “An equation has no meaning to me,” Ramanujan tells Hardy, “unless it expresses a

thought of God.” A beautiful sentiment from a young man with a beautiful mind. And it beats the hell out of the script’s only other crack at explaining his work: “It’s like a painting, only imagine it with colors you cannot see.” Not helpful, really. And that’s why the film’s second half proves frustrating. Fine writing and acting aside, what’s the point of seeing a movie about a supergenius if no attempt is made to clarify the nature of his achievements? Nobody would’ve walked out of Love & Mercy satisfied if they hadn’t heard Brian Wilson’s music. Why should anyone who sees Infinity feel they have a clue why its story matters? Its creators evidently considered the audience incapable of grasping the beauty of continued fractions, theta functions or infinite series. But the filmmakers had a duty to make their subject’s breakthroughs appreciable to the viewer, to put them in perspective. Without that, the film adds up to little more than a by-the-numbers bromance. Both Ramanujan and the viewer deserve better. Note: Due to a last-minute distribution shift, The Man Who Knew Infinity will start at the Savoy Theater on June 10, rather than May 13 as originally announced. RI C K KI S O N AK

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Captain America: Civil War ★★★★

aptain America: Civil War has, by a conservative estimate, 13 significant characters. Eleven of those characters have both birth names and superhero names, not to mention superpowers and super-accessories. Every single one of those characters has a backstory — sometimes a lengthy and complex one — that helps drive the events of the plot. What this tells us is that tent-pole films are no longer envisioned as self-enclosed stories geared to virgin viewers. The Marvelverse is a transmedia empire that encompasses theatrical films, source comics, multiple TV series and more. And Civil War assumes that viewers have a strong acquaintance with the previous films at the bare minimum. If you’ve been sticking to the full-ensemble Avengers extravaganzas and didn’t see Ant-Man, for instance, you’re going to be mighty confused when Paul Rudd suddenly pops up and starts quipping. Confused, but not necessarily unhappy. While Civil War is as wide in scope and as information-overloaded as last year’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, it’s also more intimate and character-driven, and hence more compelling. That’s because the plot pivots on two personal bonds: one broken, the other restored. The broken bond is the one between the title character (Chris Evans) and Iron Man/Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.). In the wake of Ultron’s devastation — for which Stark bears the lion’s share of responsibility — the bad-boy inventor is ready to let the United Nations step

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE The Avengers split in two — with Team Captain America pictured — in the latest Marvel superhero epic.

in and give marching orders to the superhero collective. But Captain America/Steve Rogers, the unfrozen patriot, is increasingly suspicious of the military brass and bureaucrats who want to control him. The other pivotal bond is between Steve and his childhood friend, Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), who rose again as the brainwashed Winter Soldier in the film of that name. When Bucky is implicated in the assassination of an African monarch, Steve stands by his friend, defying the UN orders to take him down.

Captain America’s renegade status splits the Avengers in two camps and spirals into a conflict that culminates in an all-out battle on an airfield, with surprise guests. Like all the film’s action sequences, this one is breathtakingly fast and cleverly staged by directors Anthony and Joe Russo (who also did the previous Captain America installment). Where the climax of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was positively Wagnerian, turning its battling superheroes into oddly similar icons, the Russos never let you forget

you’re watching comic-book characters. They keep pausing the storm and fury for moments of bonding and bantering. It’s a layering effect that works better with panels and speech balloons, but the Marvel team does it about as well as it’s possible to do on-screen. More importantly, all that character development pays off in the film’s eventual climax, which feels less like a standard blockbuster blowout than a superpowered version of a pivotal cable drama episode. Yes, it’s all a bit much — by the film’s end, not one but three characters have gone on tearful rampages fueled by the need to avenge a loved one’s death. Besides bringing long-simmering conflicts to a boil, Civil War introduces players new to the movie-verse, such as Chadwick Boseman as the princely Black Panther, and gives them conflicts of their own. For complete Marvel neophytes, it’s likely to be a baffling, if loud and shiny, experience. But then, that describes most blockbusters these days. The good news about Civil War is that those willing to bone up on the backstory will find characters they actually care about enough to root for. Neither Steve nor Tony is obviously wrong in his approach to the ageold problem of freedom and responsibility, and both argue their cases with more grace than many figures on the current American electoral landscape. Civil wars get a lot less civil than this one. MARGO T HARRI S O N

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NEW IN THEATERS THE DARKNESS: A nice family brings home an ancient, malevolent spirit from their Grand Canyon vacation — is nothing safe now? — in this horror flick from director Greg McLean (Wolf Creek). With Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Morrison and Radha Mitchell. (92 min, PG-13. Essex) GREEN ROOM: Writer-director Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin) gives new meaning to the phrase “battle of the bands” with this horror-tinged thriller about a punk band that strays into the boondocks for a gig and finds itself fighting for survival. With Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots and Patrick Stewart. (95 min, R. Palace) MONEY MONSTER: George Clooney plays a TV financial guru who must fight for his life after a disgruntled investor takes him hostage on the air, in this thriller directed by Jodie Foster. Julia Roberts and Jack O’Connell also star. (98 min, R. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace) SING STREET: Director John Carney (Once, Begin Again) goes back to 1980s Dublin for this musical coming-of-age tale about a boy (Ferdia WalshPeelo) who starts a band to impress a girl. (Don’t they all?) With Lucy Boynton and Aiden Gillen. (106 min, PG-13. Roxy, Savoy)

NOW PLAYING BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICEHH1/2 Some viewers of Man of Steel thought its version of Superman (Henry Cavill) was just a bit too dark, and Batman (Ben Affleck) seems to agree. The two superheroes face off and tangle with Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) in director Zack Snyder’s latest entry in the DC Comics cinematic universe. (153 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 3/30) BORN TO BE BLUEHHHH1/2 Ethan Hawke plays jazz great Chet Baker in this biopic that reportedly reimagines its subject and riffs on some of the conventions of its genre. With Carmen Ejogo and Callum Keith Rennie. Robert Budreau directed. (97 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 4/20)

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EYE IN THE SKYHHHH1/2 Helen Mirren plays a U.S. colonel forced to debate the morality of a drone strike against terrorists when an innocent bystander gets in the way, in this topical drama directed by Gavin Hood (Ender’s Game). With Alan Rickman, Aaron Paul and Barkhad Abdi. (102 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 3/30) A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KINGH1/2 Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) directed this adaptation of Dave Eggers’ novel, in which a failing, disillusioned American businessman (Tom Hanks) tries to seize one last opportunity on a sales trip to Saudi Arabia. With Sarita Choudhury, Alexander Black and Tom Skerritt. (98 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 5/4)

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THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WARHHH In this prequel to Snow White and the Huntsman, Charlize Theron and Emily Blunt play rival royal sisters who enjoy foiling young people’s forbidden love. With Chris Hemsworth and Jessica Chastain. Cedric Nicolas-Troyan makes his directorial debut. (114 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 4/27) THE JUNGLE BOOKHHHH Disney does a sort of live-action remake of the 1967 animation based on Rudyard Kipling’s tale of a boy (Neel Sethi) coming of age amid jungle beasts. His animal guardians, allies and enemies are computer animated and voiced by actors such as Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley and Idris Elba — hence the “sort of” part. (105 min, PG) KEANUHHH1/2 Comedy duo Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele play a pair of friends who must impersonate drug dealers to rescue a stolen kitty cat. With Method Man, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Luis Guzmán and a boatload of adorable tabbies. Peter Atencio directed. (98 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 5/4) MIDNIGHT SPECIALHHHH A father (Michael Shannon) escapes from a cult and goes on the run to protect his son’s special powers in this offbeat sci-fi film from writer-director Jeff Nichols (Mud, Take Shelter). With Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst and Jaden Lieberher. (111 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 4/20) MILES AHEADH1/2 Don Cheadle directed and stars in this Miles Davis biopic focusing on a fictional episode set during the jazz legend’s semi-retirement in the 1970s. With Ewan McGregor, Emayatzy Corinealdi and Michael Stuhlbarg. (100 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 4/27) MOTHER’S DAYH1/2 Director Garry Marshall (New Year’s Eve) returns to the realm of misty-eyed, holiday-themed ensemble comedy with this tale in which three generations of women do the bickering-and-bonding thing, including Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson and Britt Robertson. (118 min, PG-13) NOW PLAYING

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EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!HHHH Richard Linklater (Boyhood) returns with this “spiritual sequel” to his Dazed and Confused, chronicling one weekend with a college baseball team in 1980. With Blake Jenner, Tyler Hoechlin and Ryan Guzman. (117 min, R)

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DOUGHHH1/2 A traditional Jewish baker gets a business boost from cannabis-laced dough that’s “definitely not kosher,” in this comedy from director John Goldschmidt. With Jonathan Pryce, Pauline Collins, Ian Hart and Malachi Kirby. (94 min, NR)

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CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WARHHHH The title character (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) experience a bitter falling-out when elected officials try to restrict their use of superhero powers, in the latest chapter of Marvel’s Avengers saga. With Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie and the rest of the usual crew. Anthony Russo and Joe Russo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) directed. (146 min, PG-13)

THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT — PART 1H1/2 Plucky Tris (Shailene Woodley) and her love interest must finally escape the wall surrounding future Chicago in the almost-final installment of the popular dystopian YA series. Robert Schwentke (Insurgent) directed. With Theo James, Naomi Watts and Jeff Daniels. (121 min, PG-13)

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THE BOSSHH In her latest comedy, Melissa McCarthy plays a ruthless tycoon who goes to the clink for insider trading and then tries to “rebrand” herself as an icon of nice — with mixed results. With Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage and Dave Bautista. Ben Falcone (Tammy) directed and cowrote with McCarthy and Steve Mallory. (99 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 4/13)

CRIMINALHH Kevin Costner plays a death-row inmate who is implanted with the memories of a dead CIA agent (Ryan Reynolds) and then sent to complete his mission in this action thriller from director Ariel Vromen (The Iceman). With Gal Gadot and Gary Oldman. (113 min, R)

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MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2HH Fourteen years later, writer-star Nia Vardalos attempts to recapture the magic of her surprise comedy hit with this follow-up in which it’s time for another wacky wedding in the heroine’s Greek family. Kirk Jones directed. With John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Lainie Kazan and Elena Kampouris. (94 min, PG-13) RATCHET & CLANKH1/2 In this family animation inspired by the gadgetry-driven video-game franchise, a mechanic and a robot team up with a group of intrepid avengers to save the galaxy from an evil overlord. With the voices of James Arnold Taylor, David Kaye and Paul Giamatti. Kevin Munroe and Jericca Cleland directed. (94 min, PG) ZOOTOPIAHHHH A con artist fox and a bunny cop team up to uncover a conspiracy in this Disney animated adventure set in a world where critters call the shots. With the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman and Idris Elba. Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Jared Bush directed. (108 min, PG; reviewed by M.H. 3/9)

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THE BOYHH1/2 A nanny (Lauren Cohan) is hired to tend a life-size doll that seems disturbingly alive in this horror flick from director William Brent Bell (The Devil Inside). With Rupert Evans and Diana Hardcastle. (97 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 1/27) DEADPOOLHHH1/2 Ryan Reynolds plays the snarky Marvel Comics anti-hero known as the “Merc With a Mouth,” who gets his own origin story in the feature directorial debut of animator Tim Miller. With Morena Baccarin and T.J. Miller. (108 min, R) WHERE TO INVADE NEXTHHHHH Michael Moore “invades” various nations to discover what the U.S. can learn from their strong social programs in his latest documentary. (119 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 2/10)

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peacock as a more purely positive emblem: an embodiment of hard-won and triumphant radiance. In Tibetan Buddhist myths, for example, its glorious plumage is said to be derived from its transmutation of the poisons it absorbs when it devours dangerous serpents. This version of the peacock is your power animal for now, Gemini. Take full advantage of your ability to convert noxious situations and fractious emotions into beautiful assets.

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(APRIL 20-MAY 20) “Creativity is intelligence having fun.” Approximately 30,000 sites on the internet attribute that quote to iconic genius Albert Einstein. But my research strongly suggests that he did not actually say that. Who did? It doesn’t matter. For the purposes of this horoscope, there are just two essential points to concentrate on. First, for the foreseeable future, your supreme law of life should be “Creativity is intelligence having fun.” Second, it’s not enough to cavort and play and improvise, and it’s not enough to be discerning and shrewd and observant. Be all those things.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In Western culture, the peacock is a symbol of vanity. When we see the bird display its stunning array of iridescent feathers, we might think it’s lovely, but we may also mutter, “What a showoff.” But other traditions have treated the

(June 21-July 22): “Clear moments are so short,” opines poet Adam Zagajewski. “There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form.” Here’s what I have to say about that: Even if it does indeed describe the course of ordinary life for most people, it does not currently apply to you. On the contrary. You’re in a phase that will bring an unusually high percentage of lucidity. The light shining from your eyes and the thoughts coalescing in your brain will be extra pure and bright. In the world around you, there may be occasional patches of chaos and confusion, but your luminosity will guide you through them.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Dear Smart Operator:

My name is Captain Jonathan Orances. I presently serve in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. I am asking for your help with the safekeeping of a trunk containing funds in the amount of $7.9 million, which I secured during our team’s raid of a poppy farmer in Kandahar Province. The plan is to ship this box to Luxembourg, and from there a diplomat will deliver it to your designated location. When I return home on leave, I will take possession of the trunk. You will be rewarded handsomely for your assistance. If you can be trusted, send me your details. Best regards, Captain Jonathan Orances.” You may receive a tempting but risky offer like this in the near future, Leo. I suggest you turn it down. If you do, I bet a somewhat less interesting but far less risky offer will come your way.

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(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Some things need to be fixed, others to be left broken,” writes poet James Richardson. The coming weeks will be an ideal time for you to make

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Once every year, it is healthy and wise to make an ultimate confession — to express everything you regret and bemoan in one cathartic swoop and then be free of its subliminal nagging for another year. The coming days will be a perfect time to do this. For inspiration, read an excerpt from Jeanann Vernee’s “Genetics of Regret”: “I’m sorry I lied. Sorry I drew the picture of the dead cat. I’m sorry about the stolen tampons and the nest of mice in the stove. I’m sorry about the slashed window screens. I’m sorry it took 36 years to say this. Sorry that all I can do is worry what happens next. Sorry for the weevils and the dead grass. Sorry I vomited in the wash drain. Sorry I left. Sorry I came back. I’m sorry it comes like this. Flood and undertow.” SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): According to the British podcast series No Such Thing as a Fish, there were only a few satisfying connubial relationships in late 18th-century England. One publication at that time declared that of the country’s 872,564 married couples, just nine were truly happy. I wonder if the percentage is higher for modern twosomes. Whether it is or not, I have good news: My reading of the astrological omens suggests that you Scorpios will have an unusually good chance of cultivating vibrant intimacy in the coming weeks. Take advantage of this grace period, please!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Some days I feel like playing it smooth,” says a character in Raymond Chandler’s short story “Trouble Is My Business,” “and some days I feel like playing it like a waffle iron.” I suspect that you Sagittarians will be in the latter phase until at least May 24. It won’t be prime time for silky strategies and glossy gambits

and velvety victories. You’ll be better able to take advantage of fate’s fabulous farces if you’re geared up for edgy lessons and checkered challenges and intricate motifs.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Author Rebecca Solnit says that when she pictures herself as she was at age 15, “I see flames shooting up, see myself falling off the edge of the world, and am amazed I survived not the outside world but the inside one.” Let that serve as an inspiration, Capricorn. Now is an excellent time for you to celebrate the heroic, messy, improbable victories of your past. You are ready and ripe to honor the crazy intelligence and dumb luck that guided you as you fought to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. You have a right and a duty to congratulate yourself for the suffering you have escaped and inner demons you have vanquished. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “To regain

patience, learn to love the sour, the bitter, the salty, the clear.” The poet James Richardson wrote that wry advice, and now I’m passing it on to you. Why now? Because if you enhance your appreciation for the sour, the bitter, the salty and the clear, you will not only regain patience but also generate unexpected opportunities. You will tonify your mood, beautify your attitude and deepen your gravitas. So I hope you will invite and welcome the lumpy and the dappled, my dear. I hope you’ll seek out the tangy, the smoldering, the soggy, the spunky, the chirpy, the gritty and an array of other experiences you may have previously kept at a distance.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20): “A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home.” That’s from a Coleman Barks’ translation of a poem by the 13th-century Islamic scholar and mystic known as Rumi. I regard this epigram as a key theme for you during the next 12 months. You will be invited to shed a host of wishy-washy wishes so as to become strong and smart enough to go in quest of a very few burning, churning yearnings. Are you ready to sacrifice the mediocre in service to the sublime?

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Russian writer Anton Chekhov was renowned for the crisp, succinct style of his short stories and plays. As he evolved, his pithiness grew. “I now have a mania for shortness,” he wrote. “Whatever I read — my own work, or other people’s — it all seems to me not short enough.” I propose that we make Chekhov your patron saint for a while. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you are in a phase when your personal power feeds on terse efficiency. You thrive on being vigorously concise and deftly focused and cheerfully devoted to the crux of every matter.

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final decisions about which are which in your own life. Are there relationships and dreams and structures that are either too damaged to salvage or undeserving of your hard labor? Consider the possibility that you will abandon them for good. Are there relationships and dreams and structures that are cracked but possible to repair and worthy of your diligent love? Make a plan to revive or reinvent them.

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