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A recent story headlined “Vermont Utilities Stand to Make Millions from Yankee’s Relicensure” [“Local Matters,” February 17] got it wrong. All of the benefits of relicensing Vermont Yankee, including any benefits from the revenuesharing agreement referenced in the story, will flow directly to our electric customers. Vermont utility regulation treats prudent energy costs as pass-throughs, with no markup by utilities. Any revenue sharing would serve to mitigate power costs, so GMP and CVPS will not pocket a dime from Vermont Yankee, whether or not the plant is relicensed. The story explained the potential benefit of millions of dollars under the revenue-sharing agreement utilities have with Entergy, the value of which will vary depending on future market prices.

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In the article “How Secure Are Medical Records in the Age of Digital Record Keeping? [“Local Matters,” February 24]” the subject, “Jane,” asked why it took Fletcher Allen two years to discover that her medical records had been breached, and then only after she notified the hospital of her suspicions. In fact, as a hospital spokesperson pointed out, Fletcher Allen administrators responded immediately to Jane’s concerns about her records privacy. Her complaint led to the discovery of seven earlier violations spanning a two-year period. The sentence should have read: Why did it take Fletcher Allen two years to discover that eight women’s medical records had been breached, and then only after Jane alerted the hospital of her suspicions? Seven Days regrets the error.

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In Yankee’s Wake, Legislators Look to FastTrack Renewable Power Projects

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Dean Reloaded: How the Former Vermont Governor Is Firing Up the Health Care Debate

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28 Bench Mark

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Law: Vermont’s ﬁrst female federal judge

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23 The 20/20 Challenge

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One snowboarder’s quest to hit 20 Vermont resorts in 20 weeks BY LAUREN OBER

Law: The appointment of Christine Reiss sets a precedent

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Calling All Performers

32 Boor in the Boondocks Books: From Away

Proliﬁc Burlington Designer Gets Barbara Smail Award

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68 Drawn & Paneled

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“The World, Other World,” Firehouse Gallery Antichrist; Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

38 Time to Make the Doughnuts

Food: Learning to make treats the King Arthur Flour way BY LAUREN OBER

40 Haus Party

Food: First Bite: Das Bierhaus BY SUZANNE PODHAIZER

41 A Shuckin’ Good Time

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Reeling Us In St. Paddy’s Day is on the horizon, and a Woodstock concert provides a welcome teaser to its festivities. Irish band Danú, founded in 1995, serve up Celtic songs of life enhanced by the tin whistle, button accordion and ﬁddle. With energetic renditions of traditional tunes as well as original pieces, the acclaimed ensemble “stirs the blood and lifts the heart,” according to Irish Music. That should help us make it through March.

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Gras parade. Among the floats was the one sponsored by the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, featuring a “retired” Vermont Yankee cooling tower. Pulling the load? A 38-year-old car meant to symbolize the aging nuclear reactor. The float also featured none other than Senate President Pro Tem and gubernatorial wannabe PETER SHUMLIN, the Vermont politician who has hitched himself, politically, to the closure of Vermont Yankee. Some say the Senate vote two weeks ago was designed to showcase his leadership skills. Shumlin literally jumped on the VPIRG float with his campaign signs, beads and moonpies in tow. Trouble is, nonprofits such as VPIRG are supposed to stay neutral when it comes to political endorsements. Doing

otherwise could jeopardize their taxexempt status. VPIRG Executive Director PAUL BURNS called the Mardi Gras faux pas a “signiﬁcant breach of protocol that I deeply regret … I gather the people we had in back, who were helping out with tossing beads, did not understand the problem with having a candidate for office climb aboard,” said Burns. “I can assure you this certainly was not planned in any way.” Shumlin concurred. “In a spontaneous Mardi Gras moment, I hitched a ride when the Yankee ﬂoat crossed Main and Church, and I helped my friends throw candy,” Shumlin wrote in an email to “Fair Game.” “No endorsements received, just spontaneous fun.” Spontaneous, indeed.

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When lawmakers return from this week’s break, their attention, and ours, will be focused on the $150 million deﬁcit projected for FY 2011. To date, the House and Senate have passed a bill, dubbed “Challenges for Change,” calling for $38 million in savings through yet-to-be created efficiencies in state government. That leaves a mere $112 million gap to close. Of that, about half is expected to come from the Agency of Human Services. The governor has proposed a $53 million cut there in FY 2011. Total state and federal spending through AHS is roughly $1 billion annually. Less than half of that comes from the state. Those cuts — in state funds — position the agency to lose an additional $51.6 million in federal money, said AHS Secretary ROB HOFMANN. “Nobody desires that we forgo these federal funds,” said Hofmann. “We just don’t have the general funds to spend.” There’s more than $104.6 million at stake, too. “Challenges for Change” will likely take another $17 million from AHS and, due to federal matching-fund formulas, the agency stands to lose another $14 million from Washington as a result. The math amounts to roughly $130 million in social service spending cuts

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inutes after voting to shut down Vermont Yankee, state Senate leaders summoned reporters to talk about “where we go from here.” The lawmakers’ answer: windmills, solar panels and methane-fueled “cow power.” “We have an economic boom coming as a nation and as a planet, as we get off our addiction to oil and move to renewable [energy] technology,” said Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin (D-Windham).

so projects can’t be indefinitely delayed by citizen groups that oppose them. “Everybody loves renewable energy in Vermont,” Klein says. “Well, where is it? It doesn’t take much money for a person or group of people to stop it dead in its tracks. It’s too easy and without merit.” The Sheffield wind-turbine project illustrates Klein’s point. Plans to build 16 wind turbines in the Northeast Kingdom town won state approval in 2006 but have stayed bogged down in citizen appeals ever

renewable sources — and say they’re willing to pay more for it. A “deliberative poll” conducted for the state Department of Public Service in 2007 found that Vermonters overwhelmingly favored increasing renewable power production in the state. The deliberative process involved gathering a sampling of Vermonters in a hotel for a weekend of informational sessions on energy. When those sessions were over, 90 percent of participants supported the building of a wind farm within

The bill would also make it easier to erect meteorological towers, or “met towers” — steel structures that stand up to 260 feet tall and measure wind speed for prospective turbine farms. Also in the bill: All of Vermont’s cow-power producers would get premium, above-market rates for electricity they produce. Struggling dairy farms would be offered incentives to lease parts of their land for renewable projects. Finally, public notice and review schedules would be shortened for the construction of met towers. Surveys have shown that a majority of Vermonters want more energy from

sight of their house, 89 percent said they would pay more for energy that didn’t emit greenhouse gases, and 23 percent said they would shell out an extra $26 or more per month for green power. But not everyone thinks Klein’s plans for “expediting” renewable projects are a good idea. Annette Smith of Vermonters for a Clean Environment, which helps citizen groups navigate the complex regulatory process for big energy projects, says she opposes Klein’s bill because it addresses the “perceived” problems holding up renewable energy, not

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since. Two other wind projects, in Milton and Searsburg, have received the state’s OK, but neither has broken ground. Citizens in Lowell, meanwhile, voted Tuesday on a 24-turbine project proposed by Green Mountain Power that would provide enough energy to power 20,000 homes each year. Support for it is mixed, to say the least. The town of Ira also weighed in on a proposed windmill development on Town Meeting Day. The legislation wending through Klein’s committee would do several things. Perhaps most importantly, it would transfer jurisdiction over appeals from the Environmental Court to the Public

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Re [“A Seven Days Reporter Finds Getting to Cuba Easier Than Returning,” January 27]: In 2000, I visited my sonin-law in Cuba. He was studying film at the state film school south of Havana. I am a newspaper photographer and knew that I could legally go to Cuba

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as a journalist. I flew back to Montréal and crossed the border at Highgate Springs, told the U.S. agents where I had been, declared I had under $100 of cigars, with receipts. They emptied out my car, confiscated the cigars and took me inside. I had them call up the actual state department rules on the Internet, which clearly state that journalists may travel to Cuba and may bring back up to $100 of merchandise, cigars not excluded. They shamefacedly brought my cigars out from a back room and let me go on my way. I believe the agents do know the rules, but because they know that ordinary citizens do not know the rules, they can get away with harassing them and confiscating their cigars or rum or whatever, which they take out back and consume as they relive their crazy border-guard exploits.

Schlegel is married to Rep. Tom Stevens.

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If citizens think that lawmakers should not be paid, I’m open to the conversation. But to imply that accepting the per diem is immoral is to miss a much larger discussion — namely, what kind of compensation do we as a society think is fair for public servants? From the letters, I’d guess the answer is, “Not much.” Full disclosure: I’m married to a state rep and have run several legislative election campaigns. Waterbury

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religious image of Jesus so he appears to be smoking (“Get Your Ash in Here!” to “Kick Off the Lenten Season”) is disrespectful. Would you run an ad that pokes fun at someone’s race, gender, class, etc.? If not, why religion?

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I don’t mean to throw fuel on the fire with this, but I would like to weigh in on the issue of legislative pay. The system is awkward and unwieldy, and designed to (as far as I can tell) cover costs for outof-towners while shorting lawmakers who live closer to Montpelier. The “per diem” is a day rate that is pegged to the federal rate — not something lawmakers set themselves. The weekly pay (with no benefits) is the lowest in the country and represents a 5 percent pay cut this year. I don’t know a legislator of any party who serves for the money. This is a 365-day-a-year job, with a two- or threemonth job interview process every two years. You have 5000 bosses, and they call and email all the time. They have a lot to tell you and you learn a lot from them. But it takes time — not just from January to April, but all year long. And for 16 weeks a year, representatives go to Montpelier and make laws, and update laws, and review laws. That’s the paid part of the job. The unpaid part is everything else. Over a year, it averages out to about $5 or $6 an hour (and that’s including the per diem).

support for the on-campus gallery is pivotal to art education. Not only for students to gain experience in how to exhibit their work (let alone what to exhibit), but to expose students, art and otherwise, to the work of their peers and contemporaries. But I must say that the lack of marketing initiative by the university and gallery staff is a disgrace. When an UVM-employed receptionist does not know where you are, there is a problem, to say the least. This is an awesome opportunity for marketing and art students to get together and learn how to promote an event. Send out email blasts for new shows, print fliers and hand them out to local businesses (not to mention plastering the campus). I’d say it’s time for Guerrilla Marketing 101 to start at UVM.

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It wasn’t the Hotel Nelligan’s [“Poet’s Retreat,” February 10] food that struck me as much as the appointments of the room, the service and, above all, the friendliness of the staff. It all created an ambiance worthy of an escape from the reality of your bathroom when, every morning, you look in the mirror. peter miller colbyville

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Thanks for Seven Days’ reporting in the February 17 issue on Vermont Yankee. There’s one glaring omission, though, in the approach to this story. It doesn’t inform readers about the larger energy context. What we never hear about in discussions of nuclear energy is the enormous damage that America’s coal energy plants have done and are continuing to do on a massive scale. It seems our imaginations, entranced by the supra-human power of atomic fission, have locked onto the dark science of nuclear energy while ignoring the planet-wide consequences of burning coal. The tragedy is that America is responsible for such a huge percentage of global carbon emissions, but the public’s perception seems to be that coal is a more benign way to power up all our favorite home gadgets and not nearly as destructive as nuclear energy. How can any thinking person continue to make this claim? Likewise, if we’re truly concerned about Vermont’s environment, we should also think about our daily car exhaust, the biggest source of pollution in the state. We can all do something about that. Let’s get real. bill Dodge

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[“We’ve Got News for You,” January 27]. Aside from Vermont Commons’ site being overlooked (where one can learn of the secret “earthquake weapon” the U.S. military just used on Haiti to get their oil and gold), Rob fails to mention that his big beef with Green Mountain Daily is the fact that we publicized Second Vermont Republic’s close ties with neo-Confederate organizations (which, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, SVR’s head guru Thomas Naylor has continued, unrepentantly, even appearing on an avowed whitesupremacist’s talk show in the last few years). When Mr. Williams himself was questioned about these things when they first came to light, his own response was that it was “none of his damn business.” Apparently, the Vermont ideals he supposedly espouses ad nauseum take a back seat to the “lost cause.” As to the info provided by anonymous blogger “Thomas Rowley” (who, sadly, is not me, as Williams insists in his conspiracy-addled mind), it was substantive enough to have Naylor be the subject of several articles on the SPLC’s “Hate Watch” site, and Williams has not been able to refute any of what was revealed about the Vermont secessionist movement, other than to dismiss it as yet another conspiracy. It’s important to remember whom these people have gotten into bed with as we sit back and ooh and ahh over the novelty of secession. John Ryan

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the real ones. Slow permitting isn’t the issue, Smith says. She believes what’s making trouble for windmill developers is lack of community involvement in the projects, poorly written permit applications, siting that fails to address neighbors’ concerns, and worries about effects on environmental and public health. Smith lists several problems with the renewable energy bill as written. First, she notes, it transfers appeals authority from judges with expertise in environmental matters to utility regulators. Second, it eliminates rules dictating the notification of abutting landowners and local planning commissions before “met towers” go up in their towns, and gives the public less time to comment on those projects. Finally, it requires citizens to hire “qualified experts” to present evidence of the environmental harm met towers could cause. “When a technology is failing to succeed, there are reasons,” says Smith, who notes she’s not “anti-wind.” “If it’s a good project, it will succeed. If it’s a bad project it will fail.” Lawrence Mott is chairman of Renewable Energy Vermont, a business trade group of green power systems manufacturers. He disagrees with Smith and says cumbersome permitting has everything to do with why Vermonters don’t see wind turbines and solar arrays all over. “Private business is unable to effectively

move renewables forward because permitting is very uncertain,” says Mott, who is director of New Generation Partners, a developer of “midscale” renewable energy projects based in Bristol. “When you have lack of certainty, investors aren’t interested in putting dollars there.” Mott says there’s a huge windfall awaiting any state that can rapidly grow a green power industry. Energy produced in Vermont creates local jobs, attracts investment and circulates dollars in state, he notes. With the prospect of Vermont Yankee closing on the horizon, Mott says, Vermont should move aggressively to fill the void with new-generation power sources. “We’ve said no in the Senate” to Vermont Yankee, Mott says. “Now we need to say yes to something, and this bill is about saying yes to renewable energy.” m

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health bill “constructive” and said his fellow Vermonter “makes good points.” “On the other hand, as a United States senator, a member of Congress, I’ve got to deal with the reality that there are a lot of people who desperately need health insurance and that has to be taken into consideration,” Sanders said. “We’ve got to all deal with the reality that if this bill goes down, what does it mean politically in this country? When is the next time the legislation is going to come up?” Ironically, some of the measures Dean’s fighting for in the health care bill wouldn’t affect Vermont. For instance, the state has already expanded Medicaid eligibility well beyond what the federal legislation would allow, Richter says. It also has a “community rating” system that prevents insurance companies from cherry-picking the healthiest individuals. The system spreads risk out evenly, so healthy people in the pool pay the same premiums as sicker ones. Who originated many of those remedies? Howard Dean. m

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If you haven’t yet made it to Stowe’s HELEN DAY ART CENTER to see “Wafaa Bilal: Agent Intellect,” you’ve still got another month, and the powerful installation by the Iraqi-born artist is well worth a visit. But next Monday and Tuesday, you could also watch Bilal — via webcast — get tattooed. Like, a lot: He’ll get a borderless map of Iraq on his back and a dot for every person killed in the war so far. It’s yet another piece of performance art from a guy who’s already subjected himself to attack by paintball shooters via the Internet. A facsimile of the room in which Bilal did this, in 2007, is one of the installations at the Helen Day. The gallery’s executive director, NATHAN SUTER, explains that the computer in this installation will be “borrowed” for the day so on-site viewers can watch the webcast. The tattoo project, which will run 24 hours, is aptly titled “…and Counting.” The number of deaths in the Iraq war to date is 5000 Americans and 100,000 Iraqis. Bilal’s brother, Haji, was one of the latter, killed by a drone-controlled missile near their hometown of Kufa in 2004. Though Bilal says he feels the pain of families on both sides of the war, as a U.S. resident now, he realizes that the Iraqi casualties are invisible to most Americans. To convey this double standard, he will have the “American dots” tattooed in red ink, the Iraqi ones in green UV ink — visible only under a black light. During the performance, which will take place at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in New York City, individuals “from all walks of life” will recite the names of the dead. Bilal is also asking each viewer to contribute $1, which he’ll donate to Rally for Iraq, a nonprofit that funds scholarships for impoverished Iraqi youths who have lost a parent in the war. Freshly tattooed, Bilal will make another trip to Stowe on March 20 for a panel discussion with Vermont journalist CHRISTINA ASQUITH, author of the recent book Sisters in War. That same day, the gallery will screen the film Iraq in Fragments and host a fundraising dinner for the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program.

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“…AND COUNTING” Wafaa Bilal’s tattoo performance will be webcast from March 8 at 8 p.m. to March 9 at 8 p.m. at www.wafaabilal.com.

On Sunday, March 7, the MONTPELIER MOVEMENT COLLECTIVE is looking for a few good men. Male dancers, that is, to work with this newly formed group of professional choreographers. For times and details of how to audition, call 279-0223.

Finally, the GREEN MOUNTAIN OPERA FESTIVAL is seeking all voices for a 24-member ensemble to perform — in Italian — in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor in June at the Barre Opera House. Rehearsals will be held in Montpelier, beginning March 19, and Waitsfield. An honorarium of $130 will offset singers’ gas consumption. Interested? Contact chorus master TIM TAVCAR at 223-1279 or timtavcar@ymail.com.

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hen Fran Stoddard invited anthony to lunch not long ago, he expected to have a casual chat with his old friend. But Stoddard, host of the Vermont Public teleViSion interview show “Profile,” had some news to break: She had nominated him for the eighth annual Barbara Smail Award administered by burlington city artS. When he heard that, Sini admits, “I really didn’t feel I was qualified.” Stoddard obviously thought differently. “Tony has given of himself to the art community through his commitment to the arts community in general and through participation in several community arts events,” she wrote in his nomination letter to the BCA. Sini was introduced as the 2010 recipient of the Barbara Smail Award on February 19 at the opening of the FirehouSe gallery’s current exhibit, “This World, Other World.” The prize? A thousand dollars and use of BCA’s facilities — including the print and clay studios and darkroom — for a year. On the surface, Sini, a graphic designer, does seem an unlikely choice for the annual prize, which was founded by the family and friends of a respected Vermont artist who died in 2001. Past winners have been painters or sculptors; last year’s recipient, Jude Bond, is a textile artist. Yet Sini’s graphic artwork is a familiar sight; his blocky, colorful, often humorous designs enliven the signs at Healthy Living and Kids Town and the publicity materials for groups such as the Vermont mozart FeStiVal and local craft fairs. They also adorn such food products as Biggie Iggy and Chessters From Vermont ice-cream sandwiches. While some award winners present a false modesty, Sini’s surprise seems genuine. “It was nice, and I’m honored,” he says during an interview at his Church Street studio. “They gave me $1000 because I’m a good guy or something.” Sini — who occasionally cooks up his Sini

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mitigate nature’s annual herd thinning. Accidents don’t explain it. You’re nearly 10 times more likely to die of a tractor mishap in September than in February, and nine times more likely to die in a tornado in May than in January. While more house fires occur in the winter than in the summer, they represent a small fraction of the overall mortality picture. Nor are icy roads the culprit. Statistically, you’re more likely to get creamed by a semi in the summer or fall, when more drivers are on the road.

In fact, January and February post the fewest miles traveled during the year. Similarly, motorcycle fatalities peak from July through September and bottom out from December through February, when most Harleys are in hibernation. That said, you’re more likely to die in a car wreck on any holiday weekend, regardless of the temperature outside. The top two days of the year to eat it behind the wheel are July 4 (No. 1) and July 3 (No. 2). For pedestrians, however, the deadliest day on average is January 1. It also ranks fifth for overall deaths, in part because of the sheer quantity of booze guzzled on New Year’s Eve. And, lest we forget, winter ’tis the season for being blue, which explains why suicides peak from November through January. Researchers also note depression can contribute to deaths from alcohol poisoning, drug overdoses, and other household and workplace accidents. Far more important as a cause of midwinter expirations, though, is the simple association between contagious disease — which tends to claim the oldest, sickest and frailest among us — and cold weather. Respiratory illnesses such as influenza, tuberculosis and whooping cough all peak in December, when most people are indoors swapping germs. Other diseases and chronic conditions can be exacerbated by the cold. Which brings us to an interesting finding about the most deadly time of month. The New England Journal of Medicine published a study several years ago describing a “boundary effect”: The first week of any month sees an abrupt increase in deaths over the last week of the preceding month. Why? The beginning of the month is often associated with unpleasant events, such as bill payments, home foreclosures and apartment evictions. Moreover, many federal benefits, such as social security, welfare payments and military benefits,

arrive at the beginning of the month, permitting more discretionary spending on drugs and alcohol. The researchers found that, as discretionary income dwindles toward month’s end, so do drug- and alcohol-related deaths. The “boundary effect” also applies to deaths by homicide, suicide or accident. What about the deadliest days of the week? We know heart attacks peak on Mondays — one more reason to call in sick that day — and drunk-driving fatalities are most common on Friday and Saturday nights. If all this grim news isn’t enough to keep you in bed until spring, here’s some final food for thought: In 2001, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a study suggesting that your life span beyond the age of 50 may depend on the month in which you were born. Huh? Yes, researchers studying populations in Austria and Denmark found that people who were born from October through December tended to live longer than those born from April through June. The researchers concluded that “remaining life expectancy” after age 50 “appears to depend on factors that arise in utero or early in infancy and that increase susceptibility to diseases later in life.” Curiously, the study was mum on how winter babies fare versus summer ones. One plausible explanation for the stats: The populations studied by the researchers were born many decades ago, when seasonally inadequate nutrition was still common enough to cause lower average birth weights in those who gestated over the winter. Still, I’m glad I’m a Libra. m Outraged, or merely curious, about something? Send your burning question to wtf@sevendaysvt.com.

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Seven Days editor observed recently that, while most sections of the Burlington Free Press have been shrinking, one section has been growing in recent months: the death notices and obituary pages. Several phone calls confirmed that this phenomenon isn’t isolated to Vermont’s largest daily. The BarreMontpelier Times-Argus and Rutland Herald both reported upticks in their obits and death notices in January and February. WTF? Do more people shuffle off this mortal coil in the dead of winter than during warmer months? And, if so, which months are the deadliest? We’ve all heard the old wives’ tale that full moons coincide with an increase in births, murders and psychiatric patients showing up in emergency rooms. This notion persists despite the lack of evidence to support it. Experts also say it’s not true that baby booms occur nine months after major disasters, such as the New York City blackout of 1977 or the attacks of 9/11. But not all seasonal fluctuations are illusory. National birth records confirm that August and September are the busiest months for obstetricians and laborand-delivery nurses. The likely culprit? Cold-weather canoodling. And January is the grim reaper’s busiest month, at least in the Northern Hemisphere. (Birth and death patterns are reversed down under.) Anecdotally, those who work in the American “death business” report that business rises whenever the mercury drops, says Josh Slocum at the Funeral Consumers Alliance in South Burlington. (Locals may also notice additional obits as the warm weather approaches. Why? Many Vermont burials are postponed until the ground thaws.) What’s behind this midwinter die-off? One might assume that modern amenities such as indoor plumbing, central heat and 24-hour supermarkets would

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World War II, and they’ve been clinically tested on humans several times to see how well they’d be tolerated. Answer: overall, pretty well. Remember, we’re talking about coconut water, the liquid found inside a young coconut, not coconut milk, which is made from grated coconut meat. Coconut water can’t actually replace blood plasma; chemical analysis indicates it’s closer in makeup to intracellular ﬂuid. It’s usually sterile, and when mixed with plasma it behaves like saline solution. It’s got fewer electrolytes in it than our bodies are used to and too much potassium, so it’s not an ideal rehydration ﬂuid. But it works in a pinch. Another surprising use for coconut water: Remember when you were young and your mother told you if you ever lost a tooth on the playground, to keep it in milk until you got to the dentist? According to a recent study in the Journal of Endodontics, coconut

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ell, one drawback is you look like something out of “Gilligan’s Island.” A photo in a medical journal shows a coconut hanging from an IV stand with a standard blood transfusion tube attached. And really, coconut water isn’t all that much like plasma. But, generally speaking, coconut transfusions are legit. Coconut water can be used for a variety of medical purposes, one of which is intravenous rehydration. A 2000 report tells of a stroke patient in the Solomon Islands who was too ill to drink or use a nasal tube but was successfully rehydrated with a coconutwater IV when no other ﬂuids were available. Emergency coconut IVs were reportedly used by the British and Japanese during

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Dear Cecil, I’ve heard coconut juice is almost identical to human blood plasma, and has been used as a plasma substitute during wartime. I asked a friend from Vietnam who lived there during the war about this, and she was very matter-of-fact about the use of coconut juice as a substitute for blood plasma during the war by Vietnamese soldiers (on both sides). She told me when they expected a big battle, they would gather coconuts in preparation for medical use. Has there been any research into this? Is it safe and effective? Are there any ill effects? Mickey B., Las Vegas

water is even better than milk for keeping a tooth viable. Where you’re going to ﬁnd some on short notice at a playground I have no idea. But if you’re ever roughhousing in the Solomon Islands, keep it in mind.

Dear Cecil, I work in a store that sells space heaters, among other things, and now that winter is upon us I have an important question. Are sealed-oil space heaters more efﬁcient than the old hot-wire-and-fan kind? All this time I’ve been telling my customers they were, but lately I’ve begun to wonder. While the oil heater is warming up, am I losing the efﬁciency that returns when the oil reaches operating temperature? Dennis Miller

is good if, say, you’re trying to get warm quickly in a large, drafty room. But it also gives you very uneven heat, in both the spatial and temporal sense. While the heater is running, the near side of you roasts while the other remains cold, and once it cycles off, things quickly cool down. An oil heater works mainly by convection: It’s designed to warm up a mass of air that will then circulate through the room. Which is better? Depends. If your goal is to heat a smallish, well-insulated space over a long period, a convection heater will distribute warmth more uniformly, making the room more comfortable. If your goal is to

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onfusing subject. Many reason as follows: Oil space heaters have more thermal mass and so remain warm even when their internal heating element cycles off. Therefore, they’re more efficient. False. In the big-picture sense, all electric heaters have equal efficiency; for a given amount of electricity, they produce the same amount of heat. What’s different is the type of heat and how it’s distributed. The issue isn’t the efficiency of the heater itself, but rather the best method of heat delivery for the situation. A radiant hot-wire heater is designed to directly heat nearby surfaces (skin, for instance) through thermal radiation, which

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long career in the sport. He first got into of Vermont’s fine ski areas, Bear Creek, snowboarding 23 years ago and showed an which bills itself as an “exclusive” country aptitude for it from an early age. club for skiing and riding. I figured I’d hit By 15, Powers was competing in pro two resorts in one go. I figured wrong. events. By 19, he owned his own condo, The former Round Top Ski Area was traveled the world competing and lived a quasi-private for the past few years, meanrelatively glamorous life, compared with ing that nonmembers could still ski or ride his early days in Londonderry. Today his there by reservation. As of this year, it is two decades on the board are evident in his entirely private, meaning that no nonmemfluid, effortless riding style. bers, not even Very Important Writers, can At the top of the Glades Peak Quad, we take a few turns on the club’s pristine hill. headed down Rimrock, a breezy cruiser still Despite pleading with the general manager, benefiting from a recent dump. Following I was not allowed to snowboard on any of Okemo’s official “snowboard ambassador” the club’s 15 trails. On the day I went, the down a trail wasn’t easy. He crisscrossed lifts weren’t even running. At present, it, flying over anything that resembled a Bear Creek is only open to members on jump. If I stuck too close, I’d get a mouthful weekends. of snow. If I strayed too far behind, I’d lose Even though I didn’t get to ride at Bear sight of him as he dipped into little pockets Creek, I’m counting it for my project. And of powder at trail’s edge. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that none After a couple more runs on that side of the remaining resorts decide to go priof the resort, we made our way to Jackson vate before I’m finished. Fourteen down, Gore, Okemo’s newest terrain. Running six to go.  the length of the Gore is a trail called Limelight. Powers said he likes to use it to train for snowboard cross. I asked him if he wanted to race down it, but he declined. I think he was nervous. Like, nervous that I might injure him. Average annual snowfall: At the end of our day, though, we did throw it down Trails: on Hot Dog Hill, the children’s terrain park. Had our jib sesh been judged, Powers Skiable terrain: might have lost. acres After I bade him good afternoon, I drove north Vertical drop: Adult lift ticket: on Route 100 to another

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t’s not every state where you can call up an Olympic gold medalist and ask to go snowboarding or skiing with him or her. In fact, it’s not most states. But here in Vermont, we enjoy unprecedented access to the celebrated among us, be they lawmakers or ﬁlmmakers, authors or athletes. So when I emailed snowboard legend Ross Powers asking if he’d be willing to show me around his home mountain of Okemo, I shouldn’t have been surprised when his answer was an enthusiastic “yes.” Powers, a 31-year-old father of two, took home Olympic bronze in the halfpipe from the Nagano Winter Games in 1998, but he is best known for capturing the gold in the same event four years later in Salt Lake City. When he won the gold, he was 25, practically geriatric in snowboarding years. Recently Powers made a run at the Vancouver Winter Games in snowboard cross, a sport he only began in earnest a year ago. He ended up as an alternate for the U.S. team this year. As professional snowboarders go, Ross the Boss is about as unassuming as they come. His pants don’t look like they were made for a giant, and his jacket isn’t ﬂashy or loud. On the day we rode, he looked like the Johnny Cash of snowboarding, dressed nearly helmet to boots in black. Powers is so modest about his accomplishments that I didn’t realize Okemo’s superpipe and snowboard-cross course were named after him until I cruised by a sign bearing his name. As we zigzagged our way up to the 3344foot summit of Okemo Mountain — we had to take three different lifts because of wind issues — Powers and I chatted about his

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en years ago, on Town Meeting Day 2000, Burlington voters authorized the first $6 million in bonds to create Burlington Telecom. City leaders promised that a state-of-the-art, publicly owned cable, Internet and telephone network would be cheaper and provide better service than its out-of-state competitors. At that time, they were Adelphia Cable, which is now owned by Comcast; and Verizon, which has since sold its landline business to FairPoint. Burlington Telecom has mostly delivered on the promise, but it has come at a massive cost. Today, BT is fighting for its life. The enterprise is on the verge of a loan default that could leave Burlington taxpayers in the hole for $17 million, and potentially as much as $50 million. That could do a number on the city’s credit rating — and perhaps, the state of Vermont’s as well. What turned a progressive municipal experiment — that has inspired many other communities to consider creating similar telecom systems — into a train wreck? The names of two sixtysomething men — Jonathan Leopold and Tim Nulty — are on the lips of the state regulators, city officials, legislators and citizens who are trying to untangle the mess. The most talked-about development

is that Leopold, the city’s chief administrative officer, chose to violate state regulations by pumping $17 million in taxpayer money into BT over the course of two fiscal years. The violation began in early 2008 and councilors weren’t directly briefed about the extent of the problem until May 2009. But Leopold claims he inherited vexing problems from Nulty, BT’s founding father and first general manager. Leopold and BT general manager Chris Burns maintain that Nulty grossly mismanaged the enterprise during his five-year tenure. BT was “very badly off financially” when Nulty resigned in October 2007, Leopold says, necessitating a rescue operation that he and Burns have since been struggling to carry out in the midst of a historic recession. The $17 million had to be borrowed from city coffers to pay bills because BT could not get private financing at a time of panic in the credit markets, Leopold says. Nulty insists that BT was in good financial shape when he left and that Leopold and Burns subsequently steered it off a cliff. A combination of incompetence and subterfuge accounts for the crack-up, Nulty charges, describing Burns as “a poor manager” and accusing Leopold of using taxpayer funds that BT didn’t actually need. Who’s telling the truth?

Players not directly associated with either the Nulty or Leopold camps say both are to blame, to some degree, for what happened to BT. Those passing such judgment include former Mayor Peter Clavelle, who served as BT’s midwife; former City Council President Kurt Wright, who received confidential BT reports from Leopold as chairman of the city’s board of finance; and members of citizens’ committees created to give advice to Burlington Telecom. “Everybody has dirt on their hands,” declares Jan Schultz, a Progressive who serves on a BT advisory committee. Schultz includes the city council in that assessment. He notes the council received increasingly negative financial reports from Leopold throughout 2007 and 2008, “but they weren’t interested.” Schultz says the data were “complicated and councilors didn’t have the expertise to deal with it.”

If You Build It, Well…

BT’s problems are said to have originated with a massive overrun in the cost of constructing the city-owned fiber-optic network that today delivers landline phone service, high-speed Internet links and cable television to about 4800 Burlington households and businesses. The build out’s price tag was

initially estimated at $22 million. The technologically advanced system, which has yet to reach about 15 percent of city homes, will ultimately cost at least $45 million to complete, Leopold figures. All the while it was overshooting its anticipated expenses, BT was underachieving on the revenue side, Leopold adds. He says the number of subscribers was 25 percent below what had been projected for late 2007, producing a $1.3 million shortfall in BT’s anticipated revenues. In the month prior to Nulty’s exit, Burlington Telecom recorded a $206,000 net cash operating deficit, according to detailed sets of financial data that Leopold provided during an interview in his office last week. A tsunami of red ink was cresting and threatening to wash away BT, the Leopold-Burns narrative suggests. In fact, one only has to look at the city’s financial report for 2007 — the one handed out to voters on Town Meeting Day — to see that Burlington Telecom owed $5 million to the so-called “cash pool” at the time and had roughly $300,000 in accounts receivable. Likewise, in a report to the city’s board of finance in November 2007, Leopold explained that BT’s capital expenses had been underestimated by $3.5 million — for that year alone. Nulty, an economist who has worked

recently initiated by the state, the city’s In addition to aggressively markettop financial officer says. ing itself to those 15,500 households, BT Nulty adds, “If I had made the kind of should have been seeking opportunities shambles of BT that Leopold says I did, outside Burlington, Nulty argues. He why would I now be offering to put up notes that the system’s techno “hub” my own money to try to save the thing?” on lower Church Street was designed Nulty is part of a recently formed nine- to accommodate many more hookups member group calling itself Reboot BT than Burlington alone could ever supply. that has told Kiss it can rescue BT from bankruptcy if it is put in sole charge of the business. Members also say they are willing to invest in the bailout. Kiss has neither accepted nor rejected TIM NULTY, F O R ME R GE NE R AL MANA G ER , the “Gang of Nine”’s BUR L INGTO N TE L EC O M offer.

THIS GUY IS UNDER A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION THAT COULD POSSIBLY PUT HIM IN JAIL.

OF COURSE HE’S GOING TO TRY TO SMEAR HIS PREDECESSOR.

Guilt by Association?

The blame game between Leopold and Nulty explains a lot about what went wrong at BT. But others are implicated, too. In a report to the city council in December 2007 — six weeks after Nulty’s resignation — Leopold had warned that “the business and financial model we have been working with and the underlying assumptions behind it are not viable and have not been achieved.”

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AND FIRST GENERAL MANAGER. HE MAINTAINS THAT TIM NULTY GROSSLY MISMANAGED THE ENTERPRISE DURING HIS FIVE-YEAR TENURE.

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goal of raising the take rate to 50 percent, Donnelly recounts. Even if only 40 percent were persuaded to sign up, BT would have about 2000 additional subscribers today, with resulting revenues large enough to ensure “there wouldn’t be this crisis now,” Donnelly says. The marketing pitch was to have a “buy-local” spin, with Burlington Telecom emphasizing its identity as a homegrown, community-controlled entity — in contrast to BT’s privately owned competitor Comcast, a conglomerate based in Philadelphia. “The marketing campaign was about branding BT and aligning it with a set of shared values,” says Donnelly, who now works for Efficiency Vermont, an energyconservation utility. But the marketing plan was aborted by Burns and Leopold, he adds. They wanted to focus on closing deals with likely customers rather than reaching out to the broad mass of prospective customers, Donnelly explains. The Burns-Leopold decision to kill the marketing campaign was “off the reservation of rationality,” Nulty adds. “It made zero sense.” For his part, Burns says Donnelly “had the ability to market as he chose.” He claims Donnelly was fuzzy about the plan and his own performance. “It was hard to get an understanding of how many calls were being made, how many sales there were,” Burns recalls, saying, too, that Nulty “never created a formal sales team.” Kiss says BT should have been striving harder to sign up Burlington businesses — an approach favored by Burns. The mayor estimates that only about 250 businesses — out of 2000 — are currently BT customers.

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risome questions began to arise about similarities to BT, Nulty clarified for his bosses: “The problems in Burlington are not problems with the economics of BT itself, but of sloppy, bungled or improper behavior by the city administration.” Leopold calls Nulty’s accusation that he could face a jail term “an incredibly ugly smear that has nothing to do with the facts.” Nulty has no evidence that Leopold is a target of the criminal probe

Fears of an impending crisis were never communicated to BT’s own management team then or in subsequent months, says Jeremy Patrie, who oversaw the operation’s technical side for eight years until his resignation last June. “If we were running a deficit such as that, it wasn’t communicated to us until pretty much a year after Nulty had left,” Patrie recounts. “We would have been told to button down all expenses, and we weren’t told that.” In that same report to the council, Leopold noted that the budget-busting capital expenditures had enabled BT to make its network available to 15,500 Burlington households — 2000 more than had been projected. The build out is 90 percent complete, Leopold told the council then, using a figure that has since been revised to 85 percent.

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By 2007, several towns around the state were inspired by BT’s seemingly successful model to consider spinning their own fiber webs, and were potentially receptive to linking into the Burlington hub. But Mayor Bob Kiss rejected that option, saying that BT should complete its own build out before prospecting for business outside the city. Nulty called Kiss’ veto a “huge mistake” and cited it in 2007 as the key cause for his decision to leave BT. Kiss has since reversed his stance. Even though the Burlington network isn’t much closer to completion today than it was in 2007, Kiss now suggests that salvation for BT lies partly in finding partners in other municipalities. Nulty maintains that BT could be profitable, “if it were well managed,” solely by tapping the Burlington customer base. “Getting outside customers would be icing on the cake.” Marketing was another weakness. BT wouldn’t be flirting with financial calamity today if Burns and Leopold had implemented a ready-to-roll advertising campaign, says former BT marketing chief Richard Donnelly, now a member of the Gang of Nine. By the end of 2007, Burlington Telecom had recorded a roughly 30 percent “take rate,” Donnelly calculates, referring to the proportion of potential customers who had signed up for services. A series of mailings and a door-to-door solicitation drive had been planned in conjunction with Methodikal, a Burlington marketing firm, with the

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for the U.S. Congress and the World Bank, rejects all of Leopold’s figures as well as the finding of the Blue Ribbon Committee assigned to assess the BT situation, which places the price of the build-out overrun at $15 million. Nulty says the cost of building BT’s network was only a couple of million dollars more than had been calculated, mainly due to the high price of the tunnel work required to bring fiber to hundreds of households. Burns, who was then in charge of engineering, oversaw the build out, Nulty notes. “Chris never said anything about overruns,” he says. The enterprise did sustain a $4.5 million loss of potential revenues due to Adelphia Cable’s nine-month state-level battle to prevent BT from becoming a competitor, Nulty notes. But BT was nonetheless poised to become profitable when he left, Nulty adds, calling that “an impressive performance for a startup.” Leopold is lying about BT’s finances, Nulty contends. “This guy is under a criminal investigation that could possibly put him in jail,” Nulty alleges. “Of course he’s going to try to smear his predecessor.” Nulty leveled similar charges in a memo to board members of East Central Vermont Community Fiber Network, Nulty’s current telecom project. As wor-

City on Wire « P.25 Such a priority would be misplaced and would also squander scarce resources, argues Patrie, the former operations chief. “The whole reason for BT was to serve Burlington residents,” Patrie says, recalling how dissatisfied homeowners were with Adelphia. Besides, he adds, “There’s a lot of

competition in Burlington for the business telecom market.” But Craig Sessions, a California-based consultant to municipal telecom operations around the country, says such publicly controlled networks can succeed only if they sign up large businesses and institutions. The “churn” — or turnover rate — is too high among residential customers to ensure financial stability, Sessions argues.

Too-Risky Business? BY A RT W OOL F

ell, that’s another fine mess you’ve gotten me into. — OLIVER HA R D Y

There are two things that should concern us about the fine mess that Burlington Telecom has gotten the taxpayers of Burlington into. One is how it happened. The other is how to get out of it. It’s not just the benefit of hindsight that tells us the City of Burlington should not have become involved in the risky, capital-intensive task of providing telecommunication services to the residents and businesses of the city. Rather, it’s the simple insight that the government should provide some services, and that others are best provided by the private sector. The key functions of government are to provide services that are not adequately provided by the private sector — a legal system to protect people and property, police and defense services, roads and sidewalks, clean air, to name a few of what economists broadly term “public goods.” When the government starts providing services that the private sector can and does provide — including, in BT’s case, telecommunication services — it must take on the risks and problems that firms in the private sector confront all the time. These include how to engineer, design and produce the product; how to market it; how to finance it; and how to manage the people and capital needed to produce it. In a nutshell, these all involve risks and rewards. The reward for doing all of these successfully is a profit. The risk is losing all or part of your investment, and failure or bankruptcy. Burlington Telecom failed at nearly all of these. Management underestimated the costs of hooking up all businesses and residences to the fiber-optic system it wanted to build. It failed to do a good job marketing its product to customers who had other provider choices. It overpaid for many of the products and services it bought from suppliers. Its business plan failed to anticipate ways to enhance revenues. Its financing was solely based on debt, with no contingency for raising more capital. These are all very real, very common problems that businesses in the private sector face every day. In Burlington, the prevailing zeitgeist is that the

private sector brings benefits to people by creating jobs — but that’s about the only benefit from businesses. Businesses also earn profits and, without profits, which may seem to have no social benefit, prices would be lower. It’s just a short leap to conclude that if the government can easily provide the same service, it might as well deliver those services at a lower price to the city’s residents than profit-seeking firms offer. The problem is that nothing in that line of reasoning deals with risks or what happens if the business plan needs to be quickly adapted to changing circumstances. In the worst case, what happens if the business plan fails? Who gets stuck holding the bill? With BT, there was no need for, or thought about, enticing private equity (read that as profits) into the mix of financing. The city would just borrow $33 million, build a state-of-the-art fiber-optic system, and Burlington customers would benefit from low prices and high quality. What could be simpler? Unfortunately, building and running a business is not simple. And the risks of running a business — as Burlington taxpayers are soon to find out — can be large. At a minimum, let’s hope a lesson is learned from this experience. Looking forward, what should the city do? Both consultant reports and the Blue Ribbon Committee came to the same conclusion: The only solution, short of city taxpayers shoveling more money into BT, is to look for a private-sector partner to put its capital at risk, and therefore to share in any potential future BT profits. No partner is likely to absorb the entire debt load that BT has incurred — the original $33 million plus the $17 million BT has borrowed from the city. That means someone is going to be left holding $17 million worth of paper that’s not worth $17 million. In finance jargon, someone is going to have to take a haircut. There will, no doubt, be a protracted legal battle over who that someone is. Most likely, it will be the taxpayers of Burlington who will pay the price of getting out of this fine mess.

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Art Woolf is an associate professor of economics at the University of Vermont. He was state economist for Governor Madeleine Kunin and, in 1991, cofounded the Vermont Economy Newsletter. He blogs on Vermont policy issues at vermonttiger.com.

“You’re in a world of hurt if you rely only on households,” he says. Donnelly adds that he tried again in 2008 to launch a marketing campaign. It also “fizzled,” he says, because Burns and Leopold “weren’t responsive to it and lacked understanding of marketing in general.” The two were by then “totally focused on other things,” Donnelly says. The Blue Ribbon Committee as well as outside consultants have noted that BT has never been marketed effectively. All concurred that the program needs a vision — and cash — in order to succeed. “I get three, four, five, six pieces from Comcast every week at home and at my office,” says former City Councilor Andy Montroll. “All I get from BT is my monthly bill.”

Managing Risk

Management decisions have contributed to BT’s woes. Former workers say morale suffered when Nulty left, Burns took over as general manager, and Leopold got directly and deeply involved. “The new management wanted to give BT a much more corporate structure,” Patrie says, explaining that involved “the compartmentalization of everything.” It was isolating, and “the sense of it being a team effort was lost.” Burns’ style left many BT employees with “the feeling that it was just a job, nothing more,” Patrie says. “And that’s particularly dangerous for a startup.” Jacqueline Griffin, a former customer service representative, agrees that “under Chris Burns I was made to feel like an hourly employee. There was no communication at all.” If she sought to talk with Burns about some issue, she would be referred to someone else in management, Griffin adds. “It was just circle talk,” she says. Nulty, by contrast, “was just so pleasant that you’d want to do anything for the guy,” Griffin declares. “He was also entirely focused on customers.” Burns literally built barriers in BT’s office, Donnelly points out. Doors that Nulty had removed were put back in place when Burns took over, Donnelly says. “It was a noise issue,” Burns says in response. “And they were only half-doors, wood on the bottom and glass on top.” When Griffin announced last July that she was quitting, Leopold called her into his office for a chat, she recounts. “He was asking me why, and then he started correcting my grammar,” Griffin says. “I was thinking, ‘God, you’re such a jerk.’” A big problem plaguing BT from its inception, many sources say, has been the absence of expert oversight. As Patrie puts it, “No one at city hall had

Don’t Trash Burlington Telecom BY J O H N F R ANC O

hat’s wrong with Burlington Telecom? The root of the problem is the $10,000-percustomer investment in its fiber-optic-tothe-home system. The funds necessary to service this capital investment are well beyond the level of persubscriber revenue that BT or any other system could reasonably expect to generate. It’s like having bought too much house for the family budget. This is a structural problem — the business “nut,” if you will — that needs to be solved if BT is to survive. How did BT get into this jam? There is plenty of blame to go around. Former BT manager Tim Nulty’s estimates of the capital investment required for the system proved to have been way off from the beginning. His original 2005 estimate of $22 million was spent by January 2007. The additional $11 million financing secured in August 2007 was gone by Halloween, BT was already into the city’s pooled cash, and the system still wasn’t completed. Exit Mr. Nulty. To add insult to injury, in 2008 the capital markets started to freeze up due to the financial crisis, making another refinancing impossible. The Kiss administration compounded this problem by quietly self-financing BT with more draws from the city cash pool in hopes the capital markets would unfreeze. I say “quietly” because this was done with the tacit understanding of the city council’s finance board — whose members included former Republican and Democratic mayoral candidates Kurt Wright and Andy Montroll — in what could be described as a “don’t ask, don’t tell” agreement. Reports to the finance board, budgets approved by the city council and audited financial statements all showed what was going on. It was just that nobody on the inside was advertising the fact. Meanwhile, BT got deeper and deeper into the cash pool. On December 17, 2007, the Kiss administration did report to the city council that construction costs were over estimate and BT needed a whole new business plan. But it was not until May 2009 that the administration finally initiated a full-blown discussion with the city council about the problem of BT’s high investment per customer, and the fact that it was out of compliance with the Certificate of Public Good condition imposed upon it by the Public

Service Board. That should have happened in early 2008, shortly after Nulty left the stage and before the self-financing began in earnest. Which leads us to the third part of the blame: In their bloodlust to settle old scores with the Progressives that date back to Bernie Sanders’ upset victory in 1981, the city council Democrats led a withering campaign against BT that went on for months, seemingly unmindful that BT is their own startup business. The Blue Ribbon Committee’s consultants expressed amazement that BT could even function in this climate. Public Service Department Commissioner David O’Brien, a Republican, has had a strong supporting role in the BT bashing. His goal, apparently, is to be BT’s wrecking ball, to teach Burlington a lesson for the sin of public ownership. Only when BT failed to make its February leasepurchase payment did some city councilors finally start to sober up to the financial consequences of the destruction they thought they wanted. So, what’s the solution? To reduce that $10,000-per-customer debt ratio. The Blue Ribbon Committee recommended strategic partnering to substantially increase the customer base — both inside and outside Burlington — or to reduce the amount of embedded debt, or both. The second of the two charter changes authorizing Burlington to enter into the telecommunications field contemplates just such partnering. Precedent is found elsewhere, with the McNeil Generating Station; its ownership is shared jointly by Burlington Electric and investorowned utilities. But, for a constructive solution to emerge, the wrecking-ball politics have to end now, especially those of Commissioner O’Brien. Otherwise, the financial and economic consequences of failure will be nothing short of catastrophic, not only to Burlington and its taxpayers but also to the state. Vermont’s own credit rating is significantly affected by that of its largest city.

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Google is getting into the telecom biz — the company recently announced a plan to develop fiber networks in one or more trial communities that would “deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today, over 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections.” Google is accepting applications from municipalities interested in participating in its program by March 26. Mayor Bob Kiss told WCAX that the partnership would likely not solve the financial issues BT is facing, but the “Burlington for Google Fiber” group on Facebook has nearly 300 fans who seem to like the idea. The city is holding a public meeting to talk about the potential Google partnership on Thursday, March 4, from 6:30-8 p.m. in Burlington City Hall Auditorium.

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John Franco is former chair of the Burlington Electric Commission. As assistant city attorney under former Mayor Bernie Sanders, he represented Burlington in its 1984 Public Service Board application for a municipally owned cable television system.

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any background in running a telecom operation.” Schultz, a member of a citizens’ advisory committee for BT, says the group never got the information it needed from Leopold and Burns to make meaningful assessments of its financial situation. “It became much more secretive after Nulty left,” Schultz says. “When he was in charge we felt we had access to information — or at least seemed to have access.” Schultz says he was “very frustrated” by Burns’ approach, suggesting, “It was a very serious mistake to hire an engineer to manage BT.” Despite his frustrations, Schultz says he has stayed involved with the advisory committee “out of loyalty to the Progressives.” A commission should have been established to oversee BT in the same way that these citizens’ panels monitor the performance of city departments such as Burlington Electric, says Schultz, echoing the view of Democrats on the city council. “It’s not a transparent operation without a commission,” says Ed Adrian, a Ward 1 Democrat who led the council’s charge against Leopold’s handling of BT’s finances. Wright and other Republicans joined Progressives on the city council in opposing a commission structure for BT. There were already two citizens’ groups watching BT, Wright says. And he and other council members were constantly warned by Leopold of the importance of keeping some BT financial information out of the public domain due to fears that Comcast would use it to steal customers, Wright adds. The concept underpinning BT may itself be seriously flawed, Adrian suggests. He notes that Burlington Electric is able to function well financially because it enjoys a monopoly: Every home and business in Burlington must buy BED’s electricity. “You can’t have a nonmonopoly utility model and expect it to do well in an environment of competitive telecom,” Adrian says. He adds that marketing BT as an ideologically attractive entity may not prove effective. “Most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking about the social ramifications of signing up with a particular telecom provider,” Adrian argues. “They’re mainly concerned about service and price.” Civic duty might not be a great selling point these days, especially since BT has become a huge tax liability for the city — and its citizens. The irony? Despite all of BT’s difficulties, almost everyone in this saga acknowledges it’s a technologically superior network. They also agree it can still be successful. But how? Kiss doesn’t exactly inspire confidence. Ever the optimist, the mayor predicts, “It’s going to work out.” 

Bench Mark Vermont’s first female federal judge raises the bar for judicial appointments B Y KEN PICAR D

hen Christina Reiss was nominated for the U.S. district court seat vacated by Judge J. Garvan Murtha, she had no ties to Vermont’s congressional delegation, the Obama administration or the Democratic Party. In fact, she’d never even met Sen. Patrick Leahy until their first face-to-face interview last year. That may not sound like a big deal, until you consider that vacancies on the federal bench occur so infrequently — Judge Murtha’s was only the 19th in Vermont’s history — that they’re often treated as political plums, doled out to party faithful and those whose ideological tendencies are well known. That certainly wasn’t the case for Judge Reiss (pronounced “rice”), who was sworn in on January 10 as the first woman to serve on the federal bench in Vermont. In fact, another notable feature of her appointment was the transparent and nonpartisan nature of the nomination process. While such transparency wasn’t a first in Vermont history, Reiss’ selection stands in stark contrast to eight years of very politicized judicial appointments by the Bush administration. “One thing I have to credit Senator Leahy for,” says Reiss, “is that he gained no political advantages by appointing me. And I’d have to say the same thing about Governor Douglas.” The Republican Vermont governor appointed Reiss to state district court in 2004. Indeed, Reiss’ track record as an attorney and state judge offers few clues to what kind of federal judge she’ll be. But those who know her insist that her personal politics won’t play a role. In fact, practically the only prediction anyone has made about her opinions from the federal bench is that they’ll be scrupulously researched, well reasoned, and firmly grounded in precedent and the rule of law. Reiss isn’t a native Vermonter — she was born in Denver, Colo., in 1962 — but she has been here since the early 1980s.

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She got her bachelor’s degree she considers that “improper.” from St. Michael’s College in Reiss also said she’s never referred 1984 and her law degree from to the U.S. Constitution as a “living the University of Arizona in document,” and believes “its terms 1989. Reiss, 47, lives in Essex are fixed unless amended.” Junction with her husband, When Sessions asked her about Kevin Hastings, who owns President Obama’s desire to apa woodworking shop in point judges with “empathy,” Reiss Colchester. They have three didn’t take the bait, but she did children. show her human side. Reiss is a petite woman with “A judge must never forget that shoulder-length red hair and a it’s not cases, pleadings, papers and gentle voice. Those who’ve argued matters that come before the judge, cases in her court warn that her but real people with real rights and gentle demeanor shouldn’t be misinterests at stake,” she wrote. “In making those rulings, however, the interpreted as a sign of softness or rule of law and not the judge’s perleniency. She’s been described as sonal feelings towards the litigants highly intelligent and disciplined, and their backgrounds determines with a keen eye for detail and a vast the outcome.” knowledge of the law. Reiss’ judicial philosophy? Hard Indeed, as a state judge, Reiss made some tough decisions that were to say. By nature, judges are notobased on the rule of law. Notably, in riously averse to answering such December 2007 she dismissed a 1971 questions. In the rare instances murder charge against Kenneth Bailey, when they grant interviews, they who’d been arrested for the crime never broach subjects that may in 2005, because key evidence had hint at how they’ll rule on an issue Christina Reiss disappeared. In her decision, Reiss before them. In a recent interview, emphasized that she wasn’t punishReiss’ answers were predictably ing the state for its “egregious loss of generic and uncontroversial. “I tried to be genuine and evidence,” but was “safeguard[ing] answer questions as straightforthe defendant’s constitutional right wardly as I could,” she explains, to a fair trial.” speaking about her confirmation Despite that unpopular ruling, hearing before the Senate Judiciary Reiss made a lasting impression on Committee. “Since I wasn’t a target, those who were in her courtroom it was not confrontational.” But every day. Lamoille County State’s Reiss won’t discuss any cases she’s Attorney Joel Page, who says he been assigned. “A new job is always argued cases before Reiss at least two bewildering,” she allows, “but I’m or three times a week for about a year, really enjoying it.” When asked to describes her as “one of the most address common misconceptions intelligent, thoughtful, diligent and about judges, she said, “I think fastest-talking judges that I’ve dealt some people do not fully appreciwith in 30 years.” ate the presumption of innocence Page was particularly impressed or the adversarial process.” C H R IS T I N A R EI S S with Reiss’ ability to articulate to all Neither did Reiss tip her hand the parties involved how she reached in her written responses to quesher verdict and why she imposed the would “follow controlling precedent, tions from Sen. Jeff Sessions, the rank- even if I personally felt it was in error.” sentences she did. This was especially ing Republican on the Senate Judiciary On the question of “judicial activism,” true, he notes, in cases where the senCommittee. When he asked her about which Reiss defines as “judges who tence wasn’t as severe as the victim had higher court rulings that she person- render advisory opinions regarding hoped. ally disagreed with, she wrote that she issues and facts not before the court,” “Everyone I know who practiced in

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front of her stated that they were very impressed,” Page adds. “They might not have gotten the outcome they would have liked, but they knew exactly why the outcome they obtained was handed down.” Bob O’Neill is an attorney with the law ﬁrm of Gravel and Shea in Burlington, where Reiss worked from 2001 to 2004. Though O’Neill is reluctant to say much about his former colleague for fear it might sound “self-serving,” he does say, “We loved her. Christina was a great lawyer, and she’s going to be a great federal judge. She was conscientious, hard- working and very, very efficient.” Reiss’ caseload at Gravel and Shea suggests that she has a strong affinity for the First Amendment and freedom of the press. Over the years, her clients included several local news outlets, among them the Rutland Herald, the Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus, and Seven Days, all of which she represented in a 2002 lawsuit against then-Gov. eshow Howard Dean. In that case, slid reporters wanted to know exactly how much time Dean was spending on nongubernatorial activities, particularly those related to his bid for the presidency. The media ev outlets sued Dean to produce t.c of end copies aysv his calendar. Though Dean claimed executive privilege exempted his calendar entries from Vermont’s open-records laws, Reiss argued that those particular entries were subject to public disclosure. The Vermont Supreme Court ultimately agreed with her, and Dean was ordered to produce those sections that directly related to his presidential aspirations. According to Cheryl Hanna, a professor at Vermont Law School, the only area where there’s a clearly measurable difference between the rulings of male and female judges is that of discrimination: Female judges tend to see bias, while male judges tend to see the same behavior as inadvertent. (See accompanying article, “Why Women Judges Matter”, p. 30) As a state judge, Reiss presided over such a case in April 2005. Seven women

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are Disney movies and the classic literature that I read her before bed. But in these fictional worlds, it’s men who deal justice, and apparently in a not-so-nice way. Never mind that her own mother is a law professor. What difference does it make if there are women judges? It matters that children see people who look like them doing things they might aspire to. It matters that young people have role models — if Samira and her girlfriends don’t see women in black robes, they don’t see themselves in black robes. And it matters that, in a functional democracy, each of us believes our talents and determination — not our gender, color, class or creed — decide our destiny. One thing that makes me crazy about this “woman this-or-that” conversation — which I can’t believe some people are still having — is the presumption that, but for being female, a woman wouldn’t have been appointed to a judgeship. Of course, it would be disingenuous to suggest that gender was not an important consideration when Reagan appointed O’Connor, or President Clinton appointed Ruth Bader Ginsburg, or President Obama appointed Sonia Sotomayor. It was also an important consideration when Senator Leahy nominated Christina Reiss to the federal bench, making her Vermont’s first female to hold that job. Problem is, the “gender factor” often becomes the

whole story, so that a woman’s accomplishments and credentials are obscured or dismissed. There should no longer be any dispute that intelligence and judgment are evenly distributed throughout the population, and that men are no more innately suited to being judges than are women. But this premise was a long time coming. The nation’s first female attorney, Myra Bradwell, apprenticed with her husband and passed the Illinois bar examina-

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went on to argue before the Supreme Court. Her success opened the door to other women entering the profession. In Vermont, Jessie Bigwood was the first female attorney, in 1902. When she won her initial case at Chittenden County Superior Court, the local newspaper reported that she “was not in the business for fun.” It was 10 years before another female attorney joined Bigwood in Vermont. It was 18 years before the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. And it was not until 1978 that the total number of women admitted to the bar in Vermont exceeded 100. In other words, it was a long, slow journey to a legitimizing critical mass of women attorneys.

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n a recent conversation with my 6-year-old daughter, Samira, I mentioned that I’d had lunch with a judge — a female judge. Samira asked, “You mean the kind of judge that wears a black robe and says, ‘You’re guilty!’?” “Yes,” I said. “Why do you ask?” Samira told me, to my alarm, that she thought only boys could be judges. Why? “Because all the judges I’ve seen are boys, and they’re always so mean. Girls aren’t mean enough to be judges, are they?” I told her that you don’t have to be mean to be a judge, just smart and wise. “And girls are smart and wise.” At that, Samira, pulling on my black coat, called to her 4-year-old brother, “Hey, Elias, let’s play court. I’m the judge, and you’re going to jail!” I was in high school when President Ronald Reagan appointed Sandra Day O’Connor to the United States Supreme Court. I had never even seen a woman lawyer before then, much less a woman judge. There was certainly a growing number of female attorneys by the mid1980s, but I didn’t know any by name. I remember standing in the grocery store, transfixed by the People magazine with O’Connor on the cover, and, just like my daughter today, I had a desire to go home and “play court.” O’Connor’s appointment to the bench was the single most important public event in my life, because at that moment I saw my own potential as limitless. So, while I was not surprised by my daughter’s exuberance at realizing that she, too, could sit as Solomon, I was shocked that, in 2010, a 6-year-old had internalized the idea that men were the ones primarily entitled to positions of power. Granted, her frames of reference

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tion, but the state refused to grant her a license to practice because she was a woman. Bradwell took her case all the way to the United States Supreme Court, which upheld the state’s rule that only men could be lawyers. In a concurring opinion, Justice Bradley wrote, “The paramount destiny and mission of woman [sic] are to fulfill the noble and benign offices of wife and mother. This is the law of the Creator.” That was in 1872; the belief that women were not biologically or socially equipped for the demands of the law lingered for many generations more. When Illinois eventually changed its law, Bradwell became a lawyer and

See Ken Picard’s story on Judge Christina Reiss, page 28.

The Vermont Bar Association’s “First Hundred” report, which documents the lives of those first 100 female attorneys, reveals that gender discrimination in the Vermont bar was common. “One woman lawyer, admitted in 1975, recalled that at her bar admission ceremony, the ‘lady lawyers’ were still segregated from the male admittees,” reads one example. While such blatant discrimination no

longer exists, female attorneys can still face the kind of subtle, unspoken, unconscious biases expressed by Justice Bradley in 1872. The first woman judge elected in Vermont was Beatrice Brown, who served the Marlboro District Probate Court from 1948 to 1964. Interestingly, she was active in the antinuclear movement and a vocal opponent of Vermont Yankee. Among the other famous firsts is Consuelo Northrup Bailey. The seventh woman appointed to the Vermont bar, she was the first female attorney in the state to try a murder case, the first female to serve as Speaker of the Vermont House and the nation’s first woman to be elected lieutenant governor, in 1954. It was not until 1990 that Gov. Madeleine Kunin, Vermont’s first — and

still only — female governor, appointed the first woman to the Vermont Supreme Court: Denise Johnson. She remains on the bench today and was joined in 1997 by the second female, Justice Marilyn Skoglund. Since Jessie Bigwood’s time in the early 20th century, the number of women joining the Vermont bar has steadily increased. So it’s somewhat shocking that the first woman on the federal bench in Vermont was not seated until this year. Given that women make up 31 percent of the bar nationally, you might expect to find a similar percentage among federal appointees. Alas, women hold just 25 percent of federal judgeships. I suspect plenty of male judges out there got their appointments not just because

of superior intelligence and wisdom but because of the “old boys’ network.” Make no mistake, gender preference — for men — has always been a factor in judicial appointments. Judge Reiss has finally cracked this glass ceiling, but a question remains: Do women judge any differently from men, as my daughter seems to think? The answer: It depends. In particular, it depends on the kind of case. A judge’s gender is known to make a significant difference in disputes where gender plays a role in the conduct of the parties — such as sexual harassment or discrimination in employment claims. In a recent study that looked at federal appellate cases of that nature, plaintiffs were more than twice as likely to prevail if a female judge

was on the panel. This study was consistent with others that have found women judges more likely to interpret the facts of cases as being harassment or discrimination as opposed to innocent conduct. No studies document any difference in the way men and women judge outside of these kinds of cases. That said, Judge Reiss’ appointment is symbolically important and gives us something to celebrate during Women’s History Month. Judge Reiss will soon take up chambers in Rutland. And I’ll be bringing both of my children there to see her in action — a much better field trip than going to the latest Disney princess movie. m Cheryl Hanna teaches constitutional law at Vermont Law School.

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rom Away is one of those books you’ll like a lot or not at all by the time you’ve finished the first paragraph. If you like it, as I did, Middlesex author David Carkeet’s novel will make you laugh. Repeatedly. Not for nothing does it come with an approving blurb from quirky-mystery king Carl Hiaasen, or another — from Publishers Weekly — that likens it to the Coen brothers’ movie Fargo. It’s a good comparison, because From Away is a lumpy but well-spiced gumbo of local color, serious drama and silliness. Like the Coen brothers, Carkeet is less interested in plots than in people and the stupid things they do: His protagonist deserves to stand beside the Dude in The Big Lebowski as a fellow with a knack for changing the tone of every situation he lands in. While From Away isn’t flawless, it’s an original, unlike anything else in its genre. That genre is the Vermont mystery, which practically qualifies for its own shelf in local bookstores right now. We have Archer Mayor chronicling local (fictional) police work, Don Bredes concocting Northeast Kingdom noirs, and Castle Freeman Jr. taking a terse, deadpan approach to crime and punishment that feels echt Yankee. Nancy Means Wright has written five books about a dairy-farming sleuth. Thanks to Plymouth author Wendy Clinch, we now even have “Ski Diva” mysteries. In short, it’s hard to think of an aspect of Vermont’s “brand” or local color that hasn’t been used to divert readers as they solve a whodunit. From stick season to ski season to mud season; from the

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break-in at the swanky summer home to the bludgeoning in the yard full of beaters, everything’s been covered. But Dennis Braintree, Carkeet’s antihero, couldn’t care less about what makes Vermont Vermont. As the title indicates, he’s “from away” — a Chicagoan on assignment for his employer, a magazine for model-train enthusiasts. When we first meet Denny, he’s headed for the Burlington airport on I-89, where he runs his rental off the road out of sheer carelessness. We subsequently learn he’s just come from the Ben & Jerry’s factory tour, from which he was expelled for an unseemly outburst after learning he wouldn’t be allowed to taste his favorite discontinued flavor, Wavy Gravy. Denny is a man of appetites — for food (he weighs in at 300 pounds, with no apologies or diet plans), and for stimulation of less tangible kinds. We get a sense of just how odd he is right off, at the crash site, as he watches a state trooper approach: [Denny] sat up a bit, but he wasn’t able to see the gun on the trooper’s hip. What would he have to do to make the trooper draw it? How bad did you have to be, how threatening? It was interesting to think about. “Interesting” is big for Denny. Carkeet notes, “Sometimes he made things up so that the conversation would be more interesting for him.” In a phone conversation, Denny’s boss tells him, “That’s a surprisingly normal sentence, Denny. Is someone coaching you?” It’s not that Denny is antisocial or perverse. It’s just that “ordinary life wasn’t enough for him. He needed life plus something else.”

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And he gets that extra challenge when he takes refuge, after the crash, in a Montpelier hotel “chock-a-block with legislators.” One of the lawmakers checks out early, leaving Denny his room. When a large, drunk and apparently notorious Statehouse party girl named Marge drops by seeking the previous occupant, Denny thinks he’s about to get lucky — for the first time in a while. But while he’s out buying the condoms for their planned tryst, an unpleasant fate befalls Marge, leaving the flatlander the prime suspect in a murder investigation. Here’s where a coincidence intervenes in Denny’s favor. Seems he bears a striking physical resemblance to native Vermonter and well-liked local musician Homer Dumpling, who disappeared a couple of years before. One of the two detectives assigned to the Marge case has known Homer forever. And, like almost everyone else, he’s quick to believe the evidence of his eyes. Instead of getting cuffed, Denny finds himself being greeted by half of Montpelier as if he were the Prodigal Son. It’s not the world’s most plausible premise, but it’s rich in comic possibilities. Like the emperor marching down the street in his new clothes, Denny dons Homer’s identity and dares the locals to challenge him. With Yankee

Like the Coen brothers, Carkeet is less interested in plots than in

people and the stupid things they do.

unflappability, most of them don’t. Even Homer’s longtime girlfriend, Sarah, a steely public-radio announcer, doesn’t call out the imposter. Meanwhile, Denny applies himself to the task of being Homer, which requires him to try something new: seeing the world from another person’s perspective. It should be apparent by now that, while From Away has mysteries aplenty (What happened to Marge? What happened to Homer? Why the “Simpsons” allusions?), it isn’t primarily a mystery. Fans of the genre may be frustrated by the dearth of red herrings and plot convolutions on display — not to mention competent police work. (One of the more touching characters is a cop who

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Such a dinky town of Betsys and Morts and Marges, and everyone knowing everything because there was so little to know. It was like a model train town full of little people. You could pick them up and put them anywhere you liked.

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Listen, I’ve been willing to edit your words, but I give up trying to

You can argue with some of the plotting and characterization in From Away, but you can’t argue with the comic timing of passages like that one. Like Denny, Carkeet is “a born word man.” (He wrote three previous novels whose hero is a linguistics professor.) If you can get through the novel without hearing your favorite actors say the dialogue in your head, or even casting a fantasy film version (Philip Seymour Hoffman as Denny? Steve Buscemi as the weaselly woodchuck Sparky?), then you’re a sterner reader than I. There’s nothing stern about From Away. Like David Lodge, a satirist he resembles, Carkeet clearly likes his characters (or most of them) too much to subject them to the sort of dark, cynical scrutiny of human nature with which many mysteries conclude. While most of the great literary detectives are loners by nature, Denny is an oddball who, against all odds, finds a community. And that’s a Vermont theme par excellence. 

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Of course, no one is quite so easy to manipulate, as Denny/Homer discovers. But, like every juicy tale of a con man or trickster, this one hits on a truth: In a sleepy, close-knit community, an observant interloper can wield more power than he or she deserves. Ultimately, of course, Carkeet is the one building this tiny world, and he does it with a keen sense of everyday absurdity. The characters are forever talking past and around one another, either because they’re deluded egomaniacs or because they can’t or won’t speak plainly. Take Sarah, who “talked with a mouthful of smiles” on the radio but seethes with anger every time she encounters Homer/Denny. Or Denny’s editor, who delivers bad news this way:

edit you. I’m worried about you, Denny. I like you. Well, that’s not exactly true, but I am worried. Actually, I’m not all that worried. The point is, you’re fired. I’ve never fired anyone, Denny. Ruth still can’t spell, but she’s my proofreader and I’m sticking with her. You, though — I can’t deal with you anymore.

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confesses, “Even when I’m arresting someone, I’m thinking, ‘I bet he didn’t do it.’”) From Away is less a whodunit than a thought experiment: It’s about placing a volatile outsider in a static situation and watching the resulting turbulence play out to its natural conclusion. Denny’s passion is building model-train layouts — tiny scenarios he can control. His first impression of Montpelier is that of a layout come to life:

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David Carkeet may be better known in St. Louis than he is in Vermont, where he’s lived for the past six and a half years. Born in Sonora, Calif., he taught at the University of Missouri-St. Louis for three decades, and founded and directed its MFA program. That’s where, in the ’80s and ’90s, he produced three novels about a linguist named Jeremy Cook — all New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year — which the Overlook Press will reissue in coming months. In 1984, Carkeet published The Greatest Slump of All Time, “a comic novel about a clinically depressed baseball team,” which drew raves from sources as diverse as the Wall Street Journal, the Village Voice, Sports Illustrated and Larry King. In 2003, Carkeet took an early retirement package from the university and moved with his family to a parcel of land in Middlesex. He felt “drawn to Vermont,” he says, especially since his younger daughter was a regular at the Farm & Wilderness camps in Plymouth. Since his arrival, he’s published Campus Sexpot (2005), an award-winning memoir that is not, in fact, about a campus sexpot, but a pulp novel of that name that shook up Carkeet’s hometown by portraying it as a Peyton Place-like hamlet of sin. “I felt more reflective, so I did a lot of essays, the book-length memoir, and I satisfied that need.” Carkeet then returned to writing fiction because “I really missed it,” he says. In Vermont, Carkeet also took up an instrument he hadn’t touched since his youth. Now “he plays the trumpet relentlessly,” notes his book-jacket bio. He’s currently a member of the Waterbury Community Band, the Capital City Band and Green Mountain Swing. And he’s a proselytizer: “I’d like to urge every retired person to take up the instrument they played as a child,” he says. “Rushing to rehearsal” one December night, Carkeet “slid right off the road into a ditch,” he recalls. He started From Away the next day. “I didn’t know where it was going to go; I never do,” he confesses. But, having imagined a character who was profoundly isolated — even repellent to others — he “really liked the idea of a guy in that situation landing in a place where community is so important,” he says. “I think that impulse sprang from my own despair and loneliness at landing in a new place where I didn’t know anybody. This guy — that’s his perpetual position. I wanted to have him experience the opposite; to be this beloved guy, Homer.” Since he originally conceived the Denny character, Carkeet says, he’s come to feel more a part of the community. But he’s still struck by the local introversion that makes Denny’s imposture possible: “Vermonters leave you alone,” he says. “There is that reserve that is still here — a respect for privacy that can also feel like indifference.” Indifference is the fate that greets plenty of new books. That’s why Carkeet is glad to have found a publishing home at the Overlook Press, which was founded by its owner Peter Mayer, former head of Viking Penguin, as a place “for overlooked authors.” Seeing his Jeremy Cook novels — Double Negative, The Full Catastrophe and The Error of Our Ways — back in print “is my dream,” Carkeet says. “You publish a book, and it sinks to the bottom of the ocean.” From Away should give local readers a reason to fish them out again.

Pushing the Oscar Envelope Seven Days’ film critics speculate on the awards

Celebs of al l stripes walk the red carpet on Sunday ni ght at the 82nd annual Academy Awards. Dis h about the winners on Twitter with Margo t Harrison. @margot7d

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ARGOT HARRISON: Looks like the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is taking a cue from Burlington and a few other towns. Not only has it doubled the field of Best Picture nominees — basically, to give more viewers a film they’ve actually seen to root for — but it will pick a winner using our much-debated system of instant runoff voting. Which movie will be the Bob Kiss of the Oscars? Which will be the Kurt Wright? Will James Cameron recrown himself “king of the world” in his made-up Na’vi language? We’ll see.

ICK KISONAK: I’ve got to say I’ll be sorry to see awards season come to an end. For me it’s kind of like a Superbowl that lasts for almost two months. As a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, I get to take part in the kickoff by voting on the Critics’ Choice Awards. That was way back on January 15. Since then, we’ve had the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Directors Guild Awards and several others. The fun thing is that there’ve been very few consistent winners. It’s definitely an anything-could-happen kind of year for the Oscars. The envelopes will be opened this Sunday. In the meantime, here are our picks . . .

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Prediction time

MH: Yeah, Bridges will win. But I prefer Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker, a fresh face in an electrifying performance.

Best Film

RK: Carey Mulligan has been robbed all awards season long, if you ask me. Sure, Meryl Streep does a great impression of Julia Child, but in An Education, the newcomer gives a great, meticulously crafted performance. It was one of the most memorable things I saw on screen all year. Expect her to be robbed one final time Sunday night.

Who will win? Who should win? RK: Avatar surprised a lot of people by snagging that Golden Globe, but I think The Hurt Locker is rightfully regaining momentum as we go into the home stretch. Kathryn Bigelow earned top honors from the Directors Guild of America on January 30, and the winner of that award has failed to go on to Oscar victory only six times since 1948. The winners’ films usually win Best Picture, too. MH: While I prefer The Hurt Locker, I would still bet on Avatar. It’s huge. It’s blue. It jumps off the screen. More important, it’s the future of movies in theaters. When it comes to making actual profits, digital 3-D is the best thing since popcorn.

Best Actor

RK: Isn’t it interesting that George Clooney was considered a shoo-in at one point and is now as much of a long shot as, say, Colin Firth? What happened? A little miracle of a movie called Crazy Heart, which came that close to going straight to DVD. As hard-drinking country has-been Bad Blake, Jeff Bridges gives the performance of his career. And he’s given some corkers.

Best Actress

MH: Streep didn’t just do an impression; she created a character. She inspired me to bake. But I think the voters want to see another sassy acceptance speech from Sandra Bullock.

Best Supporting Actor

RK: In this race, Christoph Waltz is definitely the man to beat. And the man I’d like to see beat him is Stanley Tucci. Talk about range: In Julie & Julia, he played the sweetest guy you can imagine. In The Lovely Bones, he’s chilling as an unimaginably evil predator. He made that movie worth seeing. And that’s saying something. MH: Waltz will waltz away with it, and I’m fine with that. Quentin Tarantino’s knack for casting talented unknowns is all that makes his movies still watchable.

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rK: I’d truly love to see Maggie Gyllenhaal with an upset win here, but there’s simply no stopping the speeding train that is Mo’Nique. She’s won everything she’s been nominated for, and she’s going to win on Sunday. The Precious costar deserves it. That was some scary good acting. MH: Scary good. Agreed.

rK: It’s time to stop the madness already. Seriously: Sandra (All About Steve) Bullock — Academy Award-winning actress? She gave a capable performance in a perfectly nice Hallmark movie, but let’s not go overboard. This is what comes from setting the bar so low your whole career. You make one movie that doesn’t blow, and suddenly you look like Meryl Streep. With whom she’s actually nominated! How surreal is this? If she continues her award-season winning streak, she’ll be the first person to earn a Best Actress Oscar and a Razzie in the same year.

these. And, speaking of length, I think we can all live without multiple Best Short Film awards. When was the last time you watched a short film? It’s not like they end up at Blockbuster on little DVDs the size of silver dollars. What good are they, and how do they merit an Oscar category? I want an Oscar for the home movie I made of my daughter’s school play. MH: Short films are an art form, like short stories. And you can rent ’em and see them in fests. Me, I would ax Foreign

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rK: Talk about a tight race. There’s never been anything quite like The Cove. It’s at once an astonishing feat of advocacy filmmaking and a white-knuckle eco-thriller. But Food Inc. is a superbly crafted, mind-blowing exposé as well, and it’s gaining on The Cove. I admire both pictures, but I think it’s going to be The Cove by a nose. MH: Yes, The Cove. When it comes to documentaries about brutal slaughter, the cute dolphins will always get more votes than hogs and beef cattle.

What’s the evening’s most solid lock?

rK: I’d call it a tie between Jeff Bridges and Mo’Nique. I don’t see anyone stopping either of these two at this stage of the game. Oh, and I think it’s probably safe to put your children’s college fund on Avatar for Best Visual Effects. Just call me Nostradamus. MH: Up for Best Animated Feature. No one’s better than Pixar at making adults cry.

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MH: You know, that would be kind of awesome. But I enjoyed watching Bullock more than I did Maggie Gyllenhaal, whom I’m starting to think just acts blissfully stoned in every film. At least in Away We Go that was funny.

Language Film. The ridiculous rules exclude too many good movies. With 10 Best Pic nominees, why not just let non-Anglophone films compete in that category? Most of Inglourious Basterds was subtitled, for God’s sake.

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Will a woman win Best Director in 2010 for the first time ever? If not, who will?

rK: My money’s on Kathryn Bigelow to make history Sunday night. If she doesn’t go home with the golden guy, James Cameron will. It’s like a total David-andGoliath deal. If, you know, David and Goliath had at one time been married.

Now that the Best Picture field has expanded (with 10 nominees instead of five), which titles look like filler? Which deserving flicks got left out?

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rK: On the filler side, two jump out: The Blind Side and the Coens’ A Serious Man. I love the brothers, but I’ve watched this movie at least a dozen times now, and it’s not growing on me. From where I stand, it’s one of their lesser efforts. As for overlooked work, take your pick: Antichrist, Bronson, Coco Before Chanel, Goodbye Solo, Moon and The Road. None of them would have been out of place on that top-10 list.

rK: How many people out there in TV land know the difference between Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing? Hey, this is a long show. I say the time has come to ditch esoteric categories like

MH: Call me crazy, but I prefer A Serious Man to No Country for Old Men. I’m actually happy with these nominees, except for (erm) The Blind Side. I like that there’s a mix of arty flicks, Oscar bait and crowd pleasers, including the unlikely District 9.

MH: I would love to see Bigelow get it. But will voters see her as a pioneering female action director? Her last high-profile film was the 1995 bomb Strange Days.

Which categories should the Academy ax?

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What’s the most surprising nominee?

RK: Um, know anyone who’s ever heard of The Secret of Kells, much less seen it? Yet there it is nominated for Best Animated Feature. Also surprising: most of the nominations for Best Foreign Language Film. I saw dozens of fabulous foreign films last year, but with the exception of The White Ribbon, none of them made the cut. Four out of five are very under the radar. MH: If you’re curious, you can see The Secret of Kells at the upcoming Green Mountain Film Festival. I was most surprised by Matt Damon’s nomination for Invictus. Fake accent? Check. New physique? Check. But not much of a role or performance.

What’s the most shocking snub?

RK: No shortage of these: Michael Moore. The Academy evidently had no love for Capitalism. Or Ben Foster and his breakout performance in The Messenger. Ditto Brad Pitt in Inglourious Basterds and Julianne Moore in A Single Man. (She really should’ve had the slot filled by Penelope Cruz for her work in Nine. No one should be nominated for their work in Nine). The biggest in my book? That Crazy Heart was denied for Best Original Score. Oh, yeah, let’s dance; I’ve got the soundtrack from Sherlock Holmes.

MH: It’s a toss-up between her and Cameron.

RK: Christopher Plummer in The Last Station. For one thing, the man is 80

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and has never been nominated until now. And he’s a master. For another, the movie’s adapted from a book by Jay Parini, who, besides being a genius, is one of the nicest human beings you’ll ever meet. A victory for Plummer would be good for the film’s box office, and that could lead to more big-screen versions of Parini’s work.

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f there’s one thing a sugar addict does not need to learn, it’s how to make doughnuts. It’s like teaching a pyromaniac to make fire by rubbing two sticks together. Which is precisely why I enrolled myself in the recent doughnut class at King Arthur Flour. Despite my sweets dependence and love of all things fried, I’ve never had a great desire to make my own doughnuts. I didn’t realize until recently that one could craft those sweet pastry Os by hand without the help of an industrial deep-fat fryer and a heaping mound of preservatives and flavor enhancers. But when I did, I found something exciting about the possibility of being able to feed my own addiction. King Arthur Flour offers about 300 classes a year at its 10-year-old Baking Education Center in Norwich. Over the past year, more than 3000 students have sought knowledge from the company’s baking sages. Courses cover topics ranging from puff pastries and crêpes to baguettes and sourdoughs. The center’s doughnut class is a perennial favorite. My class of 16, intriguingly titled “Donuts: Not Just for Breakfast!”, is sold out well in advance. I am lucky to get in. Rosemary Hubbard, 62, the instructor, is a wiry baker with hands that might as well be lined with asbestos — they’re that desensitized to burninghot baking pans. Hubbard has certainly earned the right to wear a traditional chef’s jacket after years as head pastry chef at upscale food purveyor Dean & DeLuca. But instead, she sports a T-shirt trumpeting her favorite doughnut shop in the country — Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland, Ore. Hubbard is serious about doughnuts. “I just never fail to leave a doughnut unturned or uneaten,” she tells the class before we begin baking. What Hubbard says she likes, besides the obviously genius pairing of fried

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dough and silky sugar, is the universality of doughnuts. Every country in the world has its fried dough. Hubbard’s plan for the afternoon is a testament to the ubiquity of the toothsome pastry. The folder each student receives at the beginning of class includes recipes for Spanish churros, German Berliners and American doughnut muffins. “They may not have a hole in the center,” she says, “but they all fall into the genre of fried pastry.” Hubbard starts the class with the Berliners, a jelly doughnut made famous outside Germany by President John F. Kennedy’s famous 1963 speech in West Berlin. Instead of the standard “Ich bin Berliner,” Kennedy enthusiastically proclaimed, “Ich bin ein Berliner,” which could be translated as “I am a jelly doughnut.” Berliners, Hubbard informs us, are Viennoiseries — yeasted baked goods that use added ingredients such as milk, eggs, butter and sugar to make them richer and/or sweeter. Without even

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tasting the deep yellow dough, we can see it’s fattening. Because the Berliner dough needs to rise, Hubbard whipped up a batch the night before. But she does demonstrate the prep technique. As 16 of us huddle around the wooden table at the front of the classroom, Hubbard shows us how to mix and knead the dough so as not to activate the gluten in the wheat. The lemon oil in the mixture perfumes the air as she works. Once Hubbard has finished with the Berliner dough and set it aside for later, it’s time for the hands-on portion of the class — making doughnut muffins. The plan is to make these little gems from start to finish by ourselves. I admit to my tablemate, Meredith Willett, that I’m nervous. I’m pretty good with canned soup and can fix myself a mean bowl of cereal, but beyond that, I’m a wreck in the kitchen. Willett, who runs Sweet Dreams Bakery from her home in Bradford, assures me I’ll be fine. But she never saw

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the result of my last attempt at baking — a concrete-like mound of sourdough with a one-way ticket to the compost bucket. Hubbard explains why she chose to teach us to make doughnut muffins instead of traditional holed doughnuts: They don’t require deep frying, making them easier for the home cook to reproduce. Fine by me, since I don’t need a sleeve of sizzled skin courtesy of boiling cooking oil. The first step in doughnut muffin mastery is to sift and mix all the dry ingredients, including pastry flour, which I learn has a lower protein content than regular flour, thus ensuring lighter, fluffier baked goods. With gentle guidance from Willett, who reminds me to read the directions completely before diving in, I successfully accomplish the first task. I feel like I’m in a “Top Chef” kitchen when I look around and see that all my classmates/competitors have already finished creaming the butter and sugar, which Hubbard says can be accomplished at home with a hand mixer. Most have moved on to mixing in the flour. I’m starting to get amped up when Willett, a 32-year-old mother of two, reminds me that it’s not, in fact, a competition. After blending the wet ingredients with the dry, I have a colloidal mixture that I would gulp down like water if nobody were watching. With an ice cream scoop, I dole out little servings of batter into muffin tins. Surprisingly, what I’ve made smells just like a doughnut. Fifteen minutes later, Hubbard and the classroom helpers — King Arthur Flour employees whose job it is to wash dishes and keep track of cooking times — open the bank-vault-like commercial oven that holds the muffins. A toastedsugar aroma floats over the classroom. Dunkin’ Donuts, Krispy Kreme or any other alliterative doughnut chain, eat your premade pastry hearts out. As they pull out the tins and set them on a rack to dry, I am fraught with anticipation. Desperate to see if my muffins look edible, I venture over to have a peek. Against all odds, my muffins look, well, banging. They are perky, with DOUGHNUTS

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According to SKINNY PANCAKE owner BENJY ADLER, he and his staffers have long joked that the crêperie has an alter ego called “THE CHUBBY MUFFIN.” “I have this fixation on muffins. I just love [them],” Adler admits. But he never thought the goofy name would grace an honest-to-goodness eatery. Sometime in April, it will. Located at 88 Oak Street in the Old North End, the Muffin will serve dual functions. Staffers will sell the namesake pastries, coffee and ice cream to hungry locals, and the space also will serve as a community kitchen. “One of our driving motivations for this is that we can exercise our social mission,” Adler explains. “That’s the real fire in our belly for this project.” How will the Pancake team spread localvore love? Adler says the plan is to “share the kitchen with some nonprofits.” So far, he’s minted an official partnership with NEW FARMS FOR NEW AMERICANS and has approached the VERMONT CAMPAIGN TO END CHILDHOOD HUNGER. The plan is that, during off hours, those groups will have use of the kitchen to create items that can be sold at local stores and markets, or distributed to food-insecure families. Located just a mile from the INTERVALE in the heavily trafficked area between Riverside Avenue and Route 127, the Muffin is poised to take in fresh foods for processing and storage. For example, “We’ll have lots of freezer space, so hopefully we can do season extension with berries,” says Adler, who plans to stick the local fruit in “big fat muffins with crusty tops,” as well as in the Pancake’s crêpes. Asked if we can expect the baked goods — which will incorporate lots of local ingredients — to be as creative as the crêpes, Adler plays it coy. “I’ll leave that up in the air for now,” he says. “You’ll have to come see.”

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provenance. Fat East Coast oysters were on the right, where Healthy Living butcher Frank Pace helped out by putting his shucking skills to the test. Petite West Coast oysters were to the left. What’s the diff? The oysters from Massachusetts and Rhode Island were fleshy, with a mineral taste and a burst of sweetness at the end. The ones from Washington State and British Columbia were tender, with pronounced flavors of melon and cucumber. If the attendees had one complaint, it was that the “all-you-can-eat” oysters ran out before they’d gotten their fill. Luckily, Bluebird staffers were ready to fill the gap with baskets of crispy French fries and deep-fried oyster po’ boys in buttery rolls with house-made tartar sauce. “They probably should have gotten a couple hundred more,” Jacobsen suggested. “I don’t think anybody knew how fast they would go.” Maybe the problem was that it was hard to stop. Bluebird owner Sue Bette said, “We did a count at 25 [oysters] per person, but some people ate 35. We’re hoping to make this an annual event … We’ll have to bump that up next year.” Another suggestion? Bibs. m

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When it is, patrons enter through a side door and choose between sitting upstairs in the bustling, Swiss-chalet-style tavern — where they can watch international 3-COURSE sporting events on flat-screen TVs — and CHEF'S MENU downstairs in the petite, dark-paneled APPETIZER, PASTA AND ENTREE dining room complete with a cuckoo clock behind the bar. The list of brews on tap, ranging DURING THE MONTH OF from delicate Reissdorf Kölsch to inMARCH IN ADDITION TO OUR tense Ayinger Celebrator, could inspire REGULAR MENU, WE WILL BE Teutonic beer connoisseurs to a hearty OFFERING A 3-COURSE CHEF'S toast. Those who want greater variety MENU FEATURING SOME OF Sunday, March 14th can swig from more than 30 imported hosted by Bill Cherry (owner) THE MOST POPULAR DISHES and domestic bottles. Glühwein, a sweet Monday, March 15th red wine laced with cinnamon, cloves FROM THE REGIONAL hosted by Tony Morse ( head brewer) and vanilla, is the perfect sip for a cold DINNER SERIES. winter evening. Reservations only $50 per person. Compared with the drink list, the THE MENU IS AVAILABLE food menu is clearly still in develop“WHERE THE LOCALS DINE” MONDAY THROUGH ment. It includes three kinds of schnitzel 15 Center St., Burlington THURSDAY AND IS — pork, veal and chicken — a handful of (just off Church Street) $35 PER PERSON. traditional sausages and a slew of sides. dailyplanet15.com • 862-9647 On a soft-opening visit last month, I found several of the dishes needing work. Noodles were overcooked and 8v-lamante030310.indd 1 3/1/10 10:18:02 AM 8v-dailyplanet030310.indd 1 3/1/10 11:30:01 AM undersalted, and a wurst plate arrived without mustard. But on a subsequent visit last week, the fare was much better executed. Tiny shreds of homemade spätzle, soft Organic & Local Produce • Scrumptious Full Service Deli but not mushy, were sprinkled with All Natural Groceries • Fresh Vermont Meat • Pet Products dill and a trio of cheeses. Potato salad — available warm or cold — featured High Quality Vitamins & Supplements • Local Artisan Cheese a bracing dose of vinegar and bits Health & Beauty Products • Wine & Beer of bacon. Bulk Dry Goods, Spices, Liquids, Coffee & Teas High-quality traditional sausages, such as delicate bockwurst and smoky Open 9-7 Daily • (802) 453-8538 knackwurst, come in pairs for $7. Dijon 25 Mountain View St, Bristol mustard, spicy brown mustard and horseradish are available on the side, First left off Mountain Street. Located Behind Shaws. and curry sauce costs an extra $2. On WWW.LAMANTE.COM

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my first visit, a friend of Indian descent opined that the flavorsome condiment was “better than the Indian food” available at area restaurants. Sad to say, though, none of the more traditional sauerkraut is yet in evidence. Although it comes with a side dish, the schnitzel seems a touch pricey at $17 to $19, depending on choice of meat. (If that meat is organic or local, the menu has nothing to say about it). While the pork schnitzel was nice and crispy on the outside, it could have been more tender and juicy in the middle. Accompanying sides run $4 to $6. The healthiest one, Haus Salad, is a simple yet enticing combo of toasted almonds, Locatelli Romano cheese and greens, drizzled with sweet, maplelaced vinaigrette. Massive salt-laden pretzels are available, too. In addition to the plethora of sausages, the excellent beer selection and the hourly chiming of the cuckoo clock, Das Bierhaus has another notable attribute: Female staffers wear dirndls. The fitted dress is traditional garb in parts of Eastern Europe, where it comes in plenty of styles, including high-necked ones modest enough for a nun. The dirndls at Das Bierhaus are a bit more revealing. Regardless of one’s sexual orientation, it’s hard to watch a server approach without recalling an English equivalent to the German phrase “Sie hat Holz vor der Hütte,” the traditional compliment for a buxom fräulein. (It literally means “She has wood in front of her hut.”) Question is, when will male staffers start wearing fitted lederhosen? Attire aside, the servers are thoughtful, prompt and willing to seek out information when they don’t already know the answers to patrons’ questions. Until more German dishes appear on the menu, I’ll probably stick with wurst plates paired with potato salad or greens, washed down with pints of incredible German beer. Both my experiences were enjoyable, and knowing that Das Bierhaus is still expanding its menu in expectation of its grand opening, I’m convinced the best is yet to come. Das Bierhaus may have let one Oktoberfest pass without opening its doors, but come the next one, they’ll be ready. m

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ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001-6092 On February 12, 2010, Telephone Operating Company of Vermont LLC (d/b/a “FairPoint Communications”) and William and Patricia Perry, filed application #4C1227 for a Project generally described as: construction of an 80-foot free standing monopole, rust in color, supporting nine sector antennas (six 28” high x 7” wide and three 48” high x 14” wide) mounted at 76’ 11” agl and one dish antenna, 4-feet in diameter, mounted at 60’ agl; an equipment cabinet (30” wide by 25” deep x 72” high) on a 10’ x 10’ concrete pad, all equipment within a 50’ x 50’ area enclosed by a chain link fence and a 780 lf access road with 780 lf of underground utility line. The Project is located on Lake Road in the Town of Milton, Vermont. The District 4 Environmental Commission will review this application under Act 250 Rule 51 - Minor Applications. Copies of the application and proposed permit are available for review at the Milton Municipal Office, Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission located at 110 West Canal Street, Winooski, and the office listed below. The application and proposed permit may also be viewed on the Natural Resources Board’s web site (www.

No hearing will be held unless, on or before March 16, 2010, a party notifies the District Commission of an issue or issues requiring the presentation of evidence at a hearing or the commission sets the matter for hearing on its own motion. Any hearing request shall be in writing to the address below, shall state the criteria or subcriteria at issue, why a hearing is required and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other interested person must include a petition for party status. Prior to submitting a request for a hearing, please contact the district coordinator at the telephone number listed below for more information. Prior to convening a hearing, the District Commission must determine that substantive issues requiring a hearing have been raised. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law will not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing. Should a hearing be held on this project and you have a disability for which you are going to need accommodation, please notify us by March 16, 2010. Parties entitled to participate are the Municipality, the Municipal Planning Commission, the Regional Planning Commission, adjoining property owners and other persons to the extent they have a particularized interest that may be affected by the proposed project under the 10 criteria. Nonparty participants may also be allowed under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(5). Dated in Essex Junction, Vermont, this 17th day of February 2010. By /s/Peter E. Keibel Peter E. Keibel Natural Resources Board District #4 Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 T/ 802-879-5658 E/ peter.keibel@state. vt.us REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Town of Williston Old Stage Road Concrete Sidewalk Project

WILLISTON, STP SDWK(004) – Old Stage Road Concrete Sidewalk The Town of Williston is requesting Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) s from engineering firms (Consultants) for engineering services for the Design of the Old Stage Road Concrete Sidewalk in the Town of Williston. The project encompasses the design of 1,600 linear feet of 5 foot wide concrete Sidewalk adjacent to Old Stage Road, beginning at Wildflower Circle and ending at Mountain View Drive. The Town is seeking a Consultant with expertise in designing, engineering and permitting such a project as outlined in the 2002 VTrans Pedestrian and Bicycle Facility Planning and Design Manual. The procurement process for selection of the Consultant will be a Qualifications Based Selection (QBS). We are not seeking a cost proposal at this time. The successful Consultant will be selected based upon their demonstrated ability to provide the highest qualified team to achieve the goals of the project through their SOQ and possible interview with the selection committee. Please contact Lisa Murdock @ 802-8781239 or MURDOCKL@ willistontown.com with any questions and to obtain a detailed RFQ. Proposals should be sent to Town of Williston, 7900 Williston Road, Williston, Vermont 05495 and are due by 2:00 p.m. March 12, 2010. STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0563-09 CnC Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee RALI 2006QS14, Plaintiff v. Samuel J. Dimascola, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Homecomings Financial Network, Inc. And Occupants residing at 3064-3066 T. Roosevelt Highway, Bolton, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Homecomings Financial Network, Inc.

to Samuel J. Dimascola dated September 13, 2006 and recorded in Volume 72, Page 301 of the Land Records of the Town of Bolton, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 11:15 A.M. on March 23, 2010, at 3064-3066 T. Roosevelt Highway, Bolton, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Samuel J. Dimascola by Warranty Deed of Lee Heil and Pamela Heil dated November 23, 2004 and recorded November 30, 2004 in Volume 66, Page 187 of the Town of Bolton Land Records. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Bolton. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000. DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 19th day of February, 2010. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee RALI 2006QS14 By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S499-09 CnC HSBC Bank, USA, National Association, as Trustee for Wells Fargo Asset-Securities Corporation, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-10, Plaintiff v. Jennifer Smith And

Occupants residing at 7000 Hinesburg Road a/k/a 7016 Vermont Route 116, St. George, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. to Jennifer Smith dated May 2, 2007 and recorded in Volume 31, Page 270 of the Land Records of the Town of St. George, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 9:30 A.M. on March 24, 2010, at 7000 Hinesburg Road a/k/a 7016 Vermont Route 116, St. George, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Jennifer Smith by Warranty Deed of API Properties, LLC dated July 6, 2006 and recorded on July 8, 2006 in Volume 30 at Page 380 of the Town of St. George Land Records. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of St. George. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000. DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 18th day of February, 2010. HSBC Bank, USA, National Association, as Trustee By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403

STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0617-09 CnC Nationstar Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Centex Home Equity Company, LLC, Plaintiff v. Brian D. Hanson, Shannon P. Hanson, Amy D. Hanson And Occupants residing at 1519 Williston Road, South Burlington, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Nationstar Mortgage, LLC f/k/a Centex Home Equity Company, LLC to Brian D. Hanson dated August 24, 2006 and recorded in Volume 761, Page 293 of the Land Records of the Town of South Burlington, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 12:00 P.M. on March 24, 2010, at 1519 Williston Road, South Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Brian D. Hanson and Colleen Hanson by Warranty Deed of Joseph P. Kelley and Muriel R. Kelley dated February 11, 1991 and recorded in Book 303, Page 64 of the City of South Burlington Land Records. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of South Burlington. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000.

sevendaysvt.com/classifieds DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 19th day of February, 2010. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S1143-07 CnC Residential Funding Company, LLC, Plaintiff v. Kathy L. Cote f/k/a Kathy Cote-Mahfiche And Occupants residing at 125 White Street, South Burlington, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE

Residential Funding Company, LLC By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S1495-09 Cnc Aurora Loan Services, LLC, Plaintiff v. Lee R. Cowin, and Occupants residing at 58 Railroad Street, Milton, Vermont, Defendants AMENDED SUMMONS & ORDER FOR PUBLICATION THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO: Lee R. Cowin 1. YOU ARE BEING SUED. The Plaintiff has started a lawsuit against you. A copy of the Plaintiff’s Complaint against you is on file and may be obtained at the office of the clerk of this court, Chittenden Superior Court, 175 Main Street, Burlington, Vermont. Do not throw this paper away. It is an official paper that affects your rights.

5. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CASE IF YOU DO NOT GIVE YOUR WRITTEN ANSWER TO THE COURT. If you do not Answer within 41 days after the date on which this Summons was first published and file it with the Court, you will lose this case. You will not get to tell your side of the story, and the Court may decide against you and award the Plaintiff everything asked for in the complaint. 6. YOU MUST MAKE ANY CLAIMS AGAINST THE PLAINTIFF IN YOUR REPLY. Your Answer must state any related legal claims you have against the Plaintiff. Your claims against the Plaintiff are called Counterclaims. If you do not make your Counterclaims in writing in your answer you may not be able to bring them up at all. Even if you have insurance and the insurance company will defend you, you must still file any Counterclaims you may have. 7. LEGAL ASSISTANCE. You may wish to get legal help from a lawyer. If you cannot afford a lawyer, you should ask the court clerk

ORDER The Affidavit duly filed in this action shows that service cannot be made with due diligence by any of the methods provided in Rules 4(d)-(f), (k), or (l) of the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that service of the Summons set forth above shall be made upon the defendant, Lee R. Cowin, by publication as provided in Rule[s] [4(d) (l) and] 4(g) of those Rules. This order shall be published once a week for 2 weeks beginning on February 24, 2010 in the Seven Days, a newspaper of general circulation in Chittenden County, and a copy of this summons and order as published shall be mailed to the defendant, Lee R. Cowin, if an address is known. Dated at Burlington, Vermont this 12th day of February, 2010. Hon. Helen Toor Presiding Judge Chittenden Superior Court STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0497-09 CnC PHH Mortgage Corporation, Plaintiff v. Cathie Leccese And Occupants residing at 5 Clara Hill Lane, Essex, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by TD Banknorth, N.A. to Cathie Leccese dated April 27, 2007 and recorded in Volume 717, Page 182 of the Land Records of the Town of Essex, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 12:30 P.M. on March 24, 2010, at 5

Clara Hill Lane, Essex, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Cathie Leccese by Deed of Thomas S. Trombley and Karen L. Trombley dated April 27, 2007 and recorded April 30, 2007 in volume 717 at page 180 in the Town of Essex Land Records. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Essex. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000. DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 19th day of February, 2010. PHH Mortgage Corporation By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. CHITTENDEN SUPERIOR COURT DOCKET NO. S0765-06 CnC Chase Manhattan Bank USA, NA, Plaintiff v. John Barnard, Christina Barnard, United State of America, State Of Vermont, Department Of Taxes G.W. Savage, Corp., Brad Lafountain, MBS Hardware & Lumber, Citibank (South Dakota), N.A. And Occupants residing at 18 Snipe Island Road, Jericho, Vermont, Defendants NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a

Post & browse ads at your convenience. certain mortgage given by Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation to John Barnard dated February 23, 2000 and recorded in Volume 177, Page 238 of the Land Records of the Town of Jericho, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 10:15 A.M. on March 24, 2010, at 18 Snipe Island Road, Jericho, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being a portion of the lands and premises conveyed to John Barnard and Christina L. Barnard by Quit-Claim Deed of Iola Barnard and John Barnard dated January 20, 1998 and recorded in Volume 155 on Pages 193-194 of the land Records of the town of Jericho. Reference is also made to the Warranty Deed of Elwood R. Pratt and Maureen C. Pratt to John Barnard dated October 25, 1972 and recorded in Volume 43 on page 337 of said Land Records. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Jericho. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000. DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 19th day of February, 2010. Chase Manhattan Bank USA, NA By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403

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Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000.

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, Plaintiff v. Michael Chouinard, Lindsey S. Chouinard, Valleyfield Commons Homeowners’ Association, Inc., Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee For Fremont Investment & Loan And Occupants residing at 56 Willow Circle, Colchester, Vermont, Defendants

DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 19th day of February, 2010. U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee By: Joshua B. Lobe, Esq. Lobe & Fortin, PLC 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306 South Burlington, VT 05403

NOTICE OF SALE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Fremont Investment & Loan to Michael Chouinard dated May 20, 2005 and recorded in Volume 525, Page 426 of the Land Records of the Town of Colchester, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 12:15 P.M. on March 23, 2010, at 56 Willow Circle, Colchester, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage: To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Michael A. Chouinard and Lindsey S. Chouinard by Warranty Deed from Randall S. Proulx and Cynthia A. Proulx Dated May 20, 2005 and Recorded May 24, 2005 in Volume 525 at Page 424 in the Town of Colchester Land Records. Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of Colchester. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale.

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2. PLAINTIFF’S CLAIM. Plaintiff’s claim is a Complaint in Foreclosure which alleges that you have breached the terms of a Promissory Note and Mortgage Deed dated November 13, 2006. Plaintiff’s action may effect your interest in the property described in the Land Records of the Town of Milton at Volume 338, Page 649. The Complaint also seeks relief on the Promissory Note executed by you. A copy of the Complaint is on file and may be

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Terms of Sale: $10,000.00 to be paid in cash by purchaser at the time of sale, with the balance due at closing. Proof of financing for the balance of the purchase to be provided at the time of sale. The sale is subject to taxes due and owing to the Town of South Burlington.

DATED at South Burlington, Vermont this 19th day of February, 2010.

3. YOU MUST REPLY WITHIN 41 DAYS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. You must give or mail the Plaintiff a written response called an Answer within 41 days after the date on which this Summons was first published, which is February 24, 2010. You must send a copy of your answer to the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff’s attorney, Joshua B. Lobe, located at 30 Kimball Avenue, Suite 306, South Burlington, VT 05403. You must also give or mail your Answer to the Court located at 175 Main Street, Burlington, Vermont.

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To Wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Kathy Cote-Mahfiche (now known as Kathy L. Cote) by Warranty Deed of Dennis Mercier and Sheri Mercier dated October 29, 1999 of record at Book 465, Page 55 of the City of South Burlington Land Records.

Other terms to be announced at the sale or inquire at Lobe & Fortin, 30 Kimball Ave., Ste. 306, South Burlington, VT 05403, 802 660-9000.

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By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Option One Mortgage Corporation to Kathy L. Cote f/k/a Kathy Cote-Mahfiche dated May 26, 2006 and recorded in Volume 750, Page 464 of the Land Records of the Town of South Burlington, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purposes of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 2:30 P.M. on March 23, 2010, at 125 White Street, South Burlington, Vermont all and singular the premises described in said mortgage:

The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale.

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FREE QUIT SMOKING GROUPS: Offered through the VT Quit Network Fletcher Allen Quit in Person program in your community. The 4-week groups are designed to help you quit and stay quit with a focus on tailoring a plan for you to succeed. The program provides 8-weeks of free patches, gum, or lozenges. Facilitated by a certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist. Call 847-6541 or wellness@vtmednet. org, www.vtquitnetwork.org. SEEKING ACTIVE RETIREES: To form a social group. Snowshoeing, theater, biking, hiking, kayaking, etc. Please call 802864-0604. Lv. msg. if no answer. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS (NA): Drug Problem? We Can Help. If you think you have a problem with drugs, including alcohol, give yourself a break. Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship for individuals who have a desire to recover from the disease of addiction. NA offers a practical and proven way to live and enjoy life without the use of drugs. To find an NA Meeting near you in Vermont or Northern New York, please go to http://www.cvana.org/ Meetinglist.pdf or call our 24-hour, toll free, confidential number, (866) 580-8718 or (802) 862-4516. For more information about NA, please go to http:// www.na.org/?ID=ipsindex and click on “>Is NA for Me? CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP AND FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT GROUP: 1-3 p.m., every third Thursday at The Bagel Cafe, Ethan Allen Shopping Center, N. Ave., Burlington. Please call or visit website for location information, www.vtcfids.org or call 1-800-296-1445 or 802-660-4817 (Helaine “Lainey” Rappaport). ARE YOU HAVING PROBLEMS with debt? Do you spend more than you earn? Get help at Debtor’s Anonymous plus Business Debtor’s Annonymous. Saturdays 10-11:30 a.m. & Wednesdays 5:30-6:30, 45 Clark St., Burlington. Contact Brenda at 338-1170. IS FOOD A PROBLEM FOR YOU? Do you eat when you’re not hungry? Do you go on eating binges for

no apparent reason? Is your weight affecting the way you live your life? Call Overeaters Anonymous, 863-2655. GIRL POWER: Learn about your inner power through meditation, sacred space, healing energy modalities. Connect and attune to empower & enlighten, expand your sense of awareness, network with others your age, find peer support within this ongoing monthly group. Please bring a notebook journal, writing utensil and a folding chair. Ages 12-18. First Sat of each month at 4 p.m. at Moonlight Gift Shoppe, Rt. 7, Milton. To reserve space call Michele, 802-893-9966, moonlightgiftshoppe@ yahoo.com. CIRCLE OF PARENTS support group meeting in Rutland Monday evenings. Snacks and childcare provided. Meeting is free and confidential. For more info. call Heather at 802-498-0608 or 1-800-children. Meetings Tuesday evenings in Barre. For more info. call Cindy at 802-229-5724 or 1-800-children. ALS (LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE) This support group functions as a community and educational group. We provide coffee, soda and snacks and are open to PALS, caregivers, family members and those who are interested in learning more about ALS. Our group meets the second Thursday of each month from 1-3 p.m. at “Jim’s House”, 1266 Old Creamery Rd., Williston, VT. Hosted by Pete and Alphonsine Crevier, facilitated by Liza Martel, LICSW, Patient Care Coordinator for the ALS Association here in Vermont. 223-7638 for more information. SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE SUPPORT GROUP Meets the 1st Wednesday of each month from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Comfort Inn, 5 Dorset St., S. Burlington, VT. There is no fee. This is open to anyone who has lost someone to suicide. For more info, call 802-4799450, or ljlivendale@ yahoo.com. BURDENS WEIGHTING YOU DOWN? Unemployed, homeless, in need of direction? We are people just like you and have found the answer to all of the above problems. We meet every Wednesday evening from 7-9 p.m. at the Imani Center 293 N Winooski Ave. Please

call 802-343-2027. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (OA) Meetings in Barre occur every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday 6-7 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 39 Washington St. Info: 863-2655. Meetings in Johnson occur every Sunday 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Johnson Municipal Building, Route 15 (just west of the bridge). Info: Debbie Y., 888-5958. Meeting in Montpelier occur every Friday 12-1 p.m. at Bethany Church, 115 Main St. Info: Carol, 223-5793. Meetings in Morrisville occur every Friday 12-1 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, 85 Upper Main St. Contacts: Anne, 888-2356 or Debbie Y., 888-5958. SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE (SOS) Hospice Volunteer Services (HVS) of Addison County and the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention (AFSP) will collaborate to sponsor a monthly ongoing support group for people who have lost someone by suicide. The group will meet the 1st Wed. of each month from 6-7:30 p.m. These free peer support groups will be held at Hospice Volunteer Services at the Marbleworks in Middlebury, and co-facilitated by professional representatives from HVS and AFSP, both suicide survivors. For more information and to register call HVS at 388-4111. CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS (CODA) Announcing a new 12step (non-AA, non-NA) meeting. Do you have trouble with relationship issues? Avoidance of feelings? People pleasing? Needing to be needed? Join us Thursday at 5 pm. at the Turning Point Center, 191 Bank St., Burlington. 802-861-3150. For more information about codependence, see www.coda.org and click on “Am I Codependent?” A NEW PERSPECTIVE A peer support group for people working through the combination of mental health and substance abuse issues. Wednesdays at the Turning Point Center, 5-6 p.m. The group will be facilitated and will be built around a weekly video followed by a group discussions. Some of the topics will include: Addictions and mental illness, recovery stories, dealing with stress, understanding personality problems, emotions. 191 Bank St., Burlington. 802-8613150.

BEREAVED PARENTS & SIBLINGS SUPPORT GROUP of the Compassionate Friends meets on the third Tuesday of each month, 7-9 p.m. at 277 Blair Park Rd., Williston. Info, 660-8797. The meetings are for parents, grandparents and adult siblings who have experienced the death of a child at any age from any cause. NEED A HUG? New support group starting. Would you like to explore personal intimacy in a safe environment? This is accomplished by using touch for expressing and receiving tenderness. This is platonic and personal boundaries are respected. Day, time and location TBA. Jeff 310-4903 email iiyog@ aol.com. COED SINGLES GROUP Ages 50-65, forming for friendship and fun. Chittenden County area. Activities to include weeknight/ weekend dinner, bowling, hikes, snow shoeing, movies, etc. If interested email Myra at csbnc27609@aol. com. SEX AND LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS 12-step group. Women only. Do you have problems with your relationships? Are you unable to leave an unhealthy romantic relationship? We can help. Call Valerie, 802-825-4643. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIA’S SUPPORT GROUP Held monthly at The Arbors at Shelburne. For info. or to register, contact Nicole at 802-985-8600. WOMEN’S RAPE CRISIS CENTER Will be starting a free, confidential 10-week support group for adult female survivors of sexual violence. Please call 864-0555 ext. 20 for information. LIVING SINGLE SUPPORT GROUP This course is a follow-up to the Divorce Recovery course that is offered at Essex Alliance Church. If you’ve been through the Divorce Care Class, you have an opportunity to continue to grow, heal, rebuild, and start again. Call Sue Farris for more information at 802-734-0695. SUICIDE SURVIVORS SUPPORT GROUP For those who have lost a friend or loved one through suicide. Location: Maple Leaf Clinic, 167 North Main

Street, Wallingford, 802-446-3577. 6:30-8:00 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month. GLAFF Gay and lesbian adoptive and foster families. GLAFF provides support, education, resources and strategies to help maintain and strengthen gay and lesbian foster and adoptive families in northwestern VT. Open to all GLBTQ foster and adoptive parents and their children. Food, childcare provided. The group meets on the 1st Thursday of each month. Call Mike at 655-6688 to get more information and to register. ARE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU LOVE BATTLING MULTIPLE MYELOMA? Support meetings are held on the third Tuesday of every month from 5-6:30 p.m. at Hope Lodge on East Avenue, Burlington. For more information call Kay Cromie at 655-9136 or email kgcromey@ aol.com. SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOVED ONES WITH TERMINAL ILLNESS Group forming for family members and loved ones of people with terminal illness. The group will have a spiritual base. We will offer each other support by listening, as well as share creative ways to explore feelings of grief and loss through writing, prayer, etc. Please contact Holly, hollyh@pshift.com. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS (OA) Tues., Thurs. & Sun., 6-7 p.m. in Barre. Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 39 Washington St., Barre, VT (parking in back of church/please use back entrance). Meetings are FREE and anonymous. For more info please call 802-863-2655. AL-ANON Family group 12-step. Thursdays, 12:20-1:20 p.m. Call AWARE at 802-472-6463 for information and to register. Free of charge. 88 High Street, Hardwick. BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF VERMONT: Montpelier daytime support group meets first and third Thursday of the month at the Unitarian Church “ramp entrance” from 1:302:30 p.m. Montpelier evening support group meets the first Tuesday of each month at Vermont Protection and Advocacy, 141 Main St.,

Suite 7, in conference room #2 from 6-8 p.m. Colchester evening support group meets the first Wednesday of each month at the Fanny Allen Hospital in the ground floor boardroom from 6-8 p.m. Middlebury support group on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at the Patricia Hannaford Career Center. Call our helpline at 1-877-856-1772. FORMING A NEW GROUP focused on recovery/ management of addictions, compulsions and their resulting imbalances on our lives. Alternative or supplement to traditional 12-step programs. Are you having trouble moderating alcohol? Work? Sex? Television? Food? Drugs? Computer games? Requires a commitment to improving your health and the ability to maintain a nonjudgmental atmosphere. Let’s discover how our struggles relate and help each other work on strategies to find balance. Contact Michelle at 802-399-6575 or recoveryourbalance@ gmail.com. LAKE CHAMPLAIN MEN’S RESOURCE CENTER MEN’S DROPIN SUPPORT GROUP All men welcome, weekly group w/cofacilitators. Open discussion format. Varied topics including: relationships, work, parenting, personal growth, healing. Confidential, nonjudgmental. Open to all ethnicities, religions and sexual orientations. Joseph’s House, 113 Elmwood Ave. Every Thursday, 7-9 p.m. More info: call Chris 434-4830. CHITTENDEN COUNTY PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP will meet every second Tues, 6-8 p.m. at Fanny Allen Hospital, lower level in the Board Room. LYME DISEASE Are you interested in forming a group? Please call Susan at 899-2713. HIV SUPPORT GROUP This is a facilitated HIV/ AIDS support group that aims to foster a greater sense of community, self-acceptance and personal growth. We are a group of survivors and, with all of our experience, will help you understand and enjoy what positive living has to offer. Friday @ 7 p.m. in the white building behind the Universal Unitarian Church. For more info call Alton @ 310-6094. SHOPLIFTERS SUPPORT GROUP

Self-help support group now forming in the capital area for persons who would like to meet regularly for mutual support. This new group would meet biweekly at a time and place to be decided to discuss our issues, struggles and ways of staying out of trouble. We’ll likely use some of Terry Shulman’s work as a focus for some of our discussions. Please call Tina at 802-763-8800 or email at Tmarie267201968@ cs.com STARTING A WOMEN’S GROUP: Ages 45+, to meet weekly for lunch and other activities such as walking, book discussions, museum visits, matinees, etc. Email Katherine at MKR27609@aol.com. MAN-TO-MAN CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PROSTATE CANCER: Support group meets 5 p.m., 2nd Tuesday of each month in the board room of Fanny Allen Hospital, Colchester. 1-800-ACS2345. MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE/ DYSAUTONOMIA: Group forming for information sharing purposes. Please call 863-3153. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter Meeting. Bethany Church, 115 Main Street, Montpelier. Wednesdays, 5:15-6:15 p.m. For info call Linda at 476-8345. BEREAVED PARENT SUPPORT GROUP: Every first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in Enosburg Falls, 10 Market Place, Main St. Parents, grandparents and adult siblings are welcomed. The hope is to begin a Compassionate Friends Chapter in the area. Info, please call Priscilla at 933-7749. EATING DISORDERS PARENTAL SUPPORT GROUP for parents of children with or at risk of anorexia or bulimia. Meetings 7-9 p.m., third Wednesday of each month at the Covenant Community Church, Rt. 15, Essex Center. We focus on being a resource and providing reference points for old and new ED parents. More information, call Peter at 802-899-2554. OCD SUPPORT GROUP/ THERAPY GROUP: Come share your experience, get support from those who have been there, learn about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and how to reduce its symptoms.

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Position will provide coverage for absences within Environmental Services, Facilities dept. This job is accountable for the proper maintenance of both soft and hard floors. This person must also have a knowledge of both routine and complex cleaning, as he/ she is expected to cover the duties of his/her co-workers when they are absent. Two years exp. in commercial or residential cleaning, min. one year experience in the maintenance of both hard and soft floors. Must be open-minded and flexible rescheduling and shift changes. Must have valid Vermont driver's license.

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Temporary position available to provide both routine and complex cleaning at agency-owned or -leased buildings. This job is accountable for maintaining a clean and healthy environment at a variety of buildings that provide services, house offices, and are living space for clients. Must be familiar with a broad spectrum of cleaning methods and chemicals and must be able to work with staff to coordinate scheduling around employee and client needs. One-year minimum experience in commercial cleaning required.

developmentAl services SpEcializEd community Support WorkEr

Creative and patient individual with strong boundaries sought to support a 9 year old girl for 15 hours per week in/out of home. She enjoys hiking, swimming, shopping and music. Excellent training, including augmentative communication techniques.

intEnSivE community Support WorkEr sought for an avid fisherman. Work includes job support at horse farm, and community- and home-based independent-living skills development. Ideal candidate for this 12-hr. morning position is an experienced male with similar interests. 3/1/10 3:50:30 PM

mentAl HeAltH And substAnce Abuse aSSiSt program coordinator

Licensed or license-eligible professional needed to manage a community-based psychiatric hospital diversion program. Qualified candidates have experience with people with mental illness crisis intervention, are compassionate and committed to providing quality and innovative treatment. They also have demonstrated leadership ability, management and organizational skills, and can juggle clinical and supervisory responsibilities. This is an opportunity to join a professional team as well as do program development. A minimum of three years relevant work experience, including management experience, is required.

caSE managEr - chittEndEn clinic

The Chittenden Clinic, the methadone clinic in Chittenden County, is seeking a part-time Case Manager (approximately 12 hours per week). Duties include but are not limited to assisting clinical staff with pre-screens and intakes, facilitating psychoeducational groups, and assisting patients with accessing community resources and coordinating care. Bachelors required, previous experience within the substance abuse population desired.

community Support clinicianS

Seeking energetic, compassionate and organized clinicians to support persons with serious mental illness in recovery. Be part of a multidisciplinary team providing creative problem-solving, advocacy, case management, counseling, and crisis support. BA or Masters Degree in related field and experience with persons with serious mental illness preferred. Join our fun and dedicated team in making a difference. Full time, excellent benefits.

Sub-mobilE criSiS tEam clinician

Attention MA/MS, MSW or spring graduates. The Mobile Crisis Team is seeking dynamic, flexible and team oriented individuals for substitute per diem employment for our 24-hour psychiatric crisis program. This fast paced team provides outreach and phone support to adults and provides an excellent opportunity to learn and gain hands on experience in a supportive environment. We offer a competitive hourly rate with flexible shifts.

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Dynamic mental health position, located at the Milton Family Practice, a division of Fletcher Allen Health Care. The position is a joint hire between HowardCenter: CYFS and Fletcher Allen Health Care. This position incorporates clinical assessments, short-term follow up services, collaboration with medical staff at Milton Family Practice and external professionals. Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in social work, psychology, or related field and experience with children, adolescents, and families required. VT licensed or license eligible preferred. A familiarity with mental health resources and the ability to work both collaboratively and independently are musts. Reliable transportation required. Send resume and cover letter by April 1, 2010.

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Kitchen Shift Coordinator City Market is seeking a full-time Kitchen Shift Coordinator to help lead our growing, dynamic Prepared Foods Department. This position is responsible for supporting and directing the staff in the Prepared Foods Department, cooking exciting menu options for our hot and cold food bar, maintaining a positive work environment for dept. staff, providing excellent customer service, and maintaining safety and sanitation standards. Candidates must have at least two years of professional cooking experience. An associateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s or culinary degree is preferred. Candidates must also have experience leading others, knowledge of production-oriented kitchen operations and appropriate sanitation practices, and excellent communication and customer service skills. If you have the energy and skills this position demands, apply online today!

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CADD TECHNICIAN HOYLE, TANNER & ASSOCIATES, INC., a midsize national consulting engineering firm with offices in the Northeast, Florida and Virgin Islands, is seeking an entry-level CADD TECHNICIAN for our BURLINGTON, VERMONT office. Candidate should have entry-level to five years of CADD experience on bridge and building projects, AutoCAD and MicroStation experience preferred. Requires problem-solving and writing skills, good communication and organizational skills. BS required. (CAREER CODE CHS10210) Please send resume, citing career code, to HOYLE, TANNER & ASSOCIATES, INC., 125 College Street, 4th Floor, Burlington, VT 05401 or via email to jbishop@hoyletanner.com or fax to 802-860-6499. HOYLE, TANNER IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER www.hoyletanner.com

We offer fantastic benefits including medical, dental, life and 4T-HoyleTanner-030310.indd vision, retirement plan, generous paid time off, store discount, mass transit reimbursement, health club discounts and much more! We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Apply online at www.citymarket.coop.

Home Instead Senior Care, a provider of non-medical companionship and home helper services to seniors in their homes, is seeking friendly, cheerful, and dependable people. CAREGivers assist seniors with companionship, light housekeeping, meal preparation, personal care, errands, and more. Part-time, flexible scheduling, including: Daytime, evening, weekend and overnight shifts currently available. No heavy lifting.

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Restorative Medicine/WTSmed Inc. is a socially conscious local business with the primary focus of effectively supporting optimal health and wellness. We host medical conferences and manufacture professional-strength botanical and nutritional supplements for physicians. Our office is located in downtown Montpelier.

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We are looking for a Call Center/Customer Accounts Manager to join our team. This person will be responsible for maintaining client records, processing orders, data management and ensuring that our clients receive excellent customer support. Applicants must be able to work independently as well as collaboratively, possess logical and critical-assessment skills, and be great communicators with a friendly and enthusiastic phone demeanour. Applicants must have at least five years professional experience in managing administrative projects and be able to interface with online software applications, MicroSoft Office, VISTA, general office equipment and multiline phone systems. Verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail and the ability to problem solve and multitask are essential for this job! Genuine interest in holistic lifestyles is important, as well as a high level of ethics. We are dedicated to creating a healthy and enjoyable work environment. The hours are 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 5 days per week. Health insurance is provided. Salary is commensurate with experience. Please email your resume, letter of interest and salary requirements by March 12th to Michelle at michelle@restorativemedicine.com.

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Digital Design & Production We need a digital design and production Swiss Army knife, a creative problem solver who’s part geek and part artist and can keep one eye on the details and the other on the big picture. If you’re looking for a fast-paced production environment where you can use your design and coding skills on a variety of projects, we’re it. Our ideal candidate has a background in design and web development, and experience with one or more content management systems. To apply and for a complete list of position requirements, visit: www.marketing-partners.com/employment No phone calls, please. 3h-MarketingPart-022410.indd 1

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Vermont organic Farmers Full-Time Positions in Richmond Office

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Unique working environment in combined town/school library setting. Works in conjunction with BFA-Fairfax Library Director. 29 hrs/wk. Modified benefits. • Able to service patrons of all ages, manage daily functions of town library, and supervise small staff. • Min. requirement: Enrollment in or completion of “Certificate of Public Librarianship”. • Salary based on qualifications. Submit resume and letter of interest by March 15 to: Fairfax Library Trustees 75 Hunt Street Fairfax, VT 05454 FCLTrustees@bfafairfax.com

Vermont Organic Farmers (VOF) is the organic certification program of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFA-VT). Since 1985, VOF has provided farmers and processors with a credible verification program for their organic production practices. VOF certifies 543 farms and processors to the National Organic Program regulations and assists our producers in marketing their products to consumers.

Please send your resume to muddypawVT@gmail.com.

Buyer Scheduler/Planner director of BuSineSS develoPment Quality technician Quality control SuPerviSor Production SuPerviSor mechanic We are a stable Vermont company seeking to hire highly talented employees. These are all full-time positions with benefits, including, medical, dental, 401(k), FSA, disability Insurance, combined time off and paid holidays. No calls, please. We operate Twincraft with a heart for our people, a head for business and a passion for bringing the two together. To learn more about these openings, please visit us at www.twincraft.com or forward your resume to jobs@twincraft.com for consideration.

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VOF is looking to hire an administrative assistant to join our certification team. This position will support the certification staff in the annual process of verifying the organic production practices of our clients. Applicants should have strong organizational skills, attention to detail and should work proficiently in Microsoft Office programs Excel, Word and Access. Other administrative work will include data entry, filing, review of organic certification 5v-TwinCraft-030310.indd 1 applications for completeness, and assisting the certification CHAMPLAIN VALLEY HEAD START administrator as needed.

certiFication sPecialist (maPle & croPs)

VOF seeks a certification specialist to assist organic maple syrup producers and crop producers in navigating the organic certification process. This position’s main responsibility will be to review farmer files for compliance with the National Organic Program Standards. VOF strives for high customer service and satisfaction. We are looking for someone who has excellent Muddy Paw communication and writing skills, and who enjoys helping people 2v-fairfaxlibrary022410.indd 1 2/22/10 2:09:48 PM Coffee, understand VOF policies and procedures. Qualifications include: Creemee • Knowledge of organic standards and regulations & Grill is hiring! • Excellent organization skills We are looking for a few team • Excellent communication and writing skills players to work in either of • Ability to manage computer database our two NEW locations. • Farm knowledge and experience Must be able to cover a variety of shifts ranging between 5am and 10pm; early mornings, nights and weekends. The ideal candidate is proficient in the handling of money, has excellent customer service skills and is comfortable in the retail environment. BONUS: Barista experience! Flexibility and willingness to learn with us as we grow our company are necessary. Additionally, a love of fitness, healthy lifestyle and, above all, ability to adjust to many different tasks on any given day are ideal. Must be self-motivated and ready for a challenge.

Twincraft Soap is hiring. We manufacture private label quality soap products and have the following openings:

This is a fun, fast-paced office with opportunities for advancement and training. Applicants should have a sense of humor, ability to multitask and be willing to work hard when needed. We all do a little of everything! We offer a competitive salary and benefits package. Please send your cover letter & resume to: enid Wonnacott/nicole dehne northeast organic Farming association of Vermont Po Box 697, richmond, Vt 05477 or to info@nofavt.org. Positions open until filled.

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Champlain Valley Head Start (CVHS), a program of the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, has been awarded funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for the implementation of an Early Head Start (EHS) program. As part of this project, we are now hiring for the following temporary position (funded through September 2011).

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT (Burlington): Responsibilities include providing clerical and administrative support for CVHS Director, EHS Coordinator and management staff; word processing; data entry and generating reports; document production and mass mailings; processing, filing and tracking fiscal and program documentation; communication with staff, parents, vendors and various agencies; and office management and organization. Qualifications: Associate’s degree in business, management, computer applications, clerical or related field, as well as 3 to 5 years of relevant work experience. Also required are intermediate to advanced skills in MS Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint; speed, proficiency and accuracy with word processing and data entry; and customer service skills. Experience with MS Publisher or other desktop publishing software and web-based applications is a plus. 20 hours/week, full year. Anticipated schedule is 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, with some flexibility. $16.00$17.00/hour depending on qualifications and experience. Excellent health benefits package. Successful applicants must have excellent verbal and written communication skills; skills in documentation and record keeping; proficiency in MS Word, email and Internet; exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail. Must be energetic, positive, mature, professional, diplomatic, motivated and have a can-do, extra-mile attitude. A commitment to social justice and to working with families with limited financial resources is necessary. Clean driving record and access to reliable transportation required. Must demonstrate physical ability to carry out required tasks. People of color, and from diverse cultural groups, especially encouraged to apply. Please submit resume and cover letter with three work references by email to: pbehrman@ cvoeo.org. No phone calls, please.

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Nationwide Fundraising Company is seeking individuals to staff our S. Burlington,VT Office. M-F, 12-9 pm, occasional Sundays

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Program and Complete Training ionwide fundraising com• Experience helpful but not necessary pany, is seeking • Management opportunity after 6 months viduals to staff our South • Paid holidays & vacation Burlington,• Established VT office. customer base

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HEALTHCARE ADVOCATE VPIRG is looking for an exceptional advocate to join in our fight for high-quality, affordable health care for all Vermonters. This is the ideal position for an experienced advocate looking to take on a hot issue in a state that’s willing to lead. While specific health care policy experience is a plus, it’s critical that you have a proven track record of effective campaign planning and advocacy. Must have a passion for public interest issues and a sense of how to leverage grassroots activism to achieve legislative and policy change. This is a full-time, exempt position based in Montpelier. Requires 3+ years experience in public policy advocacy including campaign planning, message development and framing, coalition work and direct advocacy with leaders. Must be politically strategic, media savvy and possess strong writing and public-speaking skills. Health care policy experience a plus. A full job description is available on our website. Competitive salary; employer-paid health, dental and disability insurance; employer-matching IRA contributions; generous leave time. VPIRG is an equal opportunity employer. Submit cover letter, resume and writing sample via email only to: colleen@vpirg.org.

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oking for highly motivated, Alumni Relations er-oriented people with good unication skills. For interview,

For more info visit: www.vpirg.org VPIRG, 141 Main St. #6, Montpelier, VT 05602 Seeking energetic, analytical and systematic person to be responsible for database queries and report design in the Office of v. 802-223-5221 f. 802-223-6855 Development and Alumni Relations. Be responsible for the overall ving a message, only enthusiastic people reporting, data maintenance and integrity, and business processes will be are called back. in maintaining the Development and Alumni that involved 5v-vpirg022410.indd 1 2/22/10 11:03:18 AM Relations data in the campuswide integrated database. Support the EOE information needs of offices across campus that require information housed in the Development Office (including but not limited to financial audit reports, mailing lists and research reports), serve as a To make the team, you’ll need a strong technical background, liaison to the Information Systems department and be responsible excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability for helping to write and maintain office procedures involving gift entry, data entry and recurring reporting. Troubleshoot problems to creatively and effectively solve problems. and create procedures and documentation. Aid in the training of end-users within the department. Once on board, you’ll be expected to write neat, efficient code with in-line documentation, and to test and document your work The position requires a high degree of experience with large-scale for the end user. data maintenance, an in-depth understanding of common file Development 1x4-recruiting102809.indd 1 10/26/09 6:26:47 PM structures within relational databases, superior analytic abilities, Qualified candidates have experience with VB.Net, Visual Studio, and broad experience in reporting across a variety of software SpecialiSt SQL, ASP.NET, HTML/XHTML/DHTML/JavaScript/AJAX, and applications. source control software. Java, XSL, CSS, Subversion, or Cruise Grounds for Health, a Vermont-based, international women’s health organization, Control experience aren’t required, but wouldn’t hurt! A 4-year degree or equivalent combination of education and has an excellent opportunity for a dynamic, experience plus 3 to 5 years relevant experience is required. The experienced development specialist with This full-time position – in our Middlebury office’s friendly, successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, MS outstanding writing and communication professional environment – comes with a great benefits package Excel, MS Access and report-writing software familiarity. skills. Candidate is responsible for all aspects and an emphasis on personal-professional life balance. (For of fundraising, grant writing, and donor Knowledge of Datatel’s Benefactor and Colleague Advancement relations and stewardship. Position is 4 days/ details, see www.co-opinsurance.com/u/jobs.html.) systems, Entrinsik Informer or ASG Safari reporting tools, relevant week. Some travel required. experience in a fundraising or nonprofit office and experience in a Based in Middlebury, Co-operative Insurance Companies provides Submission deadline March 12. Start date higher education setting is preferred. immediate. Send letter and resume to: financial security to home, auto, farm and small business owners across VT and NH. Our 70 employees are dedicated to offering Grounds for Health Submit a resumé and cover letter online at www.champlain.edu/hr. top-notch service to our Co-op members. 92 South main Street, #2 The successful completion of a criminal background check is Waterbury, vt 05676 required as a condition of employment. Review of applications to august@groundsforhealth.org Interested? Before 3/8/10, send a resume and cover begin immediately, position open until filled. letter as follows: jobs@ciui.net or Human Resources Champlain College values, supports and encourages diversity of Co-operative Insurance Companies backgrounds, cultures and perspectives of students, faculty and staff. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. PO Box 5890 Middlebury, VT 05753

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The Work You Do in a Day… Will Last Forever Bagel Market is looking for parttime help for baking bagels and prep. Starting at $10/hour, 3-4 mornings a week, Monday-Friday.

Residential Counselor - Shelburne House The Shelburne House Program of NFI Vermont is seeking a Residential Counselor. Shelburne House is a residential program that provides assessment and stabilization services to male teenagers, ages 13-18. Responsibilities include counseling youth, ADL (activity, daily learning), assisting with living skills and assisting in treatment. Experience working with teenagers with emotional and behavioral challenges desired. BA in psychology or related field highly desirable. This is a full-time position with a comprehensive benefits package.

We are also looking for part-time counter help 2-3 days a week, Monday - Friday $9/hr starting. Please come in and fill out an application if you are interested. 30 Susie Wilson Rd., Essex Junction

Details, job description and requirements available at: www.nature.org/ careers. Click on “How to Apply”. Click on “View Positions”. Enter keyword “Vermont”. Select “Posted: Anytime”. Click on “Search”. Click on link to job opening of choice. To apply, click on “Apply Now”. For assistance with the online application system, send an email to: applyhelp@tnc.org. EOE.

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WATER CHESTNUT COORDINATOR (W. Haven, VT): The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the world’s largest environmental conservation organization, seeks an enthusiastic team player committed to conservation and with great people skills for a ¼-time AmeriCorps service opportunity, Jun. 21 - Sep. 3, 2010, in the Southern Lake Champlain Valley (housing available, if needed). Complete applications due by Mar. 19, 2010.

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The Awake Overnight Counselor provides supervision and support to the youth during the sleeping hours. Experience working with teenagers with emotional and behavioral challenges desired. BA in psychology or related field highly desirable. This is a full-time position with a comprehensive benefits package.

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Send cover letter and resume to Jaime Wark, 771 Essex Rd. Suite 1, Williston, VT, 05495 or email JaimeWark@nafi.com. WWW.NAFI.COM

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TSYF is a small, private nonprofit organization providing therapeutic social service and educational programming to youth and families coping with emotional and behavioral challenges. Our multiple programs and services seek to identify the strengths of each individual and family we serve, and develop action steps that promote an increased sense of self and community. Be part of an education and social services team dedicated to expanding consciousness and increasing wellness. We are currently seeking to fill the following positions:

Program Support Specialist

DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING Johnson State College is a dynamic liberal arts college located in northern Vermont. The Counseling Center seeks a full-time Director to administer the services and functions of the counseling center, provide counseling services to students, manage emergency crisis intervention services and be available for off-hours crisis support.

Responsibilities include program coordination, case management, team leadership, supportive counseling and strengths-based behavioral intervention. Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Social Work. Experience working with at-risk youth required. Strong organizational, communication and leadership skills needed. Send cover letter and resume via email to conniew@tsyf.org.

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The successful candidate for this position will possess a Masters degree in counseling or related field, doctorate desirable; appropriate license or certification, plus minimum five years of relevant experience, with community mental health background desirable.

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A broad knowledge base related to counseling theories and techniques, outstanding counseling skills, including crisis intervention, with experience with counseling issues of young adults (drug and alcohol use/ abuse, sexual issues, eating disorders, family relationships, etc.) is essential. Good planning, administrative, supervisory skills and public presentation skills are required. A full job description is available at www.jsc.edu. Review of applications will begin April 1, 2010 and will be accepted until the position is filled. Send a completed job application (available at www.jsc.edu/employment), cover letter, resumé and 3 references to jschumanresources@jsc.edu OR JSC Human Resources, 337 College Hill, Johnson, VT., 05656. JOHNSON STATE COLLEGE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

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Housing Information and Referral Specialist Vermont 2-1-1, a statewide telephone information and referral program of the United Ways of Vermont, is seeking a part-time Housing Information and Referral Specialist to cover evening shifts Monday – Friday. The position also includes on-call hours for nights and weekends to support staff by phone. The 2-1-1 Housing Information and Referral Specialist will have both individual and shared responsibility and accountability for delivering quality, professional information and referral, as well as advocacy services to inquirers over the phone. In addition, the person in that role will be the primary staff responsible for temporary emergency housing and utility inquiries. The ideal candidate will have an associate’s or bachelor’s degree in human services OR an associate’s degree plus a minimum of one year of experience working in human services. Interested persons should send a cover letter and resumé by March 12 to Cathy Nellis, Vermont 2-1-1, 412 Farrell Street, Suite 200, South Burlington, VT 05403 or cathy@unitedwaysvt.org. United Way of Chittenden County is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

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Customer Service and Office Administration Associate

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Start-up manufacturing company seeks a self-starter, able to work in an unsupervised environment and experienced in manufacturing operations. Responsibilities include: Accounting and ability to develop Excel spreadsheets with forward cost and overhead modeling, corporate reporting, planning, administration and HR. Working knowledge of Word, Power Point and Outlook. A working knowledge of a Manufacturing Requirements Planning System and inputting necessary parameters required for the delivery of customer orders. Good communication, execution and presentation skills. Not required but fluency in Korean a plus. Ed: 2 year AAS and/or equivalent 3 years experience required.

3:00–5:30 pm Thursdays, March 4 and March 11 Williston Garden Center 427 Marshall Avenue, Williston

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Spring is just around the corner and our very busy spring/summer season is about to begin! We’re looking for avid gardeners, reliable and quick learners who are enthusiastic, outgoing, upbeat (no matter what!), ﬂexible, team-oriented and who will thrive in a busy store! Ability to work weekends is a must.

Customer Service Associates: Previous customer service experience is strongly preferred. Yard Associates: Work outdoors! Must be able to lift 50 pounds. Green Goods Sales Associates: Outdoor work. Sales experience a must; basic horticultural knowledge preferred. Delivery and Installation Associates: Landscaping experience, valid Vermont Driver’s License, able to lift 70 lbs. Commercial Associates: Landscaping experience, customer service skills, able to lift 70 lbs.

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ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT FOR ALUMNI & VOLUNTEER RELATIONS Seeking senior-level administrator to manage a team of professionals who coordinate programs, events and services to strengthen relationships with alumni, students, parents, friends and donors of Norwich University. Serve as primary liaison for alumni and volunteer relations to the Board of Trustees, Alumni Association Board, Maroon and Gold Athletic Association, and Parent & Family Association. Lead and execute technology strategies to support and enhance the Office of Development and Alumni Affairs. Significant travel, event and weekend responsibilities. Requirements: bachelor's degree, master's preferred. Experience in managing professional staff, and planning and executing effective friend-raising strategies is required, as well as successful work with volunteer boards and leadership, superior written and oral communication skills, initiative, focus, innovation and the ability to work collegially and build successful relationships. Please visit our website, www.norwich.edu/jobs for further information. To apply, submit cover letter and resume to “Assistant VP Search” via email: jobs@norwich.edu. Norwich University is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental, group life and long-term disability insurance, flexible-spending accounts for health and dependent care, retirement annuity plan and tuition scholarships for eligible employees and their family members.

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We're a gastropub dedicated to supporting our local farms with a tap room beer bar component scheduled to open this summer. Looking for a Restaurant Manager to join the team overseeing shift managers and dining room staff. Job requirements: positive attitude, relentless commitment to superior guest service, lots of ENERGY!, committed to quality in everything you do, sense of humor. Apply via email, jd0407@gmail.com. THANKS! 3h-FarmhouseTap-022410.indd 1

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Full-Time Customer Service Person

for busy mail order company. Job includes, but is not limited to, order taking by phone, picking orders from large, complex inventory, preparing orders to ship, receiving and stocking inventory and preparing for trade shows. You must be very detail oriented and organized, have excellent customer service skills and be able to work in a fast paced environment. Please send a letter showing how you fit our requirements along with a résumé to:

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reCePtionist ADMin AssistAnt Primary duties include screening/prioritizing phone calls and appointments, maintaining calendar, preparing correspondence, mail distribution, full range of light administrative duties. Experience with Excel and Word is a must.

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We seek an energetic and resourceful leader for the federally funded TRIO/Student Support Services program who values studentcenteredness and diversity, has a strong interest in innovation, has the ability to exercise judgment and discretion in applying college policies and procedures, and prefers working in a collaborative environment. Five years’ experience in higher education or related field, with master’s degree in relevant area required. Position requires excellent communication skills; an ability to work both independently and collaboratively; knowledge of ADA, financial aid and transfer issues. Experience working with economically and academically disadvantaged college students preferred. The TRIO/SSS program targets low-income, first-generation college students. Applicants who have experienced similar circumstances or have a demonstrated sensitivity to the barriers facing the targeted student population are encouraged to apply. Flexible hours and statewide travel are required. Please visit www.ccv.edu for requirements and application instructions. CCV strongly encourages applications from members of ethnic minority groups and other under-represented backgrounds. CCV is an Equal Opportunity Employer, in compliance with ADA requirements.

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Mail or fax resumes to: Maple Leaf Farm 10 Maple Leaf Road Underhill, VT 05489 802-899-2911 Fax 802-899-9965 email: info@mapleleaf.org

Interested applicants please send resume and references to: Attn: Dave Po Box 2204 south Burlington, Vt 05407-2204

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Front Desk Manager Integrative family practice has opening for a friendly and professional receptionist with excellent computer skills. Scheduling, cash receipts, charge entry and chart management. Phlebotomy and vital skills appreciated. Honest, reliable and flexible. Knowledge of wellness and nutrition a plus. Part-time to full-time position with potential for growth. Please apply if previous experience in health care.

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The Intervale Center is a nonprofit organization located in Burlington, Vt., whose mission is to strengthen local food systems.

Spring Planting Crew Members and Crew Leaders: Work with the Intervale Conservation Nursery to plant trees this spring. We have four planting projects from April 12 to May 28. Two planting crews are needed to plant riparian forested buffers alongside farm fields. Applicants must be able to work outdoors in all weather conditions, and be able to work quickly and efficiently within set timeline. Positions are 40 hours per week until completed. Buildings and Grounds Coordinator: Assist the Intervale Center with maintaining our historic farmhouse and outbuildings, our agricultural land along the Winooski River, and our greenhouses and farm infrastructure. Knowledge of carpentry, agriculture, irrigation and electrical systems is helpful. Experience operating tractors, chain saw and power tools is essential. This position is part time, 16-28 hours per week, starting April 1. The Intervale Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). To apply, please send resume and cover letter to Andrea Tursini, andrea@intervale.org, by March 17, 2010.

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UNEMPLOYED? RETIRED? WANT TO RE-ENTER THE JOB MARKET? PAID JOB TRAINING IS AVAILABLE... Earn while you learn job-specific skills. Must be age 55 or over, income eligible, unemployed. Vermont Associates for Training & Development, Inc. Call today for information. Barre/Montpelier Office: 802-828-0036. Burlington Office: 802-652-0367 or 802-651-1687. Middlebury Office: 802-771-9077. St. Albans/Swanton Office: 802-868-9990. St. Johnsbury Office: 802-748-8635. Springfield Office: 802-885-1431. Rutland Office: 802-282-4423 or 802-282-4425.

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Join the team at Gardener’s Supply Company! We work hard AND offer a fun place to work with summer bocce games, BBQs, ping-pong tournaments, employee garden plots and much more! We also offer strong cultural values, competitive wages and outstanding benefits (including a tremendous discount on plants & product!).

VERMONT COURT SYSTEM Access to Justice. Service To Others.

Recruitment Notice: COURT IMPROVEMENT AND INNOVATION PROGRAMS MANAGER

This position is located in the Vermont Judiciary’s Division of Court Improvement and Innovation, responsible for strategic planning, new program development, grants management, public information and outreach, and education of judges, court staff and justice system stakeholders. Preferred qualifications include experience with direct supervision of staff, grant development and administration, a high level of personal comfort with diverse technologies, proven experience in systems and programs development, and working knowledge of programs and services of the Vermont Judicial Branch. Work is performed with considerable latitude for the exercise of independent judgment and evaluative thinking. Education requirements require a master’s degree in public administration, business administration, judicial administration, education or organizational development; or related master’s degree; or Juris Doctor; or license to practice law in the State of Vermont.

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Award-winning youth circus seeks talented, problem-solving team player to provide cross-organization leadership and management.

Mail: 109 State St. Montpelier VT 05609-0701 Telephone: 802-828-3278 - Fax: 802-828-3457 www.vermontjudiciary.org

BS in Business or related field and nonprofit experience preferred. Senior management experience required. Position is in Greensboro, Vermont with occasional travel around the state and New England. Please email resume & cover letter with salary requirements to elizahale@aol.com by 3-29.

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Our IT team is looking for an individual that has a solid understanding of software development concepts and methodologies, relational database design, object oriented programming and N-Tier architecture. You will be working in an environment that values industry recognized best practices to build and deploy secure, extensible, scalable and maintainable applications. You will be expected to work with other members of the IT team and different business areas to translate requirements into smart solutions using the Microsoft’s technology stack (Dynamics AX, .Net, SQL Server, SharePoint, Exchange, and IIS). The team will be counting on you to perform the database administration tasks for our SQL and Oracle servers to keep them running at peak performance.

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Directly manages finance, admin, IT and human resources. Responsible for assessing needs and planning and implementing improvements to internal systems and processes, including IT.

The ideal candidate for this position will have the personal qualities of integrity and energy and a strong preference for collaborative problem solving. For more information on salary and job description, see the Vermont Judiciary home webpage at: www.vermontjudiciary.org. An equal opportunity employer.

Database Developer/ Administrator

We are an employee-owned company and America’s leading catalog & web-based gardening company! Interested? Please send your cover letter & resumé to Gardener’s Supply Company, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington, VT 05401 or to jobs@gardeners.com.

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These are some of the attributes Addison County Home Health and Hospice subscribes to and provides to our professional staff. We DO have a holistic approach toward each staff member, considering both their personal and professional growth. We DO provide a culture of flexibility allowing for your desire for growth, need for support and the unexpected. NO weekends, NO nights! Spend some time with us exploring these positions and find out for yourself!

FULL-TIME PHYSICAL THERAPIST Qualifications include a current Vermont Physical Therapy license and a minimum of two years of experience, preferably within a rehabilitation program.

FULL-TIME COMMUNITY HEALTH RNs Two 40-hour-per-week positions

Qualifications include prior experience in a medical-surgical environment and a current Vermont license. Please visit our website at www.achhh.org and apply directly online. Or, please send your resume to cpaquette@achhh. org or to ACHHH, Human Resources, PO Box 754, Middlebury, VT 05753. Fax your resume to (802) 388-6126 or drop by for an application and interview. We look forward to hearing from you!

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FULL-TIME POSITION WITH BENEFITS The Green Mountain Friends School is seeking an experienced teacher who resonates with the Friends school practices, which offer an integrated approach in a compassionate community that fosters respect for the individual, cooperation with others, stewardship to the earth, simplicity and quiet reﬂection. GMFS is a new school with a multiage holistic approach for children ages 5-14. The Green Mountain Friends School welcomes all students and staff and does not discriminate on the basis of ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation or disability in administration of its educational policies, enrollment or hiring policies, and other school-administered programs. Send your resume, letter of introduction and three references to: Annie Galloway, School Director Green Mountain Friends School vtquakerschool@gmail.com www.vtquakerschool.org

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Part-time Sales Associate Position includes some weekends. Store hours: M-F, 10-6, Sat., 10-5, Sun., 12 -5. Apply Within.

Leaps & Bounds is looking for motivated, flexible team players to join our growing childcare team at our Essex and Williston locations. Must have experience, education and a sense of humor! Pay based on education and experience.

Joanne Davis, Business Manager Maple Leaf Farm Associates, Inc. 10 Maple Leaf Rd. Underhill, VT 05489 Phone: 802-899-2911 Fax: 802-899-3617 Email: info@mapleleaf.org EOE

The Women’s Source for Sports is looking for women who enjoy active lifestyles to join our sales staff.

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Community Outreach Coordinator 2/22/10 3:28:11 PM

Bookkeeper Morrisville, VT

Local nonprofit (affordable housing) seeks bookkeeper with double entry accounting/simple accrual and payroll and tax experience. Must be able to read and prepare financial statements and work with outside CPA, third-party property management accounting staff, and auditors. Several tax partnerships involved. Knowledge of MS products (Word, Excel) required. Prior experience within property management field preferred. Knowledge of MIP (Sage) or similar software a plus. Send resume and hourly rate requirements to admin@lamoillehousing.org. References required.

The Community Outreach Coordinator will develop, implement and sustain a comprehensive communications plan for the VT Network. The ideal candidate will have a background in public relations, and a vision for using social marketing and community engagement strategies to create social change and strengthen support for the organization and its member programs. This is a supervisory position, providing oversight and leadership for the Social Change Team in the development of an integrated strategy for maximizing opportunities for social change. The position is full-time (40 hours/week) and includes a competitive salary and benefits package. Qualifications include: • Any combination of experience and education equal to a BA or science degree in a communications, education, human services or a related field, or a master’s degree in a related field; • Minimum of three years volunteer or professional experience in communications, public relations or marketing; • Minimum of three years experience supervising staff; • Minimum of three years experience coordinating major programs or initiatives; • In-depth knowledge of domestic and sexual violence issues; • In-depth knowledge of social marketing and/or community engagement strategies or theory; • A demonstrated commitment to anti-oppression work and ending violence against women; • Ability and commitment to working within a team model to achieve organizational goals; • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; • Excellent group facilitation skills. Send a cover letter and resume to karents@vtnetwork.org by March 22. The Vermont Network is an EOE.

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Vermont Center for Yoga and Therapy (VTCYT) is a new affiliation of independent, holistic, practitioners seeking to hire both full and part time licensed psychotherapists. We provide a collaborative working environment, a competitive financial arrangement, administrative support, and billing services to our clinicians.

please email cover letter and resume to: bree @ vtcyt.com the vermont center for yoga and therapy 364 dorset st • suite 204 • south burlington, vt • 05403 • www.vtcyt.com

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Generous tax-free stipend and respite budget provided with these opportunities. PAID ROOMMATE SOUGHT FOR A 26-YEAR-OLD MAN in his Winooski, two-bedroom apartment. This avid Red Sox fan enjoys movies and sporting events. Ideal candidate is peer-age male with reliable transportation. Jaime Carter or Marisa Hamilton, 488-6500. CHARMING 75-YEAR-OLD WOMAN who enjoys art projects & making small talk, seeks a home with first-floor bedroom and bathroom. Wheelchair-accessible house preferred but a portable ramp may be used. Personal care and ability to help with transfers required. Marisa Hamilton, 488-6500. DOWNTOWN BURLINGTON HOME sought for a creative young woman who loves to read, anime and gaming. She enjoys her job, sailing, kayaking, and biking. Ideal candidate is a single female who maintains a quiet home. Mark Prior, 488-6500. SINGLE PERSON OR COUPLE SOUGHT to provide a home for a goodhumored 28-year-old male who enjoys electronics, music and current affairs. Patient team players with clear communication required. Marisa Hamilton, 488-6500. ACTIVE 20-SOMETHING WOMAN seeks a dynamic, nurturing, patient, and encouraging home. Rachel Mercia, 488-6315 or RMercia@HowardCenter.org. VIVACIOUS 38-YEAR-OLD who has a great sense of humor, loves to exercise & maintains a healthy lifestyle seeks provider who enjoys similar interests. Tracy Fisher, 488-6528. ACTIVE 21-YEAR-OLD WOMAN needs Burlington area home to continue developing independent living skills. She enjoys photography, computers, & volunteering. Ideal candidate is an active female or couple with no children in the home. Samantha Renaud, 488-6318 or srenaud@howardcenter.org. HowardCenter is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Minorities, people of color and persons with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY. We offer competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package to qualified employees.

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Johnson State, a small, dynamic liberal arts college in Vermont - with a strong BFA in creative writing and BA programs in literature and journalism - seeks a full-time, visiting assistant professor in Writing For information call 802-862-4700. and Literature for the 2010-2011 school year. The position will begin in August 2010. Reappointment to a second year is possible. The individual offered the position will be an excellent teacher, committed to the undergraduate education of creative writing majors and to nonmajors enrolled in General 3/1/10 11:33:58 AM Education courses offered through the department. Applicants should have an MFA in creative2h-CarolynsBalloon-030310.indd 1 The Town of Colchester Parks & Recreation Department is seeking writing or a PhD. in literature, preferably with a creative dissertation. He or she should be a writer of the following positions for summer employment: fiction with significant publications and experience in literary magazine publication - as a graduatelevel intern, faculty adviser, or editor. Interest and experience in expository writing instruction and Day Camp Counselors, Soccer Coaches, assessment are desirable. Water Safety Instructor. Log onto www.colchestervt.gov for an application or call (802) 264-5640. EOE

The successful candidate will teach four courses per semester, including introductory courses in composition and creative writing, upper-level workshops, and form and theory courses in fiction, and courses in literature, depending upon departmental needs. Additional expectations include academic advising, continued scholarship and professional development, and participation though teaching and service in a collegewide commitment to early and ongoing student success.

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Review of applications will begin in March 2010 and continue until the position is filled. Candidates should send a letter of intent, a statement of teaching philosophy, a curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, three letters of recommendation and a completed JSC application (available at www.jsc.edu/employment) to jschumanresources@jsc.edu or to Dr. Andrea Perham, c/o JSC Human Resources, Department of Writing and Literature, Johnson State College, 337 College Hill, Johnson, VT., 05656.

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Directions: preheat the oven to 325ºF. Grease 12 muffin cups with baking spray. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg; set aside. In a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and the sugar, mixing until the mixture turns white and fluffy. Be careful to scrape down the sides of the bowl so that all the sugar is absorbed by the butter. Add the eggs, and extra yolk, one at a time until fully incorporated into the batter. Add the vanilla. With the mixer set at very low speed, alternately add the flour and buttermilk to the batter in several additions. You should begin and end with the dry ingredients. Fill the muffin molds three-quarters full and bake for about 15 minutes, or until light golden brown and springy to the touch. While the “doughnuts” bake, prepare the brushing ingredients by mixing the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Have a pastry brush handy for brushing the doughnut muffins with the warm melted butter.

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hat Neko Case bought an old farmhouse in the Northeast Kingdom might have been the biggest local music news of 3/1/10 3:51:24 PM 2009 not involving Phish. Not that you would have known it from reading local papers. While most Vermont media outlets made note, in some fashion, of the songwriter’s arrival, none were actually able to contact her about it directly. Instead, we read of a barn full of pianos and idyllic pastures in rags like the New York Times and Paste magazine. And we waited. Part of the issue is that Case is famously guarded about her personal life and prefers to keep publicity to a minimum. And with good reason. Her encounters with stalkers in recent years have been well documented. The other thing is simply that Neko Case is one busy lady. Last year saw the release of her most widely acclaimed record to date, Middle Cyclone, her second for the Anti- label. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard charts and was nominated for two Grammy 2/8/10 7:16:24 PM awards (Best Contemporary Folk Album and Best Album Packaging). Case toured extensively and reached the height of her professional visibility to date. Somehow, she also found time to work on a new record with her “old” band, legendary Canadian rockers The New Pornographers, set for release this spring. No wonder Case is tough to get ahold of. But get ahold of her we did, after considerable effort. In advance of her upcoming beneﬁt show in St. Johnsbury Saturday March 6 for Catamount Arts, Seven Days chatAdditional 7-21% OFF ted with Case by phone from her home storewide! in the Northeast Kingdom … where she was ﬁxing her cabinets.

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SEVEN DAYS: After you moved, you said in several interviews that Vermont was one of the only places you ever truly felt like you ﬁt in. After living here for a year, do you still feel that way?

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NEKO CASE: I still feel that I made the greatest decision ever. I mean, it was a decision I would have made a lot earlier in my life if I had more ﬁnancial freedom. But now that I’m an adult, I can do things like move, which is kinda nice. But I can actually move to where I want to live. But I’m lucky that where I wanted to live wasn’t San Francisco or something. I wouldn’t have been able to afford that. Or New York City. That would have been a real bummer. SD: But you’ve moved around quite a bit. What was it about Vermont that spoke to you?

NC: It was just a very unique kind of kindness that people have. You’re very inclusive, Vermonters. So even if you meet super-diehard locals who view you as a total ﬂatlander, they are still kind. I think the worst you’ll get as far as “stateism,” or whatever you want to call it, is that people might have a good joke at your expense, which I’m pretty into. Vermonters have a great sense of humor. SD: That we do. So the upcoming show is a beneﬁt for Catamount Arts. How did you become involved with them? NC: It’s kind of the hub of the Northeast

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LiFt: Get LiFTed with DJs Nastee & Dakota (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free. DJ Fattie B (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free. nECtar’s: U-Melt CD release, Events Are Objects (rock, jam), 9 p.m., $10. 18+. nightCraWLErs: Karaoke with Steve LeClair, 7 p.m., Free. on taP: Nobby Reed Project (blues), 7 p.m., Free. PariMa aCoustiC LoungE: Burgundy Thursdays with Joe Adler, Kip n Co, Chris Dorman, Lily Sickles (singer-songwriters), 8 p.m., Free. raDio BEan: Steamboat Wanderlust (jazz), 3:30

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1/2 LoungE: Thunder with DJs Tricky Pat and Brandon Miles (house), 10 p.m., Free.

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NC: Me, too! But just going to the thing was so weird, the thought of winning was the last thing on my mind. Especially because, in the categories I was in, like the art category, I thought the David Byrne album cover was so beautiful, ever since I bought it. So I kinda thought he and the fella who designed it deserved to win. I didn’t lose to anyone that I thought, like, What?! ‘My Humps’? What the fuck? How could I lose to ‘My Humps’? And I have a friend who has a very similar story to that. But I wasn’t disappointed. I’m just glad I got to see the spectacle of it all.

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rasPutin’s: 101 Thursdays with Pres & DJ Dan (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

Franny o’s: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free.

LiFt: DJs P-Wyld & Jazzy Janet (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

Kingdom, as far as arts and entertainment go. And they pretty much run the gamut, from movies, art, music — all kinds of different media. So they’re the go-to folks if you want to learn about art here. They were the first people I went to when I came here, because it seemed like the obvious place to go. And they couldn’t have been more friendly or helpful, especially with advice on how to get settled — what to do with what, who to talk to. They’ve just been so friendly.

p.m., Free. Jazz Sessions (jazz), 6 p.m., Free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., Free. Anthony Santor Group (jazz), 11 p.m., $3.

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I don’t know exactly how it is that standup comedy came to fall under the domain of the music editor in the esteemed pages of Seven Days. But I’m glad it does. In the close to three years I’ve been in the employ of your friendly altweekly newspaper, becoming acquainted with the local standup comedy scene has been one of the more enjoyable parts of what I do. At this point, you’re probably saying to yourself, “Huh? We have a standup comedy scene?” Or perhaps, “Huh? You’ve been at Seven Days for almost three years?” I know, I’m as shocked as you are … at least about the latter thing. Two more months and my girlfriend, Plus One, owes me $20. Moving on… Holy Ghost Tent Revival We do, in fact, have what could reasonably be called a standup scene. Yes, it’s relatively small, and fragmented. But it exists. And if Nathan Hartswick has anything to say about it, those two presently defining they use the website to promote their own characteristics could be changing very soon. productions. Like, for example, the VCC Hartswick and two fellow comedian pals, showcase at the Higher Ground Showcase John Lyons and Chad Smith, have recently Lounge this Saturday, which — in addition launched a website called the Vermont to the three amigos, of course — features the Comedy Club (vermontcomedyclub.com) stylings of local comedians Pat Lynch, Avi that is intended to serve as a one-stop Waring and Martha Tormey. resource for all things funny in the Green Mountains. The site features videos of local standup acts, a calendar of standup events, a blog and, perhaps most impressive, Ask anyone who’s been around the a directory of standup comics working in Burlington rock scene for the last 10 years the state, complete with bios, pictures and who their favorite local musician is and the contact info. answer is likely to be, overwhelmingly, Ryan In a recent email exchange, Hartswick Power. That’s doubly true if you’re asking writes that the site was born out of a desire musicians. Simply put, there is no one else to corral the disparate parts of the comedy like him — locally or otherwise — and few community into one easily accessible location who are as universally respected by their that could “serve as a clearinghouse for fans peers. In the near-decade I’ve known the to find out about the comedy offerings in man and his music, I can’t even count the the area” and to “encourage the continued number of times I’ve had, or overheard, growth of the scene” by providing a place for versions of this conversation. comics to connect with each other. “You know who’s, like, totally fucking In other words, the VCC is attempting amazing?” to build the type of infrastructure that “Ryan Power?” exists, and is often taken for granted, in “Yeah … how is he not famous?” the region’s various music scenes. That’s “He’s soooo good.” a tall order. But it’s an endeavor whose “Yup. Soooo good.” time has come. To wit: As of press time, the “Damn.” aforementioned VCC directory consists “Damn.” of more than 60 comics. Sixty. Raise your But the best thing about Ryan — aside hand if you thought there were 60 standup from the crazy-talented thing — actually comedians in Vermont … anyone? may be the reason he isn’t famous (yet): Of course, Hartswick and co. aren’t You’re unlikely to meet a sweeter or more acting completely out of the kindness of humble person. Were I half as good at their hearts. They are aspiring comedians as anything as Ryan is at making music, I well, and make no bones about the fact that would be an unbearable ass. Or, you know,

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more of one. But for Ryan Power, making incredible music, or helping others to make their own incredible music, seems to come as naturally to him as breathing. (Note: I’m quite sure it’s not that easy. He just makes it seem that way, which only adds to his mystique.) On Wednesday, March 3 — this paper’s street date — Ryan Power will play a gig at The Monkey House in Winooski with Blowtorch and Lawrence Welks & Our Bear to Cross, in celebration of a brand-new album, I Don’t Want to Die. I’ve had the privilege of checking out an advance track — which you can hear on my blog, Solid State. Given the preceding hyperbolic fawning, you can imagine what I think of it. But this will be the last chance you have to hear Power for a while, as he and his band are embarking on a monthlong national tour, including a stop at South by Southwest in Austin. And if there’s any justice in the music world, he’ll be discovered and have legions of indie labels battling for his services. Looking at you, Hardly Art, Merge, Matador, Asthmatic Kitty…

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• Interesting show at Nectar’s this coming Saturday with local indie darlings Lendway, Zack duPont’s band Stacked and a relatively new Boston-based pop outfit called Ships in the Dark, who, judging by the press photo on their MySpace page, seem really enamored with their own chest hair. • Remember how I was saying that the pre-

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Honky Tonk slot on Tuesdays at Radio Bean was quietly becoming one of the most reliably good set times in the area? Well, every Tuesday in March, legendary pickers Jamie Masefield and Doug Perkins of Smokin’ Grass renown will prove me prophetic with what promises to be an exciting residency. Bassheads, take note: There’s a very special session of Thunder with DJ Tricky Pat at the 1/2 Lounge this Thursday: World-renowned house DJ Brandon Miles guests. My lead-pipe live-music lock(s) of the week: Holy Ghost Tent Revival on Friday at Montpelier’s Black Door Bar and Bistro, and Saturday at Burlington’s Skinny Pancake with Joshua Panda Duo. Trust me. There will be a screening of Beyond 88 Keys, the 2004 documentary about internationally renowned local pianist Michael Arnowitt, this Saturday at the Big Picture Theater in Waitsfield. Arnowitt, who is visually impaired, will give a special performance immediately following the film. Last but not least, local “industrial torturetech” ensemble Hexdump have a show at Radio Bean this Sunday. I mention this because they sent along possibly the greatest/scariest PR gimmick ever: a diorama featuring images of Barack Obama, Michael Richards and medieval peasants, a statuette of a Knight Templar with his sword raised, and typewritten messages with vague references to conspiracy theories and viruses glued to various parts of the box. In short, it got my attention. As for the music … well, I’m still too afraid to check it out. Though I imagine the term “torturetech” may tell us all we need to know. m

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Even if you’re not a fan of punk rock, it’s hard not to at least appreciate its no-frills aesthetic. In Burlington, few bands represent punk’s tattered appeal quite like Y69, who have been bearing the genre’s flickering torch for an improbable nine years. The trio has recently unleashed its latest album, We’ve Got Problems, recorded at Low Tech Studios in November 2009 and released on Rhode Island’s Witty Banter Records. While it may fly under the radar of many local music fans, the record is an apt reminder that punk rock is alive and well in Vermont. The disc begins with a fist-pumping ode to the band’s hometown, “Queen City.” The song finds Y69 exploring the seedier, and thus more enjoyable, facets of Burlington nightlife. “Just a typical Friday night / Jeanette is bouncing and she’s ready to fight. / Walk right in with no proof of age / Grab my pitcher and head to the stage,” sings guitarist and vocalist Glen Woytowich before the band joins him in a rousing chorus of “Queen City! Whoa-oh!” It is a 2/12/10 4:16:08 PM straight-ahead punk anthem, much like the fare that makes up the bulk of the band’s 2008 effort, Because We’re Low. Y69 largely stick to a similar formula here, relying on visceral sneer tempered with big, hooky sing-along choruses. By contrast, the next tune, “She Wanted More,” is melodically adventurous — at least for three-chord punk. Vocalist and bassist Chris Gibbo, whose throaty growl is reminiscent of both Operation Ivy’s Tim Armstrong and Less Than Jake’s Chris Demakes, proves a compelling front man. He also demonstrates that there are few things in music as oddly sweet as a punkrock love song. “Home School Whore,” believe it or not, is perhaps the album’s most musically sophisticated song — and one of only two that eclipse the three-minute mark. But the tune’s relative polish also highlights the band’s primary flaw, namely that drummer H Greg Dusablon’s playing is often perilously P L DE

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Razia, Zebu Nation (CUMBANCHA, CD)

With all apologies to Ben Franklin, there are three certainties in life: death, taxes and Cumbancha. The ﬁrst two are more famous, certainly. The last is a relatively new phenomenon, and a much more enjoyable one. And the Charlotte-based world-music imprint’s latest release, Zebu Nation by Razia, reiterates that everything label founder Jacob Edgar touches turns to gold. So, if it’s on Cumbancha, it’s certain to be well worth your time. Razia Said is originally from Madagascar, and the album is something of a love letter to her native land. The singer left the country as a child, returning three years ago to discover her homeland ravaged by slash-and burn agriculture. In response, Said created Zebu Nation, writing songs primarily in Malagasy, her native tongue, and enlisting many of the country’s ﬁnest musical talents to contribute. The disc opens on “Babonao.” Dozzy

Njava’s lilting acoustic guitar is met by throbbing bass and percussion. Fluttering just above the surface, Rabesiaka Jean Medicis’ accordion flits breezily amid the Indian Ocean groove. Abena Koomson and David Rajaonary handle the vocal heavy lifting here, and through the album’s first four tracks. We actually don’t hear from Said herself until the fifth song, “Ny Alantsika.” Once again, accordion takes the lead melodically — this time courtesy of Regis Gizavo. The instrument lends the tune, as much of the album, a distinctive European flair, providing a fascinating contrast alongside the traditional tsapiky and salegy influence at the album’s heart. “Slash and Burn,” which comes next, is the only song written in English. It’s also the most direct condemnation of the brutal deforestation in Madagascar. While other tunes essentially decry the tactic by celebrating local culture, here Said’s anger is intense and explicit. Initially, the song feels a little out of place, the switch to English jarring. But viewed in the context of the recording as a whole, Said’s message becomes all the more profound when spoken plainly. But the disc’s quieter, less fiery moments are its finest, and ultimately its most touching. Through songs such as “Omama,” which recalls growing up in a small vanilla town, or “Tiako Ro,” a heart-to-heart chat with the Sun, Said lays bare the soul of her culture. And, language barrier or not, her humble musings represent a universal truth even Ben Franklin couldn’t deny: Home is where the heart is. Zebu Nation by Razia is available at Cumbancha.com and major online music retailers. DAN BOLLES

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1/2 Lounge: Stereophonix with DJ Tricky Pat (beats & pieces), 10 p.m., Free. Backstage Pub: Alter Ego (rock), 9 p.m., Free. The Block Gallery: Toni Catlin (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., Free. Bluebird Tavern: Myra Flynn (neo-soul), 9 p.m., Free. Club Metronome: Retronome (’80s dance party), 10 p.m., $5.

central

Black Door Bar & Bistro: Sara Grace and Friends (singer-songwriter), 9:30 p.m., $5. Green Mountain Tavern: Little Creek (country), 9 p.m., Free. Gusto’s: Trius (rock), 9 p.m., Free. The Lamb Abbey: Bow Thayer and Perfect Trainwreck (Americana), 9 p.m., $10. Langdon Street Café: Session Americana with Anaïs Mitchell (Americana), 9 p.m., $10/12.

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Nectar’s: Lendway, Ships in the Dark, Stacked (indie), 9 p.m., $3. On Tap: Rhythm Rockets (rock), 9 p.m., Free. Parima Main Stage: Uranium Belt (rock), 10 p.m., Free. Radio Bean: Jessie Kilguss (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free. Baby Brainwaves (psychedelic), 8:30 p.m., Free. Foofarawk with The Fatal Flaws (garage rock), 10 p.m., Free. Rasputin’s: Nastee (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

Two Brothers Tavern: Deep Freyed (blues), 10 p.m., $3.

northern

Bee’s Knees: Patrick Fitzsimmons (singersongwriter), 7:30 p.m., Donations. The Matterhorn: Strange Tribe (rock), 9 p.m., $5.

regional

Monopole: Tim Herron Corp. (rock), 10 p.m., Free. Olive Ridley’s: Ashley Kollar (acoustic), 2 p.m. & 6 p.m., Free. Glass Onion (rock), 10 p.m., Free. Tabu Café and Nightclub: All Night Dance Party with DJ Toxic (DJ), 5 p.m., Free.

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burlington area

Parima Main Stage: Jazzed Up Mondays (jazz), 7 p.m., Free (18+). Radio Bean: Open Mic, 8 p.m., Free. Red Square: Hype ‘Em (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free. Rozzi’s Lakeshore Tavern: Trivia Night, 8 p.m., Free. Ruben James: Why Not Monday? with Dakota (hip-hop), 10 p.m., Free.

central

Langdon Street Café: Open Mic, 7 p.m., Free.

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burlington area

Club Metronome: Bass Culture with DJs Jahson & Nickel B (electronica), 9 p.m., Free. Leunig’s Bistro & Café: Jerome Monachino (jazz), 7 p.m., Free. Lift: Karaoke … with a Twist, 9 p.m., Free. The Monkey House: Hip-Hop Open Mic with Dakota, 10 p.m., Free.

1/2 Lounge: Funhouse with DJs Rob Douglas, Moonflower & Friends (house), 7 p.m., Free.

Monty’s Old Brick Tavern: Open Mic Night, 6 p.m., Free.

242 Main: Revocation, Nathruzym, Mythology, Caledonia (hardcore), 7 p.m., $7. AA.

Nectar’s: WBKM presents the Book’em Blues Band (blues), 9 p.m., Free.

Monty’s Old Brick Tavern: George Voland JAZZ: with Jody Albright & Dan Skea (jazz), 4 p.m., Free.

Radio Bean: The Stephen Callahan Trio (jazz), 6 p.m., Free. Doug Perkins & Jamie Masefield (bluegrass), 8 p.m.. Free. Honky Tonk Sessions (honky-tonk), 10 p.m., $3.

Radio Bean: The Mohanty-Mallon Duet (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. Hexdump (experimental), 10 p.m., Free. Rí Rá Irish Pub: Trinity (Irish), 5 p.m., Free.

central

Langdon Street Café: Cabin Fever Music Series: Powell & Thyng with La Reina (folk), 3 p.m., Donations.

Red Square: Upsetta International with Super K (reggae), 8 p.m., Free.

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Charlie O’s: Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free. Tue.09

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Black Door Bar & Bistro, 44 Main St., Montpelier, 223-7070. Big Picture Theater & Café, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994. Charlie O’s, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820. The Center Bakery & Cafe, 2007 Guptil Road, Waterbury Center, 244-7500. Green mountain Tavern, 10 Keith Ave., Barre, 522-2935. Gusto’s, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919. Hostel Tevere, 203 Powderhound Rd., Warren, 496-9222. L.A.C.E., 159 North Main St., Barre, 476-4276. The Lamb Abbey., 65 Pioneer Circle, Montpelier, 229-2200. Langdon St. Café, 4 Langdon St., Montpelier, 223-8667. Main St. Grill & Bar, 118 Main St., Montpelier, 223-3188. Pickle Barrel Nightclub, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3035. Positive Pie 2, 20 State St., Montpelier, 229-0453. Purple Moon Pub, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-3422. the reservoir restaurant & tap room, 1 S. Main St., Waterbury, 244-7827. Slide Brook Lodge & Tavern, 3180 German Flats Rd., Warren, 583-2202.

northern

Bee’s Knees, 82 Lower Main St., Morrisville, 888-7889. The Brewski, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6366. The Hub Pizzeria & Pub, 21 Lower Main St., Johnson, 635-7626. Matterhorn, 4969 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8198. Music Box, 147 Creek Rd., Craftsbury, 586-7533. Overtime Saloon, 38 S. Main St., St. Albans, 524-0357. Phat Kats Tavern, 101 Depot St., Lyndonville, 626-3064. Piecasso, 899 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4411. Rusty Nail, Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245. Shooters Saloon, 30 Kingman St., St. Albans, 527-3777. Tamarack Grill at Burke Mountain, 223 Shelburne Lodge Rd., East Burke, 626-7394. Watershed Tavern, 31 Center St., Brandon, 247-0100.

regional

Krazy Horse Saloon, 14 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-570-8888. Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-563-2222. Naked Turtle, 1 Dock St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-6200. Olive Ridley’s, 37 Court St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-324-2200. Tabu Café & Nightclub, 14 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-0666.

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Red Square: DJ Raul (salsa), 5 p.m., Free. Clayton Sabine & the Blackout Lottery (rock), 9 p.m., $3. DJ A-Dog (hip-hop), 11:30 p.m., $3.

Higher Ground Ballroom: Cage the Elephant, As Tall As Lions, Morning Teleportation (rock), 8 p.m., $15. AA.

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The Monkey House: Red Hot Juba (cosmic Americana), 9 p.m., $5.

Club Metronome: Open Mic Night with Mikey P of Elephantbear, 9 p.m., Free.

51 Main, 51 Main St., Middlebury, 388-8209. The Bristol Bakery, 16 Main St., Bristol, 453-3280. Carol’s Hungry Mind Café, 24 Merchant’s Row, Middlebury, 388-0101. City Limits, 14 Greene St., Vergennes, 877-6919. Dan’s Place, 31 Main Street, Bristol, 453-2774. Good Times Café, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444. On the Rise Bakery, 44 Bridge St., Richmond, 434-7787. Starry Night Café, 5371 Rt. 7, Ferrisburgh, 877-6316. Two Brothers Tavern, 86 Main St., Middlebury, 388-0002.

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Marriott Harbor Lounge: The Trio featuring Paul Cassarino, Tracie Cassarino & Jeff Wheel (acoustic), 8 p.m., Free.

1/2 Lounge: Heal-In Sessions with Reverence (reggae), 10 p.m., Free.

Nectar’s: Canyonero (rock), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

Piecasso: Karaoke Championship with John Wilson & Danger Dave, 9:30 p.m., Free.

The Living Room: Paul Asbell (acoustic), 7 p.m., $20.

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City Limits: Dance Party with DJ Earl (DJ), 9 p.m., Free.

Higher Ground Ballroom: Rave-A-Palooza (techno), 9 p.m., $15/18. AA.

Lift: DJ Robbie J (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $3.

MON.08

The Monkey House: Blue Skys Below, Edward Hotaling (acoustic), 8 p.m., Free.

The Brewski: Pulse Prophets (reggae), 9 p.m., $2.

JP’s Pub: Dave Harrison’s Starstruck Karaoke, 10 p.m., Free.

Bee’s Knees: Small Axe (folk), 7:30 p.m., Free.

51 Main: Robert Wuagnuex (singer-songwriter), 9 p.m., Free.

Green Room: Envy with Vidi Vici (house), 10 p.m., Free.

Higher Ground Showcase Lounge: Vermont Comedy Club with Pat Lynch, Avi Waring, John Lyons, Martha Tormey, Chad Smith & Nathan Hartswick (standup), 8 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

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Franny O’s: Balance DJ & Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

Skinny Pancake: Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Josh Panda Duo (soul, eclectic), 8 p.m., $5 donation.

1/2 Lounge, 136 1/2 Church St., Burlington, 865-0012. 242 Main St., Burlington, 862-2244. Backstage Pub, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jct., 878-5494. Banana Winds Café & Pub, 1 Market Pl., Essex Jct., 879-0752. Breakwater Café, 1 King St., Burlington, 658-6276. City Sports Grille, 215 Lower Mountain View Dr., Colchester, 655-2720. Club Metronome, 188 Main St., Burlington, 865-4563. Franny O’s, 733 Queen City Pk. Rd., Burlington, 863-2909. Green Room, 86 St. Paul St., Burlington, 651-9669. Halvorson’s Upstreet Café, 16 Church St., Burlington, 658-0278. Harbor Lounge at Courtyard Marriott, 25 Cherry St., Burlington, 864-4700. Higher Ground, 1214 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 652-0777. JP’s Pub, 139 Main St., Burlington, 658-6389. Leunig’s, 115 Church St., Burlington, 863-3759. Lift, 165 Church St., Burlington, 660-2088. The Living Room, 294 West Lakeshore Dr., Colchester. Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 167 Main St., Burlington, 658-6776. The Monkey House, 30 Main St., Winooski, 655-4563. Monty’s Old Brick Tavern, 7921 Williston Rd., Williston, 316-4262. Muddy Waters, 184 Main St., Burlington, 658-0466. Nectar’s, 188 Main St., Burlington, 658-4771. Nightcrawlers, 127 Porter’s Point Rd., Colchester, 310-4067. On Tap, 4 Park St., Essex Junction, 878-3309. Parima, 185 Pearl St., Burlington, 864-7917. Radio Bean, 8 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 660-9346. Rasputin’s, 163 Church St., Burlington, 864-9324. Red Square, 136 Church St., Burlington, 859-8909. Rí Rá Irish Pub, 123 Church St., Burlington, 860-9401. Ruben James, 159 Main St., Burlington, 864-0744. Skinny Pancake, 60 Lake St., Burlington, 540-0188. Vermont Pub & Brewery, 144 College St., Burlington, 865-0500.

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Beautiful Loser « p.45 And you know, I was part of the Grammys that are earlier in the day, that are not exciting to the public. So it was pretty amazing how few people actually show up to collect their Grammys. I definitely didn’t lose to anybody who showed up. So I thought I should at least get an honorary one for showing up. SD: Absolutely! The Grammy for perfect attendance goes to…

sat.06 // Session Americana [Americana]

Your Favorite Musician’s Favorite Musicians

Since their inception, Session Americana have quietly become one of the region’s most revered roots acts. Their brilliant 2009 album Diving for Gold won the hearts of critics from underground Boston ’zine The Noise to alt-country bible No Depression and dozens more in between. Despite the accolades, the group’s unassuming live show remains as familiar and inviting as it was when they began as an informal jam session at a Cambridge pub several years ago. So grab a chair — and a pint — and join the band when they sit in for a few rounds with local righteous babe Anaïs Mitchell at Montpelier’s Langdon Street Café this Saturday. Tue.09

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Langdon Street Café: Information Overload with Jen Dole (trivia), 7:30 p.m., Free. Comedy Open Mic with Banjo Bob (standup), 8:30 p.m., Free. Main Street Grill and Bar: Blue Fox (blues), 9 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

51 Main: Quizz Night (trivia), 7 p.m., Free. Two Brothers Tavern: Monster Hits Karaoke, 9 p.m.

northern

Bee’s Knees: Cal Stanton (acoustic blues), 7:30 p.m., Donations.

Matterhorn: Toast Head (rock), 9 p.m., Free. Piecasso: Karaoke, 9 p.m., Free.

Nectar’s: True School Wednesday with Nastee & DJ A-Dog, (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+. Parima Main Stage: Dawna Hammers (piano), 7 p.m., Free. Latin Sessions with Jah Red (salsa), 9:30 p.m., $3. Radio Bean: Ensemble V (jazz), 7:30 p.m., Free. Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., Free. Red Square: Gordon Stone Band (bluegrass), 8 p.m., Free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., Free.

central

Green Mountain Tavern: Open Mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., Free. Slide Brook Lodge & Tavern: Open Jam, 9 p.m., Free.

champlain valley

City Limits: Karaoke with Balance Entertainment, 9 p.m., Free.

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Two Brothers Tavern: Open Mic Night, 9 p.m., Free.

northern

1/2 Lounge: Sirenix: Queen City Songwriter Series with Toni Catlin (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., Free.

Bee’s Knees: Alan Greenleaf & the Doctor (blues), 7:30 p.m., Free.

Franny O’s: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Free.

regional

Higher Ground Showcase Lounge: Hey Marseilles, Buzz Jar, Paper Castles (indie), 8 p.m., $8/10. AA. Leunig’s Bistro & Café: Alex Listiughin (jazz), 7 p.m., Free.

Monopole: Open Mic, 8 p.m., Free. Olive Ridley’s: Completely Stranded (improv comedy), 7:30 p.m., Free. m

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NC: Well, I’m not the kind of person who gets recognized at the grocery store. And that’s not something I want. So the fact that it was the low-key Grammys actually made me pretty happy. You know, it’s the Grammys where you actually get your purse searched by a guy with a metal detector. It just seems like a different thing than what it really is. And not that what it is is bad, by any stretch of the imagination. It’s just so … different. That’s the only word I can think of to describe it. Different. SD: Let’s switch gears. How did you become involved with [Cartoon Network series] “Aqua Teen Hunger Force”? NC: A few years ago, The New Pornographers were touring for our last record. And we were on tour with our friend Jon Wurster, who was filling in for our drummer. Jon is the drummer from Superchunk. But he is also a comedy writer. And he had worked with

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SD: Most likely. Now, the fact that you were nominated is perhaps indicative of you reaching a new level of fame. Is that something you’re comfortable with?

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NC: Oh, that stuff starts at, like, one in the afternoon! And the place is only, like, a third full, if that. And you could kinda tell that some of the presenters were miffed about that, actually. And I was, like, “Lady, I feel ya. Where is everybody?” But they were probably working, or saving orphans or something.

NC: Yeah. That was just plain terrifying, basically. Elvis Costello could not have been a more gracious, kind person. He came in my dressing room before the show and just talked about music for, like, two hours. The guy is just such a huge music fan and such a welcoming person. So that was really helpful. I can’t imagine how completely pantsshitting I would have been if he hadn’t done that. So, thank goodness he’s such a kind host. It was the first time I’d really done anything like that, and I’ll tell you, it’s not for the faint of heart. But it’s fun. It’s kind of like being in a movie. Like you’re going through the wardrobe into Narnia and you’ve gotta not fuck it up. And you’ve gotta not fuck it up pretty much with no rehearsal. Woo-hoo! And that’s where folks like Sheryl Crow come in and they’re, like, “Accordion? No problem. What key?” And you’re like, “You are a badass. And you’re wearing a leather vest. A tiny leather vest.” But she’s gonna just whip out an accordion. Oh, and then maybe play the bass. On the same song. No big whoop. Hasn’t really heard it yet? No problem. I was so in awe of them all. It’s funny. You can make snide comments about rock stars all you want. But there are really ones out there who can really fucking play like maniacs. And then they’re really nice people, too. I don’t know what the word is. It’s like when what you hope is true is really true. It’s like Glinda the Good Witch just comes down and makes it all cool. Because sometimes meeting people who are really your idols can turn out to be one of the most disappointing things ever. There are some really mean people out there. But that was not one of those times. It was jolly. m

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The Brewski: Seth Eames (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., Free.

Manhattan Pizza & Pub: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 10 p.m., Free.

SD: [Laughing] I never realized there was an actual ceremony for those awards.

SD: Indeed. Well, you may have lost the Grammys, but you did have Elvis Costello feature one of your songs on his TV show “Spectacle.”

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Slide Brook Lodge & Tavern: Tattoo Tuesdays with Andrea (jam), 5 p.m., Free.

Lift: DJs P-Wyld & Jazzy Janet (hip-hop), 9 p.m., Free/$5. 18+.

NC: Yeah. A Grammy attendance card. Well, I guess I have that. But it was odd. I felt like Margaret Mead.

“Aqua Teen Hunger Force” and was telling me about it. And I was, like, “Oh, my God! Really? I’m so in love with that milkshake [Master Shake] and I don’t even know why!” And then I said, “But don’t tell them that, because that’s probably really weird.” [Laughs] And sure enough, the next thing he did… Anyway, they thought it was kind of funny and asked if I wanted to be on the show. That felt like what winning a Grammy would be.

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Hip-Hop Hooray!

‘THE STORY’ Friday, March 5, 5:30 & 8:30 p.m., at Higher Ground Ballroom in South Burlington. $13-16. Info, 652-0777. www.highergroundmusic.com

Shakespeare and hip-hop? O, what men dare do! Urban Dance Complex puts a fresh spin on the Romeo and Juliet-inspired West Side Story

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from all corners of the state drawing on East and West Coast styles in time to songs such as Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind.” “I felt like it was time to push the envelope a bit,” says director-choreographer Sarah Cover, explaining that previous UDC productions, such as Hard Knock Life and The O.Z., didn’t tackle such serious storylines. Two performances running an hour and 20 minutes each steal the stage this Friday. Jets versus Sharks ... go! COURTESY OF KELLY COMBS

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by threading evocative pop-and-lock moves through the tragic tale of star-crossed lovers. The Story features 40 dancers (ages 10 to 19)

All Work and No Play Whether you’re at the top of the work chain or just starting out, Frank Loesser’s Tony Award-winning How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying exposes the wobbly underbelly of employment in a fun musical romp anyone can relate to. SUNY Plattsburgh’s music and theater departments team up to spin the tale of window-washerturned-corporate-ladder-climber J. Pierpont Finch. Following a howto guide to biz, Finch implements wily tricks to earn promotion after promotion — but at what cost? Throw true love into the mix, and the humorous play becomes a “cautionary tale about putting business before relationships,” says director Kim Hartshorn. A live band adds spark to upbeat song-and-dance numbers such as “A Secretary Is Not a Toy” and “The Company Way.” Tune in for workplace lessons your employee handbook doesn’t cover.

‘HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING’ Thursday, March 4, through Saturday, March 6, 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, March 7, 2 p.m., at Hartman Theatre, Myers Fine Arts Building, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y. $12-15. Info, 518-564-2282. www.plattsburgh.edu

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Liar, Liar Desert island adventures with giant octopi, sea turtles and aboriginal natives are generally the stuff of fiction. But one man claimed to have experienced it all, and the Vermont Stage Company tells his story in a production of Donald Margulies’ Shipwrecked! Louis de Rougemont’s sensational tales charmed Victorian-era London, but he was later denounced as the “greatest liar on Earth.” With just three actors and an onstage sound-effects man, the VSC’s production is really “a valentine to the art of imagination,” offers director Mark Nash. Using bare-bones props — flowing fabric symbolizes octopus tentacles, for example — the play poses a question, says Nash: “If a story is really good ... does it matter if it’s true or not?” You decide.

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PEAK PITCH VERMONT: Entrepreneurs take advantage of a shared chairlift ride to tout their business plans to investors at this skiing and networking event. Preregister. Bolton Valley Resort, 8:30 a.m. 1:45 p.m. Free. Info, 923-1504.

community

ROTARY CLUB OF ESSEX: Rotarians help build goodwill and peace as they organize service goals at weekly social meetings. Nonmembers are welcome to attend. The Essex, Essex, 12:10-1:30 p.m. $15 for members; free to drop in. Info, 233-3612.

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Wednesday, March 10, 7:30 p.m., at the FlynnSpace in Burlington. View website for future times through March 28. $24.3032.50. Info, 863-5966. www.vtstage.org

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ABRAHAM-HICKS STUDY GROUP: Believers in the law of attraction investigate how your thoughts affect your life through discussion and group exercises. Unity Church of Vermont, Essex Junction, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 383-8429. CHITTENDEN COUNTY PHILATELIC CLUB: Stamp collectors of all levels of interest and experience swap sticky squares, and stories about them. GE Healthcare Building, South Burlington, 6:15-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 660-4817, laineyrapp@yahoo.com.

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‘NINE’: A film director tries to manage relationships with his wife, mistress, muse, producer and mother in Rob Marshall’s 2009 musical. Cinema 1, Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., 7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 748-2600. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2576. ‘THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN’: André Téchiné’s film focuses on the media blitz that occurs when a young woman concocts a story about an anti-Semitic attack on a Paris train. Cinema 2, Catamount Arts

LAMOILLE VALLEY YEAR-ROUND FARMERS ARTISAN MARKET: Farmers and food producers fill Vermonters’ totes with local and organic dining options, including eggs, cider, seeds and cow cheeses. River Arts Center, Morrisville, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 888-1261, FAMmanager@gmail.com.

health & fitness

‘KEEP THAT SPRING IN YOUR SPINE!’: Rolfer Robert Rex combines Kundalini yoga and Rolf Movement Integration to show folks how to keep their vertebrae happy. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2569. ‘LUNCH & LEARN’ SERIES: Winooski Coalition for a Safe and Peaceful Community hosts Gayle Finkelstein of Fletcher Allen Health Care in a lecture about “Medication Abuse Prevention.” O’Brien Community Center, Winooski, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1392, ext. 10.

kids

‘FRINDLE’: The Griffin Theatre Company portrays the magic of learning in this inventive play about a student’s book report. For grades 3 to 6. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 9:30-10:30 a.m. & noon - 1 p.m. $8.50. Info, 863-5966. KNITTING CLUB: Little ones in third through sixth grades loop soft hats to be sent to the hospital for premature babies. Preregister. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. PETER THE MUSIC MAN: Educator Peter Alsen lets preschoolers try out various instruments at a fun intro to music theory. Colchester Meeting House, 12:30-1 p.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

music

ALIM & FARGANA QASIMOV: A father-daughter team from Azerbaijan produces passionate duets in folk and classical styles. Preconcert talk by Central Asian music specialist Theodore Levin at Room 105, Dartmouth Hall, 6 p.m. Rollins Chapel, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $26. Info, 603646-2422.

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Sunday, March 7, 2-4 p.m., at the Ethan Allen Club in Burlington. $30. Preregister. Info, 862-4943. www.rmh-vermont.org

‘PLAUDERABEND’: Conversationalists with a basic knowledge of the German language put their skills to use over dinner. Lake-View Restaurant, South Burlington, 5:30 p.m. Free; cost of food. Info, 8633305 or 863-5036.

‘HISTORY OF MAPLE SYRUP IN VERMONT’: A screening of Voices From the Sugarwoods follows the story of the sap from the woods to the sugarhouses. After, folks whet their appetites by discussing Betty Ann Lockhart’s book Maple Sugarin’ in Vermont: A Sweet History. Milton Historical Museum, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 893-4546.

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OPEN MIC NIGHT: Local poets, musicians, singers, storytellers and comics unearth hidden talents and step into the limelight. Phoenix Books, Essex, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

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By March, the Vermont winter uniform of puffy down jacket, scarf and snow boots is as played out as parking bans and shoveling. Fashionistas feast their eyes on far more tempting couture this Sunday. “Winter gets a little long here,” says Pam Fenimore, executive director of Burlington’s Ronald McDonald House, “and we thought a Spring Thaw Fashion Show would pique the interests of local ladies.” Models volunteering their time to raise funds for RMH charities — which help support the families of seriously ill children receiving care at the Vermont Children’s Hospital — preview the season’s most stylish duds on the runway. Clay’s, Ecco, Christopher & Banks and CJ Banks supply attire options ranging from weekend casual to dressy. Cello strains from Monique Citro and a round of tea make this an elegant afternoon affair, so bid those UGGs adieu till next year.

INDOOR GARDENING WORKSHOP: Green-thumb guru Peter Burke lays out simple steps for sprouting a mix of salad greens. Preregister. City Market, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $5. Info, 861-9700.

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GERMAN-ENGLISH EXCHANGE: Anglophones practice foreign-language conversation with native speakers of Deutsch, and vice versa. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

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alao KuNg Fu: Martial arts students focus on the form and technique of the Hung Gar style through vigorous conditioning workouts. Fair Haven Fitness, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $6. Info, 265-3470. BurliNgtoN BoMBers roller DerBy New MeMBer orieNtatioN: Speed demons 18 and up show off their skills at a brand-new, coed derby league’s open-recruiting practice session. Odd Fellows Hall, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 735-0624.

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based on the Broadway hit Sunrise at Campobello. Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy, 7 p.m. $33. Info, 748-2600. the coDy riVers show: A comedic duo produces a mishmash of physical theater, dance, music and laughs. The Lamb Abbey, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 229-2200. ‘the VagiNa MoNologues’: Women perform Eve Ensler’s vignettes related to sex, love, rape, menstruation and more at this V-Day benefit production for WISE, Have Justice Will Travel and SAFER— Students Active for Ending Rape. Moore Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $6-12. Info, 603-646-2422.

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‘prophetic oDyssey’: What happened after Moses died? A study group peruses the prophetic writings to quench its thirst for knowledge. Temple Sinai, South Burlington, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5125.

alleN Koop: A historian shares tales about New Hampshire’s only World War II prisoner-of-war camp. Congregational Church, Norwich, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1184.

sarah payNe: This speaker reads a dramatic monologue about the life of Virginia Woolf and the accessibility of her writing. Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-1763.

Dr. Mary chilDers: A memoirist discusses her broken childhood, her path out of poverty and the ethical issues she faced writing about them. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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george DeNNis o’BrieN: Homing in on Kurt Cobain and Nirvana, the former president of Bucknell University and the University of Rochester pinpoints the promise and danger of the world of rock. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. howarD FraNK Mosher: An author shares the daunting challenges of historical fiction in “Transforming History Into Fiction: The Story of a Born Liar.” Rutland Free Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860. JaNe BecK: The director of the Vermont Folklife Center muses on the lasting impact of “Daisy Turner: Native Vermonter and African American Storyteller.” Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 12:15 p.m. Regular admission, $3-5. Info, 656-2090. Michel e. KaBay & DeBorah N. BlacK: A Norwich professor and a neuropsychiatrist discuss the human skill of facial recognition in terms of current security methods. Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University, Northfield, noon. Free. Info, 485-2448. ‘siNgle-payer health care iN VerMoNt’: United Academics, UVM’s faculty union, hosts a lineup of speakers — including Dr. Andy Coates of Physicians for a National Health Program and author Con Hogan — to explore the possibility of affordable “Medicare for All.” Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4171. toNy Magistrale: The chair of UVM’s English department and author of four books on Edgar Allan Poe counts the ways “Why Stephen King Still Matters.” Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

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auDitioNs For ‘a greeN MouNtaiN hoMe coMpaNioN’: Vermonters offer their talents — in singing, dancing, music, comedy and more — for this annual April variety show. Call for time slot. Town Hall Theatre, Woodstock, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3891. ‘DaMascus’: A textbook salesman goes all out to close a deal on a trip to Syria in Northern Stage’s comedy-drama about romance and culture clash. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $25-58. Info, 291-9009, ext. 13.

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‘FDr’: Seven-time Emmy Award winner Ed Asner emulates this iconic president in a one-man drama

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NeighBorhooD plaNNiNg asseMBly: Local residents of Ward 6 tune in for city council news, institutional neighbor reports, updates from the school commissioner and more. Greek Orthodox Church Community Center, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 864-4129.

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‘arts For all’: Instructor Ginny Mullen fosters budding artistes as they shape creative expressions. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. noon. Free. Info, 658-3585.

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social MeDia seMiNar: Internet marketing gurus Joe Mescher and Brian Swichkow delve into tools such as Facebook and Twitter. Howden Hall Community Center, Bristol, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 598-2889.

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eNViroNMeNt & cliMate chaNge series: Clarkson University professor William Vitek maps out a course on environmental ethics. First Congregational Church, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $5 donation includes soup and salad. Info, 862-5010.

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DiNiNg etiquette: Instructor Robert Rolfs illuminates polite table manners. Preregister. Meet at 4:45 p.m. at Room 403A, Sibley Hall, and proceed to Samuel D’s Restaurant at 5:30 p.m. SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 4:45 p.m. Free. Info, 518-5644169. ruMMage sale: Classy vintage clothes and collectibles find new homes at this benefit for the Champlain Valley Christian School. Your Turn Resale Shop, Vergennes, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Free. Info, 877-3640. spaNish-eNglish coNVersatioN group: ¿Qué pasa? Learn more about fellow Spanish speakers at this group foreign tongue foray. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. tax assistaNce: Tax counselors straighten up financial affairs for low- and middle-income taxpayers. Kolvoord Room. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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‘The Cooler’: Beer, wine and cocktails break the ice at this agenda-free mingle fest presented by Seven Days. Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free to Burlington City Arts members; $5 donation. Info, 865-7165.

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‘Fresh’: Foodies snack on munchies while watching a film profiling American farmers and businesspeople who are reinventing the food system. Bugbee Senior Center, White River Junction, 7-9 p.m. $3 donation. Info, 738-3802. ‘halF The sky’: This event captured at New York’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in February features performances inspired by the New York Times bestselling book. Music acts, a screening of Marisa Tomei and Lisa Leone’s “Woineshet” and other celeb appearances celebrate International Women’s Day. Palace Cinema 9, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $12.50. Info, 660-9300. ‘NiNe’: See WED.03, 7 p.m. ‘The Girl oN The TraiN’: See WED.03, 7 p.m. ‘The PiaNisT’: Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski’s film reveals the little-known story of accomplished pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman, who eluded capture during the Holocaust by hiding in occupied Warsaw. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2576. ‘WiNGs’: Larisa Shepitko’s 1966 drama focuses on headmistress Nadezhda Petrovna as she relives her memories as a famous female fighter pilot in World War II. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free with regular admission, $3-5. Info, 656-2090 .

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Pizza & WiNe TasTiNG: Food historian and author Jeff Roberts hosts a tasty yet educational foray into the history of pizza. Diners sample everything from pizza Napoletana to Margherita, paired with vino from southern Italy. Three Tomatoes Trattoria, Burlington, tasting begins at 6 p.m.; dinner at 7:30 p.m. $40. Info, 863-9463, info@churchstreetwinecellars.com.

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‘FooD For ThouGhT’ TeeN GrouP: Pizza sparks discussion of books and movies among new friends. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

MusiC WiTh PeTer: Preschoolers up to age 5 bust out song and dance moves. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. PresChool sToryTiMe: Tots ages 3 to 6 bury their noses in books with read-aloud tales, rhymes, songs and crafts. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

CoFFee house NiGhT: Haunted by Design headline a casual evening of shared tunes. Stearns Student Center, Johnson State College, 9 p.m. Free. Info, 635-2356.

MiCkey MayNarD: The president of the Lake Champlain chapter of Trout Unlimited sparks a conversation about the state of the lake, with regard to its fisheries. Lake Champlain Basin Program Office, Grand Isle, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 372-3213. ‘reGaTTa For lake ChaMPlaiN’ iCeBreaker: Folks get pumped for a summertime sail as Rich Wilson, skipper of the Great American III, shares tales about the 2008-09 Vendée Globe in a multimedia presentation. Doors open at 6 p.m.; show starts at 7. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. $20; cash bar. Info, 658-3023.

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‘DaMasCus’: See WED.03, 7:30 p.m. ‘Dear eDWiNa’: Marcy Edelstein and Lisa Jablow direct this sprightly musical about 13-year-old Edwina Spoonapple’s “advice-giving” operation based in her garage. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 7-9 p.m. $5. Info, 635-1476. ‘hoW To suCCeeD iN BusiNess WiThouT really TryiNG’: Frank Loesser’s musical follows a young window washer skyrocketing up the corporate ladder as he follows a how-to book. See calendar spotlight. Hartman Theatre, Myers Fine Arts Building, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $noon -15. Info, 518-564-2282. ‘ouT oF orDer’: A Labour Junior Minister’s hotel rendezvous with an opposing party’s secretary takes a comic turn when he discovers a dead body waiting for him in the room in the Essex Community Players’ rendition of Ray Cooney’s British romp. Memorial Hall, Essex, 8 p.m. $10-13. Info, 878-9109. ‘The vaGiNa MoNoloGues’: See WED.03, 7 p.m.

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‘a laNGuaGe For liFe’ CirCle: No need to dish out shallow compliments to connect with others; facilitator Sally Dames guides folks in meaningful listening and communication exercises. Unity Church of Vermont, Essex Junction, 6:30-8 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 288-9265. Book DisCussioN series: earTh ToNes: Thomas Berry’s The Great Work: Our Way Into the Future explores how to live in harmony with nature. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 888-2616. ColBy MiliTary WriTers’ syMPosiuM: Five authors — including David Bellavia, Dr. Conrad Crane and Peter Mansoor — lead open forums and lectures relating to “America at the Crossroads: The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.” Visit www.norwich.edu for full schedule and locations. Norwich University, Northfield, 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. $150 for full weekend; $50 for “Meet the Authors” dinner. Info, 485-2631. DyaD CoMMuNiCaTioN: Got something to say? Speak and listen in this back-and-forth night of contemplative conversation.

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arGeNTiNeaN TaNGo: Shoulders back, chin up! With or without partners, dancers of all abilities strut to bandoneón riffs in a self-guided practice session. Salsalina Studio, Burlington, 7:30-10 p.m. $5. Info, 598-1077. BallrooM DaNCe soCial: Singles and couples of all ages learn ballroom, swing and Latin dancing. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, 7-10 p.m. $10-14. Info, 862-2269. DruM & DaNCe: Percussion practice makes perfect for group groovin’ to rhythmic beats. Drum practice starts at 6:30 p.m.; drum and dance begins at 7. Shelburne Town Hall, 6:30-9 p.m. $3. Info, 862-7118, jaswmbrown@gmail.com.

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haiTiaN BeNeFiT DaNCe: Bossman, The Dave Keller Band and The Great Brook Blues Band provide reggae, blues and funky jazz airs for dancefloor action at this fundraiser for Fonkoze, a Haitian nonprofit. Montpelier City Hall, 7-11 p.m. $10 donation. Info, 522-2376. ‘The sTory’: More than 40 Urban Dance Complex movers translate West Side Story to the land of hiphop in this timeless production. See calendar spotlight. Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington, 5:30 p.m. & 8:30 p.m. $13-16. Info, 652-0777.

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eNviroNMeNT NorTheasT FuNDraiser: A screening of Teton Gravity Research’s “Generations,” live airs by bluegrass band Reckless Breakfast and a silent auction raise money for this regional nonprofit tackling climate change and promoting sustainable economies. Upper Valley Event Center, Norwich, 5:30-11 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 603-667-7173.

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volleyBall & GaMe NiGhT: Divorced, widowed or single adults mix and mingle with a potluck dinner and some card games. Essex Alliance Church, 6 p.m. $3. Info, 425-7053.

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‘Dark siDe oF The looN’: Wolcott filmmaker Gail Osherenko’s documentary unveils the secrets of the common loon, such as its disappearance from northern lakes from October to March. Loon biologist for the Vermont Center for Ecostudies Eric Hanson hosts this screening. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7-8:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 229-6206. ‘salT oF This sea’: A Bronx-born woman returns to her family’s roots in Palestine in Annemarie Jacir’s 2008 feature film. A discussion led by Dr. Simona Sharoni, chair of gender and women’s studies, follows. Krinovitz Auditorium, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-5643095, sshar001@plattsburgh.edu. WoMeN’s FilM FesTival: Twenty-five documentaries and feature films made mainly by women from FRI.05

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easTvieW CaBareT series: Guitar whiz Stephen Kiernan doles out original acoustic ditties, from ragtime numbers to lilting Irish ballads. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. $10. Info, 382-9222.

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WiNTer FuN ruN: Snow, schmoe. Joggers of all ages and abilities stretch their legs on a 4- to 5-mile outdoor excursion. Headlamps and reflective gear recommended. Skirack, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3313.

JoaNNa sCoTT: The author introduces listeners to her award-winning novels and stories in an open reading. Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 635-2727, ext. 210.

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‘iTTy BiTTy PuBliC skaTiNG’: Preschoolers and their parents build up courage to conquer the ice as an instructor leads games and activities at this drop-in program. Leddy Park Arena, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $6 per family; $1 skate rentals. Info, 865-7558.

hiGhlaND ski-iN: Lovers of winter convene to ski (and sometimes snowshoe) covered trails. Highland Lodge & XC Center, Greensboro, 9:45 a.m. Free. Info, 533-2647.

Bethany Church, Montpelier, 6:15-9 p.m. $5 donation. Info, 522-5855.

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Lenten Fish Dinners: Soup, fish, veggies and dessert fill the weeks leading up to Easter. St. Monica’s campus cafeteria. Central Vermont Catholic School, Barre, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $6-8; $25 per family of four. Info, 476-5015.

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First Fridays: Health & Wellness Series: Chefs Al and Angel Milligan of Something Special impart advice about breaking up with bad eating habits and developing a healthier lifestyle. St. Johnsbury Food Co-op, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 748-9498.

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‘Pint-Sized Science’: Laboratory learners ages 2 to 7 experiment with stories and hands-on activities. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/ Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. Regular admission, $7.50-9.50. Info, 1-877324-6386. Toddler Time: Little ones ages 1 to 3 get social with books and simple yoga stretches. Preregister. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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Castleton State College Chamber Singers, Middlebury College Choir & St. Michael’s College Chorale: Ninety singers recreate the varied rhythms of Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms — in Hebrew, no less. Grace Congregational Church, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 468-1322. Danú: Working the flute, tin whistle, fiddle, button accordion and bouzouki, this leading Irish ensemble plays up the traditional tunes of its native country. Town Hall Theatre, Woodstock, 7:30 p.m. $35. Info, 457-3981. Haochen Zhang: This 19-year-old Van Cliburn Gold Medalist, who debuted at Shanghai Music Hall at age 5, solos on the piano. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $32-37. Info, 656-4455. Jean-Guihen Queyras & Alexandre Tharaud: A cellopiano duo reinvents works by Debussy, Schubert and Kodály. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $6-24. Info, 4436433. Rachael Rice & The Cosmic Americans: A Montpelier songstress heads up Americana and alt-country covers and original works. River Run Restaurant, Plainfield, 7:3010 p.m. $5 donation. Info, 454-1246. ‘Rock for Haiti’: The Precious Fluids, Eat. Sleep. Funk., and Adrian Aardvark present party funk and indie-folk to raise money for Partners in Health. Coffee Camp, Plattsburgh, 7-10 p.m. $2-5. Info, 518-335-2295. The After Dark Music Series: Grammynominated country-folk songbird Iris Dement presents catchy tunes with a political edge. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7 p.m. $27-30. Info, 388-0216.

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Donna & Joe Watts: Two South Burlingtonians just back from 22 months in Bangalore, India, share impressions of everyday life, historical sites and festivals. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-6764.

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‘Damascus’: See WED.03, 7:30 p.m. ‘Dear Edwina’: See THU.04, 11 a.m. ‘For the Good of Green’: Actress Kathryn Blume’s Flight and The Boycott kick off an evening of musical and theatrical works benefiting the Walden Project Community Garden. Jeff and Fiona Spencer, Ginger Matthews and Chris Wyckoff also share the stage. Vergennes Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $10-20. Info, 349-2077. ‘How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’: See THU.04, 7:30 p.m. Nathan Brady Crain: The local comedian and musician supports the American Cancer Society’s goal of eliminating cancer by heading up an evening of entertainment for ages 18 and up. Proceeds go to Saturday’s Relay for Life NordicStyle. Fireside Tavern, Stowe, 7-10 p.m. $25. Info, 872-6304, jes sica.blais@cancer.org. ‘Out of Order’: See THU.04, 8 p.m. ‘The Café de Cheap Artiste’: This “box cutter cabaret” celebrates thrifty ingenuity (and, of course, cardboard props) through acts by VSA Arts of Vermont’s Awareness Theater Company, Modern Times Theater and Bread & Puppet Theatre. Outer Space, Burlington, 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 660-8526, emily@vsavt.org. ‘West Side Story’: The Sharks and the Jets clash in this twist on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, presented by the senior class as a benefit for Project Graduation. Middlebury Union High School Auditorium, 7 p.m. $8-10. Info, 382-1192.

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Benefit Dance Party: The Horse Traders dole out danceable beats as Vermonters twist and twirl at this fundraiser for the Birth of Innocence Defense Fund. Raffles and a screening of Mac Parker’s Let’s Go to the Farm augment the affair. VFW Hall, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $5; cash bar. Info, 352-4244, obrbri@myfairpoint.net. Montpelier Contra Dance: Rachel Nevitt calls the steps as folks in softsoled shoes move to live airs by Dave Langford and Colin McCaffrey. Capital City Grange, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $8. Info, 744-6163.

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‘Buying, Selling & Refinancing in Today’s Real Estate Market’: First-time and experienced homeowners alike absorb facts about the mortgage approval process, insurance and more from the Real Estate Advisory Council. Preregister. Home Builders and Remodelers Association, Williston, 10 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 878-8732, barb@attaccarealty.com. Foster & Adoptive Parenting Orientation: Adults interested in providing a home to one of the over 1300 Vermont children in foster care learn what it takes to expand their family. Preregister.

Casey Family Services, Winooski, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-6688.

Village Cohousing, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 223-0120.

‘Landscape Design Made Simple’: Big ideas spring to life as experts teach home gardeners techniques for creating beds and borders. Preregister. Gardener’s Supply, Burlington, 9-11 a.m. $10. Info, 660-3505, ext. 14.

Caledonia Winter Farmers Market: Freshly baked goods, stored veggies, beef and maple syrup feature prominently in displays of “shop local” options. Welcome Center, St. Johnsbury, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 592-3088.

Model Railroad Show: Engineers steer miniature trains through more than 120 exhibits and vendors’ booths at this all-ages event. Keep an eye out for the “railroad clown.” Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. $1-5; free for kids under age 6. Info, 878-1135.

Champlain Islands Winter Farmers Market: Shoppers’ totes fill with jellies and preserves, artisan cheeses and baked goods, and cold-weather produce. South Hero Congregational Church, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 372-9769.

Rummage Sale: See THU.04, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Tax Help: AARP’s Tax Aide Service volunteers whip financial affairs into order for seniors and lower-income households. Sign up in advance for a one-hour session. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 9:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Free. Info, 879-7576. Tea & Conversation: An afternoon snacking session accompanies an educational discussion about Fair Trade economics and empowering women around the world. Peace and Justice Center, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345, ext. 2.

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Ben & Jerry’s Winter Festival: A yearly carnival makes full use of the flakes through snowshoe tours, snow bowling, sugar on snow and more. Live tunes by The Growlers and local snacks — including ice cream, of course — finish off the day. Ben & Jerry’s Factory, Waterbury, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free admission; some fees for guided snowshoe tours; donations accepted for the Waterbury Food Shelf. Info, 846-1500.

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‘Beyond 88 Keys’: Susan Bettmann’s documentary delves into local pianist Michael Arnowitt’s music philosophies. A jazz trio featuring Arnowitt himself follows the screening. Big Picture Theater & Café, Waitsfield, 7-10 p.m. $17 for film and music; $8 for film only; $12 for music only. Info, 496-8994. ‘Broken Embraces’: A writer tries to heal 14-yearold wounds — incurred when a car crash cost him his love and his sight — in Pedro Almodóvar’s 2009 drama. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 6:30 & 9 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2576. ‘Gone With the Wind’: Victor Fleming’s Hollywood classic follows a heated love affair swept up in the Civil War. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $5-7. Info, 603-646-2576. ‘Once in Afghanistan’: Jill Vickers and Jody Bergedick’s 70-minute film recounts the impressions of returned Peace Corps volunteers who helped vaccinate against smallpox there in the 1960s. Brown Dog Books & Gifts, Hinesburg, 7 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 482-5189.

‘Chocolate by the Pound’: Chocoholics swarm to this all-you-can-eat extravaganza benefiting the Franklin County Humane Society. A silent jewelry auction and tunes by the Fiddleheads accompany the sugar-fest. St. Albans Historical Museum, 2-5 p.m. $15-20. Info, 524-9650. Coffee Tasting & Slide Show: Caffeine junkies sample six varieties, learning what flavor characteristics can be attributed to different growing regions, after host George Howell explains “The Long Road to Quality: From Seed to Cup.” Preregister. Coffee Enterprises, Burlington, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. $15. Info, 865-4480. ‘Cooking Outside the Box’: Chef Ryan O’Malley of Elements Food and Spirit prepares sample dishes while focusing on using affordable local meats and veggies. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 10 a.m. - noon. $5 donation. Info, 748-2600. Montpelier Winter Farmers Market: Root veggies, honey, cheese and prepared international foods change hands at a biweekly, off-season celebration of area edibles, accompanied by a workshop on stretching your food dollars. Alumni Hall Gymnasium, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2958, manager@montpelierfarmersmarket.com. Rutland Winter Farmers Market: Wintertime produce joins handcrafted soaps, wood creations and other novelties at this weekly local bazaar. Old Strand Theater, Rutland, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 438-9803. Shelburne Winter Farmers Market: Twentyfive vendors peddle fresh veggies, fruits, flowers, eggs and meat, along with baked goods and unique Vermont crafts. Shelburne Town Gym, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2472. Sugar on Snow: Hardened maple syrup edibles usher in spring at an outdoor party. Palmer’s Sugarhouse, Shelburne, noon - 4 p.m. $4; free to watch. Info, 985-5054. ‘Top Banana Bread’: Bakers go bananas in this judged loaf competition, followed by prizes and feasting. Grange Hall, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0782.

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‘Chakra 101’: Folks curious about chakra balancing attend an informal class to learn about healing through the human energy field. Preregister. Rushford Family Chiropractic, South Burlington, noon - 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7401.

‘Trouble the Water’: This 2008 documentary filmed by an aspiring rap artist and her husband chronicles their retreat to higher ground during Hurricane Katrina, and highlights the heroics of selfdescribed street hustlers. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

‘Stages of Senior Care’: Karen Koechlein of Home Instead Senior Care walks listeners through the pages of a book detailing smart steps for elder care. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 598-0393.

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Burlington Cohousing Potluck: Community members bring a dish to share as they meet, mingle and learn about collaborative living. East

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Old-FashiOned Winter Carnival: Tiny ones ages 2 to 7 relish indoor amusements, such as the ring toss, face painting and Joey the Clown. University Mall, South Burlington, noon - 3 p.m. Free. Info, 863-1066, ext. 11. ‘Pint-sized sCienCe’: See FRI.05, 11 a.m. saturday stOries: Picture books bring tall tales to life for youngsters. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

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CastletOn state COllege Chamber singers, middlebury COllege ChOir & st. miChael’s COllege ChOrale: See FRI.05, Chapel of Saint Michael the Archangel, Colchester, 3 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 468-1322. glengarry bhOys: Celtic roots music with a contemporary edge comes from this popular Canadian group. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 8 p.m. $16. Info, 518-523-2512. Jeanne & the hi-tOPs: A high-energy fusion of reggae, soul, R&B, Tex-Mex and other vibrant musical styles by this Vermont septet keeps dancers on their toes. Tunbridge Town Hall, 8-11 p.m. $8. Info, 889-9602. master Class With haOChen zhang: Audiences watch three advanced piano students selected from the Burlington area polish up on the ivories with a Van Cliburn gold medalist. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4455. miChael smith: This singer-songwriter wraps up an open mic session at a casual, coffee house-style evening. Ripton Community House, 7:30 p.m. $3-8. Info, 388-9782. PantOn Flats & Justin levinsOn: A local band produces a Motowncountry-rock blend and a regional singer-songwriter executes pop-laced original tunes at this dance-filled benefit for a new sprinkler system. Vergennes Opera House, 8 p.m. $8; cash bar. Info, 877-6737.

‘sOngs FOr the earth’: Local musicians perform songs penned on the shores of Lake Champlain by Sam Guarnaccia and J. Philip Newell. Mount St. Mary’s Chapel, Burlington, 7 p.m. $15-20. Info, 8622202 or 863-5966.

the FOrte string Quartet: A musical foursome creates classical airs on the violin, viola and cello. South Congregational Church, St. Johnsbury, 7:30 p.m. $6-16. Info, 748-8012.

‘bOltOn tO the barns’: Experienced backcountry skiers embark on an 11- to 17-mile course in the hills to benefit the programs of the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps. Post-ski chilling out includes

sleigh rides: Weather permitting, jingling horses trot visitors over the snow on a wintry tour of rolling acres. Rides depart every half-hour from the Welcome Center. Shelburne Farms, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. $6-8; free for kids under 3. Info, 985-8442. ‘tOur de blueberry’: Guides from the Catamount Trail Association show snow lovers around the ski area. Blueberry Hill Ski Center, Goshen, 10 a.m. $15 donation includes daylong trail pass and soup. Info, 247-6735, ski@blueberryhillinn.com.

alaO Kung Fu: See WED.03, 11 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. ‘Pig raCe’ & POtluCK: Cross-country skiers push off around the center’s signature trails before filling up on a pig-roast dinner and shared side dishes. Blueberry Hill Ski Center, Goshen, noon. $5. Info, 247-6735, ski@blueberryhillinn.com. relay FOr liFe nOrdiCstyle: Participating teams traverse circles overnight on skis, snowshoes or boots to raise funds for cancer research and patient support. Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, March 6, 6 p.m. - March 7, 8 a.m. Donations, free to watch. Info, 872-6304.

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sKi & snOWshOe: Winter athletes traipse through snow-covered grounds solo or on a staff-led tour, topped off with hot chocolate and doughnuts back at the “warming hut.” Weather permitting. Shelburne Museum, 10 a.m. - noon. Free for members; members are allowed to bring guests. Info, 985-3346, ext. 3349, ktitterton@shelburnemuseum.org.

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nebrasKa nOtCh tO taylOr lOdge lOOP: A 5-mile intermediate ski excursion provides an exhilarating run through the woods. Preregister. Call for meeting spot. Various locations, Underhill, 9 a.m. Free; cost of trails. Info, 635-2418.

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Camel’s humP tOur: Skiers crest the Huntington Gap and explore the western portion of Camel’s Hump State Park on a strenuous 10-mile outing. Preregister. Call for meeting spot. Various locations, Waitsfield, 9 a.m. Free; cost of trails. Info, 660-0971, pdemers@vmec.org.

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food, drinks and a bonfire. Bolton Valley Nordic Center, 7:15 a.m. - 6 p.m. $50 for tour; $15 for aprèsski eats. Info, 434-3969, ext. 110.

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to offer. Writer-director Rob Perez, ‘95, and producer Damien Saccani, ‘96, lead a Q&A follow-up. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

Auditions for ‘A Green Mountain Home Companion’: See WED.03, 9:30 a.m. - noon. ‘Damascus’: See WED.03, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. ‘Dear Edwina’: See THU.04, 7-9 p.m. ‘FDR’: Seven-time Emmy Award winner Ed Asner emulates this iconic president in a one-man drama based on the Broadway hit Sunrise at Campobello. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $32-50. Info, 863-5966. ‘How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’: See THU.04, 7:30 p.m. ‘Out of Order’: See THU.04, 8 p.m. ‘Piecework: When We Were French’: Vermont playwright and actor Abby Paige commands a one-woman show telling the stories of 10 vivid Franco-American characters. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 8 p.m. $17. Info, 382-9222. ‘West Side Story’: See FRI.05, 7 p.m.

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Howard Frank Mosher: Tales of wilderness adventure, mystery and love in the time of the Civil War fill the author’s latest book, Walking to Gatlinburg, which is featured at this book signing. Phoenix Books, Essex, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111. ‘Intro to Screenwriting’: Got a dream for the big screen? MFA grad student Tommy Walsh provides a forum for learning the mechanics and sharing writing projects. Preregister. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211, thomas.walsh@goddard.edu. ‘Poetry Out Loud’ State Finals: Students from all over the state present polished spoken word performances. Noble Hall and College Hall Chapel, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 828-3778.

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Academy Awards Party: Faux paparazzi and a limo ride set the mood for this large-scale screening of the 82nd Oscars. Revolution, White River Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 295-6487. Pause Café: Novice and fluent French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5088. Spring Thaw Fashion Show & Tea: Trendy wear from Christopher & Banks, CJ Banks, Ecco and other vendors appears on the catwalk in this annual benefit for Ronald McDonald House charities. See calendar spotlight. Preregister. Ethan Allen Club, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. $30. Info, 862-4943. ‘The Work That Reconnects’: Facilitator Carol Chamberlin leads participants in discussion and exercises that reveal effective actions to address current world issues. Town Hall, Moretown, 1-5 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 522-9339, connect@madriver.com.

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‘Nobody’: An art school sculptor searches for inspiration amid the different social scenes contemporary Minneapolis has

food & drink

Sugar on Snow: See SAT.06, noon - 4 p.m.

health & fitness

‘Chakra 201’: Folks learn to sail through environmental stresses by harnessing the power of their energy fields. Rushford Family Chiropractic, South Burlington, 2-5 p.m. $25. Info, 860-7401. Nia Master Class: Trainer Casey Bernstein hosts an aerobic fitness routine focusing on agility, adaptability and joy. South End Studio, Burlington, 1-2:30 p.m. $15. Info, 540-0044. Power Yoga: Yogis execute sun salutations and backbends to build strength, balance and flexibility. The Confluence, Montpelier, 8 a.m. $12. Info, 5782994.

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Auditions for ‘Annie’: From “Tomorrow” to “It’s the Hard-Knock Life,” little ones ages 7 to 18 with big voices try to secure stage roles. Call for time slot. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 12:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 431-0204, outreach@chandler-arts.org. ‘Click Clack Moo’: TheatreworksUSA puts on a mooving production about farm animals that voice their complaints — in writing. Moore Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 3 p.m. $10-15. Info, 603-646-2422. Family Show Workshop: Kids go behind the scenes of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, meeting the stage crew and artists after the show. Preregister. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 1:30-2:30 p.m. $15 per adult/child pair. Info, 863-5966. Lollipop Ski Race: Young skiers don racing bibs for a fun zip down the “Mighty Mite” hill, with encouragement from bystanders, including Olympians Marilyn and Barbara Ann Cochran. Cochran’s Ski Area, Richmond, 1-2:30 p.m. Free with purchase of a $14 youth day pass; includes postrace lollipop. Info, 434-2479. ‘Pint-Sized Science’: See FRI.05, 11 a.m.

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Altan: This traditional Irish band hits energetic reels and jigs as well as softer, old-time melodies. Lebanon Opera House, Lebanon, 7:30 p.m. $28. Info, 603-448-0400. Castleton State College Chamber Singers, Middlebury College Choir & St. Michael’s College Chorale: See FRI.05, Mead Chapel, Middlebury College, 3 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 468-1322. Harp Celebration: Evergreen Erb, Susan Reit, Joan Bowkar and others pluck sweet notes from this stringed instrument. Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 899-4962. Ignat Solzhenitsyn: A Vermont-raised pianist and the music director of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia engages his fingers in an all-Schubert program. Barre Opera House, 3 p.m. $10-26. Info, 476-8188. Lenten Concert: Dr. William Tortolano headlines an evening of organ music and Gregorian chant. Saint Catherine of Siena Church,

Shelburne, 3 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 9853257. Northeast Fiddlers Association: Stringedinstrument players gather for a monthly “meet and jam” to brush up on their skills. Knights of Columbus Hall, Barre, noon - 5 p.m. Donations accepted. Info, 728-5188. Piano Recital: The students of music department affiliate Natasha Koval-Paden present an all-Chopin concert to mark the Polish composer’s 200th birthday. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. The Grace Church Festival Choir: Rip Jackson directs a choral ensemble in joyful a cappella spirituals and gospel music. Drum Journeys of the Earth and The Studio Bliss African Dancers join in. Preconcert African drumming, 6:45 p.m. Grace Congregational Church, Rutland, 7 p.m. Donations accepted for the New Start Orphanage in Zimbabwe. Info, 775-4301.

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Sleigh Rides: See SAT.06, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

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Relay for Life NordicStyle: See SAT.06. Women’s Drop-In Soccer: Ladies — and sometimes gents — break a sweat while passing around the spherical polyhedron at this coed-friendly, noncompetitive gathering. Miller Community and Recreation Center, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. $3. Info, 540-1058.

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‘The Irish in Vermont’: The Chittenden County Historical Society highlights the history of Emerald Isle natives in the Green Mountain State. Bill McKone, author of Vermont’s Irish Rebel, gives the scoop on Civil War hero Capt. John Lonergan, and traditional music abounds. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 425-2634 or 863-5155.

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Origami Class: Don Shall of Paperworks shows paper folders how to fashion colorful figurines. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 658-3585.

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Basic Computer Course: Folks in need of some technology tutelage sign up for a tailored 30-minute slot with a computer expert. Champlain Senior Center, McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 9-11 a.m. $3 donation. Info, 658-3585. English Conversation Group: Anglophones offer chatty practice to nonnative learners of their mother tongue. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. Film & Discussion: Viewers catch a short flick from the website ted.com (Technology, Entertainment, Design), which compiles thoughtprovoking “ideas worth spreading.” KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. International Women’s Day: Vermonters convene for a bring-your-own-banner march to the Unitarian Church, where a Congolese play, food, crafts and informative presentations abound. Organized by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. Burlington City Hall, 5 p.m.; march begins at 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 488-4920. Japanese Conversation Group: Folks swap sentences in a distant dialect at this language exchange. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. Tax Assistance: See THU.04, 9-11:15 a.m. ‘The Herbalist Hour’: Herbalist Alyssa Doolittle of Mayflower Herb Farm resolves queries about all things green. St. Johnsbury Food Co-op, 3:45-4:45 p.m. Free. Info, 748-9498.

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Essex Improv Team: A group specializing in offthe-cuff interpretations creatively mimics various contraptions. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 2 p.m. Regular admission, $7.50-9.50. Info, 877-324-6386.

‘Herbal Support for a Healthy Nervous System’: Folks learn proper use of medicinal plants to cure conditions such as anxiety, depression and sleeplessness. Preregister. City Market, Burlington, noon - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 861-9700.

‘How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’: See THU.04, 2 p.m.

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‘Itty Bitty Public Skating’: See THU.04, 10-11 a.m.

‘Out of Order’: See THU.04, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar & Other Eric Carle Favourites’: Whimsical illustrations for children come alive in three sweet vignettes involving black light, original music and large-scale puppets, presented by the Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 3 p.m. $15-18. Info, 8635966.

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Tal Birdsey: The author of A Room for Learning: The Making of a School in Vermont tells the story of a group of local parents founding Ripton’s North Branch School in 2001. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

‘Music With Mia’: Tots form a circle for a special story hour with some sing-along tunes. Meet in the JCPenney Court. University Mall, South Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 863-1066, ext. 11. Music with Peter: See THU.04, 10:45 a.m. ‘Pint-Sized Science’: See FRI.05, 11 a.m. Preschool Storytime: See THU.04, 1010:45 a.m.

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Champlain Echoes Open Rehearsals: The women’s barbershop quartet shows off its four-part vocals. All females of all ages can chime in. Pines Mon.08

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Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 6:309:30 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0071.

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Burlington Bombers Roller Derby New Member Orientation: See WED.03, 7-9 p.m. Coed Dodgeball: Players break a sweat chucking and side-stepping foam balls at this friendly competition. Orchard School, South Burlington, 6:25-7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 598-8539.

talks

Lloyd Simons: This mathematics professor puts two and two together in “A Gentle Introduction to P-adic Numbers.” Room 101, Cheray Science Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

words

‘Her-Stories’: Group members swap stories of females who have inspired them in this program celebrating Women’s History Month. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. Marjorie Cady Memorial Writers Group: Budding wordsmiths improve their craft through “homework” assignments, creative exercises and sharing. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10 a.m. noon. Free. Info, 388-2926, cpotter935@comcast. net. Poetry Writing Workshop: Creators of verse improve their work. Preregister. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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‘Frosty & Friends Therapy Dogs’: Young readers share their favorite texts with friendly pooches. Preregister. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. ‘Pint-Sized Science’: See FRI.05, 11 a.m. Storytime With a Twist: Young explorers discover the wonders of the natural world through books and imaginative play. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. Regular admission, $7.50-9.50. Info, 1-877-324-6386. Toddler Storytime: Little ones ages 18 to 35 months get cozy listening to stories, singing nursery rhymes and playing games with new buds. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

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Green Drinks: Activists and professionals for a cleaner environment raise a glass over networking and discussion. The Skinny Pancake, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 262-2253.

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AARP Safe Driver Course: Motor vehicle operators ages 50 and up take a quick trip to the classroom — with no tests and no grades! — for a how-to refresher. St. Albans Senior Center, 12:15-4:15 p.m. $noon -14. Info, 483-6335. ‘Mali Weave for Drum Making’: Percussion enthusiasts work with knots, hoops and rings to revive or create traditional instruments. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7-8:30 p.m. $20. Info, 748-2600, ext.106. Pause Café: Novice and fluent French speakers brush up on their linguistics — en français. Borders Books & Music, Burlington, 6:308 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5088.

Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5743.

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Matthew Dickerson: A professor of computer science dives into myths and fantasy in “Wendell Berry, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Dangers of a Technological Mindset.” Farrell Room, St. Edmund’s Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, noon. Free. Info, 654-2536.

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Book Club Discussion: Bookworms mull over Helen Benedict’s The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq. Amnesty Room, Angell College Center, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-3095.

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‘Cafecito’ Hour: Artist-activist Guillermo GómezPeña presents tidbits of “Multiple Journeys,” which summarizes his years exploring border culture and immigration through performance art, at this open discussion hour. Dance Studio,

Alao Kung Fu: See WED.03, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Burlington Bombers Roller Derby New Member Orientation: See WED.03, 7-9 p.m.

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‘Conversations’ Series: Vermont Public Television host Fran Stoddard interviews Middlebury professor of dance and environmental studies Andrea Olsen about the roles of spirituality and nature in her art. All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3346, ext. 3349, ktitterton@shelburnemuseum.org.

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‘Deepening Our Spirituality’: Folks focus on faith in the context of community, worship, music and more in this monthly discussion group. All Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 985-3819.

‘World War II: American Perceptions & Historical Realities’: This lecture investigates Americans’ beliefs about the causes, consequences and lessons of the war, bringing to light the possible ethnocentric views that distort its history. Town & Country Resort, Stowe, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 253-9011.

Abraham-Hicks Study Group: See WED.03, 6-7:30 p.m.

Embroiderers’ Guild Meeting: Needle workers check out the sewing projects of their peers, and get a little stitching done in the process. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 879-0198. Italian Conversation Group: Parla Italiano? A native speaker leads a language practice for all ages and abilities. Room 101, St. Edmund’s Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 899-3869. Knit Night: Crafty needle workers (crocheters, too) share their talents and company as they give yarn a makeover. Phoenix Books, Essex, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

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‘Life in Washington County’: A documentary created by Sen. Bill Doyle’s history class at Johnson State College and Vince Franke of Peregrine Productions explores life in the early 20th century through interviews with 18 longtime area residents. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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Adult Pickup Volleyball: Players begin a rally over the net at this fun court game. Gymnasium. Edmunds Middle School, Burlington, 7-9:30 p.m. $3. Info, 864-5088.

The Anthony Geraci Sextet: The ensemble plays smooth jazz standards off their latest album, The Gift. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 8-10 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1476.

Visual Presentation & Lecture: A PowerPoint show illuminates the Gnostic perspective on “The Christian Mystery of Initiation.” 6 Fairfield Hill Road, St. Albans, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 524-9706, vermont@ goldenrosycross.org.

Rotary Club of Essex: See WED.03, 12:101:30 p.m.

John Hiatt: A rock musician presents his latest album, The Open Road, backed by a threeman band. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $35-59. Info, 603-448-0400.

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‘A Concert for St. Patrick’: An assortment of performance groups — including The Highland Weavers, McFadden Academy of Irish Dance, the Celtic Knights and The Fiddleheads — celebrate with Irish dance and music to benefit the Tom Sustic Fund and Catholic Relief Services. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. $8; free for St. Michael’s students and children under 12. Info, 654-2536.

IAJE High School Jazz Festival: The Vermont chapter of the International Association of Jazz Education brings student groups and the Vermont Jazz Ensemble onstage. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5 donation. Info, 863-5966.

‘Intro to Waldorf Education’: Orchard Valley Waldorf School teachers Melora Kennedy and Deborah Bogart exhibit samples of student work and discuss the coursework of kids in preschool through eighth grade. Preregister. Waterbury Public Library, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 456-7400.

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Laughter Yoga: What’s so funny? Giggles burst out as gentle aerobic exercise and yogic breathing meet unconditional laughter to enhance physical, emotional and spiritual health and wellbeing. Miller Community and Recreation Center, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 355-5129.

Alloy Orchestra: A three-man ensemble presents spooky musical accompaniment to F. W. Murnau’s classic silent film Nosferatu. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 8-10 p.m. $10. Info, 635-1476.

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Western-Style Square Dance: This south Texan style of dance provides group exercise through a rotation of couples-based steps. Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, South Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2012 or 878-2485.

‘Intro to Nutrition Response Testing’: Expose the underlying causes of common health concerns through this noninvasive analysis — and learn what to chow down for your body to heal itself. Healthy Living, South Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2569.

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Lamoille Valley Year-Round Farmers Artisan Market: See WED.03, 3-7 p.m.

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Babytime: Crawling tots and their parents group up with comrades for playtime and sharing. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 876-7147. Knitting Club: See WED.03, 3-4 p.m. Pajama Storytime: Comfy-clothed kiddos get a bedtime tale and snack. Preregister. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 876-7147. Peter the Music Man: See WED.03, 12:30-1 p.m. ‘Pint-Sized Science’: See FRI.05, 11 a.m.

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‘Aha! James Naismith, Creator of Basketball’: Actor Robert Cheney illustrates how the founder of the popular sport invented the game at Springfield College after overcoming humble beginnings. Charlotte Senior Center, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 425-6345. ‘Shipwrecked!’: Louis de Rougemont’s adventures stranded off the coast of Australia in the 1890s come to life in this production by Vermont Stage Company. See calendar spotlight. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $24.30-32.50. Info, 863-5966.

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‘Prophetic Odyssey’: See WED.03, 11:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. ‘You Come, Too’: Spend winter lingering on the cultivated lines of selected British poets, from John Donne to T.S. Eliot, with Peter Gilbert’s readings and discussion. Vermont Humanities Council, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 262-2626. m

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activism/ advocacy BE AN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST: Sep. 6, 2010 - Sep. 5., 2011. Location: IICD Michigan, 56968 Dailey Rd. , Dowagiac. Info: IICD Michigan, Anthony Nugent, 510-734-6777, anthony@cctg.org. Participate in a 12-month training/action program in the U.S. and the Caribbean. Fight global warming by mobilizing and assisting families and communities to improve their economy and install inexpensive and clean energy supplies.

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bodywork ORTHO-BIONOMY, 16 CEUS: Mar. 20-21. Cost: $275/16 CEUs, $250 if paid by March 1. Location: Touchstone Healing Arts, Burlington. Info: Dianne Swafford, 802-734-1121, swaf fordperson@hotmail.com. Ortho-Bionomy is a gentle, deeply effective noninvasive body therapy, which is effective with both acute and chronic conditions including whiplash, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, migraine and other headaches. Ortho-Bionomy is used to reduce tension, improve structural alignment and restore well-being. Ortho-Bionomy is compatible with other healing systems.

burlington city arts CLAY: WHEEL-THROWING I: Mar. 29 - May. 24, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Monday. Cost: $235/$211.50 BCA members (clay sold seperately at $20/25 lb. bag, glazes and firings). Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. No experience necessary! Work primarily on the potter’s wheel learning basic throwing and forming techniques. Projects may include vases, mugs, plates and bowls. Students will also be guided through the various finishing techniques using the studio’s house slips and glazes. Over 20 hrs./week of open studio time to practice. Limit: 12. CLAY: WHEEL-THROWING II: Mar. 23 - May. 4, 7-9:30 p.m., Weekly on Tuesday. Cost: $235/$211.50 BCA members (clay sold seperately at $20/25 lb. bag, glazes and firings).

Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. In this mixed-level class, students will learn individualized tips and challenges for advancement on the wheel. Demonstrations and instruction will cover throwing, trimming and glazing techniques. Students must be proficient in centering and throwing basic cups and bowls. Over 20 hrs./week of open studio time to practice. Limit: 12. Prerequisite: Proficiency in centering and throwing basic cups and bowls. DESIGN: ADOBE IN-DESIGN: Apr. 1 - May. 6, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Thursday. Cost: $140/$126 BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center, Burlington. Learn the basics of Adobe In-Design, with which you can develop further skills and become proficient, using this powerful digital layout program. This class is suited for beginners who are interested in furthering their design software skills. This class will be taught on a Mac with InDesign CS4. Limit: 6. JEWELRY: ENAMELING: Apr. 6 - May 11, 6-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Tuesday. Cost: $180/$162 BCA members. Location: BCA Print & Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington. This class is for students who have some prior metalsmithing experience. Enameling is a very old process used to adhere thin layers of glass to metal. Learn different enameling techniques on copper and silver using a small jewelry kiln. Copper and some enamels will be provided. Limit: 5. PAINTING: WATERCOLOR: Apr. 7 - May 12, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Wednesday. Cost: $135/$121.50 BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center, Burlington. This class will focus on observational painting from still life, figure, landscape and photos. Students will paint on watercolor paper stretched on board or watercolor blocks and will gain experience with composition, color theory, layering, light and shade. Class may move outdoors to paint en-plein-air on nice days! Limit: 12. PAINTING II: Apr. 6 - May. 18, 6:30-9 p.m., Weekly on Tuesday. Cost: $180/$162 BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center, Burlington. This six-week class is an extension of Drawing and Painting and/or a class for painters who’d like to further develop

their painting skills. This class will have a balance of studio time, group discussion and critique. BCA will provide glass palettes, easels, painting trays and drying racks. Limit: 10. PAINTING: ABSTRACT PAINTING: Apr. 1 - May. 13, 6:309 p.m., Weekly on Thursday. Cost: $180/$162 BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center, Burlington. Explore the many exciting possibilities of abstract painting. Using the paint of their choice (water-soluble oils, acrylics or watercolor), students will be encouraged to experiment and try adding other mixed media. Learn from each other and discuss techniques and ideas in supportive critique. Limit: 10. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP BASICS: Apr. 6 - May. 11, 6-9 p.m., Weekly on Tuesday. Cost: $250/$225 BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center, Burlington. Gain confidence working in Adobe Photoshop in this six week class. Uploading images into Adobe Bridge, use of Camera Raw, image correction tools such as color and white balance correction, brightness/contrast, layers and much more will be covered. Bring a portable flash drive or hard drive with your images to the first class. Limit: 6. Prerequisite: Intro to the 35MM Film or Digital SLR or equivalent experience. PHOTO: INTRO TO 35MM FILM/ DIGITAL CAMERA: Mar. 24 - Apr. 28, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Wednesday. Cost: $145/130.50 BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center, Burlington. Explore the basic workings of the manual 35mm film or digital SLR camera to learn how to take photographs. Demystify f-stops, shutter speeds and exposure, and learn the basics of composition, lens choices and film types/ sensitivity. Bring an empty manual 35mm film or digital SLR camera and owners manual. No experience necessary. Limit: 15. PHOTO: MIXED-LEVEL DARKROOM: Mar. 17 - May 5, 6-9 p.m., Weekly on Wednesday.

Cost: $250/$225 BCA members. Location: Firehouse Center’s Community Darkroom, Burlington. Take your work to the next level in this eight-week class! Guided sessions to help you improve your printing and film-processing techniques and discussion of the technical and aesthetic aspects of your work will be included. Cost includes a darkroom rental for the duration of the class. Limit: 6. Prerequisite: Intro to Black and White Film and the Darkroom or equivalent experience

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craft DOLL MAKING WORKSHOP: Mar. 6, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Cost: $65. Location: Lake Champlain Waldorf School, Shelburne. Info: 802-985-5440. Learn the process of making a dress-up doll from natural materials. Participants will leave with a doll that just needs the hair finished and clothing. This is an opportunity to create a special gift, an enlivened toy for a lucky child. Some hand-sewing experience necessary. All materials provided. Limited to 10 people. Open for adults or older children.

dance BALLET & NATURAL BODY MOVEMENT: New for March! Thurs., 6:45, Ballet Barre and Stretch; Mon., 6:45, combination class for Natural Body Movement and Ballet. Cost: $9.50/ballet; $14.25/combination class w/ class card. Location: Natural Bodies Pilates, 49 Heineberg Dr. (Rt.

127, just over the bridge from Burlington’s New North End), Colchester. Info: 802-863-3369, lucille@naturalbodiespilates. com, NaturalBodiesPilates. com. Take pure ballet barre, or combine ballet with Natural Body Movement to advance your practice of expressive movement through the lens of Bartenieff and Laban Movement Analysis with Lucille Dyer CMA. Feel good, breathe well, move with ease. Private and small-group movement and analysis sessions are available by appointment. BALLROOM DANCE CLASSES: Location: The Champlain Club, Burlington. Info: First Step Dance, 802-598-6757, kevin@ firststepdance.com, www. FirstStepDance.com. Beginning classes repeat each month, and intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no partner is necessary. Come alone, or come with friends, but come out and dance! DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Cost: $13/class. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 802-598-1077, info@ salsalina.com. Salsa classes, nightclub-style. One-on-one, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Argentinean Tango class and social, Fridays, 7:30 p.m., walk-ins welcome. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout! SUMMER DANCE CAMPS & CLASSES: July 5 - Aug. 21. Location: Spotlight On Dance, 50 San Remo Dr., S. Burlington. Info: 802-865-7626. Kids mini dance camps for ages 3-7. Theme-based camps for ages 8-12. Adult beginner ballet and tap. Teen classes, hip-hop, lyrical jazz, tap, ballet, musical theater. Kids weeklong dance intensive and musical theater “glee” camp. All with friendly, caring, com-

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dreams EMBODIED DREAMWORK: Cost: $160/series of eight 1.5-hour individual sessions. Free trail session. Location: Burlington. Info: Janis Comb MA, certified Embodied Dream Imagery Practitioner, 802-522-3698. A method originated by Jungian analyst Robert Bosnak. One is guided back into the dream through a series of questions that help one explore the dream images using the body as a container for holding many different, often conflicting feelings. By holding these conflicting states simultaneously one can experience profound therapeutic effects.

drumming BURLINGTON TAIKO CLASSES: Location: Taiko Space (across from Outer Space Deli), 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Burlington Taiko, 802-6580658, classes@burlingtontaiko. org, www.burlingtontaiko.com. Beginning classes in Burlington! Tuesdays - Kids, 4:30-5:20 p.m., $54/7 weeks. Adults 5:30-6:20 p.m., $61/7 weeks. Session began 11/3. Advanced Beginner/Ensemble class meets weekly on Mondays at 5:306:50 p.m., $61/7 weeks, began 11/2. Beginning taiko classes in Montpelier! Wednesdays, 7:00-8:20 p.m., $90/6 weeks, began 11/4, includes drum rental at AllTogetherNow. In Richmond on Thursdays, call for times and location. Djembe classes in Montpelier, Wednesdays, 5:006:20 p.m., $90/6 weeks, began 11/4, includes drum rental at Lamb Abbey (www.thelambab bey.com). Gift certificates are available. For a full schedule of classes or more info, go online or email.

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jewelry Jewelry classes: Mar. 8-29, 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Weekly on Monday, Tuesday. Cost: $140/ month. Location: Alchemie, 2 Howard St., A1, Burlington. Info: jane frank jewellerydesign, jane frank, 802-999-3242, info@ janefrank.de, www.janefrank. de. Learn how to make your own jewelery with a German, trained goldsmith in a fully equipped studio in town. You will learn basic techniques but also be able to specialize for certain projects you choose. Capacity: 5 students. Mondays: 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. and 6-8:30 p.m., beginning March 8 (4x). Tuesdays: 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. and 6-8:30 p.m., beginning March 9 (4x).

kids Kid’s Dance and Yoga Classes: Weekly on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday. 6-, 8- and 10-week sessions vary in price depending on class. See website or call for details. Location: South End Studio, 696 Pine St., Burlington. Info: 802540-0044, sabrina@southend studiovt.com. We are offering a variety of kid’s classes this spring: Hip-Hop for ages 3-12; Parent and Tot Creative Dance, ages 2.5-5 (younger siblings can attend at no additional charge); Pre-Ballet (ages 4 and 5) and Creative Ballet (6-8); Yoga and Meditation (8-11); Kung Fu (5+). Preregistration required.

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Private Spanish Lessons: By appointment. Cost: $15/hour. Location: My home, Malletts Bay area, Colchester. Info: Edith Pilares, 802-233-5390, ehdit pilares@hotmail.com. Students of all skills are welcome. I am Peruvian and will be hosting private lessons in my home. I can help in preparing for an upcoming trip to a foreign country, with Spanish homework or just those interested in improving their Spanish. References available.

martial arts AIKIDO Classes: Location: Vermont Aikido, 274 N. Winooski Ave. (2nd floor), Burlington. Info: Vermont Aikido, 802-8629785, robert@robertrichtax. com, www.vermontaikido.org. Aikido 101: Join us for this free class! Our free “Introduction to Aikido” hour begins at 9 a.m. on the 3rd Saturday of each month. Please bring or wear loose-fitting exercise clothing and plan to arrive 15 minutes before the session begins to register. This class is a nonstrenuous introduction to basic movement and training, open to anyone interested in learning more about Aikido. AIKIDO Classes: Adult introductory classes begin on Tuesday, March 2, at 5:30 p.m. Visitors are always welcome! Location: Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine Street, Burlington (across from Conant Metal and Light), Burlington. Info: 802-951-8900, aikidovt.org. Aikido is a dynamic Japanese martial art that promotes physical and mental harmony through the use of breathing exercises, aerobic conditioning, circular movements, and pinning and throwing techniques. We also teach sword/ staff arts and knife defense. Adult classes 7 days a week. The Samurai Youth Program provides scholarships for children and teenagers, ages 8-18.

Asian Bodywork Open House: Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, Suite 109, Essex Junction. Info: Elements of Healing, Scott Moylan, 802288-8160, elementsofhealing@ verizon.net. Elements of Healing will have an open house for our Asian Bodywork Therapy 500hour program. This program will start in September 2010. Please call to reserve your place for the open house on Sat., March 27, from 1-3 p.m. Check our website for program information: www. elementsofhealing.net. Asian Bodywork Therapy Program: Cost: $5,000/500hour program. Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, Suite 109, Essex Junction. Info: Elements of Healing, Scott Moylan, 802-288-8160, elementsofhealing@verizon.net, www.elementsofhealing.net. This program teaches two forms of Oriental massage, Amma and Shiatsu. We will explore Oriental medicine theory and diagnosis as well as the body’s meridian system, acupressure points, Yin Yang and 5-Element Theory. Additionally, 100 hours of Western anatomy and physiology will be taught. Program starting September 2010.

meditation LEARN TO MEDITATE: Meditation instruction available Sunday mornings, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., or by appointment. The Shambhala Cafe meets the first Saturday of each month for meditation and discussions, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. An Open House occurs every third Wednesday evening of each month, 7-9 p.m., which includes an intro to the center, a short dharma talk and socializing. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 So. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: meditation

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American Sign Language Level 1: Apr. 1 - Jun. 24, 6-8 p.m., Weekly on Thursday. Cost: $175/class and buy the book: Learning American SIgn Language: Levels 1 & 2 Beginning & Intermediate (2nd Editions)(Spiral-bound) Tom Humphries and Carol Padden (Amazon or Barnes & Noble).

Parlez-vous francais?: Location: At your home or scheduled meeting place, Burlington, Mad River Valley, Stowe, Montpelier. Info: 802496-6669. Communication and vocabulary enrichment, some grammar review. Fun and useful. Taught by Yves Compere, French native.

bjjusa.com. Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - 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 self-confidence. We offer a legitimate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu martial arts program in a friendly, safe and positive environment. Accept no imitations. Learn from one of the world’s best, Julio “Foca” Fernandez, CBJJ and IBJJF certified 6th Degree Black Belt Brazilian JiuJitsu Instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr. teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-Times Brazilian JiuJitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-Times Rio de Janeiro State Champion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Check out www. bjjusa.com.

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AMIGOS, LEARN SPANISH WITH US: Beginning the week of April 5 for 10 weeks except Traveler’s class is April 17. Cost: $160/10 1-hour classes. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: Spanish in Waterbury Center, 802-6594181, spanishparavos@gmail. com, www.spanishwater burycenter.com. Spring Spanish class offerings. Beginning early April for 10 weeks: adult morning and evening classes, six levels. Additionally, our full-day Spanish for Travelers class with Argentinean lunch, April 17, $106. Also private classes, tutoring, lessons for children. See our website for complete information or contact us for details.

Location: NCSS Family Center (Mable conference room), St. Albans, as well as the Burlington Police Dept Community room, Burlington. Info: Keri Darling, 802-661-4240, kdarling@dvas. org. This class is for anyone who is interested in learning beginning American Sign Language. Registration deadline: March 26.

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Schedules posted online at plant spirit medicine and animal www.flynncenter.org. communication, wild foods, field The Acting “Biz”: Teens & trips, iridology, women’s, chilAdults: Saturday, Mar. 6, 10 Happiness: Good for Your dren’s, men’s and animal health! a.m. - 1 p.m. Instructor: Kathryn Heart: Fri. mornings, Mar. 12 Textbook & United Plant Saver Blume. Cost: $35. Location: - Apr. 2, 9:00-10:30 a.m. Cost: membership included. VSAC Flynn Center, Burlington. Info: $60/1.5 hours per class, for 4 grants available. 802-652-4548, flynnarts@ classes. Location: Charlotte LOTION MAKING: A Mini flynncenter.org. Thinking of Senior Center, 212 Ferry Rd., Workshop: Mar. 7, 2-3 p.m. making a life in “The Biz”? This Charlotte. Info: Susan Fitzgerald, Cost: $5/1-hour hands-on workshop demystifies the work 802-233-7556, susanfitzger workshop. Location: Purple of building a life as an actor, covaldtralee@eircom.net. Science Shutter Herbs, 7 W. 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802-658-6795, www.burlington shambhalactr.org. 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. LOVINGKINDNESS MEDITATION: Six Wednesday evenings, Mar. 3 - Apr. 7, 7-8 p.m. First class will go until 8:30 p.m. Cost: $75/6 1-hour classes. Location: Vermont Zen Center, 480 Thomas Rd., Shelburne. Info: Vermont Zen Center, 802-9859746, ecross@crosscontext. net, www.vermontzen.org. Mettabhavana is a Buddhist meditation leading to the development of unconditional lovingkindness and friendliness. Metta helps us rid ourselves of internal and external conﬂicts; overcome lacerating guilt; be open to loving acceptance of ourselves and others. Includes lectures, meditation instruction, practice periods and discussion.

pilates ABSOLUTE PILATES: Location: Announcing our terriﬁc new location, expanded space and new classes, 3060 Williston Rd., Suite 6, S. Burlington. Info: www. absolutepilatesvt.com, 802-3102614. Come to our expansion open house party, Saturday, March 6, from 5-7 p.m. to check out our new facility. We teach the authentic Pilates method of body conditioning with a contemporary twist. Experience our fun, invigorating and affordable mat classes and sculpt a great new body. Or schedule private or semi-private sessions on the reformer, wunda chair or tower unit for the ultimate in resistance training. Visit our website for pricing, class schedule and specials. ALL WELLNESS, LLC: Many package/pricing options to suit your budget. Please call for pricing details. Location: 208 Flynn Ave. (across from the antique shops, near Oakledge Park), Burlington. Info: 802-863-9900, www.allwellnessvt.com. We encourage all ages, all bodies and all abilities to discover greater ease and enjoyment in life by

NATURAL BODIES PILATES: New classes in March! 45-minute Gentle Mat: 11:00 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Level 1 Mat class: Fridays, noon. Yoga with Julie Peoples-Clark: Tuesdays at 3:20. See our full schedule online. Location: Natural Bodies Pilates, 49 Heineberg Dr. (Rt. 127, just over the bridge from Burlington’s New North End), Colchester. Info: 802-863-3369, lucille@naturalbodiespilates. com, NaturalBodiesPilates.com. How can you improve how you feel, breathe and move? Find out about private sessions and classes with certiﬁed Pilates and yoga instructors, and start feeling better today. Feel good, breathe well, move with ease in Pilates, yoga, ballet, and natural movement classes with your online printable savings certiﬁcate today!

reiki REIKI (USUI) LEVEL ONE: Cost: $175/9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Location: Rising Sun Healing Center, 35 King St. #7, Burlington. Info: Chris Hanna, 802-881-1866, chris@rising sunhealing.com. Receive an attunement enabling you to use Reiki energy for healing and personal growth. Learn the hand positions for giving a complete Reiki treatment to yourself and others. Learn Reiki ethics and history. Individual classes can be designed to ﬁt your schedule. Sat., March 27. Member Vermont Reiki Association.

shamanism TOLTEC SHAMANISM: Mar. 5, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $10/2-hour class. Location: Spirit Dancer Books & Gifts, 125 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Spirit Dancer Books & gifts, Spirit Dancer Books & Gifts, 802-6608060, spiritdancer.starroot@ juno.com. Dreaming the Soul Back Home: Carlos Castaneda revealed Toltec shamanism to the Western world in the 1960s. During this workshop we will discuss how to acquire the knowledge, skills and energy to confidently step out into the unknown, initiating a sacred journey to create our freedom. Presented by Ivan MacBeth. WALKING THE PATH OF THE SHAMAN: Weekly individual or group sessions as requested. Location: Shaman’s Flame Offices, Stowe and Woodbury. Info: Shaman’s Flame, Peter Clark & Sarah Finlay, 802-2537846, peterclark13@gmail. com, www.shamansflame.com. Connect to a more expanded level of consciousness and engage the elemental intelligence of the universe. In group or individual sessions, learn the techniques of shamanic active meditation called journeying. Work toward healing many emotional, physical and spiritual aspects of yourself, as well as gaining insight into your life path.

snowkiting SNOWKITING LESSONS: Daily lessons while ice is safe (generally Jan.-April). Cost: $95/3hour beginner class ($85 for 2-hour advanced). Location: Lake Champlain - Sand Bar State Park, South Hero/Milton. Info: Stormboarding, Rachael Miller, 802-951-2586, rachael@storm boarding.com, www.stormboarding.com. Start snowkiting during your ﬁrst lesson. Use the same alpine, tele or snowboard as on the mountain. We provide experienced, professional, fun instruction and modern gear.

Great for skiers/riders ages 10 to no limit, cruise or go big. Makes an excellent gift. Get gear discount after lesson. Lesson/ gear gift certiﬁcates available. 802-578-6120.

spirituality THE NEW DISPENSATION: Mar. 25 - Apr. 15, 7-9 p.m., Weekly on Thursday. Cost: $60. Location: 55 Clover Ln., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 802-244-7909. Learn about the new form of religious expression that Carl Jung felt would be appropriate for the Age of Aquarius, in this experiential course rooted in the Biblical teachings of Jesus.

tai chi SNAKE STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: BAO TAK FAI TAI CHI INSTITUTE, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 802-8647902, www.iptaichi.org. 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.

video BEGINNER & ADV. VIDEO CLASSES: Feb. 23 - Mar. 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday. Cost: $180/2-hour class once a week for 4 consecutive weeks. Location: Poetic Video Classroom, 174 Avenue C, Williston. Info: Poetic Video, Petr Kepka, 802-862-0844, poet icvideo@earthlink.net. Beginner and advanced video classes in creative camera, editing and assembly of home video offered by Poetic Video in Williston. Unlock your talent and give your family events a personal touch and the look of an Oscar-winning movie! Register online today!

yoga EVOLUTION YOGA: Daily yoga classes for all levels, conveniently located in Burlington. Cost: $14/10-class cards and unlimited memberships available for discounted rates. Mon., Wed., Fri. 4:30 p.m. classes are sliding scale $5-$10. Location: Evolution Yoga, Burlington. Info: 802-864-9642, www.evolution vt.com. Our staff of all certified teachers are skilled with beginners as well as students wanting to refine their practice. Vinyasa, Anusara-inspired, Kripalu, Iyengar and babies/kids classes available. Prepare for birth and strengthen postpartum with pre-/postnatal yoga. Participate in our community blog: evolutionvt.com/evoblog. YOGA IN COLCHESTER: New, starting Tues. March 2! Yoga with Julie Peoples-Clark Tuesdays at 3:20. And join Yoga at Noon, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Call ahead to register, and find out about scheduling private yoga sessions for children and adults. Cost: $12/drop-in, $9.50 w/ class card. Location: Natural Bodies Pilates, 49 Heineberg Dr. (Rt. 127, just across the bridge from Burlington’s New North End), Colchester. Info: Natural Bodies Pilates, Lucille Dyer, 802-863-3369, lucille@naturalbodiespilates.com. Develop a greater sense of self-awareness that allows you to grow physically and spiritually. Students of all levels practice breath, postures, and meditation. Cultivate your personal practice, slow down and enjoy union of the self with the present moment. See more about private yoga sessions for the whole family online. 

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n “This World, Other World,” the current exhibit at Burlington’s Firehouse Gallery, eight past residents of the Vermont Studio Center depict environments or landscapes that reside in some plane askew from reality. An internationally known artists community, the Johnson center has been a haven for artists and writers for 25 years. Like other such facilities, it’s a world unto itself, a place of creativity, camaraderie, focus and respite from the “real” world. Perhaps that’s what inspired the theme? The idea came from guest curator David Grozinsky, who is the exhibition and admissions coordinator at VSC — a position, he explained at the show’s recent opening, that affords him familiarity with the works of artists who do residencies there. Though the selected artists have no affiliation other than their link to the center, Grozinsky assembled them for their “otherworldly” artistic explorations. As Firehouse Gallery manager and assistant curator Amanda Sanfilippo explains, “David was interested in how artists create a fantastical, alternative reality.” The works are like “hermetically sealed compartments,” she adds, “where everything is on their own terms. They’re playful.” Building and structure are central to this exhibition, which features a mix of paintings and sculptures that probe notions of usefulness, strangeness and familiarity. In “View,” a painting by Siobhan McBride, a barnlike structure balances precariously on a shiplike hull. Two spindly stilts prop the form up on a narrow platform as it floats in a painterly, tangerine-orange haze. The dreamlike vessel, in fact, resembles the iconic Red Mill building at VSC. Sarah FitzSimons’ wooden sculpture “New Construction” is a maquette for a large-scale piece she hopes to make. The sculpture begins with the framed-in structure of a barn, and then gradually develops into the framed-in form of a mountain. The transition from humanmade to organic structure suggests a parallel psychological shift from the closed spaces of imposed order to the wildly inventive permutations of nature.

“View” by Siobhan McBride

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“New Construction” by Sarah FitzSimons

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Within view of FitzSimons’ sculpture, Carrie Dickason’s aluminum-foilcovered bamboo structures stand tentatively on a low, white platform. Spindly, leggy and delicate, the constructions resemble oddly angled radio towers, and they cast diffuse, linear shadows that look like subtle charcoal drawings on the platform. With their slight form and precarious balance, these works echo FitzSimons’ fascination with structure but approach it differently. Where FitzSimons’ structures are solid yet evolving, Dickason’s are fragile and transient. The two artists’ works complement each

moody washes of gray conjure the sky storming above. Energetic strokes in the foreground charge the turbid water carrying the spidery rails into the distance, far from any hands that might hold them. The tumult suggests natural disaster — the humanmade world carried off by the natural one. Perhaps the most eye-catching piece in the show, Janelle Iglesias’ suspended sculpture “Draw Back the Bow (or Kill Your Darlings)” spirals high into the gallery space. A haphazard tower composed of materials including tree limbs, broomsticks, logs and vines holds a host of arrowlike sticks, seemingly caught in the spiny machinations of skeletal parasols. The piece is simultaneously alive and still, as if depicting a suspended attack on a makeshift fortress. Seeing it is a bit like walking into the climax of a fairy tale without knowing the story — some crucial action is unfolding, but without obvious context or meaning. The epic event simply exists, between the material fact of the work and the consternation it evokes. It’s an exciting, disorienting object transported from an imagined world. If Iglesias’ sculpture drops us into an unknown tale, Erin Kaczkowski’s painting “Framing a Grey and White Object” plunges us into a feeling. A nearly flat gray border surrounds a central painterly section that’s awash with pastel layers of paint and geometry. Thick white paint in one corner protrudes from a mix of flat and brushy textures. Kaczkowski creates a tactile interior world of color and intersecting layers. The painting evokes both confusion and clarity, drawing the viewer in for more. Grozinsky described the exhibition as a Wunderkammer, or curiosity cabinet, of places. These artists render their imaginary landscapes and structures in fine detail, creating vivid glimpses of the worlds they create along with insight into the one we share. A M Y R A HN

other as linked meditations on form and function. Structure seems to devolve in Magnolia Laurie’s painting “When You Stagger In, I Notice the Void.” Rail-like irons tumble at angles into a churning sea;

“This World, Other World,” paintings and sculptures by past residents of the Vermont Studio Center. Firehouse Gallery, Burlington. Through March 27.

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CAll to Artists 2010 FestiVAl oF Fine Art: Submit your work for a chance to be a part of this year’s juried festival! Deadline: March 26. Go to www. artsalivevt.org for details, including prize list and submission info. line it up: This show at Studio Place Arts includes traditional and new forms of drawing. Application deadline: March 5. More info, www. studioplacearts.com and 479-7069. tAste oF stoWe poster Contest! Themes: Vermont, art, craft, summer, culinary events. Win two one-day ski passes at Trapp Family Lodge ski center and dinner at Frida’s Taqueria. Top eight designs will be displayed at the Helen Day Art Center booth during the festival. Applications deadline: March 12. More info, helenday.com, postercon test@helenday.com.

tAlks & eVents noontime CAFé And progrAm: Jane Beck, founder and executive director emeritus of the Vermont Folklife Center, presents a talk entitled “Daisy Turner: Native Vermonter and African American Storyteller.” Wednesday, March 3, 12:15-1:30 p.m., Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington. Info, 656-0750. Visiting Artist tAlk: Allan McCollum discusses a recurrent theme in his work: “our dreams of things appearing everywhere at once.” Wednesday, March 3, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Colburn Gallery, Burlington. Info, 656-2014. miChAel oAtmAn: “Past Forward,” mixed-media works from the Waskowmium by the former Vermont artist. Through March 21 at 215 College Gallery in Burlington. Artist talk: Friday, March 5, 6-7 p.m. Info, 863-3662. mArCh First FridAy Art WAlk: More than 30 galleries and other art venues around downtown welcome pedestrian viewers on this monthly self-guided tour. Friday, March 5, 5-8 p.m., Burlington. Info, 264-4839.

ongoing ‘Andy WArhol: FAshionistAs And Celebrities’: A selection of rarely seen photographs, including Polaroids, from a gift of the Andy Warhol Foundation, offer a window into the celebrities of the 1970s and ‘80s, Wilbur Room. Through April 26 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0570.

bintA AyoFemi & JAson hAnAsik: “We Slowly Watched Them Disappear,” photographs. Through March 5 at Colburn Gallery in Burlington. Info, 656-2014. ChAmplAin VAlley regionAl Art shoW: Artwork by students in area elementary, middle and high schools. March 8 through 17 at University Mall in South Burlington. Info, 863-1066.

Jesse robinson: Portrait photography. March 5 through 25 at Designhaus in Burlington. Reception: Friday, March 5, 5-8 p.m. Info, 310-5019.

Artist tAlk: Printmaker Carol Hepper discusses her work in a current exhibit. Tuesday, March 9, 8-9 p.m., Red Mill Gallery, Johnson. Info, 635-2727.

reCeptions ‘FACe to FACe: An exhibit oF portrAiture From the uniVersity ColleCtion’: Portraits spanning Chinese ancestral paintings to the 19th century; also a large-scale landscape, “Old Man of the Mountain” by Samuel Lancaster Jerry. Through August 1 at Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University in Northfield. Reception includes refreshments, live music and a mask-making workshop with Cabot sculptor Ellis Jacobson: Wednesday, March 3, 4-6 p.m. Info, 485-2448. lorrAine riebel: “Being in Place,” paintings and drawings for an MFA thesis, including two large-scale murals with a landscape theme that utilize multiple viewpoints. Through March 13 at Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College. Reception: Thursday, March 4, 3-5 p.m. Info, 635-1469. trent CAmpbell: “Behind the Scenes,” photos by the Addison County photographer of the process and production of the Middlebury Community Players’ staging of The Music Man. March 4 through May 2 at Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. Reception: Thursday, March 4, 5-7 p.m. Info, 388-1436. enosburg Community Art proJeCt: Twenty-eight pieces of art created by gallery members with accompanying stories and

ClArk derbes: “A Family Gathering: Sculptures and Relatives,” new wooden sculptures and ink-onwall drawings, ink paintings and gouaches on birch panels by the Burlington artist. Through March 25 at Jager DiPaola Kemp Design in Burlington. Info, 864-5884. ken signorello: “In a Fog,” photography of local mist-laden scenes. Through April 29 at Healthy Living in South Burlington. Info, 238-2647. lAnCe riChbourg: Acrylic transfers on canvas by the Burlington artist. Through March 31 at The Men’s Room in Burlington. Info, 864-2088. mAggie stAndley: Abstract, multimedia paintings. Through March 19 at Synergy Fitness in Williston. Info, 233-7676. ‘meAsuring & ColleCting’: A group show of contemporary paintings and limited-edition prints by Jesse Reno, Randy Noborikawa, Mikey Welsh, Clark Derbes and more, curated by Michael Montanaro of Newport, R.I.-based Montanaro Gallery. Through March 12 at Select Design in Burlington. Info, 864-9075 or 401-741-8101. nini CrAne & deb runge: The members of the Essex Art League show their works. Through April 30 at Essex Town Offices. Info, 862-3014. polly rAine: “The Blue, Easy Chair,” recent photographs featuring narrative, landscape, portrait and documentary subjects. Through May 9 at Bistro Sauce in Shelburne. Info, 985-2830.

‘it WAs this big’: “The one that got away” inspired the paintings in this group member show. March 5 through April 30 at Brandon Artists’ Guild. Reception: Friday, March 5, 5-7 p.m. Info, 247-4956. Annelein beukenkAmp: Brilliant floral watercolors by the Burlington artist. Through March 31 at Frog Hollow in Burlington. Reception: Friday, March 5, 5-8 p.m. Info, 863-6458. Jme Wheeler: “Ink & Sugar,” computer-generated paintings of women “in a unique and beautiful light.” Through March 30 at Soda Plant Artist Cooperative Environment in Burlington. Reception: Friday, March 5, 5-8 p.m. Info, 578-2512.

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kerry slorA: “History Is Art!” Vintage images and fun, usable art. March 5 through April 1 at Seminary Art Center in Waterbury Center. Reception includes refreshments and live music by Albert Slora. Friday, March 5, 6-8 p.m. Info, 253-8790. Christopher griFFin & Aline ordmAn: “New Mythology” and “Suspended Moments” are the respective titles of these concurrent shows of figurative paintings. March 6 through May 2 at West Branch Gallery and Sculpture Park in Stowe. Reception: Saturday, March 6, 6-8 p.m. Info, 253-8943.

robert WAldo brunelle Jr.: “T-Buckets & The Little Deuce Coupe,” the Hot Rod Series and other paintings by the Vermont artist. Through March 30 at The Wing Building Gallery in Burlington. Info, 899-1106. ‘storied obJeCts: trACing Women’s liVes in Vermont’: Artifacts from the museum’s permanent collection, along with oral and written narratives of Vermont women from the Vermont Folklife Center and UVM’s Special Collections, offer a glimpse into Vermont life from the 19th century onward. Through September 3 at Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. Info, 656-0750. ‘this World, other World’: Vermont Studio Center alumni Cora Cohen, Carrie Dickason, Sarah Fitzsimons, Janelle Iglesias, Reid Hitt, Erin Kaczkowski, Magnolia Laurie and Siobhan McBride present two- and three-dimensional works of imagined landscape and invented structure in this multidimensional exhibit guest-curated by David Grozinsky. Through March 27 at Firehouse Gallery in Burlington. Info, 865-7165. ‘VieWs And re-VieWs: soViet politiCAl posters And CArtoons’: An array of images spanning more than six decades, from the time of the Russian Civil War (1918-23) to the late Soviet period, including propaganda and Soviet pins, East Gallery. Through May 23 at Fleming Museum, UVM in Burlington. Info, 656-0570.

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Jude bond: “Yours Till Niagara Falls,” faux www.artisanshand.com ~ online gifts snapshots of happy couples made using new and old photographs, and technology. Through April 30 at Vintage Jewelers in Burlington. Reception: Friday, March 5, 5-8 p.m. Info, 862-2233. 12v-artisanHand030310.indd 1 3/1/10 1:52:15 PM debrA JAney & sheri tomek: New prints. March 5 through 31 at Two Rivers Center in Montpelier. Reception: Friday, March 5, 6-8 p.m. Info, 295-5901.

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‘CheAp Art isn’t deAd, it Just smells Funny’: The Boxcutter Cabaret presents artworks made of cardboard and house paint by artists from Vermont and across the country, each for the recessionproof price of $5. Through March 31 at Flynndog in Burlington. Info, 655-4606.

Annelein beukenkAmp: Brilliant floral watercolors by the Burlington artist. Through March 31 at Frog Hollow in Burlington. The artist gives a watercolor demonstration in the front gallery window: Saturday, March 6, 1-3 p.m. Info, 863-6458.

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‘Artist’s ChoiCe’: Members of the Essex Art League show their selected works. Through March 31 at Phoenix Books in Essex. Info, 862-3014.

photographs resulting from local residents. March 4 through 31 at Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls. Reception: Thursday, March 4, 5-8 p.m. Info, 933-6403.

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Artist tAlk: Printmaker Jon Imber discusses his work in a current exhibit. Monday, March 8, 8-9 p.m., Red Mill Gallery, Johnson. Info, 635-2727.

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Celtic singer/poet Connie Dover and cowboy singer/musician Skip Gorman bring together their down-deep, heartfelt interpretations of the traditional music of the American West, Ireland and Scotland. Dover and Gorman blend their music in a concert of the “sweet old songs” of the trail, the cow camp and the Old-World ballads that were their predecessors.

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“Common Passion” The Barre-based Center for Photographic Studies is a nonprofit dedicated to education, outreach and promotion of all things photographic. This month, seven past or present board members show some of their techniques and subject matter are diverse. Pictured: “My Son Taylor (1989-2010)” by Carley Stevens McLaughlin.

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anne Sarcka: “A Passion for Oranges,” recent acrylics and drawings. Through April 30 at The Shoe Horn in Montpelier. Info, 223-5454. ‘art oF vermont: the State collection’: A traveling exhibit of 50 works in the 1000-piece collection of the State of Vermont, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Art in State Buildings Program. Through April 18 at T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-5423.

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Bernard chaet & charleS cajori: Paintings and drawings by the American master artists. Through April 11 at BigTown Gallery in Rochester. Info, 767-9670. cecily herzig: “A Very Hungry Rabbit Should Be Fed,” new paintings and prints by the Vermont artists. March 5 through April 30 at Vermont Supreme Court Lobby in Montpelier. Info, 765-4941. chuck Bohn: “Byways,” Vermont landscapes in oil by the native Vermont artist. March 4 through 28 at Blinking Light Gallery in Plainfield. Info, 454-0141.

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‘common paSSion’: A group show featuring past and present work of board members for the Center for Photographic Studios in Barre, including Pam Boyd, Annie Tiberio Cameron, Andrew Kline, Craig Line, Sandra Shenk, William Steinhurst and Carley Stevens McLaughlin. Through March 31 at Governor’s Office Gallery in Montpelier. Info, 828-0749.

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dragon dance theatre maSkS: Faces made of painted papier-mâché for this activist theater group over the past decade in international performances. Through March 6 at City Center in Montpelier. Info, samkerson4@gmail.com. CENTRAL ART SHOWS

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‘Women to Watch 2010: contemporary Figurative painting’: Five emerging Vermont painters, Kate Longmaid, Susan Abbott, Carrie Gelfan, Aline Ordman and Adelaide Tyrol, were selected by the Vermont Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Longmaid was chosen by the NMWA to participate in the national exhibition in Washington, D.C. Through March 29 at Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center in Burlington. Info, 985-2247.

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‘Give Us some BlUes’: A group multimedia show that explores the color blue, Main Floor Gallery; Silent Auction Show: works on sale to benefit SPA programs (bidding March 2-13); and Emily N. Wilson: paintings. Through April 17 at Studio Place Arts in Barre. Info, 479-7069.

lia roThsTein & cynThia BeTh rUBin: “Auschwitz-Birkenau 2009,” toned black-and-white photos; and “Memories & Wanderings,” digital paintings/collages and interactive sound-andimage installation, respectively. Through March 6 at PHOTOSTOP in White River Junction. Info, 698-0320.

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‘To life! a celeBraTion of vermonT Jewish women’: Oral histories, photographic portraits, archival images and artworks by female Jews in the state make up the Vermont Jewish Women’s History Project directed by Sandy Gartner and Ann Buffum. Through March 31 at Vermont History Museum in Montpelier. Info, 479-8505.

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Golden TrUe: “Visions of the Female Face,” works regarding the “emotional expressiveness of the human landscape.” Through March 12 at Plainfield Community Center Gallery. Info, 434-8620.

fran BUll: “In Flanders Fields,” an installation of sculpture and etchings in nine parts that explores the commonalities and differences in past and present human conflicts. Through March 28 at Carving Studio and Sculpture Center in West Rutland. Info, 438-2097.

GroUp scUlpTUre show: Leila Bandar, Kat Clear, Chris Curtis, David Tanych and Denis Versweyveld show works in stone, steel, wood and other media in this biennial installation. Through May 1 at Vermont Arts Council Sculpture Garden in Montpelier. Info, 828-3292.

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mark chaney: “Visions of Vermont,” a collection of Tritography, digital art and giclée prints on archival surfaces. Through March 31 at The Green Bean Art Gallery at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. Info, artwhirled23@yahoo.com.

american painTinGs and prinTs from The shelBUrne mUseUm: Thirty works represent the interests of American artists in urban and rural areas before 1900, and celebrate the landscape and its inhabitants. Through June 6 at Middlebury College Museum of Art. Info, 443-3168.

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‘Greece vs. rome: The 18Th-cenTury QuesT for The sources of WesTern civilizaTion’: Piranesi prints of ancient Rome and plates from Stuart and Revett’s Antiquities of Athens document the Enlightenment-era debate about the respective merits of Rome and Greece; co-curated by professor of art and architecture Pieter Broucke and some of his students. Through April 18 at Middlebury College Museum of Art. Info, 443-3168. roberT a. Gold: “Cityscapes,” digital multimedia prints depicting a unique perspective on the urban landscape. Through March 30 at Tourterelle Restaurant in New Haven. Info, 377-2579.

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sabra field: “Cosmic Geometry and Other Recent Prints,” new works by the Vermont printmaker. Through March 20 at Chaffee Art Center in Rutland. Info, 775-0356. ‘sTaTes of naTure’: A dozen painters and seven photographers explore the landscape. Through March 14 at Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury. Info, 458-0098.

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‘arT WiTh hearT’: A group show featuring friends who have painted together in watercolors for years: Ann Bissonnette, Adrienne Fisher, Sue Fletcher, Bambi Lapointe Fontaine, Kit Howe, Barb Hubbard, Jane Sandberg and Chris Sumner. Through March 14 at Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho. Info, 899-3211. elizabeTh nelson: Fifteen landscape paintings inspired by the “cold, stormy, inhospitable and isolated geography of Vermont.” Through March 22 at Claire’s Restaurant & Bar in Hardwick. Info, 586-8078.

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Grace selecTions: A sampling of artwork by nine artists in the Grass Roots Art and Community Effort program. Through April 30 at GRACE in Hardwick. Info, 472-6857. heidi Pollard: “Unsayable,” recent paintings. Through May 30 at Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College. Info, 635-1469.

vsc Press collecTion: Prints donated by artists Stanley Whitney, Carol Hepper, Roberto Juarez, Jon Imber and Marjorie Portnow, sales of which will benefit the Vermont Studio Center’s fellowship program. Through March 8 at Red Mill Gallery in Johnson. Info, 635-2727.

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‘WinTerscaPes’: One hundred gallery artist members evoke the season in a group exhibit of paintings, photographs, prints, drawings and mixed-media works. Through March 27 at Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. Info, 644-5100.

‘modern and conTemPorary arT aT darTmouTh’: Highlights from the college’s collection over the past 50 years, including post1945 painting and sculpture. Through March 15 at Hood Museum, Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. Info, 603-646-2426. m

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Wafaa bilal: “Agent Intellect,” a new-media, performance and installation exhibition that examines the human condition by the internationally renowned artist, an assistant art professor in photography and imaging at New York University. Through April 4 at Helen Day Art Center in Stowe. Info, 253-8358.

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lisa forsTer beach: “Winter in Ski Country,” landscape paintings in watercolor. Through March 14 at Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in Stowe. Info, 253-1818.

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Antichrist ★★★★★

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hen you feel down in the dumps, what do you do? Seek comfort in your family? Pop a pill? Take a vacation? Lars von Trier has his own way of dealing with the blues: He makes some of the most flippedout cinema in the history of the art form. The Danish provocateur (Breaking the Waves, Dogville, The Idiots) has stated for the record that Antichrist was conceived and produced in the wake of a deep depression. Given that the film looks as though it could have been art directed by Hieronymus Bosch, there’s little reason to question the veracity of his claim. His sanity? Now, that’s another thing. It all starts off accessibly enough. He (Willem Dafoe) and She (Charlotte Gainsbourg) are shot in silvery black and white as they shower and then make love in slow motion. We listen to Handel’s Rinaldo and watch as a toddler a room or two away climbs down from his crib, unlatches the child gate and makes his way to a window blown open by a dazzling snowstorm outside. Seconds later, the child starts a slow (motion) descent to the pavement, and his parents commence a slow descent into madness. Or hell. At the very least, the most ill-advised attempt at couples therapy ever. You see, He is a psychotherapist, and She is suicidal. Even Dafoe knows it’s not a good idea to treat someone so close to you, but he rationalizes that he understands his wife better than another shrink possibly could. Big mistake. He takes her off meds and away to their isolated cabin in the Pacific Northwest woods to work through her guilt and anguish. Even bigger mistake. Has this dude never seen a horror film? Not that von Trier’s latest fits neatly in that category. It’s either a whole new sort of horror film or a whole new sort of film altogether. At any rate, increasingly horrifying, disturbing, mystifying events unfold. In his attic, for example, Dafoe discovers hidden remnants of his wife’s abandoned thesis on “gynocide,” the extermination of suspected witches during the Middle Ages.

He comes across bizarre illustrations of women being tortured. Unfortunately for him, the director has included these as a foreshadowing device. No, the couple’s time in the woods does not heal psychic wounds or bring them closer. Gainsbourg doesn’t respond at all well to treatment. On the contrary, she directs her overwhelming grief and existential rage toward her unsuspecting husband, and the result is unlike anything you’ve seen on screen. The film’s third act makes Saw look like

a beach-party picture. The faint of heart would do well to steer clear. Every viewer will find his or her own meaning in the movie. Von Trier has called it “a testament of atheism.” And, given that it contains a scene in which a fox croaks the pronouncement,

“Chaos reigns,” that’s probably as fair a starting point as any. Antichrist is at once mesmerizing, gorgeously shot, staggeringly well acted, filled with startling, unforgettable images and boldly original. You leave convinced it’s the work of an artist who possesses singular gifts even if, when he made it, he may not have had all his marbles. RICK KISONAK

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans ★★★★

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COP ON THE ROCK It would take Internal Affairs decades to list the misdeeds of Cage’s lawman in Herzog’s mad procedural drama.

movie in years, and it’s not the one being advertised as a comedy. This film from legendary director Werner Herzog is what you’d call divisive. Roger Ebert put it on his list of best films of the decade. Meanwhile, a bunch of articulate commenters on the New York Times website insist it’s the worst movie they’ve ever seen. Many note with indignation that all it has in common with Abel Ferrara’s cult film Bad Lieutenant (1992) is the title. Should you chance it? Take a reading of your Nicolas Cage tolerance. If you enjoyed him in Leaving Las Vegas and Adaptation but cringe when he throws all re-

straint to the winds, lop two stars off the rating on this review. If, on the other hand, you still fondly remember Cage gobbling a roach in Vampire’s Kiss or cackling like a maniac in Face/Off, get to the theater immediately. The actor is hooked on his own house blend of goofy vulnerability and lunacy, and Herzog, who loves to document insanity, is the perfect enabler. Cage’s character here, the titular bad lieutenant in the Big Easy, is hooked on plenty of other stuff, too, though he notes defensively that “It’s all prescription. Except for the heroin.” (And the cocaine.) The “worst movie ever” assessments of Bad Lieutenant may have something to do with the script, which suggests a police procedural dreamed up by wasted college students at 3 a.m. while waiting for pizza to arrive. “There’s this cop, see, and he’s a badass maverick who doesn’t play by the rules. Only we’re talking a real maverick. A doctor prescribed him Vicodin after he put his back out saving somebody from Hurricane Katrina, and now every chance he gets, he’s snitching contraband from the Property Room. He shares his stash with a hot call girl (Eva Mendes), owes thousands to a bookie (Brad Dourif ), waves his gun around and abuses his badge to get high and laid. But nobody seems to notice, and he just keeps getting promoted. Because it’s America! Totally ironic, man.” In reality, Bad Lieutenant was written by a seasoned veteran of the genre — William Finkelstein, whose credits include “Murder One,” “NYPD Blue” and, yes, “Cop Rock.” One can only conclude

that, bored with the conventions of the gritty urban whodunit, he opted to turn them into farce. This apparently suited Herzog, who doesn’t seem too interested in solving the plot’s central mystery, either. (It involves a murdered Senegalese family and a drug dealer named Big Fate [Alvin “Xzibit” Joiner].) What does interest the director is satirizing American hypocrisy — albeit on an intellectual level seldom exceeding that of our hypothetical wasted students — and staging bizarrely beautiful shots of animals. Perhaps Herzog has made peace with animals since he warned us not to find humanity in their eyes in Grizzly Man. Or maybe what he likes about them is precisely how restful their inhumanity feels after the flailing of Cage and his costars. Whatever the reason, you’ve never seen a fish or an iguana looking quite so beatified. Herzog may well view Cage’s bad lieutenant as the archetypal ugly American: He takes what he wants, invents half-assed rationalizations, shudders with guilt for a few seconds and then goes back and does it all again. The thing is, he’s also perversely likeable. Unlike other actors renowned for their excesses — Mel Gibson, say — Cage doesn’t hide behind an armory of macho “intensity.” Like The Dark Knight’s Joker or Omar Little from “The Wire,” the Bad Lieutenant puts it all out there, and he owns it. And that’s why, even though the movie breaks every law of plausibility with glee, it’s a tall tale bound to be quoted for years to come. MARGOT HARRISON

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ANticHRiStHHHH1/2 Lars von Trier’s latest rivals anything David Lynch ever produced for pure, no-holds-barred weirdness. Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg play a husband and wife who lose their child and then their sanity. One of the strangest, most mesmerizing movies of 2009. (104 min, NR. Roxy; ends 3/4) AVAtARHHH Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and Sigourney Weaver star in James Cameron’s $400-million CGI-fest about an ex-Marine who finds himself on a distant planet with his mind transplanted into an alien body. (161 min, PG-13. Big Picture, Capitol, Essex, Majestic) BAD liEUtENANt: poRt oF cAll NEW oRlEANSHHHH Werner Herzog directs this bizarro riff on Abel Ferrara’s 1992 film with assistance from Nicolas Cage, who plays a rogue detective with an anger management problem as well as an out-of-control drug habit. Eva Mendes and Val Kilmer costar. (121 min, R. Roxy; ends 3/4) tHE BliND SiDEHH1/2 Sandra Bullock stars in the true story of a well-to-do white family that takes in a black youth from a broken home and helps him fulfill his dream of playing All-American football. With Quinton Aaron, Kathy Bates and Tim McGraw. Written and directed by John Lee Hancock (The Rookie). (126 min, PG-13. Majestic, Palace) cop oUtH1/2 Kevin (Clerks, Clerks II) Smith goes way mainstream with this buddy film about NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen baseball card. Starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan. (107 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount, Roxy, Stowe, Welden)

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DEAR JoHNH1/2 Lasse (The Hoax) Hallstrom adapts Nicholas Sparks’ bestseller about a soldier who falls in love with an idealistic college girl while on leave. With Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried. (108 min, PG-13. Big Picture, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Welden)

FANtAStic mR. FoXHHHH Wes Anderson goes stop-motion in this animated adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1970 children’s book about a family of foxes whose patriarch’s antics make it the target of human predators. Featuring voice work by George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson and Michael Gambon. (88 min, PG. Roxy)

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cRAZY HEARtHHHH Jeff Bridges stars in the debut from writer-director Scott Cooper, the story of a once chart-topping country singer who’s fallen on hard times. Costarring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell and Robert Duvall and featuring original music by T-Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton. (117 min, R. Essex, Marquis, Roxy)

AN EDUcAtioNHHHHH Carey Mulligan gives a break-out performance in the story of an English girl whose life’s dream is getting into Oxford — at least, until she’s swept off her feet by a charming and cultured older man. Peter Sarsgaard costars. Nick Hornby wrote the screenplay based on Lynn Barber’s memoir. Directed by Lone (Italian for Beginners) Scherfig. (95 min, PG-13. Roxy)

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tHE cRAZiESHHH Breck (Sahara) Eisner directs this remake of the 1973 George Romero thriller in which residents of a small town go postal after a mysterious toxin infects their water supply. Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell and Joe Anderson star. (101 min, R. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace)

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wednesday 3 — thursday 4 The crazies 6:30, 9. Valentine’s Day 6:30, 9. Dear John 6:30. The Wolfman 9. Shutter Island 6:15, 9. Avatar 6:15, 9. friday 5 — thursday 11 *Alice in Wonderland 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30, 9. The crazies 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30, 9. Valentine’s Day 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30, 9. Shutter Island 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:15, 9. Avatar 1:15 (Sat & Sun only), 6:15, 9.

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wednesday 3 — thursday 4 cop out 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:35. The crazies 12:20, 2:35, 4:50, 7:15, 9:35. Avatar (3-D) 1, 4:15, 7:30. Dear John 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:20, 9:35. Percy Jackson & the olympians: The Lightning Thief 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10. Shutter Island 12:40, 3:45, 6:40, 9:30. The Wolfman 7:40, 9:50. tooth Fairy 12:30, 2:45, 5. Valentine’s Day 1:30, 4:10, 6:40, 9:15. friday 5 — thursday 11 *Alice in Wonderland (3-D) 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55. Avatar (3-D) 1, 4:30, 8. cop out 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:15, 9:35. crazy Heart 1:15, 4, 7, 9:45. Percy Jackson & the olympians: The Lightning Thief 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10. Shutter Island 12:40, 3:45, 6:40, 9:30. The crazies 12:20, 2:35, 4:50, 7:15, 9:35. tooth Fairy 12:10, 4:50, 7. Valentine’s Day 2:20, 9:15.

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wednesday 3 — thursday 4 The crazies 1:20, 4:10, 7:15, 9:45. cop out 1:15, 4, 7:10, 9:40. The Hurt Locker 3:15, 9:20. Shutter Island 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30. Percy Jackson & the olympians: The Lightning Thief 12:40, 3:20, 6:20, 8:55. Valentine’s Day 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:25. The Wolfman 12:10, 2:20, 4:40, 7, 9:35. Dear John 1:10, 3:50, 6:50, 9:15. Sherlock Holmes 3:10, 6. Avatar (3-D) 12, 1, 4:30, 6:05, 8. The Blind Side 12:20, 8:45. friday 5 — thursday 11 *Alice in Wonderland (3-D) 11:30 a.m. (Fri-Sun only), 1, 2, 3:30, 4:30, 6:20, 7, 8:45, 9:30. *Brooklyn’s Finest 1:10, 3:50, 6:40, 9:35. The crazies 1:30, 4:10, 7:20, 9:45. cop out 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40. Shutter Island 12:20, 3:20, 6:30, 9:25. Percy Jackson & the olympians: The Lightning Thief 12:50, 3:40, 6:20, 8:55. Valentine’s Day 3:25, 6:10. The Wolfman 9. Dear John 1:15, 3:45, 6:35. Avatar (3-D) Fri-Sun: 11:30 a.m., 2:45, 6, 9:15. Mon-Thu: 12:40, 4, 7:30. The Blind Side 12:30, 8:50.

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wednesday 3 — thursday 11 cop out 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30, 9. Percy Jackson & the olympians: The Lightning Thief 1:30 (Sat & Sun only), 6:30, 8:45.

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wednesday 3 — thursday 11 The Last Station 12:15 & 2:30 (Sat & Sun only), 2 (Mon & Wed only), 5 & 7:15 & 9:30 (all week).

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wednesday 3 — thursday 4 cop out 7. Valentine’s Day 7. Percy Jackson & the olympians: The Lightning Thief 7. friday 5 — thursday 11 Shutter Island 2:30 (Sat & Sun only), 7 (all week). cop out Fri: 7, 9:10. Sat: 2:30, 4:40, 7, 9:10. Sun: 2:30, 4:40, 7. Mon-Thu: 7. Percy Jackson & the olympians: The Lightning Thief Fri: 7, 9:10. Sat: 2:30, 4:40, 7, 9:10. Sun: 2:30, 4:40, 7. Mon-Thu: 7.

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wednesday 3 — thursday 4 cop out 2, 7, 9. Dear John 4, 9. Valentine’s Day 4, 7, 9. Percy Jackson & the olympians: The Lightning Thief 2, 7. tooth Fairy 2, 4. friday 5 — thursday 11 *Alice in Wonderland FriSun: 2, 4, 7, 9. Mon-Thu: 7. Shutter Island Fri-Sun: 2, 7, 9:15. Mon-Thu: 7. cop out Fri-Sun: 7, 9. Tue-Thu: 7. tooth Fairy Sat & Sun only: 2, 4. Percy Jackson & the olympians: The Lightning Thief Sat & Sun only: 4. A Serious man Mon only: 7.

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SHUTTER ISLAND★★ Leonardo Di Caprio and Mark Ruffalo star in the new ﬁlm from Martin Scorsese, the story of two U.S. marshals summoned to a remote island off the Massachusetts coast to investigate the escape of a murderess from the local hospital for the criminally insane. Based on the book by Dennis Lehane. With Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson, Michelle Williams and Max von Sydow. (138 min, R. Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Roxy, Stowe, Welden) TOOTH FAIRY★★ Dwayne Johnson, the ex-wrestler formerly known as The Rock, stars in this family comedy about a big tough guy who, for some reason, winds up having to do tooth fairy duty. Ashley Judd and Julie Andrews costar. Michael (The Santa Clause 2) Lembeck directs. (101 min, PG. Big Picture, Bijou, Essex, Welden) UP IN THE AIR★★★★ George Clooney plays a frequent ﬂier who travels around the country giving about-to-be-downsized corporate workers the bad news in director Jason Reitman’s satire. With Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick and Jason Bateman. (109 min, R. Palace; ends 3/4) VALENTINE’S DAY★ Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner and George Lopez are just a few of the famous faces in the all-star cast of Garry (Pretty Woman) Marshall’s romantic comedy following the intersecting lives of a gaggle of Los Angelenos over the course of a single day. Also featuring Jessica Alba, Patrick Dempsey, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway and Shirley MacLaine among many, many others. (125 min, PG-13. Big Picture, Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Roxy, Stowe, Welden) THE WOLFMAN★1/2 Benicio Del Toro stars in this update of the Universal classic as a nobleman lured back to his family estate by the disappear-

ance of his brother. In the course of searching for his missing sibling, he ﬁnds himself the victim of a mysterious curse involving cutting-edge digital special effects. With Emily Blunt and Anthony Hopkins. Directed by Joe (Hidalgo) Johnston. (125 min, R. Big Picture, Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy)

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2012★★1/2 Roland Emmerich, that master of the guilty-pleasure apocalypse ﬂick (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow), swings for the fences with his latest, which computer generates the ultimate cataclysm — the end of the world. While raising the question: So, what’s this guy going to do for an encore? John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet and Woody Harrelson star. (157 min, PG-13) COLD SOULS★★★1/2 Paul Giamatti stars in the feature debut of director Sophie Barthes, a surreal comedy in which a company develops the technology to alleviate human suffering by extracting a client’s soul. With David Strathairn, Emily Watson and Dina Korzun. (97 min, PG-13) PONYO★★★★1/2 From world-renowned master of animation Hayao (Spirited Away) Miyazaki comes this “Little Mermaid”-inspired story of a goldﬁsh and her dream of one day becoming human. Featuring a voice cast including Matt Damon, Tina Fey and Lily Tomlin. (101 min, G)

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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE★★★★ Spike Jonze directs this adaptation of the beloved Maurice Sendak classic about a little boy who comes to rule a kingdom of furry, unpredictable creatures. Cowritten by Jonze and Dave Eggers. Featuring Max Records, Catherine Keener, James Gandolﬁni and Paul Dano. (94 min, PG)

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