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[Re “Who Decides? New Buoys in Lake Champlain Roil Colchester Board,” July 22]: Shame on the church for selling its lakefront land in Colchester to this person. It should have stayed some kind of kids’ camp, rec area, learning place. And shame on the town for not buying it. At worst they could have turned around and sold it to Camp Ta-Kum-Ta or another in-need group. This guy who buys it names a road after his daughter — hey, how about keeping it a kids’ camp and name that after your daughter? Why is it the wealthy just get greedier and never do the right thing? You also failed to mention how this property

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We live near the Starr Farm Dog Park and have never seen or heard any problems [“Fetching and Kvetching: A Dog Park Annoys Some of Its Neighbors,” July 29]. Its surroundings are a community garden, seasonal cottages, playing fields and a parking lot bordering Starr Farm Road. Reducing the size of the park without establishing more dog parks makes no sense. If night parking is a problem, chaining off the park and lot at night does. Moderately priced permits might increase dog licensing and discourage nonBurlington residents. Dogs need to be able to run. The dog park reduces the temptation for owners to allow their dogs to run in neighborhoods and unfenced public parks. Let’s not overreact to a few complaints after 15 successful years. Reducing the size of the dog park or limiting its hours would be counterproductive, resulting in more crowding and most likely more noise. margy Zabriskie

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Will PlanBTV Disrupt the South End’s Original ‘Makers’?

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BY TERRI HALLENBECK

A Binge-Eating Clinic Slims Down After Its Permit Is Rejected BY NANCY REMSEN

Excerpts From Off Message

Local Screenings Bring International Shorts and an Actor’s Take on David Foster Wallace BY ETHAN DE SEIFE

Kings of the Road: Vintage Roll Into Montpelier BY KEN PICARD

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A Summer Evening of Fiddling and Talking Socks

Local Artists Bring New Life to Former Burlington Orphanage

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Development: As troubles mount for Vermont’s biggest developer, the king of the Kingdom remains optimistic BY PAUL HEINTZ & MARK DAVIS

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Retro Road Trip The capital city is in for a blast from the past when 40 to 60 collectors set up camp for the Vermont Vintage Trailer Show. Enthusiasts from near and far park restored residential, travel and commercial mobile structures dating from the 1950s through 1970s on Main Street. With vessels like these, it’s not about the destination but about the journey.

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Balancing Act Ready to walk on water — well, stand on water? Athletes jump in with both feet at Stand Up for the Lake, a standup-paddleboard party in conjunction with the Lake Champlain Maritime Festival. Participants of all abilities find their footing on the floating planks in a series of clinics, demos and races while supporting the Community Sailing Center. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 54

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In the Round Looking for human connections and creative outlets? Join like-minded individuals for a therapeutic collaboration at the Community Mandala Installation. Tapping into collective energy, this special project allows each contributor to make his or her mark on the circular image using found, natural and provided objects. Professional art therapists are on hand to guide the process. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 55

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hirty-eight years ago, high school junior SUE MINTER moved with her family from Philadelphia, Pa., to Providence, R.I., and enrolled at the Moses Brown School. The centuries-old Quaker prep school had just turned coed, and Minter’s female classmates thought a girl should run for student council president. The next year, she did — and won. Three and a half decades later, Minter is facing similar pressure to run — this time for governor of Vermont. “I have been encouraging her,” says MADELEINE KUNIN, a Democrat who became Vermont’s first and only female governor 30 years ago. “I do think she’s well-qualified.” Few women have ever held higher office in Vermont. Though their ranks in the legislature have grown in recent decades, the list of potential candidates to replace retiring Gov. PETER SHUMLIN in the November 2016 election includes mostly male names: Phil, Matt, Randy, Shap, Bruce, Scott, Doug, Dan and so on. Kunin and others are determined to put women’s names on the list. For now, the former gov’s main focus is Minter. The 54-year-old former state representative from Waterbury Center graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and earned a master’s in city planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She became state Agency of Transportation secretary this year after four years as deputy secretary. The Democrat also served as the state’s Tropical Storm Irene chief recovery officer, managing the finances and logistics of post-storm rebuilding. She and husband DAVID GOODMAN, a writer, have a 23-year-old daughter and a 15-year-old son. Minter, who flirted with a lieutenant gubernatorial run in 2014, may go for that office, governor or neither. She says she enjoys the job she has — managing Vermont’s second-largest state agency — but keeping that job would require the confidence of the next governor, who could be a Republican. Minter says she’ll make up her mind in September. Behind the scenes, critics whisper that Minter lacks the name recognition and political experience to wage a statewide campaign. Some Democrats would prefer she run for lieutenant governor. Kunin, who served two terms as lite gov on her way to three terms as governor, is telling Minter she doesn’t have to settle for second fiddle. “For me, lieutenant governor was the first step to learn how to run a statewide campaign,” Kunin says. “I don’t think it has to work that way.”

The former governor’s message appears to be resonating with the maybecandidate. These days, Minter sounds less enthused about running for the No. 2 job, which comes with few specific powers other than presiding over the Senate. “I’m not sure going to an office with no authority and one staff person is going to … utilize my abilities in the best way,” Minter says. Kunin says she’s not pressuring Minter to run for governor — just trying to help her work through the decision. “I try to be honest with her,” Kunin says. “There are some tough points, but I think you can really have an impact. I basically tell her she’s qualified to do the job.” One roadblock for the transportation chief: Unlike other potential candidates, she’d have to quit her day job.

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In a memo Administration Secretary sent state agency and department heads last week, he wrote, “Gubernatorial appointees may not simultaneously be employed by the state and be a candidate in a partisan election.” Minter agrees that doing so would be a conflict of interest. “I would absolutely need to give up my job even to begin raising money,” she says. Minter’s experience as a cabinet member is a key credential, but it’s not without downsides. Last week, three former Agency of Transportation employees filed suit against the state, alleging that they faced discrimination for being gay. The allegations predate Minter’s tenure as secretary but coincide with her time as the agency’s second in charge. The dearth of Vermont women in top elected jobs is well documented. Though the state boasts the highest percentage of female legislators in the nation, only one woman, Treasurer Beth Pearce, currently holds a statewide elected position. Vermonters have never elected a woman to represent them in Washington, D.C. No woman has ever served as Senate president pro tempore, the most powerful position in that chamber. Even über-progressive Burlington has failed to elect a single female mayor.

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Minter, who served six years in the legislature, says she thinks that’s because running a statewide campaign is daunting. “It’s a big leap,” she says. “It’s going to take a lot of time to fundraise. There’s pressure to be very clear on issues.” Is it more daunting for a woman? Kunin, who’s written books on the subject, says that while men automatically think they’re qualified to run, women usually need more encouragement. Sen. DIANE SNELLING (R-Chittenden), a 14-year veteran of the chamber, isn’t eyeing higher office. But she’s watched her father, RICHARD SNELLING, and her mother, BARBARA SNELLING, win election as governor and lieutenant governor, respectively. She’s found that her female peers aren’t convinced they have all the answers. “Women feel like they need to have all the information before they talk about something, whereas men talk based on what they know,” says Snelling. Women also tend to question whether they can win over established power brokers whose help they think they need, says SARAH MCCALL, executive director of Emerge Vermont, a Democratic organization that trains prospective female candidates. And women are more concerned than men about how running for office would affect their families, according to female pols who spoke with Seven Days. House Majority Leader SARAH COPELAND HANZAS, a 45-year-old mother of three from Bradford, says she wouldn’t consider statewide office until her children are older. “I’d like to be a present parent,” she says. “That gives me a couple years.” What about House speaker, a powerful position likely to be up for grabs in 2017? Vermont has had just two female House speakers in its 224-year history. “That’s something I might need to give consideration to,” she says. Minter says she willingly put her career on hold when her children were young. Now, she says, her husband has taken on a greater share of the parental responsibilities while she works full time. Still, Minter says, family is a big consideration as she contemplates running for governor. “It would be a huge commitment of myself and my family,” she says. “Those are big decisions.” As she ponders them, Minter can’t help but to think back to her high school days at Moses Brown, class of 1979. She was one of 11 girls in her grade — in a school that didn’t have designated girls’ locker rooms or sports teams until Minter and her female classmates helped make them.

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“I ended up having to lead in a lot of ways there,” Minter says. Even when she was persuaded to run for student council president, she was not expected to win. “It was literally to make sure there was a girl in the race,” she says. “There was a mixture of jealousy and dismay.”

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Minter’s not the only potential gubernatorial candidate keeping her cards close to her chest. The state’s full of politicians pondering runs, but not one will explicitly say so. House Speaker Shap Smith, a Democrat from Morristown, says he’s made up his mind about his future political plans. So? “I’ve made a decision, but I’m not going to announce it for a couple weeks,” Smith said Monday by phone from Seattle, Wash., where he and other Vermont lawmakers are attending the National Conference of State Legislatures. In case you need help connecting the dots, someone who’s not running is unlikely to wait two weeks to say so. Here’s another hint: Asked if he’s raising money, as fellow Democrat matt Dunne and Republican Lt. Gov. phil Scott are, Smith said, “I am thinking about that and have been talking to people about raising money.” Again, someone who’s not running is unlikely to think and talk about raising campaign cash. Dunne, who sent a fundraising letter last month declaring that he wasn’t yet announcing his candidacy, is sticking to that line. He won’t offer a time frame for when he will — even though he’s already raised more than $135,000. “All of the momentum and support to date has been very positive,” he says. Dunne, a Google exec and former state senator from Hartland, says he’ll announce details of a statewide listening tour later this week. He plans to visit all 14 counties — something noncandidates don’t generally do. “This is an opportunity to verify some of the themes we’ve heard,” Dunne says. Scott, who sent his own fundraising letter last month to 20,000 Vermonters, has been equally vague. In the letter, he said he was “preparing to step up and lead.” How, exactly, he didn’t quite say — but one doesn’t typically spend that kind of money without a purpose. The letter reached so many people that even Smith got a copy. The speaker says he didn’t send Scott a check.

Committee, dumped $370,000 into the race, buying TV, radio, print and digital ads. In the end, the GOP picked up nine seats — its best showing in years. Now the RSLC is back. Last week, as the Associated Press first reported, the group pledged to spend a record $40 million on legislative races in 10 states, including Vermont. In a press release, thegh organization said it would work toward “ending the Senate Democrats’ supermajority” in Vermont. That might not be too difficult. Counting the three senators who caucus with Democrats and Progressives, the Ds hold 21 seats, while Republicans hold nine. If the Rs won just two more, they’d be able to sustain a gubernatorial veto. Surprised that a state as blue as Vermont is on the Republicans’ target list? Consider this: Democrats control both legislative chambers in just 11 states. Of those, pint-size Vermont is a place where a little money may have the biggest impact. “We don’t want to give away our full playbook for the cycle, but with a popular Republican lieutenant governor and an open governor’s seat in 2016, Vermont is ripe for Republican gains in the legislature,” says RSLC spokeswoman Ellie Wallace. The organization’s biggest donors are the country’s largest corporations and trade groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Reynolds American, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Walmart, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Its investment has already gotten under the skin of newly hired Vermont Democratic Party executive director conor caSey, who sent out a press release Tuesday blasting the influx of out-of-state money as “harmful to our democratic process.” Perhaps, but does that mean the Vermont Democratic Party and its candidates are going to send back all the outof-state special-interest money they get from the likes of Verizon, Amazon.com and Eli Lilly? No, Casey says, differentiating between money spent on statewide campaign operations and in tiny Vermont House districts. “It’s a different playing field. The distinction would be, this is a citizen legislature.” Of course, the political action committee run by House Democrats last year received contributions from some of the same entities funding the national Republican group. Casey draws a distinction: The Democratic PAC is making decisions about how to spend that money in Vermont, whereas the GOP group is an out-of-state organization making decisions about Vermont races. Got it. m

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urlington officials have been soliciting feedback about a plan for future growth in the city’s South End, which hosts some of its most desirable residential neighborhoods and also the bustling Pine Street corridor, which is zoned “enterprise” for “light manufacturing.” They’ve heard plenty from a wellorganized group of artists and smallbusiness owners who are worried that a proposed change in zoning — to allow housing where it’s currently prohibited — will sanitize a district fondly described as “gritty.” Largely missing from the yearlong debate, however, have been the voices of the last-standing, large-scale manufacturers in the South End — some of the grittiest businesses still around. What do they think about the public planning process, dubbed planBTV South End, and, in particular, the prospect of people moving to their neighborhood? Originally home to lumberyards and factories, the South End has shed much of its industrial past — a cotton mill turned weapons manufacturer now hosts Congressman Peter Welch’s office and a Pilates studio. The technology company Dealer.com occupies a former bristle factory. Glassblowers, graphic artists and coffee roasters have recolonized other vacant buildings. But a handful of companies have kept the manufacturing tradition alive, churning out four-color magazines, cookie dough, can openers and other products. Some, such as Edlund Company and Blodgett Ovens, have been around since before World War II. Others — Lake Champlain Chocolates, Switchback Brewing, Rhino Foods, Burton — represent a younger generation. Executives at these companies tend to keep a low profile — they’re not inclined to sign petitions, spar with politicians or insert themselves in public debates. But their businesses could be deeply affected by the planning that is under way. In June, the city unveiled a draft of planBTV South End, a 98-page document that envisions new parks, a “maker’hood” for new businesses and more bike lanes, among other changes. The plan, which professes to be a compilation of public suggestions, draws on culinary imagery as an organizing device: the section on preserving artist spaces is headlined

“Spice It Up”; the plan for parks is called “Get Your Greens!” It immediately drew criticism for proposing to allow housing in certain parts of the Enterprise Zone, a 225-acre section of the South End that is home to 472 businesses. One concern is that future residents could prove incompatible with operations that make loud noises or emit unpleasant odors. Some of the South End manufacturers run around the clock; most use industrial machines and rely on large delivery trucks to transport materials and products. In other words, they’re not the type of neighbors you drop in on to borrow a cup of flour. Another worry is that housing will compete for a dwindling number of open properties and put upward pressure on rent and tax bills, making the South End unaffordable for current inhabitants. The draft plan notes that manufacturers have already felt the squeeze: “As a result of rising rents caused by market demand, the South End is becoming increasingly unaffordable for traditional

commercial-industrial business and small startups.” The city’s logic is that South End companies stand to benefit from the “workforce” housing that planners have suggested. Tammy Bushell, human resources manager at the Edlund Company, is open to the idea. Founded 90 years ago during a canned-food boom, Edlund started out making can openers in the South End. In 1960, the company moved to its current location: a single-story brick building with an expansive green lawn and single basketball hoop on the aptly named Industrial Parkway. Its product line has expanded to include tongs, scales, French-fry cutters, electric knife sharpeners and slicing devices. The company is touting its recently patented Tomato Laser Slicer as “the easiest, fastest and most advanced manual tomato slicer the industry has ever seen.” Bushell thinks some of Edlund’s 107 employees could benefit from housing nearby — if the price were right — but the average assembly worker earns $17.50 an hour. It’s not uncommon,

she said, for them to turn down annual raises because the additional cash would make them ineligible for public housing assistance. Edlund employees are all too familiar with conflicts that can arise when people live near an industrial manufacturer — beyond a line of trees behind the factory is a row of condos, just outside the Enterprise Zone. Bushell said they’ve managed to maintain a good relationship with their neighbors by making concessions, such as adjusting their delivery-truck schedule and using noise meters to make sure new equipment doesn’t exceed acceptable sound levels. But it doesn’t always work. “We’ve had them come in screaming and threatening our employees,” Bushell said of the neighbors. The draft planBTV proposes keeping Industrial Parkway housingfree, though critics suggest that could change. They say a zoning adjustment could open a Pandora’s box. Edlund currently operates just one shift, which ends in the early evening, but if its new slicers attract the big clients they’re hoping for — Bushell

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mentioned McDonald’s and Burger later. His son Alan Schillhammer, who King — they’ll need to add a second and runs the business, wasn’t eager to take possibly a third shift. a public stand on the South End plan“We support the housing, but with ning process, but he said he has reached the understanding that people really one firm conclusion: “I’m not in favor need to know what they are getting of mixed-use housing in the Enterprise into,” Bushell went on. “It’s going to be Zone.” loud. It’s going to be noisy. It’s going to Schillhammer worries about comhave different fumes than if you’re living patibility problems — tractor-trailer on the lake in Charlotte.” trucks make frequent visits — and Across the lawn from Edlund is higher tax bills that could result from inRhino Foods, founded 1981 by a former creased property values. He mentioned UVM hockey player. Ted Castle started that he’d just gotten off the phone with with an ice cream shop in Winooski the city’s planning and zoning director, called Chessy’s Frozen Custard. In 1990, David White, to whom he’d said the he landed a contract to make cookie same thing. White had asked whether dough for Ben & Jerry’s, and soon after Queen City Printers’ thirtysome emhe moved his business, renamed Rhino ployees might benefit from housing. “I Foods, to Industrial Parkway. don’t see that, honestly,” Schillhammer Rhino employs said, noting that many roughly 100 people of his workers are aland operates 24-7, ready settled outside producing ice cream of Chittenden County. sandwiches, bakery The second-generproducts and, accordation printer admitted ing to Castle, half of that he hadn’t been all the cookie dough following planBTV that ends up in ice South End “as closely cream. Castle said that as I should.” His while his employees call to White was haven’t been clamorprompted in part by a ing for housing, he’s hand-delivered letter jiM L AMpMAn, L AkE Ch AMpL A in “not against” the idea from a collection of ChOC OL AT ES of building it in the artists known as the Enterprise Zone. South End Alliance, But, like Bushell, he urged caution. vocal opponents of the proposal to put Rhino is located just 50 yards from the housing in the Enterprise Zone. They’ve same set of condos that have compli- studied city zoning, convened meetings, cated operations for Edlund. Castle said circulated a petition and gained promihis company has also had to work hard nent allies, including business owner to limit noise and truck traffic. Steve Conant. The owner of Conant Who is clamoring for workforce Metal & Light, who turned the old Pine housing? Justin Worthley is vice presi- Street Soda Plant into a space for artists, dent of human resources at Burton, has spoken out against the housing prowhich moved its manufacturing op- posal at public forums. erations to Austria in 2010 but still Charles Norris-Brown, a visual artist employs roughly 400 people at its cor- with a white goatee and an anthropolporate headquarters and R&D center on ogy PhD, has led a recent effort to reach Industrial Parkway. Worthley said the businesses that have stayed on the lack of affordable housing in Burlington margins of the debate. So far, he and is a major challenge for Burton em- others have made visits to more than ployees, but he also emphasized that two dozen. “We kind of walk up to their the company cares about preserving doors and knock and say, ‘Can you talk the South End’s current “vibe.” Burton to us?’” he explained. isn’t taking a position on whether hous“We feel we have a lot in common ing should be built in the Enterprise with manufacturing,” Norris-Brown Zone, he said, noting, “We’re not zoning noted. The letter he hands out states people.” — in bold font — that housing “will The South End’s largest employer, adversely affect all businesses that curDealer.com, did not respond to an inter- rently depend on commercial/industrial view request. rental rates and affordable warehouse Others are outright against the idea of space to survive in Burlington.” diversifying Burlington’s last industrial Through performance-art pieces, area. In 1951, the late Dick Schillhammer murals and other methods, artists have started Queen City Printers, a commer- advocated for a more freewheeling cial printing business that moved to its current Pine Street location four years pLAnbTv » p.17

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usty DeWees was waiting to greet his guests as they drove up the long dirt road to the driveway of his home on the Worcester Ridge in Elmore, above Stowe. The setting sun added streaks of orange and red to a sweeping view of Mount Mansfield and points west. His email invitation to this “barn talk” — his third — was sufficiently odd and intriguing to compel about 50 guests to make the trek last Thursday night for music, cider, doughnuts and samples of Caledonia Spirits. The main event? DeWees — who’s made a name for himself as a comedian and actor known as “The Logger” — would be chatting up Ric Cabot, president of Northfield-based Cabot Hosiery Mills, the company that manufactures popular, durable Darn Tough socks. The guest list was no less eclectic than the evening’s lineup. It included people DeWees has known for years and some he’d just met, young and old. He lamented the cart collector at the local Hannaford supermarket couldn’t make it. Ever the detail-oriented host in jeans, boots and a tank top, DeWees warned his guests to visit the facilities in his house before setting out for the barn. En route, he described the evenings as experimental. Previous interview subjects have included former governor Jim Douglas and state chief medical examiner Steven Shapiro. Maybe he could sell the concept to Vermont PBS, he mused, though he noted he’d probably have to line up sponsors. Or maybe he could just record the shows and post them on the internet. DeWees’ barn looks and smells as though it was erected yesterday. With butter-colored beams, a spotless cement floor and not a single cobweb in sight, it has “flatlander” written all over it — great fodder for a Logger joke. DeWees, who was born in Philadelphia but grew up in Stowe, makes his living playing the part of a redneck logger dressed in ragged tank top, torn jeans and well-worn shitkickers. But in real life, the 54-year-old studied acting in New York and is a neatnik who likes to talk politics and the issues of the day. DeWees, who flirted briefly a few years ago with running for Congress, follows the news closely. At his May barn talk, Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Scott was a guest. From the stage, DeWees urged him to run for governor.

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DeWees told last Thursday’s audience he’d be doing more traditional music and comedy variety shows next winter in Stowe, and he expects Douglas to participate in one of them. “I’m going to make Jim Douglas sing and shit like that,” he promised. This show started the same way DeWees begins many of his Logger routines — with music. On a stage made of plywood and wooden blocks, he played guitar with his regular bandmates, fiddler Patrick Ross and guitarist Peter Wilder. “This is in honor of them guys who escaped from Dannemora,” DeWees said in his best Vermont brogue, as the trio launched into Merle Haggard’s “Sing Me Back Home,” a song about an inmate. Next, he welcomed Jamie Lee Thurston to the stage for a few numbers. The Nashville country music singer grew up in Waterbury and happened to be in town. Then DeWees turned to the real meat of the show: talking about stuff that happens to intrigue him. He prompted Dave Merriam, a neighbor, to describe the new zipline at Stowe Mountain Resort. He got Jim Munsie, an avid cyclist he knows from the gym, to talk about how Lance Armstrong was doping to keep up with other doping cyclists.

All of that was just a warm-up for the featured talk. DeWees pitched this portion of the show as “Seat 8-B,” so named, he said, because he envisioned two aisleseat passengers on a plane having this kind of chat. As Cabot Hosiery Mills’ Ric Cabot sat in a folding chair across the proverbial aisle, DeWees observed, “The sock guy’s got no socks on.” Cabot was wearing flip-flops. DeWees was one of the few people in the barn wearing socks on that steamy summer night. Of course, they were Darn Tough. Hauling his foot out for Cabot to inspect, he bragged that they were still going strong after more than a decade. “How in the heck do you come up with this Darn Tough thing?” DeWees asked. “I had to do it,” Cabot responded. He explained that the Cabot Hosiery Mills, which his father began in 1978, had been making brands of socks for other companies. Then most of those companies shifted to manufacturers overseas. The company shrunk to 35 employees and was running just three days a week, he said. “We came as close to going out of business as a business could go,” Cabot said. “It was a bad scene.” He started the Darn Tough brand in 2003. Against all economic predictions,

Cabot found that the public really did want tough, guaranteed-for-life socks that are made in the U.S. Today, the company employs 200 and Cabot has plans to increase the workforce to 500. Cabot indicated that expanding the plant in Vermont isn’t easy, and DeWees took the opportunity to bring up politics. What, DeWees asked, does he think of the $15-an-hour minimum wage proposed by presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)? “We pay more than minimum wage,” Cabot responded. Did Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) help the company land military contracts for Darn Tough socks? Cabot deftly shifted the convo to emails he’d received from soldiers who liked the merchandise. DeWees asked Cabot for words of inspiration. “So many people don’t do things because they see the enormity. They just don’t start,” Cabot offered. “Starting, to me, is more than 50 percent of achieving.” His interviewer, who brought a bunch of people together on a summer night to sit around a barn, listen to the fiddle, sip cider and talk about Lance Armstrong, ziplines and socks, couldn’t have scripted a better acknowledgement. m Contact: terri@sevendaysvt.com

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stopped by Switchback to solicit the brewer’s opinion, Cherry recalled telling him, “We’re all for doing all these things as long as it doesn’t create a situation where everyone wants us out.” Cherry, who employs approximately 30 people, plans to take his own advice: to grow as demand increases in Switchback’s current location. He was relieved to see that the draft plan doesn’t recommend housing on his stretch of Flynn Avenue. The same cannot be said for Blodgett Ovens, which holds the distinction of being Burlington’s oldest manufacturer. Founded in 1848, the commercial-oven company moved to a complex of painted red brick buildings, perched on a grassy expanse alongside Lake Champlain back in 1945. The bike path runs behind one building, and through a few cracked windows, passersby catch wafts of stuffy factory air and hear whirring machines and radios playing. Blodgett is now owned by the Illinois-based Middleby Corporation, which recently built a 100,000-square-foot manufacturing space in Essex. For months, rumors have been circulating that Middleby plans to move Blodgett out of the South End and sell off the valuable lakeside site. The draft planBTV South End seems to treat it as a done deal, even recommending how to repurpose the property. A blurb suggests, “As the Blodgett site transitions to new owners and uses, seek opportunities to establish a publicly accessible park along the waterfront.” Wouldn’t be the worst place for a condo complex, either. Reached by phone last week, Blodgett president Gary Mick said the company had no comment. m

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approach to development of the South End: Let it occur naturally rather than relying on the overly curated approach of city-hired consultants. Jim Lampman, president of Lake Champlain Chocolates, shared that view at the company’s Pine Street headquarters. He started the company farther north on Pine Street, at the funkier Howard Space, which now hosts a number of artists, metalworkers and carpenters. When that spot got too small, it moved to the Maltex Building, a former cereal factory, and then to the erstwhile brush factory it shared briefly with Dealer.com. Since 1998, Lake Champlain Chocolates has been located in its current 24,000-square-foot building, where roughly one million pounds of chocolate are melted each year and 25,000 visitors stop by to watch it happen. The chocolate is packaged and shipped at a warehouse in Williston because Lampman couldn’t find a large enough space in the South End. Lampman, who has piercing blue eyes and talks slowly, as if he’s contemplating each word, said, “Over time, Pine Street has grown really nicely — organically. It was never planned out.” Case in point: Lake Champlain Chocolates recently opened the South End Kitchen next door, which offers meals and culinary classes. “I think there’s no need to bring in the fat cats and put in a lot of housing, which might change the landscape as well as change the rents and change the opportunities for other incubator businesses to grow,” he offered. He politely described the planning process as “a little bit overcooked.” Asked if he’d heard anything about a demand for South End housing among his 150 employees, Lampman responded, “Zip.” What he does hear are complaints about the infrastructure along the Pine Street corridor — potholes, chipped sidewalks and centenarian water pipes that have burst multiple times in recent months. That is where the city should be focusing its efforts, he suggested. Bill Cherry is the founder of Switchback Brewing, which makes local, ubiquitous pale ale on Flynn Avenue, where McKenzie Country Classics previously produced hot dogs and ham. Like Lampman’s, Cherry’s business has a retail component — people can tour the brewery, then imbibe in the taproom — that’s benefiting from the South End boom. But, he noted, “Everybody desperately doesn’t want to lose that organic feel.” When Mayor Miro Weinberger

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aren Talbert freely admits she has struggled with her eating. “I could certainly sit down and eat a whole thing of Oreos,” she recounted in a telephone interview from her home in New Jersey. “I could graze all day, too. It was sort of mindless eating. Usually it was in reaction to something I didn’t recognize at the time. It made up for what was lacking in my life.” Over the years, Talbert has come to Green Mountain at Fox Run, a weightmanagement retreat in Ludlow, 10 times. It has become a vacation now, she said, but added that each time she returns she picks up a new strategy to try. “I did manage to lose a significant amount of weight, but the ultimate goal is to have a healthier lifestyle. You learn how to help yourself. The weight isn’t the priority.” During her stays, Talbert said, “There were people with much more serious issues” than hers. “When you are an overweight individual, you think you are spinning out of control,” she said. “As you try and fail, you have less confidence. Some people are at their wit’s end.” Vermont doesn’t have many options for such people. “Eating disorders are an area of need in Vermont,” said Dr. David C. Rettew, a psychiatrist at the University of Vermont Medical Center. “There is a lack of specialty services for these problems.” Fox Run had proposed what it claimed would be a first-in-the-nation outpatient center intended exclusively for women with binge-eating disorder. The owners of the 40-year-old Ludlow weight-management retreat wanted to supplement its educational weightmanagement program with therapeutic treatment for a complex behavioral problem. But the Green Mountain Care Board rejected Fox Run’s proposal — its first denial since it took over review of certificate-of-need applications two years ago; before that, the Department of Financial Regulation handled them for more than three decades. The regulatory board could have offered Fox Run a hefty list of conditions. But it didn’t. This was a straight-out “no” that Fox Run never saw coming. In its rejection, the board said the applicant failed to meet essential statutory criteria and cited shortcomings. Among

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intended exclusively for women with binge-eating disorder. those, the board said that because Fox Run would primarily serve out-of-state patients, it did not explain how it would improve the health of Vermonters. The board also said the applicant failed to provide evidence that the proposed clinic’s treatment model worked and would produce health benefits beyond those that clients already obtain at Fox Run’s existing retreat, which is licensed as a hotel — not as a medical facility. Compared to the other certificateof-need applications the board has reviewed, “Fox Run was an outlier,” said Al Gobeille, chairman of the Green Mountain Care Board. “They had never been part of the acute-care world.” The state’s GMCB also approves hospital budgets and health insurance rates.

“Yes, we were surprised” to be turned down, acknowledged Fox Run CEO Randall Autry during an interview at the retreat. Rather than give up or appeal the rejection, Fox Run submitted a scaled-back proposal in June. Gone were the two intensive-treatment programs in which clients would have received an array of therapies for four to six hours each weekday for a month or two. Instead, Fox Run will offer appointments for psychiatric assessments, psychotherapy and nutritional consultations. The reduced menu of services will have an estimated operating budget of approximately $400,000 per year. Those costs are less than the $500,000 threshold that triggers a care board review for a certificate of need.

The board agreed on July 14 that it has no review authority for this smaller project — meaning the operation needs no approval. Autry said Fox Run plans an October opening for its outpatient satellite, Women’s Center for Binge and Emotional Eating, in a former doctor’s office in downtown Ludlow. Today, Green Mountain at Fox Run operates in a former corporate retreat perched on a hillside at the end of a private road, with a panoramic view across the valley to the ski trails at Okemo Mountain Resort. “Imagine a Life Free of Weight Worries,” its website suggests. Thelma Wayler, a nutritionist, founded Fox Run in 1973. She “saw a need to help women who had been struggling with weight most of their lives,” said Autry. Her son, Alan Wayler, and his wife, Marsha Hudnall, currently run the nonmedical program. Weekly sessions begin on Mondays. On one opening day last month, a group of casually dressed women sat in a classroom and concentrated on a lesson called Principles of Mindful Eating. Autry explained that the class teaches women “how to eat for the right reasons and stop when they feel satisfied.” Eating balanced meals and cooking demonstrations are also part of the program. Another group of women piled into SUVs to go to a local pool for an aquatics class, one of the exercise options the retreat offers. Fox Run’s website stresses that it’s not a weight-loss boot camp where restrictive dieting and intense exercise peel off pounds temporarily. Rather, “We’re about real women getting healthier and happier while losing weight and keeping it off through healthy living immersion.” The retreat is not cheap. A stay with a private room costs $3,471 a week, according to the website, none of which is covered by health insurance. Fox Run doesn’t promise a quick fix. Many clients come with a challenging eating dysfunction, Autry said, noting that more than half the retreat’s clients in the past two years met at least two of the criteria for a binge-eating disorder diagnosis. Binge eating was added to the diagnostic classification manual of the American Psychiatric Association in 2013. It states: “The essential feature of

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binge-eating disorder is recurrent episodes of binge eating that must occur, on average, at least once per week for three months.” An episode is characterized by consuming unusually large amounts of food, eating rapidly, feeling unable to stop, hiding because of embarrassment, and feeling disgusted, depressed and guilty. It’s the most common eating disorder in the U.S., according to the National Eating Disorders Association. Given this official recognition and the national spotlight on obesity, Autry said, it had seemed like the right time “to really address the needs of these women” by supplementing the educational offerings at the retreat with a medical-treatment program.

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Coincidentally, Bree GreenbergBenjamin has been thinking the same thing. The founder of the Vermont Center for Integrative Therapy in South Burlington said that 30 percent of her clients report eating problems. Currently for those with eating disorders, her center can customize a package of services that may include yoga, meditation and therapy. GreenbergBenjamin said, however, that some people need more than weekly classes and counseling. To help them, she’s been “flirting” with starting an intensive outpatient program. “Part of what has held me back was the need for a certificate of need,” she said. Why does the state get involved when someone wants to offer a new health care service or the University of Vermont Medical Center plans to expand? Vermont has required certificates of need since 1979. The process “is intended to prevent unnecessary duplication of health care facilities and services, guide their establishment in order to best serve public needs, promote cost containment, and ensure the provision

and equitable allocation of high-quality health care services and resources to all Vermonters,” according to the Green Mountain Care Board website. Darcie Johnston, founder of Vermonters for Health Care Freedom, argues that the process has failed to achieve its goals. Instead, she said, it interferes with health care innovations and patient choice. “We have created an expensive bureaucracy,” she said, yet almost every request is approved. Besides Fox Run’s denial, state regulators recalled only one other, when the Department of Financial Regulation oversaw the certificate-of-need process. On July 21, Johnston issued a press release calling on the legislature to repeal the certificate-of-need requirement. She said the marketplace ought to decide whether health projects are good ideas. For new health services such as the one Fox Run proposed, Johnston said, “It is up to them to determine whether they are going to be successful or not.” Kari Anderson said Fox Run’s original proposal was a model that could be successful. Her biography on the retreat’s website says she has made a career helping people recover from binge eating because of her own struggles with the disorder. She once hid in her basement eating a case of frozen Twinkies. Anderson spent most of her career in Arizona, but she got to know the owners of Fox Run at eating-disorder conferences. “When they decided to expand, they asked me if I would join them,” she said. She moved to Vermont a year ago to help develop the intensive psychotherapy program to treat binge eating. Beginning in October, Anderson will run the psychotherapy center at the downtown Ludlow site that Fox Run is leasing for its modified program. “We will be serving people who are attending Fox Run, and we also are going to be open to the community, ” she said. Insurance is expected to cover much of the treatment at the new center, which would make it more affordable for Vermonters. “The more we can build the program for Vermonters,” Anderson said, “the more the review board will see the need.” “We are absolutely committed to serving Vermont,” CEO Autry said. And committed, he added, to trying again to win the state’s approval for a more comprehensive treatment program for binge eaters. m

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Visa applications have been denied for the Canadian citizen who was tapped to lead the Burlington School District. School officials say they will appeal the denial last month of an O-1 visa that would have allowed Yaw Obeng to start his $153,000-a-year job as superintendent. The denial keeps Obeng in limbo, but he still wants the job. And he said he’s confident he’ll get a visa. “My intention is to be in Burlington for the long haul,” Obeng said by telephone Thursday. “If it takes a couple extra months to make that happen, in the long term I think it’s going to be worth that effort.” Obeng is a senior administrator at the Halton school district in suburban Toronto. He says he doesn’t plan to officially resign from that job until his work papers come through. It’s unclear when and whether that will happen. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration

Services in St. Albans processed the O-1 application. Director Laura B. Zuchowski found it failed to demonstrate that Obeng has the extraordinary ability and sustained national or international acclaim in his field — education — required to qualify for an O-1 visa. The denial is not a reflection of Obeng’s credentials, said interim Burlington schools superintendent Howard Smith. “It had to do with his qualification for a generic visa, period,” Smith said. Obeng met the criteria for the superintendent job “at a very high level” and the school board continues to view him as highly qualified, Smith said. The denial was the second visa defeat for Obeng. He also failed to get a visa under the H1B lottery program. The school district will refile the O-1 visa application, and, if that fails, file an appeal. Either way, there should be a decision by the end of August, Smith predicted.

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Blue Cross Blue Shield Seeks 7.2 Percent Premium Increase Bekah Mandell of Burlington swayed back and forth to keep her infant sleeping Wednesday as she told the Green Mountain Care board that she and her husband struggle to pay their current health insurance premium of $1,395 a month. If the board approves the increase Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont requested, they will pay $1,500 a month — “more than we can afford,” she said. Blue Cross had filed to raise its premiums by an average of 8.4 percent next year, then amended the request to 8.6 percent. By last week’s hearing, however, it had agreed with an independent actuarial consultant that it could live with a 7.2 average increase. Blue

Environmental groups have asked state regulators to reject a proposed massive development off Interstate 89 in Randolph that would, if built, be one of the largest projects ever in Vermont. In a letter to the District 3 Environmental Commission, the Conservation Law Foundation and the Vermont Natural Resources Council say that Connecticut developer Jesse “Sam” Sammis has repeatedly failed to show that his proposed Green Mountain Center complies with Act 250 protections for farmland and open space. Sammis wants to transform 178 acres of forest and farmland into a development with 274 homes, a 180-room hotel and conference center, more than 500,000 square feet of office and light industrial space, a 10,000-square-foot fitness center, and an interstate rest stop with an attached retail outlet. “This sprawling project is a enormous waste of agricultural soils,” said Brian Shupe, executive director of the Vermont Natural Resources Council, in a prepared statement. “If this project gets approved, in this location, no farmland in Vermont is safe.”

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Cross covers 70,000 people with plans sold through Vermont Health Connect, also called the health exchange. The board must settle on 2016 rates by August 13, and the policies take effect on January 1. MVP Health Care requested a 3 percent increase — although it proposed a 27 percent increase in the premium for its catastrophic plan, available only to individuals under age 30. By last week, though, it had revised its request to 2.4 percent, lower than the independent actuary had suggested. MVP’s health exchange policies cover 6,400 people.

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The filing comes two weeks after the commission voiced serious reservations about the Green Mountain Center. “We invite the applicant to present a new plan showing a more compact design,” commission chair Tim Taylor wrote. Taylor also asked Sammis to present the commission with a full list of his extensive land holdings in Randolph. Critics have argued that any new development should occur on Sammis’ other properties. But environmental groups say the time for discussion is over. To allow Sammis to update his plans would drag out the process and encourage developers in the future to submit “poor project plans,” they said in their letter. Sammis did not respond immediately to a request for comment Monday. He has previously told Seven Days that his project would bring needed economic activity to Randolph and that he intentionally left several fields open to placate his opponents’ concerns. “They ought to have their arms around me saying, ‘Holy smokes, what a good job you’ve done!’” Sammis said. “I’m a conservationist. I’ve saved the most valuable land as open space.”

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Cricket LaStrada WINOOSKI

Cricket passed away July 18, 2015, after a struggle with a long illness. She was home with her family and went to the Lord peacefully. Cricket’s joy was her family, wife of 27 years Beth, eight children Daniel, Charlie, Michelle, Mahoganie, Star, Thunder, Anastazia and Arianna. Cricket was passionate about her work; she had a master’s in social work and worked tirelessly for the People With Aids coalition. Cricket was a warm and loving soul and will be greatly missed.

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Dora R. (Dodie) Mills, 66, of Port Charlotte, Fla., went home to be with her Lord on July 19, 2015. Originally from Underhill, she graduated from Essex High School in 1966 and then received her nursing degree from Fanny Allen School of Nursing. She worked at the Mary Fletcher and DeGosbrian hospitals and was most fulfilled by her work with children in pediatrics care. She

also worked for many years at IBM in Essex Junction before moving to Florida about 30 years ago. Dodie loved the beaches in Florida and the endless opportunities to play golf with friends. She lived with her mother, Grace, for many years and worked for Fox Electronics in Ft. Myers, Fla., as well as for several physicians in Port Charlotte. Once she retired, she devoted her time to her family, her dogs and enjoying the Florida lifestyle, but she never lost touch with her Vermont roots and her many friends there. One of her greatest joys was to follow her brother Dwyer’s musical career; she loved to dance and was the life of the party! Dodie is predeceased by her father and mother, Merton D. and Grace A. Mills of Underhill and longtime owners of the Riverside Store and campground. She is survived by her brother Dwyer M. Mills; his wife, Frances; her cousin Peter Trono; and her aunt Frances Trono. Services will be handled by LaVigne Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Winooski. The dates and times are forthcoming. In lieu of flowers, the family

requests that donations be made in her remembrance to the Humane Society, SPCA or the American Heart Association. Online condolences can be left for the family at lavignefuneral home.com.

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1965-2015, HINESBURG Robert died on July 28, 2015, at the age of 50 at the Vermont Respite House in Williston after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born on June 15, 1965, in Lubondja/Fizi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. On July 16, 1994,

Robert was married in Camp Mulimbi Church in Uvira to Anna Nyassa Samuel. Reverend Achinda and his wife pastured two churches in two countries. In Tanzania, Robert was the general secretary of the Pentecostal Evangelical Fellowship of Africa. Robert came to the USA in 2004 in pursuit of the American dream. After working hard for years, his wife and their eight children joined him in January of 2013 in Vermont. Robert had an amazing ability to make friendships wherever he went. He was known by all to have a warm heart and a big smile and to be a profoundly proud parent, with God as the focus of his life. Robert is survived by his spouse, Anna; his children, Fadhili and Faraja (20), Fahari (19), Faibe (18), Feston (16), Fanuel (14), Fabien (12) and Faida (10); his mother,

Suzanne; his three brothers, Richard, Kisindja and Musoshi; his sister, Rebeca; a large extended family; and countless dear friends. The family would like to thank Dr. Steven Ades and his staff at the UVM Medical Center and the Vermont Respite House in Williston for their support and expertise. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, August 8, at the Community Bible Church at 2025 Williston Road in South Burlington. The viewing will be from 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. with the funeral service following at 11 a.m. After the service, please join the family for the burial in Hinesburg at the Gilman Road Cemetery and then for lunch and fellowship at the United Church of Hinesburg, 10570 Route 116 in Hinesburg. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to gofundme. com/ma6lh0.

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Local Artists Bring New Life to Former Burlington Orphanage B y sa d i e w i lli ams

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ince it closed in the early 1980s, the dusty rooms of St. Joseph’s Orphan Asylum have housed only memories of the thousands of children (and nuns) who passed through during its century of operation. On Thursday and Friday, August 6 and 7, five local artists will invite the public back to the former orphanage, located on Burlington College grounds, to witness “An Order.” The series of installations comments on the institution’s lengthy, often disturbing history. The two-day exhibition will also offer what may be the last chance to see the building’s interior before developer Eric Farrell begins converting it into housing this fall. Abbey Meaker, studio director for sculptor Richard Erdman, was the driving force behind the project — in part because of a close personal connection to the site. “My grandfather lived here in the ’30s with his little brother … [who] died of tuberculosis,” Meaker says in a walk-through preview of the exhibition. In a later email, she adds that the nuns “wouldn’t help Gilbert; they wouldn’t take him to the hospital, so [my grandfather] snuck him out and walked there. When they arrived, Gilbert had died on his back. “It’s a horrible story, but I get the sense that many children had similar experiences,” Meaker says. Learning details of those experiences is difficult, however. “The [Catholic] diocese is incredibly private, particularly with regard to the orphanage,” Meaker notes. “Stories of abuse are known, but the evidence is mostly anecdotal. There are people who had positive experiences there, while others’ lives were permanently destroyed by their time there.” One source to which the artists have turned for information is Facebook. A page called Children of St. Joseph’s Orphanage in Burlington, VT, which has provided many stories, advertises itself as a place for “former residents to share their thoughts about life at the orphanage, good or bad.” The comments tend toward the latter. A recent graduate of Burlington College, Meaker has been photographing the former orphanage for three years; her efforts culminated in a pop-up exhibit titled “Abject Frontier” at the college in May. As she photographed, she noticed secrets penned or scratched

Left to right: Mary Zompetti, Abbey Meaker, Rebecca Weisman, Sarah O Donnell and Wylie Sofia Garcia

Art throughout the building: on the walls, inside closets, inside the doors of the bathroom stalls. For one of her two installations in “An Order,” Meaker has collected those messages and painted them on the walls of a room. Some are in red, “in reference to blood spatter which can be found on

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many walls throughout the building.” Others are silver and gold, which “floats in and out of visibility as the words carved on the marble bathroom stalls do,” Meaker says. “I wanted to bring these out for people to see — it’s the only voice of this building’s history.” One of the messages reads, “I hate it here.” Another: “They kept the hall light on.” Some are mundane, such as “enrollment: 250.” Others, including “her stories kept me up all night,” give form to the ghosts of St. Joseph’s. In another room, Meaker projects footage on the wall that depicts a woman pacing through the orphanage, staring at projected film of another woman walking toward the ocean. “I always felt like the people that lived here felt stuck, like their freedom was right beyond the wall — the orphans and the nuns,” Meaker explains. Mary Zompetti, director of the photography program at Burlington City Arts, focuses on the concept of home in her four installations. “I’ve been thinking about all these kids not having homes — that loss,” she says, standing over a

pile of blue and white prints that depict geometric house shapes heaped in the corner of a faded turquoise room. The images are made with Sunprint paper, which turns blue when exposed to sunlight, leaving white any areas that have been obscured — in this case, by toy houses. In another room, Zompetti flips the concept of home on its head multiple times. She photographed an image created by a camera obscura on the wall of her home — a view of a neighbor’s house upside down. At the orphanage, Zompetti projects that photograph onto a mirror on the floor, which bounces it back onto the wall, effectively inverting the image so the viewer loses any sense of up or down. “I think each of us was struck by different things in this space. I was struck by the loss of home. But, then again, this became home [for many people],” Zompetti says. “They had to come up with their own idea of what [that] was.” Rebecca Weisman, adjunct faculty at Burlington College and director of the Iyengar Yoga Center of Vermont in

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Burlington, put her spin on orphanage tension between the two spaces, which life in iPhone-size videos embedded in might cause a visitor to walk back and holes gouged into the drywall of three forth, trying to put them together. “It8v-montstreamstudio080515.indd rooms. They show pink-Spandex-clad sort of makes the stomach tighten,” O performers writhing with insect-like Donnell says. movements, manipulating slime, plants While most of the subject matter in and other materials with their bodies. “An Order” is heavy, wylie SOfia Garcia “There’s a protecting quality to attempts to introduce an element of them,” Weisman says of the videos. “I relief. One room mimics a child’s fort, almost think of them with Vince Guaraldi’s as children’s hallucina“Christmas Time Is tions — their imaginary Here” playing softly friends.” through the chandelierWhere Weisman lit, warmly carpeted drew on the connecspace. In a large, greentions past residents tiled bathroom, Garcia may have made, Sarah has inked massive floral patterns across every O DOnnell looks at the separations enforced surface. The ink smells faintly of jasmine, giving by the orphanage. “One thing that really struck the room a “magic me was this story of sibgarden” aura. lings arriving together, “I really wanted AbbEy MEAkER [but] because boys and my rooms to feel like a girls were kept in different parts of the pause,” Garcia says, looking around the building, [they] would be separated,” bathroom, “like a breather from the inO Donnell says, standing in a darkened tensity of some of the other spaces. And room where her video of a dancer I wanted it to kind of have a magical sweeps across the walls. “That really quality. I have two kids — I think about broke my heart.” them a lot when I’m here.” m The dancer in the video, Dartmouth College ballet instructor Mina lawtOn, is accompanied by music emanating from INFo another room. There’s “this feeling of “An Order,” Thursday and Friday, August 6 two things being detached that really and 7, noon to 5 p.m., at burlington College. should be together,” O Donnell says. The Reception on Friday, August 7, 5 to 8 p.m. separation of dance and music creates a abbeymeaker@gmail.com

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Local Screenings Bring International Shorts and an Actor’s Take on David Foster Wallace B y etha n d e S e i fe

ne way to cure this year’s sunor rain-induced summertime blues is to seek shelter in the nearest cinema. This week and next, local screens serve up treats for moviegoers of all tastes.

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The scrappiest film festival in Vermont, the Shredder Short International Film Festival, returns to Quechee this week with an expanded calendar and growing ambition. Now in its sixth year, SSIFF has not only grown from one night to two, but has also programmed its firstever feature-length film. Not bad for an event that started just a few years ago in the attic of the Hartford Library. Festival director Jake Haehnel, 23, says Shredder also has gained greater local recognition. “People know about [the festival] before I tell them about it,” he says by phone from Madison, Wis., where he’s taking a quick vacation. The festival recently achieved nonprofit status, which, Haehnel says, affords it greater credibility — not to mention significant discounts on expenses. “This makes it much more legitimate,” he says. “This is a real thing, a serious thing.” The fest has enlarged its list of sponsors to include several local businesses. Haehnel, a filmmaker himself, was involved in production of the festival’s sole feature, The Captain’s Log, a comedy about two young men who are left in the

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lurch when the hard drive containing their documentary’s footage is stolen. It’s one of eight films to be screened at Quechee restaurant Dana’s by the Gorge. This year, Shredder will stage postscreening performances by local folk musicians on both nights: Dave Richardson on Friday, Eric George on Saturday. Ticket holders can buy wine and beer during the concerts and enjoy free snacks. At press time, Shredder’s slate of films had not been finalized, but it will include the Turkish short “Havva,” about a future in which women can no longer bear children; and the mysterious French short “Une odeur de piquenique” (“Scent of a Picnic”).

The End of the Tour

The ironic, heavily annotated prose of late author David Foster Wallace (Infinite Jest) inspired adulation and vitriol in roughly equal measures. Whatever one’s opinion of his work, it’s difficult to dispute that Wallace left an indelible mark on American fiction. On Wednesday, August 12, the Vermont International Film Foundation

will host a Burlington screening of The End of the Tour, a new film about the now-legendary five-day interview that Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky conducted with Wallace. Lipsky eventually wrote a book about the experience called Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace. In the film, Wallace is played by Jason Segel and Lipsky by Jesse Eisenberg. Directed by James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now), The End of the Tour has been screening at film festivals around the country and received a limited U.S. release on July 31. The local screening is a benefit for the Burlington Book Festival. Though the event is free, organizers hope that moviegoers will contribute the suggested $8.50 donation to the BBF, which will take place September 25 to 27. The annual literary event brings poets, novelists and nonfiction authors to give readings and conduct workshops. The 2015 slate of authors includes Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, fiction writer Rebecca Makkai (see review, page 36), Burlington cartoonist (and

Seven Days contributor) Harry Bliss, and Martha Barnette, cohost of the popular public radio show “A Way With Words.” Rick Kisonak, director of the BBF and a film critic for Seven Days, heard of the Wallace film through the promotional emails he receives as a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association. Sensing that the film’s writerly subject matter would appeal to the BBF’s prospective audience, Kisonak approached distributor A24 Films and was surprised to find the company’s management receptive to the idea of a benefit screening. In the end, A24 even picked up the tab for the expenses. “I just lucked out, essentially,” Kisonak says with a chuckle. The End of the Tour will screen at Merrill’s Roxy Cinema in a theater that seats about 180. Even if the house is full and everyone ponies up $8.50, the sum won’t come close to defraying the cost of putting on the BBF, which Kisonak says is about $100,000. But, as he puts it, “Every little bit helps. We’ve done it 10 times, so hopefully we’ll pull it off once more — at least!” m Contact: ethan@sevendaysvt.com

INFO Shredder Short International Film Festival, Friday and Saturday, August 7 and 8, 6 p.m., at Dana’s by the Gorge in Quechee. $8 per night. shredderfilmfest.com The End of the Tour, Wednesday, August 12, 7 p.m., at Merrill’s Roxy Cinema in Burlington. $8.50 suggested donation. vtiff.org, burlingtonbookfestival.com

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movies, ads and TV shows. Their sleek, art-deco designs have captivated consumer interest since the first ones rolled off a Los Angeles production line in the mid-1930s. Since then, these and other aerodynamic homesaway-from-home, like those made by Spartan, have been used by everyone from U.S. military commanders to NASA astronauts to Hollywood celebs. As for the condition of the trailers, Hingtgen says they’ll range from ones used for camping nearly every weekend to “really beautiful custom-work showpieces.” In fact, three of the trailers will come from regional trailer-service shops, including Colin Hyde Trailer Restorations in Plattsburgh, N.Y.; ESK Productions in Townshend (brought by Justin Taylor); and Airstream Haven and Logistics in Windham, N.H. (brought by Wayne Moore). “Everyone who’s coming is aware that this is a show, and lots of people will be coming through in their trailers,” Hingtgen says. “So they’re all specimens inside and out.” These days, travel trailers are no longer the inexpensive family getaways they once were for middleincome Americans. Today, even a basic, stripped-down model can

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native who founded his business (originally called AirstreamDreams) in September 2000, mostly because he couldn’t find spare parts for his ’67 Airstream Caravel. Today, most of Hingtgen’s business comes from the West Coast, where consumer interest in travel trailers far exceeds that on the East Coast and in middle America. That’s in large part, he points out, because the weather out west is more amenable to year-round outdoor recreation. Car shows have been held in Vermont for years; indeed, the 58th Stowe Annual Antique Car Show also happens this weekend. But to Hingtgen’s knowledge, his will be the first-ever vintage trailer show in the Green Mountain State. Typically, travel-trailer enthusiasts congregate at rallies, often held in state parks and attracting upwards of 300 trailers. Of the 35 or so trailers expected this weekend, Hingtgen reports that about half will be restored or renovated Airstreams from the 1950s and ’60s. Even if you don’t immediately recognize the Airstream name, you’ve probably spotted the silver bullets sailing down highways, parked in campgrounds or featured in countless

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For one day this weekend, the streets and parking lots of downtown Montpelier will look like the site of an alien invasion — or at least a time-travel voyage back to the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. On Saturday, August 8, the capital city hosts its first-ever Vermont Vintage Trailer Show. It will feature plenty of shiny, aircraft-grade aluminum trailers, such as those made by Airstream and Spartan, as well as the more compact and flat-sided “canned hams,” including products of Shasta, Fan and Serro Scotty. The one-day event, which is free and open to the public, will draw dozens of vintage travel trailers (sorry, no motor homes) from eight states and two Canadian provinces. Visitors will be able to enter and walk around each one, check their features and talk to the owners. Owing to space limitations, most of the trailers won’t be permitted to showcase their large, signature awnings, nor can their owners camp downtown overnight. The vintage trailer show is the brainchild of Steve Hingtgen, founder and owner of Vintage Trailer Supply of Montpelier, who organized it with Jesse Jacobs of Montpelier Property Management. Hingtgen, 49, is a

retail new for more than $30,000, and customized models can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. And, while the price of gasoline has fallen considerably recently, it’s still exponentially higher than the 19 cents-per-gallon rate when the first Airstreams hit the roads in 1936. So what’s driving this growing fascination, even obsession, with America’s modern-day covered wagons? Hingtgen suspects that part of the trailers’ appeal is due to the “tinyhouse thing, the minimalism and the escape.” Among older Americans, especially retiring baby boomers with the time and money to invest in them, there’s a real nostalgia associated with travel trailers, he suggests. Yet Hingtgen points out that some trailer enthusiasts are folks in their twenties or thirties, either single or with young families, who do “gig work.” For them, travel trailers provide a good base of operations in the context of a highly mobile existence. Hingtgen says he’s excited by the prospect of bringing trailers into a Vermont downtown. He points out that other cities around the country now encourage so-called “urban camping”: Trailer owners are permitted, even encouraged, to set up overnight. In cities such as Los Angeles and Las Vegas, he’s seen the top levels of parking garages permanently set aside as space for RVs — a kind of urban “bed and breakfast.” Hingtgen believes that trend could easily catch on in Vermont, which already attracts high numbers of tourists from May through October. In fact, if this weekend’s event proves successful, he hopes future traveltrailer shows will become multiday events featuring overnight camping, barbecues and maybe even a bonfire. (Hingtgen is providing this year’s trailer owners with a free weekend stay at Little River State Park in Waterbury.) “The truth is, we could have had 100 trailers” this year, he says. “It’s just the space limitations in our village.”

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I’ve heard the U.S. has the highest percentage of its population incarcerated of any country in the world. Is there a single crime or category of crime in which we excel that puts us in the top spot? Or are we just better at committing crime across the board? My guess is the War on Drugs accounts for much of our prison population. Can you provide a breakdown showing how we’ve achieved our less-than-enviable position? David Burns • In terms of imprisonment rate, our closest competitors are mostly tiny island countries. (No. 2: St. Kitts and Nevis, 714 per 100,000.) Among major nations, the closest to us is Russia, 475. The world average is around 150; for western European countries, it’s around 100. Up until 1970, that’s what it was for us, too. • The U.S. incarceration rate bears no close relation to the crime rate. The percentage of Americans in prison rose sharply between 1970 and 1999 and has fluctuated since then but remains close to the historical peak. In contrast, U.S. rates for violent and property crime started heading up in the early 1960s, peaked in 1991 and since then have fallen by roughly half. In other words, for the past quarter century, the U.S. crime and imprisonment rates have headed in opposite directions. Some will say: Well, of course — the crime rate has gone down because all the troublemakers

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he drug war contributed, but it’s not the major factor behind our crazy-high imprisonment rate. What does explain it, then? I’ll just say the more you delve into this, the more complicated it gets. Let’s review the incarceration rate, first discussed in this space in 2004. The U.S. currently has more than 321 million people. According to the World Prison Population List, the United States has a total prison population, including pretrial detainees, of 2.24 million. This works out to 716 prisoners per 100,000 people, the highest rate in the world. Let that soak in. Consider: • The U.S. has 4.4 percent of the world’s population but 22 percent of the world’s prisoners. For sheer numbers, our only close competitors are Russia (680,000 prisoners) and China (1.64 million sentenced prisoners plus 650,000 in pretrial/administrative detention).

are in jail! That’s not proven, but even if it were, think what it would say about us: We throw the book at people less because of the crimes they did commit than because of the ones they might commit. In other words, a country that prides itself on being a beacon of liberty has more or less consciously adopted a policy of long-term preemptive detention. But to repeat: Things are complicated. You think most prisoners are there because of drug offenses? That’s true at the federal level, where more than half the convicts are in because of drugs. However, at the state level — and the states account for 87 percent of U.S. prisoners — drug crimes account for only 16 percent of those doing time. The majority of state prisoners — 54 percent as of 2012 — were convicted of violent crimes, 19 percent of property crimes and the remainder everything else (e.g., drunk driving). For state and federal prisoners combined, 20 percent were convicted of drug offenses. Assuming that 20 percent of the 744,500 U.S. pretrial detainees (as of 2012) are likewise in on drug charges, then if everyone behind bars for drug offenses were freed, the U.S. incarceration rate would be 573, which would still put us third highest in the world. In short, you can’t blame the imprisonment

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Violent crime? That’s another story. Of state prisoners, 49 percent of whites were convicted of violent offenses versus 58 percent of blacks and 60 percent of Hispanics. Inquiring further, we find whites constitute 80 percent of the U.S. population and 32 percent of imprisoned violent criminals. For Hispanics, it’s 17 percent and 23 percent; for black people, 13 percent and 41 percent. Conclusion: The appallingly high number of U.S. prisoners can’t be attributed to any one class of offenses. Rather, it’s resulted from get-toughon-crime laws that have fallen most heavily on black men.

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“It’s hard to say,” I replied. “Shouldn’t be too long. You down from Montréal? Are you picking something up?” “Yes, I’m retired, and I volunteer to transport live human tissue for a couple of Montréal hospitals.” “Well, good for you, man,” I said. “Though I think that would freak me out, to be honest. What was your career before you retired?” “I was an architect. I came to Canada from Lebanon about 30 years ago. My family left during the terrible civil war.” “I do remember that tragic situation. Hey, I bet you can get some authentic Mideast cuisine with all the immigrants up there now.” “Yes, that’s true, but mostly Palestinian and Syrian, not so much Lebanese. And their food has too much onion for my palate. That’s OK for a hot climate, but not Montréal.” The woman behind him joined the discussion. She appeared to be a Latina, about 30 and quite studious. I’m a sucker for that cute dorky-girl look. “You sound like you know the area,” she said to me, her Spanish accent everything and more. “How long will it take me to get to Middlebury College tomorrow?” “From Burlington, less than an hour, anyway. Are you taking the summer language program?” “Yes, I am.” “The Spanish school?” I asked, venturing the obvious guess. “No, I’m studying Hebrew, of all things. I’m in graduate school for antiquities in Mexico City, and it’s a helpful language to know.” “Jeez,” I said chuckling, “between the four of us, it’s like a United Nations committee.”

Finally, an apologetic ticket agent showed up, and Jing put in his claim. The agent found his bag in the system — stuck in Atlanta — and assured him the airline would have it delivered to his hotel by the following afternoon. And, having said goodbye to our new Lebanese Canadian and Mexican friends, we departed for Stowe. “Do you enjoy American music?” I asked Jing as we hooked a left onto the highway. “Oh, yes — I do. I like it very much. Is that what’s playing on the radio?” “Well, this is called reggae music. It originated in Jamaica, an island in the Caribbean. This song is by the greatest Jamaican singer, Bob Marley.” “I like very much Linkin Park.” That’s random, I thought, chuckling to myself. Of all bands... “So, what are you studying at school in China?” “My parents told me to study math. I try very hard, but it gives me a headache.” “Is there some job you want to do?” “I want to be translator. I love that. So I switch to study English. Translator is a hard job to achieve. Many, many students want that job.” “Well, I think you would be great at it. You communicate real well, and it’s obvious you really like people.” “This is why I come to America to work this summer. To get better at English.” We reached the hotel, and both of us got out. Jing shook my hand with both his hands, which induced me to employ my second hand, as well. “Enjoy your time in Vermont,” I said, as we grinned at each other, keeping up the handshake for what felt like an utterly enjoyable 30 seconds. I fantasized we were the ambassadors of our respective countries appearing before the cameras at a historic news conference. m All these stories are true, though names and locations may be altered to protect privacy.

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ing Yu and I were standing around the rotating luggage belt at Burlington International Airport on a Wednesday night. He had been on a 22-hour journey from his Chinese homeland and was understandably bushed. But this was his first visit to America, and his personality seemed naturally bubbly. No mere fatigue was going to dampen his excitement and curiosity, and he had been chatty since I met him at the arrival gate, bursting with questions. It’s great to be 20 years old and high on life. I held up my two hands, fingers crossed on each. “Hey, Jing,” I yelled, getting his attention over the rattling noise of the belt, “do you know what this hand sign means?” Jing’s eyes lit up. He was tall and gangly, with a shock of unkempt jet-black hair. “I do know that! They taught us that one in school. It means you have made a lie but you want excuse. Is that right?” “Yeah, I didn’t think of that. It actually has two separate meanings. What you said, and also when you’re wishing something to happen. Like now I’m hoping that your luggage isn’t lost. So I’m crossing my fingers.” As it turned out, it didn’t work. I led Jing to the Delta ticket counter to put in a claim for his lost bag. (I know this routine all too well.) Unfortunately, two planes had landed more or less simultaneously, and the counter was devoid of agents. Two other unlucky travelers arrived soon after us, forming a short queue. “So you’ll be cleaning rooms this summer?” I asked. The Stowe hotel that had booked me to transport Jing up the mountain had given me some basic info. “Yes, I got the job by an employment agency at my school. I’m doing this for the experience, not really the money.” “Good for you. I’m sure it will be an adventure. So what other American hand signs did they teach you?” He pointed to his temple and made a circular motion. “This mean ‘You crazy, man!’” We both cracked up. “Yup, you got it,” I said. “That’s exactly right.” “How long do you think this will be?” asked the man behind us, who had olive skin of a Middle Eastern

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ill Stenger remembers well the day he promised economic salvation to Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. “It was September 27, 2012,” he recalled last Thursday, sliding a photograph across a conference room table at Jay Peak Resort. “The reason I remember that is because that’s my birthday.” The photo, snapped on the shores of Newport’s Lake Memphremagog, featured a smiling Stenger and two business partners surrounded by the most powerful men in the state: Gov. Peter Shumlin and Vermont’s three-member congressional delegation. “That was a very important day,” Stenger said, a trace of wistfulness in his voice.

The charismatic Jay Peak president had celebrated his 64th birthday by announcing $500 million worth of development projects, which he promised would “fundamentally alter the economic landscape of the Northeast Kingdom.” Stenger had already spent $250 million transforming his sleepy ski area into a four-season resort, replete with an indoor waterpark, ice arena and several new hotels. Now he envisioned bringing 10,000 jobs to the struggling region by convincing hundreds of foreign nationals to invest $500,000 apiece in a biotech campus, convention center, airport improvements and hotels in three small towns. In exchange, those investors would be granted permanent residency in the United States.

“It was a big deal then,” Stenger recalled. “It’s still a big deal.” But not everything has turned out as promised. Almost three years later, nearly every project is behind schedule, delayed indefinitely or, in the case of a window-manufacturing facility slated for Newport, canceled altogether. A highprofile land deal for a nearby convention center and marina fell apart. Stenger bulldozed a downtown Newport block, but he hasn’t yet delivered the revitalization project designed to replace it. And a longplanned extension of Jay’s skiing terrain — the West Bowl — has been delayed due to environmental concerns. More troubling still, Stenger has faced an investor revolt, fueled by claims

that he misled those who financed his first new hotel at the base of Jay Peak and has delayed repaying them. “We have no trust whatsoever in Bill Stenger,” says Tony Sutton, a car salesman from London who invested half a million dollars in the Tram Haus Lodge in 2008 and claims to speak on behalf of 19 other irate investors. “I personally think he’s a crook.” Meanwhile, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has subpoenaed reams of records and deposed Stenger, two associates and at least one state official. Stenger says he spent a day in May 2014 at the SEC’s Miami field office, discussing the development with federal officials. “The questions they asked me had to

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take enforcement action against Jay, their review appears to have spooked state officials charged with marketing and regulating the Northeast Kingdom initiative. Last summer, the state suspended Stenger’s approval to raise foreign funds for two projects: a biotech research and manufacturing facility planned for Newport and new hotels slated for Q Burke Mountain Resort.

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When the state finally lifted the fundraising bans this spring and summer — while retaining certain restrictions — Stenger’s political friends were conspicuously absent from a subsequent groundbreaking at the Newport site. In spite of the setbacks and skepticism, the now-66-year-old maintains the optimistic outlook that’s earned him the nickname “Sunshine Stenger.” Asked last week whether he had delivered on the promise he made in September 2012, he said, “I think we’ve delivered on it in a lot of ways. I think that we are continuing to deliver on it.”

Despite the delays, which he blames on the federal and state bureaucracies, Stenger said his vision remains achievable, and every job he promised will be created. “There are going to be good days and bad days,” he said. But, he added, holding up an architectural rendering of the stalled Newport revitalization plan, “This is gonna happen.” He paused. “We’re committed to Newport.”

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Jay’s famous aerial tram cut through the summer sky as Stenger sped down the mountain in his black Audi sedan, license plate: JAYPEAK. A born salesman with a salt-of-theearth shtick, Stenger appears to enjoy nothing more than showing off his kingdom. He’s a constant presence on the mountain, in winter and summer alike, monitoring the lift lines and greeting guests by name. As he drove by the resort’s new ice arena and wedding chapel, he noted with pride how many events each venue had hosted this year. “What motivates me most is the desire to see my employees have fulltime employment,” he said. By that metric, Stenger has already found success in this three-county region hugging the Canadian border — population 65,000.

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do with the background of the projects and what we were doing with every project and how we recruited our investors,” he said. Stenger characterizes the SEC’s interest as nothing more than a routine “private review” of the most successful projects funded through the federal EB-5 immigrant investor program. Established in 1990 to steer money toward rural and economically depressed areas, the program has boomed in recent years, generating more than $9 billion worth of capital nationwide in the last decade, according to the trade group Invest in the USA. Fraudsters and schemers have followed the money, prompting a crackdown by the SEC. Whether or not the feds ultimately

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Left to right: Congressman Peter Welch, Bill Stenger, Sen. Patrick Leahy, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Gov. Peter Shumlin, Ariel Quiros, and William Kelly in Newport in 2012

In the past decade, the various ventures he co-owns with Miami-based partner Ariel Quiros have grown from 35 full-time workers to more than 500, Stenger says. Their winter workforce has increased from 220 to 1,600. Annual visits to Jay are up, from 250,000 to more than a million. “And when you’ve got 500 to 700 construction workers working continuously somewhere on these projects over an eight-year period, you say to yourself, ‘Well, if these projects weren’t here, what would have become of them?’” he said. All that growth has been made possible by more than 800 immigrants hailing from 74 countries — from China to Dubai to Panama. In return for a $500,000 investment, they and their immediate family members receive temporary green cards through the federal EB-5 program. Two years later, if they and Jay can show their investment created 10 direct or indirect jobs, they become permanent residents. On this late July day, Stenger appeared weary from a recent trip to Vietnam, where he had spent five days speaking at immigration seminars in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and meeting with 60 potential investors. He expects several of them to visit Vermont in August to see the projects they might help fund — a practice Stenger encourages.

‘Sunshine Stenger’ « P.29 “If you come here and stay for a few days, it becomes evident what our objectives are,” he said. “Generally speaking, they leaved enthused.” It’s easy to understand why. As Stenger drove the 20 miles from Jay to Newport, he described his adopted region as “incredibly beautiful” but plagued by “intense economic challenges.” A western New York native, the Syracuse University graduate managed a resort in the Poconos before moving to Newport in 1984 to help manage Jay. All three of his grown children, as well as his five grandchildren, live in Vermont. Two of his kids work for the resort. Stenger said he hopes the jobs he’s creating will help keep other Kingdom families together. “We are driving through a rural landscape here,” he said as he motored past beat-up ranch houses and snowmobiles with for-sale signs. “These aren’t Rockefeller farms. These are our neighbors.” Not all of Stenger’s investors remain enthused about his mission to save the Northeast Kingdom. In August 2013, he and Quiros exercised their rights as general partners to take full financial control of the Tram Haus Lodge, the first development

they’d funded through the EB-5 program in 2008. They dissolved 35 foreign investors’ shares in the hotel and issued each a promissory note, payable over 10 years. Stenger failed to inform his investors of the move until January 2014. Over the next six months, many of them lodged complaints with the state and, eventually, with VTDigger.org, which took their story public in July 2014. Sutton, the British car salesman, led the charge. Years earlier, he and his family had sold their dealership to finance a move to Florida, where they already owned a second home. To obtain green cards, they plowed $500,000 into the Tram Haus Lodge. Sutton says he recognized it was a risky proposition. By law, developers who raise cash through the EB-5 program cannot guarantee they’ll return the principal — let alone interest. But Sutton claims Stenger led him to believe he’d be paid back within five years. “All the investors understood if the business were to fail we would lose our investment,” says Sutton, who is now a U.S. citizen. “Nowhere was it pointed out that the investment would be stolen, and that would be the risk.” Stenger has repeatedly apologized for his failure to communicate, calling it “clumsy.” But he stands by the unilateral

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STENGER’S ‘RENAISSANCE’ RAISES HOPE — AND SKEPTICISM — IN NEWPORT In March, wrecking crews demolished one of four commercial blocks in downtown Newport. Where a four-story apartment and commercial buildings once stood, only cellar holes remain. The demolition, by Jay Peak Resort president Bill Stenger, was touted as a key step toward the economic rebirth of this city on the shores of picturesque Lake Memphremagog, just miles from Canada. A colorful banner tied to a chain-link fence around the property known as Renaissance Block hints at a huge project to come. But on closer inspection, the banner is missing something: any mention of future plans. There is no “coming next” or “future home of” notice — only photos of the block in the decades before it became just a hole in the ground. The lack of progress over the past five months is another reason that a growing number of Stenger skeptics are worried he won’t fulfill his bold promises. Locals know that another of Stenger’s proposals — to build a downtown Newport marina and conference center — was abandoned last year before a single shovelful of dirt was moved. They have seen the news of an ongoing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry into several projects Stenger is funding through the federal EB-5 immigrant investor program.

The future of the Renaissance Block is now the talk of Newport. Stenger had pledged to replace the dilapidated space formerly known as the Spates Block with a $70 million, mixed-use project featuring hotel rooms and retail and office space. Opinions are split on whether Stenger’s plans will ever come to pass. Some expect his ambitious, $750 million economic development initiative, which includes projects at Jay Peak and Q Burke Mountain Resort, to come crashing down. They have little hope that the hole in their downtown will be developed anytime soon.

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“I don’t think so,” said lifelong resident Monique Charland. “It’s an eyesore. They tore it down, and it stopped. You never see bulldozers or anything.” City officials and local business owners, though, evince an almost worshipful belief in Stenger. They describe

him as a longtime local who, instead of picking up stakes and moving elsewhere, is working to improve the neglected region he’s called home for three decades. “I’m not nervous,” said Newport Mayor Paul Monette. “I believe in Bill. I’m not worried. I don’t think he would do anything to hurt the community. It will come through. I’m positive.” Most everyone agrees that Stenger’s projects represent the best chance — and perhaps the only one in the foreseeable future — for significant economic development in an area that has historically lagged behind the rest of the state. “Obviously, it would be huge for Newport,” said Steve Brault, owner of Newport Natural Market and Café. “If you did a demographics study, it would tell you not to open here.” The city of 4,500 has lost about 500 people since 2000. Because it has relatively few successful businesses, it has one of the highest local tax rates in the state. Its unemployment rate is 6.8 percent, almost double Vermont’s statewide average. Newport is the closest thing the Northeast Kingdom has to a big city. Visitors find a couple of cafés and bars and a hip local foods center. A Maplefields market and gas station recently opened, and a UPS store is under construction. So

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hungry is Newport for business that even many local merchants say they are eager to see construction of a long-planned Walmart in nearby Derby. “We need the tax revenue,” said Monette. “We need the development.” It wasn’t always this way. Newport once thrived as a vital railroad crossroads into Québec, with a booming lumber industry, factories and a lake that drew

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change in ownership, arguing that it was necessary to make his investors whole. “Why in the world would I guarantee the payback of $17.5 million when I don’t have the collateral?” he asked. “The bottom line is: Every investor is getting their money back. Many of them are now U.S. citizens. And that is a very successful outcome.”

IN SHOWING OFF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE, STENGER’S UNSPOKEN MESSAGE SEEMED TO BE:

THIS IS NO PONZI SCHEME. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS REAL. Though Stenger now promises to repay the Tram Haus investors by January 2017, Sutton worries the whole enterprise may collapse under its own weight before then, leaving him with a worthless piece of paper. And he wonders whether subsequent groups of investors, whose own payback will soon come due, will be treated similarly. The episode appears to have deeply wounded Stenger, whose eyes glistened as he defended his conduct.

As Stenger pulled into a Newport construction site above Lake Memphremagog, a dozen workers were busy installing water and sewer systems. “That’s where the building sits,” he said, pointing to vacant lot on the grounds of a shuttered Bogner skiwear factory. “By September, we’ll be doing concrete, getting some steel up.” Stenger appeared eager to demonstrate that, despite years of delay, he was finally constructing the 67,000-squarefoot facility built to house AnC Bio Vermont. The company, an offshoot of a Korean biotech firm, plans to manufacture artificial organs, conduct stem cell research and operate clean rooms. “A lot of people have been critical of this project,” he said. “They don’t think it can happen here — but it can. And it’s because of the capital.” In recent years, the SEC has cracked down on developers who raise millions of dollars through the EB-5 program, never to build a thing. In the most notorious case, a Chicago man named Anshoo Sethi raised $160 million from

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EB-5 investment in the project — a timeline that could result in construction next summer. But delays at the state and federal level might derail things. State permits for the demolition of the block stipulate that Stenger turn the land into a public park if construction has not commenced by 2017. But a park won’t bring tax revenue or jobs. Stenger remains confident. And Newport officials are following his lead. “We want to encourage this,” said Laura Dolgin, Newport city manager. “We realize there’s ebbs and flows. Bill has been honest with the community. Obviously, we’re human, so it’s in the back of our minds, but you hope. We’re trying to look at the glass as half full.” None of the glasses looked that way to the regulars gathered last week at Jasper’s Tavern, a bar across the street from the demolished block. Asked what they think will come of the Renaissance Block, the replies were swift. “Absolutely nothing!” one exclaimed. They all chuckled knowingly. “When it came down, I said, ‘Nothing is going in there for a long time,’” said Gerry Letourneau. Then he ordered another beer. MA RK DAV IS

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Lincoln Brooks, the co-owner of Newport Jewelers, and a few other local merchants conceived of the signs. They are eager to defend Stenger’s plans in the face of mounting concerns. “Some people were like, ‘You’re kidding.’ But he’s trying. He’s really trying. We wanted to thank him for trying to help Newport,” Brooks said. “He’s trying to bring it back. He’s not running away. [The projects] are going to bring people. People will bring jobs. Jobs will bring customers. It’s coming. Bill said he was going to do it.” Brook’s wife, Jo-Ann, agreed. “It’s a beautiful town, [but] it’s never going to go back to what it was in the past,” she said. “There’s nothing to hold your kids after they get out of school, unless you farm. It’s a quiet town. Mr. Stenger is doing a great job. You have to understand, it takes time. It’s just taking a little more time than they anticipated.” How long? To build what Stenger has publicly described — a mix of retail and apartments — will require permits and approvals from both state and local regulators, all of which can take years to obtain. No plans are filed at city hall, and officials there say they aren’t expecting to see any soon. Stenger said he hopes to submit a business plan to the state later this month to begin the process of seeking

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“That was a time when this little city was humming,” said Stenger. “These projects are going to really inject some energy into the downtown.” Perhaps to encourage him, a number of storefronts have displayed posters that read: “Thank you, Bill Stenger and Associates, for a gleam in our eyes and a twitter in our hearts for the next great step in the future of Newport City.”

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Chinese investors, ostensibly to build an environmentally friendly convention center, only to divert a portion of that money to unrelated businesses. Last year, he was arrested on 10 counts of fraud and false statements. In showing off the construction site, Stenger’s unspoken message seemed to be: This is no Ponzi scheme. This development is real. How serious a look the SEC is giving the Northeast Kingdom initiative is a highly contested matter. VTDigger’s Anne Galloway reported in June that the feds were “investigating” the projects, but Stenger and top state officials reject that characterization. “That implies wrongdoing,” Stenger said. “I know that there are 20-plus major projects in the United States that are being reviewed by the SEC.” According to Department of Financial Regulation Commissioner Susan Donegan, word choice is important. “For regulators to use the word ‘investigate’ is a very specific thing. ‘Review’ is a different thing. ‘Examination’ is a different thing,” says Donegan, who recently assumed state oversight of EB-5 projects. “I think it was someone in the media who made the decision that the word ‘investigation’ was appropriate.”

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steady streams of tourists. The city boasted the largest dance floor in New England — Louis Armstrong once played there — and two grand hotels. But the hotels and dance hall have long since been demolished, and the trains run infrequently now. A few storefronts, including a 10,000-squarefoot office building across the street from the Renaissance Block site, remain vacant.

“It was personally very hurtful,” he said. “I’ve given my heart and soul to this plan, and we have done great work. The economic impact here has been profound.”

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to his projects has already been done. In the cutthroat world of EB-5 investor recruitment, he says, competitors are quick to translate negative press accounts into Mandarin and other languages and circulate them around the globe. “They’ll take a salacious headline from a VTDigger article and make sure those investors have seen it,” he said.

“My feeling is, there’s probably between 40 and 50 investors who have probably looked elsewhere because of headlines that weren’t reflective of the real truth.” Galloway stands by her reporting — and her use of the I-word. “The stories that have run on VTDigger are based on documents from the state,” she says.

Anxiety over the projects’ prospects has reached Newport, too. A mile away from the AnC Bio construction site, Stenger surveyed the demolished city block he promised to convert into office and residential space by the end of 2014. Now, he said, the socalled Renaissance Block will be built in the summer of 2016.

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In fact, it was a state employee: former Vermont EB-5 Regional Center executive director Brent Raymond. In a May 22 email obtained by Galloway through a public records request, Raymond expressed concern that VTDigger had learned of “the SEC investigation of all projects.” In a May 27 email, he said he’d been “subpoenaed three times in less than 12 months” about the matter. The SEC won’t say what it’s up to, nor will it define the words “investigation” or “review.” “I could refer you to the dictionary, but I think that would probably not be helpful,” an SEC spokeswoman says. But Jeffrey Ansley, a former SEC enforcement attorney and federal prosecutor, says it’s “highly unlikely” that his former agency would be subpoenaing documents and deposing witnesses if it was not engaged in a “formal investigation.” “They can move quickly, but they can drag on for literally years,” says Ansley, who now works for the Dallas law firm Bell Nunnally and defends EB-5 developers. “It may go nowhere.” Either way, Stenger argues, the damage

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A tall, handsome man with white hair and glasses, Stenger is easily recognizable, even without the Jay Peak name tag he sports throughout the kingdom identifying him, appropriately, as “President.” As he described the block’s 150-year history, a woman in blue pants and a white, floral blouse crossed the street to talk to him. “I was just trying to make sure if that was you or not,” the woman said. “How are you?” “I’m good,” Stenger responded without making an introduction. “I’m hearing all kinds of things,” she said, a note of concern in her voice. “Are you doing all right?” Stenger assured her that everything was fine. After the two conversed for a few minutes, the woman exclaimed, “I’m pulling for you!” Stenger reflected on the conversation as he drove through the streets of Newport to a lakeside shopping center where he once hoped to build the marina and convention center. “We’ve bitten off a lot, and we have to deliver. And we are,” he said. “Some of this is taking a little longer, but the resolve is there, and the community is behind us.”

And after that? “It’ll probably be time for someone else to do it,” he said.

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Stenger’s optimism occasionally appears at odds with reality. Last summer, after years of negotiation, Burlington developer Tony Pomerleau pulled out of a multimilliondollar deal to sell the shopping center to Stenger and Quiros. Pomerleau said the Jay Peak owners couldn’t come up with the money, while Stenger said, “Mr. Pomerleau did not want to wait.”

Even now, Stenger maintains he’s looking at alternative sites and may still resurrect the $100 million project. Precisely where it would go remains unclear. Like many successful business owners, Stenger seems like he doesn’t quite know when — or how — to stop. Asked when he might hang up his hat, he said, “I would like, very, very much, to complete the Newport initiatives.”

Newport State Airport, just four miles south of town, doesn’t look like much. A few raggedy hangars line a 4,000-foot runway, which currently serves mostly small private planes. Stenger hopes an $8.8 million federally financed runway expansion will draw commercial aviation — and serve other components of his kingdom. He imagines skiers flying commercial airlines to Jay Peak and AnC Bio shipping stem-cell products to hospitals around the country. In 2012, Stenger and Quiros signed an agreement with the state-owned airport to become its fixed-base operator, overseeing air traffic, fueling and aircraft storage. Last week, Stenger unveiled designs for a new, 10,000-square-foot terminal, which he initially promised to build in 2014 and now plans to do next summer. “This airport is going to be substantially more than it is now and will be a ‘SUnShinE STEngER’

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‘Sunshine Stenger’ « p.33 complement to whatever economic development we do in Newport,” he said as he drove through the airport’s gates and came to a stop next to the taxiway. Stenger pointed to a fleet of heavy machines, already moving dirt and rock to make way for a 5,000-foot runway. “This is J.A. McDonald. It’s doing this expansion. They’re out of St. Johnsbury,” he said. “Percy, the other excavators, are out of Stowe. Mike’s Electric is out of North Troy. Everybody’s local who’s working on these different projects.” For years, Stenger’s job-creation record — and seemingly limitless ambition — made him a popular man with the state’s political class. A friend and donor to the last four governors, he enlisted two of them — Republican Jim Douglas and Democrat Peter Shumlin — to travel abroad with him in search of investors. In January 2013, Shumlin devoted four paragraphs of his second inaugural address to Stenger and Quiros, who, he said, “continue to shine a beacon of hope, opportunity and future prosperity.” That same month, the men hired Shumlin’s former campaign manager and deputy chief of staff, Alex MacLean, to serve as a project manager. Collectively, they donated at least $12,000 to Shumlin’s reelection bid the next year. The web of connections has prompted many to assume the governor’s office is greasing the skids for Stenger and Quiros. But emails between state officials and the developers show that over the past 15 months, ties between the two parties have frayed — and, on occasion, their exchanges have been downright hostile. In May 2014, the Agency of Commerce and Community Development learned that a Korean affiliate of AnC Bio Vermont had been losing money for years and had lost its headquarters to foreclosure a year earlier. The revelation prompted Raymond and ACCD general counsel John Kessler to ask probing questions about financial and familial ties between the two companies and about inconsistencies in their public representations. The next month, ACCD barred Stenger and Quiros from raising further funds for the AnC Bio and Q Burke Mountain Resort projects until they answered the state’s growing list of questions and updated investor disclosure forms. “We really wanted to make sure that all the information contained in the [disclosures] was solid enough so that any prudent investor has all the information she or he needs to invest,” Secretary of Commerce Pat Moulton says.

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As the developers dragged their feet over the next six months, Kessler repeatedly wrote their lawyers to say he was “deeply troubled” or to express “profound disappointment” at their inadequate responses. In May 2015, Raymond eviscerated them in an email to Moulton, referring to their “many new layers of inadequately disclosed business entities, new principals and gross misrepresentations.” Last month, Raymond took a job at Mount Snow, becoming the third ACCD official to leave state government for a job in the EB-5 industry. ACCD’s intense scrutiny, which may have been inspired by fears about the SEC’s review, was entirely new for the state. In 1997, Vermont established the first state-run EB-5 regional center — a vehicle used to pool investment for foreign-funded projects. But for much of the regional center’s existence, ACCD engaged in more promotion than oversight. “Things were looser,” Moulton admits. Recognizing the inherent conflict, Shumlin called on Moulton and Donegan last summer to separate the two functions. As with the captive insurance industry, ACCD would be charged with marketing Vermont’s EB-5 projects, while the Department of Financial Regulation would ensure compliance with securities laws.

When DFR took on its new responsibilities in December 2014, Donegan pledged to subject new EB-5 development — as well as the two suspended Northeast Kingdom projects — to a “complete financial review,” a task she described as “pretty daunting.” “We are going to touch everything,” she said. “We’re going to go from the attic to the basement.” But Stenger and Quiros had already raised tens of millions of dollars for AnC Bio and Q Burke — and they had already begun construction on the latter. The fundraising suspensions threatened to hold up further work, leaving earlier investors in immigration limbo and imperiling hundreds of construction jobs. “These projects were at risk of total failure if we didn’t get the offerings done,” Stenger said. “If you can’t bring in new capital, you can’t pay the bills.” So Stenger called for a meeting in March 2015 with Shumlin, Moulton, Donegan and several others to clear out what he called a regulatory “logjam.” “Sometimes you just have to get people around the table and stop talking on the phone and stop having your attorneys run the show,” Stenger explained. The meeting, which one participant described as “contentious,” worked. Later that month, Donegan agreed to allow the developers to resume raising money for AnC Bio, so long as they held it in escrow pending completion of the

exhaustive review. In July, she let them do the same with the Q Burke projects, with similar conditions. DFR’s full financial review is ongoing. As he drove from the Newport State Airport 40 miles southeast to Burke Mountain, Stenger became animated at the suggestion that Shumlin had doled out any special favors. “He hasn’t done a single thing that’s inappropriate,” Stenger said. “He was a governor being a governor — just saying, ‘Look, folks, can we identify the issues and can we agree on a path to solve them?’” Donegan and Moulton concur with that assessment. “He tells me, ‘Donegan, do your job,’” the DFR commissioner says of the governor. If anything, Stenger seems to think the administration has become a thorn in his side. “Over the last 15 years, we’ve had 14 great years with the state,” he said. “This last year was a challenge.”

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Burke Mountain has been in business for 60 years, Stenger noted, as he drove through Lyndonville toward the ski resort he and Quiros bought in 2012. But, he argued, it has never capitalized on the ready supply of skiers from Boston, just three hours away. “There’s not one hotel in the community!” he exclaimed incredulously.

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It was a bit of an exaggeration. A moment later, he passed the Lynburke Motel, a dreary brown building with a faded red sign advertising free Wi-Fi. “Every weekend, that’s full of skiers,” he remarked with a touch of disdain. In Stenger’s mind, the dearth of accommodations spoke to something bigger. “There’s a tendency in Vermont — maybe it’s in all small areas — that people underestimate their capacity. They think, How could something like this happen in Vermont? Well, why the hell not? Why the hell not?” he asked. “You look back on Burlington. People probably said at one point in time, ‘IBM in Essex? Are you kidding?’” Stenger drove halfway up Burke Mountain and parked his car just below the Mid-Burke Lodge, a relic of the resort’s quieter days. Along the way, he gestured at a parking lot filled with pickup trucks.

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“These are all workers,” he said. “These are all people working on this project right here.” Standing under a ski lift, Stenger looked with admiration upon his handiwork. Below him, two large, partially built hotels sprung up from the ski slope, framing Willoughby Gap in the distance. “Beautiful. God, look at that,” he exclaimed. “There’s probably 300 guys in there right now, all from Caledonia and Orleans County — and some from Lamoille.” Stenger remembered a question he’d tried to answer earlier that day. “When you asked me, ‘This initiative that you started on September 27, 2012 — gee, things haven’t happened, have

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they?’” he began. “Well, yeah, they have. AnC Bio is happening. We’ve purchased the Renaissance Block. We’ve got an airport expansion going on. This is near completion.” Stenger paused. “Yeah, I wish it was a little faster, but we’re makin’ it. We’re makin’ it,” he insisted. “The glass is more than half full. Is it as full as I want it to be? No, but nothing ever works out exactly the way you hope.” As he drove back to the mountain road, a man flagged him down and introduced himself as a season ticketholder. “Bill, God, I saw you five years ago,” he said. “It was raining, and you were directing people to move the snow so we could get around safely.” “Well, you gotta make it stretch sometimes, huh?” Stenger replied. “How’s it going?” the man asked. “It’s going well,” Stenger said. “We’re gonna make it for a December 11 opening.” Before he drove back to Jay, Stenger wanted to point out one more thing: the view from Darling Hill Road, across the Passumpsic River valley from Burke. “It’s the most beautiful part of Vermont,” he said. Three miles away, up another hill, Stenger slowed as he passed the Inn at Mountain View Farm. Across the street and down the road stood an elegant, three-story mansion with 35 rooms and a view in every direction. Stenger had claimed just hours earlier that his developing days were numbered — that after completing his Newport projects, it would be “time for someone else” to take over. But as he puttered up the driveway, he let slip his latest plan: He’d been talking to the mansion’s owner about turning the property into a retreat — or, perhaps, the home of a think tank. It’s on the market for $4.5 million. Was the king of the Kingdom serious about buying the place? Did he really have another project in him? “You gotta get the funds together,” he said. “I think it’s doable, but it’s not on the front burner.”

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— those missing parts of the record, those psychic holes left by war and other catastrophes, which range in this collection from AIDS to 9/11 to another bombing. In many stories, the art used to fill these gaps is music, but others focus on painting and sculpture. And always in the background, of course, is the art of writing. Makkai’s writing is conversational, understated and often witty. She’s a little clunky with irony: In one story, a woman accidentally shoots an albatross and Coleridgean bad luck ensues; in another, two elderly Holocaust survivors return to their apartment building to find most of its residents dead from a gas leak. The author of two novels, The Borrower (2011) and The Hundred-Year House (2014), Makkai has been writing stories all along; the earliest in Music for Wartime dates back to 2002. Four of these stories showed up in the 2008, ’09, ’10 and ’11 editions of The Best American Short Stories, chosen by such illustrious guest editors as Salman Rushdie, Richard Russo and Geraldine Brooks. In Music, Makkai’s writing is at its best when conjuring the arts. Take “Couple of Lovers on a Red Background,” that story about Bach stepping into the 21st century from a piano. The female narrator — who notes that “[Bach] never

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and it seemed to snap Cho awake. It was like leading students rather than colleagues, but it worked. And then the accented notes that require those insane Bartók pizzicati — where the player plucks the string so hard it slaps back against the fingerboard — somehow electrified the room, so that by the end of the movement they were back together, back in some caffeinated and blessed rehearsal space in Vermont, and Julie was sitting up on the couch. When she was much younger, Celine would have taken all those fours to mean something: four instruments playing the fourth movement of the fourth quartet. One more four would have been better: four to the fourth power. The four points of the cross, then. Maybe that would count.

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Theater review: Outside Mullingar, Dorset Theatre Festival B Y A L EX BROW N

FOR ALL THE RAIN THAT FALLS AND MIST THAT RISES,

OUTSIDE MULLINGAR IS ABOUT JOY.

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INFO Outside Mullingar by John Patrick Shanley, directed by John Gould Rubin, produced by Dorset Theatre Festival. Through August 15: Tuesdays through Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Wednesdays and Sundays, 3 p.m., at Dorset Playhouse. $20-49. dorsettheatrefestival.org

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brings scenes to an emotional peak without ever signaling that a climb is under way. It’s like coming to the crest of a hill and seeing a sudden vista. Mary Bacon, as Rosemary, has a mesmerizing way of bottling and releasing energy. Whatever she’s holding back is tantalizing; whatever she’s dishing out is stunning. She has the courage to play Rosemary as a bit shrill, ready to put off anyone. Bacon occasionally crosses into exaggeration, making frenetic moves to amplify what’s already loud enough, but she always intrigues. From the tousle of his hair to the frustration in his clomping stride, Michael Hayden embodies Anthony’s fierce but flawed grip on life. Stymied by his father and socially clumsy, he has only his farmer’s strength to help him. Hayden captures the character’s unsophisticated speech and impresses by wholeheartedly inhabiting Anthony’s tenderness, and his oddness. As Tony, Jonathan Hogan makes a cold and cranky father fascinating. He ought to be infuriating, but Hogan’s conviction and knack for turning an insult into a revelation are enchanting. He moves with imperial shabbiness — tall and rumpled, powerful and languorous.

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Anthony and his father, Tony. Shanley has fashioned a neatly structured play that nevertheless appears to meander as aimlessly and unpredictably as a river. It’s pure conversation, filled with surprise and wit, and the plot unspools effortlessly, covering five years in several scenes. Through simple events, Shanley gives his characters’ inner lives external expression. A piece of land has been sold from one farm to the other, and one neighbor still wants what the other won’t sell. Tony is considering leaving his farm to his American nephew instead of to his son. Rosemary smokes; her mother says she “doesn’t like to do it in front of me, so we don’t see much of each other.” Everyone is at a standstill, and it’s not a happy equilibrium. The characters will solve that problem by talking, or by dying. On his deathbed, Tony finally speaks with love to his son in a scene of enormous tenderness grounded in plainspoken truth. After Rosemary’s mother dies, she and Anthony become solitary neighbors, bickering and chatting for years — long enough to tell their secrets and finally their hopes. At Dorset Playhouse, director John Gould Rubin has made the most of four exceptional actors. Rubin consistently

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nthony is odd. Rosemary is stubborn. They’re both about 40 and have never married. They each live with their parents on neighboring farms in presentday Ireland. The two have known each other all their lives, and they don’t know enough about themselves to recognize what they want from life, or from each other. But they talk of it. In John Patrick Shanley’s Outside Mullingar, currently running in the Dorset Theatre Festival, talk rises like mist, obscuring the way while beckoning forward. While Hollywood reduces romance to adding one plus one with some cute misunderstandings, the romance in this rural setting and in the hangdog fatalism of the characters is a good deal subtler and more insightful. Shanley won an Oscar for scripting the 1987 film Moonstruck and a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for his 2004 play Doubt: A Parable. Last year, Outside Mullingar earned a Tony nomination for best play. Shanley’s dialogue in this play may be full of insults, complaints and threats, but because it’s spoken by his Irish creations, wit and humor blot out the spite. The play is funny even at its darkest and explores both the sweetness and sourness of an obstinate hold on land, family or love. The play begins with a death, and with Anthony and Rosemary down to a single parent each. Rosemary’s mother, Aoife, has buried her husband and sits in matter-of-fact mourning, chatting with

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In a scene in which father and son finally connect, Shanley gets the credit for having the courage to write about a father’s love, but it’s Hogan’s performance that earns the tears. In her role as Aoife, Jennifer Harmon establishes a fine rhythm with Hogan. The two characters battle steadily, but Harmon shows Aoife mercurially deciding what Tony can and cannot get away with. He cuts her off, she stays engaged, and on they go, brightly trading verbal blows. The production design, with scenery by Narelle Sissons, lighting by Michael Giannitti and sound by Ryan Rumery, is imaginative to the point of risk taking. For this reviewer, every element works, but theatergoers expecting a set like a romantic Irish travel poster, with plenty of antimacassars and teacups, will be disappointed. Rubin and the design team have gone a bold and different way. The set is a big rectangle, with 14-foot walls relieved by architectural molding and a single utilitarian window. While the very size makes it bleak, the water stains on the walls and a floor covered in what appears to be dirt give it startling dereliction. A woodstove leans on crooked legs. Buckets stand about, some with bits of plant matter drooping from them. A milking stool is mashed into the dirt, askew. Are we outside or inside? In a barn, a kitchen or a field? The answer seems to be all three. In addition to a physical space that is magically large and incomplete, the production uses subtle projections on those massive walls. Projections designer Kevin Ramser chose rain, clouds, a flickering candle and spring grass to underscore the emotion and circumstances in each scene. The lighting complements the effects, with delicate changes that mimic the breaks of sun in and out of clouds or the warmth of a single light in the darkness. Rumery’s sound effects extend the illusion, as rain or birdsong marks place and the passage of time. For all the rain that falls and mist that rises, Outside Mullingar is about joy. Cantankerous Tony complains that his son doesn’t find joy in the fields, but he seems to have little of his own until he reveals where happiness fits into a life of miseries. Rosemary and Anthony are close to missing that discovery. Watch them hunt for it in this great production of a fine play.

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n Romeo and Juliet, a violent feud between two families is the backdrop for a love story. Shakespeare’s play is about an idealized love, but it’s also about youth itself. For these characters, the most powerful way to express an intense feeling is to be willing to go as far as death — to risk one’s life in a sword fight, or to die for love. Vermont Shakespeare Company is presenting a vigorous, impressive production this summer, both outdoors at North Hero’s Knight Point State Park and on the Shelburne Museum grounds and indoors at the Royall Tyler Theatre at the University of Vermont. Nick Piacente and Lauren Pisano have striking chemistry as Romeo and Juliet. John Nagle directs with a keen eye for comic effects and big physicality. The Capulets and Montagues are feuding. And “what’s in a name” is of great importance to the patriarchs nursing grudges and the offspring who offer life and limb to settle them. The play opens in a street brawl. The Prince of Verona puts a stop to it and threatens the next transgressor with death, but the resentments still simmer. Romeo, a Montague, first sees Juliet at a ball given by her father, Lord Capulet. Nagle stages this scene wonderfully. After Romeo and Juliet have exchanged a glance, they whirl along with others in a dance. The moment they intersect as dancers and touch hands, everyone else freezes as they share their first words. Nagle shows us the warring forces that will be their undoing — frozen, oblivious — and rivets our attention on the two lovers as they feel an exhilaration that seems to stop the Earth from spinning. Romeo persuades Friar Laurence to marry him to Juliet in secret, and the three of them have a roughshod plan to overcome the objections of the feuding families. But before it can be realized, a fight erupts between Romeo’s friend Mercutio and Juliet’s cousin Tybalt. It ends in Mercutio’s death, Romeo’s vengeful murder of Tybalt and Romeo’s exile. Faced with separation, the lovers are desperate. Juliet, at the friar’s suggestion, resolves to use death as a disguise. He has a potion that will make her appear temporarily cold and lifeless. It convinces everyone, including Romeo. When he finds her in her tomb, he sees no choice but to follow her and poison himself. She awakes to find him dead beside her, and she joins him with the plunge of a dagger.

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This well-known plot brings one tragic misstep after another, but the enduring play is about how desire spurs each choice. Pisano gives Juliet the intoxicating surprise of falling in love. She doesn’t gush to fill out Juliet’s ardor; she exhales as if she’s just learned how to breathe and feels the joy of mastering it. Piacente plays Romeo big, making bold moves such as a dazzling leap over a fountain. When he speaks, each new idea seizes him and won’t let go until he tells it. Nagle makes the love story physical, with full embraces, long kisses and the urgency of touch. The play’s strength is the energetic novelty of Romeo and Juliet’s expressions of love, and passionate performances alone aren’t enough to make those ideas new again. Nagle uses humor to loosen the grip that familiarity has on the play. The entire first half is played as comedy, and though the romance glistens in this setting, doom doesn’t overhang it, only hope. Nagle occasionally goes too far for a laugh, like having Romeo dive to the ground and writhe in a parody of passion to start the balcony scene. While a little irreverence for “what light through yonder

The entire first half is played as comedy, and though the romance glistens in this setting,

doom doesn’t overhang it, only hope.

window breaks?” could freshen it, this moment verges on mockery. But overall, the production sparkles with novel choices, and Nagle’s daring is commendable. Nagle shifts the mood from light to dark, beginning with the sword fight between Mercutio and Tybalt. As Nagle stages it, Tybalt’s righteous anger is firmly topped by Mercutio’s merciless taunting. Fearless to the point of craziness, Mercutio toys with Tybalt, at one point looming close enough to plant a kiss on his lips. An adolescent exuberance infects them both, as if death isn’t possible. But it is. Staging the play outdoors adds an elemental quality, with the wind and the sky elevating the tale to larger-than-life dimensions. Saturday’s performance in North Hero included a threat of rain, with skies that darkened just as the play did. Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed, enhancing the power of the story. In addition to the leads, the large cast has several standouts. Kody Grassett, as Tybalt, is a fierce foil to Dean Linnard’s Mercutio. Linnard can fight, leap and bestow a bawdy gesture with glorious ease. His Queen Mab speech is hilarious, as he seems to fetch each new, improbable image out of the air to try it on Romeo. Jena Necrason finds lovely comic moments for the Nurse, from upstaging Juliet with exasperation when the girl pleads urgently for news of her lover to tussling with a bawdy Mercutio in the street. Bob Nuner, as Friar Laurence, has a twinkle in his eye

as he helps the lovers and quiet horror on his face when he discovers the tragic result of his good intentions at the tomb. Adam Cunningham and Molly Walsh play Lord and Lady Capulet as a couple with different ideas about child rearing. Their dissension, and the husband’s iron rule, help underline Juliet’s realization that there is no way out. When Cunningham and Walsh discover Juliet’s death, they both give way to grief, conveying eloquent understanding of their characters’ roles in her loss. Jeff Modereger designed a set that can work outdoors as well as in the Royall Tyler. His bronze posts and high, stepped platform have a quiet grandeur, suitable for the lovers’ dashes into each other’s arms and for the tableau of the tomb. In this production, death is tragic but also triumphant. Pisano and Piacente make a memorable, energetic Juliet and Romeo. For a moment, they seem to have invented love. m Contact: alex@sevendaysvt.com

INFO Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, directed by John Nagle, produced by Vermont Shakespeare Company. Friday and Saturday, August 7 and 8, 6 p.m.; and Sunday, August 9, 2 p.m., at Shelburne Museum; Friday and Saturday, August 14 and 15, 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, August 16, 2 p.m., at Royall Tyler Theatre, University of Vermont, in Burlington. $10-25. vermontshakespeare.org or flynntix.org

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a navel-gazing story about prepartum depression. His pen-and-ink imagery can be seen here:Â jaigranofsky.tumblr.com.

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his food is not shy in any sense,” Connor Morgan told Seven Days last spring, weeks before his family opened Saap, where he is the general manager. Located in a Queen Anne Victorian perched on a knoll on the outskirts of Randolph, the restaurant is Vermont’s first to serve cuisine rooted in Thailand’s northeastern region, Isan. The chef is Nisachon “Rung” Morgan, whose homeland borders on Laos and Cambodia. It’s a place where the food is spicy and the flavors bold, where fresh fruits and vegetables make merry with delicately spiced meats, pungent herbs and sauces, and lots of sticky rice. Rung runs the kitchen with her husband, Steve Morgan, a former New England Culinary Institute instructor trained in classical French cookery. By day, he manages the galley at Gifford Medical Center. By night, he helps at the restaurant. Connor Morgan, Steve’s son, is a friendly fellow who spent a year learning the ropes at Café Shelburne. He holds down Saap’s dining room in the parlor level of the stately 1880s house. The 10,000-square-foot manse is also home to the White River Craft Center, which offers gallery space, studios and coursework in arts including weaving, stained glass and film photography. From the Saap dining room, the view nods west down Randolph Avenue, where the summer’s evening sun sinks over the village. But these assets — except, perhaps, the view — were irrelevant to my visits. As is often the case, I was just there for the food. And I arrived hopeful that Rung’s cooking would be as “unapologetic in its bold flavors and fermented kind of funkiness” as Connor had predicted back in March. On a busy Friday, my guests and I sat in the far corner of the long, open room. The space is modest in its utilitarian simplicity, and sound seems to ricochet off the walls. Still, the volume never rises above a sociable hum. Dinner began with a delivery of

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steaming white hand towels, a refreshing touch on a humid summer night. Drinks are beer and wine only. Suds flow from 14th Star Brewing, Rock Art Brewery and, notably, from nearby Bent Hill Brewery, where Mike Czok is developing pairing swills for Saap’s menu. Pale Thai lagers and East Coast craft brews round out the options. The wine list is tailored to the food, which calls for bright, low-tannin sips that complement, rather than compete with, its potent herbs and spices. We kept to whites and pinks, including a tart German Riesling from the Mosel region and an offdry, Provençal rosé, all white peach, citrus and stony strawberry. Another night, my friend sipped a pale, fine-bubbled Prosecco, which also added a splash of fizz to a fruity citrus spritzer. When the weather heats up, tropical cultures often prescribe boiling soups loaded with chiles. Old wisdom says hot foods align one’s system with the external environment; that heating a body from the inside out has a cooling effect. That effect is called sweat, and it’s what happens when you order a scorching pot of tom yum po taek, no matter the weather. “Po taek” is the Laotian surname for a lighter, cleaner version of tom yum, a punchy, fishy soup available throughout the Pacific Rim and common on American Thai menus. Rung’s lemongrass-soaked broth arrived in a fire-lit crock, swimming with shrimp, mussels and tender coils of squid. Though not particularly regional, the aromatic soup became so the moment my table dunked gobs of sticky rice (borrowed from another dish) into the herbaceous broth. Thailand’s northeastern hip is remote, vast and rural, and its culinary traditions have developed largely uninterrupted for millennia. But several of its dishes — the fiery, herbed chopped-meat salads known as larb, larp, laab or laap, and the ubiquitous shredded papaya salad (som tum)

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The former site of Rivendell Books, 100 Main Street in Montpelier, occupies a spot on the National Register of Historic Places — but the pedigree didn’t make it any easier for mArY AlicE proffitt to open a restaurant there. When she took over the space early this year, Proffitt says, the structural engineering report declared it a hazard to the community. Five months of repairs saved the building from an imminent cave-in into Langdon Street, as well as adding a working kitchen and wheelchair ramps. At the end of August, 100 Main will bustle again with the opening of Proffitt’s DowN HomE. “The idea behind what we’re doing is really fantastic breakfast and lunch every day, with the best southern hospitality table service,” explains the restaurateur. Proffitt knows a thing or two about that, having spent years in food service in

Georgia and, most recently, in Asheville, N.C. But perhaps her most important training began at home. Proffitt’s mother’s and grandmother’s recipes inform the pies and other from-scratch southern desserts that will fill her bakery case. ANNiE BAkSt and roBErt HuNt of East Calais’ BoHEmiAN BAkErY will bake the sweets for the restaurant, as well as roast coffee. Additional java will come from Proffitt’s friends at Counter Culture Coffee in Durham, N.C. Former NEw ENGlAND culiNArY iNStitutE chefinstructor ArtiE flEiScHEr will lead the kitchen. Before he attended NECI himself, Fleischer worked at legendary Plainfield restaurant River Run. The chef is not Down Home’s only connection to that late eatery. Former River Run chef-owner JimmY kENNEDY is a “friend of” the project who has supported Proffitt from the start. Though he’s busy traveling the country as cABot’s spokesman, Proffitt says

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Northern Exposure « p.42 have found their way into the international Thai food juggernaut. Rung’s som tum Isan uses less sugar than most and is seasoned with the funk of fermented freshwater crabs (boo kem), gleaned from Isan’s rice paddies. The chef crushes these with chiles, alliums and dried shrimp — tiny, chewy curls that seem to distill the popcorn essence of shellfish — in a mortar and pestle with the papaya, sauces and herbs that carry the dish. Sides of sticky rice and crisp veggies add starchy bulk and fresh, watery crunch, but they also nod to the basic format of a traditional Isan meal. Eating a meat salad — perhaps nam tok moo, which is similar to larb but made with sliced rather than chopped meat — began with a shred of cool, umami-soaked pork, tinged with smoke from the grill and dressed in fish sauce and lime. Then, a sliver of shallot, mint or basil and a couple of bean sprouts. Finally, a lump of sticky rice finished a single, well-composed bite, or series of bites. That format also applies to whole meals. At Saap, dinner tends to arrive as a barrage of proteins, sauces, soups and rice, and a look around the dining room revealed that most tables of four held 10 or more plates. These usually include at least one form of poultry, whether roasted, fried or grilled. The Thai have an uncommon accord with birds, which they handle with a simplicity that can read as delicate or unabashed, depending on the dish. One night, the bird took the form of crispy fried duck heads, naked but for a thin coating of panko and a side of chile dipping sauce. These defied polite handling — the only option was to pry open their beaks and gnaw the fatty bits of meat, gelatinous cartilage and silky offal inside their faces. Once we’d picked the skulls clean, we turned to the beaks, which gave way with a good bit of cracking. If crunching through duck brains isn’t your jam, gai yang — a marinated halfchicken slow grilled for hours — is a more peaceable choice. Rung’s sublime bird came with just sticky rice, chile sauce and nam jim jaew, a sour tamarind dipper reserved for grilled meats. The bird’s golden, salty skin offered a warm entry to briny flesh that oozed juice with each puncture and pulled easily from the bone. Another night, fried rice balls (khao tod) were tinged with curry, kaffir lime, shrimp and pork. The flavor was good, but something was missing. “Should these have … a sauce, maybe?” my friend asked the waitress. The server scanned the table, then beelined for the kitchen. She returned moments later with the sauce, but by then we were floating the fried rice in our tom yum, and it was awesome.

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That’s kind of how things go at Saap, where the servers are pretty young things with can-do attitudes but varying degrees of skill. Still, the kitchen’s errors are few (none during my visits), the food comes quickly and service is attentive enough to easily obtain a fresh drink. While the menu may seem exotic to many diners, it offers a smattering of familiar, Bangkok-style dishes. These include a solid, coconut-rich daily curry and pad Thai sai kai, the peanut-studded noodle stir-fry sweetened with palm sugar and tamarind. Rung rolls this into a thin egg blanket, so it looks different than the standard. But its flavor is full, though mild, and it’s an excellent introductory dish for diners new to Thai cookery. Pad kee mao, with sweet pork flambéed with whiskey and wide, chewy noodles

scattered with glassy fried basil, is another safe choice. Such dishes nod to the restaurant’s place as the sole Thai eatery in Orange County, where many diners are more familiar with pub fare than food from pastoral Asia. And the menu reflects a kind of culinary flexibility that knows food doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Rung is a modern chef building a living Isan menu that honors both her roots and her own evolution as a cook. One night, that meant khao man gai tod — chicken and rice with origins on the tiny Chinese island of Hainan and an everyday street food in Thailand. Touched with a squeeze of lime, the flavors and textures emerged in layers: the toasty crunch of the panko; the juicy smoothness of the meat; the unctuous rice, long-simmered in fatty chicken stock. Then a lull of ginger, shallot

and garlic. Finally, the fire of the ginger dip and funk of the bean paste, each piece adding new notes to savor. Desserts are few but worth saving room for. I didn’t, yet there I was, dipping airy banana fritters into chocolate ganache, or shamelessly spooning Champagne mango into my mouth. The latter was so luscious it dissolved on my tongue. And when its honeyed ripeness pleaded for a bit of the salty-sweet rice that was its mate, despite being absurdly full, I heard myself murmur to my friend, “Lemme put some more sticky rice in my mouth.” m Contact: hannah@sevendaysvt.com

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himself, transforming them into housemade charcuterie, herb-infused berry sorbets and all that lies between. “The vast majority of our produce is coming from right here on the property,” Ehlenfeldt says. “The thing that really gets me excited is being able to source all these beautiful local ingredients — and then present them in the flavor profile they should be in.” The menu will debut in à la carte format, but Ehlenfeldt plans to launch a tasting option soon. Marilee Spanjian says she’s particularly excited about the chef’s teaching potential. The two are already planning a workshop series with courses in butchering, cheesemaking, pickling, fermenting and more.

menu to order and in copious portions. Popular items on Friday included the mountainous nachos grande and the St. Louis-style ribs, which Lambert slathers with his signature “triple ale BBQ” sauce. As the name indicates, the recipe contains three beers: SHED brEwErY Mountain Ale, Switchback Ale and Fiddlehead IPA. The special sauce pops up across the menu — on the slow-braised brisket, the pulledpork kaiser and even the chicken fingers. Other offerings include warm artichoke dip, sharp-cheddar macand-cheese and beef tournedos au poivre. Comfort food isn’t the only reason the Tap House feels like home. Lambert and Maynard recently refurbished the interior themselves, adding a new bar, wine racks made from repurposed wine crates and “about 12 gallons of paint on the walls,” Maynard says. The only remnant of the spot’s previous occupant, Town Tavern, is a vintage dry-goods sign above the dining area. Dark wood finishing and dimly lit tables make the space feel intimate despite its commercial location in the Shelburne Bay Plaza Shopping Center. Shelburne Tap House is open every day except Tuesday. Dinner runs from 3 to 9 p.m., and the bar is open late.

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SD: What’s the last drink you had? SM: Last night, I had a Brooklyn after work, [made] with Rittenhouse. It was delicious. That’s a classic cocktail that is rye whiskey, dry vermouth, maraschino liqueur and Amer Picon, a French product that is (a) not available in America, and (b) was reformulated in the ’80s. So we use Amaro CioCiaro, which is apparently the closest thing you’ll find in America. It’s got the same herby, bitter orange profile. SD: What’s your go-to after-work cocktail? SM: That’s tough. I have a few. I would say the Brooklyn is definitely one of them. I really like the aviation. Gin and tonic, sometimes, depending on how I’m feeling. I love the scofflaw, which is currently on

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ehind the bar at South Burlington’s Guild Tavern, cocktail director Sean McKenzie wears his slick black vest well. Paired with a checked, button-down shirt, he looks every bit the professional barkeep mixing drinks at a tony Chicago speakeasy, circa 1924. McKenzie cultivates the look, but only to a point. Sleeve garters, he says, would be pushing the “retro” thing too far. McKenzie’s cocktail recipes, too, draw on history. His approach to mixology is expressed in the distinctive menu that he refreshes seasonally, and which is divided into “Classics” and “Guild Originals.” On the former, cocktails’ dates of origin are listed alongside their names. The originals list reveals some unconventional ingredients, such as Crème Yvette, Falernum and Genever, yet some of them are decades — even centuries — old. The Closing Argument, for example — Mezcal, Green Chartreuse, and pineapple and lime flavors — is a modern take on the Prohibition-era gin cocktail called the Last Word. “At the end of the day, you have to know the classics before you can do these interesting, unique new cocktails,” McKenzie says. “We’re not really reinventing the wheel. We’re just trying to pay respect to tradition, with different ingredients.” Though fascinated with the cocktails of yesteryear, McKenzie likes to give his drinks zany, pop-culture-inspired names. Consider the seasonal Fraggle Stick Car, which tips its alcoholic hat to the 2003 anti-holiday film Bad Santa. His mixes are bursting with unexpected but harmonious flavor combinations and are just boozy enough to inspire another round. McKenzie met with Seven Days at Guild to talk about the theory and practice behind his creative cocktails.

The Closing Argument, the Steel Mill and the scofflaw

Sean McKenzie Age: 29 Restaurant: Guild Tavern Location: South Burlington restaurant age: almost 3 Cuisine type: New American/steakhouse Select experience: bartender, Pizzeria

Verità, Burlington (2012-2013); bartender, 219 West, Austin, Texas (2011-2012) What’s on the cocktail list? Classics like

Rob Roy, silver gin fizz and the scofflaw; originals like the bourbon-y Nut House, rye-based Steel Mill and the ginny Regatta

the menu. It’s a really simple whiskey-sour variation. SD: Tell me about delving into cocktail history. SM: I’ve worked in the industry a long time, and I think I just got sick of pushing vodka sodas all night. So I started reading up on [cocktail history] and started going to cooler bars. [Tending bar] is what I do, so it’s good for me to know the history, how we’ve gotten to this point. But you can also learn a lot about people and culture from behaviors such as what they’re drinking and how they’re drinking it. The cocktail is a pretty American thing and a big part of our culture.

Prohibition is a really fascinating time — the lengths to which people went to do something that was outlawed. We actually got a lot of really great drinks from Prohibition as a result of people using what started as a limited knowledge base and then evolved, and using not the greatest ingredients. SD: What’s in your liquor cabinet at home? SM: A lot! I’ve got a pretty fully stocked bar — probably in the ballpark of 80 to 90 bottles. Gin and rye whiskey are the two basic liquors that I always go back to. I’m really interested in some tiki drinks. Allspice dram has become something of a bartender’s ketchup, and I’m definitely guilty of [using] that. SD: What made you want to get into bartending, and how did you get your first gig? SM: Both of my parents, at one point, were in the restaurant industry. Busing tables seemed like a good job to start with, and I eventually just started bartending. I think the first real bartending job I had was at a TGI Fridays. I used to push some bad drinks — a lot of things that we called “margaritas.” Drinks with refrigerated syrups that came in bags. It’s not a place I’d like to go back to, but I think there’s some

utility in learning in places like that. It’s very regimented, and you don’t necessarily learn the right way to do things, but you learn how not to do the wrong things, at least by certain standards. SD: Describe the anatomy of a good drink. SM: People will come in and say that they don’t like a particular spirit, and I usually think they just haven’t had it the right way. It’s a horrible answer, but it’s all about balance. Understanding how things are going to interact with each other. If you’re using something cloyingly sweet, you’re going to have to dry it out. You need to know what kind of nuance each ingredient has. The scofflaw is an incredibly balanced cocktail, which is one of the reasons I love it. Rye and dry vermouth go together really well. It’s a near-perfect cocktail. SD: What are the basic components of a solid, functional home bar? SM: I think a home bar should start with Angostura bitters, because it makes everything better. You need a good bottle of rye whiskey, a good bottle of gin and you want some citrus, like Cointreau. Sweet vermouth and/or dry vermouth. With just those bottles, you can make quite a few things.

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McKenzie provided Seven Days with recipes for three of Guild Tavern’s signature cocktails. Some of the ingredients are unconventional, but adventurous tipplers will find the investment worthwhile.

The Scofflaw

1 1/2 ounces rye whiskey 1 ounce dry vermouth 1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice 1/2 ounce grenadine 1 dash orange bitters Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a lemon peel.

The Closing Argument 1 ounce Mezcal 1 ounce Green Chartreuse 3/4 ounce fresh lime juice 3/4 ounce pineapple gomme syrup

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Flame an orange peel over cocktail; discard peel.

The Steel Mill

1 1/2 ounces rye whiskey 3/4 ounce Falernum 1/4 ounce Cynar 3 dashes Angostura bitters 1/2 ounce Black Strap Rum

SD: What’s your go-to local watering hole when you need a good cocktail? SM: I like the bar at Waterworks quite a bit but haven’t been there too often. I like Mule Bar, I like the Farmhouse; [Pizzeria] Verità has a great bar. Finnigan’s and Manhattan Pizza really surprised me. I hadn’t been into either in a long time, but about six months ago I went into both. Fantastic beer lists.

SD: What cocktail or cocktail trend do you most loathe? SM: I think that classic cocktails and craft cocktails sort of became, at one point, the Thing to Do, and I think a lot of people started to do it because they thought it was what people wanted. It seems really fake, like a lot of places are just jumping on the bandwagon without any reference to what makes a cocktail a good cocktail. SD: What’s your favorite bartending or booze-related book? SM: For sentimental value, I really like The Savoy Cocktail Book, which is a recipe book from 1930. It’s one of the first ones I got, and there are a lot of really, really interesting cocktails in there. I really like Gary Regan’s The Joy of Mixology [The Consummate Guide to the Bartender’s Craft]. I’ve got a copy of Trader Vic’s Bartender’s Guide that I like for the tiki drinks.

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SD: What drink are you ashamed to like? SM: I don’t know if there’s any shame in it, but there’s a cocktail called the pink lady that just has a really unfortunate name. It’s gin, apple brandy, grenadine, lemon juice, a touch of sugar and an egg white. It’s a relatively sweet, acidic gin sour with some apple brandy in there. It’s just a big glass of frothy pink. You cannot look like a big, tough, burly man drinking that. But it’s an excellent cocktail. m

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SD: What is the strangest thing about American drinking habits? SM: I’ve never understood olive brine. The dirty martini just kind of confuses me. But so many people like it that it must be kind of good. I love savory things, and I love olives, but I’ve never wanted to put them in my drink.

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Stir all ingredients except rum with ice and strain over one large ice cube into a chilled, double old fashioned glass. Float Black Strap Rum on top of cocktail. Garnish with lemon peel.

SD: What kind of drink do people most often ask for? SM: We have such a diverse crowd here that it really varies. I would say the old fashioned is probably our best-selling cocktail. The Steel Mill is a very close second — interestingly, those are two rye whiskey cocktails.

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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. $13. Info, 540-8300.

Open Farm Week: Folks come face-to-face with food producers in a weeklong fête featuring scavenger hunts, wagon rides, tours and fare for purchase. See diginvt.com for details. Various locations statewide. Prices vary. Info, 434-2000.

Ecstatic Dance Vermont: Jubilant movement with the Green Mountain Druid Order inspires joy, transformation and divine connections. The Open Space, Hardwick Inn Building, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 505-8010.

Phlox Fest: Garden tours, guest speakers and cut flower displays grace an annual celebration of colorful cultivars. Perennial Pleasures Nursery, East Hardwick, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 472-5104.

Guinean Dance: Sidiki Sylla and Solo Sana lead mixed-level lessons in African steps. Burlington Memorial Auditorium Loft, 5:30-7 p.m. $13-15. Info, 859-1802.

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Quilt Exhibition: Windsor County artists are on point at the 29th annual display of patchwork prowess complete with activities and demonstrations. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.5 p.m. $4-14; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355.

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KidSafe Community Yard Sale Donation Drop-Offs: Pack rats raid their closets and cupboards for new and gently used donations for the upcoming yard sale. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-9626.

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The Art of Spiritual Dreaming: An open discussion hosted by Eckankar pushes open-minded seekers to examine their nighttime visions. Rutland Free Library, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 800-772-9390.

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Peer Support Circle: Participants converse freely in a confidential space without giving advice or solving problems. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 777-8602.

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Knitters & Needleworkers: Crafters convene for creative fun. Colchester Meeting House, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

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AfroLatin Party: Dancers ages 18 and up get down to the kizomba, kuduro and kompa with DsantosVT. Zen Lounge, Burlington, lesson, 7-8 p.m.; party, 8-10 p.m. $6-12; free for party. Info, 227-2572. Brattleboro African Dance: Students at all levels practice movement and rhythm in a special workshop with Sankofa Drum & Dance Theater. The Stone Church, Brattleboro, drum, 6:15-7:15 p.m.; dance, 7:15-9 p.m. $10-32. Info, 258-6475.

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Tech Help With Clif: Folks develop skill sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and other gadgets. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, noon-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6955.

Saturday, August 8, 7 p.m., at Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe. $20-43. Info, 760-4634. sprucepeakarts.org

Tech Tutor Program: Teens answer questions about computers and devices during one-onone sessions. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister for a time slot. Info, 878-4918. Wagon Ride Wednesdays: Giddyap! Visitors explore the working dairy farm via this time-tested method of equine transportation. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $4-14; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355. Wind Tour: Attendees are blown away by a tour of energy-producing turbines. Meet at the bottom of the mountain, Lowell Mountain, 10 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 744-6664.

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Addison County Fair & Field Days: Vermont's largest agricultural fair hosts horse shows, tractor pulls, kiddie rides and live entertainment. Addison County Fairgrounds, New Haven, 8:30 a.m.-11 p.m. $5-12; $15-40 for season pass; free for kids 5 and under; $15-20 for ride bracelets. Info, 545-2557. Deerfield Valley Blueberry Festival: Blue beer, anyone? This annual fête throughout Wilmington, Whitingham and Dover serves up sips along with a Blueberry Parade, pick-your-own blueberries, a block party and more. See vermontblueberry.com for details. Mount Snow Valley, Dover, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Prices vary. Info, 464-8092. Vermont Festival of the Arts: Works by regional artists line the street and fill galleries at this annual celebration of creativity, complete with workshops, world-class music and activities for all ages. See vermontartfest.com for details. Various locations, Mad River Valley, Waitsfield. Prices vary. Info, 496-6682.

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Let’s get serious about clowns — Montréal-based circus performer Krin Haglund is a force to be reckoned with. Balancing a traditional education from Smith College with training from San Francisco’s Circus Center, the multidisciplinary maven has earned rave reviews for her comedic timing and physical feats. Her résumé boasts mastery of juggling and aerial silks, graceful Cyr wheel performances, and her first original production, The Rendez-Vous. The dynamic diva has audience members in stitches as they root for the quirky but lovable heroine in her one-woman spectacular as part of the Peak Circus Festival.

AUG.8 | AGRICULTURE Movie Night The Green Mountain State is the star of the show at the Summer Cinema Slam, a first-time event showcasing films that were made either in Vermont or with Vermonters behind the camera. Cinephiles settle in to view four short projects that give way to the featured movie, Loser’s Crown (pictured), directed by Colin Thompson, who will be in attendance. A lively intermission offers fans a chance to mingle with filmmakers and fuel up on tasty fare and craft brews. Burlington-based country singer Lowell Thompson (Colin’s brother) provides the soundtrack for this celebration of local art, music and food benefiting the Brattleboro Film Festival.

Summer Cinema Slam Saturday, August 8, 5:30-11:30 p.m., at 118 Elliot in Brattleboro. $10-15. Info, brattfilmfest@gmail.com. brattleborofilmfestival.org

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Tim Camisa wants to put carbon back in the ground. “There is too much carbon in the air,” the Vermont Organics Reclamation cofounder says, “and it contributes to climate change.” This endeavor is the root of Soil Fest, a community gathering at which green thumbs can learn how to use their farms, gardens and yards to curb global warming. Judith Schwartz (pictured), author of Cows Save the Planet, keynotes the free event. Eco-conscious growers can get their hands dirty with workshops, interactive demonstrations and exhibits while enjoying food and live music. Don’t be late — early birds can put their new knowledge to use with free perennials.

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Barre Farmers Market: Crafters, bakers and farmers share their goods. Vermont Granite Museum, Barre, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 505-8437.

The Okee Dokee Brothers: Lifelong friends Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing use song to inspire kids and parents to get outside and get creative. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 518-523-2512.

Coffee Tasting: Sips of Counter Culture Coffee prompt side-by-side comparisons of different regional beans. Maglianero Café, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 617-331-1276, corey@maglianero.com.

Read to Hank the Therapy Dog: Tykes cozy up for a story session with a retriever. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

Community Night: Diners dig in at an evening benefiting People Helping People Global. Partial proceeds are donated. Bluebird Barbecue, Burlington, 4:30-9 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 448-3070.

Reading Buddies: Kiddos in grades K through 5 join teen mentors to stay sharp with stories and math activities. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 2-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6956.

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Push-ups in the Park: Fitness fanatics get a sweat on at a fast and furious workout that benefits local charities. Oakledge Park, Burlington, 6-7 a.m. $5-15 suggested donation. Info, 658-0949. R.I.P.P.E.D.: Resistance, intervals, power, plyometrics, endurance and diet define this high-intensity physical-fitness program. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243. 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. Soulshine Dance: Mind, body and spirit meld as music guides students through a series of stages to achieve deep relaxation. River Arts, Morrisville, 8-9:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 888-1261.

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Bookmobile: The traveling library makes the rounds to loan summer reads. See williston.lib. vt.us for details. Various locations, Williston, 5-6:45 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. Craftsbury Chamber Players MiniConcerts: Little ones take in classical compositions with their adult companions. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-3443.

Outdoor Backyard Boot Camp: Ma'am, yes, ma'am! A fitness expert helps folks increase strength, energy and agility. Call for details. Private residence, Middlebury, 7-8 a.m. $10. Info, 343-7160.

Insight Meditation: Attendees deepen their understanding of Buddhist principles and practices. Wellspring Mental Health and Wellness Center, Hardwick, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 472-6694.

sports

Catamount Mountain Bike Series: Riders tackle varied terrain on three different courses in a weekly training session. Catamount Outdoor Family Center, Williston, 6 p.m. $3-10. Info, 879-6001. Summer Trail Series: Athletes take to wood and field on a 5K run while kiddos stretch their legs on a one-half kilometer course. Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, 6-7 p.m. $3-6; free for bike club members with season pass and kids 12 and under with parent racing. Info, 253-5755.

Women's Pickup Basketball: Drive to the hoop! Ladies dribble up and down the court during an evening of friendly EB competition. See meetup.com for k ST op ER details. Leddy Park, Burlington, 7-9 eH SE h t PTE T | COURTESY OF p.m. Free. Info, carmengeorgevt@ music gmail.com. Burlington City Arts Lunchtime Concert Series: An open-air stage is the setting for Dana talks and Susan Robinson's folk stylings. BCA Center, José Galarza: The University of Utah profesBurlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166. sor looks at social structures in "Confronting DO

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Financial Capabilities Workshop: Renters and homeowners get money-management tips from a certified financial coach. NeighborWorks of Western Vermont, West Rutland, 5-9 p.m. $25 refundable deposit; preregister. Info, 438-2303, ext. 210.

Wine Tasting: Oenophiles mingle over Austrian Grüner Veltliner in a casual setting complete with cheese and bread. Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, 4-6 p.m. $20. Info, 253-5742.

Wednesday Wacktivity: Super Jewelry: Artisans adorn handmade trinkets with personalized Shrinky Dink superhero emblems. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 2-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

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Rutland County Farmers Market: Downtown strollers find high-quality produce, fresh-cut flowers and artisan crafts within arms' reach. Depot Park, Rutland, 2-6 p.m. Free. Info, 773-4813 or 753-7269.

Wacky Wednesdays: Ships Ahoy: Small scientists ages 6 and up design and test windpowered vessels. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 12:301:30 p.m. $10.50-13.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

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The Return of the Asado: Adventurous eaters fill up on South American-style grilled fare with all the fixings. A cash bar is stocked with Vermont beer and Argentine wines. Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 6 p.m. $45 includes a cocktail; preregister. Info, 651-5019.

Stories, S'mores & More: An Evening by the Fire with Mr. K: The young and young at heart gather ’round for stories, snacks and folktales from naturalist Kurt Valenta. Milton Historical Society, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2598.

'Weather' or Not, You'll Get There From Here: Up-to-the-minute forecasts inform folks as they plan to bike, hike, paddle or drive through the heart of Vermont. Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 5:30 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

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Newport Farmers Market: Pickles, meats, eggs, fruits, veggies, herbs and baked goods are a small sampling of the seasonal bounty. Causeway, Newport, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 274-8206.

'The Sound of Music': Members of the Very Merry Theatre pack up a few of their favorite things for a traveling wagon tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein's beloved musical. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 355-1461.

Water Striders: Nature lovers don appropriate footwear for an exploration of the creatures that reside along the Stevenson Brook. Meet at the nature trail, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 1:30 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

Middlebury Farmers Market: Crafts, cheeses, breads, veggies and more vie for spots in shoppers' totes. The Marbleworks, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 377-2980.

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Lunch at the Library: The Burlington School Food Project puts out a healthy spread for ages 18 and under. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

The Good, the Bad & the Really, Really Itchy: Hikers learn to identify poison ivy, medicinal jewelweed and other local flora. A-Side Beach, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 4 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

Sunscreen Free Movie: 'The Creators': This 2012 documentary pieces together a portrait of South Africa through the eyes of its diverse artists. Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3981.

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DCF Book Discussion: Eager readers ages 8 through 11 voice opinions about Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award-winner Seven Stories by Laurel Snyder. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

Capital City Band: The community ensemble hits all the right notes at a weekly gig on the green. Vermont Statehouse lawn, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 456-7054.

Asymmetries of Power in Public Interest Design" as part of the Doorways to Design Summer Lecture Series. Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545.

Community Evenings at the Farm: Brett Hughes entertains picnickers with honky-tonk and classic country tunes. Shelburne Farms, gates open for picnicking, 5:30 p.m.; concert, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8686.

Luke O'Brien: Historical photos, maps and journals illustrate the Civilian Conservation Corps' legacy in the NorthWoods Stewardship Center trails director's "The CCC in Northern Vermont." Sherburne Base Lodge, Burke Mountain Ski Resort, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 723-6551, ext. 304.

Craftsbury Chamber Players: World-class musicians explore classical compositions by Schubert, Bach, Beethoven and others. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10-125; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 800-639-3443. Katie Trautz & the Green Mountain Playboys: Audience members can't help but dance to the band's Cajun-influenced jams an installment of the Middlesex Summer Concert Series. Martha Pellerin & Andy Shapiro Memorial Bandstand, Middlesex, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 272-4920. Singers & Players of Instruments: Musicians of all levels bring voices and gear to meet and mingle with fellow performers. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 999-7373.

'The Other Place': The truth about a successful but enigmatic neurologist comes to light in a Weston Playhouse Theatre Company Otherstages performance of Sharr White's psychological drama. Weston Rod & Gun Club, 7:30 p.m. $14-28. Info, 824-5288. 'Pete 'n' Keely': A divorced singing duo reunites courtesy of a 1968 television special in this kitschy comedy, penned by James Hindman. The Skinner Barn, Waitsfield, 8 p.m. $25. Info, 496-4422. 'West Side Story': A modern, musical retelling of Romeo and Juliet sees two young lovers caught between rival New York City street gangs in an Opera North presentation. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 2 p.m. $15-88. Info, 603-448-0400. 'Woody Guthrie's American Song': Through his words and music, neophytes and longtime fans get a glimpse of the rambling folk singer who has become an American icon. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 8 p.m. $41-44. Info, 654-2281.

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Authors at the Aldrich: Roberta Harold, mistress of mystery, excerpts her novels Murdered Sleep and Heron Island. Milne Community Room, Aldrich Library, Barre, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 476-7550. Book Discussion: Booker Prize Winners: Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things inspires conversation among readers. Dover Free Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 348-7488. Creative Writing Workshop: Chapter Focus: Folks give feedback on selections of up to 40 pages penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 22 Church St., Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. James Shea: The award-winning poet shares his gift for verse with passages from his new collection, The Lost Novel. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. Laura C. Stevenson: The author of the short story compilation Liar From Vermont reflects on the perils and pleasures of translating experience into fiction. A book signing follows. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

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'Circle of Sawdust': A one-man multimedia show pulls back the curtain on Circus Smirkus founder Rob Mermin's life under the big top. Unadilla Theatre, Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 456-8968. Dorset Theatre Festival: 'Outside Mullingar': Two middle-aged Irish neighbors find love in an uplifting comedy by Pulitzer Prizewinning playwright John Patrick Shanley. Dorset Playhouse, 3 & 8 p.m. $8-49. Info, 867-2223.

Song Circle: Music lovers congregate for an acoustic session of popular folk tunes. Godnick Adult Center, Rutland, 7:15-9:15 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 775-1182.

'Guys and Dolls': Popular ditties such as "A Bushel and a Peck" thread through this upbeat musical about petty gamblers, street-corner sermonizers and nightclub performers, staged by the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company. Weston Playhouse, 2 & 8 p.m. $47-61. Info, 824-5288.

Summertime Serenade: Burlington Town Center Music Series: Positive vibes carry through the halls of the mall as singer-songwriter Dawna Hammers performs for shoppers. Burlington Town Center, noon-2 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2545, ext. 216.

'La Depot Dangereuse' Play Readings: Theater lovers throng to a reading of The Whale by Samuel D. Hunter followed by a discussion with the actors. Depot Theatre, Westport, N.Y., 8 p.m. $10-20. Info, 518-962-4449.

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Hiroshima Day Morning Vigil: A daybreak gathering marks the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Meet at the corner of South Prospect and Main streets, Burlington, 8-8:30 a.m. Free. Info, 658-1047. Hiroshima Day Peace Walk: A meditative walk down State Street gives way to shared poems, songs and riverside prayers commemorating the 70th anniversary of the bombing. Meet on the lawn. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:45-8 p.m. Free. Info, 224-1001. Songs of Hope: Attendees raise their voices in remembrance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Burlington Boathouse, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345.

agriculture

Goat Appreciation Package: Dairy devotees sip lattes and make gelato after meeting the fourlegged milk producers. Green Mountain Girls Farm, Northfield, 4-7 p.m. $20. Info, 505-9840. Open Farm Week: See WED.5. Phlox Fest: See WED.5.

art

Quilt Exhibition: See WED.5.

bazaars

KidSafe Community Yard Sale Donation Drop-Offs: See WED.5.

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community

M.A.G.I.C.: MAsCulInIty And Gender IdentIty ConversAtIon: Folks of any and all gender identities convene for a casual discussion on topics ranging from inequality to language and media to food. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 370-5369.

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FeAst & FIeld MArket: Locally grown produce, homemade tacos and bluegrass tunes from Haywire are on the menu at a pastoral party. Clark Farm, Barnard, market, 4:30-7:30 p.m.; concert, 5:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 999-3391. GArrIson keIllor's 'A PrAIrIe HoMe CoMPAnIon': The perennial radio show is in living color as its host, along with musical guests, takes the stage as part of the "America the Beautiful" tour. Waterfront Park, Burlington, 8 p.m. $4959; free for kids 12 and under on the lawn. Info, 877-987-6487. Queen CIty GHostwAlk: wICked wAterFront: A spooky stroll along the shores of Lake Champlain with Thea Lewis elicits thrills and chills. Meet at the fountain at the bottom of Pearl Street 10 minutes before start time. Battery Park, Burlington, 8 p.m. $18; preregister. Info, 863-5966. suMMervAle: Locavores fête farms and farmers at a weekly event centered on food, brews, kids activities and live music. Intervale Center, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. Free; cost of food and drink. Info, 660-0440. teA & ForMAl GArdens tour: Explorations of the inn and its grounds culminate in a traditional cup-and-saucer affair. The Inn at Shelburne Farms, 2:30-4 p.m. $18; preregister. Info, 985-8442. teCH HelP: Electronic novices bring their questions to a hands-on help session with teen troubleshooters. Fairfax Community Library, 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister for a time slot. Info, 849-2420.

fairs & festivals

AddIson County FAIr & FIeld dAys: See WED.5, 8 a.m.-11 p.m. deerFIeld vAlley BlueBerry FestIvAl: See WED.5, 6-9 p.m.

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food & drink

CeleBrAte your FArMer: noFA-vt PIzzA soCIAl: A certified organic producer of flowers, vegetables and berries plays host at a wood-fired pizza party, followed by a tour of the grounds. Berry Creek Farm, Westfield, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $5; preregister. Info, 434-4122.

suMMervAle: MAke your own HerB GoAt CHeese: City Market representatives lead as foodies flavor Vermont Creamery fromage at a weekly agricultural gathering. Intervale Center, Burlington, 3:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

PIlAtes wItH MAry reGele: Fitness fanatics drop in to fine-tune their flexibility, posture and core strength. River Arts, Morrisville, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 888-1261. suP yoGA ClAss: Balance is key in a stretching session atop standup paddleboards. Equipment is available for rent. North Beach, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $5-15; $6-8 for park fee. Info, 651-8760.

kids

CrAFtsBury CHAMBer PlAyers MInIConCerts: See WED.5, East Craftsbury Presbyterian Church, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 800-639-3443. lCAtv CHIld ProduCers worksHoPs: Lights, camera, action! Eight- and 9-year-olds learn to use video equipment to turn out a game show-style television project. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 2-3:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. leGo CluB: Brightly colored interlocking blocks inspire developing minds. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. leGo My lIBrAry ProGrAM: Children in grades K through 6 don their hard hats for themed building challenges. Highgate Public Library, 2:30-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. PlAInFIeld PresCHool story tIMe: Little ones ages 2 through 5 discover the magic of literature. Cutler Memorial Library, Plainfield, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 454-8504. PresCHool MusIC: Kiddos have fun with song and dance. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. rAPtors In resIdenCe: Fans of feathered fliers stretch their wings and experience the birds of prey firsthand. Shelburne Farms, 1-1:30 p.m. Regular farm admission, $5-8; free for members and kids under 3. Info, 985-8686. 'tHe sound oF MusIC': See WED.5, Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 355-1461. suMMer reAdInG FInAle: Trickster Tom Joyce puts on "Books Come Alive Like Magic" at this endof-program party. Fairfax Community Library, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420. t-sHIrt HACks: The sartorially savvy, ages 11 and up, embellish regular garments with LED lights. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918. teens rAId tHe GArden & Cook At tHe senIor Center: Young adults and senior citizens team up to care for crops, then prepare and eat a multigenerational meal. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, noon-2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6956. trAPP AttACk kIds MountAIn BIkInG nIGHt: Junior cyclists spin their wheels with an on-trail coaching session. Meet at the Outdoor Center, Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, 4-5 p.m. $25-100. Info, 253-5711.

language

MAndArIn CHInese ClAss: Language lovers practice the dialect spoken throughout northern and southwestern China. Agape Community Church, South Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 503-2037.

druM ClAss: Percussion players make rhythmic music in an African-inspired session with Ismael Bangoura. Red Cedar School, Bristol, 6-7:15 p.m. $13-15. Info, 859-1802.

The MasTer & his Fiddle A Concert with Four-Time Canadian Grand Master Fiddler,

ellIs MIlls Brown BAG suMMer ConCert serIes: Blues-and-soul man Dave Keller is on the bill at an al fresco performance. Courtyard, Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, noon. Free. Info, 223-9604. Front PorCH ConCert serIes: The Shana Stack Band hit all the right notes at a gig on the green. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 603-448-0400. Gordon weBster sePtet: The exuberant bandleader propels a night of swinging jazz stylings. Hoofers brush up on their steps at a preshow dance class. Dartmouth Green, Hanover, N.H., dance class, 4:30-5:15 p.m.; concert, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2422. GreG ABAte & tHe BIll wIGHtMAn trIo: Jazz airs ring out as part of the Brown Bag Concert Series. Rain location: Woodstock Town Hall Theatre. Woodstock Village Green, noon-1 p.m. Donations. Info, 457-3981. soundwAves: Guitarist and vocalist Joel Harrison serves up internationally influenced selections at the lakeside concert series. Rain location: Heritage House. Ballard Park, Westport, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, soundwaveswestport@gmail.com.

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suMMer ConCert serIes: Kava Express captivate listeners with a rock and soul set. Rain location: 8v-BarreOperaHouse080515.indd 1 Old Schoolhouse Common. Gazebo, Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

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MusHrooMs deMystIFIed: Fungi fans learn about different varieties — fabulous and fearsome alike — found throughout the park. Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 11 a.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. roCkIn' tHe lIttle rIver I: Visitors explore a reforested encampment and discover how the Civilian Conservation Corps lived during the 1930s. Meet at the Waterbury Dam Granite Monument, Little River State Park, 4 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. streAM wAlk: Nets in hand, outdoor enthusiasts traverse the water on a guided hike. Stevenson Brook Trail, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 1:30 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. sunset AQuAdventure: Stunning scenery welcomes paddlers of all abilities to explore the Waterbury Reservoir in search of local wildlife. Meet at the Contact Station, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 6:30 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; limited space; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. 'weAtHer' or not, you'll Get tHere FroM Here: See WED.5.

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PICkuP ruGBy: Veteran players and newbies alike lace up for a two-hand-touch match. Personal cleats or running shoes and water required. Fort Ethan Allen Athletic Fields, Colchester, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, burlingtonrugbyevents@gmail.com.

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uvM MedICAl Center FArMers MArket: Locally sourced meats, vegetables, bakery items, breads and maple syrup give hospital employees and visitors the option to eat healthfully. Davis Concourse, UVM Medical Center, Burlington, 2:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 847-5823.

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, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

CrAFtsBury CHAMBer PlAyers: World-class musicians explore classical compositions by Schubert, Bach, Beethoven and others. See craftsburychamberplayers.org for details. Hardwick Town House, 7:30 p.m. $10-125; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 800-639-3443.

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MIlton FArMers MArket: Honey, jams and pies alike tempt seekers of produce, crafts and maple goodies. Hannaford Supermarket, Milton, 4-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 893-1009.

CoMMunIty MIndFulness: A 20-minute guided practice led by 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.

CAMP dudley CHoIr: The young champions of choral music show their chops as part of the Essex Community Concerts Mid Day Series. Essex Community Church, N.Y., 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $5. Info, 518-962-2688.

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tHrowBACk tHursdAy FIlM serIes: Dorothy, the scarecrow, the tin man and the cowardly lion follow the yellow brick road to find that there's no place like home in the 1939 musical The Wizard of Oz. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 10:30 a.m. $2. Info, 518-523-2512.

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lAke CHAMPlAIn MArItIMe FestIvAl: Continuous music keeps an upbeat tempo at this four-day waterfront fête featuring kids activities, an international food court, boat displays and much more. See lcmfestival.com for details. Waterfront Park, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. Prices vary. Info, 482-3313.

wAterBury FArMers MArket: Cultivators and their customers swap veggie tales and edible inspirations at a weekly outdoor emporium. Rusty Parker Memorial Park, Waterbury, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 881-7679.

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'Guys and Dolls': See WED.5, 7:30 p.m. 'Kiss Me, Kate': Tony Award nominee Marla Schaffel stars in the Greensboro Arts Alliance & Residency's production of the lighthearted musical comedy. Theater on the Green, Greensboro, 7:30 p.m. $20. Info, 533-7487. La Scala Classic Operas: 'Don Giovanni': A broadcast screening of Mozart's acclaimed work treats opera devotees to a performance featuring Thomas Allen and Edita Gruberova. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. The Metropolitan Opera Live Encore: Natalie Dessay stars as a feisty tomboy raised by French soldiers in a broadcast production of the madcap comedy La Fille du Regiment. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7 p.m. $5-15. Info, 518-523-2512. 'The Other Place': See WED.5.

'Pete 'n' Keely': See WED.5.

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Green Mountain State Book Club: Lit lovers engage in a lively discussion of Elizabeth Bear's steampunk-themed novel Karen Memory. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5124. Poets & Their Craft Lecture Series: Mary Jane Dickerson and Tamra J. Higgins connect dots in "Conjuring Voices of the Past: The Convergence of History and Poetry." Phoenix Books, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 598-0340. Town House Forum: A provocative reading and discussion series hosts authors, poets and memoirists. See townhouseforum.com for details. Strafford Town House, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 765-4037.

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agriculture

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Phlox Fest: See WED.5.

art

Quilt Exhibition: See WED.5.

Rochester Contra Dance: The Mad Robin Callers Collective directs the steps to tunes by the Turning Stile. Musicians are welcome to join the band. Pierce Hall Community Center, Rochester, 7-10:30 p.m. $5-12. Info, 617-721-6743.

A Marvelous Dinner: A vegetarian- and carnivore-friendly candlelit dinner benefits the Main Street Museum. Music and entertainment spice up the supper. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 6 p.m. $60; preregister. Info, 356-2776. Richmond Farmers Market: An open-air marketplace connects farmers and fresh-food browsers. Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 343-9778. Truck Stop: Mobile kitchens dish out mouthwatering fare and local libations. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 540-0406.

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Bluebird Fairy Card Readings: Sessions with artist Emily Anderson offer folks insight into their lives. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. $5. Info, 238-4540.

health & fitness

Queen City Ghostwalk: Darkness Falls: Paranormal historian Thea Lewis highlights haunted happenings throughout Burlington. Meet at the steps 10 minutes before start time. Burlington City Hall Park, 8 p.m. $18; preregister. Info, 863-5966.

Community Hatha Yoga: Students move at their own pace in a gentle, reflective practice. South End Studio, Burlington, 5:15-6:15 p.m. $6. Info, 683-4918.

Fitness for Every Body: Let's get physical! Strength, agility, coordination and cardiovascular exercises REVUE | COURTES are modified for folks of all ability levels. Stowe Antique & Classic Car Meet: Charlotte Senior Center, 9-9:45 a.m. $10. Info, Gearheads pump their breaks for the annual 343-9170. display of more than 800 autos. Concessions, a flea market and a parade keep revelers' motors running. Laughter Yoga: Breathe, clap, chant and giggle! Nichols Field, Stowe, 7 a.m.-5 p.m. $10; free for kids Both new and experienced participants reduce under 12. Info, 223-3104. stress with this playful practice. Bring personal water. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. TurnON Burlington: Communication games Free. Info, 999-7373. encourage participants to push past comfort zones and experience deep connections. OneTaste Recovery Community Yoga: See WED.5. Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 410-474-9250, cj@onetasteburlington.us. kids BL

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'Woody Guthrie's American Song': See WED.5.

Family Circle Dancing: Kids, teens, adults and elders round up for easy patterns accompanied by international music. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 978-424-7968.

'The Tender Land': Opera North presents a coming-of-age story set in 1930s America, brimming with lyrical beauty and soaring melodies. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $15-45. Info, 603-448-0400.

Ecstatic Dance Vermont: See WED.5, Auditorium, Christ Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 505-8010.

Hops in the Hills Beer & Wine Festival: Imbibers sip from more than 50 breweries, cideries and vineyards, and sample offerings from food vendors while jamming to live music. See okemo. com for details. Courtyard, Jackson Gore Inn, Okemo Mountain Resort, Ludlow, 5-9 p.m. $12-35. Info, 228-1600.

'The Tempest': Shakespeare fans flock to a staging of the timeless tale of love and revenge. Rain location: Black Box Theater, Morse Center for the Arts. Amphitheater, St. Johnsbury Academy, 7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 748-2600.

Ballroom & Latin Dancing: Samba: Samir Elabd leads choreographed steps for singles and couples. No partner or experience required. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, introductory lesson, 7-8 p.m.; dance, 8-9:30 p.m. $6-14. Info, 862-2269.

'Stone': Actors and musicians sculpt a portrait of life in Barre’s granite community in the Lost Nation Theater original docudrama. Vermont Granite Museum, Barre, 7 p.m. $10-65. Info, 229-0492.

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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. Free with farm and museum admission, $4-14; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355.

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Peak Circus Festival: Galumpha!: A trio of performers wows the crowd with awe-inspiring acrobatics, visual effects, physical comedy and athletic choreography. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe, 7 p.m. $20-43. Info, 760-4634.

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.

RASS REVUE

Dorset Theatre Festival: 'Outside Mullingar': See WED.5, 8 p.m.

community

Five Corners Farmers Market: From local meats to breads and wines, farmers and food producers share the fruits of their labor. Lincoln Place, Essex Junction, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 999-3249.

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Dementia-Friendly Intergenerational Puppet Project: Through a series of classes, artists from No Strings Attached Marionette Company prepare young adults and folks 50 and up with memory disorders for a public performance. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 3:30-4:30 p.m. $20 for series; preregister. Info, 262-6284.

Summer Sidewalk Sales: Bargain hunters scour the streets for deals from area shops. Downtown Montpelier, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 223-9604.

Cheese & Wine Farm & Vineyard Tour: Foodies taste their way through Open Farm Week at Blue Ledge Farm and Lincoln Peaks Vineyard, where fromage and vino flow. Various locations statewide, Vermont, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. $10-15; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9753.

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KidSafe Community Yard Sale Donation Drop-Offs: See WED.5, 8-10 a.m.

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Vermont Peanut Butter Cup: Competitors, buoyed by standup paddleboards, cut through the water in pursuit of peanut-butter prizes. Equipment is available for rent. North Beach, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $5; $6-8 for park fee. Info, 651-8760.

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Addison County Fair & Field Days: See WED.5. Deerfield Valley Blueberry Festival: See WED.5, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Lake Champlain Maritime Festival: See THU.6, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Vermont Festival of the Arts: See WED.5.

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Bookmobile: See WED.5, 4-6:45 p.m.

Family Fun Night: Parents and kids of all ages bond over entertaining and educational activities. See jaquithpubliclibrary.org for details. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. Family Movie: Break out the popcorn! Kiddos and their parents cozy up for a screening of an all-ages film. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

Bixby Movie Club: Cinephiles bond over a love of motion pictures. A discussion follows. Call for details. Otter Creek Room, Bixby Memorial Library, Vergennes, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 877-2211, ext. 208.

'The Jungle Book': Summer Youth Theatre Institute performers move and dance through the story of Mowgli, a "man cub" raised by animals. Barnard Town Hall, 7 p.m. $8-12. Info, 332-6020.

Shredder International Short Film Festival: Movie lovers screen selections from top cinematic talents around the world. See shredderfilmfest.com for details. Dana's by the Gorge, Quechee. $3-8. Info, 299-1426.

Sidekick Story Time: Youngsters up to age 5 sit tight for engaging narratives. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

food & drink

Bellows Falls Farmers Market: Grass-fed beef meets bicycle-powered smoothies at a foodie fair overflowing with veggies, cheeses, prepared eats and live music. Canal Street, Bellows Falls, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, bellowsfallsmarket@gmail.com.

Songs & Stories With Matthew: Matthew Witten helps children start the day with tunes and tales of adventure. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. 'The Sound of Music': See WED.5, Staige Hill Farm, Charlotte, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 355-1461.

Superhero Preschool Story Time: Tales of caped crusaders delight listeners ages 3 through 6. A themed craft or activity follows. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. Tabletop Games: Families enjoy friendly competition over snacks. Bring or borrow a game. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 2-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. Tot Story Time: Songs, rhymes, finger plays and abbreviated books occupy wee ones up to age 2. Fairfax Community Library, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

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First Friday: Toy Land: Beats by DJ JClef propel a themed dance party featuring local and visiting drag performers, headlined by Cherie Serenity and Aurora Risay. Luci Furr Matrix and Edda Belle host. Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington, 9 p.m. $5-10. Info, 877-987-6487.

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Backwoods Pondfest: Bring your own tent for a weekend of campfire tunes from Lucid, Spiritual Rez, Particle, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong and many others. Twin Ponds Campgrounds, Peru, N.Y., 2 p.m. $70-90. Info, 518-335-7911. Burlington City Arts Lunchtime Concert Series: An open-air stage is the setting for Shady Rill's folk stylings. BCA Center, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166. Diana Fanning: The elegant pianist tickles the ivories at a recital presented by the Essex Community Concert Series, followed by an informal reception. Essex Community Church, N.Y., 7 p.m. $10; free for kids. Info, 518-962-2688. The Horse Traders: The classic rock, soul, country and cover band jams out at the vineyard's summer concert series. Lincoln Peak Vineyard, New Haven, doors open for picnicking, 5:30 p.m., concert, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 388-7368. Newport Vermont Jazz Festival: A genrecrossing celebration in multiple venues hosts more than 30 jazz, blues, rock, country and bluegrass acts such as Rogues on the Run and Milkbone. Percussionists keep time at a drum clinic with Bernard Purdie. Newport Waterfront, 2-10 p.m. Prices vary. Info, 777-7372. Ottauquechee Musicfest: Families pack blankets and beverages for a night of chart-topping hits spanning five decades, directed by Walt Cunningham. Proceeds benefit WISE. Quechee Ski Area, Hartford, 6:30-9 p.m. $10-25; free for kids 6 and under. Info, 295-9356. Point CounterPoint: The chamber-music camp faculty ensemble hits the right notes in a performance of works by Schumann and Brahms. Salisbury Congregational Church, 7:30-9 p.m. Donations. Info, 352-6671. Summer Carillon Series: Giant bronze bells ring out as Tatiana Lukyanova performs from the chapel tower. Mead Memorial Chapel, Middlebury College, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. Twiddle: The Vermont-based rockers weave their way through an array of genres as part of the Lake Champlain Maritime Festival. Soule Monde open. Waterfront Park, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. $25-44; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 877-987-6487.

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Creatures of the Night: Biologist Alyssa Bennett describes how to attract bats and details diseases threatening the species. Participants hang around to watch and listen to their nighttime activity. B-Side Playground, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. Interpretive Hike: Farms to Forests: History buffs walk back in time on a guided tour of reforested Little River Settlement ruins. Meet at the History Hike parking lot, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 11 a.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. 'Weather' or Not, You'll Get There From Here: See WED.5.

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Park House Golf TournamenT: Teams hit the links to raise funds for the Park House. A dinner and live entertainment by the Green Mountain Swing Band follow. White River Golf Club, Rochester, 3 p.m. $50; $25 for dinner only; preregister. Info, 767-3416.

talks

elizabeTH minnicH: The visiting academic urges artists, activists and scholars to connect in the pursuit of equity in her talk, "If You Want Justice, Fight for Truth and Beauty." Haybarn Theatre, Goddard College, Plainfield, 7:15-8:45 p.m. Free. Info, ruth.farmer@goddard.edu.

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'THe abducTion from THe seraGlio': Comedy and vocal virtuosity propel Mozart's operatic tale of a damsel in distress, presented by Opera North. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $15-88. Info, 603-448-0400. booT camP sHow: A three-week performance workshop culminates in a high-flying demonstration of aerial feats, acrobatics, trapeze and juggling. Cotton Mill Main Studio, Brattleboro, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 254-9780. dorseT THeaTre fesTival: 'ouTside mullinGar': See WED.5. 'Guys and dolls': See WED.5. 'a kind of alaska' & 'vicToria sTaTion': Watertower Theater raises the curtain on two short plays by Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter. Brick Box Theater, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30-9 p.m. $10. Info, 779-5473. 'new york waTer': A couple travels from coast to coast in search of happiness and success in Sam Bobrick's quirky romantic comedy. Depot Theatre, Westport, N.Y., 8 p.m. $22-29. Info, 518-962-4449. '(n)o — maGic fluTe, or: sarasTro sTuck in Traffic': The director of a fictional traveling company faces maddening hurdles as he tries to stage Mozart's masterpiece The Magic Flute. This allGerman production is presented by the Middlebury Language School and is not subtitled. Middlebury Town Hall Theater, preshow talk in English, 7:45 p.m.; play, 8:30 p.m. $15. Info, 382-9222. 'THe oTHer Place': See WED.5. 'PeTe 'n' keely': See WED.5.

'sTone': See THU.6, 8 p.m. 'THe TemPesT': See THU.6, 7:30 p.m.

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creaTive wriTinG worksHoP: Lit lovers analyze works-in-progress penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 22 Church St., Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

naGasaki day Prayer viGil: Folks commemorate the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing in Japan. Meet at the corner of St. Paul and Cherry streets, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 863-2345.

soil fesT: Environmentally conscious people converge at a bash dedicated to returning carbon to the ground. Live music, free food and talks complete the fête. See calendar spotlight. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 528-8512. weedinG bee: Branch Out Burlington! provides gloves and tools to green thumbs who tend the grounds around recently planted trees. UVM Horticultural Research Center, South Burlington, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 656-5440.

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QuilT exHibiTion: See WED.5. walkinG conversaTion #2: 'THe naTuresculPTure ParTnersHiP': Writer and poet Julia Shipley delves into discourse with David Stromeyer, making connections between the natural world, place and art. Picnics are welcome. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park, Enosburg Falls, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 401-578-1429.

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kidsafe collaboraTive benefiT communiTy yard sale: One-hundred-twenty-five tables boast bargains on household items, clothing, books, collectibles and more at the twelfth annual marketplace. Robert E. Miller Expo Centre, Champlain Valley Expo, Essex Junction, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 863-9626. PorcH sale & bake sale: Keen-eyed shoppers browse a variety of items from multiple units. Heineberg Community & Senior Center, Burlington, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 658-6091. summer sidewalk sales: See FRI.7. underHill cenTer communiTy flea markeT: Pickers peruse antique crafts, Vermont products and unique wares. Ye Olde Schoolhouse, Underhill Center, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 363-8293.

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monTPelier memory café: Storyteller Burr Morse leads memory-loss patients and their caretakers in a morning of narrative and conversation. An ice cream social sweetens the deal. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-2518.

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recruiTinG for Peace TraininG: Participants learn how to facilitate conversations with high school students whose interests range from activism to military service. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 8632345, ext. 6.

PollinaTor informaTion & PlanT evenT: How does your garden grow? Home growers drop in for an informal information session and shop dozens of native wildflower varieties. Full Circle Gardens, Essex, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 879-1919.

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'True Hazards of cHildHood': An artifact reveals hidden meanings and connections in an archeologyinspired mystery. Phantom Theater, Edgcomb Barn, Warren, 8-10 p.m. $15. Info, 496-5997.

GoaT aPPreciaTion PackaGe: See THU.6, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

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'romeo and JulieT': Theater lovers bring blankets and chairs for the Vermont Shakespeare Company's outdoor rendition of the timeless tale of star-crossed lovers. Shelburne Museum, 6 p.m. $15-25; free for kids under 12 with a ticketed adult. Info, 863-5966.

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Antique & Classic Boat Show: Venerable vessels take to the lake for an exhibition culminating in a boat parade as part of the Lake Champlain Maritime Festival. Burlington Boathouse, registration, 8-10 a.m.; skippers’ meeting, 10 a.m.; exhibition, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; parade, 4 p.m. $40; free for spectators. Info, 482-3313. Conservation Corps Celebration: NorthWoods Stewardship Center Conservation Corps staff and crews celebrate 21 years of service at a festive open house event. Northwoods Stewardship Center, East Charleston, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 723-6551, ext. 304.

Queen City Ghostwalk: Darkness Falls: See FRI.7.

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UVM Historic Tour: Professor emeritus William Averyt references architectural gems and notable personalities on a walk through campus. Ira Allen statue, University Green, UVM, Burlington, 10 a.m.noon. Free; preregister. Info, 656-8673. Vermont Vintage Trailer Show: Enthusiasts rally around old-fashioned camping and residential mobile structures from the 1950s through 1970s. Downtown Montpelier, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 223-9604.

fairs & festivals

Addison County Fair & Field Days: See WED.5, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Deerfield Valley Blueberry Festival: See WED.5, 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Fly Fishing Festival: Hook, line and sinker, anglers are all in for a day of casting workshops, fly-tying, free gear appraisals, vendors, exhibits and kids activities. A demonstration of 3D-printed reels rounds out the day. American Museum of Fly Fishing, Manchester Center, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 362-3300. Lake Champlain Maritime Festival: See THU.6, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Taste of Woodstock: Specialty food and local cheeses, wines and beers fuel a family-friendly fest complete with live music, kids activities, street art and dancing. Downtown Woodstock, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 457-3555.

Burlington Farmers Market: More than 90 stands overflow with seasonal produce, flowers, artisan wares and prepared foods. Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 310-5172. Caledonia Farmers Market: Growers, crafters and entertainers gather weekly at outdoor booths centered on local eats. Parking lot, Anthony's Diner, St. Johnsbury, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 592-3088. 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, 223-2958. 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.

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Hands-On Glassblowing Projects & Classes: Suncatcher: Aspiring artisans ages 7 and up choose natural and nautical designs to create colorful window hangings. Orwell Glass workshop, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $15-20; preregister for a time slot. Info, 475-2022. Humane Heroes Summer Party: Kiddos open their hearts to furry friends by spending time with shelter animals. Activities and snacks round out the day. See centralvermonthumane.org for details. Central Vermont Humane Society, East Montpelier, 10 a.m.-noon. Free; donations from wish list encouraged. Info, 476-3811. 'The Jungle Book': See FRI.7, 2 & 7 p.m. Raptors in Residence: See THU.6. Saturday Drop-In Story Time: A weekly selection of music and books engages all ages. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. Saturday Story Time: Parents and kids gather for imaginative tales. Phoenix Books, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 448-3350. Stowe Land Trust Summer Naturalist Program: Junior nature lovers head outdoors for guided walks and themed activities. Meet at the Mill Trail trailhead, Mill Trail Cabin, Stowe, 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. Free. Info, 253-7221.

Super Science Day: Splash! Exploring Water: Nautical nuts sh op | COURTES test the strength of foil boats and invesMeet a Cheesemonger: Rory Stamp tigate the properties of the liquid element. samples a selection of raw-milk cheddar and crafts Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, 10:30 a.m.tasty pairings at a pop-up fromage shop. Shelburne 5 p.m. Regular admission, $13-16; free for members Farms, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8686. and kids under 2. Info, 649-2200. Middlebury Farmers Market: See WED.5. Hops in the Hills Beer & Wine Festival: See FRI.7, noon-8 p.m.

Stowe Antique & Classic Car Meet: See FRI.7, 7 a.m.-10 p.m.

Barre Farmers Market: See WED.5, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Rover Hazardous Waste Pickup: The Chittenden Solid Waste District's mobile collection unit roams for household refuse. CSWD Hinesburg Drop-Off Center, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 872-8111.

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Regency Dinner Party with English Country Dancing: Fans of Jane Austen don optional historical garb for an 1815-inspired supper, then practice period steps with Val Medve. Governor's House in Hyde Park, 6-9:30 p.m. $40 for dinner and dancing; $12 for dancing and refreshments only; preregister. Info, 888-6888.

TV Classics: Viewers catch episodes of "The Honeymooners" and "The Twilight Zone" on 16mm film. Newman Center, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, serious_61@yahoo.com.

Outdoor Backyard Boot Camp: See WED.5, 8-9 a.m.

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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.

'Tiger Tiger': Director George Butler turns the lens toward some of the world's last wild cats in this 2015 documentary. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $9. Info, 603-646-2422.

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Woodbury Strings Family Contradance: The Woodbury Strings Band Lab dole out live tunes at this traditional social dance benefiting the Schoolhouse Learning Center. The Schoolhouse, South Burlington, 3-5 p.m. $8-15; free for kids under 12. Info, 223-8945.

Summer Cinema Slam: An indoor and outdoor showcase of Vermont-made films features food trucks, brews and live music by Lowell Thompson. That's a wrap! See calendar spotlight. 118 Elliot, Brattleboro, 5:30-11:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, brattfilmfest@gmail.com.

Valley Stage Festival: Music lovers enjoy food and green-themed displays between acts that include Milk Drive, Twisted Pine and PossumHaw. See valleystage.net for details. 246 Blackbird Swale Drive, Huntington, noon-8 p.m. $30-35; $70-80 per family. Info, 434-4563.

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Swing Dance: Quick-footed participants experiment with different styles, including the lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Indoor shoes required. Champlain Club, Burlington, beginner lesson, 8 p.m.; dance, 8:30 p.m. $5. Info, 864-8382.

Shredder International Short Film Festival: See FRI.7.

Summertime Serenade: Burlington Town Center Music Series: See WED.5.

Northern Vermont Scrabble Club: Wordsmiths use lettered tiles to spell out winning combinations. Panera Bread, Barre, 1-5 p.m. Free. Info, 524-1801.

‘Farm to Ballet’: Artistry meets agriculture as dancers reinterpret classical pieces to benefit Green Mountain Performing Arts. Audience members should bring blankets or chairs. Picnics are welcome. Coach Barn, Shelburne Farms. Gates open for picnickers, 5 p.m., performance, 6:15 p.m. Info, 985-8686

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Mount Tom Farmers Market: Purveyors of garden-fresh crops, prepared foods and crafts set up shop for the morning. Parking lot, Mount Tom, Woodstock, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 457-2070. Newport Farmers Market: See WED.5. Northwest Farmers Market: Locavores stock up on produce, garden plants, canned goods and handmade crafts. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 827-3157. Norwich Farmers Market: Farmers and artisans offer meats, maple syrup and produce alongside baked goods and handcrafted items. Tracy Hall, Norwich, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 384-7447. Rutland County Farmers Market: See WED.5, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Shelburne Farmers Market: Harvested fruits and greens, artisan cheeses, and local novelties grace outdoor tables. Shelburne Town Center, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 482-4279. Swanton Farmers Market: Shoppers get their share of farm-fresh produce, meats and breads. Village Green Park, Swanton, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 868-7200. Waitsfield Farmers Market: A bustling bazaar boasts seasonal produce, prepared foods, artisan crafts and live entertainment. Mad River Green, Waitsfield, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 498-4734. Wine Tasting: A casual sipping session offers California chardonnay with bites of bread and cheese. Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, 4-6 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 253-5742.

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Alliance Française Conversation Group Lunch: French speakers chat en français over a midday meal. La Villa Bistro & Pizzeria, Shelburne, noon-2 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 793-4361.

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Vermont Music Fest: Hot Box Honey and Chris Cotta are among an all-star musical line up at this family-friendly gathering featuring local food, kids activities and a Wiffle ball tournament. Lareau Farm Inn, Waitsfield, noon-10 p.m. $8-20; free for kids 12 and under. Info, info@vtmusicfest.com.

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Bird Monitoring Walk: Developing ornithologists learn the basics of identifying feathered fliers in the field. Meet at the office building. Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 7-9 a.m. Donations. Info, 434-3068. The Good, the Bad & the Really, Really Itchy: See WED.5, Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 10 a.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. The Magic of Bird Migration: A live-action roleplaying card game imitates the yearly back-andforth of songbirds, raptors and waddlers. B-Side Beach, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 4 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. Mushrooms Demystified: See THU.6. Owl Prowl & Night Ghost Hike: Flashlight holders spy denizens of dusk on a journey to 19thcentury settlement ruins, where spooky Vermont tales await. Sturdy shoes and water are required. Meet at the History Hike parking lot, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. Shore Explore: Marshall Webb and naturalist Walter Poleman lead a strenuous two-mile trek along the farm's shoreline, highlighting geological features along the way. Shelburne Farms, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $55-60 includes lunch; preregister. Info, 985-8686. Stream Walk: See THU.6. 'Weather' or Not, You'll Get There From Here: See WED.5.

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, vcam@vermontcam.org.

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Harpoon Point to Point: Cyclists pedal 25-, 50or 100-mile routes to hot showers, live music, beers and barbecue fare at the brewery. Proceeds benefit the Vermont Foodbank. See harpoonpointtopoint. com for details. Harpoon Brewery, Windsor, 5:30 a.m.-6 p.m. $55-85, plus additional funds raised. Info, 674-5491.

Banjo Dan's Bluegrass Revue: An evening of stellar picking and singing highlights the talents of the Sky Blue Boys and Bob Amos & Catamount Crossing. Haskell Free Library & Opera House, Derby Line, 7:30 p.m. $18. Info, 873-3022.

Northeast Division Walmart Bass Fishing League Preview: Anglers grab their poles in pursuit of small- and largemouth bass. Call for details. Dock Street Landing, Plattsburgh, N.Y., tournament, 6 a.m.; weigh-in, 2 p.m. $110-220. Info, 270-252-1000.

VHS: Van Horne Station: Music, urban art and street food are on hand at a celebration of creativity meant to promote parks. Van-Horne Viaduct, Montréal, 4-11 p.m. $10. Info, 514-904-1247.

Backwoods Pondfest: See FRI.7, 12:30 p.m.

Cooler in the Mountains Concert Series: Donavon Frankenreiter's California roots are clear as day in his blissful soft-rock sound. Snowshed Lodge, Killington Resort, 3:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 422-6201. moe.: Fans flock to a progressive rock romp in a lakeside setting as part of the Lake Champlain Maritime Festival. Cabinet open. Waterfront Park, Burlington, 6 p.m. $33-59; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 877-987-6487. Newport Vermont Jazz Festival: See FRI.7, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Run For Your Life: Athletes lace up for the 4.4-mile run/walk in memoriam of Brandon M. Stephenson. The bike-, rollerblade- and dog-friendly course begins and ends at the city pool, where participants can jump in for a cool-down. St. Albans City Pool, registration, 8 a.m.; race, 8:45 a.m. $2530. Info, 893-2015. Stand Up for the Lake: Standup paddleboarders of all abilities test the waters in demos, clinics and races while raising funds for the Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center. Waterfront Park, Burlington, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $25-75; free for spectators. Info, 864-2499.

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Dorset theatre Festival: 'outsiDe Mullingar': See WED.5, 8 p.m. 'haMlet': The Prince of Denmark faces suspense, manipulation and drama in the Greensboro Arts Alliance & Residency's production of Shakespeare's tragedy. Theater on the Green, Greensboro, 7:30 p.m. $20. Info, 533-7487. 'a KinD oF alasKa' & 'victoria station': See FRI.7. 'Kiss Me, Kate': See THU.6, 2 p.m. new yorK theatre worKshop: 'FeeDing the Dragon': Sharon Washington stages a one-woman show about life as a library custodian's daughter as part of the series highlighting works-inprogress. Warner Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 5 p.m. $5-13. Info, 603-646-2422. new yorK theatre worKshop: 'Miller, Mississippi': Boo Killebrew showcases his developing family drama set in Civil Rights-era Mississippi. Warner Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $5-13. Info, 603-646-2422. 'new yorK water': See FRI.7. '(n)o — Magic Flute, or: sarastro stucK in traFFic': See FRI.7. 'the other place': See WED.5, 2 & 7:30 p.m. peaK circus Festival: Kris haglunD in 'the renDez-vous': The leading lady steals hearts with her comedy, aerial skills, juggling and parade of personas in a one-woman show set in a 1920s cabaret. See calendar spotlight. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe, 7 p.m. $20-43. Info, 760-4634. 'pete 'n' Keely': See WED.5. 'roMeo anD Juliet': See FRI.7. 'stone': See THU.6, 2 & 8 p.m. 'stuFF': Every object tells a story in John Feffer's thought-provoking solo show, directed by Natalia Gleason. Unadilla Theatre, Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 456-8968. 'the teMpest': See THU.6. 'true hazarDs oF chilDhooD': See FRI.7.

'west siDe story': See WED.5, 7:30 p.m. 'wooDy guthrie's aMerican song': See WED.5, 2 & 8 p.m.

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intervale FarM walK: Tours of Sugarsnap and Half Pint farms promote food and flower producers as part of Open Farm Week. Refreshments follow. Intervale Center, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9753. open FarM weeK: See WED.5. phlox Fest: See WED.5.

coMMunity ManDala installation: Those seeking a creative outlet contribute to the collaborative art piece. Professional art therapists facilitate the process. Big Picture Theater and Café, Waitsfield, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 496-4347. Quilt exhibition: See WED.5.

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Discovery sunDays: Inquisitive minds have fun with hands-on explorations of science, technology, engineering and math. Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Quechee, noon-4 p.m. $11.50-13.50; free for kids 3 and under. Info, 359-5001, ext. 228.

the central verMont chaMber Music Festival suMMer gala: A dinner at a private residence followed by a concert and 13-dessert spread support the annual music fest. Call for details. Three Stallion Inn, Randolph, dinner, 5 p.m.; concert, 7:30 p.m. $65; preregister; limited space. Info, 505-0472.

hanDs-on glassblowing proJects & classes: suncatcher: See SAT.8.

genealogy Day celebration: Family-tree enthusiasts get amped up about ancestry and discover their roots at this annual event promoting lineage tracing. Jay Town Hall, noon-8 p.m. Free. Info, 425-4929. Queen city ghostwalK: wicKeD waterFront: See THU.6. stowe antiQue & classic car Meet: See FRI.7, 7 a.m.

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laKe chaMplain MaritiMe Festival: See THU.6, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. verMont Festival oF the arts: See WED.5.

food & drink

chocolate tasting: See SAT.8. hops in the hills beer & wine Festival: See FRI.7, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. south burlington FarMers MarKet: Farmers, food vendors, artists and crafters set up booths in the parking lot. University Mall, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 207-266-8766. taste oF the valley: Culinary creations from local restaurants and food producers anchor Vermont Festival of the Arts' signature event. An "Iron Chef"-style competition, live music and a silent auction round out the evening. Lincoln Peak Village, Sugarbush Resort, Warren, 5-8 p.m. $50. Info, 496-6682. wilD MushrooM-ForageD Dinner: Dig in! An outdoor reception and a family-style meal follow a fungi-finding foray led by Ari Rockland-Miller and Jenna Antonio DiMare, cofounders of the Mushroom Forager. The Inn at Shelburne Farms, 4 p.m. $115; preregister. Info, info@themushroomforager.com. winoosKi FarMers MarKet: Area growers and bakers offer ethnic fare, assorted produce and agricultural products. Champlain Mill Green, Winooski, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, winooskimarket@gmail. com.

health & fitness

a FelDenKrais perspective on walKing worKshop: Folks of all abilities connect with different joints in the body to make bipedal movement lighter and easier. Living Room: Center of Positivity, Essex Junction, 2-5 p.m. $25; preregister. Info, 655-0950. nia with linDa: Drawing from martial arts, dance arts and healing arts, sensory-based movements push participants to their full potential. South End Studio, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $14. Info, 522-3691. sunDay sangha: coMMunity ashtanga yoga: Students hit the mat to breathe through a series of poses. Grateful Yoga, Montpelier, 10-11:30 a.m. $1-20 suggested donation. Info, 224-6183. sup yoga class: See THU.6, North Beach, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $5-15; $6-8 for park fee. Info, 651-8760. Waterbury Center State Park, 6-8 p.m. $5-15; $2-4 for park fee. Info, 253-2317. yoga on church street: Practitioners take their poses outside at a community class to benefit Prevent Child Abuse Vermont. Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, 9 a.m.-noon. Free; bring personal yoga mat. Info, 318-5570.

'the Jungle booK': See FRI.7, 2 p.m. lawn gaMes & water Fun: Mrs. Vermont, Dorilee LeBlanc, hosts an outdoor extravaganza encouraging kids to put down devices and enjoy the great outdoors. Participants earn points toward the Venture Vermont Outdoor Challenge. Kingsland Bay State Park, Ferrisburgh, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free with park admission, $2-4; free for kids 3 and under. Info, 877-3445. 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, 2-2:45 p.m. Regular admission, $3.50-7; free for members; preregister. Info, 434-2167.

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12v-SanSai010913.indd 1 susan picKing cD release concert: Kids are inspired to sing along when the songstress teams up with the School of Life Choir to celebrate the album School of Life, an anti-bullying project dedicated to diversity, acceptance and kindness. Morse Farm, Montpelier, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 800-242-2740.

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lgbtQ Fiber arts group: A knitting, crocheting and weaving session welcomes all ages, gender identities, sexual orientations and skill levels. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington, noon-2 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812. sunDay coFFee Mix & Mingle: Social butterflies bond over books and beverages at a casual hangout. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 860-7812.

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piKnic electroniK: DJ sets and beat-driven music propel a dance party of epic proportions. See piknicelectronik.com for details. Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montréal, 6 p.m. Prices vary. Info, 514-904-1247.

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newport verMont Jazz Festival: See FRI.7, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. 'a night at the opera': Opera enthusiasts take their seats for famous arias and duets executed by soprano and mezzo soprano Nili Riemer and Renee Tatum and pianist Jody Schum. Proceeds benefit Dorset Theatre Festival's Giving Back Program. Dorset Playhouse, 8 p.m. $25. Info, 867-2223. possuMhaw: Listeners tap their toes to folk and bluegrass tunes at a concert benefiting the Island Arts Youth Scholarship Fund. Grand Isle Lake House, grounds open for picnicking, 5:30 p.m.; concert, 6:30 p.m. $20-25. Info, 372-8889. suMMertiMe serenaDe: burlington town center Music series: Iris Downey sings and plays for passersby. Burlington Town Center, noon-2 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2545, ext. 216. warren haynes Featuring railroaD earth: The Gov’t Mule front man and guitarist rocks out with selections from Ashes & Dust as part of the Lake Champlain Maritime Festival. See calendar spotlight. Waterfront Park, Burlington, 7 p.m. $3842; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 877-987-6487. westForD suMMer concert series: Mad Mountain Scramblers draw on American roots influences for a toe-tapping round of bluegrass music. Rain location: Red Brick Meeting House. Westford Common, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 879-3749.

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THU 6 MARY JANE DICKERSON & 7PM TAMRA J. HIGGINS

“Conjuring Voices of the Past” is part of Sundog Poetry Center’s Poets and Their Craft Lecture Series. Free event.

THU 13 EDWARD RUBIN: VERMONT - AN 7PM OUTSIDER’S INSIDE VIEW

Emmy award-winning art director and international award-winning fine art photographer Edward L. Rubin will discuss photography and his new book of images from Vermont. Ticketed event.

September TUE 8 STEPHEN KIERNAN: 7PM THE HUMMINGBIRD

Celebrate the launch of Kiernan’s new novel. Ticketed event.

THU 10 BARBARA MURPHY & DAVID HUDDLE 7PM Join us for an evening of poetry with Murphy (Almost Too Much) and Huddle (Dream Sender). Ticketed event.

THU 17 MAJOR JACKSON: ROLL DEEP 7PM Jackson, the author of four collections of

poetry and a UVM professor, will discuss his latest work. Ticketed event.

WED 23 BRENDAN KELLY: 7PM THE YIN & YANG OF CLIMATE CRISIS

Examine the current climate crisis through the lens of Chinese medicine. Ticketed event.

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KiDsaFe collaborative beneFit coMMunity yarD sale: See SAT.8, 10 a.m.-noon.

aFternoon tea with Music & art: Folk songstresses Full Circle accompany a tea party featuring works by painter Maurie Harrington and jeweler Patti Malone. Fisk Farm Art Center, Isle La Motte, 1-5 p.m. Free. Info, info@ilmpt.org.

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the collection's Free KiDs craFting event series: Young creatives take to a covered sidewalk for artistic expression. Mad River Green, Waitsfield, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 496-6055.

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'unDerneath the above show 3: the seDitious conspiracy theater presents: a MonuMent to oscar lopez rivera': Bread and Puppet Theater performs politically charged new works following a tour of the museum. Paper Mache Cathedral, Bread and Puppet Farm, Glover, tour, 6 p.m.; show, 7:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 525-3031.

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Junior Ranger Wrapup: Young agents of the land team up with volunteers to remove invasive exotic honeysuckle shrubs in the War of the Weeds. Meet at the Nature Center. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 10 a.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. The Magic of Bird Migration: See SAT.8, Nature Center, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 9 a.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103. Rockin' the Little River II: Tour of Waterbury Dam: Folks meet at the top of Vermont's largest hand-built earthen dam for a guided walk along the crest, complete with mountain views. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 11:30 a.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

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Lake Dunmore Triathlon: Mountains, lakes and streams provide a beautiful backdrop as athletes swim, bike and run their way to the finish line. Branbury State Park, Salisbury, registration, 6:45-7:45 a.m.; race, 8-11:30 a.m. $108-162. Info, 388-6888. Stowe Trail Race Series: Athletes stretch their legs at the Cady Hills 5K run, benefiting Friends of Stowe Adaptive Sports. Golden Eagle Resort, Stowe, 10 a.m. $10-25. Info, info@stoweadaptive.org. Vermont Peanut Butter Cup: See WED.5, Waterbury Center State Park, 6-8 p.m. $5; $3 for park fee. Info, 253-2317. Vermont Sun Triathlon: Entrants go the distance in a 600-yard swim, 14-mile bike ride and 3.1-mile run. Branbury State Park, Salisbury, $80115. Info, 388-6888. Women's Pickup Soccer: Quick-footed ladies of varying skill levels break a sweat while connecting passes and making runs for the goal. For ages 18 and up. Leddy Park, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.

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Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour: Acrobatic adventures abound when performers serve up freshly baked fun in "Bon Appétit!" Montpelier High School, 4-6 p.m. $14.50-21.50; free for kids under 2. Info, 877-764-7587.

Sunday Dinner & Cabaret: Theater lovers treat their taste buds to a West Town Eatery supper before settling in for a song-and-dance revue. Weston Playhouse, dinner, 5:30 p.m.; show, 6:30 p.m. $40. Info, 824-5288. 'The Tempest': See THU.6, Black Box Theater. Morse Center for the Arts, St. Johnsbury Academy, 2 p.m. $5-10. Info, 748-2600. 'The Tender Land': See THU.6, 2 p.m.

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Beyond Milton Bradley: Strategists ages 14 through adult sharpen their skills at a monthly game night. On the table in August are Bang! and Carcassonne. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. Trivia Night: Teams of quick thinkers gather for a meeting of the minds. Lobby, Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 651-5012.

health & fitness

Gentle Yoga: Restorative poses combine with meditation and breath work to decrease stress and tension. Laughing River Yoga, Burlington, 7:30-8:45 p.m. Donations. Info, 683-4918. Outdoor Backyard Boot Camp: See WED.5, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Lisa Russ Spaar: The awardwinning poet and essayist shares her gift for the written word as part of the Visiting Artists & Writers Program. Lowe Lecture Hall, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, 8-9 p.m. Free. Info, 635-2727.

Pilates with Mary Regele: See THU.6. R.I.P.P.E.D.: See WED.5. Recovery Community Yoga: See WED.5.

Stuart O'Brien: Lit lovers line up to hear the local author discuss and sign his new novel, Wildwood. Peacham Town Library, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 592-3216.

sports

'Stone': See THU.6, 2 p.m.

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Flow ABCs: Attendees acquire the tools necessary to fully access the present moment. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4:45-6 p.m. Free. Info, 989-9684.

'Rozencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead': The Greensboro Arts Alliance & Residency presents Tom Stoppard's comedy that expands upon two of Hamlet's minor characters. Theater on the Green, Greensboro, 2 p.m. $20. Info, 533-7487.

Mastering the Art of the Stir-Fry: Home cooks infuse fresh veggies with Asian flavoring at a culinary class led by food writer Andrea Chesman. McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $510; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9700.

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'Romeo and Juliet': See FRI.7, 2 p.m.

Mama Mangez: Creative families collaborate at a cooking party. Bring an ingredient and containers for leftovers. Tulsi Tea Room, Montpelier, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-1431.

'Weather' or Not, You'll Get There From Here: See WED.5, Contact Station, Little River State Park, Waterbury, 12:30-2 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

'Pete 'n' Keely': See WED.5.

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Water Works Fair: Participants of all ages catch plankton, identify fish and inspect species with microscopes at a day of lakeside experiential education as part of the Lake Champlain Maritime Festival. Waterfront Park, Burlington, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 864-2499.

'The Other Place': See WED.5, 3 p.m. 'The Overtakelessness Circus and Pageant and Comet's Passage Over Reality Passion Play': The races and competitions of the modern world come to life in a passionate performance. A guest performance, “Howie Cantor and Friends: Places” follows. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, museum tour, 1 p.m.; show, 3 p.m. $10. Info, 525-3031.

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Life Drawing: Artists use their own materials to capture the poses of a live model. BCA Center, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $9-10. Info, 865-7166. Quilt Exhibition: See WED.5.

dance

English Country Dance Class: Teens and adults learn steps that speak to the eras of Queen Elizabeth I and Jane Austen. Richmond Free Library, 7-9 p.m. $3-5. Info, 899-2378. Guinean Dance: See WED.5. 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.

education

First-Time Kindergartners: Kids and parents gear up for the school year at a meet-and-greet complete with stories, activities and an open discussion. Each new student gets a free book. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

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Tech Help With Clif: See WED.5.

fairs & festivals

Zumba: Lively Latin rhythms fuel this dance-fitness phenomenon for all experience levels. Vergennes Opera House, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 349-0026.

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Hike Into History: Prepared with appropriate clothing, history hounds retrace the footsteps of Revolutionary War soldiers on a tour led by Mount Independence Coalition president Steve Zeoli. Mount Independence State Historic Site, Orwell, 2-4 p.m. $5; free for kids 15 and under. Info, 948-2000.

'Hamlet': See SAT.8. 'New York Water': See FRI.7, 5 p.m.

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Choose Your Own Adventure Hiking Series: Adventure seekers confer with park interpreters to map out routes meeting individual needs. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 2 p.m. $2-4; free for kids 3 and under; preregister; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

'Guys and Dolls': See WED.5, 3 p.m.

outdoors

Silent Film Series: Performer Rob Mermin hosts as cinephiles screen soundless pictures with full orchestral scores. Unadilla Theatre, Marshfield, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 456-8968.

William Tortolano: The Saint Michael's College professor emeritus wows listeners with a program of Dvořák, Dupré and others on a 123-year-old instrument. First Universalist Parish, Derby Line, 3 p.m. $12. Info, 873-3563.

film

Dorset Theatre Festival: 'Outside Mullingar': See WED.5, 3 p.m.

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Hands-On Glassblowing Projects & Classes: Suncatcher: See SAT.8. Magic Show with Tom Joyce: Summer Reading Finale: Budding bookworms close out the season's program with comedy and high jinks. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. Nature Connections: Moss: Outdoor lovers explore the forest flora that covers rocks and logs. A hike, discussion and themed craft complete the day. Niquette Bay State Park, Colchester, 10 a.m.noon. Park admission, $2-4; preregister; limited space. Info, 893-5210. Open Art Studio Night: Teens and tweens drop in to flex their creative muscles. Highgate Public Library, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 868-3970. Preschool Music: See THU.6, 11 a.m. STEAM Mondays: Motivated kids preschool age and up dive into the deep end with projects in science, technology, engineering, art and math. Highgate Public Library, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 868-3970. Summer Chess Club: Novices learn the right moves with guidance from teen strategists. Players 8 and under must bring an adult. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 4-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6956.

seminars

60-Minute Experience: Ropework: Nautical nuts ages 8 and up twist and tie strips of twine to make a Turk's head keychain. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, 2-3 p.m. $15-25 includes museum admission; preregister. Info, 475-2022. Craniosacral Therapy: Participants get heady at an introduction to the practice of relieving pain and tension by manipulating the skull. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

talks

Paul Wainwright: History buffs sit in for "Colonial Meetinghouses of New England." John Cotton Dana Library and Research Archive. Woodstock History Center, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 457-1822.

theater

Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour: See SUN.9, 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. 'New York Water': See FRI.7.

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Book Discussion: 'Memorable Memoirs': Bibliophiles give feedback on Eudora Welty's One Writer's Beginnings. Heineberg Community & Senior Center, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. Creative Writing Workshop: See FRI.7, 6:30 p.m. Must Read Mondays: A word-loving group covers Cheryl Strayed's Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. Main Reading Room, Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

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NOFA-VT Workshop: Fertility Improvements & Organic Transition: A presentation on management, infrastructure and the process of going organic offers food for thought. A Q&A session with regional milk buyers and VOF certification staff follows. Holyoke Farm, St. Albans, 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. $20 includes lunch. Info, 434-4122. Phlox Fest: See WED.5.

art

Quilt Exhibition: See WED.5.

community

Feast Together or Feast to Go: See FRI.7. League of Historical Societies & Museums Regional Meeting: Folks share ideas at a guided discussion on current community topics. St. Johnsbury History & Heritage Center, 10 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 479-8522. 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.

crafts

Open Craft Night: Creative sparks fly in a studio space filled with snacking, sewing, socializing and sharing. Nido Fabric & Yarn, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 881-0068.

dance

Beginner West Coast Swing & Blues Fusion Dancing: Students get schooled in the fundamentals of partner dance. North End Studio B, Burlington, 8-9 p.m. $9-14. Info, burlingtonwestie@ gmail.com. Ecstatic Dance: Free-form movements encourage a union between body, mind and music. Swan Dojo, Burlington. 7:15-8:45 p.m. $3-5. Info, 540-8300. Intermediate & Advanced West Coast Swing: Experienced dancers learn smooth transitions and smart stylings. North End Studio A, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $9-14. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail.com.

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Tea & Formal Gardens Tour: See THU.6. Washington County Mental Health Services Open House & Career Fair: Job seekers spruce up their résumés for on-site interviews and learn about available programs. Refreshments are provided. Community Developmental Services Building, Washington County Mental Health Services, Inc., Barre, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-1399.

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Vermont FestiVal oF the arts: See WED.5. Winter in august Celebration: A preseason street party recognizes area ski resorts' contributions to the regional economy with an evening of local eats and live entertainment. Merchants Row, Rutland, 5-8 p.m. $9-10. Info, 773-2747.

film

DoWntoWn rutlanD summer moVie series: 'Fargo': A pregnant police officer played by Frances McDormand has a pair of bungling criminals on her radar in this 1996 crime drama. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 775-0903. Knights oF the mystiC moVie Club: Cinema hounds screen campy flicks at this ode to offbeat productions. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 356-2776. liVing the Challenge series: 'the War PhotograPhers': Intimate interviews and striking imagery create a portrait of the award-winning photographers who have risked their lives covering conflicts in dangerous war zones. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. 'the sea haWK': Queen Elizabeth I hires a buccaneer to use his swordsmanship in a surprise attack on the Spanish Armada in this 1940 action adventure. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 540-3018.

food & drink

Vegetarian 'CaViar': Quinoa, eggplant, herbs and miso replace traditional fish eggs in a reworked version of the luxurious spread at a class led by City Market's Kara Brown. McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $5-10; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9700.

health & fitness

outDoor boot CamP: Hop to it! Folks get fit with strength, endurance, agility and coordination exercises. Rain location: Otter Valley North Campus Gym. MarineEngine.com, Brandon, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $12. Info, 343-7160. suP yoga Class: See SUN.9.

kids

booKmobile: See WED.5, 5-6:15 p.m.

hanDs-on glassbloWing ProjeCts & Classes: sunCatCher: See SAT.8.

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. raPtors in resiDenCe: See THU.6.

'la Causerie' FrenCh ConVersation: Native speakers are welcome to pipe up at an unstructured conversational practice for students. El Gato Cantina, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195. Pause-CaFé FrenCh ConVersation: French students of all levels engage in dialogue en français. Burlington Bay Market & Café, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 881-0550.

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Castleton summer ConCert series: The New York Players ignite a hot dance party at a lively al fresco performance. Pavilion, Castleton State College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 468-6039. oPen miC: Musicians, storytellers and poets entertain a live audience at a monthly showcase of local talent. Wallingford Town Hall, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 446-2872. shaPe note sing: Locals lend their voices to four-part harmonies at this weekly sing-along of early American music in the "fa-sol-la-mi" tradition. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 525-6972. songs at mirror laKe musiC series: 16-yearold Quinn Sullivan brings his bluesy repertoire to a waterfront affair. Mid's Park, Lake Placid, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-524-4328.

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summer musiC From greensboro: Guest pianist Ilya Yakushev joins the St. Petersburg String Quartet for choice works from their chamber music repertoire. Greensboro United Church of Christ, 8 p.m. $20. Info, 748-2600. tuesDay night liVe: Michael Chorney & Holler General enliven a pastoral party featuring good eats. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Legion Field, Johnson, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 635-7826.

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meDiCare & you: an introDuCtion to meDiCare: Members of the Central Vermont Council on Aging clear up confusion about plan options and the application process. Central Vermont Council on Aging, Barre, 3:30-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 479-0531.

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rePlaCing reaCtiVeness With CreatiVe resPonsiVeness: Life coach Robin Cornell teaches skills for keeping calm, cool and collected in different life circumstances. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7 p.m. $6-7; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

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story time in the nestlings nooK: Birdthemed tales prep preschoolers for crafts, music and nature activities. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Regular admission, $3.50-7. Info, 434-2167.

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mr. K: 'the mighty tree': Hands-on activities teach outdoor lovers in grades K through 6 about the wonders of nature. Enclosed lawn, Highgate Public Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

9:00 am –Noon Bring your own mat. Live yoga music!

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Fresh From the garDen, gooD FooD For KiDs: Adventurous eaters in grades 1 through 5 pull weeds and tend to plants, then help prepare dishes made with harvested veggies. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6956.

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u.s. Forest serViCe: Forest timber & habitat management: Experts encourage the three Rs — reducing, reusing and recycling — through a craft project in conjunction with the "Smokey Bear & Woodsy Owl: Home Sweet Home" exhibit. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m.-noon & 2-3 p.m. $10.50-13.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

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is your gut Causing your Poor health?: Attendees digest new information on stomach issues at a lecture presented by Cedar Wood Natural Health Center's Suzy Harris. Healthy Living Market & Café, South Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2569.

toDDler story time: Good listeners up to 3 years old have fun with music, rhymes, snacks and captivating tales. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

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olD north enD Farmers marKet: Locavores snatch up breads, juices, ethnic foods and more from neighborhood vendors. Dewey Park, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, oldnorthendfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

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time traVel tuesDays: Families experience a blast from the past with 19th-century chores and games in the restored 1890 Farm House. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free with farm and museum admission. Info, 457-2355.

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meet-the-artiStS brown bag lunCh: Artistsin-residence chat about upcoming New York Theatre Workshop presentations in an informal setting. A Q&A follows. Warner Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., noon. Free. Info, 603-646-3691.

theater

CirCuS SmirkuS big toP tour: See SUN.9, 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. DorSet theatre FeStival: 'outSiDe mullingar': See WED.5, 8 p.m. 'guyS anD DollS': See WED.5, 7:30 p.m. 'weSt SiDe Story': See WED.5, 7:30 p.m.

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book DiSCuSSion: Avid readers swap ideas about A Beauty by Connie Gault. Local History Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

inFinite Summer: 'interrogationS: reaDerS anD villainS unite': Ambitious readers discuss pages 729 to 808 of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. 22 Church St., Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. UN .

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St. ambroSe lawn Party & ChiCken barbeCue: Revelers nosh on savory poultry, fried dough and baked goods at a community cookout complete with a pie contest and sale, a white elephant table, face painting, and a magic show. Bristol Village Green, 5 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 453-2488. vermont FeStival oF the artS: Works by regional artists line the street and fill galleries at this annual celebration of creativity, complete with workshops, world-class music and activities for all ages. See vermontartfest.com for details. Various locations. Mad River Valley, Waitsfield. Prices vary. Info, 496-6682.

film

‘the enD oF the tour’: A pre-release screening of the 2015 movie depicting an extended interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and novelist David Foster Wallace benefits the Burlington Book Festival. Merrill’s Roxy Cinema, Burlington, 7 p.m. $8.50 suggested donation. Info, 864-4742. ONT

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Farmer olymPiCS: Contenders show off their agricultural aptitude in a crop of physical and cerebral challenges. Dinner and treats are provided. Maple Wind Farm, Huntington, 4-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 434-4122.

art

Quilt exhibition: See WED.5.

business

‘are you running a valuable buSineSS?: learn 8 FaCtorS that imPaCt the value oF your buSineSS’: Area entrepreneurs pick up money-making tips from business coach Hannah Abrams. Conference Room, Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce Office, 8:30-10 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 776-8922.

community

Peer SuPPort CirCle: See WED.5.

crafts

knitterS & neeDleworkerS: See WED.5.

dance

aFrolatin Party: See WED.5.

Dated at Montpelier, Vermont, this 24th day of July, 2015. Vermont Public Service Board, By: s/Susan M. Hudson, Clerk of the Board, Office of the Clerk, Filed: July 24, 2015, Attest: s/Susan M. Hudson, Clerk of the Board

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winD tour: See WED.5.

‘ParDon my Sarong’: Bud Abbot and Lou Costello get laughs as Chicago bus drivers who take a major detour at the behest of a millionaire playboy in ll T this 1942 comedy. Catamount Arts EY UR &I CO Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. Free. ro N| N ch o I t I Ef co mpEt Info, 748-2600.

Phlox FeSt: See WED.5.

Now, Therefore, It Is Hereby Ordered, in accordance with 3 V.S.A. § 808, 30 V.S.A. §§ 8 and 10, and Board Rule 2.403, that a Prehearing Conference be had upon said petition before a Hearing Officer of the Board, Lars Bang-Jensen, Staff Attorney, on Thursday, August 20, 2015, commencing at 9:30 A.M., at the Board’s Hearing Room located on the 3rd floor of the People’s United Bank Building, 112 State Street, Montpelier, Vermont.

wagon riDe weDneSDayS: See WED.5.

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teCh helP with CliF: See WED.5.

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'a moth in the barn': Raconteurs are randomly selected to tell stories for a live audience at an evening hosted by Bobby Stoddard of NPR's "The Moth Radio Hour." Phantom Theater, Edgcomb Barn, Warren, 8-10 p.m. $10. Info, 496-5997.

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toaStmaSterS oF greater burlington: Those looking to strengthen their speaking and leadership skills gain new tools. Holiday Inn, South Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 989-3250.

Thursday November 14th

PiCkuP rugby: See THU.6.

education

Join the Public Service Department to learn about the Total Energy Study and Grab your girlfriends and head over for a Girls Night partake in discussion. Out Event at the essex resort and spa, Essex Junction, VT

Catamount trail running SerieS: Runners of all ages and abilities break a sweat in weekly 2.5K and 5K races. Catamount Outdoor Family Center, Williston, 6 p.m. $3-8. Info, 879-6001.

August 20, 2015

guinean DanCe: See WED.5.

sports

PUBLIC MEETING

DroP-in hiP-hoP DanCe: See WED.5.

brattleboro aFriCan DanCe: Students at all levels practice movement and rhythm with Pape Ba from Senegal. The Stone Church, Brattleboro, drum, 6:15-7:15 p.m.; dance, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $10-25. Info, 258-6475.

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food & drink

barre FarmerS market: See WED.5. CoFFee taSting: See WED.5. miDDlebury FarmerS market: See WED.5. newPort FarmerS market: See WED.5. rutlanD County FarmerS market: See WED.5. Sun to CheeSe tour: Fromage lovers go behind the scenes and follow award-winning farmhouse cheddar from raw milk to finished product. Shelburne Farms, 1:45-3:45 p.m. $15 includes a block of cheese; preregister. Info, 985-8686. wine taSting: Imbibers tip back samples of Columbia Valley cabernet sauvignon, complemented by bread and cheese. Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, 4-6 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 253-5742.

games

DungeonS & DragonS night: Quick thinkers 14 and up, grouped by age, rely on invented personas to face challenges and defeat enemies. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 5:30-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

health & fitness

inSight meDitation: See WED.54. outDoor baCkyarD boot CamP: See WED.5. PuSh-uPS in the Park: See WED.5. r.i.P.P.e.D.: See WED.5. reCovery Community yoga: See WED.5. SoulShine DanCe: See WED.5.

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‘What the Food pyRamid isn’t teLLing you’: Cedar Wood Natural Health Center’s Kelley Muraro demystifies gastronomic guidelines and helps listeners tackle their health goals head on. City Market/ Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $5-10; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9700.

kids

BookmoBiLe: See WED.5.

Wednesday night Live: The Cold Country Bluegrass Band pick and strum traditional American sounds. B-Side Playground. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $2-3; free for kids 3 and under; call to confirm. Info, 244-7103.

outdoors

WateR stRideRs: See WED.5.

Read to hank the theRapy dog: See WED.5.

Bikes FoR BeginneRs WoRkshop: A lesson in DIY maintenance readies cyclists for on-the-road repairs. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 5:307:30 p.m. Donations; preregister. Info, christine@ bikerecyclevt.org.

summeR science: FLying machines: The sky is the limit when junior engineers craft wingless planes, rotocoptors, boomerangs and parachutes. Fairfax Community Library, 10-11:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420. Wacky Wednesdays: sLime pLay: Small scientists ages 6 and up mix a substance that is both a liquid and a solid. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 12:30-1:30 p.m. $10.50-13.50; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. Wednesday Wacktivity: supeRheRo FieLd day: Energetic youngsters push their limits in a series of team events. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 2-3:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. young & Fun: ‘piRate schooL’: Shiver me timbers! A one-man variety show featuring the bumbling buccaneer Billy Bones has the whole family in stitches. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 518-523-2512.

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gendeR pRide Book cLuB: Page-turners evoke lively discussions among readers. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.

music

BuRLington city aRts Lunchtime conceRt seRies: David Kaynor and George Wilson fill the air with fiddle tunes from an outdoor stage. BCA Center, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166. cLassicaL music FoR FamiLies: Evan Premo and Scragg Mountain Music offer an open rehearsal, where listeners are encouraged to participate and ask questions. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. community evenings at the FaRm: The DuPont Brothers entertain picnickers with acoustic indie-folk tunes. Shelburne Farms, gates open for picnicking, 5:30 p.m.; concert, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8686.

kenny Wayne shepheRd Band: Blues traditions inform selections from the award-winning guitarist’s decades-long career. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $26.75-69.75. Info, 775-0903. singeRs & pLayeRs oF instRuments: See WED.5. summeRtime seRenade: BuRLington toWn centeR music seRies: See SUN.9.

past Lives, dReams & souL tRaveL: An open discussion hosted by Eckankar encourages spiritual seekers to consider a previous existence as the key to a happier life. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 800-772-9390.

sports

catamount mountain Bike seRies: See WED.5. summeR tRaiL seRies: See WED.5. Women’s pickup BasketBaLL: See WED.5.

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BRyn hoFFman: The St. Johnsbury Athenaeum speaker contemplates the relationship between communities and libraries in the digital age in “American Membership Libraries.” St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. ‘pecha kucha: the aRchitects, BuiLdeRs, & makeRs oF the mad RiveR vaLLey’: A rapid-fire presentation allots artisans 20 images at 20 seconds per image to expound upon their enterprises as part of the Doorways to Design Summer Lecture Series. Yestermorrow Design/Build School, Waitsfield, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 496-5545.

theater

‘the aBduction FRom the seRagLio’: See FRI.7. ciRcus smiRkus Big top touR: See SUN.9, Montpelier High School, 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. $14.5021.50; free for kids under 2. Info, 877-764-7587. doRset theatRe FestivaL: ‘outside muLLingaR’: See WED.5. ‘guys and doLLs’: See WED.5. veRmont actoRs’ RepeRtoRy theatRe season open auditions: Actors young and old throw their hats into the ring for roles in four productions, including Bad Jews, Hamlet, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf and Rabbit Hole. Brick Box Theater, Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 282-3741.

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authoRs at the aLdRich: Naturalist Nick Neddo schools listeners with excerpts from The Organic Artist: Make Your Own Paint, Paper, Pigments, Prints and More from Nature. Milne Community Room, Aldrich Library, Barre, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 476-7550.

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cReative WRiting WoRkshop: See FRI.7, 6:30 p.m. gReensBoRo aRts aLLiance & Residency’s WRiteRs’ FoRum: Men and women of letters take notes at a two-week conference themed “The Joy of Words,” featuring readings, workshops and panel discussions related to the craft. See mirrorarts.org for details. Various Greensboro locations, $10-50. Info, 533-7487. m

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viLLage haRmony teen ensemBLe iii: Larry Gordon, Carl Linich and Su Hart direct vocalists in a program of international choral music. North Universalist Chapel, Woodstock, 7:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 672-1797.

manage youR money in youR teens & tWenties: Fiscally responsible folks pick up tips on banking their bucks. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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evan cRandeLL & too hot to handLe: Audience members can’t help but dance to funk, jazz and R&B jams at an installment of the Middlesex Summer Concert Series. Martha Pellerin & Andy Shapiro Memorial Bandstand, Middlesex, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 272-4920.

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cRaFtsBuRy chamBeR pLayeRs: World-class musicians explore classical compositions by Schubert, Bach, Beethoven and others. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10-125; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 800-639-3443.

‘WeatheR’ oR not, you’LL get theRe FRom heRe: See WED.5.

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the good, the Bad & the ReaLLy, ReaLLy itchy: See WED.5.

makeR space: unmask a heRo: Tinkerers use tools to investigate the insides of small appliances and salvage parts to create their own crusaders. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. Reading Buddies: See WED.5.

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art BEGINNER WATERCOLOR SEMINAR!: Want to try watercolor but too intimidated? Artist Ginny Joyner goes through the basics: brushes, paper, washes, layering techniques, mixing color, composition while creating landscapes and florals. Teaching beginner painters in a relaxed, nonjudgmental atmosphere with gentle but expert direction and advice. Sat. & Sun., Aug. 15 & 16, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (w/ lunch break each day). Cost: $200/12hour seminar; incl. a beautiful panmaker palette w/ paint & brushes to keep, & enough paper to use in class; friend & family discount: 2 for $375. Location: Ginny Joyner Studio, 504B Dalton Dr., Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester. Info: Ginny Joyner, 655-0899, ginnyjoynervt@ gmail.com, facebook.com/ ginnyjoynerstudio.

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business INTRO TO SELF-EMPLOYMENT: Think you might want to start a business? Explore what a business might look like for you in this fun, supportive class. Brainstorm business ideas, determine what you need out of a business, reality-filter business ideas, find resources

for next steps. Join a community of your business-exploring peers! Wed. & Thu., Aug. 12 & 13, 5:30-9 p.m. Cost: $125/7-hour workshop. Location: Mercy Connections, 255 S. Champlain St., Burlington. Info: Mercy Connections’ Women’s Small Business Program, Gwen Pokalo, 846-7338, gpokalo@ mercyconnections.org, wsbp.org. START UP: BUSINESS PLANNING: Apply today for our 15-week Start Up: Comprehensive Business Planning course. Learn the language of business while developing your business plan and a solid support network. An experienced entrepreneurinstructor team and guest experts lead you through all the elements you’ll need for your business: marketing, finance and management. Define your own success. 15 weeks starting Thu., Sep. 10. Every Thu., 5:30-9 p.m., & every other Sun., noon-6 p.m. Cost: $2,500/15week course. Location: Mercy Connections, 255 S. Champlain St., Burlington. Info: Mercy Connections’ Women’s Small Business Program, Gwen Pokalo, 846-7338, gpokalo@mercy connections.org, wsbp.org.

coaching PERSONAL FINANCE COACHING: Enroll today to find hope, clarity and support in your personal financial life. Work individually with a personal finance coach to define your needs and action plan. Participate in group coaching to gain access to guest experts, resources, and support from other women like you. Participate in one or both programs. Rolling admission, kicks off Sep. 1. Cost: $50/ongoing individual coaching sessions; 3 group sessions/mo. Location: Mercy Connections, 255 S. Champlain St., Burlington. Info: Mercy Connections’ Women’s Small Business Program, Gwen Pokalo, 846-7338, gpokalo@ mercyconnections.org, wsbp.org.

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LEARN TO KNIT I: In this 3-part class, you will learn how to swatch a gauge, cast on, knit, purl, increase, decrease, bind off and piece together your first hat. Cost: $78/3 2-hour classes; materials incl. Location: Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St., suite 2E. Info: 881-0068, info@ nidovt.com, nidovt.com. LEARN TO SEW SERIES: Take our two-part Learn to Sew series beginning Mon., Sep. 7, with Learn to Sew 1. Learn machine basics and fundamental sewing techniques. Follow up with our Learn to Sew II class on Mon., Sep. 28, to continue building your sewing repertoire. Leave with finished projects and inspiration. Register today! Cost: $96/2 3-hour classes; materials incl. Location: Nido Fabric and Yarn, 209 College St., suite 2E. Info: 881-0068, info@nidovt.com, nidovt.com. ADULT: LANDSCAPE IN OIL: Instructor: Stephanie Bush. In this class students will explore various painting techniques that will make landscape painting accessible to even the very beginner. The instructor will describe methods that will allow you to accurately render an environment through techniques such as sighting and using a view finder. Weekly on Thu., Sep. 24Nov. 19, 5:30-7 p.m. Cost: $232/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, theshelburnecraftschool.org/news/projects/ workshop-landscape-inoil-0801-0802.

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ADULT: METALS: Instructor: Sarah Sprague. This class will focus on jewelry design, small sculpture or functional art. Each student will complete a series of practice pieces before designing and creating a wearable finished piece out of sterling silver. Every week there will be several demonstrations including sawing, drilling, piercing, annealing, texturing, jump rings, forming and soldering techniques. Weekly on Thu., Sep. 17-Nov. 19, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $335/person; member discount avail. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648, theshelburnecraftschool.org. BEGINNER CLAY: Instructor: Rik Rolla. A great course for beginners looking to learn the fundamentals of basic wheel-throwing techniques. You will learn how to center, throw, trim and glaze. After you craft your pottery on the wheel, Rik will guide you to create finished pieces for the electric oxidation kiln. You will leave with several functional pieces. Weekly on Tue., Oct. 13Dec. 1, 10 a.m-noon. Cost: $260/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648. CLAY HAND AND WHEEL: Instructor: Dasha Kalisz. This class is designed for the intermediate and advanced student with an interest in altering wheel-thrown objects and in expanding the possibilities of surface design. Students will be encouraged to think about their style and how shape, line, repetition, pattern and imagery are serving the individual work to promote their vision. Each class will include a demonstration and time to practice newly learned techniques; the instructor will provide individual assistance. Prerequisite: Beginning Wheel. Weekly on Sat., Sep. 26-Dec. 5, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $335/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648. COMPOSITION: Instructor: Kalin Thomas. In this course, students will learn the essential vocabulary of expression, which can be applied to any style and

in any medium. Each class will work with specific compositional issues in small sketches in pencil and in paint. Working mostly with abstract and semi-representational forms, students will compose a picture in their own style. This class is open to artists in all mediums and of all skill levels. Weekly on Wed., Sep. 23-Oct. 28, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $174/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648. SHAKER HALL TABLE: Instructor: Ryan Cocina and Chris Ramos. 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 and gain familiarity with the wood-shop environment. Weekly on Mon., day & night classes. Cost: $450/ person; member discount avail. Location: The Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. Info: 985-3648.

and lodging included. Aug. 14-16. Cost: $500/workshop. Location: Conway, Mass. Info: Peter King, 933-6103.

drumming DJEMBE IN BURLINGTON!: Learn drum technique and rhythms on West African drums! Wednesday Burlington Beginners Djembe Class, $36/3 weeks. Djembes provided! Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3G, Burlington. Info: 999-4255, classes@burlingtontaiko.org, burlingtontaiko.org. TAIKO DRUMMING IN BURLINGTON!: Come study with Stuart Paton of Burlington Taiko! Beginner/Recreational Class on Tue., $72/6 weeks. Accelerated Taiko Program for Beginners on Mon. & Wed., $144/3 weeks. Kids and Parents Class on Mon. & Wed., $60/child or $90/ parent-child duo. A five-person minimum required to run most classes; invite friends! Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3G, Burlington. Info: classes@burlingtontaiko.org, classes@burlingtontaiko.org.

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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: Splash (summertime, weather permitting)/North End Studios, 0 College St./294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Tyler Crandall, 598-9204, crandalltyler@ hotmail.com, dsantosvt.com.

design/build TINY-HOUSE WORKSHOP: A crew of beginners will help instructor Peter King frame and sheath a 12- x 16-ft. tiny house in Conway, Mass. Plenty of handson experience. Tools provided; safety glasses required. Meals

CONTEMPORARY DANCE INTENSIVE: INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES: Developed for dancers who wish to expand and develop the techniques and traditions that inform their dancemaking, this brand-new intensive focuses on contemporary and modern dance composition, as informed by dance traditions from around the world. Classes will include Contemporary AfroModern (Brown), Korean Dance Fundamentals (Besaw) and Capoeira Movement & Contact Improvisation (Hardwig). Come explore new and age-old ideas and approaches to movement creation, forge new connections, and immerse yourself in creating the art of motion. Mon.-Thu., Aug. 10-13, 5:45-7:45 p.m. Cost: $95/person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington. Info: 652-4548.

gardening VERMONT MASTER COMPOSTER 2015 COURSE: Learn how to turn food scraps and yard trimmings into “black gold” with the Vermont Master Composter 4 week mini-course. The course provides training on the science behind backyard composting, sponsored by the University

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of Vermont Extension Master Gardener program and Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. Register now! Cost: $50/noncredit course. Location: Various locations. Info: master.gardener@uvm.edu, uvm.edu/mastergardener.

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Watercolor: Fall’s Vibrant Colors with Robert O’Brien: Focus is on painting the splendor of New England’s fall landscape. Students will learn the layering process and techniques for creating light and shadow. All levels welcome. Cost: $175/members; $200/nonmember. Location: Helen Day Art Center. Info: 2538358, education@helenday.com, helenday.com.

Wellness, Self-Care & Massage: Vermont’s longestoperating massage school, the Universal Institute of Healing Arts, founded and directed by Bob Onne, offers Wellness, SelfCare and Massage classes. The school is located in Middlesex, just outside of Montpelier. Class details on website. 10 Tue. Semester 1 (of 2) starts Sep. 22, 6:30-9 p.m. Cost: $600/10week semester. Location: The Universal Institute of Healing Arts, 90 Three Mile Bridge Rd., Middlesex. Info: Bob Onne, 2294844, classinfo@universalinstitute.com, universal-institute.com.

language LEARN SPANISH & OPEN NEW DOORS: Connect with a new world. We provide high-quality affordable instruction in the Spanish language for adults, students and children. Traveler’s lesson package. Our ninth year. Personal instruction from a native speaker. Small classes, private lessons and online instruction. See our website for complete information or contact us for details. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

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Zen Mindfulness Master/ Guru: “A Far Superior and Much Abbreviated Course in Mindfulness.” It boils down to a page and a half in written form. Free, including any need for clarification. Getting this is prerequisite to any legitimate venture on your path, help with which is also free and amazingly simple. Every day, all day. Location: “Nowmenon”, anywhere you are most comfortable., general Burlington, not South. Info: Hem Ahadin, 497-2177, bikini401@ hotmail.com, nowmenon.com.

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 Friday of each month, 7-9 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.

outdoors Nature Mentoring Field Course: EarthWalk’s Nature Mentoring Course is for adults who want to mentor the next generation of earth stewards. Learn the framework and core practices for integrating nature into your teaching, personal and family life. Experience sensory awareness activities, nature games, mentoring, earth skills, friction fire, wild foraging, tracking, songs, storytelling and more! Wed.-Fri., Aug. 12-14, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $270/person; VSAC eligible, some financial aid avail. Location: Hawthorn Meadow, Goddard College Campus, 123 Pitkin Rd., Plainfield. Info: EarthWalk Vermont, 454-8500, angella@earthwalkvermont.org, earthwalkvermont.org.

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Beginner Tai Chi in MONTPELIER: At Long River Tai Chi Circle, we practice Cheng Man-ch’ing’s “simplified” 37 posture Yang-style form. The three pillars of our study are Form, Sensing Hands, and Sword. Patrick is a senior instructor at Long River in Vermont and New Hampshire and will be teaching the classes in Montpelier. Starts Tue., Sep. 8, 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. Cost: $65/mo. Location: Bethany Church, 115 Main St., Montpelier. Info: Long River Tai Chi Circle, Patrick Cavanaugh, 490-6405, patrick@longrivertaichi.org, longrivertaichi.org. 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 Intro To Orgasmic Meditation: Orgasmic Meditation (OM) is a wellness practice (like yoga and pilates) that is designed for singles and couples to experience more connection, vitality, pleasure and meaning in every aspect of their lives. This full-day class teaches you the basics to start your own practice. Sat., Aug. 8, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $199/full-day class. Location: OneTaste Burlington, 215 College St., 3rd floor, Burlington. Info: Cara Joy Brand, 410-474-9250, cj@onetasteburlington.us, onetasteburlington. us.

writing Grant Writing Workshop: New to grant writing? Looking to refresh your understanding? Want to make the most of your time and budget? Two-day workshop explores grant writing and nonprofit boards. Day 1 gives you the tools for success. Day 2: learn how to conduct a thorough and succinct orientation to new board members in order to make board meetings smoother. Aug. 13, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. & Aug. 14, 10 a.m.-noon. Single- or multipleday options avail. Bennington Free Library, Bennington. Info: 353-0480, majoyawriting@ gmail.com, majoyawriting.com.

yoga Honest Yoga, The only dedicated Hot Yoga Flow Center: Honest Yoga offers practice for all levels. Brand new beginners’ courses include two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily classes in Essentials, Flow and Core Flow with alignment constancy. We hold teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels. Daily classes & workshops. $25/new student 1st week unlimited; $15/class or $130/10-class card; $12/ class for student or senior or $100/10-class punch card. Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Sport Shoe Center, S. Burlington. Info: 497-0136, honestyogastudio@gmail.com, honestyogacenter.com. Evolution Yoga: Evolution Yoga and Physical Therapy offers a variety of classes in a supportive atmosphere: Beginner, advanced, kids, babies, post- and pre-natal, community classes and workshops. Vinyasa,

Kripalu, Core, Therapeutics and Alignment classes. 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: 864-9642, evolutionvt.com. Yoga Roots: Yoga Roots provides 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 Anusura-inspired yoga all levels, Therapeutic Restorative, Heated Vinyasa Flow, Gentle and Slow Yoga! Our summer schedule is off to a great start with Fri. and Sun. yoga at the beach; Vinyasa Flow, Thu., 9 a.m.; & noon yoga daily. Upcoming events: Therapeutic Restorative yoga w/ Sound Healing, Aug. 7, 5:30 p.m.; Basics of Flow, Aug. 11, 7:30 p.m.; and Sacred Sound Sanctuary, Aug. 29, 5 p.m. Location: Yoga Roots, 120 Graham Way, Shelburne Green Business Park behind Folino’s. Info: 985-0090, yogarootsvt.com. Burlington Hot Yoga: Try something different!: Hot Yoga in the Summer?! Of course; here’s why. Our modern Far Infrared (FIR) heat is not as oppressive as traditional hot yoga, offering a gentler yet therapeutic yoga experience. Besides the many benefits of yoga, FIR helps heal muscle and joint injuries as well as arthritis and skin conditions. Yoga for everyone with creative Vinyasa style in our 93-degree newly remodeled studio. Come and enjoy Hot Yoga Burlington; classes daily. Get hot: 2-for-1 offer. $15. Go to hotyogaburlingtonvt.com. Location: North End Studio B, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 999-9963.

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AUDITIONS on Aug. 8, 1-3 p.m., for the VERMONT MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY: at Spotlight Vermont, in association with Bill Reed Voice Studio. The Academy is open to students between the ages of 10 and 19 and will provide an integrated and comprehensive program for the development of speech, acting, singing technique, song interpretation, musical theatre dance and audition preparation. Sat., 1-4 p.m., Sep. 12-Oct. 24 & Oct. 31-Dec. 19. Cost: $275/session. Location: Spotlight Vermont, 50 San Remo Dr., South Burlington. Info:

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

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Reiki for Horses Level II: Students learn the first three Reiki symbols and their meaning and use. We will experience each symbol through initiations, drawing and chanting. Learn distant healing and setting up a practice. Plenty of practice time with horses. Students will gain basic knowledge for working on any animal. Includes manual and certificate. Aug. 22 & 23, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost: $275/2-day certification class. Location: The Hooved Animal Sanctuary, Chelsea. Info: HeartSong Reiki, Kelly McDermott-Burns, 7468834, kelly@heartsongreiki.com, heartsongreiki.com.

Horseback After-School Camp: Enjoy riding horses and doing horse-themed activities after school! Ages 6-13, with bus route from Monkton Central to the farm or parent drop-off for nonresidents. Every Mon. & Wed., 3-5:30 p.m. Cost: $25/ session or both sessions for $40. Location: Sweet Moon Stables, 156 Coon Club Rd., Monkton. Info: Sabrina Bateman, 482-5769, sabrina.bateman@gmail.com, sweetmoonstables.com.

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Arvigo Maya Abdominal Therapy: Taught by Dr. Sarah Wylie. This three-day course is an opportunity to learn an ancient Maya massage for the abdomen, bringing relief to many health concerns such as painful periods, infertility, painful intercourse, abdominal/ pelvic scar tissue, back pain, indigestion and anxiety. For self care only. Oct. 2-4. Cost: $450/ person; VSAC eligible: inquire for more info! Incl. tuition, educational materials, 30-minute educational session w/ an Arvigo practitioner, & morning & afternoon tea. Location: Natural Family Health Clinic, 14 School St., Bristol. Info: Arvigo Institute, Sarah Wylie, 349-6598, seeds@ redblossommedicine.com, arvigotherapy.com.

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Featherweight Champion and 3-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: julio@bjjusa.com, julio@ bjjusa.com.

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Seven Dandelions 2015 Not-quite awards to highlight lesser-known local musicians BY D AN BO L L E S

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he 2015 Seven Daysies award winners were announced this week — see the snazzy magazine insert in this very issue. And once again, Seven Days readers have let their collective voice be heard regarding just who are the best of the best in local food, shopping, outdoors and recreation, services, media, and arts and entertainment. As in most years, the results were a mix of perennial winners and new favorites. Some awardees were surprises. Others most certainly were not. The latter was especially true in the music categories. I don’t want to call 7D readers boring, but you folks have become a tad predictable. Save for a few new entries, the nominees and winners in music look much the same as they have for the last several years. There are at least a couple of reasons for this. One: Those artists deserve the recognition. Though individual preferences might differ, it’s hard to find fault with, say, Grace Potter once again being named the best vocalist in the state, especially since many outside of Vermont view her as the best singer in rock, period. Two: Name recognition. Best instrumentalist Dave Grippo is, with damn good reason, a local icon. Ditto best DJ Craig Mitchell. The Lynguistic Civilians, dubbed the best local hip-hop group, are easily the most visible rappers in the state. Especially in a contest whose voting base covers everyone from hard-core music geeks to casual listeners, name recognition is an advantage. None of that is likely to change. As long as Grace is canoodling with the likes of Mick Jagger, 7D readers will vote for her. As long as Grippo and Mitchell

reign on local stages, they’re gonna win, too. And they should. Still, I can’t help but feel for the scores of other deserving artists who, for no fault of their own, stand little chance of cracking the Daysies. The solution? Invent new awards. And so I present to you the first (maybe annual?) Seven Dandelions. These are honorary honors, handpicked by yours truly and designed to shine a spotlight on some other worthy local musicians whom you should check out alongside the perennial favorites. These “awards” do come with some caveats, though. For starters, by “honorary honors” I basically mean “fake.” Winners will receive no plaque or certificate — though if you want to go pick a dandelion to wear in your hair, I won’t stop you. Also, while these faux awards are based on actual Daysies categories, I reserve the right to tweak them as I see fit. Or completely change them. Or ignore certain categories. You can do that when your name is in the award. In other words, this is an experiment. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, to be considered for a Dandelion, artists cannot have been nominated for or won a Daysie in the related category this year. So, for example, Grace can’t win the best vocalist Dandelion because she won the Daysie. But were I of a mind to, I could consider her in the best instrumentalist category. Get it? And by

the way, these are not legacy awards. I’m taking into consideration only what an artist or group has done in the past 12 months. Without further ado, the 2015 Seven Dandelions:

Best Vocalist NOMINEES: Francesca Blanchard, Caroline Rose, Kelly

Ravin, Amanda Gustafson, Ben Donovan, Mark Daly, Audrey Bernstein, Maryse Smith AND THE WINNER IS: Tie. Francesca Blanchard and

Mark Daly

See? I’m already bending the rules/copping out with a tie. Any and all of these singers are deserving. But I’m going with Blanchard and Daly. The multilingual Blanchard would be quietly captivating singing in pig latin, never mind her preferred English and French. As for Madaila front man Daly, the sparkle and Spandex obscure just how tremendous a vocalist he really is. Few possess his remarkable range and expressive tone.

Best Instrumentalist NOMINEES: Brett Lanier, Urian Hackney, Colin

McCaffrey, Rob Morse, Michael Chorney, Ida Mae Specker

AND THE WINNER IS: Brett Lanier

Really, this category should be broken into genres. Is it fair to compare Urian Hackney’s bombastic punk drums to Rob Morse’s jazzy double bass; Specker’s fiery fiddle; McCaffrey’s, well, everything; or Chorney’s ethereal prepared guitar — or his bari sax SEVEN DANDELIONS 2015

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thing: To buy a ticket to either of those shows, you also have to have a ticket to the band’s LCMF show. It’s like a combo meal. But if you’re a fan of either band, it’s actually not a bad deal. Jamming right along, Sunday, August 9, marks the 20th anniversary of JERRY GARCIA’s death. Not coincidentally, it’s also the date of Jerryfest 20, the annual tribute concert at Club Metronome in Burlington organized by the cats from local Dead acolytes BLUES FOR BREAKFAST. In a recent email, B4B founder and award-winning WIZN radio jock “MR. CHARLIE” FRAZIER writes that this year’s show will be a blowout on a fittingly grand scale. He hints at some very special guests in the works but has sworn me to secrecy for now since said guests are not 100 percent confirmed. But if he pulls it off, it will be a major score. (Hint: Hologram Jerry!) But wait, there’s more! Teasing out this extended jam even further, if you still haven’t gotten your fix by Sunday, try to hold on until Wednesday, August 12. That night, acclaimed Dead tribute band JAZZ IS DEAD, recently reunited after a 10-year hiatus to cash in on, er, celebrate the GRATEFUL DEAD’s 50th anniversary, will play the Rusty Nail in Stowe.

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Following last week’s epic, maybe even historic, rock-and-roll blowout, the live music slate this week seems downright tame in comparison. True, the volume ain’t cranked up quite as loud. But we were at a solid 11 last week, which rarely happens. So the bar is set awfully high. Speaking of awfully high, it’s a good weekend to be a jam-music fan. (Rimshot! I’m here all night, folks. Tip your bartender.) This is primarily due to the organizers of the 2015 Lake Champlain Maritime Festival going all-in on the grooveoriented improvisational wiggle rock at Burlington’s Waterfront Park. With the presumed exception of GARRISON KEILLOR’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” the fest’s marquee acts are all titans of the jam-band circuit. They include local jam torchbearers TWIDDLE with organfunk outfit SOULE MONDE (Friday, August 7); veteran psychedelic jam band MOE. with local-ish progressive bluegrass band CABINET (Saturday, August 8); and ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND guitarist and GOV’T MULE founder WARREN HAYNES with RAILROAD EARTH (Sunday, August 9). By the way, Cabinet are “local-ish” becuase their excellent banjo player, PAPPY BIONDO, now calls Vermont home. The rest of the band, however, still hails from Pennsylvania. Here’s an interesting side note: Since Higher Ground Presents is producing the concerts, both moe. and Twiddle will play late-night sets at the Higher Ground Ballroom this weekend on the (relative) cheap. Moe. play HG on Friday, Twiddle on Saturday. But here’s

to some other music at the LCMF, specifically of the free variety. While the headliners justifiably draw the most attention, the LCMF is traditionally a nifty showcase for local acts. This year is no exception. So you could do worse than amble along the waterfront in the afternoon this weekend to soak in the sounds. Friday’s slate includes ace local folk duo the BEERWORTH SISTERS, who kick things off with an early afternoon set. They’re followed by Big Heavy World’s “Rocket Shop” Showcase, which features songwriter PATRICK CROWLEY’s Americana band, DEEP RIVER SAINTS and fiery fiddler IDA MAE SPECKER. Rowdy and rambunctious, Specker is a hoot live and definitely brings some rock-and-roll swagger to the stage. And as a fiddler, she’s the real deal. That’s in part due to the tutelage of her dad, renowned fiddler JOHN SPECKER, who might just have the best press quote in the history of the genre: “The MICK JAGGER of old-time music.” On Saturday, catch venerable songwriter STEVE HARTMANN, who has the distinction of having played every LCMF since its inception. Neat. Also appearing that day are Franklin County bluegrass group MISSISQUOI RIVER BAND, jazz chanteuse TIFFANY PFEIFFER AND THE DISCARNATE BAND, and country rockers HOVEY OTIS. Sunday, local indie promotions outfit Malletts Bay Music takes over, presenting a daylong showcase jampacked with local talent. Performers include AARON FLINN, the PHIL HENRY ACOUSTIC TRIO, SAM CREIGH, ADLAI WAXMAN, EMILY NYMAN, Hartmann, CASEY DUBIE, the CHRISTINE MALCOLM BAND and BOW THAYER. Closing out the showcase are gothic folkabilly stalwarts CRAZYHEARSE.

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work, for that matter? Probably not. Lanier gets the nod here for degree of difficulty, because pedal steel is diabolically challenging to play. He’s also versatile. Lanier is an underrated but equally fine electric guitarist, to boot.

Best Songwriter NOMINEES: Ben Donovan, Phil Yates,

Eric George, Caroline Rose, Kelly Ravin, Wren Kitz, the DuPont Brothers

Best singer-songwriter is one of the trickiest Daysies categories because it’s so hard to define — probably because the term is essentially meaningless. For example, Potter, who won the Daysie, sings and writes songs. But is she really a singersongwriter in the same way you might consider, say, Anaïs Mitchell? So let’s simplify it and just acknowledge great songwriting, whether as a solo artist or for a band. Nuanced, provocative and somehow both sweet and snarling, Rose’s songs are a notch above in both cases.

Best Americana Artist/Group

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NOMINEES: Reverend Ben Donovan

& the Congregation, Old Sky, Kelly Ravin, Eric George, the Woedoggies, Lowell Thompson

AND THE WINNER IS: Reverend Ben

Donovan & the Congregation

See the review of the band’s new record on page 67. Wow. Also, since Donovan is likely moving to the South soon, this is probably the only year he’ll qualify for a Dandelion.

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NOMINEES: Audrey Bernstein,

Shane Hardiman Trio, Will Patton Ensemble, Mal Maiz AND THE WINNER IS: Audrey Bernstein

Best Rock Artist/ Group NOMINEES: The Mountain Says No,

Vows, Black Rabbit, Vultures of Cult, the Snaz, Sleeping In, Caroline Rose, And the Kids

AND THE WINNER IS: Black Rabbit

I’ve changed my mind six times on this one. But I keep coming back to Black Rabbit’s 2015 record Red Flannel Hash, which completely caught me by surprise as one of the best Vermont punk records in recent years. Really, you can’t go wrong with any of these bands.

Best Record Label NOMINEES: Future Fields, Section Sign

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1. Dude has his own brand of hair grease, called Nice ’n’ Greasy.

2. He was banned from entering the U.S. for five years for … something. 3. He’s the spokesperson for a hamburger called the Dégueu, loose French for “disgusting burger.” Yum! 4. He’s appeared on more than 30 records in North America and Europe. 5. His

Records, What Doth Life

brand of rippin’ rockabilly, raffish country and souped-up 1950s greaser rock flat-out

AND THE WINNER IS: Three-way tie.

kicks ass. 6. Bloodshot Bill plays the Monkey House in Winooski on Thursday, August 6.

Future Fields, Section Sign Records, What Doth Life We’re dusting off a retired Daysies category and blatantly disregarding the rules once more to round out the inaugural Dandelions. In Vermont, it seems the reports of the demise of record labels are premature. WDL has been holding it down in the Upper Valley for years and had a strong 2014-15. New imprints Future Fields and Section Sign Records have been behind some of the coolest local music of the past year, including records by Madaila, Maryse Smith, and Reverend Ben Donovan & the Congregation (FF), as well as Pours, Vows, Alpenglow and Wren Kitz (SSR).

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BREAKWATER CAFÉ & GRILL: King Me (rock), 6 p.m., free. THE DAILY PLANET: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: DJ E Major (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. JP'S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Ray Vega/Mercurii Ensemble (jazz), 8 p.m., free. LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Queen City Hot Club (gypsy jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions, 8 p.m., free. Film Night, 10 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB:

Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

Loveland with DJ Craig Mitchell, 10 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

NECTAR'S: VT Comedy Club Presents: What a Joke! Comedy Open Mic (standup comedy), 7 p.m., free. Balkun Brothers (blues, rock), 9:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

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RADIO BEAN: Ensemble V (jazz), 7 p.m., free. The Adventures of Texas Pete (western swing), 9 p.m., free. Mr. Doubtfire (punk), 10:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Hoptronica (house), 8:30 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda's Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation. ZEN LOUNGE: Kizomba with Dsantos VT, 7 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Dean Ween Group (rock), 9 p.m., $20/23. AA. MONKEY HOUSE: Onion City Folk Revival, 8 p.m., free/$5. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Chad Hollister (acoustic rock), 7 p.m., free. WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: The AccaFella (Frank Sinatra tribute), 5 p.m., free.

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AND THE WINNER IS: Caroline Rose

My pal Reuben Jackson, host of “Friday Night Jazz” on Vermont Public Radio, is fond of quoting Quincy Jones, who described jazz as “soul and science.” Scientifically speaking, some other local jazz cats have more prodigious chops than Bernstein. But in terms of soul, the amiable vocalist scores high marks. Her music is sweet, smooth and sultry, moving listeners with guile and charm as much as technique.

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Now, it’s unclear from the press release whether the Logger will be MCing as in hosting or rapping. But since the festival runs for, like, 14 hours, I’m inclined to think it could actually be the latter. In which case … wow.

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Tuesda Th.8.6 8PM, 18+ Last but not least, best wishes to JOE KARAOKys ADLER. The longtime music guru at Radio 9PM, 18+ E TRIPLE STAXX Bean let it be known last week that he TURNTABLISM SHOWCASE 10PM, 18+ has decided to move on from the coffee F.8.7 with JAH RED 9PM, 21+ shop and take a position with Charlottebased world-music label Cumbancha. FRIDAY NIGHT WORLDWIDE 11PM, 21+ Adler has been the music man with DAVE VILLA & RON STOPPABLE behind the Bean since 2011. Prior to Sa.8.8 LEATHERBOUND BOOKS 8 PM 21+ that, he handled booking at the nowOLD SCHOOL REVIVAL defunct Thai restaurant Parima — with DJ ATAK & GUESTS 10PM, 21+ presently the home of Three Needs. When he came on, the Bean was already 165 CHURCH ST, BTV • 802-399-2645 well established as a local-music hot spot. But I think it’s safe to say that under his watch, the joint grew up a 12v-zenloungeWEEKLY2015.indd 1 8/4/15 11:26 AM little bit. It retained its spunky, eclectic charm, but the quality and quantity of music gracing its tiny stage increased noticeably. I’ve long thought of Radio Bean as the local scene’s artistic melting pot. Adler embraced that notion, filling its calendar with an incredibly wide array of music that bolstered the shop’s special, revered place in the hearts and minds of local music fans. And that’s to say nothing of his work organizing and curating the Precipice, which might just be the crowning achievement of his tenure. More importantly, Adler is a just a good dude and one of my favorite people to work with in the scene. His enthusiasm and genuine passion for Burlington music is infectious and second to none — well, maybe save superfan TIM LEWIS. Adler’s departure leaves a notable void. And whoever steps in to fill his shoes will find them quite roomy. But they’ll also find a venue that’s a much better place for having had him there. Thanks, Joe.

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Meanwhile, in Morrisville, the annual Hammer Jam festival at Moog’s Place is slated for this Sunday, August 9. If you’re unfamiliar, the daylong fest is a benefit for the Lamoille County Habitat for Humanity — hence, “Hammer Jam” — and features, well, pretty much every band in that part of the state. Some notable acts rocking the fest’s two stages this year include DEAD SESSIONS, SWEET AND LOWDOWN, BLUE FOX, EAMES BROTHERS BAND, MARK LEGRAND, SETH YACOVONE, LESLEY GRANT, the JOHN LACKARD BLUES BAND and ALLEN CHURCH’S STRING ENSEMBLE with — I’m not making this up — MC RUSTY DEWEES. COURTESY OF MOE.

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In other news, it’s time once again for the Vermont Music Fest, which, to refresh your memory, is a music festival. In Vermont. The sixth annual VMF goes down this Saturday, August 8, at the Lareau Farm in Waitsfield — home of the original American Flatbread, BTW. And as in previous years, the lineup includes a winning mix of local and regional talent. Some highlights include songwriter MARINA EVANS, SOULE MONDE, Mad River Valley psych band MAIN STREET SYNDICATE, Boston-based organ funk trio PO BOYZ, California country crooner CHRIS COTTA and freshly minted Seven Daysies winners the STARLINE RHYTHM BOYS, to name a few.

Oh, also, there’s a Wiffle ball tournament, which is something I really think more festivals should consider.

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Ellsworth & Katie Trautz, 6 p.m., $5-10 donation. SWEET MELISSA'S: Wine Down with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Heady Topper Happy Hour with David Langevin (piano), 5 p.m., free.

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

chittenden county JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Irish Session, 7 p.m., free.

PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. THE STAGE: Open Mic, 6 p.m., free.

outside vermont

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

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BARRIO BAKERY & PIZZA BARRIO: Jason Lee (folk), 6 p.m., free. BREAKWATER CAFÉ & GRILL: Mango Jam (zydeco), 6 p.m., free. CHURCH & MAIN: Cody Sargent Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free. SEVENDAYSvt.com

ZEN LOUNGE: Josh Glass (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., $5. 18+.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Dale Cavanaugh (folk), 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: tUnE-yArDs, White Hinterland (indie), 8:30 p.m., $20/23. AA.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Mashtodon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

RUSTY NAIL: Open Mic, 9:30 p.m., free.

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

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soul), 6 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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. FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. THE GRYPHON: Eric George (folk, blues), 7 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Half & Half Comedy (standup), 8 p.m., free. The Harder They Come (house), 10:30 p.m., free. JUNIPER: just mouse (acoustic), 9 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Julia Reed (jazz), 8 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free. Bluegrass Thursday: Forlone Strangers, Texas Pete, 9:30 p.m., $2/5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Rusty Spigots (jazz), 5:30 p.m., free. Jazz Sessions with Julian Chobot, 6:30 p.m., free. Alex Betz Group (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Nico Suave & the Bodacious Supreme (sexy funk), 10:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Josh Panda (rock,

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MONKEY HOUSE: WW Presents: Bloodshot BIll (rockabilly), 8:30 p.m., $7/12. 18+. PENALTY BOX: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free. WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Xenia Dunford (singersongwriter), 5 p.m., free.

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BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Colin McCaffrey & Friends (folk), 6 p.m., donation.

tUnE-yArDs, bandleader

and onetime Vermonter Merril Garbus began writing from an unusual place: nowhere. Following a yearlong hiatus

CHARLIE-O'S WORLD FAMOUS: Laura Mae Socks & Her Baked Goods (country), 10 p.m., free.

from making music, Garbus found herself with no musical ideas. So she began a disciplined regimen of locking herself

THE KNOTTY SHAMROCK: Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

album, a critically acclaimed work whose percussive bombast and fluid melodies are as unpredictable and mysterious

SWEET MELISSA'S: BYOV Thursdays, 3 p.m., free. Live Music, 7:30 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Al ’n’ Pete (folk), 7:30 p.m., donation. MOOG'S PLACE: Open Mic, 8 p.m., free.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Summer Salsa Series with DJ Hector, 10 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom JASPER'S TAVERN: Karaoke with Wound for Sound, 8 p.m., free.

outside vermont

NAKED TURTLE: Ladies Night with DJ Skippy, 10 p.m., free. OLIVE RIDLEY'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

in a studio five days a week and experimenting with unconventional songwriting techniques. The result is her 2014 as they are compelling. tUnE-yArDs play the Higher Ground Ballroom in South Burlington on Thursday, August 6, with White Hinterland. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Michel Lajeunesse (accordion), 8 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: First Friday: Toy Land (dance party), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

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

JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 8 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids music), 11 a.m., free. just mouse (acoustic eclectica), 7 p.m., free. Jeremiah Tall (folk rock), 8:30 p.m., free. The New Review (funk), 10 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Ida Mae Specker, Old Sky, Upstate Rubdown (Americana), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

RED SQUARE: Barbacoa (surf), 4 p.m., free. M'bolo (world rock), 7 p.m., $5. Erin Harpe and the Delta Swingers (blues, swing), 8 p.m., $5. DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Con Yay (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.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Texas Pete (western swing), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Tiffany Pfeiffer (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Hugh Pool (blues, rock), 10 p.m., free.

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

ZEN LOUNGE: Jah Red (Latin), 8 p.m., $5. Feel Good Friday with D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

burlington

THE GRYPHON: Max Bronstein (jazz guitar), 6:30 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Chris Peterman & Joe Capps (jazz), 8 p.m., free. Bonjour Hi (house), 10:30 p.m., free. JUNIPER: The DuPont Brothers (indie folk), 9 p.m., free.

chittenden county BACKSTAGE PUB: Acoustic Happy Hour, 5 p.m., free. Left Hand Black (rock), 9 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: moe. (jam), 10 p.m., $59 combo ticket.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Bootless & Unhorsed (rock), 5 p.m., free. Nobby Reed Project (blues), 7 p.m., free. Party Crashers (rock), 9 p.m., free. WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Dave Keller Band (blues), 10 p.m., $5.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Art Herttua & Stephen Morabito (jazz), 6 p.m., donation. CHARLIE-O'S WORLD FAMOUS: Abby Jenne & Beasts of Bourbon (rock), 7 p.m., free. Swamp Candy (delta blues), 10 p.m., free. ESPRESSO BUENO: The Odd Wednesdays (new wave), 7:30 p.m., free. POSITIVE PIE (MONTPELIER): The Primate Fiasco (rock), 10 p.m., $5. SWEET MELISSA'S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5 p.m., free. Guano Loco (rock), 9 p.m., $5. WHAMMY BAR: Sarah Clanton (folk), 7 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: The Hubcats (blues), 7:30 p.m., donation. MOOG'S PLACE: Abby Sherman (folk), 6 p.m., free. Funbridge (rock), 9 p.m., free. RIMROCK'S MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Rekkon #FridayNightFrequencies (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. RUSTY NAIL: Seth Yacovone Blues Trio, 9 p.m., $7.

mad river valley/ waterbury

THE CIDER HOUSE BBQ AND PUB: Tim Kane (piano), 6 p.m., free.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS: City Limits Dance Party with Top Hat Entertainment (Top 40), 9:30 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Cooper & Lavoie (blues), 6 p.m., free. DJ Da.Root (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom JASPER'S TAVERN: InKahootz (rock), 9:30 p.m., $5. THE STAGE: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

outside vermont

MONOPOLE: Magic Dan & Fancy Music (rock), 10 p.m., free. MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free.

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BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Xenia Dunford (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. BREAKWATER CAFÉ & GRILL: Nightrain (rock), 6 p.m., free. CLUB METRONOME: Retronome with DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5. FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. THE GRYPHON: Zach Dupont (indie folk), 6:30 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Ebn Ezra (experimental), 8 p.m., free. DJ Disco Phantom (house), 10:30 p.m., free. JP'S PUB: Karaoke with Megan, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Bonjour Hi (house), 9 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: Songwriters for COTS: Troy Millette and Bethany Connor, 7 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: Nerk Twins: Matinee (acoustic Beatles tribute), noon, free. And the Kids, Osage Orange, Outer Stylie (indie), 10 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: 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. THE SKINNY PANCAKE

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For a young guy, Ben Donovan sure is old-school. The Virginia transplant paid his musical dues in Burlington the hard way, busking for rent. If you spent any time on Church Street in the last couple of years, you’ve likely heard his silver-toned tenor giving voice to Buck Owens and Johnny Cash classics and, for good measure — and tips — the odd Paul Simon number. From there he started a country band, Reverend Ben Donovan & the Congregation, and grew his flock gradually, with under-the-radar gigs at juke joints around the Queen City. Eventually Donovan caught the ear of local producer/musician/starmaker Jer Coons, who, in a recent email to Seven Days, says Donovan is the most impressive local singer he’s heard since he stumbled on his other protégé, the ascendant Caroline Rose. Donovan and his band holed up in the studio with Coons and, armed with

the requisite amount of beer and smokes, laid down 20 tracks in two days. This was on top of a previous afternoon solo session in which Donovan tracked an additional 14 acoustic cuts. The result is an exceptional debut that, much like recent albums by Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton and Jason Isbell, treats countrymusic tradition not as rigid gospel or a museum piece but as a living, breathing — and drinking — thing to be molded and reinterpreted. Take, for example, album centerpiece “If There’s DJs in Heaven.” Though it boasts bright production that recalls 1970s outlaw country, the song is a pastiche of an even older tune, the Buck Owens staple “Sweethearts in Heaven.” But there’s a modern, snarky twist. “If there’s DJs in heaven, I don’t wanna go,” sings Donovan with a drawling sneer. Then, “I’ll take Satan’s breath over goin’ deaf cuz of some hipster with a MacBook Pro.” As a songwriter, Donovan is cut from a similar cloth — let’s say denim — as gritty writers such as Steve Earle and Bobby Bare. But he’s blessed with a versatile voice that can be both the sandpaper and the smooth, gleaming surface. He proves an adept crooner on cuts such as “Mumble” and “End of the Road Woman.” But he’s best with a little hitch in his voice

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chorus. Punk conventionalists will be satisfied by the familiar power-chord breakdowns and snappy pace found on tracks such as this one. But the postmodernists will stay for Brandt’s Thurston Moore-meets-Lou Reed vocals and his sailing, J Mascis-esque guitar buzz found on the following cut, “Snipe Hunt.” It’s a standout track featuring prominent lead guitar, intricate bass work from Eric Smith and the EP’s only screamed vocals. The EP closes with a dialed-back headnodder, “Sukie.” This track leaves the lingering taste of alternative rock on one’s palate more than punk. And it makes me curious as to what these guys could dish out on a full-length. While I would rate this EP an overall success, I’m not thinking about it as I fall asleep at night. Nothing here is breaking molds. Granted, punk is a tough genre to break. To achieve notoriety and recognition, punk rockers have to either out-rock or out-shock, and the Bloomers do neither. They’re too vocally relaxed to be hardcore, and their songs are too traditionally rooted in punk structure to be considered anything out of the genre.

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displays a keen appreciation for the classic country roots of her native rural Louisiana. Blessed with a

hauntingly expressive voice and backed by a crack band called the Baked Goods, Socks trades in a timeless sort of twang that could belong on a crackling AM station in the 1950s as much as in the modern era. Socks and her band play two Montpelier shows this week: Thursday, August 6, at Charlie-O’s World Famous; and Sunday, August 9,

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Fall to Pieces Whether playing well-chosen covers or her own heart-wrenching material,

at the Skinny Pancake.

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CLUB METRONOME: Dead Set (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., free/$5. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: DJ Dan Freeman (trap), 10 p.m., free. JP'S PUB: Open Mic with Kyle, 9 p.m., free. LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Dan Liptak Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: Big Something (rock, funk), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Stephen Callahan Trio (jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. Lotango (tango), 8 p.m., free. Luis Betancourt (indie folk, psych pop), 9 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Brett Hughes & Friends, 10 p.m., $3. RED SQUARE: The Tenderbellies (bluegrass), 7 p.m., free. Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free. ZEN LOUNGE: Killed It! Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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(BURLINGTON): Stuart's Giant (prog), 10 p.m., $5-10 donation. VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Hugh Pool (blues, rock), 10 p.m., free. ZEN LOUNGE: Leatherbound Books (indie folk), 8 p.m., $5. Old School Revival (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

chittenden county

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

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HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Twiddle (jam), 11 p.m., $44 combo ticket. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Quiet Life (rock), 8:30 p.m., $8/10. AA. MONKEY HOUSE: The Luxury (indie), 9 p.m., $3/8. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: John Daly Trio (folk rock), 5 p.m., free. Hot Neon Magic (’80s new wave), 9 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation. Circus Smirkus with Ivan Jermyn, 6 p.m., donation. CHARLIE-O'S WORLD FAMOUS: Early Bird Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. Texas Pete (western swing), 10 p.m., free. ESPRESSO BUENO: The Metal Outlaws (country rock), 7:30 p.m., $2. SWEET MELISSA'S: Andy Pitt (folk), 5 p.m., free. Hillside Rounders (Americana), 9 p.m., $5. WHAMMY BAR: Shirley Johnson (folk), 7 p.m., free.

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THE BEE'S KNEES: David Rosane (folk), 7:30 p.m., donation. MOOG'S PLACE: The Hamiltones (rock), 9 p.m., free.

RUSTY NAIL: Josh Panda & the Hot Damned (rock, soul), 9 p.m., $6.

mad river valley/ waterbury

THE CIDER HOUSE BBQ AND PUB: Dan Boomhower (piano), 6 p.m., free.

middlebury area

51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE: Gumbo YaYa (zydeco), 8 p.m., free. CITY LIMITS: City Limits Dance Party with DJ Earl (top 40), 9:30 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Oak Totem Trio (jazz), 6 p.m., $3. Jam Man Entertainment (dance party), 10 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom JASPER'S TAVERN: Steve's DJ, 9 p.m., free.

outside vermont

MONOPOLE: Beats & Rhymes (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

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BREAKWATER CAFÉ & GRILL: Island Time Steel Drums (calypso), 3 p.m., free. CLUB METRONOME: 20th Annual Jerryfest with Blues for Breakfast (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $6/11. 18+. FRANNY O'S: Kyle Stevens' Happiest Hour of Music (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Junglist Lounge (jungle), 8 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: 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.

Fall From the Gallows, 9 p.m., $3/5. 18+.

RADIO BEAN: Gypsy Jazz Brunch with Queen City Hot Club, 11 a.m., free.

FRANNY O'S: Standup Comedy Cage Match, 8 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Brett Hughes & the Honky Tonk Crowd (honky tonk), 7 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch Scramble, noon, $5-10 donation. Spark Open Improv Jam & Standup Comedy, 7 p.m., $5-10 donation. VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Hugh Pool (blues, rock), 2 p.m., free.

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

PENALTY BOX: Trivia With a Twist, 4 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Bleeker & MacDougal (folk ballads), 11 a.m., donation. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Laura Mae Socks (country), 6 p.m., $5-10 donation. SWEET MELISSA'S: Brunch with Abby Jenne (rock), 1 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Howard Ring Guitar Brunch, 11 a.m., donation. MOOG'S PLACE: Hammer Jam (rock), noon, $15.

northeast kingdom THE STAGE: Open Mic, 5 p.m., free.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Family Night (rock), 10:30 p.m., free. JP'S PUB: Dance Video Request Night with Melody, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Wren Kitz (experimental guitar), 8:30 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: Motown Mondays with DJs Craig Mitchell & Fattie B, 7 p.m., free. Tar Iguana (jam), 10 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN: Lizard Lips (indie funk), 7 p.m. David Rosane & the Zookeepers (indie folk), 8:30 p.m., free. Latin Sessions with Mal Maiz (cumbia), 10:30 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Otis Mountain Get Down Presents: Vundabar, REDadmiral (rock), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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CHARLIE-O'S WORLD FAMOUS: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free. SOUTH SIDE TAVERN: Open Mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA'S: Cyrus Graves (singer-songwriter), 5 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Django Soul-o, 7:30 p.m., donation.

MOOG'S PLACE: Jason Wedlock (rock), 7:30 p.m., free.

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

RADIO BEAN: Andra Taylor & Nate Dodge (Americana), 7 p.m., free. The Marquee (rock), 8:30 p.m., free. Kwesi (folk soul), 10 p.m., free. The Friendship Tour: Javy Lee & JFP (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free. Yeucchhh (experimental grunge rap), 11:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Women Be Shoppin' (improvisational), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda's Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation. ZEN LOUNGE: Kizomba with Dsantos VT, 7 p.m., free. Loveland with DJ Craig Mitchell, 10 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

chittenden county HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Finger Eleven (rock), 8 p.m., $15/17. AA. MONKEY HOUSE: Untapped, Simple Joe (metal), 8:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Pine Street Jazz, 7 p.m., free.

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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. Cookie's Hot Club (gypsy jazz), 7 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Heady Topper Happy Hour with David Langevin (piano), 5 p.m., free. The Brevity Thing (folk), 7:30 p.m., donation. MOOG'S PLACE: Live Music, 8 p.m., free. PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. RUSTY NAIL: Jazz is Dead (Grateful Dead tribute, jazz), 7 p.m., $22/27. Open Mic, 9:30 p.m., free.

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

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Kidz Music with Raphael, 11:30 a.m., $3 donation.

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

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Open Mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., free.

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THE DAILY PLANET: Karyn Mayhew (folk rock), 8 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Wildlife Music Collective (house), 10 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA'S: Kelly Ravin (country), 8 p.m., free.

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

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JUNIPER: Ray Vega and North (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

MOOG'S PLACE: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free.

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

CLUB METRONOME: Metal Monday: Amadis, Sabrehound,

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

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LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions, 8 p.m., free. Film Night, 10 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: VT Comedy Club Presents: What a Joke! Comedy

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

northeast kingdom JASPER'S TAVERN: Below Zero Blues Jam, 7 p.m., free. PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. THE STAGE: Open Mic, 6 p.m., free.

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An Artist’s Craft Walking Conversations at Cold Hollow Sculpture Park

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AMY LILLY

old Hollow Sculpture Park is unique in Vermont: Encompassing 35 acres of rolling meadow, hayfields and woods in Enosburg Falls, the site displays some 50 large-scale steel sculptures by a single artist, David Stromeyer. Seen against the wide summer sky and forested hills, the works — some measuring 30 feet in one direction — integrate into the landscape that inspired them. Visitors can stroll between them on grassy paths mown by a neighboring farmer, with no sound louder than the wind and birds to interrupt contemplation. However, on a recent sunny Saturday, some 30 visitors gathered around a group of gracefully twisting steel sheets, titled “Swingin’ Easy” (2012), in anticipation of something more. It’s here that Stromeyer and Shelburne Museum design curator Kory Rogers began “Craft and Art: Meetings and Divergences,” a discussion on the nature of craftsmanship in fine art. The talk marked the second in a new series of five Walking Conversations, where artists and creative experts from fields such as poetry, music and science meet to discuss conceptual dimensions of Stromeyer’s work. Rogers and Stromeyer started with an overview of the craft movement in the U.S. following World War II. The 90-minute talk brought visitors to two more sculptures that are among the most labor-intensive of Stromeyer’s 40-year career. “Darwin’s Reply (for Arthur)” (2007) required three months of cutting, assembling and welding to create its arching screen of individual shapes. “Ngozi” (2010-13), the artist’s sole sculpture in cast concrete, posed such significant engineering challenges that he never attempted another in that medium. Even with its foam core, the piece weighs 27,000 pounds. The talk raised a central, if not new, question: When is something a work of craftsmanship, and when it is a work of art? Stromeyer pondered this years ago while working on a job photographing the collection at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. “I wondered why one object ended up in an art museum and another in a craft museum, or an ethnographic museum,” he recalled.

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Kory Rogers and David Stromeyer with “Darwin’s Reply (for Arthur)”

is the vision, not the fact that I’m a steel sculptor,” he said. Rogers, less keen on drawing distinctions, told the group that Stromeyer is a true artist precisely because he’s “a true craftsman.” When Rogers first encountered Stromeyer’s work in a 2013 show in Burlington’s City Hall Park, he was intrigued but not bowled over. At Shelburne Museum, Rogers curates handmade objects of Americana; by contrast, Stromeyer’s work is “very modern,” in the unsmiling assessment of one Russian visitor. “Patchy Fog” (1979), for example, is an assemblage of bent I-beams, sheets and other steel elements. It didn’t interest Rogers, he said, until he learned that Stromeyer created the individual shapes by shattering larger pieces of material with a threeton boulder, dropped from 40 feet up. In Stromeyer’s early work, surfaces are rusty and reveal the natural aging process of steel. In the 1980s, he began applying colorful, painted finishes to his works; “Swinging Easy,” for example, has metallic green, copper and blue surfaces. As years pass, Stromeyer reapplies the paint to keep it looking vibrant. The sleek, colorful surfaces mark where Stromeyer headed in a more populist direction, as opposed to artists like Richard Serra, whose austere steel forms consistently adhere to a highimpact, minimalist approach. Serra’s torqued ellipses — huge, leaning, curved steel sheets set in parallel circles — invite entry, and walking between them elicits contradictory feelings of danger and protection. Offering discovery more than danger, Stromeyer’s works are far from pure minimalism. One recent series evokes human postures; older works gesture toward figurative subjects such as orange peels and caves. His titles typically evoke an image or reference, such as a dance (“Paso Doble”) or songs (“Swingin’ Easy” is a jazz standard made famous by Sarah Vaughn); they come to him only after the works are complete.

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WHAT DRIVES MY WORK IS THE VISION, NOT THE FACT THAT I’M A STEEL SCULPTOR. D AV I D S T ROM E YE R

Stromeyer and his wife, Sarah, purchased the Enosburg property in 1970, and he’s been sculpting there ever since. (The couple live in the farmhouse half the year; the other half they spend in Austin, Texas, in a house, which Stromeyer codesigned with an architect, that is void of any right angles.) The artist does all fabrication work in his purpose-built Vermont studio. Though closed to visitors, the cavernous building is outfitted with enormous sheets of steel

and machinery designed to bend, cut and lift them, some of which the artist built himself. What the studio doesn’t contain is a computer — Stromeyer works entirely from models he fashions from wood, foam and other materials — or a gaggle of assistants one might expect given the scale of his work. He typically employs one full-time helper. Stromeyer sees his own work as art rather than craft. “What drives my work

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and freed men and women after the Civil War. Over time the expression came to include “the hundreds of thousands of enslaved Africans and African Americans who never experienced the joys of freedom, and the thousands who fought on the front lines of the Civil Rights struggle,” write the curators. The collection of daguerreotypes from the 1840s along with photographs taken during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1930s to ’50s and civil rights movement of the ’60s, is on view through August 9 at the Middlebury College Museum of Art. Pictured: an 1840 daguerreotype by an unknown photographer.

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f ‘Excerpts From the West Side’: Sculpture

and installation created by artists who have worked and studied at the Carving Studio & Sculpture Center in West Rutland, including Don Ramey, Bart Uchida, Carol Driscoll, Charles Austin, Kevin Donegan, B. Amore, Glen Campbell and Jackie Kirkman Campbell. Reception: Friday, August 7, 5-8 p.m. August 7-September 25. Info, 617-780-7701. RLPhoto in Burlington.

f Ginny Joyner: “Inspired by Vintage,”

watercolors, giclée prints and cards. Reception: Friday, August 7, 5-7 p.m. August 7-31. Info, 488-5766. Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace in Burlington.

f ‘Never Had No One Ever: The Art of Collage’: Artworks that explore “the human experience of discovery through loss” by Carl David Ruttan, Molly Bosley, W. David Powell, Shavon Kenney, Athena Tasiopoulos and Paula Grenon. Reception: Friday, August 7, 5-8 p.m. August 7-October 27. Info, 735-2542. New City Galerie in Burlington.

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f Weston Art Guild: Watercolor and oil paintings by nine guild members. Reception: Friday, August 7, 5-6:30 p.m. August 7-31. Info, 496-5470. Three Mountain Café in Waitsfield.

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f Tom Fels: “Line and Shadow: Cyanotypes

and Drawings,” large prints from the artist’s Arbor and Catalpa Series, 2011-14; smaller minimalist drawings from his Linea Series, 2014; and a large drawing from the recent Classics Series. Reception: Friday, August 14, 5-7 p.m. August 8-September 20. Info, 382-9222. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in Middlebury.

art events 7th Annual Jeffersonville Sidewalk Art Festival: Regional artists show and sell work (rain or shine), with food and live music. Various locations in Jeffersonville. Saturday, August 8, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Info, 644-1960. ‘An Order’: Art installations using photography, video, sound and light by Wylie Garcia, Abbey Meaker, Sarah O Donnell, Rebecca Weisman and Mary Zompetti that investigate the history of the former orphanage. Burlington College, Thursday and Friday, August 6 and 7, noon-5 p.m. Reception: Friday, August 7, 5-8 p.m. Info, abbeymeaker@ gmail.com.

First Friday Art: Dozens of galleries and other venues around the city open their doors to pedestrian art viewers in this monthly event. See Art Map Burlington at participating locations. Friday, August 7, 5-8 p.m. Info, 264-4839. ‘The World of Tattoo Art’: Talk informally with models and others about their body-art stories and tattoo experiences. A donation to the museum gets you a free temporary tattoo custom-designed for the event. Bennington Museum, Friday, August 7, 5-8 p.m. Info, 447-1571. 2015 Art in the Park: A weekend of art and crafts, as well as food, music, demonstrations and kids’ activities. Main Street Park, Rutland, Saturday, August 8, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Info, 775-0356. BCA Summer Artist Market: A juried outdoor market featuring handmade original fine art and crafts by Vermont artists and artisans, in conjunction with the Burlington Farmers Market. Burlington City Hall Park, Saturday, August 8, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. . Info, 865-7166. Cambridge Annual Festival of the Arts: A celebration of local art, artists and musicians with live music, local food and children’s art activities. Various Cambridge locations, Saturday, August 8, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Info, 633-2388. Kingdom Life: Artwork that celebrates life in the Northeast Kingdom by a dozen local artists and special guests Heartbeet Lifesharing, plus fiddler Jeanne Miller and hors d’oeuvres. Miller’s Thumb Gallery, Greensboro, Saturday, August 8, 4-6 p.m. Info, 533-2045. Second Saturday: Chris Hadsel Talk: The founder of the Curtains Without Borders project speaks about her work uncovering and preserving New England theater curtains. An example of a painted curtain will be on view in the Vermont Heritage Gallery. Vermont History Center, Barre, Saturday, August 8, 2-3 p.m. Free with museum admission. Info, 479-8519. Art, Music & Tea in the Garden: Landscapes, historic buildings and garden scenes in watercolor by Maurie Harrington, wire-wrapped jewelry by Patti Malone, and musical performances by the Celtic women’s group Full Circle. Fisk Farm Art Center, Isle La Motte, Sunday, August 9, 1-5 p.m. Info, 928-3364. Community Mandala Installation: Community members are invited to contribute by bringing their memories, dreams and wishes to a collaborative art piece. Art materials provided. Big Picture Theater and Café, Waitsfield, Sunday, August 9, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Info, 595-3788.

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Artist Talk: Odili Donald Odita: The internationally exhibited, Nigerian-born artist with an MFA from Bennington College gives a talk as part of his VSC residency. Lowe Lecture Hall, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Monday, August 10, 8-9 p.m. Info, 635-2727. Artist Talk: Jackie Brookner: The ecological artist who collaborates internationally with communities and policy makers gives a talk as part of her VSC residency. Lowe Lecture Hall, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Tuesday, August 11, 8-9 p.m. Info, 635-2727. Gallery Talk: Warren Kimble: The renowned Brandon-based artist talks about his current retrospective exhibit. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, Middlebury, Wednesday, August 12, noon. Info, 388-2117.

ONGOING Shows burlington

‘4th Annual Art Educators Unite!’: An exhibition of works in a variety of mediums by 17 self-described “artrageous” female art educators and artists. Curated by SEABA. Through August 31. Info, 859-9222. VCAM Studio in Burlington. ‘Abstract Spotlight’: Paintings by Cameron Schmitz and Johanne Yordan, and photography by Douglas Biklen. Through September 19. Info, 865-7166. Vermont Metro Gallery, BCA Center, in Burlington. Ashlee Rubinstein: “Fast and Furious Food,” representational paintings of “bad” food. Through August 29. Info, oneartscollective@gmail.com. ONE Arts Center in Burlington. Brooke Monte and Alex Dostie: “Monte vs. Dostie,” surreal abstractions and geometryinspired paintings by the Burlington artists. Through August 29. Info, 660-9005. The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington. Bruce Conklin: “New Paintings,” Vermont landscapes by the local artist. Through August 15. Info, 862-2470. UVM Medical Center in Burlington. Carl Rubino: “It’s Not What You Look At. It’s What You See,” photographs with themes including architectural, natural and urban landscapes, abstracts, and multiple-exposure images. Through August 28. Info, 518-524-8450. Hinge in Burlington.

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‘Dreams’: A dream-themed art mixer. Contour Studios, Newport, Friday, August 7, 5-9 p.m. $3. Info, 309-7501.

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Walking Conversations, Cold Hollow Sculpture Park, Enosburg Falls. Saturdays at 2 p.m.: August 8, Julia Shipley, a poet and nature writer, on “The Nature-Sculpture Partnership”; September 12: Andrew Massey, composer and conductor of the Middlebury College Orchestra, on “Time, Space, Rhythm and Color” in sculpture and music; October 3: Jason Bates, UVM professor of medicine, on the intersections of science and art. Park open through October 12. Free. coldhollowsculpturepark.com

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Stromeyer’s various inspirations — music, the landscape of northern Vermont or a South American cave — helped give rise to Walking Conversations. Along with his wife, Stromeyer wanted to offer the public an interdisciplinary view of the works. After all, Sarah notes, “a sculpture park asks you to look at things from all different angles.” The talks are indeed wide-ranging: In one, Stromeyer, an amateur violinist, will discuss musical elements in sculpture with Middlebury-based conductorcomposer Andrew Massey. In another, Craftsbury poet Julia Shipley will examine nature and sense of place with the sculptor. Lastly, University of Vermont medicine professor Jason Bates will talk about scientific practice and its role in the creation of art. While Serra, Jeff Koons and other renowned metal sculptors employ teams of specialists to draft and fabricate their works, Stromeyer isn’t interested in having others build his art. But he is intent on expanding the park’s accessibility and increasing foot traffic. When the couple opened their property to the public last year, many visitors had trouble locating the remote, rural spot, which lies 10 miles from the Canadian border. Now an entry sign in the shape of a massive rusted hex nut — a Claes Oldenburg-like play on proportion — stands at the driveway bearing the letters “CHSP.” Signs on the entry gate indicate dates and hours of operation. This reporter’s Google Maps voice app got her there without incident, even though the area lacks the reception required to make a cellphone call. While CHSP isn’t as centrally located as Storm King outside New York City, it’s worth the trip. The park offers viewers a comprehensive look at how one sculptor’s vision evolved over decades. Rogers sees Cold Hollow Sculpture Park becoming an art-tourism destination. “I do think this will have a longlasting effect as they start to get the word out,” he said in a phone call. “It is a unique destination and, if it does take off, it will be very popular.” m

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THE INNOVATION CENTER SUMMER SHOW: Group exhibits of local artists on all three floors. First floor: Alana LaPoint, Ashley Veselis, Casey Blanchard, Elizabeth Bunsen, Liz Cleary, Meryl Lebowitz, Michael Buckley and Tom Merwin. Second floor: Elizabeth Nelson, James Vogler, Jeffrey Trubisz, Lyna Lou Nordstorm, Michael Pitts and Robert Green. Third floor: Haley Bishop, Jacques Burke, Jessica Drury, Lynn Cummings and Meryl Lebowitz. Curated by SEABA. Through August 31. Info, 863-6903. The Innovation Center of Vermont in Burlington. JACQUES BURKE: Ink, watercolors, acrylic, spray paint and other mixed media on canvas. Through August 31. Info, 658-6016. Speeder & Earl’s (Pine Street) in Burlington. JEAN CHEROUNY: “My Home,” two semiabstract series including “Unforceable” and “Truthless” presented as a 10-year retrospective. Through August 31. Info, 651-9692. RETN in Burlington. JEAN LUC DUSHIME: “A Global Connection,” photographs that investigate social and political structures that perpetuate war, violence, misunderstanding and miscommunication. MILTON ROSAORTIZ: “An Ode to Time,” an exploration of the aging process using driftwood taken from Lake Champlain. RICK NORCROSS: “The Faces of Rock & Roll: 1969 to 1974,” images by the longtime leader of westernswing band Rick & the All-Star Ramblers and former music critic-photographer. Through September 19. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington.

JESSE AZARIAN: “Paintin’ Idiot Show,” works by the Calais artist. Reception: Friday, August 7, 5-9 p.m. Through August 31. Info, 318-2438. Red Square in Burlington. KRISTEN M. WATSON: “{stratum},” mixed-media works that explore translucence and the act of artistic appropriation. Through August 28. Info, 578-0300. Designers’ Circle Jewelers in Burlington. LESLIE FRY: “Twist & Shout,” an exhibit of monoprints and sculpture by the Winooski artist. Through August 19. Info, 864-2088. The Men’s Room in Burlington.

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5TH ANNUAL JERICHO PLEIN AIR FESTIVAL EXHIBITION: Participants in the outdoor painting event display their finished works. Through August 9. Info, 899-2974. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. ‘AMERICAN MODERNS, 1910-1960: FROM O’KEEFFE TO ROCKWELL’: Almost 50 artworks in a variety of styles that explore the range of American modern painting and sculpture. Includes works by Georgia O’Keeffe, Milton Avery, Marsden Hartley, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Elie Nadelman, Rockwell Kent, Luigi Lucioni and Norman Rockwell. Through September 13. ‘RICH AND TASTY: VERMONT FURNITURE TO 1850’: A decorative arts showcase of furniture from Shelburne Museum and other collections that helps define the styles, economics and aesthetic innovations in 19th-century Vermont design. Through November 1. Info, 985-3346. Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum. ‘BIRDS OF A FIBER’: A community art show. Through October 31. Info, 434-2167. Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington. ‘COLLAGE’: Collage in various media by members of the Milton Artists’ Guild. Through August 31. Info, info@lcatv.org. LCATV in Colchester. EMILY MITCHELL: Whimsical and vibrant acrylic paintings by the Richmond artist and educator. Through August 31. Info, 985-9511. Rustic Roots in Shelburne. ‘TRAVEL WITH OGDEN PLEISSNER’: A selection of the artist’s lesser-known American and European landscapes, along with other American paintings from the museum’s permanent collection. JUDY B. DALES: “Ahead of the Curve,” an exhibit of contemporary quilts from the last 18 years of the artist’s flowing, abstract style. Through October 31. Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum. ‘A MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT’: The brewery’s new gallery celebrates with works by local artists inside and out. Through August 25. Info, oneartscollec tive@gmail.com. Burlington Beer Company in Williston.

‘MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT’: A group show by 25 local artists in a variety of media. Reception: Friday, August 7, 5-7 p.m. Through August 31. Info, ealexander22@yahoo.com. Jericho Town Hall. RORY JACKSON: “Printed Light,” giclée prints on canvas depicting Vermont and Ghana. Through August 31. Info, 985-8222. Shelburne Vineyard. ‘RUNNING THE GAMUT: FROM REALISM TO ABSTRACTION’: A group show featuring the paintings of Daniel Gottsegen and 15 other artists. Through September 1. Info, 985-3848. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne.

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ART RESOURCE ASSOCIATION NEW MEMBER EXHIBIT: Work in a variety of media by central Vermont artists in celebration of ARA’s 40th anniversary. Through September 18. Info, 262-6035. T. W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.

‘CREATIVE COSMOS’: Paintings, prints, weaving, sculpture and digital images inspired by the cosmos and scientific discoveries by Sabra Field, Paul Calter, Cameron Davis, Janet Van Fleet, Bhakti Ziek, Marcus Greene and Jim Robinson. Reception: August 8, 6-8:30 p.m. Through September 7. MARIE LAPRÉ GRABON: Landscapes and collages by the Vermont artist. Through August 10. Info, 728-3726. Chandler Gallery in Randolph. EDWARD L. RUBIN: “Vermont: An Outsider’s Inside View,” 28 photographic portraits and landscapes from the book by the same name, by the Californiabased art photographer and production designer. Through August 31. Info, 323-573-0525. Vermont Statehouse Card Room in Montpelier. ELINOR OSBORN: Photographs of northern owls by the Vermont nature photographer. Through August 30. Info, 454-0141. Blinking Light Gallery in Plainfield.

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live painting through July and exhibited in August. Reception: Friday, August 7, 5-8 p.m. Through August 31. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington. ‘LOOKING OUT: THE SELF-TAUGHT ART OF LARRY BISSONNETTE’: Bold mixed-media paintings by the Vermont artist and international spokesman for autism, in his first solo show. Through August 29. Info, 863-5966. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, in Burlington.

‘Excerpts From the West Side’

‘MARITIME BURLINGTON’: An interactive exhibit organized by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum under a tent at Perkins Pier: hands-on activities, historic photos, highlights from the museum’s nautical archaeology work and research, and lake tours. Through October 12. Info, 475-2022. Perkins Pier in Burlington.

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‘ON THE WATERFRONT’: A waterfront-themed exhibition in conjunction with the 10th annual Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival. Through August 30. Info, 914-584-1215. Art’s Alive Gallery @ Main Street Landing’s Union Station in Burlington.

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PETER BARTLETT: Abstract paintings. Through August 31. Info, 865-7211. Mezzanine Gallery, Fletcher Free Library, in Burlington.

Donegan, B. Amore, Glen Campbell and

STACIANNE K. GROVE: “No More Hiroshimas,” an interactive exhibition of design, photography, paper sculptures and video that marks the 70th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Reception: Friday, August, 7, 5-8 p.m. Through September 30. Info, 862-9616. Gallery, Burlington College.

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‘WORKS BOTH WAYS’: 2D and 3D mixed-media works by artists who are also poets and writers: Bren Alvarez, Merche Bautista, Sharon Webster, Tina Escala, Genese Grill, Marian Willmott, Roger Coleman and Jon Turner. Through September 4. Info, 363-4746. Flynndog in Burlington.

Sculptor Don Ramey perhaps speaks for all eight artists in this exhibit when he writes, “It is the act of making, the process of that gives meaning and satisfaction to my life.” The sculptures and installations in the exhibition at RLPhoto in Burlington are created by artists who have worked or studied at the Carving Studio to Ramey they include: CSSC director Carol Driscoll, Bart Uchida, Charles Austin, Kevin Jackie Kirkman Campbell. The first p.m. Three more will be held at various times during the weekend of the South End Art Hop, September 11 to 13. Pictured: “Zoë No. 5” by Ramey.

HANNAH MORRIS: “Things to Remember Camping,” multimedia gouache and paper collages that make “little picture books” about concepts large and small, and with self-referential humor. Through August 7. Info, 828-3291. Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier. ‘A LEGACY OF CARING: KURN HATTIN HOMES FOR CHILDREN’: A historical exhibit of Kurn Hattin Homes for Children, founded in 1894 in Westminster to offer a safe home and quality education for disadvantaged children in a nurturing, rural environment. Through September 30. Info, 828-2291. Vermont History Museum in Montpelier. MARINA EPSTIEN: More than 20 years of paintings ranging from early surrealist and abstract expressionist to more figurative and symbolic works. Through September 15. Info, 229-6297. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier. MID-SUMMER SHOW: New artworks by members. Through August 31. Info, 839-5349. The Front in Montpelier. STUDIO PLACE ARTS SUMMER 2015: “Strength,” a group show of traditional and nontraditional work that explores the meanings of strength, whether of force or spirit, Main Floor Gallery; “Spirit Images,” drawings and words by Eleanor Ott, Second Floor Gallery; and “Nature Scapes and Other Worlds,” paintings, installation and sculpture by Ruth Hamilton, Third Floor Gallery. Through August 29. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre. TINA VALENTINETTI: “Windows: Looking In, Looking Out,” photography of and about windows. Through August 28. Info, 223-2518. Montpelier Senior Activity Center. TOM LEYTHAM: “The Other Working Landscape,” watercolors of Vermont’s vanishing industrial architecture by the Montpelier artist and architect. Through September 30. Info, 229-0430. Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier.

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‘2015 LEGACY COLLECTION’: Landscapes painted by 25 living and 13 deceased artists that reflect the legacy of museum namesakes and artists Alden and Mary Bryan. Through December 30. ‘GENERATIONS’: Works by 30 artists and the artists who taught them, showing influences and how techniques evolve over time. Through September 7. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville.

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call to artists 45th annual Mad river valley craft fair: seeking fine arts and crafts by artisans to participate in a juried craft fair held outdoors and under a big tent september 5 & 6, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free continental breakfasts, close parking, program/website listing and TlC for participants. submission deadline: August 20. Kenyon’s Field, waitsfield. info, 917-1056. creative coMpetition: For this artist competition and exhibit during monthly First Friday, artists may drop off one display-ready piece in any medium and size to backspace Gallery, 266 pine street in burlington, between noon and 6 p.m. on wednesday and Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday. entry $8. during the First Friday reception, 5-9 p.m., viewers can vote for their favorite work; the winning artist takes home the collective entry money. The work remains on view for

the duration of the exhibit. more info at spacegalleryvt. com. First wednesday of every month. iaa fall art show & sell: The integrated Arts Academy at h.o. wheeler is looking for more than 40 experienced and emerging artists and craftspeople to sell their work at our school’s Fall Art show & sell fundraiser on october 10 at burlington City hall. Artists keep 60 percent of sales; the rest is donated to the school. details and sign-ups at artforiaa.com. deadline: september 1. burlington City hall. info, 503-367-8565. labels for libations: local Vermont artists are invited to design a label for a limited edition run of Art hop Ale. A prize of $1,000, plus the winning design on labels and an exhibition of artist’s work at the Artifactory. submission information online at magichat.net/seaba. deadline: August 21. magic hat Artifactory, south burlington. info, 658-2739.

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‘nocturne’: nighttiMe photography: Calling for submissions of night photography. The romantic notions and sense of mystery associated with the night, and the transformation from the mundane world to the unknown, provide ample material for photographers to explore. The juror is lance Keimig, author of Night Photography: Finding Your Way in the Dark. deadline: wednesday, August 12, at 10 a.m. darkroom Gallery, essex Junction. $24 for four images; $5 for each additional. info, 777-3686, info@darkroom gallery.com.

f ceraMic sculpture show: works by more than 20 Vermont ceramic sculptors. Reception: Friday, August 7, 5-7 p.m. Through August 31. info, 224-7000. The mud studio in middlesex.

Julia Jensen: “scenes Remembered,” oil and encaustic paintings that celebrate light and the natural landscape. Through August 11. info, 253-8943. west branch Gallery & sculpture park in stowe.

gMcc 26th annual photo show in the round barn: An annual community-based photography exhibit as part of the Vermont Festival of the Arts. Through september 7. info, 496-7722. inn at the Round barn Farm in waitsfield.

paul stone: surreal, dreamlike New england landscape paintings. Through september 30. info, 253-1818. Green mountain Fine Art Gallery in stowe.

JaMes Mcgarrell & Mark goodwin: A selection of imagistic paintings, 1984-2004, as well as drawings on tile and paper by mcGarrell; and painting, drawing, collage and prints by Goodwin. Through september 6. info, 767-9670. bigTown Gallery in Rochester.

trevor corp: paintings and prints by the local artist and staff member at the Vermont studio Center. Through August 17. info, corptrevor @yahoo.com. The lovin’ Cup in Johnson.

art therapy association of verMont: MeMber art show: A juried show of works by Vermont art therapists representing the clienttherapist relationship and personal insights into healing. Through september 17. info, 595-3788. big picture Theater and Café in waitsfield.

Julia purinton: “everyday magic,” large-scale landscapes and nature paintings in oil, acrylic and mixed media exploring the mystery and commonality of the human-to-nature experience. Through August 30. info, 583-5832. The bundy modern Gallery in waitsfield. karla van vliet: “dream Risen,” paintings inspired by dreams and the unconscious. Through september 26. info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frameshop in waterbury. kathleen Mcguffin and karla van vliet: “making sacred Connections,” oil painted parables and abstract works, respectively, during the Vermont Festival of the Arts. Through september 6. info, 496-3065. waitsfield united Church of Christ.

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Jeff perrott & kristi kohut: watercolor monotypes and oil-on-paper paintings with bold colors and exuberant energy. Through August 22. info, 617-842-3332. walker Contemporary in waitsfield.

David Stromeyer talks about the creation of his monumental sculpture, ‘Shaping the Void’.

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tod gunter aviation art: illustrations currently include the F4u Corsair, a wwii fighter, and the F-4 phantom ii, a fighter-bomber active in Vietnam. more drawings and renderings are continually added. Through december 31. info, 734-9971. plane profiles Gallery in stowe.

david garten: “my personal Cuba – A photographic Retrospective of 31 Visits over 21 years,” on view in a converted storefront as part of Vermont Festival of the Arts. Through september 7. info, 496-5516. Village square in waitsfield.

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‘exposed’: The 24th annual outdoor exhibit features 18 sculptures and installations by regional artists, sited at the gallery, downtown and along the recreation path. Through october 14. ‘now you see Me: the best of the northeast Masters of fine arts 2015’: The third biennial exhibition featuring emerging contemporary artists from Québec, New england and New york working in a variety of media. Through August 23. info, 253-8358. helen day Art Center in stowe.

‘slope style’: Thirty-five fully accessorized vintage ski outfits, with a special section of the exhibit dedicated to Vermont ski brands. Through october 31. info, 253-9911. Vermont ski and snowboard museum in stowe.

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Montpelier artsfest: seeking regional artists to show work during montpelier ArtsFest, october 3. please submit website address or five low-res images to rhitzig@myfairpoint.net. submission deadline: August 21. downtown montpelier. info, 279-6178.

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‘LocaL coLor’: Paintings, textiles, pottery, glass and other media by 45-plus member artists exploring Vermont’s natural and built environment. Sean Dye: Vermont landscapes in oil, acrylic and pastel. Through September 30. Info, 338-0136. Creative Space Gallery in Vergennes.

f BoB Schatz: “Spaces,” black-and-white photos of the homes of American writers, including Eudora Welty, William Faulkner, Margaret Mitchell and Ernest Hemingway. Reception: Friday, August 14, 5-7 p.m. Through August 31. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. ‘the Farm: DrawingS oF rowLanD evanS roBinSon, 1850-1880’: Drawings from agricultural papers capturing 19th-century Vermont farm life and times by a member of the museum homestead’s family. Through October 25. Info, 877-3406. Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh. ‘many thouSanD gone: PortraitS oF the aFrican american exPerience’: Some 100 photographs of African Americans, from 1840s daguerreotypes to the civil rights era of the 1960s, from the collection of George R. Rinhart. Language SchooLS at the muSeum (the oBerBrook gaLLery): Twenty works of art from the museum’s permanent collection represent many of the countries and cultures that the college’s summer language schools represent. Through August 9. Info, 443-3168. Middlebury College Museum of Art. Peter FrieD: “Addison: Land Meets Sky,” an exhibit of Addison County landscapes in the artist’s new gallery. Through October 8. Info, 355-1447. Peter Fried Art in Vergennes.

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rory JackSon: “Weather the Storm,” paintings inspired by clouds, light on water, and the simple structure of Vermont summer landscapes. Through August 31. Info, 989-7419. Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. ‘warren kimBLe, aLL-american artiSt: an ecLectic retroSPective’: The internationally known Vermont artist exhibits a lifetime of work, including his “Sunshine” series, “Widows of War” paintings and sculpture, and more recent “House of Cards” and “Into the Box” series, which features open-faced boxes filled with found objects and architectural assemblages. Also on view is the Kimbles’ personal collection of folk art. Through October 18. Info, 388-2117. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury.

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aLthea BiLoDeau anD kathy Domenicucci: “Colors of Summer,” contemporary feltwear and oil paintings, respectively. Through September 1. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild.

‘No More Hiroshimas’ To acknowledge the 70th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, Essex artist StaciAnne K. Grove

offers an interactive exhibition of design, photography, paper sculptures and video. A

caStLeton aLumni art exhiBtion: Artworks by 16 graduates from 1982 through 2014. Through August 28. Info, 468-6052. Rutland City Hall.

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DeniS verSweyveLD anD JuDith rey: “A Sense of Place,” paintings, drawings, sculptures and mixed media on the theme of human interaction with the environment. Through August 15. Info, 468-6052. Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland.

The exhibit is on view through September 30. A reception is Friday, August 7, 5-8 p.m.

‘metamorPhoSiS: a Love oF change’: Sculpture by Paedra Bramhall and Patrick Farrow and ceramic work by Stephen Procter on the theme of individual changes over a lifetime. Through August 29. Info, 775-0356. Chaffee Downtown Art Center in Rutland. SaLLy hugheS: “Watercolor for the Senses,” paintings inspired by geology and the outdoors. Through August 9. Info, 247-4295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon.

origami cranes and write pledges of commitment to peace, globally or interpersonally. Pictured: “Mother & Child.”

champlain islands/northwest artiSt in reSiDence: auguSt Show: Utilitarian and decorative objects by collaborators Larry Langlais and Barb Langevin, with paintings in a variety of media by El Towle. Through August 31. Info, 933-6403. Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls.

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DaviD Stromeyer ScuLPture: The artist opens his private park to visitors for the summer and early fall. On view are about 50 large-scale sculptures that represent four decades of work inspired by the rhythms, forms and patterns of the Vermont landscape. Through October 12. Info, 512-333-2119. Cold Hollow Sculpture Park in Enosburg Falls.

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‘Art on the FArm’: Sculpture and painting by six artists who live and work in Vermont: Chelsie Bush, Ian Campbell, Pamela Fraser, Amy Morel, Nicko Moussallem and Otto Pierce. Thursdays. Info, edythe.f.wright@gmail.com. Clark Farm in Barnard. ‘Birds Are dinosAurs’: An exhibit tracing the evolution of birds from their ancestors includes skeletons and life-size replicas by paleo-artist Todd Marshall. Hands-on activities include a replica dig site. Through October 31. $11.50-13.50. Info, 359-5000. VINS Nature Center in Hartford. Crisis de oCtuBre; the CuBAn missile Crisis’: The 9th annual Slavo-Vermontia-philic exhibition featuring art, artifacts, memories, music and photographs of the Cold War era from the United States, Russia and Cuba. Through November 1. Info, 356-2776. Main Street Museum in White River Junction. ‘huiChol: Art oF A threAtened shAmAniC Culture’: Intricate yarn paintings of four indigenous artists from west-central Mexico; José Benítez Sánchez, Guadalupe González Ríos, Juan Ríos Martínez and Pablo Taizán de la Cruz, presented with historical and contemporary photographs, music and cultural artifacts. Through September 6. Info, 498-8438. BALE Community Space in South Royalton. Jen Violette And lindA rosenthAl: Mixedmedia and still-life wall sculptures and handblown glass, and abstract photography, respectively. Through September 30. Info, 457-1298. Collective — the Art of Craft in Woodstock. Keith sonnier: A survey of early neon works, 1968-1989, by the American artist. Peter sAul: In a retrospective exhibit that spans his career 1959 to 2012, the American artist presents colorful paintings that incorporate humor, pop-culture imagery, irreverence and occasionally politically incorrect subject matter. Open weekends and Wednesdays by appointment. Through November 29. Info, info@ hallartfoundation.org. Hall Art Foundation in Reading. ‘PrehistoriC menAgerie’: Six life-size prehistoric animals sculpted using natural materials by Bob Shannahan. Through September 7. Info, 649-2200. Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich. shAron rug hooKing And FiBer CrAFts: Eight members of the rug-making group show finished works. Through August 16. Info, 282-5814. Tunbridge Public Library.

‘WelCome to dnA lAnd’: The third annual summer show of collages and prints by Ben Peberdy and W. David Powell. Through August 31. Info, 295-0808. Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction.

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“Art + ComPuter / time”: Computer-generated artwork from the Anne and Michael Spalter Digital Art Collection from 1954 to the present. Through September 27. deBrA BerminghAm: “Threaded Dances,” surreal landscapes in oil. Through October 25. Jim dine: “People, Places, Things,” a retrospective in multiple media. Through October 25. rAy ruseCKAs: “Close to Home,” landscapes in pastels. Through October 25. rodrigo nAVA: “Expanded Forms,” steel sculptures on the museum grounds. Through October 25. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

northeast kingdom

‘dinosAur disCoVeries: AnCient Fossils, neW ideAs’: Fossils and models reveal how current thoughts on dinosaur biology have changed since the 1990s. Organized by the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Through December 15. Info, 748-2372. Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium in St. Johnsbury. donnA JeAn sAFFord: A 25-year retrospective of 50 paintings. Through September 8. Info, 334-1966. MAC Center for the Arts Gallery in Newport. ‘dust’: Displays include samples of “this most ubiquitous substance” from around the world, and the cosmos, as well as unique moments in the history of dust and a visual history of dust removal. Through November 30. Info, claredol@sover.net. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover. JeFF WAy: “Heads Up,” paintings in acrylic and oil of faces in flux. Through September 14. Info, 525-3366. Parker Pie Co. in West Glover. memoriAl exhiBition For ellen dorn leVitt: “A Visit With Ellen” features the artist’s many mediums including hand-painted linoleum-block prints, pastel drawings, colored pencil drawings, paper cutout designs, cards, baskets and jewelry. Through August 8. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

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depicting portraits of the artist’s friends and Newport street scenes. Reception: Friday, August

7, 5-7 p.m. Through August 30. Info, 334-2626. Newport Natural Market & Café. Vermont Artists grouP shoW: Fine art and handcrafted goods by 110 Vermont artists exhibited in a former grist mill. Through October 17. VirginiA West retrosPeCtiVe: Eight of the ninetysomething artist’s sculptural works, along with a weaving and textile-art exhibition featuring Betsy Day, Judy Dales, Sandy Ducharme, Carolyn Enz Hack, Dennis and Candice Glassford and Carol MacDonald. Through August 7. Info, 533-2045. Miller’s Thumb Gallery in Greensboro.

manchester/bennington

‘dAn shAPiro: liVing the Print’: A memorial exhibition of the artist/teacher’s printmaking. In conjunction with two other exhibitions featuring the artist’s paintings and works on paper. Through August 9. Info, 447-1571. Bennington Museum. ‘dAn shAPiro: Bennington And Beyond’: Paintings from 1947-1969, on view in the Usdan Gallery. In conjunction with two other exhibitions featuring the artists printmaking and works on paper. Through August 30. Info, abby05201@gmail. com. Info, 442-5401. Bennington College. ‘dAn shAPiro: the lAte yeArs’: Works on paper, 1970-1983. In conjunction with two other exhibitions featuring the artist’s paintings and prints. Through August 30. Info, 681-7161. The Left Bank in North Bennington. eli AdAms: Nature photography by the Poultney high school student. Through August 17. Info, 3624061. The Gallery at Equinox Village in Manchester Center. north Bennington outdoor sCulPture shoW: Outdoor sculptures sited in and around the village by 44 artists. Through October 25. Various locations around North Bennington.

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‘Aires liBres’: This annual public art exhibition takes place all over downtown Montréal, with video and photographic installations, sculptures and a special exhibit titled “Politics of Empathy.” Through September 7. Info, 514-861-7870. Downtown Montréal. Ann PemBer And minA Angelos: “Watercolor,” paintings from the upstate New York members of the American Watercolor Society. Through September 13. Info, 518-564-2474. Burke Gallery, Plattsburgh State Art Museum, N.Y. ‘CAn you dig it?’: A community exhibit celebrating music-album cover art, in the Rotunda Gallery.

Through October 11. ‘homer’s AmeriCA’: Selections from the museum’s permanent collection include five Civil War works as well as prints of children at play. On view in Hoopes Gallery. Through September 16. ‘the lAte drAWings oF Andy WArhol: 1973-1987’: Fifty drawings, some of them on view for the first time, by the late pop artist; organized by the Andy Warhol Museum. Wood Gallery. Through September 12. Info, 518-792-1761. The Hyde Museum in Glens Falls, N.Y. ‘WAter WAys: tension And FloW’: Landscape and portraiture photography from the permanent collection that explores “water’s impact on human life and humanity’s impact on water.” Through August 23. CAnAletto’s Vedute Prints: An exhibition honoring collector and donor Adolph Weil Jr. features etchings from the early 1740s of Venetian scenes by Antonio Canaletto. Through December 6. Info, 603-646-2095. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. ‘exPressions’: Paintings that suggest the relationship between art and nature by Anthony Hobbs, Marjorie Griffin and Joanna Nash. Through August 16. Info, 819-843-9992. Le Studio de Georgeville, Québec. ‘From gAinsBorough to moore: 200 yeArs oF British drAWings’: An exhibit of 40 drawings and pastels, mid-18th to late 20th century, from the museum’s UK collection. Through August 16. ‘metAmorPhoses: in rodin’s studio’: Nearly 300 works by the French sculptor, including masterpieces shown for the first time in North America, in collaboration with the Musée Rodin in Paris. Through October 18. mArion WAgsChAl: “Portraits, Memories, Fables,” the first solo museum exhibition of the Montréal artist, featuring close to 30 paintings produced between 1971 and 2014. These include portraiture and allegorical representations painted when abstraction was in style. Through August 9. Info, 515-285-2000. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. JoAquin Andres: “the jump off...,” abstract travel collages of framed works, books, boxes and postcards made from magazines, recycled hemp paper and recycled flower-pressed papier-mâché. Through August 31. Info, 603-448-3117. AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H. ‘rePeAt’: A group show with works in multiple media by Deborah Morris, So-Il, Leslie Fry, Penelope Umbrico, Sarah Lutz, Tiffany Matula, Zachary Keeting and Andrew Forge. Through August 23. Info, 603-6461397. Strauss Gallery, Hopkins Center in Hanover, N.H. Zigi Ben-hAim: “Made in the USA,” sculpture, mixed media and works on paper from more than four decades. Through August 16. Info, 518-5232512. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y. m

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‘unBound Vol. V’: A juried group show that explores the book as concept, object and format by regional artists. Through August 22. Info, 457-3500. ArtisTree Gallery in South Pomfret.

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Vacation ★★★★

ou know what’s missing from this sequel to the 1983 family road trip classic? Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo as the heads of the Griswold clan? Nope, those actors both do cameos. Beautiful woman driving a sports car in the next lane, à la Christie Brinkley? Check. Lindsey Buckingham’s “Holiday Road”? Present and accounted for. No, what’s missing are a couple of extremely significant words: This is not National Lampoon’s Vacation. This is simply a comedy called Vacation. A corporate cousin of the original — but a distant cousin, just barely related by legal paperwork. Why is that significant? Because the original was one of the last comedies to possess the same DNA as National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978) and Caddyshack (1980), two of the most timeless, subversive and comedically game-changing movies of the 20th century. Along with National Lampoon founder Doug Kenney (google him, kids — he’s a forgotten cultural giant), Animal House was written by the late, great Harold Ramis. Ramis also cowrote Caddyshack with Kenney and directed that cult classic. Three years later, he directed National Lampoon’s Vacation. Before these films, their anarchistic and satirical form of humor didn’t exist.

That humor paved the way for the raunch and studio-approved taboo teasing that’s the trademark of today’s Hollywood comic product. Of which the new Vacation is a perfect example. Ed Helms is a safe but satisfactory choice for the role of Rusty Griswold, all grown up with a dysfunctional family of his own. Christina Applegate plays his wife, Debbie. Summer has rolled around and, after years of taking the gang to the same cabin, Dad has finally gotten it through his thick skull that everybody but him loathes going there. Debbie hints that she longs to see Paris — but, oblivious, Rusty decides to surprise the fam with a 2,500-mile drive to, you guessed it, Walley World. As written and directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein (Horrible Bosses), the odyssey is little more than an excuse for a series of gags and digressions. There’s really no story here, just a collection of sketches that vary in effectiveness. Many miss, but the ones that hit are genuinely ingenious. In the former category, there’s the dip in a hot spring that the family learns too late contains raw sewage; that scene features prominently in the film’s trailer, so the sight of them rubbing “mud” on their faces doesn’t work as well as it might have.

But the film also has several classic scenes, such as the one in which Rusty’s older son (Skyler Gisondo) meets a cute girl at a motel hot tub and is greenlighted to go in for a kiss. At which point Rusty drops by in his bathrobe, pretends to be a stranger and proceeds to talk up the boy. His admiring comments backfire hilariously, making him look like the creepiest of pedophiles. Genius. There’s a visit to the home of Rusty’s sister, Audrey. She’s played by Leslie Mann and is married to Thor (Chris Hemsworth), so that’s a fun touch. While there, Rusty accidentally drives an ATV through a bull. Just another day with the Griswolds. I could go on, but the best things about this road movie are the demented detours, and I don’t want to spoil them for you. Suffice it to say that the new Vacation isn’t on par with the original. A film of its time, it has more in common with the Hangover pictures or something like We’re the Millers. But that’s no reason not to go along for the ride. The movie may have been 30-plus years in the remaking, but it most definitely is a trip. HIGHWAY TO HELL Helms takes the wheel of the long-dormant franchise and drives his family from one laugh-packed disaster to another in the time-honored Griswold tradition.

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Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation ★★★★

ome blockbuster film franchises come with a ton of plot and continuity baggage, some with a little. And then there’s the Mission: Impossible series. All you really need to know about secret agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is that the “IMF” he works for is the Impossible Missions Force and not the International Monetary Fund. Otherwise, you might be a bit confused when CIA director Hunley (Alec Baldwin) shutters that top-secret organization for its alleged involvement in a bombing of the Kremlin. But you don’t actually need to remember that bombing (from 2011’s Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol), or know who really did it, to enjoy everything there is to enjoy about this fifth installment in the silly spy series. Because Hunt isn’t a character, even in the larger-than-life way that James Bond is a character. Rather, he’s the imperturbable, indestructible focal point for a series of action set pieces whose outrageousness escalates as the minutes tick away. No one should come to a Mission: Impossible movie for anything but those set pieces, and director Christopher McQuarrie delivers some rich ones this time around, with strong assistance from cinematographer Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood). After the requisite pulse-pounding teaser (Cruise plus exterior of airborne plane), we get to the actual plot: Hunt is kidnapped by

I SPY Ferguson plays a foil who’s more interesting than Cruise’s super-agent in the fifth film based on the classic TV series.

the Syndicate, a mysterious organization with world-burning ambitions. Meanwhile, fellow agent Brandt (Jeremy Renner) does damage control back in Washington, where Hunley insists that Hunt is a madman and the Syndicate merely a “figment of his imagination.” These aspersions cast on our hero may momentarily remind us of trickier, twistier movies that McQuarrie has scripted, namely The Usual Suspects and last year’s Edge of Tomorrow. But questioning the reliability of its own outlandish narrative — in which latex disguises figure prominently — is way

too radical for Mission: Impossible. So the audience isn’t encouraged to share Hunley’s doubts. The Syndicate is very real, led by an irascible turncoat (Sean Harris) with weird hair and shadowy global objectives. Having escaped with the help of an undercover MI6 agent (Rebecca Ferguson), Hunt is soon on its trail. While the stakes of this action remain boringly generic, the action itself proves vivid and varied. A high-risk underwater heist is shot and edited deftly enough to convince us ( just for a second or two) that Hunt might actually mess this up. A cat-and-mouse se-

quence in the Vienna State Opera makes ingenious use of backstage theatrical rigging, multiple antagonists and the aesthetic distractions of Ferguson’s breath-taking chartreuse gown and Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma.” Sure, that aria carries more emotional weight than anything actually happening on screen. But the film creeps a bit closer to dramatic credibility whenever Ferguson is around. Besides kicking ass (of course), her ambivalent spy has believable conflicts and occasionally even discusses “tradecraft” like someone from a le Carré film. When it’s time for leaping from roof to roof, she makes a point of removing her stilettos — my kind of action heroine. That’s a nice real-human moment in a film that doesn’t have many of them, despite the reliable comic efforts of Simon Pegg as Hunt’s sidekick. While the James Bond series has flirted with seriousness in recent years, Mission: Impossible remains unabashedly superficial, primarily designed to give summer moviegoers a vicarious, A/C-enhanced joy ride. The appeal of that warmweather escapism appears to be undying, just like Lalo Schifrin’s musical theme — and international, judging by the long list of companies that produced the film. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is not to ask for anything deeper. MARGO T HARRI S O N

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new in theaters AloFt: Jennifer connelly and cillian Murphy play a mother and son (not in the same time frame!) who engage in faith healing and falconry, respectively, in this indie drama from director claudia llosa (The Milk of Sorrow). with Mélanie laurent. (112 min, R. Roxy)

iNsiDe oUtHHHH1/2 The latest Pixar family animation takes us inside a young girl’s mind to witness her warring emotions — personified as independent beings, voiced by amy Poehler, bill hader, Mindy Kaling and others — as she confronts changes in her life. Pete docter (Up) and Ronaldo del carmen directed. (94 min, Pg; reviewed by M.h. 6/24)

FANtAstic FoUR: Josh trank (Chronicle) directed this reboot of the forgettable film series based on the Marvel comics featuring a foursome of young people with extraordinary powers, now played by Miles teller, Kate Mara, Michael b. Jordan and Jamie bell. (100 min, Pg-13. big Picture, bijou, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Paramount, welden)

JURAssic WoRlDHHH In this sequel set 22 years after Jurassic Park, the theme park full of real, live dinosaurs is up and running. Then someone decides to introduce a splashy new attraction. what could go wrong? chris Pratt, bryce dallas howard and ty Simpkins star. Vermont resident colin trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed) directed. (124 min, Pg-13; reviewed by M.h. 6/17)

tHe giFt: actor Joel Edgerton wrote, directed and stars in this thriller about a happy married couple (Jason bateman and Rebecca hall) whose lives are disrupted when the husband’s old friend shows up bearing gifts and secrets. (108 min, R. capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace)

miNioNsHH young viewers of Despicable Me and its sequel liked the supervillain hero but loved his gibberish-spouting minions. So hollywood gave the kids what they craved — an animated tale entirely devoted to minion backstory. Sandra bullock, Jon hamm and Michael Keaton provide the human voices. Kyle balda and Pierre coffin directed. (91 min, Pg; reviewed by M.h. 7/15)

iRRAtioNAl mAN: woody allen’s latest drama stars Joaquin Phoenix as a philosophy professor seeking inspiration in unsettling places, and Emma Stone as the student who follows him there. with Parker Posey. (96 min, R. Roxy, Savoy) Ricki AND tHe FlAsH: Meryl Streep plays an aging rock star who tries to mend fences with the family she abandoned in this comedy-drama directed by Jonathan demme and scripted by diablo cody (Juno). with Kevin Kline, Mamie gummer, Sebastian Stan and Rick Springfield. (102 min, Pg-13. Essex, Majestic) sHAUN tHe sHeep movie: aardman animations (“wallace and gromit”) brings us the comic adventure of a punchy barnyard denizen whose attempt to get a day off leaves his farmer stranded in the big city. with the voices of Justin fletcher and John Sparkes. Mark burton and Richard Starzak directed. (85 min, Pg. Essex, Majestic, Palace)

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ANt-mANHH The latest Marvel movie brings us Paul Rudd as a con man recruited to save the world in the guise of … an ant-size superhero. a script coauthored by Edgar wright promises some tongue in cheek. with Michael douglas and Evangeline lilly. Peyton Reed (The Break-Up) directed. (117 min, Pg-13; reviewed by R.K. 7/22)

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missioN: impossiBle RogUe NAtioNHHH1/2 christopher McQuarrie, who directed The Way of the Gun and scripted Edge of Tomorrow, assumes directorial duties for the latest installment of the over-the-top action franchise, in which tom cruise’s team takes on the evil Syndicate. with Rebecca ferguson, Simon Pegg and Jeremy Renner. (131 min, Pg-13; reviewed by M.h. 8/5) mR. HolmesHHH1/2 what if Sherlock holmes really existed? and he retired and kept bees? This drama from bill condon (Gods and Monsters) explores that scenario, with Ian McKellen as the elderly sleuth revisiting a puzzling case via his memories. with laura linney and Milo Parker. (104 min, Pg) pApeR toWNsHHH a high schooler follows the trail of a mysterious, troubled classmate with whom he’s infatuated in this drama adapted from John green’s best-selling novel by director Jake Schreier (Robot & Frank). nat wolff, cara delevingne and austin abrams star. (109 min, Pg-13; reviewed by M.h. 7/29) piXelsH1/2 Middle-aged geeks are the only ones who can save the Earth when aliens invade in the form of characters from classic video games. chris columbus directed the action comedy, starring adam Sandler, Kevin James, Josh gad and Michelle Monaghan. (105 min, Pg-13) selF/lessHH a dying architect (ben Kingsley) pays a sinister company to transfer his consciousness into the body of a young stud (Ryan Reynolds) in this sci-fi thriller that sounds like an unofficial remake of John frankenheimer’s Seconds. tarsem Singh (Immortals) directed. (116 min, Pg-13) soUtHpAWHHH antoine fuqua (The Equalizer) directed this boxing drama in which Jake gyllenhaal plays a fighter with nothing to lose who turns to trainer forest whitaker for a second chance. with Rachel Mcadams. (123 min, R) teD 2H1/2 In the sequel to writer-director Seth Macfarlane’s comedy hit about a grown-up boy (Mark wahlberg) and his foul-mouthed giant teddy bear companion (voiced by Macfarlane), the bear must prove his personhood before he can become a dad, and we’re just confused now. with amanda Seyfried and Jessica barth. (115 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 7/1) tRAiNWReckHHH1/2 amy Schumer plays a commitment-phobe who finds her distaste for monogamy shaken by a new dude in this comedy from director Judd apatow. with bill hader and brie larson. (125 min, R; reviewed by M.h. 7/22)

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iNFiNitelY polAR BeARHHH Mark Ruffalo plays a blue blood with bipolar disorder who takes on the full care of his two young daughters so that his wife (Zoe Saldana) can attend business school in this autobiographical directorial debut from Maya forbes. (90 min, R)

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AmYHHHHH asif Kapadia’s acclaimed documentary uses both personal and public footage to chronicle the tragically short life of singer amy winehouse. (128 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 7/29)

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BIG PICTURE THEATER

48 Carroll Rd. (off Rte. 100), Waitsfield, 496-8994, bigpicturetheater.info

wednesday 5 — thursday 6 Paper Towns Self/less friday 7 — tuesday 11 *Fantastic Four Paper Towns Self/less

BIJOU CINEPLEX 4 Rte. 100, Morrisville, 888-3293, bijou4.com

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friday 7 — wednesday 12 *Fantastic Four Minions Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation Vacation

CAPITOL SHOWPLACE 93 State St., Montpelier, 229-0343, fgbtheaters.com

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ESSEX CINEMAS & T-REX THEATER

21 Essex Way, #300, Essex, 879-6543, essexcinemas.com

wednesday 5 — thursday 6 Ant-Man (2D & 3D) *Fantastic Four (Thu only) *The Gift (Thu only) Minions Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation Paper Towns Pixels (2D & 3D) *Ricki and the Flash (Thu only) *Shaun the Sheep Movie Southpaw Trainwreck Vacation

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MAJESTIC 10

190 Boxwood St. (Maple Tree Place, Taft Corners), Williston, 878-2010, majestic10.com

MARQUIS THEATRE Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841, middleburymarquis.com

wednesday 5 — thursday 6 **I Am Chris Farley (Wed only) Minions Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation friday 7 — thursday 13 Schedule not available at press time.

wednesday 5 — thursday 6 Ant-Man *Fantastic Four (Thu only) *The Gift (Thu only) Inside Out Jurassic World Minions Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation Paper Towns Pixels (2D & 3D) *Ricki and the Flash (Thu only) *Shaun the Sheep Movie Southpaw Trainwreck Vacation friday 7 — wednesday 12 Ant-Man *Fantastic Four *The Gift Inside Out Minions Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation Pixels *Ricki and the Flash *Shaun the Sheep Movie Trainwreck Vacation

MERRILL’S ROXY CINEMA

222 College St., Burlington, 864-3456, merrilltheatres.net

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PARAMOUNT TWIN CINEMA

241 North Main St., Barre, 479-9621, fgbtheaters.com

wednesday 5 — thursday 6 Minions (2D & 3D) Trainwreck friday 7 — thursday 13 Ant-Man (2D & 3D) *Fantastic Four

THE SAVOY THEATER 26 Main St., Montpelier, 229-0509, savoytheater.com

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Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4678. stowecinema.com

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Sunset drive-in

155 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 8621800. sunsetdrivein.com

wednesday 5 — thursday 6 Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation & Ant-Man Vacation & Jurassic World Minions & Pixels Trainwreck & Ted 2

friday 7 — saturday 8 Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation & Ant-Man & Terminator Genisys Trainwreck & Ted 2 & Magic Mike XXL Vacation & Jurassic World & Mad Max: Fury Road Inside Out & Minions & Pixels sunday 9 — thursday 13 Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation & Ant-Man Trainwreck & Ted 2 Vacation & Jurassic World Inside Out & Minions

WELDEN THEATRE

104 No. Main St., St. Albans, 527-7888, weldentheatre.com

wednesday 5 — thursday 6 Minions Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation Pixels (2D & 3D) Trainwreck Vacation friday 7 — thursday 13 *Fantastic Four Minions Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation Vacation

10 Fayette Dr., South Burlington, 8645610, palace9.com

wednesday 5 — thursday 6 Ant-Man *Fantastic Four (Thu only) *The Gift (Thu only)

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vAcAtioNHHH1/2 Ed Helms play Rusty Griswold, the bumbling family man whose attempt to take his loved ones to Walley World keeps going awry, in this sequel to the 1983 Chevy Chase comedy. With Christina Applegate and Chris Hemsworth. John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein directed. (99 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 8/5)

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Do YoU Believe?H1/2 A pastor strives to return to the roots of true belief in this faith-based ensemble film featuring Ted McGinley, Mira Sorvino, Sean Astin and others as interconnected characters seeking spiritual inspiration. Jonathan M. Gunn directed. (115 min, PG-13)

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FAR FRom tHe mADDiNG cRoWDHHH1/2 Carey Mulligan plays a spirited heiress who isn’t sure she wants to share her property with one of three suitors in this adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s novel, directed by Thomas Vinterberg (The Hunt). (119 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 5/27)

cHilD 44HH Stalin’s Soviet Union is the setting for this thriller about a disgraced military policeman investigating a series of child murders. Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Gary Oldman and Joel Kinnaman star. (137 min, R)

tRUe stoRYHH1/2 A disgraced reporter (Jonah Hill) pursues the truth about an accused killer (James Franco) who has appropriated his identity in this drama based on true events. (100 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 4/22)

tHe DiveRGeNt seRies: iNsURGeNtHH Tris (Shailene Woodley) continues her fight against a social order that allows everyone to have just one dominant character trait. (119 min, PG-13)

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Michael Bay's Pain & Gain took in "only" $50 million at the box office — a pittance compared to the grosses of Bay's biggest blockbusters. Yet this movie has something that those others lack: wit, intelligence and, incredibly, literary aspirations.

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If you're a fan of cerebral science fiction like Ex Machina, check out Advantageous, directed by Jennifer Phang and now available on Netflix Instant. While it's often a frustrating film, as I explained in my Movies You Missed feature this week on our Live Culture blog, it's an ambitious effort to combine the Cronenberg aesthetic with a plot that's particularly relevant to women.

one career ago, I was a professor of film studies. I gave that up to move to vermont and write for Seven Days, but movies will always be my first love. In this feature, published every saturday on Live Culture, I write about the films I'm currently watching, and connect them to film history and art.