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Ken Picard’s “War Gains” [November 10] exposes the trickle-down economics of war in Vermont but fails to challenge the world-view: war=growth= jobs. From this perspective, good jobs, justice, and peace are mutually exclusive.

Picard is right in saying that General Dynamics, for example, provides jobs to Vermonters.

However, Picard does not explain that General Dynamics also spends millions each year seducing Washington politicians to steer our tax dollars, democracy, economy and foreign policy towards eternal war for their own profits. Rather than our tax dollars filling the pockets of the CEOs of the military-industrial

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PROGRESSIVE RESULTS

Since Peter Freyne missed what WCAX, The Burlington Free Press and VPR reported last week [“Inside Track,” November 3], please allow me to update readers on a major Vermont political development.

Progressives gained 50 percent more seats in the state legislature (for a total of six). More importantly, these seats were gained in counties outside of Chittenden.

In other words, Progressive legislators now represent six Vermont counties.

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What is missing from “War Gains” is the story of the Iraqi mother holding in her hands her dead baby who was just murdered by General Dynamics weapons, followed by the story of General Dynamic’s V.P. Mike Fisette at a cocktail party in his comfortable South Burlington home. At the end of the day, corporations like General Dynamics screw over U.S. labor, profit from killing innocent people, contaminate the environment and leave the American people in unprecedented debt. Then its corporate executives walk away rich and unaccountable. Who is waging the class war on whom?

We must move beyond the (il)logic of the doomsday war economy and ask: How can the people of Vermont create good jobs, justice, and peace without bombing and exploiting the world?

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The impact of Progressive House gains speaks volumes.

Traditional Republicans and Democrats are seeing their parties abandon them. Money and power took over. Progressives, conversely, faithfully stand for working-class issues for all Vermonters. Tired of the property tax burden? We are, too. Tired of having no health care? We are, too. Tired of unaffordable child care? We are, too.

Please join us in asking our legislators for election reform. Instant Runoff Voting is used in cities

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Tiki Archambeau BURLINGTON

Archambeau chairs the Burlington Progressive Party.

SIMMER DOWN

Amazing. The lack of respect, accountability and maturity Matthew Silverman and some UVMers possess is amazing [“Local Matters,” October 27].

His sentiment, “If you have a family,” the area bound by North

Winooski, North Willard, Pearl Street and North Street is “just not a good neighborhood for you to live in,” is naïve and selfish.

How about: If you are a college student who wants to be unduly loud, rude, perhaps at times violent and destructive while drinking with others (or for that matter by yourself ) late into the night, no neighborhood is a good neighborhood for you to live in.

Live on campus. Not enough space? Demand more; you’re certainly paying enough. Then you can be as loud and rude as you like. But if you choose to rent a room or a house off-campus, you are choosing to be a part of a larger community that depends on mutual respect, accountability and — for those over the age of 17 — maturity. That doesn’t mean you can’t unwind and have fun after a week of school. Just do so as an adult, not as a spoiled and self-centered adolescent.

Megan Munson-Waruken BURLINGTON

BUSH DOCTRINE

If the 2000 election was a horrific injustice on the people of the United States, the 2004 election is a tragic comment on the ease with which this deceitful administration has manipulated a country through misinformation, partisan politics and highly selective use of facts.

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symptoms of dysfunction and conflict, but not the causes.

Declaring war on a function of human behavior such as terrorism is comparable to declaring war on lust, greed or desire.

The unilateral decision to forcefully install a “democracy” in Iraq is like trying to put out a grease fire by dumping water on it. The fire spreads and becomes harder to stop. It’s not a true democracy if it’s rammed down your throat. A true democratic government must be nurtured and grown from within a nation, with aid and support from the global community. Mr. Bush has so isolated the United States that we can hardly be considered part of the global community anymore, except as a bully.

I know I am preaching to the choir here in Vermont. We are individuals who are willing to stand up and eloquently voice what other citizens may be afraid to opine. There has never been a better, or more important, moment to begin a dialogue with our families, our neighbors and the world. The evangelical Republicans see fit to narrowly interpret the Christian Bible as fact rather than wisdom, seeking to install their religious doctrine on a nation. As one who keeps an ear tuned to the wisdom of things, I urge the rest of us to “Walk softly and carry a big stick.”

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Progressive Party has little support outside Burlington and Brattleboro and that isn’t likely to change anytime soon.”

The significance has to do with the constant claims that Progressives are extreme and weakening are, as Dan Rather would say, “as thin as onion soup.” If the claims have no base, then why are they being repeated? The answer: because people like Freyne and Sanders ignore that the two major parties are too busy bickering and not standing up for working people.

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he’s only 5-feet-10-and-a-half, not 6 feet like we thought. She grew up alongside New York’s Hudson River in the exclusive community that was the birthplace of the tuxedo. She attended an exclusive girls’ boarding school in Virginia and later ran her own bakery in Princeton, New Jersey.

She has three kids, an MBA and a husband who once ran Ben & Jerry’s. And in January, Rep. Gaye Symington of Jericho will be sworn in as Speaker of the Vermont House.

Vermont politics — you’ve just got to love it!

First elected to the Vermont Legislature in 1996, Ms. Symington has quietly moved up through the ranks. Two years ago, when John Tracy took an unsuccessful run at speaker, Gaye moved up to be leader of the Democratic caucus.

But two weeks ago, the Democrats crushed Republicans in House races and will return in January with a solid, 83-seat majority. That means control of the powerful speaker’s office for the first time in four years.

Symington has already cut a skillful behind-the-scenes deal with Tracy that will avoid a power struggle. Instead, John-John will have the special assignment of leading the “conversation” on health-care reform.

Speaker Symington will have the job of leading the Democratic agenda.

Fasten your seat belts, folks. Change is in the wind on many fronts. The Symington Era is just around the bend.

But who the hell is Gaye Symington?

Indications are, she’s one of a kind.

They say you can tell a lot about a person by the music they listen to. Asked who her favorite musicians are, Lady Gaye replied, “It depends where my head is.

Someday it’s the Talking Heads. Some days it’s a little Wood’s Tea Company. It depends,” she said, “whether I need to be calmed down and reminded the world is a beautiful place.”

Cool.

Around the building, and even on Sunday’s “You Can Quote Me” on Ch. 3, Lady Gaye reminds us she is a woman who shuns the use of cosmetics. “Plain Old Vermont” is her style of choice.

Cool.

Symington grew up surrounded by wealth and privilege in Tuxedo, New York, 40 miles upriver from the Big Apple. Her father was trained as an attorney but made his money on Wall Street as an investment banker. The Symingtons were Episcopalians. Gaye grew up in WASP Heaven. She’s currently a Unitarian Universalist.

Ms. Symington attended the local elementary school in Tuxedo Park. But for high school, our new speaker went off to the Madeira School in Virginia. Notable alums also include actresses Stockard Channing and Blair Brown and Washington Post Publisher Katherine Graham.

Madeira is also famous for once having Jean Harris as headmistress. Ms. Harris later won notoriety for murdering the “Scarsdale Diet” doctor Herman Tarnower.

Actresses and murderers, yes, but as far

as we can tell, Madeira has never produced a speaker of the house.

Cool.

After high school, Lady Gaye proceeded to Williams College, earning an environmental studies degree in 1977. After college Symington moved to Princeton, New Jersey, where her parents then lived. She opened a bread bakery. At the time, she reminded us, natural breads were hard to find in America.

After a couple years baking bread, Lady Gaye went to Cornell to study business. It was, after all, in the blood. In Ithaca, she met her husband-to-be and the future father of their three children. Chuck Lacy was also studying for an MBA. Studied so well, in fact, he later became the president of Ben & Jerry’s, from 1990-1995.

Ms. Symington and Mr. Lacy landed in Jericho, Vermont, in the mid-1980s. Lacy, by the way, declined to speak with us for this article.

Chuck chuckled as he told us he didn’t “want to be part of a story” about his other half. He said he would have “no comment.”

Lacy is currently president of the Barred Rock Fund, a venture-capital fund that invests in companies likely to create jobs in low-income areas.

And his wife told us that Chuck is currently devoting his energy to a film project on the war in Iraq.

The Lacy-Symington household also sells homegrown organic eggs off their porch and raises pigs and pumpkins.

Lady Gaye told us she never got bit by the political bug until she landed in Vermont. Asked to name her political hero, she paused. A long pause it was, too.

After an eternity passed, Symington said, “I never was at all interested in politics.”

Cool.

Lady Gaye added that the people who have most influenced her politically are all Vermont products: Rep. Bernie Sanders, former Gov. Madeleine Kunin and former Democratic House leader Paul Cillo.

Cillo was a champion of Act 60. And it was the gross inequity in public-school funding that first lit Gaye Symington’s political fuse.

In the mid-1990s, the mother of three was thinking about running for the local school board. (Silent Chuckie, by the way, currently serves on it.)

So, in a move that speaks volumes about her approach to issues, Symington audited a course on education funding at St. Mike’s. She has a pronounced fetish for feeding her mind.

The class, she said, helped her realize “It would drive me nuts to serve on the school board.” She knew Vermont’s system for funding public schools “wasn’t fair,” and she quickly realized “school boards could not fix it.” But the legislature could.

So, Symington ran for the Vermont House in the fall of 1996. She won. Her acumen for education financing was immediately recognized by the House leadership and she was assigned to the Ways and Means Committee, where Act 60 was soon born.

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City Council: Housing Cuts Are Federally Offensive When the Burlington City Council met last week to consider a resolution condemning the upcoming budget cuts to the federal housing-assistance program known as Section 8, the public hearing had all the trappings of a theater of the absurd.

Several hundred people showed up for the hearing, some carrying signs and placards that read “Housing is a basic human right” and “America’s homeless… the new refugees.”

City Council members listened intently to the heartfelt and impassioned stories from poor, disabled and elderly Vermonters, many of whom are terrified that they’ll end up on the street if they lose their federal housing vouchers. Local landlords, low-income advocates, public housing directors and members of the clergy also voiced their outrage, including one local nun who condemned the Bush administration’s hypocrisy on this “pro-life issue.”

Paul Dettman, executive director of the Burlington Housing Authority, reminded the council that Section 8 supports around 1700 households in the Burlington area alone and contributes about $13 million to the local economy in direct payments to landlords.

Dettman also pointed out that Section 8 recipients are among the most vulnerable members of society. In Burlington, 75 percent are considered “extremely low-income,” meaning they earn less than $12,000 a year. One in 10 is elderly, he said, and about four in 10 are mentally or physically disabled. “Any further cuts,” Dettman concluded, “will completely cripple our program.”

Then there were letters from Vermont’s congressional delegation condemning the Bush administration cuts, which are the most drastic ever proposed in the program’s 30-year history. Following the speeches, council members voiced their support for the resolution.

Phil Fiermonte (P, Ward 3) called the evening’s hearing “the most moving testimony I’ve ever heard” in his six years on the council. Council President Andy Montroll (D, Ward 6) said that “People deserve better than having their safety net pulled out from under them.”

In the end, the resolution passed with unanimous support and was sent on to the Vermont Legislature, Congress and the White House. But even with backing of City Council, the mayor, the governor and both houses of the General Assembly, there was also another prevalent, yet unspoken, sentiment in the room: This was a lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

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UVM Coughs Up Cash for Pot Rally Busts Two University of Vermont students who were nabbed by police for their participation in a peaceful, pro-marijuana rally on campus last April have settled their legal claims against the school. The students, Thomas Wheeler and Nikolai Sears, announced last week that they will each receive a cash settlement of $7500 from UVM after accusing the university of violating their free-speech rights.

The students, who were both sophomores at the time, were arrested April 20 and charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly rallying their fellow students to participate in a demonstration that had not been officially sanctioned by the university. Although the state later dropped the charges, UVM officials indicated that both students would still face disciplinary action for their participation in the “420 rally,” an annual student event and smokein in support of marijuana legalization.

In recent years, UVM has tried to crack down on the 420 rallies, which this year drew an estimated 500 to 600 students, in an effort to combat the university’s national reputation as a “party school.”

Former interim UVM President Ed Colodny said recently that for years, that negative image harmed student and faculty recruitment and made it more difficult for the university to secure funding from the state legislature.

But Wheeler and Sears both say that the university overstepped its legal authority when it tried to intimidate students with a sizeable police presence at this year’s rally.

They challenged the disciplinary action with legal assistance from the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont. According to the ACLU, the settlement stipulates that neither student will be disciplined. Wheeler, who was facing a one-year suspension on an unrelated alcohol violation, says that his suspension has been reduced to one semester.

Sears, who still lives in Burlington, is not currently attending UVM. “We’re pleased that the students’ rights to assemble peacefully have been validated,” said Allen Gilbert, executive director of the ACLU, in a written statement. “If there is any place where such rights should be protected and nurtured, it’s at a respected educational institution such as UVM.” Sears claims that he and Wheeler offered to receive a smaller cash settlement in exchange for a public apology sent out to the entire campus, but UVM officials refused the offer, he says.

“We’re confident that we acted appropriately,” says UVM spokesman Enrique Corredera. “Our goal was to prevent another event like the one we had in previous years and, most importantly, to ensure the safety of our students and to preserve law and order.”

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All Tuckered Out There were plenty of words used to describe John Tucker, the outgoing director of the Racial Justice and Equity Project at Burlington’s Peace and Justice Center — “diplomatic” was not one of them. But as Tucker’s friends and colleagues paid tribute to him last week and thanked him for more than 10 years of fighting racism in Vermont, one thing was clear: They wouldn’t have wanted Tucker any other way.

“John doesn’t bite his tongue or sugar-coat issues,” said one resident of the Old North End. “He has the guts to say what other people are thinking but are afraid to say,” offered another.

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States Commission on Civil Rights, noted that Tucker was instrumental in exposing harassment of students of color in Vermont’s public schools, a problem that was far more pervasive than anyone had realized. Tucker also helped increase recruitment of both students and faculty of color at the University of Vermont. Finally, Hoff described Tucker’s work on the state Advisory Committee as “herculean.”

Clearly, Tucker was moved by all the adulation.

During the reading of a letter from his friend and colleague Dr. Richard Wright, co-founder of the Racial Justice and Equity Project, in which he described Tucker as “the brightest, baddest and most unapologetic African-American man I know,” Tucker broke down and wept. But when it

If Tucker wasn’t polite about confronting racial injustice, his friends and allies said it didn’t diminish his effectiveness.

Still another suggested, “He is unfairly judged because he delivers a controversial message.”

When Burlington Mayor Peter Clavelle listed some of Tucker’s accomplishments over the last decade, such as challenging racial profiling by the Burlington Police Department and fighting institutional racism in public housing and government employment, he spoke affectionately but bluntly about Tucker’s confrontational style.

“John,” he said, “thank you for being such a pain in the ass all these years.”

If Tucker wasn’t polite about confronting racial injustice, his friends and allies said it didn’t diminish his effectiveness. Former Vermont Governor Phil Hoff, who served with Tucker on the Vermont Advisory Committee to the United

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was his turn to speak, Tucker was unrelenting in how much work remains to be done. For instance, he talked about how his children and grandchildren have all had to leave Vermont in order to find work. “There’s just no place for them here,” he said. “It’s sad. Other communities are benefiting from their youth and courage.”

Tucker left the Peace and Justice Center on October 1 to launch a Vermont chapter of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the national civilrights organization that was founded by the Rev. Jesse Jackson. But Tucker says his style won’t change in the new position. “I can’t be any other way than I am,” he said. “Don’t ask if you don’t want to know what I think.”

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Curses, Foiled Again Burglars who broke into a home in Memphis, Tennessee, made off with DVD players, computers, radios, television sets and other electronics gear, only to be caught because they returned to the scene. One of them realized that a parrot in the home had heard him use the nickname “J.J.” for one of his accomplices and had repeated it. “They were afraid the bird would stool on them,” police Maj. Billy Garrett said, explaining that police arrived as the three suspects, ages 18 to 25, were loading the bird into their getaway car.

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camel races in Qatar. Sheik Hamad bin Jassem bin Faisal al-Thani, president of the organizing committee of camel races in the emirate, insisted that the switch had nothing to do with protests by human-rights groups against the use of children as camel jockeys.

a place for tourists.” Eventually, however, he envisions a land of Western-style hotels and amusement parks and tourists flocking to see Saddam Hussein’s former palaces and prisons. Noting that Iraq’s oil eventually will run out, Jobori declared, “Tourism can be our river of gold.”

Uphill Battles In Albania, where 40 percent of the population has no street address, the government adopted a bill calling for streets to be named, but the process quickly became mired in ideological disputes. In Lushnja, for example, a town council discussion ended with a chair-fight that injured three councilors. “The battle started when the

Homeland Insecurity Agents of the Permian Basin Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested Billy Wayne Miles, 58, of Odessa, Texas, for making threats because a radio station didn’t play a Fats Domino song that he wanted to hear.

The Odessa American reported that Miles phoned the station three times to request “Ain’t That a Shame” but never heard it. When he called a fourth time, he announced, “There will be a big bang at a downtown parking garage in Odessa, Texas, at 2 today.” Several buildings were evacuated before Miles’ arrest.

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Million-to-One Shot Kyle Denney, 27, a pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, was shot in the leg when a bullet, apparently fired at random, came through the team bus while traveling to the airport in Kansas City, Missouri.

Denney escaped serious injury because he was hit in the right calf while wearing white leather go-go boots as part of a hazing ritual. Denney is from Oklahoma, whose college football team was ranked second behind the University of Southern California, so his teammates told the rookie to dress as a USC cheerleader. “I’ve never been so glad to have a USC thing on,” Denney said.

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rightists demanded to name the main avenue in the town after a poet who is considered unworthy by the socialists,” said council staffer Lulezim Rama, who had to call police to break up the brawl.

Explaining that the lack of street addresses in what was once Europe’s most isolated country makes it difficult to conduct a census, a key requirement for Albania’s entry into the European Union, sociologist Mentor Kikia pointed out, “How can anyone dream about Europe when they don’t even know where they live?”

• Ahmad al-Jobori, the new head of Iraq’s state-run tourism board, told the Wall Street Journal that his mission, for now at least, is to keep tourists away. “I understand all about wanting to have an adventure,” Jobori, 67, said, “but Iraq could be a one-way trip. This is just not

intended to stop people from driving drunk, claiming that it is actually a safety hazard. After his second drunk-driving conviction, Reali was ordered to install the ignition interlock, which measures alcohol when drivers breathe into them while starting their cars and periodically while driving them. Reali, a heavy smoker, said that he had to blow into the interlock so hard on one occasion while driving that he fell unconscious and crashed into a tree.

• A 79-year-old woman filed a lawsuit in Florida after she couldn’t blow hard enough to get a reading on her courtordered interlock. Her suit asks the state to lift the requirement that she equip her car with the device, insisting that in the case of someone with shortness of breath, the rule violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Never-Never Land When Major Slow Learner Three days after the captain of a Finnish commuter ferry crashed into a pier because he forgot to turn off the autopilot, injuring two passengers and a crewmember, he again failed to disengage the autopilot and ran ashore. There were no injuries, but this time the ferry demolished the pier just outside downtown Helsinki. “He has been on this route for more than 10 years, and we discussed carefully that he would be more sharp in the future,” Jorma Salopelto, head of Suomenlinnan Liikenne, which runs the ferry, told Reuters. “He did not manage it.”

Drinking-Class Heroes Jason Reali, 29, sued the state of Pennsylvania and the maker of a dashboard device

League Baseball announced that the Montréal Expos were relocating to Washington, D.C., after the city promised to build a new stadium bordering the Anacostia River, leaders of the city’s homosexual community vowed to fight the stadium, insisting that it would wipe out a neighborhood of homosexual strip bars, bathhouses and adult theaters. “It’s like a fly swatter coming down and, boom, we are gone,” said Bob Siegal, who owns several of the clubs and told the Washington Times that before the stadium plan was announced, he had envisioned developing the area into a “Gay Disneyland.” “I worked hard to get this block going,” he said. “I wanted to be like Roy Disney and have it keep on going, even after I was dead.” 쩾

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he Center for Cartoon Studies won’t see its first students until next fall, but the White River Junction institution is already offering some top-drawer comics education. This Thursday, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoon superstar Art Speigelman drops by the Upper Valley for a two-part visit. In the afternoon, he stops inn at Dartmouth College for a free, public slide-talk and sign his latest work, a book-length, post-9/11 graphic essay entitled In the Shadow of No Towers. That evening, he crosses the

Connecticut River for a $100-a-head sequential-art soirée hosted by CCS founder and Hartland resident James Sturm, a grand-slam graphic novelist himself.

Proceeds from the reception, which features a Q&A session, will go towards creating spaces for classrooms, labs, studios and a gallery in the 1929 Colodny Surprise Department Store — no relation, it seems, to the historic Colodny Store that now houses Burlington College. The appearance is the center’s first fundraising event, but Sturm says the school has already brought in about half of the $600,000 needed to open in September. One major donor is the widow of “Peanuts” creator Charles Schultz. There’s also talk of a “significant contribution” from Peter Laird, co-creator of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and head of the Xeric Foundation, which helps promising cartoonists publish their own work.

Association with Speigelman gives the nascent institution enormous comics cred.

His 1992 Maus, a book-length treatment of the Holocaust, is probably the work most responsible for legitimizing funnies’ potential for gravitas. He “brought an intelligence and dignity to the medium,” says Sturm. “In a lot of ways,” he adds, the center is “a manifestation of what he’s been doing in his own career. It’s congruent with his goals about how he’d like to see comics accepted in the general culture.

He has led the charge.”

Speigelman isn’t just a hot property among comics geeks. Word has it that folks at the University of Vermont

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Jonathan Crewe, who directs the college’s Humanities Center, says he ran into Speigelman at a gallery opening in Manhattan and asked if he’d consider visiting. Timing was everything: Speigelman was already planning to come to White River Junction. Dartmouth is paying a “moderate fee,” Crewe says. “We don’t pay inflated fees. If you talk to people, they’ll usually accept that.” The cigarette thing was trickier to get around on the smoke-free campus. Crewe’s solution: Call the appearance a “performance” in which smoking is an integral part. “Let’s hope no one goes nuts,” Crewe says.

Look for more Vermont visits by cartoon notables — with or without tobacco habits — once the CCS is actually up and running. The school’s website lists a roster of likely visitors guaranteed to impress aspiring cartoonists, such as Chris Ware, Seth and Vermonters James Kochalka, Ed Koren and Alison Bechdel.

Expect hardy stock among the two-year school’s pioneering mix of 20 undergraduate and graduate students. The first four applications, Sturm says, are graduating from the University of California at Berkeley, Cornell, Dartmouth and Bryn Mawr. Note to profs: Watch out that these high achievers don’t goof off in cartooning class by hiding Kant behind their comics.

What’s the score at the Vermont Mozart Festival? Perusers of the classifieds may have noticed an ad for an executive director — just about six months after Pam Siers took that position. Then they lost two staff people. And the organization moved. Board members and temps have been staffing the series’ new offices on the first floor of Burlington’s WellsRichardson building.

Is there any connection between these shake-ups and a recent flurry of managerial snafus — corporate sponsors slow to sign up, the winter series schedule slow to be announced, ordered tickets slow to go out? “We needed to reorganize and restructure anyway” says board president Joy Facos. That means adding a second administrator to focus on fund-raising, PR and audience development, as well as turning a year-round staff position into seasonal employment.

As with lots of arts organizations, money is an issue. “It has been a struggle,” Facos admits. “We will be doing an annual appeal.” On the bright side, ticket sales have been brisk for the upcoming Christmas concerts. William Metcalfe conducts the Oriana Singers and the festival orchestra on Bach’s “Magnificat,” Haydn’s “Mass in Time of War” and Beethoven’s Elegy. Here’s hoping that last selection puts the series’ troubles to rest. 쩾 Email Ruth at ruth@sevendaysvt.com

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Dear Cecil, I have a friend who continually insists that various historical figures were pedophiles. She’s made accusations against such diverse notables as Richard the LionHearted, William Wallace, Julius Caesar and James Barrie, the author of Peter Pan. I find the accusation against such a beloved figure as Barrie particularly objectionable. I put it to you, O Great Dispenser of Wisdom: Was James Barrie a buggerer?

— Pufnstuff, via e-mail One might have phrased this a bit more delicately, Puf. Then again, what’s the point? With the release of Finding Neverland, a film about the story behind Peter Pan starring Johnny Depp as Barrie, it’s certainly the first question a lot of people will ask. So here’s the answer: I don’t think so. Of course, that’s what I said about another guy with an unusual interest in kids, Charles Dodgson (a.k.a. Lewis Carroll), right before those pictures of naked little girls showed up.

However, I deal in the world of what’s known.

A wonderfully understated account of the matter may be found in J.M. Barrie & the Lost Boys: The Love Story That Gave Birth to Peter Pan by Andrew Birkin (1979). The seventh child of a Scottish weaver, Barrie possessed the two prerequisites of artistic greatness: talent and an unhappy childhood. Two things contributed significantly to the latter. First, he was very short, barely 5 feet tall by age 17. Second, he ranked a distant second (if that) in the affections of his mother, whose favorite was his charming, handsome, etc. brother David, who was killed in an accident when not quite 14. James, then 6, attempted to console his desolate parent by adopting the mannerisms of the dead youth. On some level he never stopped, and he remained a boy in spirit all his life.

Still, he was a boy who could write. Barrie moved to London in his mid-twenties and enjoyed quick success, first as a journalist, then a novelist, and finally a playwright. Though shy and moody, he met a pretty (and short) young actress named Mary Ansell and

married her in 1894.

The marriage was not happy. Barrie was later rumored to be impotent, but it seems more accurate to say he had little interest in sex. At any rate he never succeeded in getting Mary pregnant, though she was anxious for a child.

Barrie, too, loved children — he just preferred to let other people make them. He and Mary began taking walks with their dog in Kensington Gardens, a park near their London home. He became a favorite of the children brought there by their nannies, entertaining them with his antics and stories about pirates and fairies.

The children Barrie was fondest of were the young sons of Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies. He was an aspiring lawyer; she was beautiful and sweet. Barrie charmed Sylvia as he had charmed her kids and soon insinuated himself into the household, visiting frequently and joining the family on holidays, somewhat to the distress of Mary and Arthur.

Ever in need of material, Barrie began incorporating his experiences with the Llewelyn Davieses into his work. The pirate stories he told the boys — eventually there were five: George, Jack, Peter, Michael and Nico — became the basis for his 1904 play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up. It was unlike anything ever seen on the stage, among other things requiring an elaborate apparatus to permit the players to fly, but it proved a huge hit in Britain and the U.S. Barrie remained close to the Llewelyn Davies family. When Arthur and Sylvia died of cancer within a few years of each other, the playwright found Sylvia’s handwritten will in which she requested that Jenny, the sister of the boys’ nanny, help look after them. In copying the document for Sylvia’s mother, Barrie mistranscribed “Jenny” as “Jimmy,” i.e., himself — unintentionally, according to Birkin. But even if he did it on purpose, family and friends agree he alone had the resources to take care of the boys, and he became their guardian.

Judging from their correspondence, Barrie was part father to the five, part mother, and part… well, lover gives the wrong idea, but he was emotionally attached to a degree some found morbid, to George and Michael particularly.

George was killed during World War I, however, and Michael drowned at Oxford in 1921. (Some suspected it was suicide.) Peter, who became a successful publisher, threw himself under a London subway train in 1960. You may think: These were troubled folk.

Maybe so, but no evidence survives to pin the blame on Barrie, who died in 1937. As for pedophilia, Nico offered what, barring some shocking revelation, will surely stand as the last word on Barrie’s sexuality, or lack of it: “He was an innocent — which is why he could write Peter Pan.” CECIL ADAMS

Is there something you need to get straight? Cecil Adams can deliver the Straight Dope on any topic.

Write Cecil Adams at the Chicago Reader, 11 E. Illinois, Chicago, IL 60611, or email him at cecil@chireader.com.

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Many wonder, however, how she will handle the power game, the lobbyists and the press scrutiny.

Symington warned us that her style is to think things through before letting her jaws flap.

We warned her that that style may have to speed up a wee bit in her new role as Speaker of the House. Still, if she can organize chickens, piggies, pumpkins and children, surely the Statehouse press corps won’t be too big a challenge?

P.S. Though Lady Gaye didn’t get political until she was almost 40, she does have politics in her bloodline. Her grandfather’s brother, she told us, was U.S. Sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri, a Democratic presidential hopeful in the 1950s.

O’Connor Emerges — After months of silence, Howard Dean’s longest-serving and closest aide emerged from the shadows last week in a strange two-part interview on VPR. Kate O’Connor guarded Ho-Ho like he was the Holy Grail, and two Dean campaign managers have blamed her for their demise.

In his new book, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Joe Trippi writes that in August 2003, “a couple staffers saw [Kate] writing in her Blackberry that she wanted to get rid of me.”

Trippi also claims Kate used her closeness to Ho-Ho “to promote the view that I was leading Dean off on some dangerous populist crusade.”

O’Connor’s often overzealous protectiveness of Dean is well known to Vermont journalists.

On VPR she claimed complete innocence, saying she was “honestly shocked” when she started getting press calls that suggested she was the reason Dean collapsed so quickly.

Whatever you say, Kate.

Two things are clear.

One is that Ms. O’Connor no longer works for Howard Dean.

She is not part of his Democracy for America operation.

And, two, she has no desire to be interviewed by the likes of yours truly. We sent her an email after the VPR story and received this reply: “Why now? Why didn’t I get a chance to comment before you printed all of the lies you were told?”

Well, we actually did try to reach her. Unfortunately, Ms. O’Connor stopped returning our calls when Dean was still governor, long before his run for the White House.

Blowing in the Wind — It’s been a good couple weeks for Vermonters who’d like to see the state do something about wind energy besides just talk about it.

Gov. Jim Douglas, as everyone knows, has been anything but a champion of wind power. Oh, sure, Gentle Jim supports the concept, but he’s forever worrying aloud about its possible negative impact on Vermont’s scenic ridge lines. His is a cautious, timid approach.

Our governor, like none before him, is a master of the art of expressing heartfelt support for

both sides of an issue. But the bottom line is, Gov. Scissorhands will not become a wind-energy backer unless pushed.

The Democrat Party takeover of the Vermont House on Election Day provides that push.

The Republican Speaker of the House for the last four years, Walter Freed, had a “gasoline and matches” relationship with wind-energy proponents, in fact, with environmentalists in general.

But after four years of riding the wave of the homophobic civilunions backlash, the House GOP Caucus will be a shrunken, 60seat minority in January. They’ll caucus in the little room, Room 10. And wind-friendly House Democrats will caucus across the hall in Room 11, the big room.

Put that together with the Democrats’ 21-9 majority in the Senate and you realize how much Gov. Douglas’ influence under the Golden Dome has changed. Last session, the Guv could pretty much ignore the environmental lobby. This session, they’ll be front and center. Already you can feel the wind.

On Monday, Gov. Scissorhands’ Commission on Wind Energy Regulatory Policy issued a draft report. The Guv will not be pleased.

You see, the commission on wind is part of our governor’s goslow approach. Wind-energy opponents raised the issue of whether wind projects should have to also go through an Act 250 review instead of just the “Section 248” regulatory review that’s spelled out for electric power projects such as nukes.

The Douglas Wind Commission says Section 248 will do just fine. There’s no need to make the windmill developers do the Act 250 dance, too.

According to the commission recommendations, “Applying both Section 248 and Act 250 to proposed wind projects would result in a duplicative and inefficient process. Section 248 already incorporates key Act 250 criteria.”

In addition, “Section 248 is appropriate because of the importance of considering ‘public good’ in the deliberation of energy projects that have statewide or broader implications.”

After four years with little to cheer about, the Vermont Public Interest Group was quick to claim victory this week. VPIRG’s Azur Mouleart put out a release Monday blowing a little wind in Douglas’ face.

“Governor Douglas has been stalling for months on wind power,” wrote VPIRG’s windenergy czar, “claiming that siting a wind turbine might be more complicated than siting a nuclear power plant, and that he therefore wanted more time to review the existing laws. Well, the stall clock just chimed. With the Governor’s own study committee saying the existing laws are adequate, it’s time for Governor Douglas to quit stalling and start supporting wind power.”

Pretty straightforward, eh?

Douglas’ press secretary Jason Gibbs accused Mr. Mouleart of “wanting to pick a political fight.”

Oh, dear. Don’t you hate it when politicians fight?

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VPIRG’s mission is to work in the public interest.”

Goodness, gracious.

Questioning motives already, eh?

The Guv’s spokesman, however, did agree with VPIRG on one point.

“He’s right about one thing,” said Gibbs, “it is the governor’s commission on wind. It’s kind of hard to argue that the governor’s been stalling when he’s the first governor to authorize wind-energy projects on state-owned lands and has a commission prepared to recommend a responsible regulatory structure for commercial wind energy.”

Nice spin, eh?

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Rising Stars — Democrat Party Chairman Scudder Parker put out a thank-you email to the troops this week and in it praised the contributions of Jill Krowinsky and Rebecca McCarty, the two talented women who ran the Dems’ extremely successful “Take Back the House” campaign.

Seven Days has learned that Ms. McCarty has already been signed up for the coming session by the hired-gun lobbying firm of Morris & Associates. Gerry Morris, a Statehouse veteran, fronts for Pfizer, Budweiser and Vermont Yankee, among others.

And sources say that Speaker Symington is trying to create a spot on her staff for Krowinsky.

Media Notes — The new face on Ch. 5 News belongs to Boston native Kyla Cullinane.

She’s the NECN replacement for Anya Huneke, who now covers the mayhem in Massachusetts.

Kyla was a psychology major at the University of Virginia.

Sure beats the hell out of studying journalism, eh?

Ms. Cullinane’s spent the last two years as a TV news reporter in South Bend, Indiana — Notre Dame country.

Bet the psychology training helped.

Both NECN and Ch. 5 are owned by Hearst-Argyle.

Correction — We got our Toms mixed up last week. That was Democracy for America political director Tom Hughes with the sushi at Shaw’s, not Tom McMahon, the big boss. In fact, McMahon says he hates sushi.

Sorry, man. Irish-Americans look so much alike, don’t they?

Tom’s brother Steve McMahon did Ho-Ho’s media during the miracle of 2003. He also has become a familiar mug on talking-head shout shows such as CNN’s “Crossfire.”

Sorry, Toms.

Dean, meanwhile, had an event at Yale booked for Tuesday.

There’s a lot of behind-the-scenes action going on over who will be the new chair of the DNC. Ho-Ho’s in play.

His middle-of-the-road gubernatorial reign may actually help him. m

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o, that’s that for the Republic,” if I may quote Dorothy Thompson one more time, before someone in Washington decides that quoting Dorothy Thompson or anyone like her, historical or contemporary, is subversive, “insurgent,” a crime in the war against terror.

This will surely happen, sooner or later.

No time to lose! Here’s H.L. Mencken, in a remark that found wide circulation last week on the Internet: “As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”

Neat, huh? Here’s Hal Crowther, columnist for the Independent in Durham, N.C., and one-time winner of the H.L. Mencken Award for column writing: “I don’t pretend to be the one who can tell you whether George W. Bush is a dim

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

H.L. MENCKEN tool of sinister forces, as I always suspected, or a genuine gear-loose megalomaniac with god-worms crawling through his tortured brain. … [But] if a spotted hyena stepped out of Air Force One wearing a baby-blue necktie, most Americans would salute and sing ‘Hail to the Chief.’”

Here’s Adolf Hitler, speaking of the best way to win hearts and minds for the Fatherland (Democrats, take note!): “The receptivity of the great masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on them in slogans, until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand. ...

As soon as you sacrifice this slogan and try to be many-sided, the effect will piddle away, for the crowd can neither digest nor retain the material.”

And here’s Thompson again, writing in 1937, when Franklin D. Roosevelt attempted to “pack” the U.S. Supreme Court by increasing the number of judges from nine to 15 and thus ensuring judicial sanction for his policies and programs: “The repeated assertion of this administration that it ‘has a mandate’ is typical. ...

By hook or by crook, through the democratic instrument or by coercion, one gets a majority. One then uses the power that this majority gives to destroy the minority and make it impossible for the minority ever again to become the majority... This is, of course, not democracy. It is the modern technique of usurpation.”

But let’s stop there. No one wanted to hear Dorothy Thompson in her own time, and no wants to hear her in mine. Neither

will I bore you with my strangled screams about what was plainly a rigged election. I’ll let someone else do it — say, the folks at Democratic Underground.com, who note that “in EVERY STATE [with] paper audit trails … the exit poll results match[ed] the actual results reported within the margin of error,” while in “EVERY STATE with EVoting but no paper trails … an unexplained advantage for Bush [appeared] of around +5 percent when exit polls were compared to actual results.”

Media critic Mark Crispin Miller adds: “It’s a statistical impossibility that Bush got 8 million more votes [in 2004] than he got last time. In 2000, he got 15 million votes from right-wing Christians, and there are approximately 19 million of them in the country… But given Bush’s low popularity ratings and the enormous number of new voters — who skewed Democratic — there is no way in the world that Bush got 8 million more votes this time. I think it had a lot to do with the electronic voting machines. Those machines are completely untrustworthy, and that’s why the Republicans use them.”

Oh, dear! Imagine calling the ruling party “untrustworthy” — Mark, you’d better watch your back. “Hardline” purges are underway in Washington right now — at the CIA, the Justice Department, the State Department, etc. — and it won’t be long before they come after the journalists. Look especially for a crackdown on the Internet, the only place where free speech in America still seems to flourish. As Little Hitler himself told reporters last week, after his stunning, 1 percent victory, “Now that I’ve got the will of the people at my back, I’m going to start enforcing a one-question rule” at press conferences.

Actually, Bush will be enforcing his “one-question rule” on everything, that question being, as it was during his first term, “Are you with us or against us?” Only this time, even more obviously, it won’t be you who gives the answer.

Already, with “the will of the people” at its back, the Bush regime has ordered all American airlines “to turn over computerized data for passengers who traveled on domestic flights” in the month of June — this as a “security measure” in the war on terror. According to the Associated Press, “The data can include credit card numbers, travel itineraries, addresses, telephone numbers and meal requests.”

Meal requests? Yes, because “the latter can indicate a passenger’s religion or ethnicity.”

And you thought you were living in a democracy! Well, none of it needs to make sense. “The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved,” outgoing Attorney General John Ashcroft told Dubya in his letter of resignation, before turning right around and lambasting “activist judges for encroaching on powers that belong solely to the president [and] putting at risk the very security of our nation in a time of war.”

War, schmar — with the will of the people at their backs, these guys have a lock on the whole apparatus. And we ain’t seen nothin’ yet. 쩾 Email Peter at peterkurth@peterkurth.com

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urlington’s Old North End finally has a market to serve its growing population of Africans. “It’s becoming big: Sudanese, Somali,” proprietor François Nsibienakou says of the Queen City’s changing demographics. A fellow Congolese in the brand-new Africa Market adds more countries to the list: “Guinea, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Mali.” Essentially, Nsibienakou is catering to an entire continent in the oddly shaped storefront at the corner of North Street and North Winooski Avenue, where portable metal shelves offer everything from dried beans, hot sauce and tins of Nido-brand powdered milk to cosmetics and a large selection of music and movies. Here there is not one but two copies of a film about deposed Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Seko — in

Portable metal shelves offer everything from dried beans, hot sauce and tins of Nidobrand powdered milk to cosmetics and a large selection of music and movies.

French. After living three years in Vermont, Nsibienakou realizes the market is more than a source of cassava root and varieties of palm oil. “It will be a place like community,” he says. “When they come here, they see, ‘Oh, you’re here, too.’” . . . The 28-year-old Middlebury Natural Food Coop predates almost every other groovy grocery in the Champlain Valley. Last month it finally got a facelift. Now, with double the space, the formerly funky food store looks like… Burlington’s City Market. The concrete floors, exposed ductwork, hanging lights — and, alas, the congested parking lot — suggest it could be the work of the same architect. It’s not. But here you can design your own flatbread sandwiches, and the eating areas are nicer, too, both inside and out. . . . Up the road in Vergennes, Fat Hen has come to roost. Heidi Markowski’s small but cheerful natural-foods market offers fresh local produce, bulk goods and an impressive array of cut-to-order meat and fish.

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Good Food — and now Fat Hen — it appears the smallest city in America has one big appetite for good food . . .

Within free range of Burlington, choosy shoppers choose the Shelburne Supermarket. For years, the locally owned grocery has struck a perfect balance between gourmet and generic foods. Former co-owner Kevin Clayton used to buy the wine for the market — the extensive selection is the first thing you see when you walk in.

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But now he’s opening his own place nearby: a coffee shop and wine store complete with baked goods, cheese and wireless Internet access. He’s trying to create a gathering spot in a town that too many people just drive through.

Modern Art wants a piece of the fat action for an exclusive new restaurant opening there in January. But St. Clair is “maxed out” with seven cows and one bucket.

Hey, maybe Vermont dairy isn’t done for.

GIVE A HOOTERS? Vermont may have held out

PUBLISHING ENTRÉES “We know, or think we know, where our food comes from. Food comes from farms. But what does this really mean to people? What should it mean? And why should we care?” A new Vermont-made book, Harvest, raises and strives to answer those questions by describing life on a small organic farm in Royalton. Formerly a journalist at the Valley News, Nicola Smith writes compellingly about the gore of animal husbandry, meteorological miseries and the relationship dynamic between young, educated Jennifer Megyesi and Kyle Jones as they try to live off the land. It’s an engaging, ag-savvy read that offers flatlander-friendly insight into the harsh realities of farming. Even the gorgeous photos, by Smith’s husband Geoff Hansen, confirm it’s no picnic. Smith points out the irony: “People in cities… are enormously knowledgeable about their food… able to speak authoritatively on the virtues of artisanal cheeses from Vermont or Wisconsin or the South of France, heirloom fruits and vegetables grown in Napa and Sonoma, truffles or prosciutto flown in from Italy… and yet almost totally ignorant of what is required to grow that food.” To discover what was required to write, illustrate and publish Harvest, check out book signings with Hansen and Smith on Thursday at the South Royalton Market, Saturday at the Norwich Bookstore or Saturday, November 27, at the Dartmouth Bookstore . . . Got your organic pot roast, lamb shank or “end-of-summer green beans” in hand? Give braise. Molly Stevens’ new cookbook makes a fresh case for an old method of cooking. “At its most basic, braising refers to tucking a few ingredients into a heavy pot with a bit of liquid, covering the pot tightly, and letting everything simmer peacefully until tender and intensely flavored,” she explains in the opening section of All About Braising. It’s a bit more complicated, of course — there’s a whole page on buy-

against Hooters longer than Communist China did, but the Wal-Mart of “sports bars” has finally scored one in South Burlington. Zoning Administrator Ray Belair confirmed that the chain restaurant known for its scantily clad waitresses will open “around February” in the Williston Road space formerly occupied by the Mongolian Grill. There was no regulatory dispute: Hooters earns 73 percent of its revenue selling food — one specialty is a “tailgate” bucket of wings — which qualifies it as a “restaurant.” The Massachusettsbased owners easily obtained a liquor license to serve wine and beer. “The only permit they got from me was to do interior renovations, to the tune of $200,000,” says Belair, who says he’s not aware of any organized local opposition to the place. Funny, considering South Burlington went ballistic over Shaun Cliche’s strip joint, Club Fantasy.

Cliche has since taken his business to Plattsburgh, where there is, coincidentally, also a Hooters.

BETTER BUTTER Word is spreading about the butter made on Animal Farm in Orwell. Three years ago, Diane St. Clair started supplying Thomas Keller’s famous French Laundry restaurant in Napa Valley. This year he opened a place in New York — Per Se — and at Keller’s urging, St. Clair bought another cow to meet the increased demand. Every week she ships 20 pounds of butter to the French Laundry and 30 pounds to Per Se. That leaves a small amount for a “very expensive” hunting lodge in Colorado and a few pounds for the co-op in Middlebury. Now the Museum of

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only place you could go was Charlie O’s or McGillicuddy’s,” Langdon’s Wes Hamilton says of the two bars that dominate after-dark Montpelier.

“Or an expensive restaurant. I think we’re proving how big the thirst was.” Local teens are also eating up the cookies, scones and grilled-cheese sandwiches. The only downside: Currently, the “café doesn’t open until 11 a.m. . . . The new Howard Bean doesn’t get cranking much earlier than that. By 10, the coffee machine is rocking at Riverwalk Records on State Street. Patrick Mullikin decided to start selling self-serve coffee “as another way to bring people into” his all-vinyl enterprise. In the back of the store, he’s got a couple of small tables and four brewed Green Mountain blends. He must have been buzzed when he chose the name Howard Bean from

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Three out of four of the guys were vegetarians. “Only in Vermont,” she quipped.

TRIPLE SHOT In Montpelier, Capitol Grounds is coffee central.

But something new’s abrew in the city’s café culture: In three short weeks, the “cooperatively owned” Langdon Street Café has become a happening place for hangers-out of all ages. Situated below a lefty bookstore, its woodsy charm and mismatched furniture are reminiscent of Muddy Waters. And like Burlington’s funkiest latte locale, the beer and wine also flow here. In fact, evenings appear to be the thing.

Langdon Street’s late-night hours and occasional live concerts are signs of real nightlife in a town notorious for shutting down at sunset. “The

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“We want a nice mix of red, white and blue” at the Black Door Bistro, Phil Gentile says of the crowd he envisions at his hip new eatery opening in the next few weeks on Montpelier’s Main Street. But he describes the aesthetic in the twostory bistro-café as “retro Russian tearoom.” Workmen are busily installing wood floors, one-of-a-kind lighting fixtures and other unique details in the walk-up space occupied by the original Julio’s. Gentile was actually a proprietor of the place when it was Montpelier’s Mexicanfood Mecca. He also owned a piece of A Single Pebble before he sold his share to Chef Steve Bogart.

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teur is partnering with Montpelier landlord Jeff Jacobs to create something the capital city has quite possibly never had: a club-like bistro-bar with an upstairs lounge.

It’s all exposed brick archways and horizontal mirrors and interesting art. Gentile hired Black Sheep Bistro Chef Michel Mahe to design a menu comparable to the one at his successful restaurant in Vergennes.

Nothing costs more than $16 — not even the pan-seared duck breast with pomegranate walnut sauce. Gentile predicts a couple will be able to wine and dine for less than $50. We predict the green-marble bar will attract late-night lawmakers accustomed to being chased out of Montpelier restaurants at 9. . . . If, come morning, the Statehouse cafeteria coffee doesn’t deliver the required jolt, there’s yet another java joint coming to Montpelier. “I’ve heard espresso bar slash gallery,” Langdon Street’s Hamilton says of the coffee business slated for a Victorian home near the roundabout.

little bit of both, according to tightlipped Benson, who speaks for every first-time restaurant owner when he assures, “It’s going to be a lot of things to a lot of people.” . . . A taller order could be finding the right restaurant for the massive waterfront development project at “Lake and College.” Co-owner Melinda Moulton is looking for a “Muddy Waters type of place” that can serve the community and also the adjacent performing arts theater and cinema.

That means long hours. “It was going to be a Jewish deli,” she says, but the pastrami promoters changed their minds. “I would love to have a great deli where people could come in and sit,” Moulton says, noting the third-floor space comes with some solarium seating. “It’s a lovely space for someone with the right vision.”

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What makes some restaurants rise to the occasion while others fail in short order? In Vermont, eateries have to satisfy a price-sensitive, city-savvy population that even in Burlington is sparse.

carved a niche in an area more likely to embrace Freedom Fries. “Earlier today there was a gentleman who came to see me,” Barral explains. “He said, ‘We were starving for a restaurant like yours.’” One couple drives weekly from New Hampshire to patronize the place. A big-city food critic also paid Barral a visit — look for the write-up in Wednesday’s Boston Globe. . . . Meanwhile, in Barre, the hot spot is Sean and Nora’s — an unpretentious, immigrant-inspired eatery that earned Vermont Magazine’s “best new restaurant” accolade. There’s a reason for the eclectic menu, which includes “N’Awlins Blackened Ribeye Steak,” “Little Italy Lasagna” and “San Antonio-smoked Chicken Quesadilla.” Proprietor John Mayfield named the place after his Irish grandparents. But it was Nora — “the greatest cook I’ve ever known” — who introduced him to dishes from all over the world. She learned from her neighbors in 1950s New York. . . . Robert Fuller sure lives up to his name. It seems the

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COLLEGE CUISINE Matthew Biette recalls the mystery-meat era of college cooking. “It could have been produced behind the wall or in some other country — you never knew.” As director of dining services at Middlebury College, his aim is to make institutional eating both appetizing and enlightened. Three years ago, Midd students started an organic garden to supply the college kitchens. A greenhouse heated by decomposing food waste — the college composts everything — grows veggies all winter. Twenty-six percent of what’s for dinner comes from local farms. The wild salmon, on the other hand, is flown in from Alaska. “It’s sustainable,” Biette says of the farflung fishery. “It’s also better for you.” The newest dining halls are more like distinct restaurants than cafeterias. The most popular one, at Ross Commons, has a Mongolian grill attended by stir-frying chefs.

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An alumni magazine article described the overall impression as “a high-end food court designed by House Beautiful and catered by Wolfgang Puck.” Coming soon: another stateof-the-art dining hall featuring a woodstone hearth oven. Biette says, “A lot of our students will apply to a Dartmouth or a Yale. What’s going to make them come to Middlebury?

If it’s the food, that’s fine by me.”

Despite the challenges, American Flatbread Burlington Hearth has been serving about 400 dinners on weekend nights since it opened in late May. “I think there was a familyfriendly opportunity in downtown Burlington,” says co-owner Rob Downey, noting most kid-proof places are on Shelburne or Williston roads. “And I think the market was ready for an organic pizza maker — a place that felt both casual and elegant, where the owners really care about the food.” . . . It may be harder on the high end. Just up the street from Flatbread, it appears the elegant Iron Wolf restaurant is on the market. According to an online classified, the owners are asking $285,000 for the place, including furniture, fixtures, equipment and use of the name. Since it moved from its former Lawson Lane space — now occupied by Opaline — the upscale eatery feels more downtown Montréal than upper St. Paul. Coowner Danny Sukelis denies the restaurant is for sale and claims the ad was a “mistake.” . . . If fine dining is tough going in Burlington, it can’t be easy in Brandon. But Addison County foodies are drooling over Chef Robert Barral’s 75-seat Café Provence. Formerly the executive chef at New England Culinary Institute, French-born Barral has

chef-turned-entrepreneur has a hand — or at least a finger — in every edible endeavor in northwestern Vermont. He owns the business and the building at Leunig’s. Also Bristol’s Bobcat Café and Pauline’s in South Burlington. He’s still a partner at Gillian’s and Snap’s, and recently sold his share in Cubber’s.

Then there are the places he “supports,” such as Nienow’s Backhome Kitchen in Middlebury — a tiny, but ambitious, take-out place right next to the Redemption Center at the north end of town.

Twenty-five years ago, Fuller and David Nienow cooked together at Mr. Up’s. Then Nienow went into food processing. His new project is a perfect marriage of manufacturing and retail. You can get a simple, selfstyled sub to go for lunch. But it’s worth waiting for a grilled creation, such as prosciutto di parma with artichoke hearts, sweet red peppers and provolone on sourdough. For dinner, Nienow goes all out with barbecue ribs, four-cheese lasagna and familystyle fried chicken. Then there are pizzas. “The guy’s got more equipment in there than I’ve ever seen in such a small space,” Fuller notes.

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Vermont Coffee, the first to step into the shadow of the giant Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, in 2002, is now fueling the caffeine-crazed from Burlington to Brattleboro, St. A to St. J. Owned by Paul Ralston of Bristol, the business has acquired some 100 accounts around Vermont and the Hanover, New Hampshire, area. Ralston also roasts Café Alta Gracia, which is owned by Middlebury author Julia Alvarez and her husband Bill Eichner. Ralston recently began handling the sales and marketing of that company as well.

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from deep in the Champlain Valley. Owners Mark Pruhenski and Troy Griffis are still doing all the work themselves with the enthusiasm of downhill ski racers. The extreme-sport analogy extends to the pair’s hip graphics and high-test names for their seven varieties, such as Tsunami Espresso and Red Eye Roast. At Burlington’s City Market, shoppers can’t help but notice the sleek silver

SEVEN DAYS | november 17-24, 2004 | feature 23A packages in Awake’s display case, a shiny contrast to the plainbrown-wrapper approach of its other Vermont competitors.

Besides beans, what all three companies have in common is consciousness. At Vermont Coffee, which uses the tagline, “Coffee Roasted for Friends,” Ralston extends that friendship to the farmers, paying them fairtrade prices; to the environment, using only certified-organic beans and recyclable bags; and to the customers, delivering coffee beans very recently roasted.

Awake’s website touts “Coffee with a Conscience,” meaning it uses exclusively organic beans — and those sealable silver bags are reusable.

At Café Alta Gracia, the social mission is more personal.

Anyone who’s read Alvarez’s ecofable, A Cafecito Story (Chelsea Green, 2001), knows that the couple owns a farm in Alvarez’s native Dominican Republic, which supplies the beans and is also the centerpiece of a broader commitment to sustainable agriculture, livable wages and literacy. Clearly, the coffee businesses brewing in Addison County amount to a lot more than a hill of beans.

“I’ve always really loved coffee,” says Paul Ralston in his modest quarters set back from Rt. 116 and within earshot of the New Haven River. “It goes back to my bakery days.” That would be the Bristol Bakery, which Ralston started with his wife in 1977. “There was no good coffee then; everyone was drinking Colombian.” That’s why Ralston, after reading a book about coffee, sought out his own small roaster, which he gave a prominent place in the window of the bakery and used to make coffee for customers.

After six years, he sold the bakery, finished college, and wound up working for Autumn Harp, a Bristol manufacturer of natural personal products.

Ralston eventually became president of the company, but left that position to work for The Body Shop, for whom Autumn Harp was making balms and creams. Ralston and his second wife, Deb, lived in England near Body Shop founders Anita and Gordon Roddick for three years before deciding it was time to come home. But not before Ralston got a lot of international business and social-mission experience under his belt.

In 2001, after spending some time as a consultant, Ralston was casting about for a new enterprise. His little roaster still in personal use, it occurred to him that a small coffee business might be as satisfying as, well, a steaming cup of joe. “I admit I kind of missed the boat on the boom years,” he says wryly. But the Roddicks helped Ralston make some fair-trade connections, and the Vermont Coffee Company was born. Within six months, it was cash-flow-positive. Two years later, it has five employees and is approaching annual sales of $500,000. >> 24A

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“One of the secrets to our success, modest as it is, is how fresh the coffee is,” says Ralston, now 52. “Everything we roast today is packaged and delivered today and tomorrow.” He and Deb still make deliveries themselves, but last week some further-afield customers began receiving their Vermont Coffee shipments via UPS. “With the cost of gas rising, it’s more environmental — it utilizes an existing truck already on the road,” Ralston reasons.

Vermont Coffee Company buys its beans from Peru, Sumatra, Mexico and Costa Rica, and roasts a dark and a mild blend — both of them smooth and rich, without a trace of bitterness. “The Mexican and Sumatran also come in decaf,” Ralston says.

That water-processed decaffeination happens in Vancouver, British Columbia — one of only two places in North America where it’s available.

For Ralston, the organic and fair-trade aspects of his business are as important as the coffee itself. “This isn’t a sideline for us,”

his promotional literature touts.

“It’s our only line.” The international organization called Fair Trade ensures farmers are paid based on their local cost of production and living, rather than the market price. This is especially important now, Ralston explains, because the market is at its “lowest world price” due in part to the influx of lower-quality beans from Vietnam and India — relatively new players on the world coffee stage. Remarkably, he informs, coffee is the world’s second-largest traded commodity, after oil.

“It’s been a great way for us to fulfill our social mission,” Ralston says. “Fair trade is the justice; expecting poor people to assuage our environmental guilt without even paying them for it — that’s pathetic.” Of course, conscientiousness has a cost: About 11 percent of Vermont Coffee’s expenses go to Fair Trade and its administering licensee, TransFair; the company pays an additional premium for organic beans. At the other end of the chain, con-

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Bud Smith has a really good-smelling pastime: roasting coffee beans.

He then packages and delivers the stuff to a handful of Middlebury outlets — the co-op, Greg’s Market, the Bagel Bakery — no more than a half-mile away. Bud’s Beans is so small that it gives new meaning to “local,” and barely qualifies as a “business.” In fact, Smith is the first to call his enterprise a hobby, though he does make a bit of money at it.

While on vacation in Mexico a few years ago, Smith was inspired by “a guy with a funky little business” and decided it would be a fun thing to do at home in Vermont. The “semi-retired” landlord set up a roaster in a barn behind his apartment building in downtown Middlebury four years ago. Cranking up the roaster just two or three days out of seven, Smith estimates he turns out 60 to 80 pounds weekly. Four of the five types of beans he buys are organic — the decaf is not — and three are from fair-trade producers. The coffee retails at $11 per pound. And he doesn’t do blends: “Just original-source roasting,” Smith says. He likes his own cuppa with just “a little skim milk.”

This is one roaster who plans to stay small. “I don’t want to grow,” Smith says. “I’m happy with what I’m doing now. I can produce it and deliver it right away — the coffee is very fresh.”

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sumers shell out around $8.99 a pound — in the upper end, but not the top, of the retail spectrum.

Ralston is also on the board of Grounds for Health, a nonprofit started by Dan Cox, founder of the international industry consultants Coffee Enterprises in Burlington.

Pooling a dollar from every pound of the Grounds for Health blend sold, the program provides health services — primarily cancer-screening for women — in coffee-growing communities. Vermont Coffee keeps the good will flowing close to home, too, with a “Frequent Friend” program offering merchandise, such as mugs and caps, for returned bags.

For all his international connections, Ralston is delighted to be back in Bristol. “This is where I want to have my business. I get to go home for lunch,” he says. “The kind of place where you work is important.”

In Los Marranitos, life is defined by backbreaking and poorly paid labor, illiteracy and an eroding environment. Or at least it was until Julia Alvarez and Bill Eichner came along.

After they bought Alta Gracia, a 260-acre farm in the central mountainous region of the Dominican Republic, in 1996, the couple set about transforming the place. They planted shade trees to protect the coffee plants and restore the soil; most coffee plantations are the equivalent of strip-mines, clearcutting the trees and disrupting the ecosystem. Alvarez and Eichner have also planted fruit and nut trees and other food crops, helping the farmers to become more self-sufficient.

They began paying $1.25 per pound for their beans; the average commercial coffee company pays farmers 43 cents per pound. Alvarez has started a school and a lending library in Los Marranitos, connecting the projects with volunteers from Middlebury College, where she teaches. And more recently, she and Eichner have established a “work-visit” program at the Alta Gracia farm.

“When I started roasting, they were carrying coffee beans back in suitcases,” says Ralston.

“Julia took the coffee on her book tours. I just love these people and what they do.”

Ralston has been roasting Café Alta Gracia since 2002, but he concedes, “It’s not the easiest coffee to work with — if you don’t roast it just right, it’s easy to disrupt.” CAG has a milder, fruitier taste and a more delicate aroma than Ralston’s own dark roast. But, he says, “If you lose that, the flavor comes out muddy and harsh.”

Part of the challenge, Ralston explains, is that CAG is a “single-source” coffee.

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Ralston describes it as “a fullbody coffee with a rustic, nutlike character and sweet, floral aroma.”

Since he took over sales and marketing of Café Alta Gracia just a month ago, Ralston says, the brand is in about a dozen stores and has become an “instant hit” at City Market. The coffee retails for $8.99 a pound — $1 of which goes to Foundation Alta Gracia. “We’re getting organic-certified now,” he says.

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About 3 feet tall, the plants seem healthy, their dark-green leaves shiny and exotic-looking.

But Mark Pruhenski has no illusions about starting a coffee farm in Vermont’s cold soil; the plants are “just for fun.” Instead, he and Troy Griffis are importing bags of beans from Sumatra, Mexico, South and Central America and, when they can, from Uganda. “That one’s touch-and-go,” Griffis says.

The same might be said about a start-up business selling a single product in a highly competitive environment. But about a year after launching Awake, the two eager young partners — Pruhenski’s 30, Griffis 25 — say they’re paying themselves and making it work.

Pruhenski, who has a wife and two children, moved to Vermont from Massachusetts just two years ago. For five years prior, he had operated a Berkshires coffee business that grew out of an organic-coffee café. He worked at American Flatbread in Middlebury and Mountain Greens, the naturalfoods store in Bristol, before deciding to make the coffee connection once again. Griffis, who had been growing and selling heirloom vegetables and salad greens, met Pruhenski at Flatbread, where they began to talk about having their own business. “We both cared about organics, and this seemed like a good fit,” Griffis says.

The two converted a garagesized shed on Pruhenski’s property, attended a coffee-roasting school in Utah, and bought a roaster — the shiny Diedrich model dominates their tidy quarters like a shrine. “It’s only ever had organic beans,” Griffis says, adding that the machine roasts just six pounds at a time.

“It’s a lot of time and labor,” he adds. “But we wanted to work at home for ourselves.”

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Griffis’ girlfriend’s father is creating their website — the two essentially do everything from designing package labels to delivering the goods. Pruhenski estimates their current accounts in the “low forties.” He’s equally uncertain about the year-end bottom line, but estimates that the Diedrich goes through 700 to 800 pounds of beans a week — more than 100 of which are sold at his former café in the Berkshires. “In the next six months we’d like to get to a thousand pounds a week,” suggests Griffis.

He and Pruhenski roast beans from different countries separately and then mix them together in packages; this means that in some blends the beans are varying shades of brown. Awake markets both dark and mild roasts, as well as a couple of decaf blends; all their flavors tend toward full and rich with no bitterness.

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Awake markets both dark and mild roasts, as well as a couple of decaf blends; all their flavors tend toward full and rich with no bitterness. sells it. When people can taste it, you get a good following,” he says. Griffis reports that Awake does very well at, for example, the Shelburne Supermarket. And though many of their accounts are natural-foods stores, it was a challenge to get into the coffee-saturated City Market. Awake sells for $7.49 to $8.99 per pound, according to Griffis.

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In a Butterball world, Vermonters have a leg up on most of the country when it comes to finding farm-fresh turkeys for the holidays. While most Americans will flock to the supermarket for rock-hard, shrinkwrapped cannonballs of frozen flesh, we have lots of options for buying fresh, locally raised gobblers. This year, Vermont turkey growers like the Langs will sell tens of thousands of roasters, most of which are raised without preservatives, hormones or antibiotics.

Unlike other birds raised in the state, the Langs’ don’t come bearing the Agency of Agriculture’s “Vermont Seal of Quality.” But that says more about the red tape surround-

On large, industrial-style poultry operations, “free-range” can mean that a single small door for tens of thousands of birds is open for just five minutes each day. that these birds aren’t given any growth hormones or antibiotics, but, technically speaking, they’re neither free-range nor organically grown. As Jennifer Lang points out, however, a consumer would be hard-pressed to find a farm-fresh turkey that’s been raised more naturally than hers.

“We’re probably more picky than the large, commercial farms,” says Lang, whose birds are fed a diet of all-natural grain bought from a friend in Canada. And unlike large, factory farms, which clip off their birds’ beaks and force-feed them grain to fatten them for slaughter, the Langs allow their turkeys to feed naturally. To this farming family, what matters most isn’t fancy labels or slick packaging, but healthy, happy

ing the packaging than what’s actually inside. The “Vermont Seal of Quality” only indicates where the turkey was raised. It tells the consumer nothing about what the animal was fed or how it lived or died. And it’s one of dozens of packaging catchphrases — including “fresh,” “free-range,” “no hormones” and “antibiotic-free” — that may make a turkey seem wholesome and happy, but are actually more confusing than clarifying.

To help shoppers make heads or tails out of what they’re buying, here’s a brief primer on the poultry-packaging pecking order, drawn from the Consumers Union Guide to Environmental Labels. Consumers Union, >> 30A

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For example, the terms “freerange” and “free-roaming” suggest that a chicken or turkey spent a major portion of its life outdoors, grazing, foraging and running around. In truth, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has no meaningful definition for those terms, requiring only that the birds have access to the outdoors for “an undetermined period each day.” On large, industrial-style poultry operations, that can mean that a single small door for tens of thousands of birds is open for just five minutes each day. Even if the birds are packed shoulder to shoulder and never leave the barn during their entire lives, they can still be packaged under the label “free-range.” What’s more, it’s up to the producer or manufacturer to decide whether or not to make the “free-range” claim.

The same can be said for “natural” turkeys. Again, Consumers Union points out that there’s no standard USDA definition for the term, except that meat and poultry bearing this designation cannot contain artificial flavorings, ingredients, colors or chemical preservatives, and must be only “minimally processed” in a way that doesn’t significantly alter the raw product. However, like “free-range” poultry, a “natural” claim isn’t verified by any independent agency or organization. And “natural” doesn’t tell the consumer anything about how the animal was raised or slaughtered, or whether it was given feed additives, hormones or antibiotics.

The term “fresh” isn’t much more revealing. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which regulates the term when it’s used to describe fruit and vegetables, defines “fresh” as “a food that is raw, has never been frozen or heated, and contains no preservatives.” But the USDA claim of “fresh” for meat and poultry is more lenient. A consumer might assume that a “fresh,” store-bought turkey has never been frozen, preserved or processed. Under the USDA designation, a “fresh” turkey can be stored at a temperature as low as 24 degrees. And, as Consumers Union notes, “there is wide variability in how much poultry can be cooled in order to be labeled ‘fresh.’”

Two other phrases that sound meaningful but aren’t: “raised without antibiotics” and “no hormones administered.”

Once again, there’s no federal definition for either designation, and no independent agency backing up the claims.

Moreover, the USDA prohibits the use of hormones in the raising of all poultry in the United States, making any claim about the absence of hormones in a turkey gratuitous.

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Not all labels are meaningless, though. “USDA Organic” and “Vermont Organic Certified” can be found on a wide range of food products — maple syrup, fruits, vegetables, meats and processed foods. Products bearing these labels must conform to a set of rigorous, USDA-approved standards that were drafted over the course of a decade with considerable input from the organic farming community and the general public. “Organic” turkeys and other livestock must eat 100 percent organic feed that doesn’t contain animal byproducts or growth hormones. All organic animals must also have access to the outdoors, as defined by USDA standards.

Two other labels that are beginning to show up on grocery store shelves in Vermont read, “free farmed” and “certified humane raised and handled.”

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bearing the label “certified humane raised and handled.” But good luck landing one of these happy birds on your table; an informal survey of area supermarkets and meat sellers found none that currently sell turkeys under that label or “free farmed.”

One advantage of living in Vermont is, if you can’t find the type of turkey you want at your local food store, you can go directly to the farm. There, you can see for yourself how your bird was raised, and that, farmers say, tells more about the freshness and wholesomeness of a turkey than any label ever will.

Vermonters interested in a local bird that was never frozen have several options. Misty Knoll turkeys, raised in New Haven, have good access to a large pasture. They are kept in a large, airy barn and are never caged. Though Misty Knoll turkeys are not certified organic, the birds are given

fresh and never frozen. Although Stonewood turkeys aren’t certified organic, Stone says that their birds are fed entirely vegetarian feed with no animal byproducts, and are never administered growth hormones or antibiotics.

Stonewood turkeys also have access to the outdoors during the day, but are housed in a barn at night. These gobblers can be special-ordered at stores around the state, including Bessery’s Quality Meats and Hannaford in Burlington, Dick Mazza’s General Store in Colchester and the Middlebury Food Co-op.

Those seeking a strictly organic bird might try the Shelburne Supermarket. But be prepared to pay as much as $5 a pound. That higher cost is what made Hunger Mountain Co-op decide not to carry organic turkeys this year.

Consumers who don’t get their special orders in on time can still check out the Vermont

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One advantage of living in Vermont is, if you can’t find the type of turkey you want at your local food store, you can go directly to the farm. slightly different standards and certifying organizations, both essentially assure the consumer that animals used for dairy, lamb, poultry or beef products are raised in a healthy manner without the use of growth hormones or antibiotics, and are slaughtered humanely. These certifications also require that animals raised for food have sufficient space and shelter, the company of other animals of the same species, and access to good nutrition and fresh water.

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vegetarian feed and farmed using sustainable practices. They’re also very popular — so much so that Misty Knoll turkeys need to be special-ordered at markets around the state, such as the Shelburne Supermarket and City Market in Burlington. Hunger Mountain Co-op will be offering the birds on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Montpelier store’s big shipments arrive November 18 and 20.

Another popular local roaster comes from Stonewood Farm in Orwell. Peter Stone, whose father owns the farm, says that this holiday season they’ll be selling about 20,000 turkeys, nearly all of them

Agency of Agriculture’s list of farm-fresh turkey growers at www.vermontagriculture.com/tur keys.htm. Many of the farms on this site will be selling turkeys directly to consumers until the day before Thanksgiving.

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hen French chef Robert Barral opened elegant Café Provence in the small town of Brandon last summer, he knew he was taking a risk. Barral, who speaks with a beguiling, Old World accent and is known universally as “Chef Ro-bear,” says the out-of-the-way location was “a huge concern” given that his restaurant specializes in cuisine from the south of France. The average entree price is $17. “We were thinking, ‘My God, who is going to come here?’”

But Barral, who has been the head chef at the Four Seasons and Ritz-Carlton restaurants, reports that business has been good; last weekend, the line of customers stretched out the door.

Barral came to Brandon via the New England Culinary Institute, where he worked for years as the executive chef. Founded in 1980 by Fran Voigt and John Dranow, NECI has attracted numerous talented teachers and students to the Green Mountains. Many of them have left the state — like “Good Eats” TV show host Alton Brown, who graduated in 1997. But some, like Barral, have stayed.

In addition to the three NECI-owned restaurants in Vermont, more than two dozen of Vermont’s eating establishments — many of them in small towns previously unfamiliar with haute cuisine — are owned by former students and instructors. The availability of talented chefs who are willing and able to experiment with food has significantly altered the state’s culinary culture. They’re not always slaving over a hot stove, either. Some NECI grads are making perfect pastry.

Others are improving the food in local institutions.

Still others run wine shops, catering businesses and delivery services.

Barral came to Vermont after meeting Chef Michel LeBorgne, who convinced him to move here and teach at NECI. Back then, he says, Vermont eaters were not so adventurous. “I still remember the days in Montpelier when we couldn’t make a duck breast medium rare,” he says. “The duck had to be crispy, completely cooked, and dry.”

Now even family-style restaurants are passing the taste test. NECI grads Laura and Tom O’Connell own the Windjammer Hospitality Group in South Burlington. When they took over her family’s restaurants, “the menu was prime rib, very basic steak and seafood,” says Laura. Now they serve grilled Texas chili-rubbed ribeye and cedar-planked pecan-crusted salmon with pineapple chipotle salsa.

But NECI executive chef David Hale, himself a NECI grad who moved here to attend school in 1988, suggests that “NECI and Vermont have grown up together, rather than us driving any major shifts in the landscape.” He cites the increase in high-quality food producers — and an influx of urbanites — as other factors to explain the growing number of good restaurants. He says NECI’s biggest contribution was bringing “formal structure and classical techniques to a region that has been, for the most part, Mom-and-Pop-based.”

Williston aside, the Mom-and-Pop thing hasn’t changed much. What’s different, as this map illustrates, is the likelihood that Mom or Pop — or both — has attended culinary school. m

WINOOSKI 1. MARKET FRESH CATERING, Winooski Liane Mendez and Daniel Sampson, Chef/Owners Culinary Arts, 1997 Maine-born Liane Mendez was a trained architect when she applied to NECI. There she fell in love with Vermont, and with Dan Sampson. After bouncing around between jobs for a few years, in 2003 the two opened a small café and catering business in the Champlain Mill. Customers who brave the downtown construction will discover homemade soups, grilled reubens and Asian dishes such as Thai beef salad with nuoccham dressing.

BURLINGTON 2. AUGGIE’S ISLAND GRILL, Burlington LAVILLA BISTRO, Shelburne Adam Spell, Chef/Owner, Culinary Arts, 1998; BA Food and Beverage Management, 2000 Adam Spell says he left NECI with an invaluable understanding of how flavors mingle. But his great collection of recipes came from home. The St. Thomas, Virgin Islandsborn chef perfects them at Caribbean-flavored Auggie’s, which he owns with his wife, Jill. House favorites include conch fritters and pan-seared mahi-mahi with mango chutney.

3. CITY MARKET, Burlington Bri Palmer, Catering Department, Culinary Arts, 2001 Bri Palmer worked at the Blue Seal in Richmond for three years before leaving to run the self-serve pick-up deli in Burlington’s downtown grocery store. It’s part of the prepared foods department designed by fellow NECI grad Jamie Eisenberg. Hungry shoppers seek out Palmer’s mascarpone tortas — a layered dish with cream cheese, basil pine nut pesto and roasted red peppers. “It’s a really rich, creamy goodness thing,” she says.

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4. LEUNIG’S BISTRO, Burlington Monica Lamay, Executive Chef, Culinary Arts, 1997 The head chef at this popular FrenchAmerican bistro was born and raised in Burlington. But she worked in California kitchens, and at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, before returning home to roast. She doesn’t trifle with Leunig’s escargot maison in garlic walnut herb butter, but “I change the menu five times a year,” she says. “I like to make it as local and fresh as I can.”

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Alison Lane, Chef/Owner, Culinary Arts, 1989 Andrew Silva, Chef/Owner, Culinary Arts, 1987 Alison Lane says the eclectic eatery and pastry shop she owns with Andrew Silva probably wouldn’t exist if it hadn’t been for NECI. Lane moved to Vermont from Vancouver to attend culinary school in Montpelier, where the friends met and both taught after graduation. They opened Mirabelles on Main Street in 1990, and expanded four years ago. In addition to serving exquisite fresh French pastries six mornings a week, Lane and Silva also dish out biscuits with egg and cheese, shredded hash browns and Asian salmon burgers.

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Tom and Laura O’Connell, Owners Culinary Arts, 1992 The Windjammer restaurant and Upper Deck Pub have been in Laura O’Connell’s family for almost 30 years; she was born a Levering. But she and husband Tom have spiced up the menu since they took over.

They’re also happy to provide NECI grads with a good, creative place to work. Right now there are three NECI alums on the payroll, making burgers and the occasional maple grilled pork loin chop with warm apple chutney.

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7. WINE WORKS, Burlington

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Brad Koehler, General Manager of Commons Operations Culinary Arts, 1986 Middlebury College is the only four-year college in the state participating in the Vermont Fresh Network, which ensures at least some of the food Midd kids eat is local. Twenty-six percent, in fact. NECI alumnus Brad Koehler played a big role in securing that partnership. Koehler also oversees the Commons-style dining halls, where you can get your steak cooked to order.

Dale Conoscenti, Chef/Owner, Culinary Arts, 1987 Dale Conoscenti was a flavor designer at Ben and Jerry’s before he started cooking for kids at the Barre Town Elementary School. There, as executive chef for nine years, he got national press — from Eating Well, USA Today, and on ABC and CNN — for serving exotic chilled soups and paellas. The fare at his 2-year-old self-titled restaurant is no less experimental. His Caesar salad is actually a salad within a salad — a tapanade with fresh garlic and two kinds of olives inside a halfmoon of Parmesan cheese atop the greens.

Culinary Arts, 1993; BA Food and Beverage Management, 1996

Bill Shahady knew he liked wine, but he didn’t know how to express it until he went to NECI. There he got a primer on which grapes grow where, and what wines go best with what — knowledge he used to open what he says is the only all-wine store in Vermont. He’s the guy to see about a light, aromatic, Argentinian or a unique Spanish cabernet rosé. Shahady introduces new labels into the area whenever he can. “There’s more to wine than whatever somebody’s promoting in a magazine,” he says.

8. SMOKEJACKS, Burlington Leslie Myers, Chef/Owner, NECI instructor, 1996-1997 Kathleen Maloney, General Manager, Culinary Arts, 2001 Leslie Myers graduated from the Culinary Institute of America, but moved from the West Coast to teach at NECI in 1997.

These days she’s running Smokejacks, an upscale restaurant specializing in seasonal delicacies made from local ingredients. She also runs marathons. Myers credits NECI for stocking the local labor pool with lots of qualified food-service employees. Smokejacks general manager Kathleen Maloney is a grad.

9. LET’S PRETEND CATERING, Burlington Bill Allen, Executive Chef, NECI instructor, 2000-2002 Bill Allen worked in Los Angeles and New York City before moving to Vermont to teach fine dining at NECI. In 2002 he became the executive chef at the former O restaurant, and in 2003 Barb Bardin hired him to cook for Let’s Pretend. Allen controls every aspect of the meals he prepares, and says he brings “the immediacy and freshness of a restaurant experience to a catered meal.”

10. BIG CHILE REPUBLIC, Burlington Chris Hechanova, Chef/Co-owner, former NECI student Chris Hechanova didn’t actually go to NECI — the aspiring chef moved from Illinois to enroll, but found once he got here that he couldn’t afford both rent and school. He took a few classes, including one on table service — ironic, considering he’s the proprietor of a highly acclaimed Mexican food delivery service. The menus he and partner Andrew Lawrence devise change every week, and include dishes such as Pollo à la Veracruzana — braised chicken with tomato, capers, olives and herbs with salsa rojo, rice, sour cream and cilantro on a flour tortilla. At $5.50, it’s great food for someone on a limited budget.

ROUTE 7 CORRIDOR 11. SHELBURNE FARMS Jamie Miller, Cheese maker, Culinary Arts, 2000 NECI alumni have managed the cheesemaking operation at Shelburne Farms for 12 years. The artisanal operation at the historic farm produces about 100,000 pounds of rGBH- and rBST-free farmhouse cheddar in a year — less than what a large commercial producer would make in a single day. The pure-bred herd of Brown Swiss cows are milked on the spot, ensuring a freshness that’s garnered several awards from the American Cheese Society.

12. BASIN HARBOR CLUB, Vergennes David Merrill, Executive Chef, Culinary Arts, 1986 David Merrill worked at the Basin Harbor Club for a decade before attending culinary school.

After graduation, he moved to Cape Cod to work at a full-service resort. But when the head chef job opened at Basin Harbor, he beat it back to take charge of the club’s three kitchens and 70-person staff. In the 12 years since he returned, he’s tried to “de-institutionalize” the place, using local ingredients whenever possible and making all of the sauces and stocks from scratch.

13. SWIFT HOUSE, Middlebury Carrie Mooney, Executive Chef, Culinary Arts, 2001 The Swift House might be known for its Tuscan-style lobster tail, but Chef Carrie Mooney boasts about the desserts. The chocolate bread pudding, crème brulée — even the ice cream is made on the premises, which is a 190-year-old former residence. Mooney, a New Hampshire native who moved to Vermont during her NECI years, is vocal about buying local. She cooks Misty Knoll chicken and gets her dairy products right up the road, at Monument Farms.

15. CAFE PROVENCE, Brandon Robert Barral, Chef/Owner, NECI Executive Chef, 1987-1995, 1997-2004 Former NECI instructor and executive chef Café Robert Barral has worked at fancy resorts and on Provence cruise ships. But last summer, he and his wife Line opened a new French restaurant in downtown Brandon. It features an open kitchen, so diners can see Barral and his 100-percent NECI-trained staff preparing dishes from the south of France. The breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus change seasonally. The restaurant is closed on Mondays so Barral can teach cooking.

16. THE PERFECT WIFE, Manchester Amy Chamberlain, Chef/Owner, Culinary Arts, 1988 sign in front of Amy The Perfect Wife The Chamberlain’s memorably named restaurant makes for a good photo-op — “People stop and take pictures all the time,” she quips — but it’s the good food that’s kept the Manchester place open for the past eight years. Chamberlain keeps popular local favorites like turkey schnitzel on the menu, but she calls her cooking “freestyle cuisine.” She likes to experiment with Asian recipes, such as sesame-crusted yellow fin tuna with stir fried vegetables and “killer Oriental sauce.”

22. SARDUCCI’S, Montpelier Chris Veatch, Chef, Culinary Arts, 1987 Jeff Finch, Sous Chef, Culinary Arts, 1996 Chef Chris Veatch moved to Vermont from Colorado to attend NECI in the 1980s, and he’s still here. For the last decade, he’s been at the Capital City’s popular Italian eatery, where he cooks rabbit, lamb shank and cockles with kale and andouille sausage. His point of pride? “Consistency,” he says. “Keeping it good for 10 years.”

23. SEAN AND NORA’S, Barre John Mayfield, Chef/Owner, Instructor, 1995-2001 John Mayfield didn’t attend NECI, but he says he learned a lot while he taught there from the “great sharing of knowledge” among NECI instructors.

He credits the school for “putting Montpelier on the culinary map.” Now he’s trying to do the same for Barre. Promising “food from America’s neighborhoods,” Sean and Nora’s is a hot prospect.

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ROUTE 89/91 CORRIDOR 17. THE KITCHEN TABLE, Richmond Steve and Lara Atkins, Chef/Owners attended School of Culinary Arts, 1995 Steve Atkins grew up in Shelburne, Lara in Tennessee. They met at NECI, then moved to Napa Valley, where they worked in restaurants for five years instead of completing their degrees. After attending a friend’s Vermont wedding, they found the old Checquer’s Restaurant in Richmond for sale on-line and bought it. Then they moved back and opened The Kitchen Table, where diners feast on “comfort food” taken to a new level, like grilled pork tenderloin, served with roasted Brussel sprouts, potato-parsnip puree and cider jus.

18. TOSCANO, Richmond Jon Fath, Owner, Culinary Arts, 1995 Jon Fath drummed for a couple of rock bands before entering culinary school. About a year and a half ago, he and his wife Lucie turned the former Daily Bread bakery into a rustic Mediterranean bistro. In keeping with the down-to-earth tradition of the spot, Fath describes his downtown Richmond restaurant as “not overly foofy” — despite offerings like a grilled salmon filet with ginger citrus beurre blanc, wasabi-mashed potatoes and chick peas.

19. BOLTON VALLEY RESORT Andrew LaHaye, Executive Chef, Culinary Arts, 2000 Before landing at the ski resort last winter, this New Hampshire-born chef worked at the Mist Grill in Waterbury and as the Inn at Shelburne Farms’ executive sous chef.

At Bolton, he oversees six different eating areas that serve everything from “eclectic American” to pub food and pizza. Skiers looking for fine dining can try the newly renovated Bailey restaurant, which serves a garlic pepper duck breast with pumpkin ravioli in a cherry compote sauce.

20. OLIVE BISTRO, Stowe Jeff Brynn, Chef/Owner, Culinary Arts, 1994 Jeff Brynn grew up in Shelburne, but came to Stowe via New Zealand, where he moved with his BISTRO Kiwi wife after graduating from NECI. When the family was ready to return to Vermont in 1999, Brynn sold his New Zealand bakery and bought Olive Bistro. The small Mediterranean eatery is open Wednesday through Sunday, and Brynn’s focaccia, baked in stone pizza ovens with kosher salt and fresh rosemary, is what people like best.

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Bob Hildebrand, Chef, Culinary Arts, 1999 Bob Hildebrand went to work in a suit and tie for 15 years before moving to Vermont from Boston and enrolling in NECI. Now he works at a moderately upscale eatery in Randolph, where he keeps prices low — all entrées are under $20 — to avoid scaring off local customers. He enjoys experimenting with “challenging” meat, like rabbit, pheasant, quail and venison. During the tourist season, he likes “to go a little wahoo,” but “other times of the year I don’t dare,” he says.

25. TWIN FARMS, Barnard Peter Heaney, Sous Chef, Culinary Arts, 1995 Ted Ask, Sous Chef, Culinary Arts, 1998 Most Vermonters will never eat at the restaurant attached to the five-star Twin Farms resort in Barnard — rooms there start at just over $1000 a night. The restaurant doesn’t even have a menu. The kitchen staff, including sous chef Peter Heaney and Ted Ask, take the dietary specifications of each guest into account when they prepare meals such as lavender salt-crusted rack of lamb with gratin of garden turnip, braised mustard greens and barley jus.

Heaney, whose wife Pam Knights was instrumental in starting the Vermont Fresh Network, says he and Ask have pushed the head chef to use as many local ingredients as possible. “The guests,” he adds, “don’t seem to mind.”

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The phone started ringing at 6:30 a.m. on the day the article came out. After that, we regularly sold out.

MATEO KEHLER Mateo remembers that day — June 23, 2004 — clearly. As the company’s cheese maker and salesman, he was having trouble drumming up enough business to make ends meet. From the first batch of cheese, produced in the spring of 2003, he recalls wearing a telephone headset while in production. “I was making regular calls to 80 or 90 clients a week: ‘Do you need cheese this week?

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ous process, no matter how many food writers are singing your praises. This small family farm is exactly that: Jasper Hill Farm comprises the Kehler brothers, their wives and Mateo’s newborn son. The brothers, who grew up in Colombia and summered at their grandmother’s home in Greensboro, milk 28 Ayrshires on their 225-acre hillside dairy farm. They chose that breed, Andy explains, because the small fat globules in the milk make it ideal

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for cheese making. In time, they hope to expand the herd to 45 milkers.

Andy tends the cows and keeps the books. His wife, Victoria, the keeper of the cheese cellar, handles all the cheese once it’s made — a laborious job of moving and turning and flipping and scraping large wheels of cheese so that they ripen properly.

Mateo, wife Angie and their baby boy live upstairs in the largely unfinished building

Mateo says the blue cheese is the most difficult one to make because the conditions have to be perfect. The fluid from three milkings is collected in a round, stainless-steel vat and heated to 34 degrees Celsius. Then the milk is inoculated with the blue mold spores, which begins the process of acidification. Once the mixture has reached the correct pH level, rennet is added to coagulate the milk into a gelatinous mass. After 75 minutes, the cheese maker commences

discovered that you only get one shot, and if you disappoint people, they won’t come back. It wasn’t worth it to us.”

It’s not just how much they’re selling now, but to whom: The Kehlers are filling orders for such select accounts as Tomales Bay Foods, which distributes to restaurants in the Bay Area and the Napa Valley, and, of course, Murray’s Cheese Shop, which supplies the best New York restaurants and the exclusive, California-based French

Cheese making is still a long, slow, fastidious process, no matter how many food writers are singing your praises. attached to the old dairy barn where they keep the cows. Still sided with Tyvek, the new building also houses the cheese cellar, the cheese-making room and the office. There is very little wasted space in this operation.

Jasper Hill Farm cheeses come in three varieties: Constant Bliss, Aspenhurst and the aforementioned Bayley-Hazen Blue, named for the old military road that traverses that part of the state. Constant Bliss is a soft, mold-ripened cheese along the lines of Brie or Camembert. The Aspenhurst is correctly described as a Leicester-style cheese that tastes like very mellow cheddar.

And that’s Leicester, England — not Vermont.

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KRISTEN EATON Rumors by Neil Simon, produced by UVM Theater Department, Royall Tyler Theatre, Burlington.

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Jake’s Women

by Neil Simon, produced by the Shelburne Players, Shelburne Town Hall.

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n dramatic terms, a “comedy” promises not just laughs but a happy ending. In nearly every such work, from Shakespeare’s comedies to Sleepless in Seattle, that means leaving a young couple to “live happily ever after.” But playwright Neil Simon shakes this formula up a bit, often beginning his comedies with the characters already disillusioned about the possibility of a fairy-tale marriage. His farce Rumors picks up on not one but five couples, years into their marriages. UVM’s current production of this ultimately lighthearted show provides an amusing evening’s diversion.

Neil Simon is one of those rare gems: a popular playwright who’s still alive. Born in the Bronx in 1927, he has dozens of stage- and screenplays to his name, including Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple and the film The Goodbye Girl. Director Sarah Carleton is on solid ground when she calls Simon the “most commercially successful playwright in the history of American theater.”

Unlike the works of Tom Stoppard (e.g., Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead), Simon’s are rarely addressed in the academic arena. Their popular appeal doesn’t necessarily mean they’re lacking in substance, but Rumors does focus more on entertainment value than on serious matters.

The setting is an anniversary party for Charlie and Myra, two wealthy socialites.

Ken Gorman (Shawn Ross) and his wife Chris (Leigh Branson) are the first guests to arrive, to a less-than-festive scene. Myra and the household servants are nowhere to be found, and Charlie is in shock from a bullet wound. It looks like a suicide attempt, which is bad news for Charlie’s

political career — he’s the deputy mayor of New York. As Charlie’s lawyer, Ken feels a responsibility to protect him. If that doesn’t sound very funny, Simon’s take on it is; the fact that the bullet hole is through Charlie’s earlobe is just the beginning.

Pretty soon other couples begin to filter in: Charlie’s accountant Lenny (Evan Beamer) and his wife Claire (Lizzie Chazen); Charlie’s analyst Ernie (Ted Szadzinski) and his wife Cookie (Molly Cameron); and the aspiring politician Glenn (Alex Vallecillo-Bone) and his crystal-worshiping wife Cassie (ShaunMeghan McNally). Naturally, none of them, least of all Glenn, wants to be involved in a suicide-attempt cover-up.

Ken and Chris try to keep anyone from finding out why Charlie and Myra aren’t at their own party. They start with easy excuses, saying that Myra’s still getting dressed, and work up to more outlandish stories. At one point Chris tells the group that the servants are gone because Charlie and Myra thought it would be a great party activity for everyone to cook their own dinner, like in the old days when they were too poor to afford servants.

Predictably enough, this suggestion is not met with much enthusiasm.

Despite the old saying about the cat and curiosity, none of the guests can stifle theirs. It doesn’t help matters that, according to rumors at the country club, either Charlie’s been having an affair (therefore, Myra obviously found out, left him, and he tried to kill himself ), or Myra’s been having an affair (so Charlie found out, confronted Myra, she left him, and so on).

Simon engages the audience with characters who pretend the party is going just as

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planned, characters who spread gossip, characters who want to hear the real story and characters who don’t want to hear a thing.

He makes us wonder just how ridiculous this party can get — not to mention where Myra is and how Charlie managed to get shot through the earlobe. Simon keeps us guessing, even as the cops arrive.

As if all this doesn’t provide enough dramatic tension, each couple has their own dynamic and their own problems. Lenny enters with whiplash from a car accident he had on the way over.

Ernie and Cookie are so helpful that Glenn mistakes them for the butler and the cook. Cassie drops her quartz crystal down the toilet — an accident she compares to “killing your own child.”

These written-in characteristics are important, but it’s the cast that brings them to life. In this ensemble piece, one uncommitted actor can spoil the pace of Simon’s quick-witted dialogue. Luckily, these actors — all students — prove their enthusiasm and maintain an admirable level of energy throughout the play. Branson as Chris starts the show off with a frantic phone conversation with Charlie’s doctor; Ross as Ken bursts on and off stage with advice, vigorously protecting his client’s reputation. Throughout her performance, Chazen

to a balcony, as well as a wealth of doors, allowing plenty of options for entrances and exits — a necessity in this show. The lush furniture, hardwood floors and ornate windows all reflect Charlie and Myra’s prosperity.

This team’s efforts handily entertain the audience; and with no commercial breaks, Rumors is even better than your favorite sitcom as a break from the real world.

Ancient Greek playwrights’ obsession with plot made Aristotle conclude that character was of secondary importance.

But contemporary Americans are far more concerned with psychology: We care as much about why a character does what he does as we do about what he does. So that old plot-based standard Oedipus Rex is far less popular than a personality-driven story such as Peter Shaffer’s Equus. The challenge of this modern trend is how to convey psyche through story; that is, how to make the plot serve the character. As the Shelburne Players’ current production of Jake’s Women illustrates, playwright Neil Simon came up with an interesting solution to this problem. It’s a compelling story pulled off by a talented cast and a savvy director.

Simon’s solution is risky, however. He makes the protago-

Simon engages the audience with characters who pretend the party is going just as planned, characters who spread gossip, characters who want to hear the real story and characters who don’t want to hear a thing.

(Claire) radiates self-confidence, apparently right at home in the world of cocktail-party chic.

Beamer (Lenny) presents a charmingly dorky character throughout, then delivers a delightfully animated monologue toward the end of the play.

Costume designer Jessica Pescosolido, also a student, has done her part to abet her classmates’ characters. Chris and Claire wear silver-trimmed black dresses — Chris’ elegant, Claire’s risqué. The unconventional Cassie wears a white dress with gold trim. Cookie stands out from the crowd in a Russian folk dress, as per Simon’s script.

Jeff Modereger’s set depicting Charlie and Myra’s parlor is as rich as the costumes. He’s included a staircase leading up

nist Jake’s internal world external. As in the film A Beautiful Mind, the audience is allowed to see only those characters who exist in the protagonist’s head.

Unlike in A Beautiful Mind, however, both Jake and the audience are aware that these characters are imaginary.

Jake (John Hasen), is a 53year-old fiction writer, a man with a well-developed imagination. He spends a lot of time daydreaming about conversations with his estranged wife, Maggie (Ann Deppman), his psychiatrist, Edith (Janet Stambolian) and other women in his life. These daydreams are brought to life on stage. When Jake remembers the first time he met his wife, Deppman appears on stage and the two dramatize >> 40A

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Most of these women are aware that they’re daydreams, and aren’t afraid to tease Jake about his active imagination. their meeting at a cocktail party.

The whole play takes place in Jake’s Soho apartment, with the daydreamed women entering and exiting as he thinks of them. To keep the audience from being confused about what’s real and what’s imaginary, Simon has the characters tell us.

Jake explains the situation to the audience and introduces each woman the first time she enters.

What’s more, most of these women are aware that they’re daydreams, and aren’t afraid to tease Jake about his active imagination.

Several scenes in Jake’s Women are “real” interactions, usually with Maggie as the two strive to restore their marriage. Workaholic Maggie is struggling to take charge of her life after an upbringing that taught her only to behave. She contends, and Jake acknowledges, that he is chronically detached from his own life, constantly observing scenes in his head, but never really getting involved.

Often, Jake mentally calls on his sister Karen (Roberta Nubile) or Edith for advice. Of course, there’s a catch. When daydreaming, Jake can control both ends of the conversation, and in the beginning Karen and Edith are unlikely to say something he doesn’t want to hear.

But sometimes his active imagination runs wild and the daydreamed characters take on a life of their own, becoming as vivid to Jake as are the real characters — and nearly as unpredictable.

Hasen’s Jake has an unassuming manner and a healthy sense of humor. At times the script calls for him to address the audience directly à la Woody Allen — we, too, seem to exist in Jake’s imagination. His delivery

to us is candid, but he has more trouble opening up to the “reallife” Maggie. In an early scene, he asks if she wants a divorce.

It’s a simple but strikingly honest moment when Hasen turns away, preparing to confront her with this difficult question.

Hasen’s light touch throughout the play makes Jake a sympathetic and compelling character, one who’s never overbearingly self-analytic, even in those moments when Simon’s writing becomes a touch Freudian.

Jake’s women have plenty to offer this production as well.

Deppman, as Maggie, is both poised and fierce — a believable businesswomen. She also shows us how Maggie has changed since the early days of her marriage to Jake: In his dramatized memories, Deppman’s demeanor is less certain, her voice more girlish; she’s depicting that “good girl” who just wanted to be liked.

Nubile seems to have fun as the quirky film-buff Karen; she’s not afraid to tell off Jake for imagining her in a dress that Bette Midler might perform in.

Nubile has got the sisterly impertinence thing down pat.

Stambolian’s Edith is a tough cookie who’s not afraid to chide Jake for not having read her book, nor to ask hard questions, even in his daydreams.

Melody Zagami plays Jake’s girlfriend, Sheila. She has limited stage time but gets to take part in a memorable scene with Hasen and Deppman as daydream-Maggie. At this point in the play, Jake’s imagination is running rampant, and daydream-Maggie taunts Jake throughout his conversation with Sheila. Eventually, when Jake yells at Maggie to leave the

apartment, Sheila thinks he means her. She sits him down and gives him a good, animated talking to. What she doesn’t know is that daydream-Maggie is mimicking her from behind.

With Zagami’s sharp gestures echoed and exaggerated by the tall, skinny Deppman, this simple gag earns big laughs from the audience.

Jake’s penchant for living in the past, with his late wife, Julie (Elaine Cissi), contributes to his present marital problems. As the memory of a 21-year-old, Julie’s guileless optimism is touching, especially when Jake tries to explain that she’s a memory, and she assumes he’s the one who died. Later, in a scene that could only occur in his imagination, Jake introduces a 35-year-old Julie and their daughter Molly (Nicole Ilena Grubman) at 21.

Grubman demonstrates a Drew Barrymore-like combination of nerve and vulnerability. She’s just as convincing when she’s girl-talking with her mom as she is when she’s telling off her dad for his manipulative imaginings.

Rachel Howard fills out the “family” as the cheeky but charming 12-year-old version of Molly.

Although the actors occasionally just follow each other around the stage, for the most part the blocking is elegant and creates evocative stage pictures.

Anne Koch’s set supports this: Jake’s couch, carpet and other furnishings are arrangeed on a diagonal, which is more interesting than a static, straight line on stage.

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Bein’ Ian Music preview: Jethro Tull

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CASEY REA Jethro Tull, Flynn MainStage, Burlington, November 18, 8 p.m.

hen Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson dies, he expects an “ascent to heaven, on a stairway flanked by Page, Plant and all the members of Spinal Tap.” While that day probably won’t happen anytime soon, the 57-year-old rocker will certainly have earned it.

Formed in 1968 and named after an obscure 18th-century agricultural pioneer, Jethro Tull are one of the most distinctive British rock groups of all time. Their potent blend of Anglo-folk, blues and flute-driven hard rock has earned them a place among the greats of their generation.

Tull have chalked up more than 2500 gigs in 40 countries in their three-decade career, and the band’s concert on the Flynn MainStage this Thursday is sure to please long-time fans.

Anderson’s dry wit, uncompromising views and iconic live presence make him a dynamic individual both on stage and off. A salmon farmer, wildcat preservationist and armchair historian, he’s not the drug-addled, Porsche-crashing English rock star you might expect. In fact, he’s never tried drugs — although he admits a fondness for hops and curry — and has yet to take his driver’s test.

Seven Days spoke with Anderson in late October from his home in southwest England.

SEVEN DAYS: You’re probably the most prominent flautist in rock, yet you’re proficient on a variety of stringed instruments. What did you start out on?

IAN ANDERSON: The Elvis Presley plastic ukulele that I bought for 22 shillings and sixpence, in old English money. I think I was 8.

It was a perfectly horrible instrument, but it did have a picture of Presley on the side of it.

I suppose at least half of the value of the

thing was in the propaganda/merchandising machine that existed even then… but I did learn some rudimentary chords.

I got an electric guitar by the time I was 17 and started playing blues. From there it was all downhill, because I heard Eric Clapton and realized I was never going to be as good as him. I figured I’d better find something to play that Eric Clapton couldn’t.

SD: Did you have any formal training on woodwinds?

IA: No, I have never had a music lesson in my life. I had to figure out how to do it myself. I played the flute a bit like the guitar — using the same motifs and blues-based riffs. There weren’t many flutes in rock bands, at least not as forceful instruments equal to the lead guitar. If you’re talking internationally successful rock groups, then I am the best and worst flute player of all time!

SD: Were you aware of the iconic aspect of it from the get-go? You know, leg up, flute out and so on?

IA: Part of the reason for choosing the flute was that it was different. It had the possibility of being a trademark instrument, and that was what got Jethro Tull noticed early on.

Other than that, we were just another little ol’ blues band, so the fact that I hopped about on one leg playing the flute provided good copy for journalists.

SD: Did you have the sense that Tull were re-writing some of the rules of rock?

IA: I think at the end of the ’60s, most of the bands [in Britain] were well aware that they were setting the pace. There were some very

SEVEN DAYS | november 17-24, 2004 | feature 43A fine musicians around when I started playing: Eric Clapton, Peter Green, King Crimson, Yes. They were our peers, and the pressure was upon us as a fledgling group.

We’d play the Marquee Club on a Thursday night and Yes would be there on Friday night. You were very aware you were in a competitive situation — these people were breaking new ground in pop and rock music. It was quite exciting.

American bands that were part of the hippie thing — Jefferson Airplane and that lot — we thought they were a bit sissy.

SD: Did you feel part of the progressive rock movement, or was that a convenient tag journalists threw at you?

IA: Well, we made a couple of concept albums. But if you put Jethro Tull alongside Yes… Yes has remained true to that progressive rock idea, with perhaps a couple of catchy singles along the way. We, on the other hand, had a bit more of a rougher edge — a bit looser. Not quite as calculated, highly arranged and tied up in a neat ribbon with a nice bow.

Jethro Tull is an art-rock band, a folk-rock band, a classic rock band, a jazz-rock band, a hard rock band — whatever you want to call it. I don’t think you can tie us down to one style. We’re all sorts of rock bands at the same time.

figure it out for himself! It’s appalling that people would say that. “My Dad was a Republican.”

Well, fuck Dad. Think it through for yourself, Sunshine. You’ve got your own life to live.

I’m not saying he’s wrong for being a Republican. He’s wrong for being stuck in a mindset just because it was handed to him by his parents. As it goes with religion as well. I mean, I’m totally open to changing my mind. In 10 years I might become a Muslim. I might decide I’m going to become a Christian. I might decide I’m going to become gay. I’ve made up my mind as far as today’s concerned, but I reserve the right to change it tomorrow.

SD: As a European, how do you view America’s global influence?

IA: Over here in “old” Europe, your election is absolutely on top of the heap as far as news. People are very aware of the outcome having a high degree of impact on the interest of European countries and individuals.

There’s been degree of fearfulness, probably ever since Mr. Truman blew the shit out of the Japanese a couple of times. Which was entirely unnecessary. Don’t tell me he needed to kill hundreds of thousands of civilians to end a war.

He could have neatly blown the

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There weren’t many flutes in rock bands… If you’re talking internationally successful rock groups, then I am the best and worst flute player of all time!

IAN ANDERSON

SD: Your early lyrics slice through religious and cultural hypocrisies. Was your railing against empty faith and ignorance just an “angry young man” phase, or do you still feel similarly?

IA: I think I feel pretty much the same way. I’m appalled by the way in which both religion and politics seem to be handed down through generations as a matter of course. I think everyone needs to think these things through for themselves, regardless of their birthright. I was watching a program about the elections in your country, and they were talking about the deep divisions in American society. They focused on an American couple — the male an arch-Republican, and the wife a Democrat. Bright, middle-class people.

The Republican guy, and I mean, he’s a lawyer — it’s not like he digs roads or something — said “I’m a Republican, always have been, always will be. My grandfather was a Republican, and my father was a Republican. It’s been in my family for generations, so why change horses in midstream?”

Why change horses in midfucking-stream? I mean, this guy is just a total fucking political bigot!

It’s been handed to him on a plate, and he’s got no fucking brain to

top off of Mount-fucking-Fuji and made the point. But no. An archcriminal like that… And you have to describe Winston Churchill and several of the allies as such, in terms of what they were capable of doing to civilian populations.

There should be some incredible unending sense of shame in that course of action. It wasn’t necessary, and nobody could argue that it was. Since then, America has been progressively seen as a very intimidating force across the world. Which isn’t to reflect on American people at large. It’s been my experience that Americans are almost always human, friendly, welcoming and decent folks. But that’s not the impression that’s been increasingly carried abroad.

It’s something the American people do not deserve, as far as it reflects upon them. And American foreign policy… I guess you could argue that the British have done worse, but that was hundreds of years ago, and we hopefully learned something from that.

America’s got an awful lot of thinking to do in terms of how it can redress those unfortunate but very real opinions that are held about 50-odd years of American foreign policy. And it’s not going to be sorted out in one president’s term. 쩾

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RETRO HEROINE :: Although she got her start with legendary rock outsider Billy Childish, Britain’s queen of lo-fi

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own right. Drowsy vocals and dirty, ’60s-style guitar are hallmarks of her sound — think early American rock and blues with a subtle Anglo twist.

Golightly is hailed by record-store geeks and garage-rock enthusiasts alike and, with 12 releases under her belt, she’s no flash in the pan. Hear her this Sunday at Metronome with The Wobbles and The Breaking In.

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Send listings by Friday at noon, including info phone number, to clubs@sevendaysvt.com.

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SOCIAL COMMITMENTS

Nicaragua is the second-poorest country in the Western Hemisphere — a nation of extreme poverty in which 80 percent of the population struggle to meet even their most basic needs. With an unemployment rate of 70 percent, many Nicaraguans have been pushed to the fringes of society; at least a hundred families currently live at the edge of La Chureca — the dump for the city of Managua’s 1.2 million inhabitants. This toxic environment is not only demoralizing; it’s downright dangerous. Shards of metal, broken glass, smoke, bacteria and parasites threaten the lives of those who spend their days scavenging the waste for food or recyclable materials.

Hinesburg resident and Castleton College student Ariel Delaney is committed to helping Nicaraguans who need it most and, with assistance from the Good Times Café, she’s put together a benefit show for Project Chacocente — a grassroots organization offering the hope of self-sufficiency to Nicaragua’s most desperate families. The concert, which takes place at the Old Lantern in Charlotte on Monday, Nov. 22, features the stellar blues-tinged styling of Kelly Joe Phelps (pictured), one of the finest acoustic guitarists and songwriters around. The money raised will go towards moving 10 families out of the dump and into their own homes. The relocated families will be then begin to take charge of their destinies. For more info about Project Chacocente, call 482-4444.

THE BITCH IS BACK

You’ve seen her snarl from local poster boards — a troubled mix of outrage and coy indignation. Hedwig’s back, and she’s still pissed.

Returning to 135 Pearl for a 10-show run, Robert Toms’ Shoebox Theater has honed the rock opera Hedwig & the Angry Inch to near perfection. The musical tells the tale of an “internationally ignored song stylist” from the former Eastern Bloc whose botched sex-change operation and comic-tragic romantic history fuel a quest for self-understanding. Peppered with white-hot anger and tender vulnerability, the cult musical offers moments of passion and heartbreak that are impossible to ignore. Toms’ commanding portrayal of the troubled diva is astounding; he struts across the stage with flamboyant melancholy — imagine tortured chanteuse Nico at a Tupperware party. Hedwig’s hilarious and touching monologues are interspersed with live rock numbers that sound like Transformer-era Lou Reed as re-imagined by Meatloaf — backing band The Angry Inch could eat most club acts for breakfast.

Composed of guitarist/musical director Antara, drummer Chris Johnston of local rockers Mailbox, keyboardist Adam Wood and bassist extraordinaire Chris Cheney, The Angry Inch are brazen and alert. Following every detail of Toms’ highly nuanced performance with ballsy precision, they bash through New York Dolls-style rockers and haunting ballads with ease.

There wasn’t much of an audience present at the show last Thursday, but when Hedwig belted the song “Wig in a Box,” it hardly mattered. “I put on my makeup, turn on the eight track / I’m pulling the wig down from the shelf,” Toms sang, never missing a note, or a pout.

He didn’t seem the slightest bit fazed by the empty seats, delivering the goods as though he were singing for thousands. Nathan Jarvais’ turn as Hedwig’s long-suffering romantic lapdog, Yitzhak, was convincing as well; he was very effective in his dual roles as backup singer and supporting actor.

When Hedwig brushed my freshly shorn head while rushing the aisles, I got goosebumps.

As far as participatory experiences go, this combination rock concert and theater piece is unbeatable — especially when delivered with such contagious enthusiasm.

If you missed the show last summer, don’t make that mistake again. Word on the street is that these performances are far stronger than in the previous run. There are still four more chances to catch the show at 135 Pearl; it runs Nov. 18-21 before heading north to Montréal for a one-week engagement at the Theatre National.

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH

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IRISH SESSIONS (Celtic/folk), Radio Bean, 8 p.m. NC. PINE STREET JAZZ W/SUSAN SQUIER, Parima, 7 p.m. NC. TOP HAT KARAOKE, 135 Pearl, 9 p.m.

NC. SONNY & PERLEY (international cabaret), Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. LAST NIGHT’S JOY (Celtic/bluegrass), Rí Rá Irish Pub, 7 p.m. NC. JAMES HARVEY & GARUDA (jazz), Red Square, 8 p.m. NC, followed by MEMBERS ONLY W/FATTIE B. (’80s DJ), 11 p.m. NC. DUJEOUS?, SOAP TO SPEAK CLEAN (live hip-hop), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m.

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THE POINT & ADVANCE MUSIC ANNUAL ACOUSTIC GUITAR SEARCH (guitar contest), Club Metronome, 7 p.m. NC, followed by POPPIN & LOCKIN W/NU BREED (break-beat DJ), 10 p.m. $8.

OPEN MIKE W/2ND AGENDA, Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 10 p.m. NC. DAVE HARRISON W/STARSTRUCK KARAOKE, JP’s Pub, 10 p.m. NC. DJ A-DOG (hip-hop/lounge), Waiting Room, 10 p.m. NC. BOB DEGREE & BLUEGRASS STORM, Henry’s Pub, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. NC. DJ DEMUS (reggae/dancehall), Monkey House, 9 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 8 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Edgewater Pub, 9:30 p.m.

NC.

:: champlain valley LADIES’ NIGHT, City Limits, 9 p.m. NC. TOM WILKINSON & TY CHANSON (oldtime/Celtic), Good Times Café, 7:30 p.m. NC/donations.

:: central SAN GORDON (singer-songwriter), Charlie O’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. ANYTHING GOES (variety show; open jam), Starlight Lounge, 9 p.m. NC.

PO’ GIRL, SHIFTLESS ROUNDERS, (altcountry/bluegrass), Eclipse Theater, 9 p.m. $10.

OPEN MIKE, Langdon Street Café, 7 p.m. NC. DAVE KELLER (blues/singer-songwriter), Finkerman’s Riverside Bar-B-Q, 7:30 p.m. NC.

:: northern OPEN MIKE W/ABBY JENNE Overtime Saloon, 9 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE W/JOHN GOOLEY, Monopole, 9 p.m. NC. ANDRIC SEVERANCE TRIO (Latin jazz), Bee’s Knees, 8 p.m. NC.

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SHANE HARDIMAN TRIO (jazz), Radio Bean, 6 p.m. NC, followed by PULSE PROPHETS (roots-rock), 9 p.m. NC. HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH (rock opera), 135 Pearl, 7:30 p.m. $15, followed by QUEEN CITY ROCK, POOF! (DJs/drag cabaret), 10 p.m. NC/$5.

BIG JOE BURRELL & FRIENDS (jazz/blues), Halvorson’s, 8 p.m. NC. ELLEN POWELL & FRIENDS (jazz), Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. FATTIE B. & DJ A-DOG (live hip-hop), Red Square, 10 p.m. NC. MIDDLE 8 (alt-country/Americana), 1/2 Lounge, 10 p.m. NC. THE GREYHOUNDS, THE BRIDGE (groove), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. CHUCH, CRAZY HEARSE (Southern rock), Club Metronome, 9:30 p.m. $5.

LATIN DANCE PARTY W/DJ HECTOR Millennium Nightclub, 10 p.m. $37/NC. 18+ before 11 p.m.

TOP HAT ENTERTAINMENT DANCE PARTY (hip-hop/r&b DJs), Rasputin’s, 10 p.m. NC. C-LOW (hip-hop DJ), Ruben James, 10 p.m. NC. THE BIG OTHER (rock), JP’s Pub, 10 p.m. NC.

LOUNGE W/MITCH, (piano/lounge), Wine Bar at Wine Works, 6 p.m. NC. GORDON STONE TRIO (bluegrass/jam), Waiting Room, 10 p.m. NC. JESSE CHAMPAGNE (singer-songwriter), Upper Deck Pub, Windjammer, 7 p.m.

NC. LARRY BRETT’S JUKEBOX LADIES’ REQUEST NIGHT (rock/urban/ dance/DVD), Henry’s Pub, 8 p.m. NC. THUMP W/ DJS SHAPE, PHATTIX, JOE HENNESSY, ROGUE (house), Monkey House, 9 p.m. NC. BUDDHA FOOD GROUP (rock), Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 6 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Edgewater Pub, 9:30 p.m.

NC. KARAOKE W/REX, Franny O’s, 9 p.m.

NC.

:: champlain valley GREG BROWN (folk singer-songwriter), Vergennes Opera House, 7 p.m. $25/$30.

:: central HEARTBEAT OF THE VALLEY DRUM CIRCLE W/WILLIAM NOEL OF D’MOJA Starlight Lounge, 8:30 p.m.

NC, followed by CONTINUOUS PLAY (jam-rock), 10 p.m. $5.

IRISH SESSIONS, Langdon Street Café, 7 p.m. NC. GORDON BOK (folk), Middle Earth, 8 p.m. $20.

:: northern HOUSE BAND (classic rock), Sami’s Harmony Pub, 9 p.m. NC. SASSY KARAOKE, Tabu Café & Nightclub, 8 p.m. NC. HOUSE BAND, Monopole, 9 p.m. NC. MEG IRISH (folk singer-songwriter), Bee’s Knees, 7 p.m. NC. LADIES’ NIGHT (Sound Obsession DJ), Naked Turtle, 9:30 p.m. NC.

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ROB DUGUAY MEOW MIX (jazz), Radio Bean, 6 p.m. NC, followed by FRANK CRITELLI (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m.

NC, followed by THE ACTIVISTS, THE DICTATORS (indie-rock), 9 p.m. NC. HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH (rock opera), 135 Pearl, 7:30 p.m. $15, followed by FIERCE FRIDAYS W/DJ CRAIG MITCHELL (dance/house), 10 p.m. $6.

DJ COREY (hip-hop), Rí Rá Irish Pub, 10 p.m. NC. STARLINE RHYTHM BOYS (honkytonk/rockabilly), Red Square, 8 p.m.

NC, followed by DJ NASTEE (hiphop), midnight. NC. JOEY DRISCOLL (roots/folk/reggae/ rock), 1/2 Lounge, 10 p.m. NC. LAMBSBREAD (reggae; Bob Marley birthday celebration), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. $3-5.

JENNIFER HARTSWICK BAND, BOOTYJUICE (jazz/jam/funk), Club Metronome, 9:30 p.m. $5.

KARAOKE, Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 10 p.m. NC. TOP HAT DANCETERIA (DJs), Rasputin’s, 10 p.m. $3.

FLAVA (DJs; hip-hop/r&b/reggae), Millennium Nightclub, 9 p.m. $3/10.

18+ before 11 p.m.

HIP-HOP/REGGAE/DANCEHALL DJS, Ruben James, 10 p.m. NC. DEL MCCOURY BAND, KING WILKIE (bluegrass), Flynn Mainstage, 8 p.m. $30/26/20.

DAVE HARRISON W/STARSTRUCK KARAOKE, JP’s Pub, 10 p.m. NC. LIVE PIANO MUSIC, Wine Bar at Wine Works, 6 p.m. NC. PIANO LOUNGE (vocal/piano standards), 6 p.m. Kahiki Moon, NC, followed by JET SET (space-age jazz), 7 p.m. NC, followed by BIKINI BASHMENT W/DEMUS (reggae DJ), 10 p.m. NC. JENNI JOHNSON & FRIENDS (blues/jazz/soul), Waiting Room, 6 p.m. followed by DJ A-DOG (hip-

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6 p.m. followed by DJ A-DOG (hiphop/lounge), 10 p.m. NC. COMBO 37, (jazz), Upper Deck Pub, Windjammer, 7 p.m. NC. KARAOKE KAPERS (host Bob Bolyard), St. John’s Club, 7 p.m. NC. HOWIE DAY (rock/singer-songwriter), Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, 8:30 p.m. $15/20.

RUN FOR COVER (rock), Henry’s Pub, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. NC. KARAOKE W/MR DJ, Champlain Lanes Family Fun Center, 8:30 p.m. NC. AA. MERIT (indie-rock), Monkey House, 10 p.m. $3.

KARAOKE W/PETER BOARDMAN, Backstage Pub, 9 p.m. NC. WIZN BAR & GRILL (live radio show), Lincoln Inn Lounge, 4 p.m. NC, followed by SUPERSOUNDS DJ (dance party/game show), 9 p.m. NC. SAND BLIZZARD (rock), Edgewater Pub, 9 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 6 p.m. NC. 8084 (rock), Franny O’s, 9 p.m. NC.

:: champlain valley SARAH PIEPLOW (singer-songwriter), Two Brothers Tavern, 9 p.m. NC. TOP HAT ENTERTAINMENT DANCE PARTY (DJ), City Limits, 9 p.m. NC. DJ CHARLIE (rock), Red Mill Restaurant, 10:15 p.m. NC.

:: central SURFACE DWELLERS (rock), Charlie O’s, 10 p.m. NC. GRANOLA FUNK EXPRESS, MANIFEST NEXTO ME (jam/hip-hop/fusion), Eclipse Theater & Starlight Lounge, 10 p.m. $10.

TANGLEFOOT (folk), Middle Earth, 8 p.m. $12.

LOWEN & NAVARRO (singer-songwriters), Valley Players Theater, 8 p.m. $15.

:: northern KARAOKE, Sami’s Harmony Pub, 9 p.m.

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After Dark Music Series at United Methodist Church, Rt. 7/Seminary St., Middlebury, 388-0216.

American Flatbread, 115 St. Paul St., Burlington, 861-2999.

Ashley’s, Merchant’s Row, Randolph, 728-9182.

Backstage Pub, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jct., 878-5494.

Backstreet, 17 Hudson St., St. Albans, 527-2400.

Bad Girls Café Main St., Johnson, 635-7025.

Ball & Chain Café 16 Park St., Brandon, 247-0050.

Banana Winds Café & Pub 1 Towne Marketplace, Essex Jct., 879-0752.

Barre Opera House, 6 North Main St., Barre, 476-8188 Bayside Pavilion, 13 Georgia Shore Rd., St. Albans, 524-0909.

Black Bear Tavern & Grill, 205 Hastings Hill, St. Johnsbury, 748-1428.

Bee’s Knees, 82 Lower Main St., Morrisville, 888-7889.

Beyond Infinity Upstairs, 43 Center St., Brandon, 247-5100.

The Bobcat Café, 5 Main St., Bristol, 453-3311.

Borders Books & Music, 29 Church St., Burlington, 865-2711.

Breakwater Café, 1 King St., Burlington, 658-6276.

The Brewski, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 644-6366.

B.U. Emporium, 163 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 658-4292 Capitol Grounds, 45 State St., Montpelier, 223-7800.

Champlain Lanes Family Fun Center, 2630 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne, 985-2576.

Charlie B’s, 1746 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-7355.

Charlie O’s, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820.

Chow! Bella, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405.

City Limits, 14 Greene St., Vergennes, 877-6919.

Club Metronome, 188 Main St., Burlington, 865-4563.

Contois Auditorium, Burlington City Hall, 865-7166.

Eclipse Theater, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8913.

Edgewater Pub, 340 Malletts Bay Ave., Colchester, 865-4214.

Finkerman’s Riverside Barbecue, 188 River St, Montpelier, 229-2295.

Flynn Center/FlynnSpace, 153 Main St., Burlington, 863-5966.

Franny O’s, 733 Queen City Pk. Rd., Burlington, 863-2909.

Geno’s Karaoke Club, 127 Porters Point Road, Colchester, 658-2160.

Gezellig, 324 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 660-9346.

Good Times Café, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444.

Halvorson’s Upstreet Café, 16 Church St., Burlington, 658-0278.

Hardwick Town House, 127 Church St., Hardwick, 456-8966.

Henry’s Pub, Holiday Inn, 1068 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 863-6361.

JP’s Pub, 139 Main St., Burlington, 658-6389.

Jeff’s Maine Seafood, 65 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-6135.

Kacey’s, 31 Federal St., St. Albans, 524-9864.

Kahiki Moon, 1 Lawson Lane, Burlington. 660-4852.

The Kept Writer, 50 North Main St., St. Albans, 527-6242.

Langdon St. Café, 4 Langdon St., Montpelier, 223-8667.

Leunig’s, 115 Church St., Burlington, 863-3759.

Lincoln Inn Lounge, 4 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3309.

Lion’s Den Pub, Mountain Road, Jeffersonville, 644-5567.

Mad River Unplugged at Valley Players Theater, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-8910.

Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 167 Main St., Burlington, 658-6776.

WEDNESDAY November 17 7PM Matterhorn, 4969 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8198.

McKee’s Pub, 19 East Allen St., Winooski, 655-0048.

Middle Earth Music Hall, Bradford, 222-4748.

Millennium Nightclub, 165 Church St., Burlington, 660-2088.

The Monkey House, 30 Main St., Winooski, 655-4563.

Monopole, 7 Protection Ave., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-563-2222.

Muddy Waters, 184 Main St., Burlington, 658-0466.

Music Box, 147 Creek Rd., Craftsbury, 586-7533.

Music Club, 110 Business Center Rd. Williamstown, 443-6106.

Naked Turtle, 1 Dock St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-6200 Nectar’s, 188 Main St., Burlington, 658-4771.

1/2, 136 1/2 Church St., Burlington, 865-0012.

135 Pearl St., Burlington, 863-2343.

Old Lantern, Greenbush Rd., Charlotte, 425-2120.

Orion Pub & Grill, Route 108, Jeffersonville, 644-8884.

Overtime Saloon, 38 S. Main St., St. Albans, 524-0357.

Paramount Theater, 30 Center St., Rutland, 775-0570.

Parima, 185 Pearl St., Burlington, 864-7917.

Park Place Tavern, 38 Park St., Essex Jct., 878-3015.

Peabody’s Pub, Plattsburgh, 518-561-0158.

Pickle Barrel Nightclub, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3035.

Phoenix Bar, Sugarbush Village, Warren, 583-2003.

The Positive Pie, 69 Main St., Plainfield, 454-0133.

Purple Moon Pub, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-3422.

Radio Bean, 8 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington, 660-9346.

Rasputin’s, 163 Church St., Burlington, 864-9324.

Red Mill Restaurant, Basin Harbor, Vergennes, 475-2311.

Red Square, 136 Church St., Burlington, 859-8909.

Rhapsody Café, 28 Main St., Montpelier, 229-6112.

Rhythm & Brews Coffeehouse, UVM, Burlington, 656-4211.

Riley Rink, Rt. 7A North, Manchester, 362-0150.

Ripton Community Coffee House, Rt. 125, 388-9782.

Rí Rá Irish Pub, 123 Church St., Burlington, 860-9401.

Riverwalk Records, 30 State St., Montpelier, 223-3334.

Rozzi’s Lakeshore Tavern, 1072 West Lakeshore Dr., Colchester, 863-2342.

Ruben James, 159 Main St., Burlington, 864-0744.

Rusty Nail, Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245.

Sami’s Harmony Pub, 216 Rt. 7, Milton, 893-7267.

St. John’s Club, 9 Central Ave., Burlington, 864-9778.

Starlight Lounge, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8913.

Stowehof Inn, Edson Hill Rd., Stowe, 253-9722.

Sweetwaters, 118 Church St., Burlington, 864-9800.

Tabu Café & Nightclub, 14 Margaret St., Plattsburgh, 518-566-0666.

Three Mountain Lodge, Jeffersonville, 644-5736.

Trackside Tavern, 18 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski, 655-9542.

Two Brothers Tavern, 86 Main St., Middlebury, 388-0002.

242 Main, Burlington, 862-2244.

Upper Deck Pub at the Windjammer, 1076 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 862-6585.

Valley Players Theater, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 496-8910.

Vermont Pub & Brewery, 144 College St., Burlington, 865-0500.

The Waiting Room, 156 St. Paul St., Burlington, 862-3455.

Wine Bar at Wine Works, 133 St. Paul St., Burlington, 951-9463.

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1. Eminem — Encore 2. Dispatch — All Points Bulletin 3. Pavement — Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (re-issue) 4. Ben Harper & the Blind Boys of Alabama — There Will Be a Light 5. Thievery Corporation — Babylon Rewound (Ltd. Edition) 6. Mos Def — The New Danger 7. Elliot Smith — From a Basement on a Hill 8. Neko Case — The Tigers Have Spoken 9. Handsome Boy Modeling School — White People 10. Owen — I Do Perceive

1. John Lennon — Acoustic 2. Eminem — Encore 3. Mark Knopfler — Shangri-La 4. Elliot Smith — From a Basement on a Hill 5. Ray Charles — Genius Loves Company 6. Patti Casey — Just an Old Sweet Song 7. Mos Def — The New Danger 8. k.d. lang — Hymns from the 49th Parallel 9. Brian Wilson — Smile 10. Tom Waits — Real Gone

1. Shania Twain — Greatest Hits 2. Ray Charles — Genius Loves Company 3. Elton John — Peachtree Road 4. Ja Rule — R.U.L.E. 5. George Strait — 50 Number Ones 6. Big & Rich — Horse of a Different Color 7. Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks — Selected Shorts 8. Bee Gees — Number Ones 9. Korn — Greatest Hits 10. Rod Stewart — Stardust: Great American Songbook Vol. 3

1. Zap Mama — Ancestry in Progress 2. Rod Stewart — Stardust: Great American Songbook Vol. 3 3. Grace Potter — Original Soul 4. Bee Gees — Number Ones 5. Alison Krauss & Union Station — Live 6. Original Soundtrack — Shrek 2 7. Mark Knopfler — Shangri-La 8. Kings of Convenience — Riot on an Empty Street 9. John Lennon — Acoustic 10. Elton John — Peachtree Road

1. Eminem — Encore 2. Gibson Brothers — Bona Fide 3. Green Day — American Idiot 4. Gibson Brothers — Long Way Back Home 5. Ja Rule — R.U.L.E. 6. Fabolous — Real Talk 7. A Perfect Circle — Emotive 8. Nelly — Suit 9. Daniel O’Donnell — Welcome to My World 10. Toby Keith — Greatest Hits Vol. 2

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HOWIE DAY November 19th • Ira Allen Chapel

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reviewthis NIGHTINGALE, THREE (Self-released, CD)

KAREN MCFEETERS, MAYBE DAY (Ropeadope, CD)

Burlington singer-songwriter Karen McFeeters is blessed with a pleasant voice and an instinctive way with melody. Her new release, Maybe Day, is a comfortable stroll through folk-tinged pop, occasionally reaching powerful emotional heights. With little pretense to current musical trends and fashions, McFeeters delivers what comes naturally — thoughtful, well-arranged songs both soothing and somewhat familiar.

McFeeters shines on the folksy numbers; “My Only Son” places the singer’s confident vocals alongside gently fingerpicked acoustic guitar. A heartfelt song about a mother’s prayers for a son at war, the tune’s lack of instrumental embellishment puts the focus squarely on McFeeters’ lyrics. “My only one, my only son, my soldier, my boy/Don’t worry about your mama now,” McFeeters croons with palpable ache. “Wishful Thinking” features robust harmonies from local folk hero Patrick Fitzsimmons; his naturally rich voice is a fine counterpoint to McFeeters’ yearning vocals. The tune’s lyrics describe unrequited love with graceful simplicity, but heavy-handed production obscures the naked emotion conveyed by the singers.

“Forgive You Again” is easily the disc’s most adventurous track; a hypnotic drumbeat thwacks out a repetitive tribal pattern alongside the singer’s haunting melody. McFeeters’ multi-tracked harmonies fill the empty spaces with unearthly elegance — the resulting sound is somewhere between witchy paean and ancient madrigal. The edgy, pensive lyrics suggest unfulfilled passion and romantic resignation: “Perfection’s curse is old and gray,” McFeeters sings. “It’s like I was a ghost there haunting you/Crept and cried while you looked through/To hold your gaze is what I craved.” It’s too bad the rest of the record is not as bold.

McFeeters often echoes other female singer-songwriters; if she had been releasing music a decade ago, her tunes would be right at home on a Lilith Fair compilation. Her strong, high register bears a resemblance to that of Joni Mitchell, but the record’s play-it-safe arrangements fail to evoke Mitchell’s adventurous flights of fancy. McFeeters is more than capable of writing a hummably tender tune, however, and Maybe Day will certainly appeal to fans of gracious, user-friendly songcraft.

It would be nice to hear the songwriter tackle gutsier material — with a little time she might become a real powerhouse. With a strong voice, poetic skill and compositional chops, McFeeters is one to watch.

Although Maybe Day doesn’t reinvent the songwriting wheel, it’s an agreeable documentation of a rising talent.

CASEY REA

Nightingale is a Vermont-based trio comprising fiddler Becky Tracy, guitarist/vocalist Keith Murphy and accordionist Jeremiah McLane, and Three is, aptly, their third recording together — not including various combinations of them in other bands. (McLane, for example, is a co-founder of The Clayfoot Strutters with Vermont folk hero Pete Sutherland.) Each is a consummate musician known throughout the Northeast on the contra-dance and traditional music circuit. The passion they share for sounds from Québec, Newfoundland, France, Ireland and other northern climes is palpable in their playing. Accordingly, fans will surely find their expectations exceeded on Three, while a newcomer is likely to be happily blown away.

You don’t need a pedigree in traditional music to recognize the gorgeous craftsmanship in Nightingale’s playing and arrangements, on both standards and originals. While the songs themselves often call for round-like, overlapping melody lines, these players weave around and through each other with a graceful precision that preserves the integrity of every single note. Murphy’s spirited percussion with feet or guitar will make contra dancers haul out their shoes for a spontaneous frolic in the living room; the more timid might simply collapse on the couch and bob their heads. Either way, listening to Three is an uplifting pleasure from start to finish.

The disc begins with the beautiful, mid-tempo “Hills” (lyrics by former Vermont poet laureate Arthur Guiterman, music by Sutherland); while Murphy sings in a resonant, slightly mournful tenor and keeps up a stepping rhythm, McLane’s accordion and Tracy’s fiddle dance around each other as if performing an intimate mating ritual.

The dance tunes here manage to sound joyful even when the melody is bittersweet and in a minor key, such as McLane’s instrumental romp, “Eric and the Angels,” and the Gilles Chabenat “Mazurka.”

Tempos are insistent, driving, and typically vary within the same tune; a Nightingale trademark is creating excitement by upping the pace and intensity.

The closer, Murphy’s lovely piano instrumental “The Waiting Game” (piano played by McLane), is slow and elegiac. Yet the other players increase the number of notes, giving the tune a faster feel even as the piano remains steady. It’s a bit of sonic architecture that Nightingale use to stunning effect.

Recorded at Soundesign Studio in Brattleboro, Three sounds superb. But Nightingale is even better live; they perform a benefit concert for the Champlain Valley Folk Festival this Saturday at the College Street Congregational Church in Burlington. Amen.

PAMELA POLSTON

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FRI.19 << 49A VIP LADIES NIGHT, Tabu Café & Nightclub, 5 p.m. NC, followed by LIVE MUSIC, 10 p.m. $2/10. 18+ before 11 p.m.

SCHOOL BUS YELLOW (live reggae), Monopole, 10 p.m. NC. THE HUBCATS (acoustic Americana), Bee’s Knees, 7 p.m. NC.

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BLUE STATE :: Hailed as the most influential bluegrass group in two decades, The Del McCoury Band are masters of both the traditional and the contemporary. McCoury got his start in music as a member of Bill Monroe’s legendary Bluegrass Boys. Over his 40-year career, the guitarist/vocalist has become one of the most honored performers in the genre’s history. A family affair, McCoury’s band features the talents of his two sons — the ’grass runs in this clan’s blood. McCoury & co. play the Flynn Mainstage this Friday, with up-and-comers King Wilkie. A 90-minute independent documentary film about contemporary bluegrass music will be shown in the FlynnSpace at 6 p.m. — an appetizer before the main course. Bluegrass Journey features extensive interviews and concert footage of some of the leading players in the style, including McCoury. Following the screening, filmmakers Ruth Oxenberg and Rob Schumer will host a discussion about those “high & lonesome” sounds.

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JESSE PETERS (singer-songwriter), Radio Bean, 7 p.m. NC, followed by SWALE (alt-rock), 9 p.m. NC. HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH (rock opera), 135 Pearl, 7:30 p.m. $15, followed by REVOLVER W/DJS JOHN LARNER & CHIA (dance/house), 10 p.m. $5.

SALAD DAYS (rock), Rí Rá Irish Pub, 10 p.m. NC. NOUVEAU JAZZ QUARTET, Sweetwaters, 9 p.m. NC. MATT CHASE BAND (funk/rock), Red Square, 8 p.m. NC, followed by DJ A-DOG (hip-hop), midnight, NC. KIP MEAKER (blues/jazz), 1/2 Lounge, 7 p.m. NC. GRIPPO FUNK BAND, Nectar’s, 9 p.m. $3-5.

RETRONOME (’70s-’80s DJs), Club Metronome, 10 p.m. $3.

KARAOKE, Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 10 p.m. NC. MASSIVE (DJs), Rasputin’s, 10 p.m. $3.

SPIN CYCLE (top 40 dance DJs), Millennium Nightclub, 9 p.m. $3/10.

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RUGGER (hip-hop/r&b DJ), Ruben James, 10 p.m. NC. DAVE HARRISON W/STARSTRUCK KARAOKE, JP’s Pub, 10 p.m. NC. LIVE PIANO MUSIC, Wine Bar at Wine Works, 6 p.m. NC. PIANO LOUNGE (vocal/piano standards), Kahiki Moon, 6 p.m. NC, followed by WEST COAST SWINGERS (jazz standards), 7 p.m. NC, followed

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<clubdates> NIGHTINGALE (folk/world; Champlain Valley Folk Festival benefit), College St. Congregational Church, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15.

FUNKATRONIC (funk/electronic), Waiting Room, 10 p.m. NC. RUN FOR COVER (rock), Henry’s Pub, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. NC. DOWNBOI (acid-jazz), Monkey House, 10 p.m. $3.

STUR CRAZIE (rock), Backstage Pub, 9 p.m. NC. SAND BLIZZARD (rock), Edgewater Pub, 9 p.m. NC. LITTLE BUS (classic rock), Banana Winds Café 9 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 3 p.m. NC. OXO (solo acoustic), B.U. Emporium, 8:30 p.m. NC. KARAOKE W/REX, Franny O’s, 9:30 p.m.

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:: champlain valley COOPER & LAVOIE (pop/r&b), Two Brothers Tavern, 9 p.m. NC. SUPERSOUNDS DJ, Red Mill Restaurant, 10:15 p.m. NC. DANCE PARTY (DJ), City Limits, 9 p.m.

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:: central STARLINE RHYTHM BOYS (honkytonk/rockabilly), Charlie O’s, 9:30 p.m.

NC. BROTHERS PAST, SPARKWAY W/MARCO GUARINO (live electronic/alt-rock), Eclipse Theater, 10 p.m. $10.

THROWBACK (rock), Middle Earth, 8 p.m. $12.

SURFACE DWELLERS (rock), Riverwalk Records, 7 p.m. NC.

:: northern ELLEN POWELL DUO (jazz), Jeff’s Maine Seafood, 6:30 p.m. NC. THE HUBCATS (acoustic Americana), Bad Girls Café, 7 p.m. NC. ABBY JENNE (rock/singer-songwriter), Overtime Saloon, 9 p.m. NC. CLIFF STREET (jam), Monopole, 10 p.m.

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OLD-TIME SESSIONS (traditional), Radio Bean, from 1 p.m. NC, followed by JASON MYLES GOSS (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m. NC. HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH (rock opera), 135 Pearl, 7:30 p.m. $15.

IRISH SESSIONS, Rí Rá Irish Pub, 5 p.m.

NC. NASTEE SOUL SUNDAY (DJ), Red Square, 10 p.m. NC. DJ TERRELL (downtempo/IDM/lounge), 1/2 Lounge, 10 p.m. NC. GRANOLA FUNK EXPRESS, MANIFEST NEXTO ME (jam/hip-hop/fusion), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. $10/12.

HOLLY GOLIGHTLY, THE WOGGLES, THE BREAKING IN (indie/garage rock), Club Metronome, 7:30 p.m. $10, followed by SUNDAY NIGHT MASS W/BEN BARLOW (techno DJ), 10 p.m. $5.

TEEN NITE (hip-hop/r&b/reggae; DJ Robbie J), Millennium Nightclub, 8 p.m. $3/10. Ages 13-17.

OPEN MIKE, JP’s Pub, 9 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 6 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Edgewater Pub, 9:30 p.m. NC.

:: champlain valley JAZZ BRUNCH W/FRED BARNES (piano), Two Brothers Tavern, 10:30 a.m. NC.

:: central JAZZ NIGHT W/ROB MORSE & PARKER SHPER, Langdon Street Café, 6 p.m.

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SUNDAY SUPER SESSIONS (live local music), Tabu Café & Nightclub, 1 p.m.

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MON.22 :: burlington area

OPEN MIKE, Radio Bean, 7 p.m. NC. SOUL SKILLET (soul/r&b DJ), 135 Pearl, 9 p.m. NC. DAVE GRIPPO (funk/jazz), Red Square, 10 p.m. NC. MADERA (Flamenco), 1/2 Lounge, 8:30 p.m. NC. SCHOOL BUS YELLOW, KELLY BUCHANAN (jam-reggae/singer-songwriter), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. 18+. ’93 TILL W/DJ A-DOG & NASTEE (underground hip-hop/old-school), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. NC. MUSIC MACHINE W/DJ TRANSPLANTE (eclectic), The Monkey House, 9 p.m.

NC. KARAOKE, Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m. NC.

:: champlain valley KELLY JOE PHELPS (blues/singer-songwriter; Project Chacocente benefit), Old Lantern, 7:30 p.m. $20.

:: northern OPEN MIKE, Sami’s Harmony Pub, 7 p.m.

NC. JERRY LAVENE (jazz guitar), Chow!

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TUE.23 :: burlington area

CONJUNTO GUA GUA (Brazilian jazz), Radio Bean, 6 p.m. NC, followed by ANDRIC SEVERENCE TRIO (Latin jazz), 8 p.m. NC.

NORTHERN VERMONT MUSIC

PHAT TUESDAY W/DJ CYNDI LAUPER (eclectic), 135 Pearl, 10 p.m. NC. DENISE WHITTIER, TOM CLEARY (jazz), Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. BASHMENT W/DEMUS & SUPER K (reggae/dancehall), Red Square, 9 p.m. NC. THE HUNTINGTON PROJECT, THE WEATHERVANES, KOKORO (jazz/jam/folk/groove), Nectar’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. LIVE DJS, Kahiki Moon, 10 p.m. NC. DJ ENWEEZ (retro/eclectic), Waiting Room, 8 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Edgewater Pub, 9:30 p.m. NC.

:: champlain valley LADIES’ NIGHT, City Limits, 9 p.m. NC.

:: northern KARAOKE W/SASSY, Monopole, 9 p.m.

NC. CHRIS LYON (singer-songwriter), Bee’s Knees, 8 p.m. NC.

BOB DEGREE & BLUEGRASS STORM, Henry’s Pub, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. NC. DJ DEMUS (reggae/dancehall), Monkey House, 9 p.m. NC. OPEN MIKE, Geno’s Karaoke Club, from 8 p.m. NC. KARAOKE, Edgewater Pub, 9:30 p.m. NC.

:: champlain valley LADIES’ NIGHT, City Limits, 9 p.m. NC.

WED.24 :: burlington area

IRISH SESSIONS (Celtic/folk), Radio Bean, 8 p.m. NC. PINE STREET JAZZ W/SUSAN SQUIER, Parima, 7 p.m. NC. TOP HAT KARAOKE, 135 Pearl, 9 p.m.

NC. RED THREAD JAZZ, Leunig’s, 7 p.m. NC. LAST NIGHT’S JOY (Celtic/bluegrass), Rí Rá Irish Pub, 7 p.m. NC. JAMES HARVEY & GARUDA (jazz), Red Square, 8 p.m. NC, followed by MEMBERS ONLY W/FATTIE B. (’80s DJ), 11 p.m. NC. LATIN DANCE PARTY W/DJ HECTOR, CONJUNTO GUA GUA Club Metronome, 9 p.m. NC. SEAN KELLY, WILL JAMES (acoustic rock), Nectar’s, 9 p.m. $2-3.

OPEN MIKE W/2ND AGENDA, Manhattan Pizza & Pub, 10 p.m. NC. DAVE HARRISON W/STARSTRUCK KARAOKE, JP’s Pub, 10 p.m. NC. DJ A-DOG (hip-hop/lounge), Waiting Room, 10 p.m. NC.

:: central DAN WALKER (singer-songwriter), Charlie O’s, 9:30 p.m. NC. ANYTHING GOES (variety show; open jam), Starlight Lounge, 9 p.m. NC. MARK GREENBERG & BEN KOENIG (singer-songwriters), Finkerman’s Riverside Bar-B-Q, 7:30 p.m. NC.

:: northern OPEN MIKE W/ABBY JENNE Overtime Saloon, 9 p.m. NC. JENNIFER HARTSWICK BAND (funk/soul/jazz), Rusty Nail, 10 p.m. $5.

OPEN MIKE W/JOHN GOOLEY, Monopole, 9 p.m. NC. LOBSTER BIB (rock), Bee’s Knees, 8 p.m.

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CALL TO ARTISTS The E1 Studio Collective in Burlington is seeking ornaments or holiday decorations, no larger than 6-by-6-by-6 inches, for a December exhibit.

Artwork should be dropped off December 1, with $1 entry fee, at 416 Pine St. Info, e1studiocollective@ yahoo.com.

OPENINGS

Industrial Design

I EXHIBIT Kristen L’Esperance, acrylic paintings. DollAnstadt Gallery, Burlington.

Through November.

ARTWORK “Scenic views”

by Kristen L’Esperance

PHOTO Marc Awodey

n her April 2003 artist’s statement written for the Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Kristen L’Esperance noted that much of her work “investigates industrial themes and structures, including juxtapositions of manufactured and naturalistic imagery.”

Furthermore, the work “combines distinctive surface textures in its use of impressions with found objects, layering and mixed media.” This assessment rings true for her current show of 16 paintings at the DA also. “Manufactured imagery” appears here in the form of stenciling.

The “industrial themes and structures” include grids, concentric circles and arrows. L’Esperance also does some spray painting onto the canvasses.

The main naturalistic images she employs are those of birds. In “Great Blue Heron,” a flat black heron is stenciled onto the lower right of the small square canvas. The background is a rich blue-green textured with a large mesh grid of about 20 by 20 squares. The squares are slightly off-kilter and don’t have hard edges, giving them the appearance of an old steel screen. It’s as if the heron is being observed at a zoo aviary, not in nature.

“Ostrich,” a rusty red painting with a black square at lower left, also employs stenciling. An ostrich, rendered in salmon against the darker red back-

ground, seems to be running into the not-very-bucolic lower square.

L’Esperance’s birds are seen in our natural environment rather than theirs.

“Scenic Views” is the largest piece in the show. Its colors are the hues of pop culture: orange and olive, like the “Brady Bunch” kitchen, along with aqua and crimson. The composition is based on four quadrants, each containing hard-edge circles and other stenciled curves. An arrow labeled “scenic views” points to a flock of stenciled swallows. The stenciling makes the birds look as if they were cloned — artificial creatures in an ersatz environment. Contrasting these flat colors in a few areas, however, are layers of patterning and passages of semitransparent colors that appear sprayed on.

L’Esperance’s approach to using pop-culture colors gives the scene an ironically organic twist.

Unlike many painters influenced by pop, L’Esperance appreciates tactile surface qualities. Her painterly “Circuit” is a monochromatic piece composed in greens. Some of the lines are negative space with textured dots interspersed above and below the surface.

The four pieces comprising the “Small Series” are only 6 inches square.

Perhaps because the works are so diminutive, their textures are prominent.

Birds appear in two of these paintings, while the other two are totally nonobjective. A red piece hung at upper left in the series has a green rectangle at its center. It’s divided into two textural areas: the rectangle and the negative space around it.

Many of the works are untitled, and textures dominate these in particular. In one piece, an arrow is buried by olivegreen, with two bright squares in white and sienna stealing the stage. The bright squares seem to rest on the surface of the piece like ceramic tiles. Incised lines are crosshatched onto them more deeply than similar lines that appear on other parts of the canvas.

Many of L’Esperance’s untitled paintings have the look of ceramics. In one, a horizon line is set slightly above the midpoint, with medium yellows below and a red-oxide hue above. Repetitious circles and squares reinforce the industrial aesthetic, and textural circles seem to have been produced by pressing objects into the paint.

In her statement two years ago L’Esperance also said, “The world around me is digested and regurgitated onto my canvas.” She presumably meant that metaphorically. Her present body of work includes very little aesthetic regurgitation, and certainly none of any other kind. m

JAVIER CINTRON: “VT Produce,” prints, paintings, collage and mixed-media installation. Red Square, Burlington, 859-8909. Reception November 19, 69 p.m., with music by DJ Elliott Matos. Through November.

RANDY GAETANO: An introduction to the new artist-in-residence and his paintings, sculptures and photographs.

Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, 865-7165. Reception November 19, 5-7 p.m.

SABIN GRATZ: “Night Landscapes,” photographs. Art Space 150, The Men’s Room, Burlington, 864-2088.

Reception November 19, 6-8 p.m.

Through December.

DAVID CURCIO: “Edifice Complex,” prints of buildings. Flynndog, Burlington, 863-2227. Reception November 19, 6-8 p.m. Through January 9.

JEAN CANNON: “Portals,” mysterious paintings of doors and windows. Also, ANNUAL HOLIDAY SHOW: A group exhibit including works by the Vermont Sleigh Company. Chaffee Center for the Visual Arts, Rutland, 862-9978. Reception November 19, 58 p.m. Through January 2.

EMMETT FRANÇOIS: “Second Sight: Analog to Digital,” a photography retrospective from a 47-year career by the photography professor. William Feick Arts Center, Green Mountain College, 287-8310. Reception November 19, 6-8 p.m. Through January 17.

TAKE IT HOME: The fifth annual SPA Members show offers a variety of fine arts and crafts by more than 90 artists. Studio Place Arts, Barre, 4797069. Reception November 20, 4-6 p.m. Through December.

5TH ANNUAL MEMBERS’ HOLIDAY SHOW: Members of the cultural center show their seasonal wares. North Country Cultural Center for the Arts, Plattsburgh, 518-563-1604. Reception November 20, 5-7 p.m. Through January 8.

JULIE RUTH: “Absence, Newfoundland,” recent paintings from Newfoundland.

Vermont Studio Center, Red Mill Gallery, Johnson, 635-2727. Reception November 20, 7-9 p.m. Through November 27.

KARLA VAN VLIET: Chinese ink on rice paper. Tully & Marie’s Restaurant, Middlebury, 453-5813. Reception November 21, 3-5 p.m. Through November.

OPENINGS >> 56A PLEASE NOTE: Art listings are written by Pamela Polston; spotlights written by Marc Awodey. Listings are restricted to exhibits in truly public places; exceptions may be made at the discretion of the editor. Send listings, by Thursday at 5 p.m., including info phone number, to galleries@sevendaysvt.com. Also see art listings at www.sevendaysvt.com.

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OPENINGS << 55A JASON BERARD: “Recent Works,” abstract paintings. Tunbridge Public Library, 333-4302. Reception November 21, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Through January 3.

TALKS/ EVENTS

THE LAYERED LOOK Morrisville artist Donna Stafford puts painting over painting in her exhibition, entitled “Creative Dialogue,” at the Fletcher Free Library’s Pickering Room.

She sliced open her mixed-media oils on canvas to expose abstract stain paintings on linen beneath them, which gives the final works

‘NATURALIST TRADITIONS IN THE VISUAL ARTS: RESEARCH IN PROGRESS’: Art prof emeritus Bill Lipke, curator of “Bernd Heinrich: The Naturalist as Artist,” gives a lunchtime talk. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 656-0750. November 17, 12:15 p.m.

‘OPENING PATHWAYS FOR THE CREATIVE PROCESS’: Boston printmaker Lois Tarlow gives an illustrated talk.

Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction, 295-5901. November 17, 7 p.m.

GALLERY TALK: Curator Evelyn Hankins leads a talking tour of the Bernd Heinrich exhibit “Fungi, Unicorns and Beached Whales: Artists as Naturalists.”

Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 656-0750. November 21, 2 p.m.

an extra dimension of color. In her artist statement, Stafford reveals that she’s already wondering what dimension her paintings might approach next. Pictured: “Pond Life.”

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ONGOING ::burlington area KYLE THOMPSON: “Women in Headphones,” paintings by the local MC, a.k.a. Fattie B. 1/2, Burlington, 238-2460. Through December 16.

JEFF CAMPOLI: Paintings. 1/2 Lounge, Burlington, 865-0012. Through November.

SARAH LUTZ & ANNE RUSSINOF: Oil paintings. Phoenix Gallery, Burlington, 863-9400. Through December 12.

SAGE TUCKER-KETCHAM: “Mapping Abstract,” active, abstracted paintings.

Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, Burlington, 652-4500. Through January 10.

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JOHN BRICKELS: Clay architectural works; and RON HERNANDEZ: Airbrush landscape paintings of Vermont. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 878-6955. Through November.

CARLOS JACKSON: New paintings and drawings by the visiting California artist. Francis Colburn Gallery, UVM, Burlington, 656-2014. Through December 3.

AMANDA FRIEDMAN: “Figures and Forms,” acrylic paintings. Radio Bean, Burlington, 324-1038. Through November 16. Also, “Art Is Everywhere,” acrylic paintings. Stella, 73 Church St., Burlington, 324-1038.

Through November.

MATTHEW THORSEN: Photographs of Burlington-area bands. Metropolitan Gallery, Burlington City Hall, 8657166. Through November 29.

CARRIE DIEHL: “Treescapes,” acrylic paintings, Bar; and DAVE GOODRICH: hand-printed silkscreens of Vermont landscapes, Solarium; and MASHA STERN: Black-and-white photos of Venice and Prague, Dining Room. Daily Planet, Burlington, 862-9647. Through November.

JOHN CHURCHMAN: “Furry and Feathered Friends: Animals in Nature,” photographs. Airport Gallery, Burlington International Airport, 8657166. Through December.

KIMBERLEE FORNEY: Abstracted landscapes and musical/cultural scenes.

Speeder & Earl’s, Pine Street, Burlington, 872-9605. Through November.

KRISTEN L’ESPERANCE: “New Work,” acrylic paintings. Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, 864-3661. Through November.

SARA ALTIERI: “Beautiful Faces,” original acrylics and prints. Rose Street Gallery, Burlington, 859-0939. Through November.

FIREHOUSE OPEN: An annual exhibit featuring the work of the first 50 artists who showed up. Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 865-7165. Through November 28.

TRI ATOMIC: Artwork by Jeff Soto, Jason D’Aquino and Sean Christopher. Lineage Gallery, Burlington, 862-7766. Through December 5.

‘6 DEGREES OF SEPARATION’: A thematic group show by local artists. E-1 Studio Collective, 416 Pine St. (behind Speeder & Earl’s), Burlington, 3244019. Through November.

GRETCHEN BECK: “Integument,” an installation of images based upon art of the Fulani women of Niger. L/L Gallery, Living/Learning Center, UVM, Burlington, 656-4200. Through December 8.

DONNA STAFFORD: “Creative Dialogue,” 3-D oil paintings and works created for, and inspired by, the stage. Fletcher and Pickering Rooms, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 865-7211. Through November.

FIRE ESCAPE STUDIOS’ LISA LILLIBRIDGE & RACHEL TROOPER: New works in mixed media. Speeder & Earl’s, Pine Street, Burlington, 8599222. Through November.

BARBARA K. WATERS: “In Praise of Leaf,” monoprints. Mirabelles, Burlington, 951-0234. Through November.

HAL MAYFORTH & ALICE MURDOCH: Recent paintings. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, 985-3848. Through November.

BONNIE ACKER: Landscapes and posters, 1987-2003, by the Burlington artist and activist. Center for Community and Neighborhoods (above City Market), Burlington, 864-8274. Through December.

WILLIAM STIREWALT: Fine art photography. Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, 482-2878. Through November.

LYNN BUTLER-DUBE: “Images of Nature and Color,” drawings and paintings.

Toscano Café, Richmond, 434-4834.

Through November.

‘AN EYE TOWARD NATURE: A SUITE OF FOUR EXHIBITIONS’: Including ‘BERND HEINRICH: THE NATURALIST AS ARTIST’: A selection of original drawings, photographs, field notes and specimen collections from the renowned

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OPEN-DOOR MISSION The Firehouse Gallery was especially hospitable on November 3 — to the first 50 artists who showed up bearing works for UVM field biologist; and ‘FUNGI, UNICORNS AND BEACHED WHALES: ARTISTS AS NATURALISTS’: Natural history illustrations, classic and contemporary; and ‘HIROSHIGE’S 53 STATIONS OF THE TOKAIDO’: Woodblock prints by the Japanese master; and ‘THE CHINESE SCHOLAR’S WORLD’: A collection of rocks with striking profiles, formations or coloration. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 656-0750.

Through December 19.

JASON RYAN OSTERHOUT: Recent acrylic paintings. Club Metronome, Burlington, 865-4563. Through November 24.

ROBERT SIMON: Ink and acrylic drawings, and SHARON WEBSTER: Mixedmedia works, both through November; and GARY KOWALSKI: Oil paintings, through December 10. CCV Hallway Galleries, Burlington, 865-4422.

::champlain valley LES POSDAMER: “Faces,” color portraits from Southeast Asia, India and Greece.

Bobcat Café, Bristol, 453-3311.

Through mid-January.

BELLA BUENO: Jewelry in silver and gold with semiprecious gems; and COLETTE PAUL: Paintings focused on moments in time. Art On Main, Bristol, 453-4032. Through November.

SEAN P. CALLAHAN: “The Yellow Dog Series,” giclée prints. Bobcat Café, Bristol, 759-2576. Through November.

SYBIL MEYERSBURG: “Children of the World,” 50 photographs taken 1957-78 around the globe. Henry Sheldon Museum, Middlebury, 388-2117.

Through January 2005.

‘RODIN: IN HIS OWN WORDS’: Thirtyfive bronzes from the famous French sculptor, from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation; and ‘VERMONT IN 1904: A PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT’: Prints made from nearly 200 images shot by Adolph B. Lane (1877-1942); and ‘ART NOW: SCULPTURE OF JOEL SHAPIRO’: Five works by the renowned American artist, spanning 25 years.

Middlebury College Museum of Art, 443-5235. All through December 5.

the fifth annual “Firehouse Open” exhibition. Curator C. Sean Horton has done an admirable job installing the all-media show to the best advantage of each piece.

The first work to arrive was the impressive pair of granite wings by Alan Francosia, entitled “I Used to Write PHOTO: MARC AWODEY

::central MARY MEAD: The printmaker showcases new work. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction, 2955901. Through December 8.

LOCAL ARTISTS SHOW: A group exhibit by members of the Northfield Savings Bank’s Passport Club. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 485-8266. Through November 29.

GAYLEEN AIKEN: Folk art by the renowned Barre artist. Supreme Court Building, Montpelier, 828-4784.

Through January 7.

MIRANDA SYP: Paintings reminiscent of the 1920s and ’30s. Salaam Boutique, Montpelier, 223-4300. Through December 15.

MISSY CARY STORROW: Watercolors; and BURTON W. CARY: Oil paintings. Shoe Horn, Montpelier, 223-5454. Through November.

HUGH TOWNLEY: “Retrospective, Introspective, Prospective,” sculpture, Main Gallery; and ADELAIDE TYROL: “Natural Histories,” oil and gouache paintings, South Gallery; and ‘VAULT TOURS, BIN Q-Z’: A survey of works from the permanent collection, Wood Room. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, 828-8743. Through December 19.

‘LOOKING BACK’: Late 19th-century photographs of Brookfield by Ella Colt and traditional crafts by contemporary artisans. Chandler Gallery, Randolph, 7283232. Through November 21.

GAAL SHEPHERD: “Consequences of Nature,” pastel landscapes and wood

sculpture, including the new “Vermontshire” installation. Cooler Gallery, White River Junction, 2801864. Through November 27.

PAUL CLACK: Paintings, and TERRY ZIGMUND: New works in stained glass.

Capitol Grounds, Montpelier, 223-7800.

Through November.

‘A BAKER’S DOZEN’: Thirteen Vermont painters, photographers and fiber artists show their work. The Book Garden, Montpelier, 223-2824. Through November.

::northern KIMBERLEE FORNEY: Fantastical oil paintings. Tegu Gallery, Morrisville, 888-1261. Through January 12.

KATE POND: “24 Years of Site Specific Work,” an exhibition of on-site photos and selected places from the Burlington sculptor. Johnson State College Gallery, 635-1310. Through November 20.

JOSH SHEBEL & MARY JOHNSON: BFA show, through November 20. AMBER KAEMMERIEN & JOSH PERRIN: BFA show, November 21 – December 3.

Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, 635-1416.

MERRILL DENSMORE: Landscape and animal paintings by the self-taught artist. GRACE Gallery, Old Firehouse, Hardwick, 472-6857. Through November 27.

MICHAEL MCGOVERN: Realistic paintings. The Art Gallery, Stowe, 253-6007.

Through November.

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MICHAEL BRANGOCCIO: Dream-like paintings and mixed-media works on paper. Clarke Galleries, Cold Comfort Farm, Stowe, 253-7116. Through November 21.

DON HANSON: “Damaged Beauty: The Avian Series,” multimedia prints. Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, 748-2372. Through January 2005.

ISABETH HARDY: “Life and Its Challenges,” paintings based on biblical, philosophical, folk and Sufi stories. East Gallery. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253-8358. Through November 20.

20TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBIT: Paintings by Mary and Alden Bryan, through December 22; and ‘SMALL PICTURE EXHIBIT’: The seventh annual juried show presents small-format paintings by gallery members, through December 19. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, 644-5100.

J.C. WELCH: Woodcuts and oils; also paintings, photography, Cibachrome, reproductions and Ukrainian eggs by other artists. The Blue Eyed Dog Gallery & Frame Shop, St. Albans, 5244447. Through December.

::southern ‘NOVEMBER SOLO EXHIBITIONS’: Nine contemporary regional painters showcase their works, along with artworks by members in various media from the Collectors Gallery. Yester House, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, 362-1405. Through November.

‘ANDY WARHOL: THE JON GOULD COLLECTION’: Paintings, prints and photographs by the late pop artist from a private collection. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, 257-0124. Through February 6, 2005.

DALE CHIHULY: “Glass and Prints,” works by the famed glass artist.

Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, 362-1405. Through March 15, 2005.

::regional ‘NUREYEV: THE ROPES OF TIME’: Blackand-white photographs of the great Russian ballet dancer in his 1970 performance, by Leslie Spatt, Frederika Davis, Edward Griffiths and Louis Peres; also, two lithographs of Rudolf Nureyev

by Andy Warhol. Norte Maar, Rouses Point, N.Y., 518-297-3793. Through December 3.

‘BEYOND EAST AND WEST’: “Seven Transnational Artists,” featuring paintings, prints, sculptures and installations by artists from the East who live in the West, through December 12; and ‘DREAMING OF COUNTRY’: Eleven contemporary Aboriginal paintings, through December 5. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-646-2426.

‘RUHLMANN: GENIUS OF ART DECO’: Furniture from the 1930s by the French artist Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann.

Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, 514285-2000. Through December 12. 쩾

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PREVIEWS

Birth ★★★★

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hat through which one passes in and out without seeing its form, that is the Portal of God. — Chuang Tzu 23 And a new Haley Joel Osment is born. Hollywood’s official

BORN go-to kid for supernatural thrillers is now a young AGAIN Canadian actor by the name of Cameron Bright. The 11-

Bright is convincing as a boy in whom the soul of a man has awakened.

year-old could be seen in Nick Hamm’s Godsend. Had anyone purchased a ticket, that is. Almost nobody did, though, due to horrendous word-of-mouth and scathing reviews. So the first gander most moviegoers are going to get at Bright will be in Jonathan (Sexy Beast) Glazer’s eerie new cinematic Rorschach test.

Birth opens with a black screen and the voice of a professor who is wrapping up a lecture. His name is Sean, and he’s speaking on the subject of reincarnation. “As a man of science, I just don’t believe in that mumbo-jumbo,” he says before adding a qualifier: If a bird were to land on his windowsill one day and announce that it was actually an old friend, he supposes he’d have to reconsider. He then excuses himself to go for his daily run.

It is the last day he will do so. He suffers a heart attack and collapses under an overpass in Central Park. At the instant of his death, the film cuts to the birth of a baby in another part of the city. His name is Sean and, 10 years later, he walks into the luxurious Manhattan home of the lecturer’s widow as she is celebrating her engagement with family and friends. “I want to talk to Anna,” he announces, “in the kitchen, alone.”

Nicole Kidman gives a meticulously calibrated performance as a woman of sophistication and intelligence confronted with a preposterous assertion, which she slowly but surely comes to embrace. The child informs her that he is Sean, her Sean, and that he doesn’t want her to marry the man (Danny Huston) who has recently proposed to her.

Naturally, her instinct is to treat the incident as a cruel hoax. She kicks him out, but he returns soon afterward.

She contacts his parents, but they are as baffled as she is.

“You know what he said to me?” the boy’s mother confides to Kidman. “He said he’s not my son anymore.”

Anna is surrounded by an extended family that includes her mother (Lauren Bacall), sister (Alison Elliot), brotherin-law (Arliss Howard) and a longtime friend (Anne Heche). They are not about to let anyone hurt or take

advantage of her, and they don’t appear to have a new-age bone in their bodies. At Sean’s invitation, Howard pays a visit to the kid’s home and tape-records a lengthy interrogation. There seems to be nothing the boy doesn’t know about the life Anna and her late husband led. When he plays the tape back to Anna and the rest, they are dumbfounded, and not just a little creeped out.

The story’s metaphysical premise is what gives Glazer’s latest its hook. We’re all suckers for a miracle or cosmic sign. What gives the picture its solid footing, more than anything else, is Bright’s uncannily convincing portrayal of a boy in whom the soul of a man has suddenly awakened.

Sitting in a bathtub with him, Kidman asks what he’s looking at. When he answers, “My wife,” you believe him.

In the age of Mary Kay Latourneau, a tale of romance — even a supernatural one — involving a 35-year-old woman and a 10-year-old boy is a tricky proposition.

Audience members have walked out in response to the bathtub scene, despite the fact that it’s entirely chaste.

Additionally, a great many critics have misinterpreted a subplot having to do with Heche and a stash of old love letters; they believe — incorrectly, I feel — that Glazer means to suggest the letters explain the boy’s knowledge. It would be a shame to misread the film in this way. It makes a cheap trick out of something exquisite, mysterious and open to a host of interpretations.

Glazer scripted Birth with the French author JeanClaude Carrière, who collaborated with the filmmaker Luis Buñuel and has written two books with the Dalai Lama.

This is a guy who knows something about reincarnation; Carrière’s influence, I believe, is at least partly responsible for making this movie transcend other Hollywood productions in the genre. Directed with a keen eye and sure hand, it has more in common with unsettling atmospheric experiments such as Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now than it does with back-from-the-dead tearjerkers such as Ghost.

Hundreds of millions of human beings the world over accept the concept of rebirth as matter-of-factly as Christians accept the notion of heavenly afterlife. For me, the film worked well enough. I bought the prospect of a boy in whom a window to a past life has inexplicably opened. A fine cast, understated treatment and a tantalizing premise make for a movie well worth seeing, even if you don’t come away believing. m

ALEXANDER: The latest in a rash of sword and sandal epics is directed by Oliver Stone and stars Colin Farrell in the role of the legendary empire builder. With Anthony Hopkins and Angelina Jolie. (126 min, R) BEING JULIA: Annette Bening and Shaun Evans star in Istvan Szabo’s character study about an aging London theater actress who suffers something of a breakdown until love comes into her life in the form of a young man half her age. With Jeremy Irons and Michael Gambon. (104 min, R) BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant reprise the roles they originated in the 2001 hit Bridget Jones’s Diary. Despite that film’s happy ending, the sequel features an hour and 48 minutes of romantic misunderstandings and embarrassing situations.

Gemma Jones costars. Beeban Kidron directs. (108 min, R) CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS: This year’s Christmas-related Tim Allen comedy concerns a married couple whose plans to forgo holiday celebrations in favor of a Caribbean vacation are foiled at the last minute. Based, believe it or not, on a novel by John Grisham. Jamie Lee Curtis costars. Joe Roth directs. (94 min, PG) LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE: From director Antoine Fuqua comes this documentary look at the blues featuring performances by and interviews with, among others, B.B. King and Ruth Brown (109 min, PG-13).

NATIONAL TREASURE: Nicolas Cage stars in this Jerry Bruckheimer action adventure about a historian on the trail of a treasure he’s convinced was stashed away by the country’s founding fathers. With Justin Bartha and Diane Kruger. (100 min, PG) SIDEWAYS: Alexander (About Schmidt) Payne directed and co-wrote this buzz-happy story about two old friends who take a wine-tasting road trip and assess their lives along the way. Starring Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church. (98 min, R) THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE: Everybody's favorite talking rectangle makes the leap to the big screen. The community of Bikini Bottom is thrown into chaos when Mr. Krabs steals King Neptune's crown. The voice cast includes Clancy Brown, Mary Jo Catlett and Alec Baldwin. Stephen Hillenburg directs. (82 min, PG) TOUCH OF PINK: Jimi Mistry and Kyle MacLachlan costar in Ian Iqbal Rashid’s romantic comedy about a Londoner so caught up in the romance of old movies he believes he’s living with the spirit of Cary Grant. (91 min, NR)

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RATINGS ★ = refund, please ★★ = could’ve been worse, but not a lot ★★★ = has its moments; so-so ★★★★ = smarter than the average bear ★★★★★ = as good as it gets Ratings assigned to movies not reviewed by Rick Kisonak are courtesy of Metacritic.com, which averages scores given by the country’s most widely read reviewers (Rick included).

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SHORT TAKES ON THE REEL WORLD

Private Label Still devastated by a divorce two years earlier, Miles teaches English to adolescents while awaiting word from publishers on the prospects of his 750-page novel. He is filled with hopelessness, rage and self-loathing — not unlike the downbeat Harvey Pekar played by Giamatti in the 2003 American Splendor. So this dumplingshaped schlimazel reacts with sarcasm when Jack urges him to woo Maya (Virginia Madsen), a waitress who reveals a similar appreciation for finely fermented grapes.

Payne is not interested in an ordinary boy-meets-girl formula. than a wrinkled, ribald Peter Pan. On their trek through California’s lush Santa Ynez Valley, these buddies share a limited agenda: golf and drinking. Miles, a connoisseur, evaluates every drop on their wine-tasting excursion. He waxes poetic about the pedigree of each alcoholic beverage, detecting ingredients — even asparagus or passion fruit — with a mere sniff.

Pretty-boy Jack just likes to get tipsy.

But the biggest hurdle on this trip, a sort of on-the-road bachelor party one week before Jack’s wedding to an upscale beauty, is their divergent attitudes towards women. The betrothed Lothario plans to score as many quickies as possible in advance of a marriage that probably won’t transform his wandering ways.

But after her saucy friend Stephanie (the director’s real-life wife, Sandra Oh) begins an affair with Jack, Maya and Miles are thrown together.

Their first “date,” on a front porch in the moonlight, involves a discussion of Pinot Noir that’s as subtly erotic as it is eloquent.

“A bottle of wine is actually alive,” Maya concludes.

Miles punctuates that idea with a more mundane but equally rapt observation: “And it tastes fucking great.”

Payne is not interested in an ordinary boy-meets-girl formula. His previous pictures have often examined how people are pushed to the edge by their obsessions. In Citizen Ruth (1996), the drug-addled title character inadvertently sparks an abortion

controversy. Election (1999) focuses on a vindictive high school teacher trying to thwart a smarmy girl running for student council president.

Last year’s About Schmidt is the tale of a dour widower without a moral compass.

Redemption for Payne’s beloved losers tends to be a bit murky. The comedy in Sideways is as bittersweet as the pairing of mismatched pals: After many wine-country misadventures, Jack seems headed for matrimony by default. The appropriately named Miles is faced with the challenge of letting go in order to move forward.

The Netherlands has been rocked by a spasm of violence lately. The assassination of provocative filmmaker Theo van Gogh earlier this month by an alleged Islamic militant sparked retaliation against Muslim places of worship across the normally tolerant European nation.

Amid such alarming developments, two local women from the recently concluded Vermont International Film Festival are heading to Amsterdam this week. At a cinematic gathering devoted to documentaries, executive director Mira Niagolova of Essex

and board member Deb Ellis of Burlington will meet with fellow representatives of a worldwide coalition of human-rights festivals.

“It helps raise the profile of our own event,” Ellis says. “Through this kind of outreach, we got more film submissions than ever this fall.”

At a concurrent film market there, she also hopes to find international buyers for her doc, You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train. Coincidentally, this profile of historian/ activist Howard Zinn — which Ellis co-directed with Denis Mueller — unspools at 7 p.m. Friday, November 19, as part of the Rencontres Internacionales de Documentaire de Montréal at Concordia University.

Ellis plans to attend the Québec screening before hopping on her transatlantic flight the next day. She anticipates their weeklong Dutch sojourn will be “a great opportunity for some worldwide networking.”

The duo also plans to catch as many movies as possible. Ellis speculates that the Amsterdam extravaganza will likely hold a tribute to van Gogh.

“We are going there at a very interesting time,” she adds. “It’s an especially important time for thinking about human rights.” m

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BY DAVID DIEFENDORF

READ THIS FIRST:

This week, as always, the things Fannie likes (shown in CAPITAL letters) all follow a secret rule.

Can you figure out what it is? NOTE: Fickle Fannie likes words.

But each week she likes something different about them — how they’re spelled, how they sound, how they look, what they mean, or what’s inside them.

Painting with COLORS is harder than with acrylics or oils.

FORD glass is more likely to be a goblet than a windshield.

They varnished the log cabin so it wouldn’t get LOGGED. To see the MARK you have to hold the paper up to the light.

Diapers should be PROOF enough to avoid disaster.

There’s a very long SHED on top of the Rocky Mountains.

The canal was the only WAY from the Great Lakes to the Hudson.

We were having tea aboard a yacht when the SPOUT sunk us.

The GATE witnessed all kinds of crimes, secrets and tattletales.

Sooner or later, everyone has to face their own LOO.

E me with your Qs or comments (dd44art@aol.com). Difficulty rating for this puzzle: HARD AS EVIAN. If you’re stuck, see the HINT on this page. If you cave, see the ANSWER on page 63A. So much for Fickle Fannie’s tastes this week. Next week she’ll have a whole new set of likes and dislikes.

FICKLE FANNIE HINT: Something is missing.

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Filmmaker Alexander Payne’s latest indie release, which opens this weekend at the Roxy in Burlington, is more concerned with the issue of growing up. Miles, a sad-sack San Diego writer played by Paul Giamatti, has the potential to do so. His former college roommate Jack (Thomas Haden Church), an unsuccessful Los Angeles actor, may never be more

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“Don’t raise your voice at me, young lady!” Marion growled at her defiant first daughter, Maxine. “I gave birth to you in a taxi cab, but that’s the last time you are going to take me for a ride!”

Marion knocked back the last shot of Wild Turkey in her bottle and then appeared momentarily to lose her place in the discussion. Remembering it, she charged on, “Do I look like the village idiot to you? I mean girls your age have got to be careful. It’s a dirty shame what happened to Connie and Carla. You saw what they went through. You want something like that to happen to you?”

Marion paused, twisted the cap off a new fifth and lit a KOOL. “Why can’t you be more like the girl next door? You’d never catch that kid pulling a stunt like this. I envy her mother, I can tell you that, young lady!”

Just then the “Entertainment Tonight” theme music began to play not far away. Marion took a long drag on her menthol cigarette and walked unsteadily into the living room.

“Saved!” Maxine said to herself.

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Directed by Jon Favreau. (90 min, PG) THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK★★ Vin Diesel reprises the role he played in Pitch Black in a desperate attempt to save his career. Which is a coincidence, since this is the story of a futuristic anti-hero who attempts to save the world from destruction by an evil despot. Colm Feore costars. David Twohy directs. (119 min, PG-13) THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD★★★★ Isabella Rossellini stars in this strange new film from Guy Maddin, the Depression-era story of an imperious brewery owner whose legs are made of glass and filled with beer, and who seeks the world’s least cheerful tune in hopes of encouraging imbibing. With Mark McKinney. (99 min, NR) m

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WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW?★★ Marlee Matlin stars in this metaphysical, partially animated docudrama in which a woman learns the secrets of the universe with a little help from a Greek chorus of scientists and mystics.

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AFTER THE SUNSET★★1/2 Pierce Brosnan and Woody Harrelson face off in this drama about a retired master thief and the FBI agent who follows him everywhere to make sure he doesn’t return to work. Salma Hayek and Don Cheadle costar (90 min, PG-13) ALFIE★★1/2 The omnipresent Jude Law takes on the Michael Caine role in this remake of the 1966 film about a sex addict whom women find irresistible despite his smarminess. This time around, the setting’s been switched from London to New York. Marisa Tomei, Susan Sarandon and Nia Long costar. Charles Shyer directs. (105 min, R) BIRTH★★★1/2 Jonathan Glazer follows up his debut, Sexy Beast, with the metaphysical saga of a young widow who crosses paths with a little boy claiming to be the reincarnation of her late husband. Starring Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall and Danny Huston. (100 min, R) DONNIE DARKO: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT★★★★ Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this 2001 cult horror classic directed

by Richard Kelly, the story of a delusional teenager battling his demons in suburban America. (80 min, R) FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS★★★ Billy Bob Thornton plays a high school football coach who helps restore the pride of a troubled Texas town in the latest from director Peter Berg. Based on the bestseller by H. G. Bissinger. Tim McGraw and Derek Luke costar. (113 min, PG-13) GARDEN STATE★★★1/2 Zach Braff wrote, directed and stars in this drama about a young TV actor who returns home for the first time in almost a decade, sees his old world through new eyes and even gets to hook up with Natalie Portman. Ian Holm and Peter Sarsgaard costar. (107 min, R) GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE★★★1/2 Mamoru Oshii directs this sequel to his 1995 hit, one of the most successful anime films of all time. Atsuko Taraka and Naoto Takenaka star in a futuristic exploration of the relationship between humans and robots. (99 min, PG-13) I (HEART) HUCKABEES★ The latest from Three Kings director David O. Russell is a metaphysical farce in which a young environmentalist hires existential detectives to search out the meaning behind a series of coincidences he’s experienced. Featuring Jason Schwartzman, Dustin Hoffman

and Lily Tomlin. (106 min, R) LADDER 49★1/2 Jay (Tuck Everlasting) Russell directs this saga celebrating the bond between Baltimore firemen.

Starring John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix. (115 min, PG-13) NAPOLEON DYNAMITE★★★ Jared Hess makes his directorial debut with this quirky comedy about a high school outcast who proves an unlikely hero.

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(86 min, PG) RAY★★★ Taylor (An Officer and a Gentleman) Hackford directs this bigscreen bio of Ray Charles featuring Jamie Foxx, Regina King and Kerry Washington. (153 min, PG-13) SAW★★ Cary Elwes, Danny Glover and Monica Potter star in the grisly saga of a serial killer who teaches victims the value of human life by forcing them to do the unthinkable in order to save their own. Leigh Whannell costars.

James Wan directs. (102 min, R) SEED OF CHUCKY★★ Don Mancini, who created the demented doll series and scripted all five installments, now makes his debut behind the camera. The latest introduces the title character’s long lost offspring of evil. Featuring the voices of Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly and Billy Boyd. (87 min, R) SHALL WE DANCE?★★1/2 Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez are paired for this remake of a 1996 Japanese hit about a man who redeems his troubled marriage by taking ballroom dance lessons. Susan Sarandon costars. Peter Chelsom directs. (95 min, PG-13) SHARK TALE★★ Will Smith, Jack Black and Martin Scorsese lend their voices to DreamWorks’ latest cartoon comedy, the story of a fish whose big mouth gets him into big trouble. (90 min, PG) TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE★★ The headlines are filled with charges that the U.S. has installed a puppet government in Iraq; what better time for a political comedy featuring an allmarionette cast? From the creators of “South Park” comes the saga of an international police force that recruits a rising Broadway star to combat terrorism. (100 min, NR) THE GRUDGE★★ Sarah Michelle Gellar stars in this remake of a Japanese blockbuster about a house possessed by a curse that dooms all who enter it to die in the grip of a violent rage.

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wednesday 17 — thursday 18 The Incredibles 6:30. After Sunset 6:50. The Polar Express 6:40. Saw 7. friday 19 — thursday 25 *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 1:10 & 3:20 (Sat-Thu), 6:35, 8:15 (Fri & Sat). *Christmas with the Kranks 1, 3:45 (Wed & Thu), 6:50. *National Treasure 1:30 & 3:50 (Sat-Thu), 7, 9 (Fri & Sat).

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Saw 7:10, 9:30. Seed of Chucky 12:40, 3, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45. friday 19 — tuesday 23 *Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 12:15, 2:40, 5, 7:30, 10. *National Treasure 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45. *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 12:20, 2:30, 4:45, 7, 9. After the Sunset 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:40. The Incredibles 12:30, 1, 3:30, 4, 6:30, 7, 9:15, 9:45. The Polar Express 12:45, 1:15, 3:20, 3:45, 6:15, 6:40, 8:45. Seed of Chucky 9:10.

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The Incredibles 12:45, 1:20, 2:45, 3:40, 4:10, 6:30, 7:05, 9:05, 9:40. Alfie 1:05, 3:50, 6:45, 9:20. Seed of Chucky 12:10, 2:15, 4:25, 7:35, 9:45.

Team America: World Police 9:50. After the Sunset 1:35, 4, 7, 9:25. Saw 12:25, 7, 9:35.

Ray 1:10, 4:30, 8. The Grudge 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:30. friday 19 — thursday 25 *National Treasure 1, 3:55, 6:50, 9:30. *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 12, 12:30, 2, 2:35, 4, 4:35, 6:05, 6:55, 8:50. *Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason 12:50, 3:30, 7:05, 9:40. *Christmas with the Kranks 7:15 (Sat), call theater for WedThu times. *Alexander call theater for Wed-Thu times. After the Sunset 1:15, 3:50, 7:15, 9:35. The Incredibles 12:40, 1:05, 3:15, 3:45, 6, 6:25, 9:05.

The Polar Express 12:10, 1:45, 2:30, 4:15, 4:45, 6:35, 7, 9:10.

The Grudge 12:35, 2:50, 7:15 (except Sat), 9:25. Seed of Chucky 5 (Fri-Tue). Ray 8:45 (Fri-Tue). Team America: World Police 8, 10 (Fri-Tue). Alfie 9 (Fri-Tue).

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MARQUIS THEATER Main St., Middlebury, 388-4841. wednesday 17 — thursday 18 The Incredibles 6, 8:15. Shall We Dance? 6:30, 8:30. friday 19 — wednesday 24 *National Treasure 1 & 3:30 (FriSun), 6, 8:30. The Polar Express 1:15 & 3:15 (Fri-Sun), 5:15, 6 (Fri-Sun), 7:15, 9.

Late shows Fri. & Sat. Times subject to change. See www.merrilltheatres.net.

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College Street, Burlington, 8643456 wednesday 17 — thursday 18 After the Sunset 1:25, 4, 7:10, 9:30. Birth 1:20, 3:50, 6:50, 9:15. I Heart Huckabees 1:10, 3:35, 7, 9:20. The Motorcycle Diaries 1, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10.

Garden State 1:15, 3:30, 6:45, 9:25. What the Bleep Do We Know? 1:05, 3:45, 6:40, 9:05. friday 19 — tuesday 23 *Sideways 1:05, 3:50, 6:40, 9:15, 11:45 (Fri & Sat). *Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 1:15, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20, 11:40 (Fri & Sat). *Being Julia 1:20, 4:15, 7:05, 9:25, 11:35 (Fri & Sat). *Lightning in a Bottle 11:50 (Fri & Sat). The Motorcycle Diaries 1, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10. After the Sunset 1:25, 4, 7:10, 9:30. I Heart Huckabees 1:10, 7. What the Bleep Do We Know? 3:35, 9:05.

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SOUTH BURLINGTON 9 Shelburne Rd, S. Burlington, 864-5610. wednesday 17 — thursday 18 The Polar Express 12, 1:30, 2:30, 4, 5, 6:30, 7:30, 9, 10. After the Sunset 1:05, 3:50, 7:05, 9:45. Seed of Chucky 12:10, 2:25, 4:40, 7:20, 10:10. The Incredibles 1:15, 1:45, 2:15, 4:05, 4:30, 5, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 9:30, 10, 10:30. Alfie 1, 3:45, 7, 9:50. Ray 12:20, 3:30, 6:35, 9:40. friday 19 — tuesday 23 *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 12, 12:30, 2, 2:40, 4:20, 4:50, 6:50, 7:20, 9:15. *Bridge Jones: The Edge of Reason 12:50, 3:45, 7, 9:50. *National Treasure 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40. The Polar Express 1:30, 4, 6:30, 9. After the Sunset 1:05, 3:50, 7:05, 9:45. Seed of Chucky 10:05. The Incredibles 1:15, 1:45, 2:15, 4:05, 4:30, 5, 6:45, 7:15, 9:30, 10. Alfie 7:35.

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Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4678. wednesday 17 — tuesday 18 The Polar Express 7:30. The Incredibles 7:30. Ray 7:30. friday 19 — tuesday 23 *Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 2:30 & 4:45 (Sat & Sun), 7, 9:10. The Incredibles 2:30 & 4:45 (Sat & Sun), 7, 9:10. The Polar Express 2:30 & 4:30 (Sat & Sun), 6:30 & 8:30.

Schedules for the following theaters are not available at press time.

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friday 19 — tuesday 23 *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 1:10, 3:10 & 5:10 (Sat & Sun), 7:10, 9:10. Garden State 1:20 & 4:10 (Sat & Sun), 6:50, 9:05. Shall We Dance? 1:30 & 4 (Sat & Sun), 7. Friday Night Lights 6:55. Saw 9:15. Shark Tale 1, 3, 5 (Sat & Sun).

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Curious about the contents of owl pellets? Birdloving naturalists flock to a Vermont Institute of Natural Science program to augment their avian education and see real birds up close. Live eagles, owls, hawks and falcons — all amazingly adapted for catching small and fuzzy prey — spread their wings at various venues around the state as the exhibition tours through mid-December. Those interested in learning about the part these animals play in local ecology should definitely keep an eagle-eye out for the bird brigade’s showings.

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<calendar > scene@CHOCOLATE MAKING DEMO LAKE CHAMPLAIN CHOCOLATES, BURLINGTON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1 P.M.

Who knew you could sample all four major food groups by eating pecan-caramel clusters? Chocolatier Kirk Weed made a nutritional case for the bite-sized candies he whipped up Saturday at Lake Champlain Chocolates. The justifications kept on coming. “I like to make these small so you can eat them all in one bite and even several at a time!” he exclaimed as he dripped warm caramel from a funnel over a tray of pecans.

The clusters were just the beginning of this “Learn How to Make Chocolates at Home” session. Attendees also learned how to make personalized chocolate boxes to hold the homemade sweets. Weed showed how to make them part of the Thanksgiving table, by placing one at each place setting. The idea inspired oohs and aahs from the crowd — and maybe somewhere in West Virginia, a nod from Martha Stewart.

The four-dozen people packed into the demonstration area sat mesmerized by the chocolatier’s skill, charm and knowledge of confection creation. But the tempering techniques turned out to be the highlight. Watching Weed play with chocolate was better than tuning into “Iron Chef.”

Tempering is the process of slowly melting and cooling chocolate to make it malleable enough to shape into candy. Microwaving is one approach. But Chef Weed has a showier strategy. Like a hibachi-style chef, hands moving at breakneck speed, he blended and folded the melted chocolate on a marble slab until its temperature dropped to the perfect 89 degrees. All the while, he awed fans with a chemistry lesson to explain what was happening before their eyes.

Agitation, which “stimulates cocoa molecules,” is the “key to tempering chocolate,” he said.

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WED.17 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. PEDJA MUZIJEVIC: As part of the UVM Lane Series, this Bosnia-born pianist performs pieces by Moussorgsky, Beethoven and the sons of Bach. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $25. Info, 656-7776.

KIRILL GERSTEIN: This young pianist who started out studying jazz presents some of his prizewinning classical repertoire at the Concert Hall, Middlebury College Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

‘THE KING OF INSTRUMENTS’: Musician and conductor Brian Webb gives the inside story on the college’s organ, built in 1884.

College Hall Chapel, Vermont College, Montpelier, 1-3 p.m. $5. Info, 828-8804.

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE I: Students in percussion and claxophone groups share music they’ve studied. Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 8 p.m. Free.

Info, 518-564-2180.

dance ‘SALSALINA’ PRACTICE: Work on your sensuous nightclub routines at this weekly Latin dance session. Salsalina Studio, Burlington, nonmembers, 6 p.m., members, 7 p.m. $510. Info, 598-1077.

DANCE CLUB: Expect choreographed energy from this student group at the Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 635-1476.

drama ‘BETRAYAL’: Northern Stage presents Harold Pinter’s play about different depths of feeling involving an extramarital affair. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $18-37. Info, 296-7000.

‘SUN SPOT: THE CRIME OF THE NEED TO BE RIGHT’: Stephen Goldberg’s darkly funny play traces adolescent rage surrounding a family tragedy. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 863-5966.

‘ALL MY SONS’: Arthur Miller’s drama about moral responsibility in a post-WWII family takes center stage at Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $12. Info, 651-5962.

‘THE ILLUSION’: This stage adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s 1636 comic fantasy follows a father who hires a magician to conjure scenes from his lost son’s life. Moore Theater, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $12. Info, 603-646-2422.

‘LOVING LIVES’: Vermont playwright Alan Haehnel’s farce features characters in an about-to-be-cancelled ’40s radio drama. An excerpt from Shakespeare’s Hamlet opens the show at Montpelier High School auditorium, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 225-8067.

film ‘YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU’: Jimmy Stewart stars in this 1938 film about a romance that mixes two social classes.

Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7. Info, 603-646-2422.

‘PRISONERS AMONG US’: Director Michael Angelo DiLauro presents this documentary about tensions between American ethnic groups during national conflict. Rutland Movieplex, 1:30 & 7 p.m. $10. Info, 775-5413.

CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL: Four short films from Hollywood’s Golden Age feature Chaplin, W.C. Fields, The Little Rascals and Bugs Bunny at this arts-benefit evening.

Hotel Saranac, Saranac Lake, N.Y., 6:30 p.m. $10. Info, 518-891-1139.

art See exhibitions in Section A.

words WRITING GROUP: Penmen and women generate ideas and get instant feedback at a weekly free-write session. The Kept Writer, St. Albans, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 527-6242.

VERMONT READS SERIES: Martha Hathaway of the humanitarian aid group Clear Path International presents The History of Cambodia: Landmines Today. South Burlington Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080.

‘FILM, FEASTS & FICTION’ SERIES: Readers discuss Fannie Flagg’s Fried Green Tomatoes and the movie it inspired. Kimball Public Library, Randolph, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 728-5073.

talks INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW: Sanjay Sathe, executive director of the Northern Vermont Chapter of the American Red Cross, gives an overview of the Geneva Conventions. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

‘THE ISRAELI-PALESTINE DISPUTE’: Former ABC News correspondent Barrie Dunsmore discusses the importance of regional peace to the war on terrorism. Hoehl Welcome Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 872-8842.

POLITICAL ECOLOGY: Anthropology professor Michael Sheridan speaks about the power of rain and the reign of power in Tanzania. John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill, UVM, Burlington, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-1096.

‘ARTISTS, ACTIVISM & DOCUMENTARY FILM’: Local filmmaker Robin Lloyd and English professor Hillary Neroni discuss the power of the lens. Room L300, Lafayette Hall, UVM, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4282.

‘SHORT-CIRCUITED’: Lawyer and economist Cheryl Conner describes the illness she experienced after exposure to strong electromagnetic fields. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 453-3430.

‘ART & CULTURE IN THE NORTH COUNTRY’: Northeast Kingdom-based filmmaker Jay Craven talks about contemporary expressions of rural culture. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

GNOSTIC CHRISTIANITY: Listeners get an introduction to this life philosophy at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 524-9706.

‘THE WAR OF 1812 IN VERMONT’: Jason Roberts of the Vermont Health Department explains why there are skeletons under Burlington’s sidewalks. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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WED.17 << 05B HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS: Suzanne Tomatore, program director of the Immigrant Women and Children Project, describes legal options for exploited immigrants. Conference Room, Robert Jones House, Middlebury College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6545.

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WALK THE TALK: Area exercisers welcome friends and dogs on this 30-minute stroll with staff from a local health clinic. Meet at 32 East Malletts Bay Avenue, Winooski, 8 a.m. Free. Info, 655-4422.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: Activists stand together in opposition to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Top of Church Street, Burlington, 5-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3045.

NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT NIGHT: Residents of Burlington Wards 4 & 7 and city staff celebrate accomplishments and discuss challenges at this dinner and town meeting.

Hunt Middle School cafeteria, Burlington, 68:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7178.

etc KNITTING GROUP: Crafty locals convene to create with needles and purls. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 6 p.m. Free.

Info, 247-0050.

‘MAC USERS UNITE!’: Apple enthusiasts gather for their monthly meeting. Gailer School, Shelburne, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1985.

BURLINGTON BREAD MEETING: Local economic advisors and interested folks meet to discuss the city’s community currency. Radio Bean, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 434-8103.

‘CELEBRATING GENDER OUTLAWS’: Outright Vermont sponsors an art showcase and film screening to mark the upcoming Transgender Day of Remembrance. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, reception 6:30 p.m., screening 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-9677.

ALBERT SCHWEITZER FELLOWSHIP AUCTION: A raffle, silent auction and live bidding benefit a fund for recently arrived refugees and immigrants. Gallery, Health Science Research Facility, UVM, Burlington, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-0298.

‘BUSINESS AFTER HOURS’: Members and guests of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce meet and greet over gravy fries at Nectar’s, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $12. Registration and info, 863-3489, ext. 211.

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WOMEN’S BUSINESS OWNERS NETWORK: Two meetings give savvy ladies a choice of speakers and chances to mingle. Holiday Inn, South Burlington, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. & 6-8 p.m. $17. Registration and info, 363-9266.

THU.18 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. JETHRO TULL: British flute-playing icon Ian Anderson rocks out with his band. See interview, this issue. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $58. Info, 863-5966.

GREG BROWN: The beloved singer-songwriter from the heartland furnishes folk at the Vergennes Opera House, 7 p.m. $30. Info, 863-5966.

UVM JAZZ ENSEMBLE: Students syncopate works by Duke Ellington, Maria Schneider and others at the UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3040.

SONFONIA CHAMBER CONCERT: Classical fans hear selections by Edvard Greig, Bela Bartok and others at the Lake Forest Retirement Community, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 6:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 518-564-2180.

VINNY’S GONE: This local blues band ventures into folk rock to benefit the town library. Governor’s House Inn, Hyde Park, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 888-6888.

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drama ‘BETRAYAL’: See November 17.

‘SUN SPOT: THE CRIME OF THE NEED TO BE RIGHT’: See November 17.

‘ALL MY SONS’: See November 17.

‘THE ILLUSION’: See November 17.

‘RUMORS’: In this comedy by Neil Simon, affluent partygoers try to cover for their host when the police arrive to investigate a shooting. See review, this issue. Royall Tyler Theatre, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 656-2094.

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PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: Tots take in their favorite tales at the Pierson Library, Shelburne, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 985-5124.

ANIMAL FEEDING: Watch critters do lunch with help from the animal-care staff at the ECHO Center, Burlington, noon & 3 p.m. $69. Info, 864-1848.

BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: Readings of family faves provide morning fun for toddlers at Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

WATERBURY STORYTIME: Little ones ages 2 and under get hooked on books at the Waterbury Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

BROWNELL LIBRARY STORYTIME: Growing readers aged 3-5 participate with picture books and puppets at the Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

‘MOVING & GROOVING’: Two- to 5-year-olds boogie down with rock ’n’ roll and worldbeat music. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

HINESBURG PLAY GROUP: Little ones let loose in a fun, friendly, toy-filled atmosphere. Hinesburg Town Hall, 10-11:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 453-3038.

BURNHAM LIBRARY STORYTIME: Preschoolers ages 3-5 listen to rhymes and sing songs at the Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30-7:15 p.m. Free. Info, 878-0313.

SCOTTISH TALES: Master storyteller Peter Vallance visits from Scotland with folktales for families. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5124.

‘STORY TIME WITH DAD’: Kids of all ages settle down for quality time with their fathers at the South Burlington Community Library, 6:30 p.m. Free. Registration and info, 652-7080.

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‘PIPPIN’: This tongue-in-cheek musical follows the 8th-century son of Charlemagne as he searches for his calling. Milton High School Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. $8. Info, 893-3230, ext. 503.

‘MAME’: Students stage this musical about a 10-year-old orphan boy being raised by his flamboyant flapper aunt during the Roaring ’20s. Otter Valley Union High School, Brandon, 7 p.m. $8. Info, 247-6833.

‘APARTMENT 3A’: The Theater Department presents this romantic comedy about a woman who moves across town to discover independence. Hartman Theater, Myers Fine Arts Building, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 8 p.m. $2. Info, 518-564-2180.

‘WEST SIDE STORY’: This popular musical replays Romeo and Juliet in the gang-infested streets of mid-20th-century Manhattan.

Mount Abraham Union High School, Bristol, 7:30 p.m. $7. Info, 453-3227.

‘INTO THE WOODS’: Stephen Sondheim’s musical follows multiple fairy-tale characters who are unhappy with “happily ever after.”

Champlain Valley Union High School, Hinesburg, 7:30 p.m. $8. Info, 878-7865.

‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’: Fairies, bards and country bumpkins populate Shakespeare’s comedy of errors about misdirected love. Colchester High School Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 651-9423.

‘HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH’: The Shoebox Theatre presents this glitter-rock opera about a transsexual punk star on tour to recapture her stolen songs. 135 Pearl, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 863-5966.

‘THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK’: This play based on a young girl’s journal chronicles her hidden family’s struggle to survive the Holocaust. Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 518-891-1854.

VERMONT ENTERTAINMENT SHOWCASE: The state’s Recreation & Parks Association promotes performers for summer-season venues. American Legion Building, White River Junction, 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. $40.

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PLAYWRIGHT WORKING GROUP: Peers read and respond to single scenes from plays-inprogress. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0112.

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COMMUNITY DARKROOM: Shutterbugs develop film and print pictures at the Center for Photographic Studies, Barre, 6-9 p.m. $8 per hour. Info, 479-4127.

PETER BURNS: The local comedian, storyteller and performance artist inspires laughs with illusions and physical stunts.

Champlain College Dining Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 860-2700.

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ERIK ESCKILSEN: The local author and former Seven Days staffer kicks off his new soccerthemed young adult novel, Offsides. See calendar spotlight. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

WRITER’S WORKSHOP SERIES: Literary nonfiction author Rachel Cohen reads from her book A Chance Meeting: The Intertwined Lives of Writers and Artists. John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill, UVM, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4047.

‘WHY READ MARCEL PROUST?’: Roger Shattuck, author of Proust’s Way, delves into detective work on the famous French literary lion. Special Collections, Bailey-Howe Library, UVM, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 656-2138.

‘BOOKED FOR LUNCH’: Environmental engineer and memoirist Alice Outwater talks about her writing at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, noon. Donations. Info, 658-8538.

ROBERT BARASCH: The local poet and former psychologist shares his volume of verse, Aging Gracefully. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

HARDWORKING FOLKS SERIES: Readers sweep through Jacqueline Winspear’s mystery Maisie Dobbs, then talk about transcendence of class boundaries. South Burlington Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7076.

‘BLUE’: A talk by local filmmaker Jay Craven follows this movie, part of a trilogy of Frenchthemed titles from Polish director Krystoff Kieslowski. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. $5. Info, 626-5135.

‘WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW!?’: This documentary-esque film asks whether spirituality and science might point to the same universal truths. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6.50. Info, 748-2600.

‘TERRORISM & KEBAB’: In this cinematic farce skewering the bureaucracy of modern Egypt, a well-intentioned father mistakenly takes hostages. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $7.

Info, 603-646-2422.

art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. ART SPIEGELMAN: The cartoonist author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus discusses his post-9/11 book, In the Shadow of No Towers. See “State of the Arts,” this issue.

Moore-Filene Auditorium, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 4 p.m. Free. Info, 295-3319.

HOLIDAY CRAFT & FINE ART SHOW: Two hundred juried artisans and specialty food producers offer unique, Vermont-made products at the Sheraton Hotel, South Burlington, noon 8 p.m. $6 for a 4-day pass. Info, 373-5429.

STUDENT ART OPENING: Elementary school kids unveil interpretive natural history signage at the Winooski River Bike & Pedestrian Bridge, Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 863-5744.

FLEMING MUSEUM HOLIDAY SALE: Art lovers peruse discounted items to support exhibitions and programs. Fleming Museum, Burlington, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 656-0750.

PHOTOGRAPHY FORUM: Montpelier photographer Michael Jermyn presents a slide program on digital-age pictorialism. Bethany Church Parlor, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Donations.

Info, 479-4127.

talks ‘SEX TRAFFICKING’: A member of a PhilippineU.S. solidarity organization describes globalization’s war on women. Conference Room, Robert Jones House, Middlebury College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6545.

POLITICAL HISTORY LECTURE: Former Vermont governor Philip Hoff talks about the Democratic Party’s influence on the state during the 1960s. Ellsworth Room, Johnson State College Library, 2:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 635-1416.

FAIR GAME Team image can be a touchy topic in small-town sports. Novelist and college professor Erik Esckilsen once played soccer for the South Burlington High School Rebels — a team whose soldier mascot used to wave a Confederate flag. Having hung up his cleats for a pen, Esckilsen fields Offsides, his second book for young adults. In it, The Warriors are represented by an Indian caricature, and a Mohawk soccer star faces off with the hidebound high school coach who wants him to join the team, but is dead set against changing its name or mascot. No spoilers, but the solution involves a challenging goal to settle the score.

ERIK ESCKILSEN Thursday, November 18, Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

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‘COPING WITH THE STIGMA OF HIV/AIDS’: Professor Sondra Solomon of the psychology department discusses the social side effects of this disease. John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill, UVM, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 656-4546.

‘ASSESSING RISK FOR HEART ATTACK’: Hematologist Dr. Mary Cushman shares new research on high blood pressure and cholesterol as ticker-trouble factors. ECHO Center, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1848.

‘THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER’: Ethnobotanist Katharine Anderson explores the cultural geography of Vermont’s foliage season.

Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4389.

REFUGEES AND COMMUNITY SERIES: Vermont state refugee coordinators describe how recent immigrants settle into an adopted culture. Carpenter Auditorium, Given Building, UVM, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m.

Free. Registration and info, 318-3321.

‘YOU ONLY DIE ONCE’: Author and social worker Margie Jenkins talks about preparing for the end of life with grace and gusto.

Trinity Episcopal Church, Shelburne, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 860-4419.

WOMEN AT NOON SERIES: Anthropology professor Brian Gilley discusses how the European-driven world economy changed the lives of 18th-century Native American women. UVM Women’s Center, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 656-7892.

‘WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN’: A panel of UVM faculty addresses different views of masculinity across the U.S. and the world.

John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill, UVM, Burlington, 2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-7892.

FIRESIDE CHAT SERIES: Professors emeriti recall program milestones for the college’s 50th anniversary of international instruction.

Hoehl Welcome Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

‘A TIME MOST FORGOTTEN’: Historian Donald Wickman describes Mount Independence’s role in the American Revolution. Bixby Memorial Free Library, Vergennes, 7:30 p.m.

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BURNHAM LIBRARY STORYTIME: See November 17, 10-10:45 a.m.

SOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY STORYTIME: Youngsters ages 3-5 get together for easy listening at the South Burlington Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7080.

BARRE LIBRARY STORY HOUR: Three- to 5year-olds break into books at the Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 476-7550, ext. 308.

DADS’ PLAYGROUP: Fathers and their offspring bond through fun and games. Family Center, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 828-8765.

KIDS’ GARDEN TOUR: Young ones explore the world of plants on a walk around the Four Seasons Garden Center, Williston, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. Free. Info, 658-2433.

‘LITTLE ROOTS’ STORYTIME: Kids gather in the garden to hear tales about plants, flowers and bugs. Four Seasons Garden Center, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 658-2433.

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: Future readers aged 2-4 take in tales at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7126.

BABY TIME: Little ones up to age 2 listen to words and meet each other at the Pierson Library, Shelburne, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 985-5124.

‘ITTY BITTY SKATING’: Pint-size bladers take to the ice at Leddy Park Arena, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $5. Info, 865-7558.

‘GETTING READY FOR WINTER’: Preschoolers investigate how familiar animals survive cold weather. Education Barn, Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 1-2 p.m. $8 per parent-child pair. Registration and info, 434-3068.

DINE & DISCUSS: Head brewer Steve Parks of Otter Creek Brewery helps “slow food” enthusiasts pair small-batch beer with a fivecourse meal. The Dorset Inn, 6 p.m. $55 includes beer samples. Reservations and info, 867-5500.

NEW LIBRARY TOUR: The college offers a guided tour of its book-centered building.

New library, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 443-5798.

CHITTENDEN COUNTY FLU CLINIC: Only adults at very high risk for influenza should get immunized at the Shelburne Road Shopping Plaza, Burlington, 9 a.m. Call for information on other county locations statewide, 863-7281.

VERMONT CONSULTANTS NETWORK: Office workers learn how to manage time with tracking systems. Network Performance, South Burlington, 7:30 a.m. $15 includes breakfast. Reservations and info, 865-0239.

DESKTOP PUBLISHING WORKSHOP: Participants learn the basics of electronic typesetting and design for business and personal communication. R.U.1.2? Community Center, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.

‘KEEPING TRACK’ SLIDE SHOW: Naturalist and photographer Sue Morse offers insight on tracking winter wildlife. Teal Farm, Huntington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 434-4718.

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VERMONT BRASS QUINTET: Five musicians toot their horns for Mozart, Rimski-Korsakov and other composers at the Enosburg Opera House, Enosburg Falls, 7:30 p.m. $12. Info, 933-6171.

BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See November 17.

NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT NIGHT: See November 17, for residents of Ward 5, Champlain Elementary School cafeteria, Burlington.

VERMONT SOCIAL FORUM: Interested folks discuss statewide social issues at the Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free.

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BALLROOM DANCE SOCIAL: Singles and couples of all ages learn the basics of ballroom, swing and Latin dancing. Jazzercize Studio, Williston, 7 p.m. $10. Info, 862-2207.

CONTRA DANCE: Caller Rachel Nevitt directs dancers motivated by live fiddle and guitar music. Champlain Club, Burlington, 8-11 p.m. $7. Info, 863-2199.

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‘SUN SPOT: THE CRIME OF THE NEED TO BE RIGHT’: See November 17.

‘ALL MY SONS’: See November 17.

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THE LUCIANA SOUZA DUO: Bilingual lyrics by this Brazilian jazz singer are accompanied by guitarist Romero Lubambo. See calendar spotlight. UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $25. Info, 863-5966.

CENTENNIAL CONCERT: Famous pianists and vocalists mix masterpieces from six centuries. See calendar spotlight. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

CELEBRATING BERNARD RANDS: In honor of this composer’s 70th birthday, American tenor Paul Sperry solos at a concert highlighting his “Canti del Sole.” Concert Hall, Middlebury College Center for the Arts, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

FUNDRAISING CONCERT: Student bands benefit a nonprofit working to free and rehabilitate trafficked women and children.

Pearsons Hall Lounge, Middlebury College, 9 p.m. $2. Info, 443-6545.

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‘APARTMENT 3A’: See November 18.

‘WEST SIDE STORY’: See November 18.

‘INTO THE WOODS’: See November 18.

‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’: See November 18.

‘HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH’: See November 18.

‘THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK’: See November 18.

‘BEAUTY & THE BEAST’: The Enchantment Theatre Company presents a puppetry, mime and mask version of this familiar French fairy tale. Town Hall Theatre, Woodstock, 7:30 p.m. $18. Info, 457-3981.

‘O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?’: Sharon Academy students stage this adaptation of a Deep South odyssey based on the Coen brothers’ music-filled movie. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 7 p.m. $8. Info, 763-2501.

‘THE WOODCHUCK WARRIOR’: In his one-man show, Vietnam veteran Al Boright portrays himself as a young satirist fighting in a war he opposes. Hyde Park Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 223-5124.

‘JAKE’S WOMEN’: The Shelburne Players present Neil Simon’s comedy about a novelist who deals imaginatively with a marital crisis. See review, this issue. Shelburne Town Center, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 985-0780.

‘THE UNDERPANTS’: Steve Martin’s adaptation of a 1910 German farce follows the social consequences of a young housewife’s accidental panty-drop. Community College of Vermont, 101 Cherry Street, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-6591.

VARIETY SHOW: Local talent puts on the song and dance at Essex High School, 7 p.m. $6.

Info, 879-5546.

‘THE POWER PLAY’: Actor Tim Collins assumes more than a dozen indentities in this oneman show about terrorism, control and personal power. Sandglass Theater, Putney, 8 p.m. $14. Info, 387-4051.

‘THE L-WORD’: Sapphic Cinema offers the first season of this lesbian TV series, along with a chance to chuckle at the stereotypes it presents. R.U.1.2? Community Center, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.

AGRICULTURE AWARENESS NIGHT: A short film on the history of farming is followed by Fed Up, a documentary raising questions about genetically modified organisms.

Mountain Café, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 229-5676.

‘RIDING GIANTS’: Stacy Peralta’s thrill-packed surfing documentary traces the story of bigwave boarding. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $6.50. Info, 748-2600.

‘TOUCHING THE VOID’: Based on a true story, this film follows an injured mountain climber’s fight for survival in the Peruvian Andes. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $6. Info, 518-523-2512.

art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. HOLIDAY CRAFT & FINE ART SHOW: See November 18, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

FLEMING MUSEUM HOLIDAY SALE: See November 18.

words VERSE READING: Members of Quatrain Poets share work motivated by mythology. Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 247-0050.

TERTULIA LATINA: Fluent Spanish speakers converse at Radio Bean, Burlington, 5:307:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-1926.

‘RECOMMENDED READINGS’: Local authors Bill Davis and Tracy Psaute converge on common themes at the Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free.

Donations. Info, 865-7166.

‘BLUEGRASS JOURNEY’: This music documentary features concert and interview footage of singer-guitarist Del McCoury and his band. A discussion with filmmakers follows at the FlynnSpace, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

Info, 863-5966.

CIRCLE OF FRIENDS All too often, people who happen not to conform to societal norms become victims of virulent prejudice. This goes double for gender-bending folks who fall outside standard definitions of male and female identity. Last year alone, 21 transgendered people were murdered worldwide, and countless others were subjected to discrimination, hostility and violence. If simply finding a safe public restroom presents problems, what about fixing a society that’s sick? This week, Outright Vermont members and supporters hold a candlelight vigil, march and memorial speak-out to express grief and gather hope for the future. As philosopher George Santayana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE Friday, November 19, Unitarian Church, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-9677.

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‘IT CAN HAPPEN HERE’: Local journalist Stephen Kiernan talks about his experience reporting on recent Essex Junction sex trafficking. Conference Room, Robert Jones House, Middlebury College, 12:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 443-6545.

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FRI.19 << 09B BERNARD RANDS LECTURE: The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer talks about how he works with text and music while writing for voice. Room 221, Middlebury College Center for the Arts, 4:15 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

VARIETY SERIES: Congressman Bernie Sanders discusses civil liberties and the USA Patriot Act. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 863-5980.

‘THE MOUNT INDEPENDENCE STORY’: Historian Donald Wickman explores the foundation of this critical American Revolutionera fort. Godnick Adult Center, Rutland, 1-3 p.m. $5. Info, 773-1853.

‘WHAT IS MEDITATION?’: Interested introspectives gather for a video and discussion of philosopher Andrew Cohen. Touchstone Healing Arts, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $5.

Info, 899-3554.

<calendar > NIGHTINGALE: Folk fans catch this concert by the Vermont-based traditional-music trio in honor of their new album. College Street Congregational Church, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 877-850-0206.

STUDENT RECITAL: Advanced vocalists sing scores at the Concert Hall, Middlebury College Center for the Arts, 8 p.m. Free.

Info, 443-6433.

DARTMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Hector Berlioz’s 1830 Symphonie Fantastique headlines a concert highlighting French composers. Faulkner Recital Hall, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $16. Info, 603-646-2422.

BENEFIT CONCERT: Richard Ruane & Friends join Big Spike Bluegrass and the Michelle Fay Band at the Ripton Community House, 7 p.m. $10-20. Info, 388-9782.

vigil and procession. See calendar spotlight.

Unita-rian Church, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

Info, 865-9677.

etc ‘PREDATORS OF THE SKY’: Hawks, owls and other live birds of prey are the focus of this nature showcase and talk. See calendar spotlight. Campus Center Theatre, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 457-2779.

VERMONT JEEP ASSOCIATION: Road warriors in favor of four-wheeled recreation rally monthly at Hilary’s Restaurant, Morrisville, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-5370.

WILDERNESS AWARENESS WORKSHOPS: Young naturalists and adult mentors learn and teach by observing the outdoors.

Orchard Valley School, East Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-6277.

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ANIMAL FEEDING: See November 17.

WATERBURY STORYTIME: See November 17, Waterbury Branch Library, for children ages 3-5.

SOUTH BURLINGTON LIBRARY STORYTIME: See November 18.

‘MUSIC WITH ROBERT AND GIGI’: Kids sing along with Robert Resnik and his fiddle-playing friend Gigi Weisman. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Registration and info, 865-7216.

‘AMERICAN GIRL’ NIGHT: Young ladies and their dolls dress up for a movie party with Victorianera parlor games. Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

CONTRA DANCE: Caller Will Mentor voices moves for dancers in clean, soft-soled shoes. Air Dance provides traditional tunes at the Capitol City Grange, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $7. Info, 744-6163.

BALLROOM DANCE: Footloose tango fanciers can take short lessons singly or as couples before the group’s monthly open dance.

Elley-Long Music Center, Colchester, 7-11 p.m. $12 includes lesson. Info, 862-2207.

TOWN HALL DANCE: Caller Mark Sustic helps contra dancers step out at the Waterville Town Hall, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 849-6968.

sport WALK THE TALK: See November 17, 12:15 p.m.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See November 17.

BURLINGTON GREEN DRINKS: Area environmentalists over 21 gather for infomal imbibing and discussion. RíRá Irish Pub, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 658-9559.

TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE: A memorial and speak-out for victims of antitransgender violence follows a candlelight

SAT.20 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. THE DEL MCCOURY BAND: See November 19, Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $2228. Info, 603-448-0400.

CAPITAL CITY CONCERT: Soprano soloist Hyunah Yu joins members of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra for works by J.S. Bach.

Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 8 p.m. $8-18.

Info, 476-8188.

JAMIE BAUM SEPTET: The acclaimed flutist and composer leads her ensemble for jazz works inspired by modern classical music.

FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15. Info, 863-5966.

PRESTO ENSEMBLES CONCERT: Beginning string players share seasonal works at the Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, 11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 655-5030.

BURLINGTON CHORAL SOCIETY: Local vocalists team up to sing works by Mendelssohn, Benjamin Britten and other composers. St. John’s Church, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 8 p.m. $15. Info, 878-5919.

drama ‘BETRAYAL’: See November 17.

‘SUN SPOT: THE CRIME OF THE NEED TO BE RIGHT’: See November 17.

‘ALL MY SONS’: See November 17.

‘THE ILLUSION’: See November 17, 2 p.m.

‘LOVING LIVES’: See November 17, 2 & 7 p.m.

‘RUMORS’: See November 18.

‘PIPPIN’: See November 18, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

‘MAME’: See November 18.

‘APARTMENT 3A’: See November 18.

‘WEST SIDE STORY’: See November 18.

‘INTO THE WOODS’: See November 18, 1:30 & 7:30 p.m.

‘A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM’: See November 18.

‘HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH’: See November 18.

‘THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK’: See November 18.

‘O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?’: See November 19, 1 & 7 p.m.

‘THE WOODCHUCK WARRIOR’: See November 19.

‘JAKE’S WOMEN’: See November 19, 2 & 8 p.m.

‘THE UNDERPANTS’: See November 19.

‘THE POWER PLAY’: See November 19.

film ‘RIDING GIANTS’: See November 19, 7 & 9 p.m.

‘IMPACT’: Skiers and snowboarders register for door prizes at this screening of Warren Miller’s extreme winter sports footage. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 6 & 9 p.m. $20.

Info, 863-5966.

‘DOGVILLE’: Nicole Kidman stars in this film about a stranger who seeks precarious shelter in an isolated, Depression-era town.

Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College, 3 & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

‘BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE’: Moviegoers take in Michael Moore’s documentary on U.S. gun violence. Brick Meeting House, Westford, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 878-5804.

‘THE SELLING OF INNOCENTS’: A discussion with producer Ruchira Gupta follows this Emmy Award-winning documentary on human trafficking and prostitution. Room 216, Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6545.

‘INTIMATE STRANGERS’: In this French film, a troubled woman and an accountant fall into an inexplicable romance after she mistakes him for her psychiatrist. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 & 9:15 p.m. $7.

Info, 603-646-2422.

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CLAY STUDIO SALE: Pottery proceeds benefit ceramics programs. In front of Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.

CHARLOTTE ARTISANS’ FAIR: More than 40 juried artists from Chittenden and Addison counties show handcrafted items at the Charlotte Village Center, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Free. Info, 425-5606.

talks ‘SPRIGHTLY STEPS’: Musician and local historian Adam Boyce talks about Vermont’s square dancing tradition. Burnham Hall, Lincoln, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 453-5995.

AGING PROGRAM: Folks at all stages of life mark time by learning the mysteries of aging. ECHO Center, Burlington, 11:30 a.m. & 2 p.m. $9. Info, 864-1848.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See November 17.

‘SATURDAY STORIES’: Librarians read from popular picture books at the Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10 a.m. Free.

Info, 878-0313.

BORDERS STORYTIME: Little bookworms listen to stories at Borders, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-2711.

CHILDREN’S STORYTIME: Youngsters take in their favorite tales at the Book Rack & Children’s Pages, Essex Junction, 10 a.m.

Free. Info, 872-2627.

BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: Kids ages 4 and up settle down for stories at Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

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KASPERLE PUPPET THEATER: Traditional German hand puppets entertain tykes at Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 11 a.m. Free. Info, 603-646-2010.

JESSIE HAAS: The Vermont children’s author of Hoof Prints, Greenwillow and other books hosts an illustrated reading at the Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, 4 p.m. Free.

Info, 247-0050.

CHILDREN’S READING: Vermonters Natalie Kinsey-Warnock and Mary Azarian present their new picture book A Christmas Like Helen’s. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.

sport TURKEY TROT: Movers motivated by random drawings for holiday birds, maple syrup and other prizes raise funds for area families.

Westford Elementary School, registration 9 a.m., run 10 a.m. $8. Info, 879-7382.

BURKE MOUNTAIN: Hikers commit to a difficult, 8-mile climb up this 3000-foot peak in the Northeast Kingdom. Call for meeting time and location. Free. Info, 879-1302.

activism NATIONAL SOLIDARITY VIGIL: Concerned citizens call for the closure of the School of the Americas mercenary training institution. Burlington City Hall, noon. Free. Info, 863-2345.

etc WILDERNESS AWARENESS WORKSHOPS: See November 19, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. $20-35.

Registration and info, 223-6277.

DINNER LECTURE: Documentary producer Ruchira Gupta speaks about modern slavery, human trafficking and prostitution. A meal and discussion follow at Redfield Proctor Hall, Middlebury College, 6 p.m. Free.

Reservations and info, 443-6545.

T-SHIRT SALE: Reduced-price cotton clothing helps raise funds for local hockey teams.

National Guard Armory, Norwich University, Northfield, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 485-5700.

BOOK SALE: Bookworms browse through bound volumes at the Brownell Library,

Essex Junction, 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-6955.

HOLIDAY BAZAAR: Sewn, knitted and crocheted crafts compete with fudge for shoppers’ attention at the United Church of Hinesburg, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 482-2878.

WINOOSKI PTO CRAFT FAIR: Local creators vend jewelry, clothing, maple products and more at the Winooski Educational Center, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1741.

COMMUNITY CRAFT FAIR: Holiday gift ideas inspire shoppers at the Underhill Graded School, Jericho, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 899-4767.

THANKSGIVING FARMERS’ MARKET: Fortyeight vendors offer a wide variety of locally produced products for the holiday week.

Montpelier High School gym, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Free. Info, 685-4360.

FARM HOUSE FAMILY DAY: Hands-on experience of an 1890s dairy farm means chores all ’round, followed by time to eat and play.

Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. $40-55 includes lunch.

Reservations and info, 457-2355.

INTERFAITH WORKSHOP: Promoters of peace and reconciliation on human rights issues convene for meditation and prayer.

Clementwood Spiritual Life Center, Rutland, 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. $20. Info, 773-4488.

WALDORF OPEN HOUSE: Parents and kids take in a puppet show and try out activities at the West Farm School, Jeffersonville, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free. Info, 644-2285.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY POTLUCK: Cultural historian Greg Sharrow describes Vermont’s cultural legacies and folkways at the Richmond Congregational Church, dinner 6 p.m., talk 7 p.m.

Free; bring a dish to share. Info, 434-3654.

‘RETURNING TO COLLEGE’ SEMINAR: Working adults consider educational alternatives at the VSAC Resource Center, Champlain Mill, Winooski, 11 a.m. Free.

Registration and info, 1-800-642-3177.

VERMONT TOXICS ACTION CONFERENCE: Citizens concerned about how to fight pollution in their communities convene at Vermont Technical College, Randolph, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. $25. Registration and info, 229-5745.

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SUN.21 music Also, see clubdates in Section A. BURLINGTON CHORAL SOCIETY: See November 20, Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, Burlington, 3 p.m. Info, 863-5966.

COUNTERPOINT: Robert DeCormier conducts this choral ensemble in a varied program of works by Ravel, Benjamin Britten and others. Paramount Theater, Rutland, 2 p.m. $10. Info, 775-5413.

FOLK CONCERT: Local musicians Susannah Blachly and Colin McCaffrey swing into bluegrass and cajun music at River Run, Plainfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 454-8649.

KIRTAN SINGING: Students of yoga stretch vocal cords with chants in Sanskrit. Yoga Vermont, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 598-1929.

drama ‘BETRAYAL’: See November 17, 5 p.m.

‘RUMORS’: See November 18, 2 p.m.

‘HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH’: See November 18.

‘ZAK THE LLAMA’: Kamikaze Comedy amuses audience members with this competitive improv comedy show. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 863-5966.

film ‘RIDING GIANTS’: See November 19.

‘IMPACT’: See November 20, 5 & 8 p.m.

‘BRIGHT LEAVES’: Documentary filmmaker Ross McElwee of Sherman’s March fame focuses on a family mystery in tobacco country. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 & 9:15 p.m. $7.

Info, 603-646-2422.

art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. HOLIDAY CRAFT & FINE ART SHOW: See November 18, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

FLEMING MUSEUM HOLIDAY SALE: See November 18, 1-5 p.m.

CLAY STUDIO SALE: See November 20.

words BOOK SIGNING: Vermont Life editor Tom Slayton signs copies of the magazine’s new photography book, The Twelve Seasons of Vermont.

Barnes & Noble, South Burlington, 2 p.m.

Free. Info, 864-8001.

talks AGING PROGRAM: See November 20.

HEART HEALTH LECTURE: Audience members at this talk can get their blood pressure checked while learning to recognize warning signs of strokes and heart attacks. ECHO Center, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. $9. Info, 864-1848.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See November 17.

sport MOUNT MANSFIELD: Backpackers brave the north ridge of Vermont’s highest peak on a difficult, 6-mile hike. Call for meeting time and location. Free. Info, 862-5302.

etc NEW LIBRARY TOUR: See November 18, 2 p.m.

T-SHIRT SALE: See November 20.

MAH JONGG: Bring your set and your game face to Temple Sinai, South Burlington, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 862-5125.

COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION: Music for chorus, organ and piano follows interfaith readings to mark the upcoming holiday. Mead Chapel, Middlebury College, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 443-6433.

REIKI GROUP: Students and practitioners of Reiki meet to talk about the healing method — all levels are welcome, but this gathering is not a hands-on clinic. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 860-4673.

INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING SERVICE: Musical offerings accompany a homily on moral heritage. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-1151.

Martial Arts Open House Demonstration Saturday, Dec.4, 1am & 2pm 13 Susie Wilson Rd, Essex Jct. Above Bond Auto

Come see what traditional Korean Martial Art is all about.

Demonstrations by all ages and belt ranks.

See self-defense, weapons, partner work, meditation, board/concrete breaking, and more!

Food, beverages and door prizes

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SOCRATES CAFE: Philosophers discuss the big questions of life at the Waterbury Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

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Also, see clubdates in Section A. KELLY JOE PHELPS: The noted blues guitarist and singer helps raise funds to benefit folks in Nicaragua. The Old Lantern, Charlotte, 7:30 p.m. $20. Info, 863-5966.

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE II: Students in brass, flute and symphony groups perform at the Giltz Auditorium, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 8 p.m. Free. Info, 518-564-2180.

‘TERRORISM’: Former UN Under SecretaryGeneral and Ambassador Ron Spiers discusses international threats from the perspective of his foreign-service career. John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 872-8842.

NATURE & THE ENVIRONMENT SERIES: Norwich University physics professor Gary Parker describes recent solar discoveries.

Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 863-5980.

dance ‘LORD OF THE DANCE’: Former Riverdance headliner and Irish step dancer Michael Flatley flaunts fancy footwork at Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $43-48.

Info, 863-5966.

film ‘RIDING GIANTS’: See November 19.

BURLINGTON FILMMAKERS COLLABORATIVE: Aspiring moviemakers trade shots and discuss possible group projects. Locations vary, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 598-2124.

‘WEAPONS OF MASS DECEPTION’: This twohour documentary questions mainstream media coverage of the conflict in Iraq.

Norwich Public Library, 7 p.m. Donations.

Info, 658-1677.

art Also, see exhibitions in Section A. COMMUNITY DARKROOM: See November 18.

LIFE DRAWING SESSION: Creative types try a hand at sketching. Wolfe Kahn Building, Vermont Studio School, Johnson, 6 p.m. $7.

Info, 635-1769.

words ‘MEMOIRS & REMINISCENCES’: Vermont artist and author Doris Walvoord inspires writers to capture their personal pasts.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

kids ANIMAL FEEDING: See November 17.

WATERBURY STORYTIME: See November 17, for children ages 3-5.

BROWNELL LIBRARY STORYTIME: See November 17. Toddlers take their turn with tales first, 9:10-9:30 a.m.

BURNHAM LIBRARY STORYTIME: See November 17, 10-10:45 a.m.

‘ITTY BITTY SKATING’: See November 18.

BARRE LIBRARY STORY HOUR: Babies up to age 2 take in tales at the Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 476-7550, ext. 308.

FAMILY SING-ALONG: Parents and kids belt out fun, familiar favorites at the Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-10:30 a.m. Free.

Info, 865-7216.

GYM FOR TOTS: Youngsters burn energy running, jumping and hula-hooping at the Charlotte Community School, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 425-4144.

CHARLOTTE COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP: Children and their caregivers gather for crafts, reading and music-making. Charlotte Community School Cafeteria, 9-10:15 a.m.

Free. Info, 985-5096.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See November 17

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TUE.23 music AMATEUR MUSICIANS ORCHESTRA: Community players of all abilities and levels of experience practice pieces and welcome new members. South Burlington High School, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $6. Info, 985-9750.

GREEN MOUNTAIN CHORUS: Male musicmakers rehearse barbershop singing and quartetting at St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski, 7-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 860-6465.

dance LINE DANCING: Show off your fancy footwork at the Harvest Moon Banquet Room, Essex Junc-tion, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $8.50. Info, 288-8044.

SWING DANCING: Movers of all ages and abilities dance at the Greek Orthodox Church, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $3.

Info, 860-7501.

drama ‘STUNT NIGHT’: Students from Rice Memorial High School offer acrobatics and illusions at the Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 4 & 8 p.m. $12-15. Info, 863-5966.

film ‘RIDING GIANTS’: See November 19.

art See exhibitions in Section A.

words BURLINGTON WRITERS’ GROUP: Bring pencil, paper and the will to be inspired to the Daily Planet, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free.

Info, 758-2287.

PAUSE CAFÉ: Novice and fluent French speakers practice and improve their linguistics — en français. Borders Café, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 655-1346.

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art See exhibitions in Section A.

words WRITING GROUP: See November 17.

BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See November 17.

ANTIWAR COALITION: Citizens opposed to U.S. military activities in Iraq strategize at the Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345, ext. 5.

etc LAUGHING CLUB: Local yoga instructor and author Carol Winfield touts the untapped healing power of yukking it up. Union Station, Burlington, 8-8:30 a.m. Donations.

Info, 864-7999.

WOMEN ON THE GO SOLO: Gals share info, experience and support for single living and travel. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 860-2855.

CO-OP HOUSING ORIENTATION: The Burlington Community Land Trust offers an hour-long introductory workshop on cooperative housing. 179 South Winooski Ave., Burlington, 11:45 a.m. & 5:45 p.m. Free.

Info, 862-6244.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY BUSINESS NETWORK: Entrepreneurs make corporate connections at the Courtyard by Marriott, Williston, 7:30 a.m. Free. Info, 434-6434.

kids WESTFORD PLAYGROUP: See November 17.

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: See November 17.

ANIMAL FEEDING: See November 17.

BARNES & NOBLE STORYTIME: See November 17.

WATERBURY STORYTIME: See November 17.

BROWNELL LIBRARY STORYTIME: See November 17.

‘MOVING & GROOVING’: See November 17.

HINESBURG PLAY GROUP: See November 17.

BURNHAM LIBRARY STORYTIME: See November 17.

sport WALK THE TALK: See November 17.

activism BURLINGTON PEACE VIGIL: See November 17.

etc KNITTING GROUP: See November 17.

SKATE PARK ‘PURE PARTY’ BENEFIT: Skaters, skiers and snowboarders catch flicks, hang out to music by a live DJ and register for sports-themed raffle prizes.

Eclipse Theatre, Waitsfield, 7 p.m. Free, $5 for raffle. Info, 496-7787.

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ANIMAL FEEDING: See November 17.

BURNHAM LIBRARY STORYTIME: See November 17, for toddlers, 10-10:30 a.m.

‘MUSIC WITH ROBERT AND GIGI’: See November 19.

TODDLER-AND-UNDER STORYTIME: Wee ones up to age 3 open their ears to songs and stories. South Burlington Community Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 652-7080.

EAST BARRE STORY HOUR: Babies aged 2 and under take in tales at the Aldrich Public Library, East Barre branch, 10:15 a.m. Free.

Info, 476-5118.

ECHO STORYTIME: Young explorers discover the wonders of the natural world through books and imaginative play. ECHO Center, Burlington, 11 a.m. $6-9. Info, 864-1848.

SATURDAY 13

SEASON’S PASS

MEASURE FOR MEASURE In honor of its 100th anniversary this year, St. Michael’s College has been running a full schedule of celebratory speakers and gatherings. This weekend, multiple musicians join forces for a free concert. Locally based classical pianists Paul Orgel (pictured) and Michael Arnowitt (the focus of the recent documentary Beyond 88 Keys), mezzo-soprano opera diva D’Anna Fortunato and a cappella choral ensemble Counterpoint take turns on works representing centuries of styles. Divided into 100-year increments from 1504 to 2004, the program features instrumental pieces, arias and a humorous choral work by Vermont composer Louis Moyse. “Happy Birthday to You” never sounded so classy.

CENTENNIAL CONCERT Friday, November 19, McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College, Colchester,

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<classes> Written by Katherine Reilly FitzPatrick. Class listings are $15 per week or $50 for four weeks. All class listings must be pre-paid and are subject to editing for space and style. Send info with check or complete credit card information, including exact name on card, to: Classes, SEVEN DAYS, P.O. Box 1164, Burlington, VT 05402-1164.

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LEARN THE TECHNIQUE OF “HOLLYWOOD’S MOST SOUGHT AFTER ACTING COACH.” (MOVELINE, NOV. 2001): Classes in Burlington, Tuesday evenings and Montpelier, Monday evenings. Info, 802-318-8555 or visit www.thoreast.com. Mr. MacDonald has acted professionally for over 25 years and he has taught professionally for over 10 years. He has appeared in over 10 major motion pictures with leading roles in three, including The Basket, and has guest-starred on “Providence,” “Pensacola: Wings of Gold,” “Murphy Brown,” and many other TV shows.

AFRO-CARIBBEAN DANCE: TRADITIONAL DANCES FROM CUBA AND HAITI: Weekly classes: Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.

- noon, Capitol City Grange, Montpelier. Fridays, 5:30-7 p.m., Memorial Auditorium Loft, Burlington. Info, 9853665. Dance to the rhythms of Cuban and Haitian music.

Dance class led by Carla Kevorkian. Live drumming led by Stuart Paton. Monthly master classes with visiting instructors. Beginners welcome!

BURLINGTON – HOLIDAY PARTIES ARE COMING SOON! First Step Dance offers beginner dance classes in Burlington on Tuesday nights. The Rumba, Cha Cha and Merengue class begins at 6 p.m. The Waltz, Foxtrot and Tango class begins at 7 p.m. The Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Classes are $40/person for each 4-week session. Info, 598-6757 or visit www.FirstStepDance.com. Sometime soon you will hear about your company holiday party, or you will be invited to go somewhere where there will be music and a dance floor. This year, wouldn’t you like to be one of the people up on the floor dancing? Make this holiday season one to remember! Come take the first step toward learning to dance with a partner!

LEARN TO SWING DANCE: Drop-in beginner lesson, every Tuesday, 6:30–7:30 p.m. Greek Church Hall, Ledge Rd., Burlington. $5 includes Vermont Swing practice session, immediately following. Info, 860-7501, or visit www.vermontswings.com. No experience necessary.

LINDY HOP/SWING DANCE: Sundays, November 14 December 26. Three levels: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Swing 1B/ Lindy Hop Basics, beginning level, no experience required. 6:45-7:45 p.m. Level 2: Swing 2B/8-Count Lindy Hop, classic and nouveau moves, Swing Outs, Charleston and more. Focus is on technique and fundamentals, for Swing 1 graduates or by permission. 8-9 p.m. Level 3: Swing Line Dance Sampler. Learn the classics: Shim Sham, Big Apple, and more. Level 2, must have three months or more Lindy Hop experience.

Champlain Club, Crowley St., Burlingon. $50 for six-week series, $40 for students and seniors. Info, 860-7501 or visit www.lindyvermont.com. All classes taught by Shirley McAdam and Chris Nickl. We focus on having fun and catering to the needs of our students. No partner needed!

MOMIX MASTERCLASS: Led by MOMIX Dance company members. Grade 10-adult, intermediate/advanced.

Friday, December 10, 5-6:30 p.m. Flynn Center Studios, Burlington. $15. Info, 652-4548, registrar@flynncen ter.org, or visit www.flynncenter.org.

RELEASE TECHNIQUE AND IMPROVISATION WITH MIRAH KELLC MORIARTY AND RODRIGO ESTEVA: November 20, noon-3 p.m. Contois Auditorium, City Hall, Burlington. $20 per person. Info, 864-5006.

People of all levels of movement experience are welcome– dancers, actors, material artists and yogis alike.

SALSALINA: Night club-style group Salsa classes, Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, with Tango group classes and social dances on Fridays. Monthly membership, $35 or $55, $10 for individual classes, $5 for socials. 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info, contact Victoria, 598-1077 or info@salsalina.com. No dance experience or partner necessary, just the desire to have fun! You can drop in at any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout!

ST. ALBANS – WHAT WILL YOU DO AT YOUR HOLIDAY PARTY? First Step Dance offers beginner dance classes in St. Albans on Monday nights. Monday classes begin at 6 p.m. with a half-hour drop-in class followed by a half-hour practice session. $5 each. The Rumba, Cha Cha and Merengue class begins at 7 p.m. The Waltz, Foxtrot and Tango class begins at 8 p.m. St. Albans City School, Bellows St., St. Albans. $40/person for each 4-week session. Info, 598-6757 or visit www.FirstStepDance.com. Sometime soon you will hear about your company holiday party, or you will be invited to go somewhere where there will be music and a dance floor. This year, wouldn’t you like to be one of the people up on the floor dancing? Make this holiday season one to remember, come take the first step toward learning to dance with a partner!

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INTRODUCTION TO ANIMATION: This program is appropriate for ages 15 and older. Saturday, November 20, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sunday, November 21, 2-4 p.m. $100.

Info, 658-4267, ext. 1 or visit www.motionschool.org.

Students in this course will learn introductory techniques in animation. Demonstration and hands-on experience in a variety of media including clay, pencil and Flash.

aromatherapy BASIC AROMATHERAPY: Two Thursdays, December 2 and 9, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Spirit Dancer Books & Star Root Aromatherapy. $45 prepaid by November 29. Info, 6608060. In this two-part class you will explore ten essential oil profiles of carrier oils and basic blending concepts.

Everyone will create their own blend to bring home. Learn enough to make gifts for yourself and others. Presented

by Carol von Rohr.

art BURLINGTON CITY ARTS: Offers classes and workshops for all ages. Info, visit our website at www.burling toncityarts.com.

bartending

21 Taft Corners Shopping Center

Williston, VT www.beadcrazyvt.com

288-9666

Cabot Hosiery’s

ANNUAL SOCK SALE! Home of “DARN TOUGH” socks!

Join us in celebrating our

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: Day, evening and weekend courses. Various locations. Info, 888-4DRINKS or bar tendingschool.com. Get certified to make a mean martini, margarita, Manhattan or mai tai.

childbirth HYPNOBIRTHING: Classes now forming for 10-hour series. Four-week evening series or eight-week lunchtime series. Burlington. $175. To register, call Nan Reid, 660-0420. Learn self-hypnosis and summon your natural birthing instincts.

25th Annual clay CITY ARTS: Studio memberships availSOCK-IT-TO-YOU EVENT! BURLINGTON able. Info, 865-7166 or visit our website www.burlingSaturday & Sunday November 20-21 8:30AM-4:30PM 10% OFF ANY PURCHASE OVER $100

We’ve Got...

• Boot Socks • Dress Socks • Dyed Socks • Hiking Socks

• Hunting Socks • Sports Socks • Ladies’ Socks • Men’s Socks

• Patterned Socks • Ragg Socks • Kid’s Socks • Wool Socks

toncityarts.com.

climbing FRIDAY NIGHT KIDS’ CLUB: Every Friday night, 6-9 p.m. Petra Cliffs Climbing Center. $25, preregistration required. Info, 657-3872 or visit www.petracliffs.com.

Climb the walls, boulder in the cave, brave the Burma Bridge, and play fun games. Parents, enjoy an evening out while your kids burn energy, develop coordination, build self-confidence, and practice problem solving under the supervision of the Petra Cliffs staff.

computers COMPUTER WORKSHOPS DESIGNED FOR BEGINNING USERS: Microsoft Word, Internet Exploration and Email Basics with Yahoo! Mail. October 20 - December 4.

Fletcher Free Library. $2 per workshop. Info, 865-7217 or visit the Computer Center page on our website, www.fletcherfree.org. Free open labs, too.

craft Just a 10 minute drive from Monpelier!

364 Whetstone Drive, Northfield Take Doyon Road off Route 12 in Northfield, Vermont Turn right on Whetstone Drive to the top of the hill 802.485.6066

BASIC BEADING: Saturdays, 3-5 p.m., Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. The Blue Plate Ceramic Cafe, 119 College St., Burlington. $15, plus materials. Preregister, 652-0102.

Learn the basics of stringing beads: which wire or thread to use, measuring for the right length, bead size and type, and using the right tools. You will learn about color, design and mixing types of beads for an interesting design. You’ll learn how to attach the clasp and how to make your knots stay in place.

drawing BURLINGTON CITY ARTS: Life Drawing Drop-in, Mondays, ongoing, 6:30-9 p.m. $5. Info, 865-7166 or visit our website www.burlingtoncityarts.com.

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<LIST YOUR CLASS> DEADLINE: Thursday at 5 p.m. Call: 864-5684 email: classes@sevendaysvt.com / fax: 865-1015

drumming CONGAS AND DJEMBES: Beginning Conga classes, Wednesdays, 5:30-6:50 p.m. Djembe classes, Wednesdays, 7-8:20 p.m. New 5-week session starts 11/03. $50 for 5 weeks. Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info, 658-0658, 872-0494 or visit paton@sover.net. Walk-ins are welcome. Intermediate/ Advanced Conga classes meet on Wednesdays or Fridays at a different location.

TAIKO: Kids’ Beginning Taiko, Tuesdays, 4:30-5:20 p.m., starting 9/7 and 10/19. $42 for 6-week sessions with no class on 11/23. A 3-week session begins 12/7.

Kids’ Intermediate Taiko, Mondays, 3:15-4 p.m., starting 9/13 and 10/25. $42 for 6 weeks with no class on 11/23. A 3-week session starts 12/6. Adult beginning classes are on Mondays, 5:30-6:50 p.m. $48 for 6-week session starting 9/13 and 10/25. A 3-week session begins on 12/6. Held in the Taiko Studio at 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info, Stuart Paton 658-0658 or paton@sover.net or 872-0494. Walk-ins are welcome.

gardening 2005 MASTER GARDENER BASIC COURSE: Tuesday evenings, February 1 - May 10. Offered statewide. $285, includes tuition and all materials. Info, 6569562 or visit www.uvm.edu/mastergardener. This UVM extension course covers the basics of Home Horticulture. Instructors are UVM faculty and Vermont professionals. Topics include: Botany, Perennials and Annuals, Landscape Design (Intro), Vegetables, Turf and Weeds, Entomology, Plant Diseases, Soils, Woody Ornamentals, Pest Management, Invasive Plant Control, and Becoming a Master Gardener.

herbs PERFUME: Tuesday, November 23, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Purple Shutter Herbs, 100 Main St., Burlington. $5.

Info, 865-HERB or psherbs@sover.net. A roll-on perfume with your own essential oil blend.

WISDOM OF HERBS 2005: AN EXPERIENTIAL JOURNEY THROUGH THE SEASONS: Eight-month herbal certification program, taught by Annie McCleary with George Lisi. One weekend each month, April November 2005, Lincoln. $1200 with a non-refundable deposit, $150. VSAC grants available to qualifying participants, please apply early. Info, 453-6764 or visit www.purpleconeflowerherbals.com. Develop a relationship with local wild plants as wise spirits who offer counsel and companionship. Learn through Nature Adventures – hike in wild places, lie on the earth. Make herbal medicines in sacred tradition. Harvest, prepare and eat wild edibles. Learn how to use food as our first medicine. Allow the transformation that comes with conscious association with the plant people.

jewelry KNOTTING: Tuesday, November 30, 6:30 p.m. Bead Crazy, 21 Taft Corners Shopping Center, Williston. $20, plus materials. Info, 288-9666 or visit www.beadcrazt vt.com.

Guest instructor Kim Barone will teach us traditional knotting techniques used for pearl and stone stringing.

kids WINTER KINDERMUSIK: Classes starting in January for birth to age 5. To be sure to get a place, register early! Registration deadline is December 17. Info, Sandra Cathey, 223-6988.

language ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE: Ongoing Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m., Sundays, 4-6 p.m. The Fletcher Free Library, 235 College St., Burlington. Free. Info, Carrie Benis, 865-7211. Classes will focus on reading, writing, speaking, listening and grammar. They are open to all who want to learn and improve their English, as well as explore American culture and history.

ESL: Ongoing small group classes, beginner to intermediate. Vermont Adult Learning, Sloane Hall, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester. Free. Info, 654-8677. Improve your listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in English as a second language.

FRENCH: Info, call Georgette, 899-4389. If you want to learn or improve your French speaking skills, you respect the environment or hate wasting time driving, try a

new approach, tailored to your needs, your level, and your goals and tested by learners at different levels.

One-to-one learning with an expert language teacher, a native French speaker with a standard accent and knowledge of both Québécois and French cultures. Try it.

ONGOING SPANISH CLASSES: Mondays, at the Gailer School in Shelburne and Tuesdays in Montpelier.

Reasonable rates. Info, 917-364-3123 or constanci ag@123spanisnow.com. Improve your Spanish comprehension and speaking skills with a native and experienced teacher, with instruction tailored to your individual needs.

martial arts AIKIDO OF CHAMPLAIN VALLEY: Adult introductory classes begin December 7, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. Please watch a class before enrolling. Day and evening classes for adults, seven days a week.

Children’s classes, ages 7-12, Saturdays, 9-10 a.m. and Wednesdays, 4-5 p.m. Muso Shinden Ryu Iaido (the traditional art of sword drawing), Thursdays, 6:45-8:15 p.m. Zazen (zen meditation, free and open to the general public), Tuesdays, 8-8:40 p.m. Aikido of Champlain Valley, 257 Pine St., Burlington. Info, 9518900 or www.aikidovt.org. This traditional Japanese martial art emphasizes circular, flowing movements, joint locks and throwing techniques. Visitors are always welcome to watch aikido classes. Please call if you would like to observe an iaido class.

MARTIAL WAY SELF-DEFENSE CENTER: Day and evening classes for adults. Afternoon and Saturday classes for children. Group and private lessons.

Colchester. Free introductory class. Info, 893-8893.

Kempo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Arnis and Wing Chun Kung Fu. One minute off I-89 at exit 17.

MOO GONG DO: Free Introductory classes, Monday Friday , 5:30 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. or Saturday, 8:30 a.m. or 10 a.m. Classes open to all ages. Four convenient locations: 13 Susie Wilson Rd. Essex. 879-6763. 142 W. Twin Oaks Terrace, South Burlington. 864-9985. 4068 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne. 425-5764. 9 Wilson Rd., Middlebury. 453-8155. Info, SaBomNimAllen@aol.com or visit www.MooGongDo.com. Moo Gong Do is a traditional Korean martial art emphasizing personal development and strength of character in a safe and controlled environment. Come learn about yourself and the elements of Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Spirit. Learn to find and lead a balanced life. A great family activity!

(Weapons, Instructor, and Self Defense programs also available.)With over 20 certified instructors, you will be sure to get a great deal of personal attention.

THE BLUE WAVE TAEKWONDO SCHOOL: Adult, family and children’s classes available Monday through Thursday and Saturday for beginners, advanced and competitive students. 182 Main Street, Burlington (next to Muddy Waters). We offer the best value in the area with student and family discounts available.

Mention this Seven Days ad and receive a free uniform when you sign up! Info, call 658-3359, email info@ bluewavetkd.com or visit www.bluewavetkd.com.

Former national team member and Vermont state coach Gordon White teaches the exciting martial art and Olympic sport of Taekwondo. Our experienced teaching staff emphasizes proper body mechanics and Taekwondo technique during plyometric, technical and cardio training sessions to improve flexibility, strength and overall fitness.

TRADITIONAL KUNG FU CLASSES: Ongoing classes available. Elements of Healing, 62 Pearl St., Essex Jct. Info, 288-8160. Two traditional forms of Chinese Kung Fu are taught: Ba Ji Chuan and Xing Yi Chuan. These are powerful forms of self-defense and self-cultivation.

This is for both beginners and experienced practitioners from other styles.

meditation MASTERY AND MEDITATION CLASS: First and third Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. South Burlington. Free. Info, 6582447. Study the teachings of Indian Sufi Master Inayat Khan. Focus on accomplishment and success in your life and interfaith prayer for world peace.

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Bikram Yoga Practicing Daily

Bikram Yoga College of India 257 Pine Street (across from Conant Custom Brass)

802.651.8979 www.bikramyogaburlington.com

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FLAMENCO DANCE AND MUSIC WEEKEND INTENSIVE: Introduction to Flamenco Dance, now full! Still room in Intermediate Flamenco Dance, Friday, November 19, 7:45-9:15 p.m., Saturday - Sunday, November 20 - 21, 3:15-4:45 p.m. $45. Flamenco Guitar Accompaniment Class, Saturday, November 20, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. $30.

Private lessons available with Flamenco dancer Anna Natt. Flynn Center Studios, Burlington. Info, 6524548, registrar@flynn center.org, or visit www.flynn center.org. Spend a weekend immersed in the music and dance of Spain.

painting BURLINGTON CITY ARTS: Oil Painting II: Surface and Structure, Tuesdays, beginning December 7, 6:30-9 p.m.

Info, 865-7166 or visit www.burlingtoncityarts.com.

photography BURLINGTON CITY ARTS: Darkroom memberships available. Info, 865-7166 or visit www.burlingtoncity arts.com.

pilates THE PILATES DEN: Offering ongoing, small group mat classes ($10/class, first class $5) and Reformer private sessions at a rare, affordable price. The Pilates Den, Williston. Info, 879-7302. Join us in our sunny home studio and experience Joseph Pilates’ dynamic body conditioning system. Our mat classes are challenging, fun and enhanced by small apparatus like magic circles, foam rollers, therabands and light weights. Our Reformer private sessions feature resistance training on Joseph Pilates’ spring-based Reformer bed that promises to “re-form” your body.

printmaking BURLINGTON CITY ARTS: Studio memberships available.

Info, 865-7166 or visit www.burlingtoncityarts.com.

psychology INTRODUCTION TO COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY (CBT): First Friday of the month, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Otter Creek Associates, 15 Pinecrest Dr., Essex Junction.

Free. Info, call Bert Munger, 288-1087. Cognitive Behavior Therapy is an evidence-based treatment originally developed for depression and anxiety. It has been adapted for a variety of problems including: substance abuse, personality disorders, and serious and persistent mental illnesses. Consumers, their family and friends, students, and therapists are welcome.

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CLOUD HANDS QI GONG AND EARTH MEDITATION SET: Saturday, November 20 and Sunday, November 21, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Elements of Healing, 62 Pearl St., Essex Junction. $75. Info, 288-8160 or visit www.elementsofhealing.net. The Cloud Hands Qi Gong is the beginning set of Nui Gung (internal energy development), in the Tao Ahn Pai Qi Gong System. These traditional Taoist exercises help the body maintain good health and increase vitality.

self-defense VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Self-Defense: Mondays through Fridays, 7-8:30 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. Cardio/Power Boxing: Tuesdays, 6-7 p.m. First class free. Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 4 Howard St., A-8, Burlington. Info, 6604072. Learn self-defense, martial arts and boxing with a certified black-belt Gracie instructor in this positive and safe environment. Accept no imitations.

support groups SEE LISTINGS IN THE CLASSIFIEDS, SECTION B.

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ONGOING TAI CHI CLASSES: 5:45-7:15 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays. Elements of Healing, 62 Pearl Street, Essex Junction. Info, 288-8160 or www.elements ofhealing.net. Traditional Yang style short form is a

gentle, flowing exercise that helps correct posture and creates deep relaxation and overall health.

theater ‘FROG AND HIS FRIENDS’ FAMILY PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP: Ages 5-8. Sunday, December 5, 1-2 p.m.

Flynn Center Studios, Burlington. $10 for one child with accompanying parent or caregiver. Info, 6524548, email registrar@flynncenter.org, or visit www.flynncenter.org. Let your imagination take you into the world of Frog and His Friends and Guess How Much I Love You. Act and move with your child as you both try out the ideas you will see on stage. A backstage tour follows the 3 p.m. performance. Tickets to the 3 p.m. performance sold separately.

weight loss HEALTHY LIFESTYLES OFFERS A 12-WEEK CLASS FOR WEIGHT MANAGEMENT: Ongoing 12-week sessions facilitated by Certified Lifestyle Counselor, meeting at various days and times in a convenient South Burlington location. $20 per class. Info, call Kathryn, 9858383 or email healthylifevt@cs.com. Lose weight permanently and improve the quality of your life by making changes to your lifestyle, changes that you can live with for the rest of your life. You will learn how to incorporate healthier eating and exercise habits into your busy life, using a proven-effective program. No pills, special foods, or diets, just good sense.

yoga BEECHER HILL YOGA’S ANNUAL YOGA FOR THANKSGIVING: Sunday, November 21, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Hinesburg. Half of all proceeds are donated to UNICEF. $20, pre-register. $25, drop-in. Info, 482-3292, bhy@ beecherhillyoga.com. or visit BeecherHillYoga.com.

BIKRAM YOGA: Ongoing daily classes for all levels. 257 Pine St., Burlington. Info, 651-8979. A heated studio facilitates deep stretching and detoxifying.

BURLINGTON YOGA: Jivamukti, Iyengar, Beginner, Kripalu, Flow, Prenatal and Hatha Sound. Burlington Yoga, 156 St. Paul St., Burlington. Info, 658-9642 or info@burlingtonyoga.com. Burlington Yoga’s mission is to provide a supportive, focused atmosphere accessible to students of all levels to develop and nourish their individual sadhana.

DAILY ASTANGA CLASSES: Special workshops and classes for kids, intermediate series and meditation. Bristol Yoga, Old High School, Bristol. Info, 482-5547 or www.bristolyoga.com. This classical form of yoga incorporates balance, strength and flexibility to steady the mind, strengthen the body and free the soul.

YOGA VERMONT: Daily classes, open to all levels.

Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Jivamukti, Anusara, Kripalu, Eclectic Hatha, Tantric Hatha, Prenatal, Postnatal, Kids and Senior classes. Register for our Six-Week Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga Session, Thursdays, December 12 January 13 7:30-8:30 p.m. with Kathy McNames. SixWeek Yoga for Skiers and Riders Session with Kathy McNames, Tuesdays, January 11 - February 15. $12 drop-in, 10 classes/$100. Chace Mill, Burlington. Info, 660-9718 or www.yogavermont.com. Explore a variety of yoga styles with experienced and passionate instructors. Classes seven days a week open to all levels.

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DID I IMAGINE THE 29-39 YO RUGGED, outgoing, athletic, romantic, intelligent, family-oriented handyman w/gentle soul that I seek? Can’t be! This attractive, independent 29 YO animal-loving, liberal, funny, feisty, intelligent, outdoorsy, outgoing SWF is on the hunt. Make it easy. 5117

THE ESSENTIAL SELF: INTELLIGENT, artistic, quirky, kind, funny writer. 25 YO w/penchant for paint, poetry and the unseen beauty in all things. Seeks M for inspiration, touching and laughter. He’s kind, open and comfortable w/my 300 lbs. No pressure, friends first. 5138

CONTRA DANCING, CAT-LOVING CELTIC music admiring, community-oriented book lover would like to spend time w/interesting, thoughtful people over 40. Please act now. 5107

SPWF, SMART, PRETTY, 5’9”. ARE YOU SPWM who works hard and enjoys life?

Tired of spending time alone? Me, too. Be positive and be yourself. No MAM. No M w/baggage. I’m good looking - you be, too! Burlington. 5135

FALLING SNOW, LOOKING FOR SOMEONE to enjoy it with? Wholesome, kind SWPF ISO NS 50-58 YO who likes to garden, hike, snowshoe, ski, share good cooking, travel near and far. Must be honest, thoughtful, adventurous. 5103

50S, CLASSY, SLENDER, ATTRACTIVE F. Bohemian background ripe w/artisan/ musical/passionate roots. Looking for a big man-courageous, normal, fun, nice, manly, all rolled into one hunky guy. 4060 YO, mid-VT area. 5130

LIGHT BROWN HAIR, GREEN EYES, SMALL, athletic, 49 YO. Loves the outdoors, horses, dogs, travel, gardening.

Seeking partner w/a kind heart who wants a cute, funny, self reliant, financially secure woman. NS/ND. I’ll return all calls. 5101

31 YO SWF LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO cuddle w/on the coldest winter nights.

Must be fit, enjoy the outdoors, be openminded and energetic. Wanna play in the snow w/me? 5129

29 YO SINGLE MOM, STUDENT, UNIQUE, petite, artistic, sensual, strong woman ISO SM, 22-39, who loves animals, is laid-back and easy-going, in-touch w/his feelings and isn’t intimidated by a strong-minded woman. 5100

SF, 26 YO, 5’7’’ , BRIGHT HAZEL-EYED Cuban hottie w/many interests, including poker, bowling, dancing, cooking. Looking for casual dates w/funny, interesting, easy-going, confident 26-40 YO M. 5128

SWPF, 39 YO, INDEPENDENT, HONEST, intelligent, spiritual, enjoys skiing, hiking, biking, yoga, massage, traveling, foreign films, books, art, wine, organic food, conversation w/a desire to know more in life. ISO NS/ND, 35-45 YO, adventurous w/similar attributes and interests. 5091

DARK-EYED TRAVELER, LOVER OF WORLD cultures, acoustic music, homemade soup, chevre on bread w/fireside wine and related sensual gratification seeks bright-eyed sweetheart, 45-52 YO PM, who exudes lefty values, intelligence, whimsy and passion. 5122

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22 YO ARTIST ISO 24-30 YO COMPANION to share life and get through the Dukkha with. Need safe/nurturing relationship.

Also need room/support to spread my wings. Should be honest/thoughtful. Must be an open communicator and in touch w/yourself. No deception/games. 4908 LOOKING FOR A MOUNTAIN/WOODSMAN whose lifestyle reflects the rhythms of earth and knows his best bet is the queen of hearts. NS/ND F, honest, goodlooking, likes country living, knows the good life is worth working for. 4899 SWF, MID-50S, VARIED INTERESTS, LOTS of love for right M. ISO SWM, 48-65 whose into cuddling, quiet evenings at home, spur of the moment trips. If you pass up this ad, it’s your loss. 4896 GIVE ME SOMETHING I CAN HOLD ON TO. 42 YO SF, smart, funny, sexy, iconoclast desires SM, 35+. You know how to date, are kind, clever, employed, 420. Enjoy a good steak, a few drinks and some intense making out. 4895 LONG-HAIRED, PETITE BAD ASS: 5’3”, 110 lbs. of pure politics, porn, poetry and educated poise. ISO a M, 26-35, w/flare, beauty, a lust for life, humor, balls. 4841 SEXY, VIXEN, KITTEN-TYPE, 27, BLONDE, 5’4, 110 lbs., educated w/a beautiful mind and body ISO arrangement w/a mature, confident, gentleman who knows how to treat and spoil a lady. Let me be your lover, mistress, fantasy.

4830 SWF, YOUNG 48, NA/NS, BLONDE/BLUE, educated. Interests: biking, beginning hiking, loves motorcycles, reading, movies, camping, intimate conversations.

Me: honest, genuine, spiritual, playful, shy. Looking to meet employed, sane, SM for fun in the sun, perhaps? 4823 ADVENTUROUS, AFFECTIONATE, KIND, aware 45 YO woman looking for honest, caring man for fun times, evenings out, long rides, good conversation. Let’s meet and see if we click. Smokers OK. Looks unimportant. Must have a good heart.

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Dear Lola, Two years ago I married as a virgin — and might I add that I was proud of my whole hymen. Now I am starting to ponder my premarital conservatism. I am a church-going, God-worshiping, moral woman. Lately when I spend time with my girlfriends, they talk in vivid detail about their sexual adventures, and I am thinking that I missed out on something big.

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SEVEN DAYS |november 17-24, 2004 | 7Dpersonals 19B

RADIANT, EARTHY, WHOLESOME MOM, 50, intelligent, independent, enlightened seeks sweet and kind-hearted M for companionship, friendship, perhaps lovers?

I’m honest and true, give great massages and enjoy the simple pleasures in life.

Please enjoy kids, pets, and Vermont’s beauty. 4746 WANTED, IMPOTENT WIDOWER FARMER w/kids and cows. Me: tired of the purdy redhead label. I’m stoic, frontier stock, cook great. Want to share work, time, fireplace and couch w/warm bodies. If we are interesting and interested together, it could work. 4744 GOT GAME? SIDEBURNS, NO MUSTACHE. This is my 20%. I too want to share life’s beauty/tragedy (and I’ll add music venues) w/someone. If life is croquet, it’s your turn to hit the ball. 4737 PRIESTESS SEEKS MAGICIAN FOR THE occasional quest and quiet time at home.

Natural, primal qualities, creative flair and love for 60s/70s psychedelic, progrock and gypsy folk. Do you like to write, read, cook, have tea? Splendid!

Majick is afoot! 4735 DO YOU READ THE CARTOONS IN THE paper first? This SF, 38, closet lover of pop-culture, ISO of long-term companionship in central VT w/SM, unafraid of cholesterol, crying and kissing at the movies, among other places. 4724 GROUNDED, NOT PLANTED OR BURIED, DPF seeks company of single, self-knowing, caring, independent M for conversation, sharing and (as appropriate) intimacy. If you’re active, (not necessarily fit), intelligent, verbal and friendly, give a call. 4723 SWEET, KIND, SOFT AND CUDDLY HOPEless romantic ISO gentleman farmer.

DPWF, NS, 5’3”, medium build, brown eyes, long hair , very young looking 56.

Laugh, smile, enjoy life and horses. 4719 SWIMMING IS OVER BUT I’M READY TO take the plunge into a fun, active relationship. Fit, early 60s, NS lady looking for M counterpart to keep up. I enjoy outdoor activities, cultural events, quiet times in front of the fire and jumping into the hot tub for sore aching muscles.

How about you? 4716 VOLUPTUOUS BLONDE, EARTH MOTHER, ultimate party hostess, larger and lovelier, intuitive Capricorn. S mom w/college student, demanding fun-filled job keeps me busy. Always looking to meet fellow travelers. Dinner? 4635

men > women GIRLS: INITIALLY WHAT HITS YOU MOST about a guy and your own interest?

Nothing infuriates me more than not making it to the plate for a date, in real terms. So, I will share w/you, in the rest of the personal, what I think we both want to interject here beyond the traditional Happy Thanksgiving 2004!

Romance, Italian guy, likes to laugh a lot, desire to share social and personal interests on a note of gratitude, as is.

Take the initiative to be my friend through the personals. Ciao. 5142 S, HANDSOME, FUN, SUCCESSFUL PROfessional looking to settle down for life w/an open-minded and sweet VT girl, 1825 YO. Snowboarder a +! Can’t wait to hear from you. 5134 SWM, 50 YO, ISO F, 45-55 YO, FOR LTR. Me: easy-going, off-shift worker avail. for all. I have days free and would like companionship. 5132 WANT A DOG, HOUSE, AND KIDS SOMEday? Me, too. CSWM,31 YO, artist, singer, actor, works w/kids ISO independent yet traditional, creative SCF for friendship, intelligent conversation and possible LTR. Let’s talk, debate and share things we care about. 5119 THAT SPECIAL KISS: LET’S WRAP OUR arms. 48 YO divorced, handsome onewoman man. A lonely, toe curling smoocher looking for someone who understands it takes two to achieve. Please connect the dots and call for more info. 5115 ARE YOU AN ATTRACTIVE SOPHISTICATED F? Are you classy/sassy, educated, well traveled, mannered, good conversationalist and an opinionated women? Are you interested in a M who is willing to listen? Do you prefer stockings over Birkenstocks?

How about flip-flops in Nantucket or Newport in the summer? 5114 M LOOKING FOR DISCREET MEETINGS. Romantic, funny, caring. I’m 39 YO and average weight/height. Looking for 25-40 YO, D/D free. 5112 RAT M, NIN, JOSH GROBAN, NASTEE, ADog, Scooby Doo, The Princess Bride, Kelly’s Heroes, The Lost Boys, Terry Goodkind, Michael Slade, Hazel Ra, Big Wig, dragons, wizards, Druids, vampires, spirits, magick, reincarnation, piercing, tattoos, 420.

Looking for someone honest, funny and beautiful in my eyes. 5098

HELLO: I AM A SINGLE MOTHER OF 3 children and seeking a M out there who loves kids. I have long brown hair and hazel eyes. I stand about 5’ 7” and 190 lbs. 4633

OLD SCHOOL GUY: CUTE, RUGGED, LOYAL, tattooed SWM, 35 YO, seeks F, 25-40.

Someone to share life with, lean on, learn from, trust and love. I love the outdoors, kids, work. Am very compromising w/a backbone. No games. 5097

QUIET LIBRARIAN TYPE BY DAY, SEXY librarian type by night. I’m a fun, adventurous spirit who’s seeking a spiderkilling, good cook, who will climb a mountain w/me and join me at a swanky bar for cocktails later. 31 YO. Emotional cripples need not apply. 4630

SWM, 43 YO, INTO LONG WALKS, CAMPing, fishing, Nascar, dining in or out, movies, cuddling, very affectionate, trustworthy. ISO LTR w/active F to share life with. Must be honest, sincere, similar interests. NS, ND. Life is too short, let’s have fun. 5084 I DIDN’T CREATE THE WORLD, I JUST LIVE in it. It’s much better to have someone to hang with, than kick it solo. 5013

WOULD LIKE TO MEET SOMEONE WHO would not mind exploring this life together. Honest, open, caring, lot of TLC to give. Seeks SF, 25-50, who loves to be pampered and treated like a queen. 5012 BIG FOOD, BIG FUN, BIG TALK, BIG GUY. Tall, fit, literate, funny and serious. Likes smart, frank women. 52 YO and still curious, believes conversation is one of the two or three great pleasures in life. 5004 NOW THAT THE RED SOX HAVE FINALLY won the World Series, all I need for 100% happiness is a real good woman. Key words: real and good! Simple enough. I’m 5’11”, fit. Looking for a 30ish-40ish woman. 5000 FOUR MORE YEARS! ONE OF THE FEW Bush supporters in Kerry country! 42 YO, active/fit, open-minded, intelligent and informed, go figure. Seeking same to celebrate our victory! Deaniacs need not respond. 4988 SWM, 47 YEARS YOUNG, ENERGETIC, outgoing, likes to laugh and enjoy life.

Other characteristics incl. 6’2”, 230 lbs., muscular-build. also into working out but am a light drinker. Looking for LTR, let’s talk. 4983

MY HEART BEATS FOR YOU! SWM, 52, 5’5”, 150 lbs. Dark hair, blue eyes, quiet, easy-going type. Financially secure. Enjoy music, dancing, camping, cards, pool, NASCAR. ISO SF, 40-55, honest, sincere.

For friendship or LTR. 4840 D, 30 YO DAD LOOKING FOR ATTRACTIVE, fit, caring and honest woman for LTR. I am a down-to-earth, family oriented, respectable, all around decent guy. Semisubmissive, BI and sexual all a + but in no way mandatory. No left-wing extremists, please. 4837

CONTENT IN THE MOUNTAINS: DWM, 53 YO, looking for a good-hearted woman who enjoys the easy, laid-back lifestyle.

Also would like the peacefulness of country living. 4733

COUNTRY GUY SEEKS COUNTRY GAL: Financially independent, health conscious, enjoy workouts, organic foods, theater, movies, nature, quiet country life, family, music and the finer things.

Searching for a younger, health conscious gal who is easy-going, warm, sensual and classy. 30-40ish. 4834

COME AND GAZE UPON A SHADOW AT your door. Gordon Lightfoot. NS, 5’9”, 160 lb., mid-aged runner, hiker says “set it free, let it happen, like it happened once before.” Seek kind, caring, intelligent, open-minded soul for honesty and trust. 4732

THE LOVE YOU GIVE IS EQUAL TO THE love you get. DWM, 40s, 5’9”, 150 lbs.

Appealing, adventurous, gregarious, openminded, sensitive, fun to be with. Looking for someone to share life with. 4931 SWM, 40, 6’, LOOKING FOR FRIENDSHIP, possible LTR. I don’t have any kids, but would date someone w/kids. I enjoy movies, rides and talking. Give me a chance and call. 4929

20 YO SM SEEKS 19-22 YO SF FOR friendship and possibly more. Kind, honest and willing to try new things and loves a good times. No license needs a ride, but I’ll pay for gas. 4822

28 YO, STRONG HANDS, JAW, IMAGINAtion, outdone only by enthusiasm, ability.

Desire F, 40s-50s, sassy, bombastic, hellon-wheels, who speaks her mind, loves her body, longs for a younger lover to turn her inside out; wherever, whenever and however she damn wants. 4925

RETIRED GENTLEMAN FROM CENTRAL VT: Seeks adventurous lady to share journey to Albuquerque, New Mexico in a Class A motor coach. Leaving mid-November or sooner. Must be between 40-55 YO, have driver’s license. Willing to teach how to drive. No trip related expenses. Good character refs. Friends first, etc. 4821

HANDSOME DWM, 48, 5’8”, 160 LBS., into music, dancing, Lake Champlain, quiet times. ISO S/D F, fit, fun, for friendship. Possible LTR. 4900 I LOVE THE SEASONS OF VERMONT, HARDwood crackling in the fire to fly. “I love yous” whispered through passions in the night, the sound of my lady’s heartbeat, a child’s laughter and much more. SWM, 45, 5’10”, 160. ISO LTR. 4894 SEIZE THE SUMMER: SWPM, ACTIVE, FIT, honest, sincere, confident and humorous ISO active SWF, 30-40, to share gourmet cooking, meaningful conversation, golf, hiking, swimming, motorcycling, yoga and dancing. Possible LTR. 4893 TANTRIC CHEF SEEKS MISUNDERSTOOD Beauty for walks in the woods, wine tastings and foreign films. You: 23-35, openminded and fun. Me: 29, jazz on records, great apple pies. 4842

I’M DEFINITELY IN SHAPE, GOOD-LOOKing, goodhearted. I want an honest, nice looking, goodhearted girl, for a girlfriend now! Great communication, love, hugs, massages, caring and help w/life await you. Call and be happy! 4734

TALL, ATHLETIC, SM, NS, 22 YO, ISO attractive easy-going girl. I like to down hill ski and bike, but don’t get me wrong, going out is also cool. Let’s go hit the next hip-hop show in town. 4836

RECENTLY RETIRED DWM, HONEST AND FIT in Plattsburgh area ISO of a lady, 40-50ish to share life experiences. Owns home, outdoor person living in the country. Interests include gardening, Harley, cabin in the woods, dancing and living one day at a time. 4828

QUIET BUT ACTIVE, RUGGED GOOD LOOKS, intelligent, compassionate, green-eyed, SWPM, 37. Cozy farmhouse, gardens, central VT. Enjoys inclement weather, Sunday Times, art museums, letters. Seeking convivial, educated, fit, good-humored, SPF unabashed enough to respond. 4902

AUTUMNAL MUMMERINGS FILL THE AIR w/frost and pumpkins for this mid-life gardener/writer/teacher who seeks artistic/spiritual traveler. Are there any of you (mid-40s/early 50s) out there in the cosmos or grounded on earth. Why not? No Bush clones, please. 4748

OUTDOOR M, SIMPLE AND SWEET. GOOD looking and health conscious seeks same in woman. Looking for friendship first but a mature LTR is welcomed. 35 years young, not an average Joe. H and responsible. 4819 SEEKING REPUBLICAN GIRLFRIEND. DWPM, mid-50s, very healthy, fit, socially sensitive but politically incorrect ISO self-confident, upbeat, conservative girlfriend who, naturally, loves laughter. Be available, be yourself. Friends first, OK? Positive outlook on life is everything.

Come on, call! 4808 SWPM, 50, PHYSICALLY FIT, 5’10”, 165lbs. Great cook, likes entertaining, good wine, hiking, skiing, gardening, travel, dinners out. Emotionally/financially secure, seeks SWF. 40-55. for talks, walks, dinner in or out, travel, possibly more. 4804 SEEKING OUTDOOR PARTNER: TALL, healthy, fit 51 YO WPM, hoping to find a fit woman, 40-55, who enjoys the outdoors. I’m an avid canoeist, kayaker, hiker, snowboarder, Nordic skier and biker. Still a hippie at heart, I spend my weekends hiking, bike touring or canoeing. 4749

How do you do? I'm Mischa and I'm quite beautiful.

Think diva.... princess...belle of the ball. I am a 2-yearold female short-haired Calico kitty. I am a curious and confident girl who loves to explore new surroundings. I have a soft purr and love curling up into laps. I am looking to be the only feline in a household with gentle people of all ages. It would be divine if you would open your heart and home to me. Until then, I can be worshipped at HSCC Tuesday through Friday from 1 - 6 pm and Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm. 862-0135.

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER, BILLIONAIRE, 42, seeks Rhodes Scholar supermodel for conjugal visits to discuss subatomic theory, uhh, seriously, if you’re smart, creative, funny, kind, professional and a bit quirky, we could fall in love, have babies, grow old together and die happy. 4729 LET’S GO SNOWBOARDING. SM, MUSICIAN, artist, animal lover seeks winter riding partner. Bike, scuba, rock climbing a +. 4717 HI, I AM A COOL GUY LOOKING FOR A woman in her 50s or 60s. Like to start friendship than maybe long time relationship. I am 56, looking for someone who likes outdoor things. 4715 HANDSOME DWPM, 43 YO, MONOGAMOUS. Not into singles scene. Into kayaking, fishing, cooking and your interests. ISO LTR w/active, outdoorsy F for sharing/caring, wining/dining and mutual life enhancements. Time flies, let’s fly tandem. 4713 SWM, 56, 5’9”, 155 LBS. OWN HOME, Rutland, physically attractive, simple Christian lifestyle. Day-trips, Greyhound travel, snack bars, local events, concerts, plays, movies, rock, blues, country music, dancing, biking, hiking, gentle walks, other physical activity. ISO SWF, 43-58, romantic relationship, dating or possible LTR, cuddling, affection, similar interests. 4659 ATHLETIC SWM, 5’8”, MID-TO-LATE 20’S. ISO that tingle. Autonomous, cunning, unique and likes running. If you’re all these but mine, then let’s mingle. 4650 ARE YOU AFRAID OF A QUIET, SENSITIVE, caring, fun-loving outdoors nut? If yes, then go to the next ad. If not, I’m a PSM, 31 YO, looking for a F, twenty something thirty something. Friends first, then who knows! 4644

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I WILL WRITE A SONG FOR YOU. I WILL write a song about you. I will sing your song to you in the middle of December in the middle of the Caribbean. We’ll begin with a sail to whatever islands the warm winds take us to. Then, we’ll make our way to a villa where friends celebrate a momentous mid-life birthday on St. John in the Virgin Islands, although you need not be a virgin to apply. It would help if you were adventurous, craved the warmth of the sun and felt at home in your skin. What a lovely way to begin your winter holiday season: tanned, pampered and content. 4639 WM, 45, ISO PLAYMATE. WOULD LIKE TO meet a couple of times a month. Nothing but pure pleasure for both of us. Must be clean and NS, like myself. 4626 SJM, 5’2”, 135 LBS., ORDINARY “JOE” who loves movies and the arts. Skis, snowshoes and runs too much. I like making out and slow dancing ‘till breakfast.

ISO an athletic, 25-35 YO F to share the adventure of a positive relationship. 4625 SWM, THE FULL MOON ALWAYS MAKES ME HOWL. Got your attention? Looking for a girl who likes long rides in the moonlight. Only requirement is to like to have fun and be between 21-50. Not looking for Barbie. 4624 30 YO, SWM, 5’9”, 150 LBS. BROWN eyes/hair, seeking F who likes to pamper and spoil her lover-boy. Me: willing to fulfill and satisfy your sexual desires and more. Friendship a +. 4621

women > women CARHARTT-WEARING, FUN-LOVING, environmentally aware, 21 YO dyke ISO an outdoor playmate close to Burlington.

Pick any sport, show, non-stuffy art event, whatever and let’s have a go of it. NS/ND. Friends first, then, if sparks fly... 5136 LOOKING FOR SOME GREAT LADIES out there! Me: dark brown eyes/hair and a little overweight, 180 lbs. I’m loving, kind, lovable, friendly, warm, loyal, honest w/lots more. I’m Virgo and love to have lots of fun! 5090 GPF, LATE 20S, TALL, FIT. MY DREAM girl rides a Harley. I love sex but am tired of doing it by myself. Love to laugh. ISO GF, mature, prof., 26-38ish, fun, healthoriented, playmate, possibly more. 4932 GF ISO GF, 30-40ISH, MUST BE FIT AND passionate w/a healthy body, mind and spirit. Work hard, then play hard, life’s short, let’s do it together. 4907 THREE FUN-LOVING, INSPIRED, quickwitted and maybe a little unstable over thinkers who just want to be noticed.

Seeking anyone who is not dumb, antiBush, dope smokers who aren’t afraid to play a fool or get arrested. 4838

MAPF, 30-SOMETHING ISO FUN PLAYMATE to secretly supplement a happy marriage.

I’m short, round in the right places, fit, attractive and the least likely person I know to run an ad like this. 4655 FUN, ENERGETIC AND OUTGOING W/GREAT personality and sense of humor. ISO F, 2540, who is honest and trustworthy. One who enjoys movies, dinner and dancing. Family and friend oriented. Friendship first and possibly more, no head games. 4653 GWF ISO FUN, EASY-GOING GF, 20-35, for friendship or more. Me: Pisces, spiritual, animal lover, cuddler and much more.

Nice eyes, pretty smile, a little extra padding but attractive and well groomed.

Femme/soft butch, looking for same. 4637

men > men 55 YO BIM LOOKING FOR GUYS to form group. My place, Monday-Thursday, try something new. 5121 GWN LOOKING FOR A RELATIONSHIP, something more then sex. I am 5’6,220 lbs., brown hair/eyes. I have a hairy body, love to be romantic, am caring and kind. Sorry, I am not in VT but can travel to meet Mr. Right. 5110 GWM ISO GM, 35-55, NS/ND FOR WEEKend getaways, flea markets, day trips, cooking, back roads and developing a relationship. 4982 NEK, BUSY WM ISO ELDERLYISH W GENtleman for friendship and occasional caring, rewarding romance. Me: 59, caring and gentle. Give me a call. It may be the important call you always wanted to make. 4930 BIWM, 34, 5’10”, 170, BLONDE/BLUE, searching for a clean shaven, hot, young guy, 20-34, in-shape for hot discreet encounters. I love to suck, maybe swallow, rim, bottom. Would even consider a threesome. 4844

HIGHLY EXPERIENCED, HUNG AND VERSAtile SM, over 60, in shape, incredibly horny.

Looking for hot male sex in Burlington/surrounding area. Let me find what gets you off. You have own transportation and are hung, D/D free and don’t play dumb games.

4628

bi seeking ?

SINGLE, STRAIGHT, GOOD-LOOKING educated, white, Burlington guy, looking for two attractive BIF’s interested in sensual ménage á trois. Me: 6’, 190 lbs., blue eyes/brown hair. 5104 ACHING TO RECEIVE HOT ORAL ACTION? I’m your guy. Clean, attractive, 30s, seeking guys, 18-44, in decent shape, 6” +.

Privacy assured, private home, willing to travel. Don’t be shy. Let your other head do the talking. Call. 5093 26 YO BIWM, 5’8”, 140 LBS. D/D-FREE. ISO CUs and select singles for discreet, sensual massage, creative play and adult encounters. Age and race unimportant.

Clean and discreet a must. 5092 BIM, 41 YO, LOOKING FOR OLDER Gentlemen, 60s, to have fun and pleasure with this very nice body, at your place.

5085 BIF SEEKING BIF FOR OUR PLEASURES. Already have the boy-toy. Central-VT. 4985 JUST A FREAK LOOKING FOR FRIENDS who like to dance, art stuff. I’m 35, 6’, dark hair, light eyes. Looking for blonde/blue multiracial. Just be real, not looking for long-term. Must have lots of energy to keep up w/this fireball w/a decent heart. 4916 18 YO F, CLEAN AND PRETTY ISO 18-22 YO F, experienced and looking for a good time for first timer! I’m pretty, 5’10”, 135. You: clean, fit and attractive. Must have chemistry! 4826

GWM, 5’7”, 165 LBS., SEEKS ATTRACTIVE, masculine guys needing hot, oral service.

S, BI, curious and MA guys are a big +.

Love college guys and men in uniform.

Absolute discretion is assured. 4747

HEY GUYS, HUNTING SEASON IS HERE! Looking for a rugged buddy. I’m 5’9”, 175 lbs., BI, MA, in a rut. Don’t let this buck get away. Show me how you shoot yours and I’ll show you how to shoot mine. 4806

43 YO SBIM, 5’10”, 175 LBS. DISCREET, handsome, easy-going prof. in good shape looking for similar. Regular, masculine guy -next-door type. Healthy, sane, NS. Varied interests. Not out or into gay scene. Live and work in Burlington-area. 4726

VERY HOT-LOOKING, (SO I’VE BEEN TOLD), SWM, 5’7”, 145, muscular, hazel eyes, long, dirty-blonde hair. D/D free w/papers to verify. I’m seeking fulfillment of a life long fantasy w/a clean, friendly, BI CU. Let’s meet, you won’t be disappointed. 4753

GWM, 53, 5’5”, DISABLED, TOP ONLY. ISO sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll, LTR, poetry in life, fantasy in bed, sci-fi in dreams. No games, just reality here in P’burgh, NY. What have you got to lose? 4721

BIM, DISCREET, ISO M, 40 YO OR UNDER, not overweight. I’m 135 lbs. Will service you orally and swallow. Well-hung a +.

Will do it on my knees naked, anywhere you want. Humiliation is OK. 4751

GM 36 YO ATTRACTIVE, FIT, BURLINGTONarea. Looking for 25-45 YO guys who get into safe fun. Must be masculine, fit and sane. No strings, discretion assured. 4646

just friends DON’T READ THIS AD! USE T.V. GUIDE TO schedule your day, meet people at bars, buy the Lexus, vote GOP, gleefully attend your three-legged lesbian nuns in crisis welding tapestries about the oppression of the spotted owl in a postindustrial urban renewal war-zone support group meetings. Or, join 2 locals in a quest for enlightenment, laughs and beer. 5127 OUR WICCAN GROUP IS OPENING ITS doors to interested adult pagans. We are a traditional Wiccan coven and offer training, regular Esbat and Sabbat rituals as well as advancement in the group.

Montpelier-area. Blessed be. 5108 WE’RE LOOKING TO ADD PEOPLE TO A group of women and men who try to meet weekly in Burlington/Montpelier for movies, dinner, events, laughs. Give a call if you’d like to know more. 4934 QUEEN-SIZE LADY IN PUBLIC SEEKS M 60+ for fun. If that’s you, let’s get together. 4752 NEED NO REPLY, JUST STOP BY WHERE the S. Burlington mall buildings are blue.

I will meet you. Think music store. M, 60, ISO SF NS for friendship. Let’s visit. 4658

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28 YO SWM ISO F’S 40+. I AM FIT, EDUcated, attractive and creative. I love the company of older women and would love to meet you! 4642

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i spy I SPY A 6’2”, HONEST MAN, blue eyes, brown hair, 190 lbs. Electric shiver down my spine. I want so bad to make you mine.

Don’t be afraid, I will not sting. 5141 I SPY LOVELY DIRTY BLONDE HUSSY: Your love of life, laughter and sincere heart has a guy wanting more than friendship. This rascal would love to have you visit his flat. Remember, NYC isn’t that far. 5139 SEXY CHEF BUSTING BUTT AT CHEF’S Corner. You make me weak in the knees. I love your dance moves, your smile and the way you always sink that last cup.

You amaze me. 5137

11/6, 3 NEEDS: I SPY A POOL-PLAYING fool w/gray hat and beardy scruff. I was at a table with two girlfriends. Blonde hair, pink shirt w/my eye on you. I wanted to say “hi” outside smoking a butt, but I didn’t. 5133 11/19, YOU: SITTING AT MUDDY’S, NOT wearing a green hat. Me: red jacket and black boots. I babbled incoherently, you mentioned phonemes, I fell in love. Want to Watch Fried Green Tomatoes? 5131 BORDERS, 11/7: YOU HELPED ME FIND Princes of Ireland. I thought you were pretty swell. I’d love to meet you for coffee or a movie if you’re unattached. 5126 BEAUTIFUL BUNNY: THERE ARE BRIGHT days ahead. Love, Lucy. 5125 TO WHOMEVER SPIED THE “MYSTERIOUS Boy in Black”: More details needed, like where did you spy him? I may be the one, let’s kindle the flame, feel it consume, burn and glow, bask in its radiance. 5124 MICKEY OF THE PAVING CREW: THE pleasure of your charming company is requested for dinner, conversation and laughs. No discussion of age, I promise.

5123 NICK: THIS KITTY MET YOU AT A PARTY in Stowe. You said you used to play hockey and saved me from certain death by couch. You were sweet, but your cell phone was MIA. Call me if you find it!

5118 11/05, 135 PEARL: YOU STOLE MY PURSE while I wasn’t looking. The cards inside my wallet are very valuable to me. Please return them. No questions asked. 5116 CHELSEA AT THE OLIVE GARDEN: YOU served us on 11/09. We are also servers and we were wondering if we could serve you! From the cuddly CU w/the lemon juice incident. 5113 HEY PAM: SORRY YOU HAD TO LEAVE THE Needs, 10/31. We talked a little Molecular Biology. Like to talk some more? 5111 11/6, IISLEY: MISSED YOUR SMILE WHEN I talked to you on Saturday. Next time you’re wasting time call me, we can catch a movie or get coffee, pointless being bored. No one says you have to grow up.

5109 YOU: F BLACK BELT AT HATHAWAYS tournament. Dark hair, white toe nails, middle-aged. At one point you had what looked like a blue jacket in your hands.

Me: VT Icestorm T-shirt, middle-aged, watching the 8-10 YO red belts. 5106 YOU KEPT ME ENTERTAINED W/TALK OF Greek food, Manhattan and karaoke. Did you recycle the wad of spit balls I put in your pocket? Say “no” to GMO’s and “yes” to Central America. Let’s cash in that dinner date. 5105 SHAWS, WAITSFIELD: YOU: SNOWFLAKE hat and red sweats. Me: red hat and blue coat. We said “hello.” Our eyes kept meeting. Your smile is beautiful. I missed my chance to talk further. Share smiles someday? 5102

YOUR NAME MEANS “SCOTTISH FEUDAL Lord”. Shakespeare knows it! Do I “Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under’t.”? Because I think “There’s daggers in men’s smiles”. Your dagger my flower? Do I have a chance? Gotta know.

5015 KIND GENTLEMAN THAT RESCUED MY flat tire. Thank you for your help. I might have been on the side of the road a while. 5014 I SPY A HOT, TALL GUY. I CAN BEAT YOU at basketball and soccer. What is your story. You have an interesting name.

Leave me your number! 5009 TO THE ‘80S AEROBIC INSTRUCTOR. YOU make me so happy. Your bulldozer loves you forever. 5006 10/30, MIRABELLES ON HALLOWEEN EVE day. You: cute gal w/dark brown hair, red khaki pants. Me: sporty gal w/light brown hair/blue eyes. Caught a glance, curious or just a glance. Coffee? It’s the Bton way! 5005

I SPY A HANDSOME, BLUE-EYED/BLONDE guy in Essex. I miss spending time w/you. We need to get together before I move to NH. I’ve missed you a lot! 4991 MORETOWN GENERAL STORE, MIDOctober, Friday afternoon. You: in a muddy jeep. Me: in a red Honda and some crazy overalls. You have a big, old beard and poofy hair, along w/a nice smile.

Wondering if you’re available? 4990 GOOD PEOPLE IN A WHITE CAR WHO flagged me down on 10/23 to tell me about the stuff that flew off my car.

Thank you! You made my day. I greatly appreciate your kindness. 4987 YOU: BLONDE F ROCK STAR. ME: DANCING M fan at a couple of recent gigs. We: musicians and teachers both, much talk, great squeezes. To see you again would be one funky miracle. 4986 TO MY HELLO KITTY. FAVORITE DRINK: slinger. mouse obsessed, tattooed pumpkin butt. You make my days happy and I love having you around. 4933 YOU HAD A SONG PLAYED FOR ME ON 10/15 by Bryan Adams, Lonely is the Night, on WIZN for Mike C from GMP. I was on vacation but someone heard it. I would like to thank you. Who are you? 4928

HEY, I JUST RECENTLY READ A TOTEM book that said groupers are the guardians of Mermen. I did not forget about you. I am not a lover or a fighter. I am a fighter for love. 5003

HUCKLEBERRY JUNCTION CAFE: THE sexy redhead w/the best smile, I want you all for myself. Let me whisk you away w/my charm and money. You will never have to worry again, marry me! 4927

I SPY MY FAVORITE CUSTOMER! YOU wear a yellow coat in the winter! You’re tall, blonde, handsome and once, offered to share future lotto winnings w/me! You always ask how I am and your smile and kind words have brightened so many, seemingly endless nights in the deli for me! 5002

OH MY GOD, MJ! HONEY BEAR, LATIN momma. You are the brightest shiner in our galaxy. Don’t ever stop. 4926

10/30, I SPY A MYSTERIOUS BOY IN black. You are so hot, my heart melts at the sight of you. You set my soul on fire w/your magic. Sparks fly and fire dances in your hands. 5001

10/23, VPR PLEDGE DRIVE. YOU: SHORT dark hair, VPR employee, so cool. Me: Volunteering. We collided in the pledgeroom doorway. It was a brief moment yet the highlight of the day. Let’s see what possibilities lay beyond a moment. Call!

4923

I SPY A TRANSPORTATIONLESS HOTTIE w/the boy scout breast. If you want, I’ll show you my “Tropic of Cancer”. Meow!

4999 LIMES? WHERE ARE THEY? WILL YOU help me look? We partied like rock stars at Retronome and then chatted in bed.

Kidney stones suck, but sexy Jim will win. Let’s get it on! From, the lime lover.

4998 HEALTHY LIVING CHIC! YOU: GREAT smile, brown hair, beauty mark. Me: just another shopper w/chapped lips working the check out. Anyway, a regular checkout was an unexpected pleasure. How about coffee sometime? 4997 10/30, CHURCH ST. LEARNING EXPRESS. You: down coat/jeans/daughter, waiting for Cinderella’s pumpkin to dry. Me: black jacket/jeans/son, captivated by your eyes. We talked briefly. Let’s see if the glass slipper fits. 4996 SN LOVES KB. 4994 TO MY MOLOTOV LOVE, CENTRAL PARK love poems and twilight zone subway rides. My black and blues have all faded but not my love. 4993 MICHAEL: WE MET AT THE QUAKER meeting and again for a five-hour cup of coffee at Uncommon Ground. I’ve been thinking about you. I want to see you.

4992

MIDDLEBURY BOY: I TOLD YOU THAT YOU looked like Ford Prefect from “Hitchhikers”, you told me I was hot. Really enjoyed our slumber party, even if you snore. Still-living at home girl. 4924

I SPY A BARRE BOSOX FAN WATCHING the games on his futon. Scruffy chin hair, Boston hat, patched arm, green spider ashtray nearby. The season seemed too short. Might I catch a nibble in front of another sport sometime? 4922 TO THE SEXY MINNESOTA TWINS FAN watching the Red Sox/Yankees game Tuesday night in Winooski. You left before we could get your name. Come and watch the World Series with us. Chicago Cubs fan and friend. 4918 YOU: TREVOR FROM MILTON. MET YOU at Millennium. You were there w/a few friends. Figured you wouldn’t be going back there. Me: blond, wore jeans, tan shirt, Yankee fan. We danced for a while, had a great short conversation. 4915 10/23 RIRA’S: YOU CUTE BLONDE W/ECCO bag, w/family. Me: tan shirt, brown hair, sitting with some friends where the band plays. We smiled a few times. I came over to talk to you and you were gone. 4914 PAPA BAER: BEEN MISSING THAT LOVIN’ from my baby’s eyes. Cabin sounds perfect, Fiona and the boys are waiting. Let’s go home! I love you to no end. You are my everything. All my heart, forever and always. Baby Baer. 4913 I SPY SOMEONE TRYING TO SAMPLE MY Hot Vermonter. Sorry, Miss. Mayo, that’s my sandwich! 4912

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO NECTOR'S ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR THE I SPY 101 PARTY. HOPE YOU HAD FUN SPYING AND BEING SPIED!!

10/18: ALCS GAME FIVE, HALVORSONS. You: Sox fan who stopped in for quick beer and to check the score and stayed for rest of game. Me: Sox fan you gave your seat to. How about them Fox announcers? 4911

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I SPY A QUEEN WHO HAS GOT ME BURNing up like a paper cup, Alas, no more baseball, X-Games will have to do, but who’s watching? Verily, verily, verily, life is but a dream. 5089

I SPY A LOVE I LEFT BEHIND: THE MOST amazing eyes I have ever seen. We were introduced about four months ago and fell in love. I left Burlington about three days ago, but you will remain in my heart. 4910 WOOLEN MILLS APTS: CUTE REDHEAD TAKing the elevator w/me to do laundry. I was too shy to speak. Like to get the chance to say “hi” again. 4909 I SPY MADDIE AND HER OWNER GREG at Metropolitan Hair, 10/8. Walter mentioned that you were moving back. My dog and I would like to meet you. Drinks for the humans and bones for the dogs?

4906 YOU: THE UPS STORE’S ANSWER TO MR. Clean, but much more sarcastic. Thinking of going hunting this Xmas, are you up for it? 4903 NICK: REMEMBER ME, MARK? WE MET through Seven Days. You live in Westford.

I want to talk to you again and meet this time. Contact me, please. I think we would be a good thing. 4901 A SPONTANEOUS REACTION, YOU’RE being spied. We talked wood. We talked Vila. A lot of small talk. You have a great personality. Hire me for a job to do. I can fix anything. 4898 10/18 AT THE CLOTHING STORE ON Langdon St. You seemed very nice. I liked your boots. Was too shy to talk. I was looking for a baseball hat. I bet you like Jazz records. Coffee sometime? 4843 TO LEIGH, PERSON WHO LEFT A “NO More Bush” sticker on my car to replace my faded homemade one. Thank you! Do you carry those around in your pocket?

4839 PAUL: CAN YOU MEET MY NEEDS? Let’s consult the magic eight-ball. Wanna let our moon children hang at a more sober moment? We’ll just have to see if our claws find something to clasp on to.

4833 I SPY STETHOSCOPE BEAUTY W/AQUATIC buttocks. My jaw dropped and I can’t find it on the floor. I’ll bite your clavicle if you bite mine. 4832 NOURISH ME, FEED ME, FOR HUNGER I need thee. Incarcerated you await, to satisfaction create. I crave your attention. To create my distention, feeding my soul through a bottomless hole. Sometimes you glance, I question your pants.

4829 YOUR NAME TAG SAID “BRIAN”: YOU work behind the bar at the Flatbread joint. Saw you twice in one-week and I think you are kind of cute. I was the blonde you served wine to. Want to meet sometime? 4825 I SPY AN ARAGORN LOOK-ALIKE EVERY chance I get. Why did you stop commenting on my hair? Your fake interest in every individual’s life isn’t fooling me, it’s breaking my heart. Or is it those icy blue eyes of yours? 4824 TOBY FROM NORTHEAST KINGDOM, graduate of North Country Union, spied you on the Independence Air flight from DC to Burlington. You offered to teach me how to snowboard at Jay Peak, but we didn’t exchange numbers. 4820

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BICU SEEKING BIF FOR EROTIC GETtogethers. Partying a must. Her: 5’8”, blonde/blue. Him: brown/brown, 180 lbs., 5’8”. No heavies, must be in-shape. 5086 CU LOOKING FOR BIF FOR THREESOME. FFWF and WM interested in exploration, fun and laughter. Age, size, race unimportant.

Willingness to have fun and try new things a must. Don’t be shy! Give us a call! 5011

men seeking...

LOOKING FOR ONE WOMAN TO HAVE FUN with. Have you ever seen a person and wanted to say “I don’t know you, but I want you.” Let’s talk. Life is good. P.S. Be respectful and clean. See you soon. 5099 YOUNG-LOOKING 50 YO, LOOKING FOR passable CD, TV and TS. Someone to laugh with and enjoy life. Age, race, unimportant but good conversation and smile are. I live in Plattsburgh. 5096 I AM LOOKING FOR A WOMAN WHO want a sensual and intimate relationship w/a caring and respectful, fit and goodlooking PM. Pleasure for both is important. Discretion guaranteed. 46 YO freespirit, clean. MA welcome. 5095 HEADS UP! WHERE ARE ALL THE WELLhung guys in Vermont. BIWM, 32 YO, Barrearea. Looking to orally service men, 18-30.

Mornings or late nights. No reciprocation needed. Wife or girlfriend won’t, I will!

Leave description and contact info. 5087 GREAT-LOOKING 40 YO SWM, BI-CURIOUS, D/D-free, very oral. ISO a clean, discrete CU that would like to be licked clean afterwards for round two, a three-way. I’m extremely long-lasting and versatile.

Fantasy fulfilled? 5083 49 YO WM, FINANCIALLY VERY SECURE, great shape, submissive, looking for younger, good looking dominatrix to abuse and humiliate me. 5010

LOOKING FOR M, 40-55 YO, WHO WOULD like to try and seduce my wife. She says it can’t be done, I say it can. You will be well endowed, 8”+. If successful, join us for threesome. 4989

GWM, 32 YO, LOOKS YOUNGER, 5’9”, 160 lbs. Seeking young, hot college guys needing full oral service. Love UVM and St. Mike’s guys. Absolute discretion assured and I’ll provide a place to meet. 4984

PARTNERED BIM AND BIF SEEKING BI CU’s or individuals for friendship and possibly frolicking. We are artistic, intense, avid readers, give great massages, magical, versatile, wicked sense of humor. You be D/D free, 420 OK, enjoy laughing, capable of clarity. 4917

39 YO COUNTRY BOY, ATTRACTIVE, FIT, well-endowed ISO open-minded F seeking to receive great oral. I’m willing to just give. Trimmed or shaven a +. Safe, clean, discreet, no strings. Light drink, smoke OK. Montpelier-area. 4897

M, 29 YO, 6’, 195 LBS., MEDIUM BUILD. F, 22 YO, 5’ 3”, FF. Seeking BIF, CU’s and select BI or SM for discrete adult fun in Burlington-area. Very open-minded and willing to experiment. 4904 HAPPY, OPEN-MINDED ATTRACTIVE CU. Him: 6’2, 40ish and well-endowed. Her: 5’2, 30ish and petite. ISO friendly, attractive, 25-45 YO F for discreet adventures.

Need some excitement in life, but still want to be safe? Give us a call! 4815 SHE IS 50S, SEXY, ADVENTUROUS. HE IS late 30s, attractive, athletic and adores mature women. We are looking to meet mature CU’s or F’s for discreet adult fun.

Very excited! 4739 WANTED: LADIES, WOMEN AND COLLEGE GIRLS ISO complete satisfaction. Picture this; hotel suite w/hot tub, prof., erotic massage, wine, 420 OK. Come spend a few hours in total relaxation, pleasure, contentment and satisfaction w/orally gifted WM. No strings. 4640

women seeking...

CO-STAR WANTED FOR ACTION ADVENture. Scenes to include: skiing freshies (big air optional), rock climbing (ice optional) and possibly romance, but absolutely no drama. 5094 THIS WHITE GIRL NEEDS A FINE BM TO give lots of good loving. If you’re 40-52 and would like someone to keep you warm for the long cold winter, call me. 4905

HANDSOME BURLINGTON PWM ISO BORed housewife or PF looking for some private spice on the side. Not getting what you need at home? Between boyfriends?

Let me help. No strings, but I promise you’ll be satisfied. Just between us. 4816 SEXUAL FANTASIES! HAVE A SEXUAL FANtasy that you need someone to help you make come true? Call me! M/F OK. 4745 SWM, 18 YO, CUTE FACE, NICE BODY. ISO 30-40 YO women for sexual guidance. I’ll be your boy toy, all I want is an experienced partner. Must be fit, smoking is not a problem. 4728 CUTE SWM, 34, SEEKING FANTASY PLAYTIME w/attractive, mature woman. Not seeking LTR, just shenanigans. A and B especially encouraged! 4725 50 YO, 5’ 8”, SLENDER COWBOY ISO pretty, dark-haired dance partner, movie going, pool shooting, card playing lady over 35 who needs some discipline from time to time. 4718 LADIES, I WANT TO BE YOUR TOY, TO BE used to accommodate your sexual needs, what ever they are. I am 50 YO, 6’ and 175 lbs. and I am D/D free. I live in Milton. 4651 WPM, ARTIST, ISO INTERESTING WOMEN to meet through my artistic ability. Pose for a drawing while we talk and get acquainted. NS/ND. Friendly, clean, professional. 4618

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BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom apt. avail. 12/15 or 1/1. Upper Maple St. in Victorian house, off-street parking, view of lake, very clean and quiet. $770/mo., only pay electricity. Lease can be 6-mo.

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578-9093.

BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom close to UVM/hospital. Off-street parking. NS/dogs. $650/mo. Avail.

1/1. Call 527-7525.

BURLINGTON: 183 1/2 North Willard St. Unfurnished, large 3room efficiency. $675/mo. + utils.

Parking yes, pets no. 658-0621.

BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom 1stfloor house, kitchen is a dream!

Off-street parking. $1250/mo. + dep., incl. utils. NS. Sundance Services, 893-2348.

BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom apt. $850/mo. Student-friendly. Close to town center/Battery Park.

888-458-7130.

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12/1. $850/mo. + cheap utils.

Sunny, big living room/kitchen, porch, cats OK, dogs neg. NS. 6mo. lease. Call Ann, 660-3026.

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BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom Ledgewood condo. Walk to bike path, Oakledge Park and lake.

Carport and storage. New carpet, tile, appliances. $1250/mo. + utils. 434-6699.

BURLINGTON: 3-bedroom apt.

Hdwd, porch, yard, gas heat, parking, new appliances, recent renovations. NS. Avail. 1/1. $1100/mo. + utils. 310-7943.

BURLINGTON: 3-bedroom apt., roomy. Ward St. Off-street parking, W/D, gas heat, fenced-in yard. Pets OK. Avail. 10/1. $1190/mo. +. David, 734-1050.

BURLINGTON: 308 Maple St. 1bath, on-street parking, gas heat incl. $500/mo. Call Coburn & Feeley, 864-5200, ext. 229.

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BURLINGTON: Artist studio apt. for rent. Avail. 12/1. 1-bedroom, pets OK, NS, organic garden space, street parking. $500/mo. heat/electric not incl. JoAnn, 651-6863.

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862-7467.

BURLINGTON: Beautiful 3-bedroom, Brookes Ave. 5 min. walk to UVM, 10 min. walk downtown.

Off-street parking, back yard.

Avail. December - June. $1680/mo. 999-9651.

BURLINGTON: Beautiful Victorian house. 4-bedroom, hdwd, stainless steel appliances, D/W, W/D, fenced back yard. Walk to UVM/FAHC/downtown. $2200/mo. + utils. Avail. 1/1. 860-7521.

BURLINGTON: Clean, quiet 1bedroom condo, great location near Church St./FAHC/UVM. $825/mo. incl. 1 off-street parking spot. NS/no pets. Avail.

12/1. 355-5095.

BURLINGTON: Cozy, small, 1bedroom apt. Fresh paint, wood floors, economical gas heat, stove, hot water, off-street parking, walk to coffee shops/Church St. Pets considered. $695/mo. + utils. Avail. now. 52 Marble Ave. Call Suzanne, 777-6700.

BURLINGTON: Cute, 2nd-floor, 2-bedroom apt. in New North End, near bike path. $900/mo. + utils. 660-9867.

BURLINGTON: Dans Court. 1bedroom, 1-bath, large living room, sun room, parking, storage, gas heat, pets OK upon approval. $625/mo. Call Coburn & Feeley, 864-5200, ext. 229.

BURLINGTON: Economical 2bedroom apt. $675-$715/mo. + utils. Avail. 11/1. Downtown 3bedroom, heated w/parking. $1350/mo. Downtown, 2-bedroom, heated. $925/mo. Walk to town. Country Cabin w/plowed driveway. $825/mo. +. Red E Rental, 860-4641.

BURLINGTON: Efficiency avail.

12/1. $595/mo. +. 1-bedroom avail. 2/1. $675/mo. +. No pets.

863-9656.

BURLINGTON: Elmwood Ave. 1bedroom, 1-bath, winter parking, storage, gas heat. $575/mo. Call Coburn & Feeley, 864-5200, ext. 229.

BURLINGTON: Elmwood Ave. Avail. 1/1. 2-bedroom, 1-bath, winter parking, storage, gas heat. $695/mo. Call Coburn & Feeley, 864-5200, ext. 229.

BURLINGTON: Enormous, sunny, 3-bedroom, Hyde St. Walk to town, new floors/paint, eat-in kitchen, parking, W/D. $1355/ mo. +, neg. Now - June. Red E Rental, 860-4641.

BURLINGTON: Fairmont St./Rice High School. Furnished, immaculate home w/yard, garage, W/D. NS/no pets. $1000/mo. +. Avail. now. Red E Rentals, 860-4641.

BURLINGTON: Great deal! Two Spacious, modern 2-bedroom, 1.5-bath. Townhouse condo in pet-friendly, country-setting w/trails, laundry in unit, lots of storage, 2-car parking w/garage. $1200/mo. +. Avail. now or 12/1. Red E Rentals, 860-4641.

BURLINGTON: Hill Gardens.

Avail. 1/1. 2-bedroom, 1-bath, parking, close to UVM/Fletcher Allen. $1050/mo. Call Coburn & Feeley, 864-5200, ext. 229.

BURLINGTON: Large 3-bedroom.

Old North End. Large, enclosed porch, deck, washer hook-ups, off-street parking, gas heat, 2ndfloor. Pets neg. Avail. 12/1 or sooner. $1150/mo. +. 893-0000.

BURLINGTON: Newly renovated 3-bedroom, eat-in kitchen, all hdwd, porch, yard, basement, W/D, parking. Avail. now. $1100/mo. 862-4817.

BURLINGTON: Newly renovated 4-bedroom, living room, breakfast nook, 2 porches, yard, basement, W/D, parking. Avail. 12/1. $1600/mo. 862-4817.

BURLINGTON: Nice 2-bedroom, 2nd-floor, gas heat, parking, close to downtown, park. 94 Park St. Avail. 11/20. $900/mo. Alan, 864-9128.

WORKSPACE 4 commercial props.

BURLINGTON: Nonprofit organization w/studio, downtown, is interested in subletting to person or group (wooden floor).

Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays and Saturday p.m. Activities allowed, such as dance, yoga, meditation, etc. No street shoes allowed on floor! Sublet contract required. For location, terms and cost, call Jairo, 578-9552, email mjblanco@verizon.net.

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR RENT. Offices, stores, restaurants. High-traffic locations. Downtown Montpelier and Barre.

Montpelier Property Management, 802-223-3166.

4 office space

BURLINGTON: Conference room, lobby and 3 separate offices within space. Approx. 1260 sq. ft. Parking/heat incl. 862-1148 ext.102.

BURLINGTON: Main Street Landing Company has lovely waterfront space available to rent. Visit www.mainstreetlanding.com and click on â&#x20AC;&#x153;space available.â&#x20AC;? Interested? Call Melinda at 802-864-7999.

BURLINGTON: Possible sublet. Main St. 2 small rooms in lovely suite, share conference room. Circa $350/mo. 861-6611.

BURLINGTON: Professional office space avail. with parking.

100-3000 sq. ft. Call Ken at 865-3450.

PEACE & JUSTICE CENTER has an office (8 1/2 ft. x 11 1/2 ft.) for rent. $250/mo. incl. utils, web access. Furnished, access to phone, copier, fax. Call 863-2345 ext. 3.

SHELBURNE: Office space for rent, Healing In Common. Large, carpeted, handicap-accessible, large windows, in a supportive environment with other healing practitioners. 985-8901, ask for Heather.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: 1270 sq. ft. office suite avail. now. $1500/mo. Plenty of free parking. High-speed Internet access avail.

Gorgeous, convenient location! Lakewood Commons, 658-9697.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: 162 sq. ft. office avail. 11/1. $600/mo.

Plenty of free parking, receptionist services, conference room, waiting areas and more incl. High speed Internet access avail.

Lakewood Commons, 658-9697.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: Several suites avail. in full-service office center. Plenty of free parking. Receptionist services, conference rooms, waiting areas and more incl. Shared copier and fax. High speed Internet access avail. Gorgeous convenient location! 143 sq. ft. $450/mo., 227 sq. ft. $650/mo. Both avail. now. 441 sq. ft. $1200/mo. Both avail. Jan. 1, 2005. Lakewood Commons, 658-9697.

WILLISTON: 256 sq. ft. Professional office space. South Brownell Rd. Reception area, kitchen, deck, cable-access, ample parking, great location. Psychologists/builder/graphic designercurrent tenants. Call for details, 860-2211.

4 space for rent

BURLINGTON: Join other artists. Newly created space. Very suitable for an upscale office. Avail. now. Air-conditioned, heated, great location, parking. $450/mo. Barbara, 865-0255 or 363-7557.

PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SPACE: Main Street, Vergennes. Bright and sunny, newly renovated, 1000 sq. ft. Convenient location, air conditioning, network wiring and ADA accessible. Call 877-3070.

BURLINGTON: North Ave. condo. 2-bedroom townhouse, 1bath, W/D hook-up, underground parking, storage, lake views, no pets. $1050/mo. Call Coburn & Feeley, 864-5200, ext. 229.

BURLINGTON: Riverwatch 3bedroom condo. 2nd-floor, 1bath, elevator, underground parking, W/D hook-ups.

Heat/H/W/trash, plowing/pool incl. $1350/mo. 324-6446.

You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rent an apartment if you have kids.

BURLINGTON: Spacious, light 2bedroom apts. in great downtown location. Avail. now. 2-year-old, secure building. $864/mo. heat/ hot water incl. On-site laundry. 1cat OK. Call Tom, 343-6507. EHO. BURLINGTON: Townhouse for rent. 2-bedroom, 2-level, full, dry basement, W/D hook-up, offstreet parking, economical utils, walk to downtown, short drive to hospital/UVM. No pets. $850/mo.

Avail 12/1. Call Kim, 985-5602.

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PORT HENRY: Lovely 4BR vintage home with lakeviews.

Stone construction, beautiful woodwork and fireplace enhance the Old World charm of this home. Formal DR with built-in credenza, French doors open to covered veranda. Detached barn would be ideal studio or convert to guest house. Just minutes from Champlain Bridge. $159,900 Realty Results 518-546-3000 • www.realty-results.com

HINESBURG (Mechanicsville): Really great 3+BR. Steam-boat Gothic Victorian home. Circa 1860s. Restored in mid-70s. Many updates since. Double living room w/fireplace. Double floor-toceiling French doors leading to large wraparound porches. Large 2-level barn. Many possibilities. 1.9 acres.

Foulsham Farms Real Estate (802)861-7537

$310,000

PORT HENRY: Superb business opportunity! 1873 brick church converted to operating restaurant and pizzeria. 40 seat dining room, two full bars, special function room, complete with vaulted ceilings and stained glass windows.

Sold with furnishings, inventory, etc.

Also outlet for NYS Lottery/ Quick Draw.

Must see! $179,900 Realty Results 518-546-3000 • www.realty-results.com

Shelburne Village: Very unique situation.

Former pottery shop 1rst level. Efficiency loft apartment above. Perfect for home occupation. Right in the Village! $200,000.

Foulsham Farms Real Estate (802)861-7537 • www.foulshamfarms.com

CHARLOTTE: Impeccably restored 4,000 sq. ft. brick 1812 georgian-style former tavern. 4 fireplaces, 4 + bedrooms 3.5 stories. All historic detailing perfectly reproduced & updated utilities. A separate, newer 2-story garage plus a 1 BR & loft cottage. 32 manicured rolling acres, pond & gardens.

Foulsham Farms Real Estate 861-7537 • www.foulshamfarms.com

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COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL NEW HAVEN: Great business location. Large retail space with attached 2-story home, heated 3-bay garage and private 2-acre backyard oasis.

Priced to sell $169,000.

802-877-2724.

BURLINGTON: A rare find! City living w/country privacy. 2000 sq. ft. w/2-4 bedrooms, 1 3/4-bath, huge breezeway, attached garage.

Meticulously maintained property.

Very large, private, fenced back yard.

Mature landscaping surrounds your split-level deck and 28 ft. Doughboy pool w/6' deep center. Expansion or multi-unit possibilities. Reduced from $283,000 to $249,000. 863-5704.

OWN YOUR OWN HOME on Sugarbush Access Rd. Very large, 2+bedrooms, W/D hookup, sauna, pool, tennis.

All new appliances. Asking $147,000. 496-2646.

COLCHESTER: 1995 Redmond 14'80", 3-bedroom, 1-bath mobile home. Large yard, storage shed, swimming pool, tennis/basketball courts, private P.O. Box. Located in Westbury Trailer Park. $39,000. $2000 back at closing. 434-3287.

UNDERHILL: Rt. 15. Large w/barns. Renovations! Also, new appliances and heating system. 25 mins. to Burlington. $315,000. 802899-2727. Additional info at www.picketfencepreview.com.

ESSEX JCT.: Iroquois Ave. Over 2100 sq. ft. w/finished basement. 3-4 bedrooms, 2.5-3.5 baths, mudroom, walkout basement, 2-car garage, deck, formal dining room, natural gas, W/D upstairs, x-large master bedroom and closet. Master bath w/jet tub, oak stairs, choice of cabinets and tops, flooring, color and appliances. $285,000. 878-2880.

Open The Door To A Whole New Market...

CHARLOTTE: Lake Champlain views/access (dock and mooring site), 5-bedrooms, tile/hdwd, 3 fireplaces, large decks, fenced yard, professional landscaping. $700,000. 802-425-5250.

WESTFORD: Log cabin, 3-bedroom, Gambrel built, 1975. Concrete basement, 32x24 w/1500+ sq. ft. living space, incl. 3-bedrooms, 1.5-bath, updated septic and attached 3-season sunroom. Located 2 miles from Westford Village Green. 267 Huntley Rd. on sunny 10 ac. lot w/large pasture & freestall horse shed. House needs work and owner says sell! Price reduction, $160,000. Make an offer, must sell! D. Siegel, R.E. Broker, Vermont Independent Properties, 860-4641.

JEFFERSONVILLE: Beautiful Vermont home. Offering a chalet-type home w/4bedrooms, 2-baths, 2 fireplaces, detached 2-car garage and storage garage for ATV/lawnmower/snow machine. Has oil/wood heat w/lots of trees for cutting.

There are 2 porches, plenty of privacy w/beautiful sugar maples, birch and hemlock trees. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great place for kids or pets or both! There are 1.8 acres of flat property just minutes from Smuggâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ski Resort. 249-7597 until 10 p.m. or fouracescta@msn.com.

BURLINGTON: 3-unit. 10 Browns Court, close to Church. 4-bedroom, 1-bedroom and efficiency with deck, parking. Charming, updated, income producing, never vacant. $385,000.

Call 863-2307.

MONTPELIER: Lovely new custom 2-story home, light and sunny, 4-bedroom, 2.5bath, views, deck, private, end of road, 1.3-acres, 1-1/2 story 2-car garage, shared pond. $325,000.

(802) 223-4217.

LAKE CHAMPLAIN, PORT HENRY, NY: Impressive, gated, private complex, comprised of 17.5 acres. Pond, 5 log cabins, nearby golf course and yacht club. Must see to appreciate.

Asking $699,000. Must sell, owner relocating.

518-546-7456.

SHELBURNE: 3-4 bedroom home. 2150 sq. ft. 2-bath, new appliances, garage w/storage area, mud room, deck, perennial gardens. $249,000. 802-985-3617.

MALLETTS BAY: Spectacular 5000 sq. ft. home on two private acres with 350 ft. of westerly view lakefront. For details: www.mallettsbaylakefront.com.

ADDISON: Amazing 3300 sq. ft., three-floor cathedral ceiling "lighthouse" home with 1100 sq. ft. wrap-around deck overlooking Lake Champlain/ Adirondack Mountains.

Beach/lake access. $425,000.

Bill and Shari, 759-2985.

Advertise your FOR SALE BY OWNER, $35/week for 25 words and photo or $60/ 2 weeks.

Contact Katherine 802-864-5684 classified@sevendaysvt.com

HINESBURG: 1 large bedroom, 10bath. Open floor plan. Windows! Adirondack views. Stone patio. I.5-car garage. 1/3-acre +.25 mins. to Burlington. $198,000.

802-482-5202

SHELBURNE: 4-bedroom, 3bath, hdwd, newly remodeled, country setting, babbling brook, oversized lot, dogfriendly. Must see, motivated for quick sale. Asking $269,900, motivated. 802985-9827 or 802-373-9169, ask for Franki.

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SPACEFINDER New Homes Coming Soon: The following newly-constructed properties will be offered for sale by BCLT. Completion dates for these units will be in 2005. Prices will range from $170,000-$200,000 before a grant. Grants for eligible buyers will reduce these prices by approximately $20,000.

All details are subject to change.

• JERICHO: two 3-bedroom, 1-bath "single family attached" homes with full basements and one additional unfinished bath. The homes will not share walls but will be connected by a carport.

• ST. ALBANS: five 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath single family homes, with full basements, in St. Albans City.

• SWANTON: at least four, and up to eight 3-bedroom, 2-bath single family homes.

• SHELBURNE: at least ten 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath attached and detached single-level homes with garages.

• BURLINGTON: one 3-bedroom, 2-bath home in the Old North End. Contact Brandy @ 864-2620 for more information.

Check www.getahome.org for updates.

City’s Edge South Burlington's newest 60-unit condominium project. Grants ranging from $20,000 to $30,000 are available depending

on household income and unit type.

Call Kirsten 660-0644 www.getahome.org www.citysedgevt.com RE/MAX North Professionals

BURLINGTON: Wonderful 2bedroom Hill Section apt. Hdwd, big kitchen, dining room, living room, front/back porches, parking, W/D, storage. 15 min. walk to downtown/UVM/FAHC/ Intervale. $1250/mo. Avail. 1/1.

310-4205.

CAMBRIDGE: 3-bedroom, spectacular Mansfield view from the deck. Quiet, but close to Rte. 15. Study, spacious kitchen and living/dining area. Garden space, drive-in basement and storage. $1100/mo. Refs. + lease req. 644-2735.

CAMBRIDGE VILLAGE: 3-bedroom, newly renovated, wood floors, views of Mansfield, lots of space, 10 mins. to Smuggs. $875/mo. + utils. + sec. Pets neg.

373-0893 or enginuity@adelp hia.net.

CHARLOTTE: 1-bedroom apt., good size. Full kitchen, 3/4-bath, quiet country setting, 14 miles to Burlington. Avail. 1/1. $450/mo. + utils. Call Jen, 802-356-2930 or 425-2914, leave a message.

CHARLOTTE/N. FERRISBURGH: Border, 2-bedroom apt.

Quiet country setting, large lawn and garden areas, 20 mins. to Burlington or Middlebury, 1mile to lake. $850/mo. + refs. + lease. 767-9455.

CHARLOTTE/N. FERRISBURGH: Border, studio apt.

Quiet country setting, large lawn and garden areas, 20 mins. to Burlington or Middlebury. 1 mile to lake. $600/mo. + refs. + lease. 767-9455.

COLCHESTER: 2-3 bedroom, 2bath. 8 miles to downtown Burlington. Lake views, 1.5acres, large deck, newly renovated, W/D. Avail. midDecember. Aviva, 233-4915.

COLCHESTER: Country-setting, clean 2-bedroom, incl. heat/hot water. $850/mo. Parking, no pets. 878-8548.

COLCHESTER: Malletts Bay area. Six mins. from downtown Burlington. 2-bedroom, 1-bath, dining room, kitchen, living room, sun room, off-street parking, laundry, plowing, lawn care, trash removal, electricity incl.

Natural gas hot water/heat.

Avail. 12/1. $1200/mo. Call Jeff, 863-0287 or 658-5568.

ESSEX CENTER: 2-bedroom apt.

1-bath, lots of sun light, back yard, lawn, parking. $850/mo. incl. heat. 879-3022.

ESSEX JUNCTION: 2-bedroom, large living room, eat-in kitchen, back yard, plenty of parking.

Laundry. Gas heat. $825/mo. + utils. No pets. 878-8548.

ESSEX JUNCTION: 3-bedroom apt., 1.5-bath, laundry hookups. $950/mo. heat/hot water incl. High quality unit. No pets, please. Good credit/refs. are a must. Call Paul, 879-3117.

ESSEX, NY: Beautifully furnished 1 and 2-bedroom apts.

Lake views, porches, parking. $650/mo. incl. heat. Avail. now through 06/05. 30-day lease OK. Near ferry. NS/no pets. 518963-7494.

GRAND ISLE: 2-bedroom, lake front cottages, west facing properties, great sunsets! All utils. incl. Avail. now through May. Call for details, 372-8229 or 233-3663.

HINESBURG: Huge, graceful Colonial house w/good-energy.

5-bedroom, 2.5-bath, large windows, wrap-around porch, garages, W/D, lush acreage. $1900/mo. Caring, NS, dog-free please. Pictures. 482-4995.

HINESBURG: Peaceful country setting. 1-room studio apt. New kitchen, private entrance, W/D. NS/no pets. $550/mo. utils. incl. Dep. + lease. 482-3500.

HUNTINGTON VILLAGE: 2-bedroom apt. Recently renovated, large kitchen, W/D, porch, gas heat, parking, small yard. Pets neg. NS. Avail. 11/15 or 12/1. $800/mo. + utils. 434-4577.

HUNTINGTON VILLAGE: 3bedroom apt. Second story duplex. Recently renovated, W/D hook-up, storage, porch, gas heat, parking, small yard. Pets neg. NS. Avail. 11/15 or 12/1. $800/mo. + utils. 434-4577.

JOHNSON: Large, semi-furnished 2-bedroom home on 200 acres, panoramic views, beautiful grounds incl. ski trails. Very private, only 20 min. to Stowe/Smugglers Notch. Avail. mid November-April. $1500/mo.

635-2777.

MALLETTS BAY: Charming 1930s camp. Fully restored/winterized. Private, enclosed yard, French doors, master bedroom w/small guest room, W/D hookup, beach privileges, boat mooring, ample storage, sunny. NS. $1000/mo. + utils. Avail. 12/1.

496-3029.

MILTON: 2-bedroom, 1-bath duplex w/full basement. $800/ mo. + dep. + utils. Pets neg.

Sundance Services, 893-2348.

MONTPELIER: 3-bedroom house for rent. 5 min. walk to downtown, large eat-in kitchen, living room, dining room, 2 full baths. $1000/mo. + utils. Also possible as $600/mo. sublet.

Avail. 12/1. 999-5088.

MONTPELIER: For rent clean studios, 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom apts. Some w/fireplaces, hardwood. Laundry on premises. $450-$800/mo. Bright, quiet, clean. Montpelier Property Management, 223-3166.

MONTPELIER: Victorian, under renovation, furnished. $1300/mo. utils. incl. Avail. 12/15-5/05.

NS/no pets. 223-6746.

MORETOWN: $700/mo. 1-bedroom, large kitchen and bath, wood floors, soak tub, deck, river view, yard, gas heat, convenient location. 802-496-3980.

NORTH STARKSBORO: Private 3-bedroom mobile home on 50 acres. 35 mins. to Burlington.

Two 10x16 decks. Storage shed, rubbish removal, snow plowing, lawn mowing. $775/mo. + utils.

434-4721.

PANTON: On Lake Champlain.

Easy drive to Burlington.

Furnished, year-round home.

Avail. until 6/1. Beautiful Adirondack views. $795/mo. + utils.

Refs., NS/no pets. 388-4318.

SHELBURNE: In-law style apt.

Clean, 1-bedroom, large living room, 1st-floor apt. Utils. incl.

NS/no pets. $700/mo. 985-5685.

SHELBURNE VILLAGE: 3-4 bedroom home, walk-out basement, dead-end st., fresh paint. Avail.

12/1. $1500/mo. +. 878-4218.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom condo, on-site laundry, parking, pool. No pets. $875/mo. + utils. + dep. NS. 453-2009.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom, off Spear St. 1/2-mile from UVM, end unit, quiet, pool, tennis, yard. $950/mo. + utils.

Call 372-4890.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: Cardinal Woods. Very nice 2-bedroom, 1.5-bath townhouse, gas heat, car port. $1100/mo. Avail.

December. 660-9446.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: Hinesburg Rd. 1 large bedroom, 1-bath, storage, yard, deck, gas heat, parking, quiet neighborhood, great location, no pets. $850/mo. Call Coburn & Feeley, 864-5200, ext. 229.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: House to rent. Desirable neighborhood, 3-bedrooms, 2-bath, 2 car garage, large yard, W/D, pets OK. Furnished or unfurnished. $1650/mo. 863-0556.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: Located close to school/shopping. 3-4 bedroom, 1 3/4-bath, laundry, finished basement, fireplace, fenced-in yard. $1300/mo. + dep. Contact, 862-7559.

SOUTH HERO: 3-bedroom, 2bath house on 7-acres. 25 min. to Burlington. Pets OK. Avail 12/1. $1100/mo. +utils. Call Steve, 324-7828.

ST. ALBANS: 3-bedroom apt., 2nd-floor, new large deck, new carpet/paint/appliances. Offstreet parking, W/D hook-ups.

NS/no pets. $800/mo. + utils.

Avail. 12/1. Mark or Robyn, 655-1406 or 355-1011.

UNDERHILL CENTER: Big 2bedroom. Trails, brook, barn.

Walk to school, stores, tennis.

New kitchen, W/D, D/W. $1200/mo. incl. utils, Internet and more. Peter, 899-1132.

VERGENNES: Lovely, sunny 2bedroom, spacious kitchen, mud room and a great porch in an elegant, historic building w/nice landscaping and garden.

Off-street parking, convenient location. Ready 12/1. $850/mo. 877-6879.

VERGENNES: Spacious 1-bedroom on Main St. Quiet location w/large living room and kitchen area. Recently remodeled. Ready 12/1. $675/mo. 877-6879.

WINOOSKI: 1-bedroom, gas heat/hot water, quiet building.

Newly renovated, new appliances, very efficient, off-street parking. $625/mo. + sec. dep. + utils. Call 373-4123.

WINOOSKI: 1-bedroom, heat/hot water incl., parking, laundry, clean, near bus/university. NS/no pets. $715/mo. 233-1150.

WINOOSKI: 2-3 bedroom mobile home on own lot. W/D, gas heat, fenced-yard, parking, 1.5-bath. Avail. 12/1. $800/mo. + utils. + dep. 863-2358.

WINOOSKI: 25 Mansion St. Immaculate 3-bedroom, 1.25 bath, 1930s home. Original woodwork, fireplace, private deck and 1-car garage. Partially finished basement with W/D. $1400/mo. + util. Avail 11/15. mrc9@aol.com or 238-5382.

WINOOSKI: 3-and 4-bedroom.

Hdwd, parking, gas heat, 1-year lease. No dogs. $900-$1100/mo. + utils. 802-453-8491.

WINOOSKI: 3-bedroom, gas heat, parking, new hdwd/kitchen cabinets. $825/mo. + dep. Avail immediately. Sean, 878-7685.

WINOOSKI: 30 Mansion St. Beautiful Victorian, ready to move in, quiet, 1-bedroom apt.

Hdwd, parking, laundry, yard, pets neg. $700/mo. + utils.

655-0484.

WINOOSKI: Charming and spacious 1-bedroom apt. Avail. 1/1.

Off-street parking, hdwd, natural woodwork, stained glass.

Quiet/convenient neighborhood on bus line. $775/mo. incl. most utils. NS/no pets, please.

Call Tim or Marcia, 655-9327.

WINOOSKI: Exceptional 2-3 bedroom, custom throughout. Wood floors, new appliances, new kitchen, W/D, screened-in porch, off-street parking, quiet street, mins. to Burlington. Avail. 12/1. $1300/mo. 862-7008.

WINOOSKI: Large 2-bedroom, parking, car port, large kitchen, large living room, W/D, hot water incl. NS/no pets. Avail. now. $750/mo. + dep. 288-1573.

WINOOSKI: Large 6-bedroom, 2-bath, completely renovated, energy efficient. $1800/mo. Call Brian or Ann, 660-3026.

WINOOSKI: Small 2-bedroom in a quiet building. Gas heat/hot water, newly renovated, new appliances, W/D. Off-street parking. $700/mo. + sec. dep. + utils. Call 373-4123.

WINOOSKI: Spacious, new carpet, freshly painted, very clean, bright, large 3-bedroom, incl. heat/hot water, on bus line. $1100/mo. Parking, no pets.

878-8548.

4 sublets

BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom on quiet street close to downtown/UVM. Sunny w/hdwd, offstreet parking. $925/mo. heat incl. Avail. mid-December. Amy, 860-5009.

BURLINGTON: 2 rooms avail.

One, December - March and one, January - March. Flexible dates!

Beautiful, sunny, spacious apt. located downtown. 2 min. walk from Church St./waterfront.

Must be responsible. Parking incl. NS/no pets. $400/mo.

Please call Beth, 318-3451 or Matt, 863-0259.

BURLINGTON: Buell St. Avail.

1/15. 2-bedroom apt. Close to UVM/downtown, off-street parking. $950/mo. + dep. Incl. utils.

860-798-7831.

BURLINGTON: Loomis St. Close to UVM/Champlain/downtown.

Off-street parking, 2-porches, hdwd. $460/mo. water incl.

Avail. mid-December - 6/1.

Sam, 860-933-8848.

BURLINGTON: Subletter needed! F, clean, 3rd roommate wanted for spring semester 2005. Beautiful apt. on Pearl St.,1-block from campus. Emily, 617-513-9265.

4 for sale

ADDISON: Amazing 3300 sq. ft., three-floor cathedral ceiling “lighthouse” home with 1100 sq. ft. wrap-around deck overlooking Lake Champlain/ Adirondack Mountains.

Beach/lake access. $425,000.

Bill and Shari, 759-2985.

Pre-approval is a must!

Mark R. Chaffee (802) 658-5599 x11

BURLINGTON: A rare find! City living w/country privacy. 2000 sq. ft. w/2-4 bedrooms, 1 3/4bath, huge breezeway, attached garage. Meticulously maintained property. Very large, private, fenced back yard. Mature landscaping surrounds your splitlevel deck and 28 ft. Doughboy pool w/6’ deep center.

Expansion or multi-unit possibilities. Reduced from $278,000 to $249,000. 863-5704.

CHARLOTTE: Lake Champlain views/access (dock and mooring site), 5-bedrooms, tile/hdwd, 3 fireplaces, large decks, fenced yard, professional landscaping. $700,000. 802-425-5250.

COLCHESTER: 1995 Redmond 14’80”, 3-bedroom, 1-bath mobile home. Large yard, storage shed, swimming pool, tennis/basketball courts, private P.O. Box. Located in Westbury Trailer Park. $39,000. $2000 back at closing. 434-3287.

ESSEX JCT.: Iroquois Ave. Over 2100 sq. ft. w/finished basement. 3-4 bedrooms, 2.5-3.5 baths, mudroom, walkout basement, 2-car garage, deck, formal dining room, natural gas, W/D upstairs, x-large master bedroom and closet. Master bath w/jet tub, oak stairs, choice of cabinets and tops, flooring, color and appliances. $285,000. 878-2880.

ESSEX JUNCTION: Renovated 3-bedroom, 1-bath. Refinished Maple and new carpet floors, tile entry and bath, dry part.

Finished basement, garage. $187,000. 355-7148.

HINESBURG: 1 large bedroom, 1 bath. Open floor plan.

Windows! Adirondack views.

Stone patio. 1.5-car garage. 1/3acre +. 25 mins. to Burlington. $198,000. 802-482-5202.

HINESBURG (Mechanicsville): Really great 3+bedroom.

Steamboat Gothic Victorian home. Circa 1860s. Restored in mid-70s. Many updates since.

Double living room w/fireplace.

Double floor-to-ceiling French doors leading to large wraparound porches. Large 2-level barn. Many possibilities. 1.9 acres. $330,000. Foulsham Farms Real Estate, 861-7537.

JEFFERSONVILLE: Beautiful Vermont home. Offering a chalet-type home w/4-bedrooms, 2-baths, 2 fireplaces, detached 2-car garage and storage garage for ATV/lawnmower/ snow machine. Has oil/wood heat w/lots of trees for cutting.

There are 2 porches, plenty of privacy w/beautiful sugar maples, birch and hemlock trees. It’s a great place for kids or pets or both! There are 1.8 acres of flat property just minutes from Smugg’s Ski Resort.

249-7597 until 10 p.m. or fouracescta@msn.com.

LAKE CHAMPLAIN, PORT HENRY, NY: Impressive, gated, private complex, comprised of 17.5 acres. Pond, 5 log cabins, nearby golf course and yacht club. Must see to appreciate.

Asking $699,000. Must sell, owner relocating. 518-546-7456.

MALLETTS BAY: Spectacular 5000 sq. ft. home on two private acres with 350 ft. of westerly view lakefront. For details: www.mallettsbaylakefront.com.

MONTPELIER: Lovely new custom 2-story home, light and sunny, 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath, views, deck, private, end of road, 1.3-acres, 1-1/2 story 2car garage, shared pond. $325,000. (802) 223-4217.

NEW 2-BEDROOM LOG HOME on 73 acres. Ultimate privacy, yet 5 min. to town, 10 min. to Jay Peak Ski Area. Features include: laundry room, walk-out basement, mud room, office, cathedral ceilings, wood and gas heat, Hemlock floors and wrap-around porch w/amazing views and more! $249,000. (802)326-3093.

NEW HAVEN: Great business location. Large retail space with attached 2-story home, heated 3-bay garage and private 2-acre backyard oasis. Priced to sell $169,000. 802-877-2724.

NORTH FERRISBURG/CHARLOTTE: Beautifully restored antique home. 3+ bedroom, 2 new full baths, all new kitchen, garage, mud room, breakfast nook. Rent or rent to own.

Owner financing avail. $265,000. 355-7148.

NORTH HERO: 3-bedroom, waterfront, lake views. Many recent improvements incl. hdwd, roof, kitchen, water-heater, Jotul gas stove, energy-efficient windows. Large deck. $187,900.

598-7919.

OWN YOUR OWN HOME on Sugarbush Access Rd. Very large, 2+bedrooms, W/D hookup, sauna, pool, tennis. All new appliances.

Asking $147,000. 496-2646.

SHELBURNE: 3-4 bedroom home.

2150 sq. ft. 2-bath, new appliances, garage w/storage area, mud room, deck, perennial gardens. $249,000. 802-985-3617.

SHELBURNE: 4-bedroom, 3bath, hdwd, newly remodeled, country setting, babbling brook, oversized lot, dog-friendly. Must see, motivated for quick sale.

Asking $269,900, motivated.

802-985-9827 or 802-373-9169, ask for Franki.

UNDERHILL: Rt. 15. Large w/barns. Renovations! Also, new appliances and heating system.

25 mins. to Burlington. $315,000.

802-899-2727. Additional info at www.picketfencepreview.com.

WESTFORD: Log cabin, 3-bedroom, Gambrel built, 1975.

Concrete basement, 32x24 w/1500+ sq. ft. living space, incl.

3-bedrooms, 1.5-bath, updated septic and attached 3-season sunroom. Located 2 miles from Westford Village Green. 267 Huntley Rd. on sunny 10 ac. lot w/large pasture & freestall horse shed. House needs work and owner says sell! Price reduction, $160,000. Make an offer, must sell! D. Siegel, R.E. Broker, Vermont Independent Properties, 860-4641.

4 land for sale

HUNTINGTON: 2 5-acre lots, pending permits. Starting at $89,900. Call 434-4652.

4 housing wanted NEAT, QUIET, VEGETARIAN looking for room to rent on Tuesday and Wednesday nights in Burlington or outskirts.

Please call with any leads or assistance, 279-7261.

4 room for rent

BURLINGTON: 1, possibly 2 bedrooms avail. in 4-bedroom apt. on Pearl St. 2-baths, 2 kitchens. $350-$425/mo. 2 of the rooms already occupied by fun, responsible, laid-back girls.

Rooms open to either sex. Lease starts Jan. 1st-flexible and ends 6/1. Leave message w/your number, 215-219-6981.

BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom, neat, clean, close to hospital/UVM/ downtown. $575/mo. Call 2335549 or 658-7914.

BURLINGTON: Healthy environment. Off-street parking, cable TV, Adelphia Internet, WI-FI, shared computer, W/D. Heat, elec., phone, deck, three-season porch. $400/mo. incl. all. 865-9990.

ESSEX JUNCTION: Furnished room in private home. 2-miles from IBM. Use kitchen/laundry. $350/mo. + dep. NS. Call 879-0172.

STOP! Buying or Selling?

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SOUTH BURLINGTON: 1 spacious bedroom avail. in 4-bedroom house. Quiet, relaxed atmosphere. $450/mo. + utils.

802-238-7213.

WEEKLY LODGING: Europeanstyle and equipped. Kitchen use, cable TV, great ambiance, on bus route. $200/weekly. Maggie’s Inn, 324-7388 or 324-3291.

WINOOSKI: Space for rent to grad/prof. Single large room, 14 x 17 for 1 person. Separate entrance, shared bath. $400/mo.

NS/no pets. Refs. Avail. immediately. 655-5448.

4 situations wanted HINESBURG: Part-time live-in house-sitter for huge graceful country colonial, good-energy, large windows, wrap-around porch, W/D, lush acreage, greenhouse. Pay utils only, pictures?

482-4995 or LaCasaDeSuenos@ aol.com.

4 housemates BURLINGTON: Winter in front of cozy wood stove?

Room for one F in hostel avail. 10/313/31/05. $360/mo. incl. all, except telephone/Internet.

Refs. 865-3730.

ALL AREAS ROOMMATES.COM: Browse hundreds of online listings with photos and maps. Find your roommate with a click of the mouse! Visit www.Room mates.com. (AAN CAN) BURLINGTON: 1 room avail. in 2-bedroom apt. on S. Willard St. Hdwd, laundry, bright. NS/no pets. Avail. 12/1. $380/mo. + utils. Call 660-9967.

BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom avail. in sunny, spacious 3-bedroom apt. D/W, W/D, hdwd, carpet, parking, porch. Avail. immediately. $450/mo. + utils. 578-8719.

BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom in South End. $375/mo. + 1/2 utils. + 1/2 sec. 1 car off-street parking, laundry. 859-0379.

BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom in spacious single-family home. 2full baths, laundry, deck, yard, near lake, on bike path. Large kitchen, wood stove. Avail. now.

858-414-3014.

BURLINGTON: 1-bedroom w/private bath in great 2-bedroom house. Hill section, small yard.

NS/no pets, please. $600/mo. + 1/2 utils. Avail. now. 860-9576.

BURLINGTON: 3-rooms in large 5-bedroom apt. Females wanted.

Upper Loomis, mins away from UVM/downtown. Parking, 2 porches, cable/high-speed Internet. 6-mo. lease. $475/mo. heat/water incl. 233-2837.

BURLINGTON: Avail. 12/20.

Downtown. Seeks prof./grad F. Large house w/yard. No smoking, no more pets. $450/mo. + 1/3 utils. Call Francesca, 660-0744.

BURLINGTON Housemate needed for a very nice house on S. Winooski St. Hdwd, W/D. Considerate and respectful roommates. $500/mo. incl. utils. 864-8119.

BURLINGTON: Housemate needed to share 1.5-bath, 2.5-bedroom apt. in Victorian house on Brookes Ave. W/D, parking, storage, hdwd, gas fireplace. Share w/female and large cat.

Prof/grad prefered. $550/mo. incl. heat/elec. 863-6166.

BURLINGTON: Independent, elderly woman will provide housing to female homesharer in exchange for assistance with housework and some meals. Call HomeShare Vermont, 802-8630274 or visit www.homesharever mont.org. EHO. BURLINGTON: NS to share 2bedroom apt. $412.50/mo. + dep. + 1/2 utils. Plenty of parking, no pets. Avail. 12/1. Call 863-2264, Toby.

BURLINGTON: Patchen Rd, South Burlington, near FAHC/UVM. Young professional woman seeks roommate to share my home w/huge yard, plenty of space, W/D. $550/mo., utils./ cable/Internet incl. Dogs OK. 316-7234.

BURLINGTON: Peaceful setting, close to town. Prof. F and her dog looking for roommate to share beautiful 2-bedroom, 1.5bath, 2-level condo. Walk to lake, short drive to downtown/ UVM. NS/no pets. Avail. immediately May, possibly longer. $600/mo. + 1/2 utils. Karen, 862-4944 BURLINGTON: Responsible F/M to share newly renovated 2-bedroom, off-street parking, UVM/ Church St. walkable, office, vaulted ceilings, W/D. $500/mo. + utils. Avail. 12/1. 603-731-3335.

BURLINGTON: Room for rent downtown. Seeking easygoing, responsible individual, vegetarian preferred. Two-cats in apt. NS. $350/mo. + 1/2 utils. 310-6215.

BURLINGTON: Roommate wanted on quiet street, close to downtown/UVM. NS/no more pets. $600/mo. Avail. mid-December.

Coleen or Heather, 865-4753.

BURLINGTON: Seek prof. to share 4-bedroom luxury home w/owner couple. Fully furnished, private bath, W/D, exercise room, wood shop. Walk to FA/UVM/downtown. Single, NS only. $700/mo. utils, phone/DSL incl. December free w/dep. + lease. Bill, 863-0473.

BURLINGTON: Seeking quiet, mature, responsible F for 1-bedroom in 3-bedroom apt. downtown. $350/mo. + utils. No additional pets. Avail. 12/1. Call Julia, 203-249-4737.

BURLINGTON: Winter in front of cozy wood stove? Room for one F in hostel avail. 10/31-3/31/05. $360/mo. incl. all, except telephone/Internet. Refs. 865-3730.

COLCHESTER: 1-bedroom avail. in 4-bedroom house. Parking, large yard, W/D, D/W, pets neg. 12/1. $400/mo. + utils. Call 318-3463.

COLCHESTER/MALLETTS BAY: 14’ x 23’ room avail. in spacious, private 4-bedroom, 2-bath home.

NS/ND. No pets. Friendly/musical environment. $375/mo. +. 802999-1137.

ESSEX JUNCTION: Large bedroom avail. in clean/bright townhouse. W/D, back deck, pool. $400/mo. + utils. Avail.

December. 288-9318 evening or Dave, 654-8184 day.

HINESBURG: Country home, mountainside views, 11 miles to U-Mall. Cable/Internet, W/D, small pets OK, student/prof. $550/mo. + dep. + 1/4 utils. 482-6461.

JERICHO: Great pvt. place. 25 min. drive to Burlington. Looking for kind, clean & responsible individual. $350/mo. + 1/2 utils.

Call to inquire, 862-2212.

Besaw Road, Richmond Unique Opportunity: Enjoy a taste of the country while being nearby downtown Richmond and I-89.This 3bedroom, 1-bath single family home on a large, private lot is available now.A qualified buyer will receive financial and logistical help to create their dream home.

Purchase Price: $190,000 (estimated value after rehab) - 41,380 grant for income eligible buyers $148,620 Amount needed to finance (including rehab)

www.getahome.org MONTPELIER: Young, artistic prof. seeks roommate. Close to downtown. NS. $350/mo. + 1/2 utils. + dep. 229-5067. 11/1911/28, call 310-541-2656.

NORTH FERRISBURGH: Housemate to share 4-bedroom, peaceful country home on 10 acres. Looking for relaxed and responsible individual to share our lovely space. 30 min. from Burlington. $375/mo. + util.

12/1. 877-2072, Rebeccah, Sara or Bubba.

Pre-approval is a must!

Mark R. Chaffee (802) 658-5599 x11

RICHMOND: Looking to share a wonderful 3-bedroom, 2-bath home. Great location, country-setting. 5 mins. to I-89. Quiet, good amount of living space, brook, garden, W/D, etc. $485/mo. + utils. NS, please. 434-4510.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: 2-bedroom townhouse, near UVM/Spear St. Pool incl. Seeking prof., NS/no pets. $400/mo. + 1/2 utils. Possibly furnished.

Avail. now. Joe, 802-272-5555.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: Clean, dependable person needed to share 3-bedroom farmhouse. W/D hookups. $400/mo. incl. utils. except phone. Avail. 12/1. Call Sean, 864-9614.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: Looking for a responsible housemate to share large home off of Shelburne Rd. Pool, hot tub, storage, parking, yard. Avail. immediately. $400/mo. + utils. 865-9627.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: NS prof.

F. No pets. Large private living space. Cable hook-up. Share kitchen, bath, laundry. $550/mo. + 1/3 utils. 863-1219.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: Share elegant 4-bedroom Spear St. home. Views, amenities, gardening, shop. Mature, active, fit, professional woman, 35-55, sought for long-term rent/buy co-housing options. 864-3330, rick@rickhubbard.org.

SOUTH BURLINGTON: Woman looking for another woman to share home. Great location, bike path, big back yard, W/D, parking. No cigs/cats. $450/mo. + 1/2 utils. 863-6215.

SOUTH STARKSBORO: Responsible, working adult to share big, beautiful country home on 30 acres. NS/pets/children. $450/mo., incl. utils. Dep. req. Avail. immediately. 4535409, lescoe@madriver.com.

UNDERHILL: 1 room avail. in 4bedroom countryside home.

Young, queer-friendly, responsible, clean and communicative.

Beautiful woods! Avail. now. $315/mo. + utils. 999-7848.

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BRISTOL: 30 mins to Burlington. 4-bedrooms, 1.5bath, dining room, living room and family room w/ fireplace, appliances incl. Garage, pool w/ deck. Refs, NS, sec. dep.

Avail. 12/15. $1600/mo. + utils. 453-2838.

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Call Brandy at 864-2620 WILLISTON: 2-bedroom townhouse to share. Heat/utils/ cable/wireless incl. Convenient to Maple Tree Place, I-89. $625/mo.

NS/no pets. Avail. immediately.

Call Herb, 238-7826.

WINOOSKI: Apt. to share. 1/2 of Colonial. NS/no pets. W/D, full kitchen. Avail. immediately. $500/mo. 655-5448.

WINOOSKI: Rooms for rent in large, fully furnished house. All utils. incl. 2.5-bath, laundry, parking, garbage/snow removal, large yard, safe neighborhood, basic cable TV. Close to SMC/UVM/IBM/FAHC/Champlain College. On the bus line. $600/mo. + dep. 802-863-9612.

4 substance-free housemate BURLINGTON: Eclectic recoveryoriented living environment.

Close to downtown. Avail. immediately. $450/mo. incl. all utils. (weekly terms negotiable). Dep. req. 863-9139.

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BURLINGTON: F prof. to share small 2-bedroom house. Garage, basement, yard in quiet South End neighborhood. $550/mo. utils. incl. Avail. 1/1. 598-1055.

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ACURA INTEGRA, 1991: 4door, auto, 125 K. Loaded, wellmaintained, very clean/dependable. $2000. Call for more details, 748-5163.

AUDI MODEL 80, 1990: 195 K miles, solid body and mechanicals, not inspected (front exhaust), driver’s window inoperable. Porsche rims, winter rims, great winter ride. Call 879-1643, evenings.

CHEVROLET CAVALIER, 2004: Sedan, 4-door, red, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering, cruise, CD. 9403 K. Best price $9988. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

HYUNDAI ACCENT GL, 2001: Sedan, 4-door, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering/windows/locks, premium sound. 39,362 K. Best price, $6911. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

HYUNDAI EXEL, 1994: Oneowner. New snows, 5-spd., runs well. $600/OBO. Call Dee, 6585576 or Peter, 865-3020.

MERCURY SABLE GS, 2004: Sedan, 4-door, maroon, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering/windows/locks, cruise, ABS. 18,408 K. Best price, $12,932. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

OLDSMOBILE ALERO GL, 2004; Sedan, 4-door, beige/tan, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering/windows/locks, cruise, CD. 21,627 K. Best price $11,649. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

PONTIAC GRAND AM SE, 2004: Sedan, 4-door, beige/tan, auto, FWD, A/C, CD, cruise, power steering/windows/locks. 16,886 K. Best price, $11,983. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

PONTIAC GRAND AM SE, 2004: Sedan, 4-door, silver, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering/windows/ locks, cruise, CD, rear spoiler.

13,913 K. Best price $12,244.

Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT, 2002: Sedan, 4-door, red, V-6, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering/ windows/locks, cruise, sun roof.

38,881 K. Best price, $11,894. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT, 2004: Sedan, 4-door, red, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering/windows/locks, cruise, CD, ABS. 14,080 K. Best price, $14,890.

Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

PONTIAC SUNFIRE COUPE, 2003: 2-door, white, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering/locks, cruise, CD, ABS. 22,955 K. Best price $9941. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

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If you don’t see your route listed here, call 864-CCTA today and we’ll send you a FREE matchlist of commuters in your area.

Join the New Montpelier Vanpool today! Vanpool begins in Essex Junction, departs the Richmond P&R at 7:30 a.m., then departs downtown Montpelier at 4:30 p.m. If interested, please ref # 40440.

Morrisville to Essex Junction: Looking to share a commute. My hours are MonFri from approx. 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40963.

South Burlington to Waterbury:

Looking to share a commute. My hours are Mon-Fri., 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., but flexible. If you can help, please ref # 40924.

Essex Junction to Vergennes: Looking to share a commute to Goodrich. I work MonFri from 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40939.

Burlington to Montpelier: Looking to share a commute from the Burlington National Life.

I work Mon-Fri, 7:30am to 4:30pm. If you can help, please ref # 40928.

Winooski to Montpelier: Looking to share a ride. My hours are Mon-Fri from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40962.

Waitsfield to Waterbury: Looking for a ride to Bombardier. I work Mon-Fri from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 142117.

West Berlin to Waterbury Looking for a ride Mon-Fri, 1-5:30 p.m. If you can help, please ref. # 142176.

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802-658-1212 PONTIAC SUNFIRE COUPE, 2004: 2-door, silver, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering/locks, cruise, CD, rear spoiler. 30,024 K. Best price, $9877. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

SUBARU LEGACY, 1991: FWD, 185 K, tan, wagon, solid engine, new starter. $500/OBO. Call 7346169.

SUBARU OUTBACK LIMITED ED., 1998: Wagon, great condition. 50 K. $9995. 651-8786.

TOYOTAS, 1997 & NEWER! Excellent condition & warranty. www.autocraftsmen.com 326 State St., Montpelier (next to Dairy Creme on Rt. 2)!

Worth the drive! 802-223-3563.

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF GT, 1994: 4-door, 5-spd. 130 K. Very clean in/out. No rust. New 5-spd.

Suspension and chip. Tectonics exhaust header. New tires on alloys. $2500. 748-5163.

VOLKSWAGEN JETTA GLS, 2004: Sedan, 4-door, red, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering/windows/locks, cruise, CD, ABS. 25,004 K. Best price $16,211.

Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

Brookfield to Shelburne: Looking for a ride Mon.-Fri, 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. If you can help, please ref. # 142201.

Charlotte to Berlin: Looking to share a commute. I work Mon-Fri from 8 a.m. 4:30 p.m. with some flexibility. If you can help, please ref # 40946.

Montpelier to Burlington: Looking to share a commute Mon and Thurs only from 8 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 142145.

Colchester to Burlington: Looking to share a ride. I work Fridays from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40961.

Burlington to Middlebury: Looking to share a commute. My hours are Mon-Fri from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40951.

Plattsburgh to Essex Junction: Looking to share a ride to IBM. I work Sat, Sun, Mon, Tues, from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40954.

Burlington to Shelburne: Looking for a ride to Vermont Teddy Bear. I work Mon-Fri., 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40938.

Williston to Essex Junction: Looking for a ride. Hours are Mon-Fri from 6:30

VOLKSWAGEN JETTA WAGON, 2002: GLS, excellent condition, 38 K, black, 5-spd., sun roof, studded snows incl. Roof rack, loaded, premium sound system. $13,500. 496-2192. Waitsfield.

VOLVO 240,1991: Sedan, auto, silver. Ultra clean w/just over 100 K. Sun roof, power windows/ locks, etc. Full set of studded snows on rims, plug-in block heater, new timing belt/exhaust/ battery. Runs great. $3500/firm.

After 6 p.m., 802-623-6467, Sudbury.

VOLVO CROSS COUNTRY WAGON, 1998: 91 K, excellent condition. $10,500/OBO, interesting trades. 800-711-4212, work. 802-583-2231, home.

4 trucks TOYOTA 4x4, 1995: $1500/OBO. Needs some engine work. New tires/cap. Low mileage. Good for parts or person w/mechanical skills. 859-0011.

4 vans VW CAMPER, 1985: Very good condition mechanically/physically. 157 K. Auto trans. $5500/firm.

Call 259-3147, evenings.

a.m. - 3 p.m. If you can help, please reference 40921.

Winooski to Williston Looking for a ride in the morning, Mon-Fri at 6:30 a.m. If you can help, please ref # 40922.

Williston to Montpelier: Looking for a ride. My hours are Mon-Fri from 8 a.m. 5 p.m., but flexible. If you can help, please ref # 40932.

Underhill to Burlington: Looking for a ride. Hours are Mon-Fri from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40919.

Essex Junction to Waterbury: Looking to share a ride to State Offices. My hours are Mon-Fri from 7:30 a.m. - 5:45 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40940.

Cambridge to IBM: Looking to share a ride Mon-Fri from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40913.

Burlington to St. Albans: Looking for a ride Mon-Fri from 9 a.m. - 3 a.m. If you can help, please ref # 40929.

Milton to Burlington: Looking for a ride. I work 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Mon-Fri. If you can help, please ref # 40925.

Barre City to Northfield: Looking for a ride, one-way, Mon – Fri at 6 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 140609.

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4 suvs FORD EXPLORER SPORT UTILITY, 2002: 4-door, red, auto, 4WD, XLT, A/C, power steering/windows/locks, cruise, CD, ABS. 29,093 K. Best price $18,312. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

LANDROVER DISCOVERY, 1994: AWD, V-8, blue, tan leather, CD, 114 K. Studded Hakkas, clean interior, no rust.

Excellent mechanical condition. $4500/firm. 802-793-0744.

Located in Plainfield.

OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA SPORT UTILITY, 2002: 4-door, pewter, AWD, auto, A/C, cruise, CD, OnStar, ABS, leather, traction control. 35,326 K. Best price, $18,468. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

PONTIAC AZTEK SPORT UTILITY, 2004: 4-door, beige/tan, auto, AWD, A/C, power steering/windows/locks, cruise, CD, ABS. 11,956 K. Best price $20,000. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

PONTIAC VIBE SPORT WAGON, 2004: 4-door, red, auto, A/C, power steering/windows/locks, cruise, CD, roof rack. 20,018 K. Best price $13,989. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

TOYOTA RAV4 SPORT UTILITY, 2002: 4-door, dark blue, 5speed, 4WD, “L”, A/c, cruise, CD, ABS, roof rack. 34,714 K. Best price, $17,498. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

Burlington to Milton: Looking to share a ride Mon-Fri from 6 a.m. - 4 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40930.

Charlotte to Burlington: Looking to share a ride Mon-Fri from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40947.

South Burlington to Essex Junction: Looking for a ride to IBM. I work MonFri 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40955.

Burlington to Shelburne: Looking to share a ride Mon-Fri 6:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40967.

Williston to Burlington: Looking to share a ride Mon-Fri 7:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40967.

Hinesburg to Essex Junction: Looking to share a ride to IBM, MonFri., 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40968.

Richmond to Essex Junction: Looking to share a ride to IBM, MonFri., 7 p.m. - 7 a.m. If you can help, please ref # 40969.

Colchester to Burlington: Looking to share a ride, Mon-Fri., 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40971.

Winooski to Burlington: Looking for a ride to Starr Farm Nursing Center, Mon-

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4 minivans CHEVROLET VENTURE EXTENDED MINIVAN, 2003: 4door, black, FWD, auto, 7-8 passenger, Warner Bros. Edition, cruise, OnStar, CD, DVD, leather.

20,557 K. Best price $18,767.

Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

CHRYSLER VOYAGER LX MINIVAN, 2003: Gold, auto, FWD, 7passenger, A/C, CD, power steering/locks/windows, cruise, roof rack, ABS. 34,421 K. Best price $12,443. Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

PONTIAC MONTANA MINIVAN, 2004: 4-door, blue, auto, FWD, A/C, power steering/windows/ locks, cruise, CD, roof rack.

10,293 K. Best price $15,966.

Call Shearer Pontiac, 658-1212.

It will make your head spin.

Seven Days Auto Classifieds: A great way to find and sell wheels.

Just $10 for 1 week.

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Contact Katherine at: 864-5684, email: classified@sevendaysvt.com

Fri., 6:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40973.

Winooski to Colchester: Looking for a ride Mon-Fri, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40977.

Vergennes to Burlington: Looking to share a ride, Mon-Fri 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40978.

Burlington to Springfield: Looking to give or share a ride Mon-Fri 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40980.

Waitsfield to Hinesburg: Looking for a ride Mon-Fri 3:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40987.

Essex Junction to Burlington: Looking for a ride Mon-Fri 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40994.

Waterbury to Essex Junction: Looking for a ride Mon-Fri 7 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 40989.

Underhill to Waitsfield: Looking for a ride Mon-Fri 7 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 41002.

Barre to Essex Junction: Looking to share a ride to IBM, Mon-Fri 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 41013.

Richmond to Waterbury: Looking for a ride Mon-Fri 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. If you can help, please ref # 41022.

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4 employment

CARPENTERS: Great attitude, great aptitude and rock solid foundation in construction req.

Ready to work hard and have fun? Please call 802-985-5464.

CASHIERS: Full or part-time. $8.25/hour. Second and third shifts, weekends, flex hours.

Bourne’s Shell, Shelburne Rd., South Burlington. 658-6460.

COOL TRAVEL JOB: Entry level positions, 18+, no exp. necessary.

2 weeks paid training, transportation, lodging provided. $500 signing bonus to start. Toll-free, 1-877-646-5050. (AAN CAN) FRONT DESK POSITION available at waterfront men’s salon, part-time. Please call 598-4378, please leave message.

HAIRSTYLIST FOR BUSY BURLINGTON SALON. Salary, bonuses and health benefits.

Clientele provided. Apply in person at Supercuts, 570 Shelburne Rd. or email resume to owen bob@verizon.net. 861-1000.

LEGAL SECRETARY: Part-time, experience with billing/accounting software and medical records.

Please send resume to: RSB, 90 Main St., Burlington, VT 05401.

MOVERS: Hardworking, reliable, must have clean driver’s license, dependable transportation and able to lift heavy weight. 20-45 hours/week. Competitive pay, flexible schedule. Call Stowe Moving Co., 802-244-8900.

NURSE, RN OR LPN: 3 or 4 days/week for busy family practice office. Office experience preferred. Send resumé to Katie, Alder Brook Family Health, 8 Essex Way, Essex, VT 05452.

OFFICE ASSISTANT: Monday Wednesday. Duties include bookkeeping, filing, phones and general office support. 863-5513.

SERVICE ELECTRICIAN, 4 + years experience. License required. Strong work ethic, ability to troubleshoot independently. Company vehicle, retirement/ health plan, paid vacation, incentive bonus. Dan, 863-5513.

SHOVELERS NEEDED for property maintenance business. Generous pay. Call Craig, 734-3882.

THE FIRST UNITARIAN Universalist Society is seeking a Religious Education Assistant. We are looking for a person to work 15 hours/week, incl. Sunday mornings. This position requires demonstrated skills in word processing, data entry and data base maintenance. Our ideal candidate will have excellent people skills and be extremely organized.

Please send resumé to: First UU Society, 152 Pearl St., Burlington, VT 05401, Attention: RE Assistant or email to xina@uusociety.org.

THE FIRST UNITARIAN Universalist Society is seeking a custodian. We are looking for a person to work 16 hours/week.

The custodian will work with our Property Manager to provide cleaning services, building and grounds maintenance, and snow removal for our historic church building. This person will work varied hours that may incl. weekends, evenings and holidays. Must have excellent people skills, ability to lift 50 lbs. and be able to climb heights. Please send resume or letter of interest to: First UU Society, 152 Pearl St., Burlington, VT 05401, Attention Custodian or email to xina@uusociety.org.

YOUTH COUNSELOR/TEACHER: Make a difference in the lives of at-risk youth. Get paid to canoe, backpack and make friends you’ll keep for life. Year-round, residential positions. Excellent salary/ benefits. Details and online application, www.eckerd. org., or send resumé to Career Advisor/CL, Eckerd Youth Alternatives, P.O. Box 7450, Clearwater, FL 33758.

EOE. (AAN CAN)

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MARIJUANA AND TOBACCO SMOKERS NEEDED for UVM research study! We need people who are smokers of both tobacco and marijuana. This is not a treatment study. Must be at least 18 years old. Compensation up to $775. Call 847-7897. All calls and participation confidential.

4 daycare FIREFLY INFANT DEVELOPMENT CENTER: New childcare facility located on Shelburne/ South Burlington line, has openings for infants 6 weeks - 2 years of age. For information, please call 864-7835 or email fireflyinfants@aol.com.

4 business opps $525 WEEKLY INCOME possible mailing sales letters from home.

Genuine opportunity to work with our wellness company.

Supplies provided. No selling.

FT/PT. Call 1-708-536-7040, 24 hours. www.CardonaConsul ting.com. (AAN CAN) A $250K+ 1st-year income opportunity. Home-based. No selling. Not MLM! Call 1-877347-3745 * 24 hrs. Training and support provided. (AAN CAN) GET PAID TO SHOP! Mystery shoppers needed to pose as customers! Training provided.

Ft/Pt. Call now! 1-800-6901273. (AAN CAN) GOVERNMENT JOBS: Earn $12 $48/hour. Avail. w/full medical/dental benefits and paid training on clerical, administrative, law enforcement, homeland security, wildlife, more! 1-800320-9353, ext. 2012. (AAN CAN) NEED REGIONAL or national recruitment exposure? Advertise your hard-to-fill positions in more than 100 newspapers just like this one and reach up to 17 million young, active, educated readers! Go to www.aancan.com or call AAN Classified Network at 202-822-1955. (AAN CAN).

STOP! Making money for someone else. Control your future as the owner of your own successful franchise. The Entrepreneur’s Source is the answer. Call Pat Burns, 1-866-450-0077.

4 lost & found FOUND BIKE. Women’s Specialized. Call to identify, 863-9872.

FOUND: Neutered M cat.

Gray/white, short hair. Found 11/7, Burlington-area. Please call 865-1205, leave message.

LOST MALE CAT: Short black hair w/white patch on back. No tail. Last seen wearing purple collar w/tag. Missing since midSept, Burlington. Sad owner offers reward. 864-4484.

MISSING CAT: Answers to Jasmine, has a purple flea collar.

White domestic short hair w/orange and black/brown spots. Lost from the Colchester Village center near Walcott St. on 10/30, Mill Pond Rd. Has a friend chip. If you have any info, please call 872-8141.

4 announcements ADOPTION: We care about you.

If you are pregnant and considering placing your baby for adoption, we would love to talk to you. Please call 800-844-3630.

CALLING ALL VERMONT WOMEN who have an erotic tale to tell! While driving to work on the first cold fall morning, I started to wonder how other women stay warm during the long Vermont winter. I am interested in collecting fiction or nonfiction erotic stories to publish in book form. If you would like to share your story, please

sent it to: C/o: Maria, PO Box 87, Plainfield, VT 05667.

Payment will be in a a complimentary copy of the book.

Please include name and address.

CASH NOW FOR structured settlements, annuities and insurance payouts. 800-794-7310. J.G. Wentworth means cash now for structured settlements. (AAN CAN) CRAZY MAMA’S INDOOR FLEA MARKET: Exit 21 off I-89, Swanton, VT. Thanksgiving weekend: $1 for each of the first 50 people, each day! Open Friday Sunday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 802868-9177. Shoppers welcome, vendors wanted.

INDOOR TAG SALE TO BENEFIT THE LIVER DONOR FUND! 11/27, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Inn at Essex Morrill Ballroom. Items include books, movies, clothing, home goods, records, furniture, etc.

PREGNANT? Considering adoption? We can help! We specialize in matching families with birth mothers nationwide. Toll free, 24 hours a day 866-921-0565. One True Gift Adoptions. (AAN CAN)

4 entertainment CASTING:TV series seeks people struggling with painful addictions, especially danger, video games, steroids, promiscuity, plastic surgery. Also seeking troubled teens, desperate housewives and groupies. www.habit stv.com. (AAN CAN) EXOTICA DANCERS featuring girls going wild for your next birthday, bachelor party or funon-one show. 802-658-1464.

New talent welcome.

MOVIE EXTRAS: Earn up to $200-$600/day. Have fun as a movie extra. All looks, types and ages needed. TV, music videos, commercials, films and print.

Extras on call. 1-800-260-3949, ext 3001. (AAN CAN).

4 professional svcs.

FULL CHARGE BOOKKEEPER: A/P, A/R, payroll, Quickbooks, etc. 16 years, experience. Call Lisa, 802-759-2078 or email rowell@madriver.com.

NEED YOUR CAR IN FLORIDA? Very experienced driver, twice already this year, 30 times in 27 years. Can meet your schedule.

Call Tom, 482-2894.

PC SOLUTIONS offers virus/spyware removal, troubleshooting, upgrades and tutorials for small business and home computer users. Quality, dependable service. Contact Michael, 434-6539. www.vermontpcsolutions.com.

THE CLEAN TEAM: Residential and commercial cleaning service.

Also offering move-in, move-out and construction clean-up.

Locally owned/operated.

Guaranteed. Call The Clean Team today. 310-6770.

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In-House

COMPUTERS Repairs, Upgrades & More!

We make house calls!

email: in-housecomp@verizon.net

864-7470

A+ CERTIFIED COMPUTER REPAIR by excellent technicians. Low rates, fast turnaround. Refurbished computers available. ReCycle North Tech Services, 266 Pine St., Burlington, 658-4143 ext. 23.

COMPUTER REPAIRS AND UPGRADES: PCs, Macs, networking, web design, tutoring, digital graphics and audio editing.

Competitive rates. Many references. House calls and in-shop.

Free quote, 864-7470 or inhousecomp@verizon.net.

and repair. Experienced luthiers.

Paul Perley Cellos, in business since 1988. 802-229-1501, pperleycellos@aol.com.

FULL-SIZE VIOLIN: Lovely tone, beautiful condition, with rectangular case. Kun and digital tuner. $450. 660-9826.

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ANNIE’S HOUSECLEANING SERVICE: Low rates. Third cleaning, 2 hours, free. Senior citizen discount. 2 drawings per month for 2 hours free cleaning for regular customers. 796-3296 or 578-4572.

BRING THE SPARKLE BACK IN TO YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE. Call “Big Boss” Brager and “the gold crown kid.” Eco-friendly.

Specializing in top-to-bottom, whole house cleanings. 8629431.

4 photography FEMALE MODELS WANTED for various G-rated projects. Free portfolio pictures, experience, possible start in the business.

David Russell Photography, 8621172 or rusldp@juno.com or visit www.rusldp.com.

4 tutoring EXPERIENCED PRIVATE TUTOR AVAIL for math and science, from elementary to high school.

Will travel. Free consultation.

868-5029.

4 buy this stuff BOLTON VALLEY SEASON PASSES: A buying group is being formed to purchase season passes at a reduced rate. Save up to $100 off the current prices.

Contact Eric Caswell, 434-8635 or cazfish53@yahoo.com.

Mention “Group Buying” to join this group. Deadline, 11/22.

EARTH-LITE MASSAGE TABLE: Avalon, portable massage table, sage-green. Comes w/head cradle and black carrying-case and strap. Great condition, great deal: $400. Call 229-5996.

FOUR LIKE-NEW NOKIAN HAKAPELITTA snow tires w/new rims, 185/70 R14. Cost $450. Asking $325/OBO. Holly, 363-2076 or hollyh@pshift.com.

FREE 4-ROOM DIRECTV SYSTEM: Includes standard installation. 3-months free HBO and Cinemax. Access to over 225 channels! Limited time offer, S&H, restrictions apply. 1-800877-1251. (AAN CAN) LIKE-NEW HAKKAPELITTA snow tires. Will fit Audi, BMW, Saab and Subarus with 16” rims. Size 205, 55, 16, studdable. $150/OBO, were $390. Call 589-7153.

NEED EXTRA CASH? Get cash for your used CDs and DVDs at CashForCds.com! Free quote, postpaid mailer and fast payment by check or paypal. (AAN CAN) SPA! Overstocked! New 7-person spa, loaded! Includes cover, delivery and warranty. $2999, was $5999. 1-888-397-3529.

(AAN CAN).

WHILE CRAZY MAMA is away, the vendors will play. $1 hot dogs at Dessie’s Dogs. 30% off at the www.flutrbygiftcafe.com booth. Stop in to see other vendor specials. Crazy Mama’s Indoor Flea Market, exit 21 in Swanton. Follow the signs.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 868-9177.

4 music for sale CELLOS, STRING BASSES, VIOLINS, VIOLAS: New and old instruments, sales, restoration

CD MANUFACTURING: Give us a call and see why over 200 of New England’s top musicians trust us with their CD manufacturing. Great prices and excellent service! Call Charles Eller Studios at 802-425-3508.

COSMIC HILL RECORDING: MIDI and production services.

Years of experience in writing, playing, recording and production. Dedicated to making your music sound great. $25 per hour.

496-3166. Moretown, VT. QUESTION MARK PRODUCTIONS: Audio engineering/production, live sound, recording.

802-578-9356.

4 musicians wanted BASS PLAYER WANTED for ready-to-gig band. Local. Stone Temple Pilots, Three Doors Down and more. Contact Cory or Chris, 288-1528.

BASS PLAYER WANTED for Shellhouse. Mostly original + covers in the Tom Petty, Dire Straits vein. Call Jim, 999-9611 or Bob, 877-2084.

BASS PLAYER WANTED to fill out a six-piece ‘60s R & B, soul and downtown jumps bar music band. Looking for an easy-going, get-along sort of person whose number one musical interest is to have a great time. Call Steve, 879-9661 or Tim, 951-5927 for audition.

DRUMMER WANTED for local band working on original music and playing out. We are looking ahead and want a drummer that will do the same, keep a beat and make rehearsals. Call 5989188, no half steppin’.

JAZZ MUSICIANS WANTED: Local bassist looking to form a small bebop group to do originals and standards. Looking for piano and drums, yet open to others. Call Chris, 893-6645.

LOOKING FOR MUSICIANS to form a band with a play list similar to that of WOKO (country).

Call 373-4164.

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DRUM LESSONS: Greater Burlington area. Your place or mine. Beginners on up, all ages welcome. Accomplished, young instructor. Reasonable rates!

Ethan Snyder, 793-9306.

GUITAR: All styles/levels.

Emphasis on developing strong technique, thorough musicianship, personal style. Paul Asbell (Unknown Blues Band, Kilimanjaro, Sneakers Jazz Band, etc.), 862-7696, www.paulasbell.com.

GUITAR INSTRUCTION: Relaxed yet disciplined arena. 20+ years experience. No-pretense environment fosters technique and creativity. Beginners welcome. Refs. avail. 802-877-3624.

PIANO AND/OR IMPROVISATION: Lessons in theory, harmony and improvisation for all instrumentalists and vocalists.

All ages! Beginning through advanced concepts taught with clarity and patience. Questions?

Call Shane Hardiman, 279-8859, Winooski. hipkeys@lycos.com.

4 legals PUBLIC HEARING SOUTH BURLINGTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD The South Burlington Development Review Board will hold a public hearing at the South Burlington City Hall Conference Room, 575 Dorset Street, South Burlington, Vermont on Tuesday, December 7, 2004, at 7:30 P.M. to consider the following: 1. Preliminary plat application #SD-04-79 and final plat application #SD-04-80 of Patrick Malone to amend a planned unit development consisting of a 16,800 sq ft building with multiple uses. The amendment consists of: 1) razing a 3600 sq ft portion of the building thereby creating two (2) separate buildings, 2) converting the 8000 sq ft building at 358 Dorset Street to retail, and 3) converting the 5200 sq ft building at 55 San Remo Drive to indoor recreation.

2. Final plat application #SD-0476 of Barbara Neff to subdivide a 17.09 acre parcel into two (2) lots of 0.92 acres (lot A) and 16.17 acres (lot B), 700 Hinesburg Road.

3. Preliminary plat application #SD-04-77 and final plat application #SD-04-78 of Michael Gravelin, dba A & M Construction Corp., for a planned unit development to convert a 2142 sq ft single family dwelling to Day Care and/or General Office use, 1060 Hinesburg Road.

4. Appeal #AO-04-02 of Karen Alence appealing the decision of the Administrative Officer to issue zoning permit #ZP-04-391 for a single family dwelling at 11 Lyons Avenue.

Copies of the applications are available for public inspection at the South Burlington City Hall.

John Dinklage, Chairman South Burlington Development Review Board November 17, 2004 STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. In re: R.K. ) Family Court of Vermont )Chittenden County )Docket No. 222-4-04 Cnjv NOTICE OF HEARING To: April Kranz and Will Kranz, putative Parents of R.K. You are hereby notified that a hearing to consider the termination of all of your parental rights to R.K. will be held on Friday, Dec 3rd at 1:00, 2004 at the Family Court of Vermont, Chittenden County, 32 Cherry Street, Burlington, Vermont. You are notified to appear in connection with this case.

Family Court Judge Date 10/18/04

>NOT FOR KIDS> 18+ ONLY >NOT FOR KIDS>

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4 support groups DON’T SEE A SUPPORT group here that meets your needs? Call United Way GET-INFO (a confidential help line) 652-4636, MondayFriday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

VT PARENTS OF FOOD ALLERGY CHILDREN EMAIL SUPPORT GROUP: Info, contact MaryKay Hill, Hill.kern@veri zon.net or call 802-373-0351.

MIXED GENDER COMING OUT SUPPORT GROUP: Every 2nd and 4th Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Cofacilitated by supportive peers and mental-health professionals and open to all lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and questioning adults age 23 and up.

Check out this group meeting at R.U.1.2?.

TRANS PARTNERS AND ALLIES GROUP: Every 2nd Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Are you dating, in a civil union, married or attracted to a person who is transgendered? Looking for others like you to meet and talk in a safe and casual atmosphere? We have the peer support you’ve been looking for! R.U.1.2?

TRANS SOCIAL AND SUPPORT GROUP: 4th Friday of every month, 6:30 p.m. Looking for peer support among other transgendered folks? Need a safe space to relax and be yourself?

Check out this group meeting at R.U.1.2?

60+ SUPPORT GROUP: Ongoing weekly support group for men and women over the age of 60. Share your strengths and struggles with this particular stage of life. We have fun! Facilitated by Barbara L. Kester, Ph.D. 657-3668.

MOOD DISORDER SUPPORT GROUP: First group meeting, Monday, November 8, 4:15-6 p.m., Northfield United Church, Main St. Info, 485-4934 or email suppgrp@yahoo.com.

TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter meeting, St. Francis Xavier School, Winooski.

Sundays, 6 p.m. Weigh-in, 6:30-7:30 p.m. meeting.

Info, call Fred or Bennye, 6553317 or Patricia, 658-6904.

INTERESTED IN WRITING for children? Support and critique group meets monthly. Call Anne, 861-6000 or anne@books byme.us.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS is a group of recovering addicts who live without the use of drugs. It costs nothing to join. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using. Info, 8624516, or visit www.together. net/~cvana.

PARENTING GROUP: Parenting group for parents/guardians of children of any age. Wednesday mornings. Please call River Valley Associates for more information. 651-7520.

AL-ANON/ALATEEN: Local meetings held in Burlington, South Burlington and Colchester. For more information, call 860-8388 or toll-free, 1-866-972-5266.

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7D SUPPORTGROUPSLEGALS SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE: Support group for those who have lost a loved one to suicide.

Meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at the Holiday Inn in South Burlington (1068 Williston Rd.), from 6-7:30 p.m.

For more information, please contact Cory Gould, 223-4111 or cgould1136@earthlink.net.

Sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention-VT. SEX AND LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS: 12-step recovery group. Do you have a problem with sex or relationships? We can help. Sunday meetings, 7-8:30 p.m. Men call Sandy, 863-5708.

Women call Valerie, 655-9478.

SUICIDE SURVIVORS GROUP: Survivors and their families meet monthly for mutual support in the Burlington area, 6-7 p.m.

Call for location, 223-4111.

SMOKING CESSATION GROUP: Willing to kick the habit? This free, five-week program helps quitters to follow through.

Community Health Center of Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 864-6309.

ADD PARTNERS SUPPORT GROUP forming. Does your partner or spouse have ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder)?

Would love to get together and share experiences, support, challenges. Please contact addpart ner@yahoo.com.

WEDNESDAYS CIRCLE: A Transpersonal support group, every Wed., 6 p.m., Inner-harmony Community Wellness Center, Rt. 100N, Rochester, VT. 767-6092. A sharing circle focusing on personal growth, transformation, spirituality and healing, led by Jim Dodds.

DECLUTTERS SUPPORT GROUP: Are you ready to make improvements but find it overwhelming? Maybe 2 or 3 of us can get together to help each simplify. 453-3612.

PARENTS TOGETHER: Support group will be meeting in Rutland on Monday evenings. Snacks and childcare provided. All groups are free and confidential. Please call Amy at 247-5460 for more information.

WOMEN CHANGING: A continuous educational support group for women who are interested in changing patterns in their lives.

Wednesdays-ongoing. 12:302 p.m. Call Angie at AWARE in Hardwick, 472-6463.

SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN who have experienced intimate partner abuse, facilitated by Battered Women’s Services and Shelter of Washington County.

Please call 1-877-543-9498 for more info.

REIKI SUPPORT GROUP: July 18, 1-3 p.m. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington. All levels of students and practitioners are welcome.

For more info, contact Joan at 860-4673 or Lynn at 893-3064.

WANTED: Fellow painters to get together bi-weekly for coffee and to discuss our work. Support each other’s creativity! Show your work. Meet at local downtown coffee shops. Call 6582976, if interested.

AHOY BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS: Join our support group where the focus is on living not on the disease. We are a team of dragon boaters. Learn all about this paddle sport and its healthgiving, life-affirming qualities.

Any age. No athletic experience needed. Call Linda at 802-4344423 or email: dragonheartver mont@gmavt.net or go to: www.dragonheartvermont.org.

EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS: Fridays, 6-7 p.m. The Society of Friends Meeting House, 173 N. Prospect St., Burlington. Free.

Info, 479-0684. 12-step program designed to help women and men with depression, negative thinking or any mental/emotional problems.

SELF-REALIZATION: Social/support group for likeminded people interested in spirituality, yoga, psychic experiences, transcendence and transformation. Burlington. If interested, call Jill at 877-3375 or email jlo@together.net.

NAKED IN VERMONT: The premier Nudist/Skinnydipper organization in Vermont offering information library, message board, chat room, yahoo group, and more. (ALL FREE) Visit www.nakedinvermont.com.

SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION New England: Info, Blythe Leonard, 878-0732 or atblythel @aol.com.

WOMEN’S WEIGHT LOSS SUPPORT GROUP: Do we know what to do? Yes! Do we do it? Not always! Sometimes the answer is mutual support — for free! Let’s decide together what works for us. I want to start — do you?

Anne, 861-6000.

BIPOLAR SUPPORT GROUP open to new members. Meets downtown. Our goal is to become healthy and happy. For info, call Gerhard at 864-3103.

ALS (LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE) monthly support group: For patients, caregivers and loved ones who are living or have lived with ALS. Third Thursday of the month, 1-3 p.m. Jim’s House, 1266 Creamery Rd., Williston.

Info and directions, 802-8628882 or vt@alsanne.org.

AL-ANON: Thursdays, 12:301:30 p.m. at the AWARE office, 88 High St., Hardwick. Info, 472-6463.

WOMEN IN TRANSITION: Join a support/social group for women who are separated or divorced.

The goal is to form a circle of friends for support and social activities. If interested email Katherine at MKR27609@aol.com.

SMART RECOVERY: For info, contact Bob at 425-4058 or email carmody@madriver.com.

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BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION of Vermont: Daytime support group meets the second Thursday of each month at the Fanny Allen Hospital in Colchester, from 12-2 p.m. For more info, contact Polly Erickson at 847-6941.

METHADONE ANONYMOUS: A medication-assisted recovery support group. Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m. The Alano Club. Directions: Rt. 15 Fort Ethan Allen entrance, Barnes Ave., third right on to Hegeman Ave., #74 on left. All are welcome.

TRANS PARTNERS support group: Meet and talk w/other partners of transgendered/transsexual people. The second Friday of every month. R.U.1.2?

Community Center, 6 p.m. 860RU12.

HEPATITIS C SUPPORT group: Second Thursday of each month.

McClure MultiGenerational Center, 6-8 p.m. Those who have hepatitis, their friends and family members are welcome. 454-1316.

ARE YOU A BUTCH, F2M, StoneButch, TGButch, TransMan, Femme, High Femme or any other description of Butch, FtM or Femme/feminine woman? If so, join us as we plan fun activities and offer each other resources, support and friendship within the Butch/FtMFemme world. For more info, contact Miss Morpheus at miss morpheus1@yahoo.com.

HARD-OF-HEARING support group: I’m starting a support group for adults who have a hearing loss that affects the quality of their work/family/ social life. Let’s share personal experiences and knowledge of hearing-aid technology. Marlene, 865-9781.

WOULD YOU LIKE to join a thriving, mixed social group?

Get together for various activities/friendship in Montpelier/ Burlington. 229-4390 or email treesha7@email.com.

SKINNYDIPPERS UNITE! Visit Vermont Au Naturel. Join other naturists and like-minded people for support, discussions and more! www.vermontaunaturel.com.

PARENTS TOGETHER support groups: Would you like to talk and share ideas with other parents about the joys and challenges of children? Support groups for all parents. Desireah, 796-3119.

MENTAL ILLNESSES: The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill holds support meetings for the families and friends of the mentally ill at Howard Center, corner of Flynn and Pine.

Second and fourth Tuesdays of every month at 7 p.m. Park in Pine St. lot and walk down ramp. 862-6683 for info.

NONCUSTODIAL SUPPORT group for parents. Contact Bill Bagdon, 434-6495.

ARE YOU UNABLE TO get out of debt? Do you spend more than you earn? Is it a problem for you? Get help at Debtor’s

Anonymous. Wednesdays, 7:308:30 p.m. The Alano Club, 74 Hegeman Ave., Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester. Contact Valerie P. at 324-7847.

BRAIN INJURY: Open to people who sustained a brain injury, their caregivers and family. Expert speakers often scheduled. 1st Wed. of every month, 6-8 p.m.

Fanny Allen Campus, Colchester.

Call Deb Parizo, 863-8644.

LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, Transgender, Queer and Questioning: Support groups for survivors of partner violence, sexual violence and bias/hate crimes. Free and confidential.

SafeSpace, 863-0003 or 866869-7341 (toll-free).

MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY group: support and education for people with psychiatric challenges. Joan, 865-6135.

FAMILY/FRIENDS OF THOSE suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: second Monday of the month, 4-5 p.m.

The Arbors. 985-8600.

SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL violence: Form contacts and discuss ways to begin healing. Women’s Rape Crisis Center, Burlington, 67:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0555.

DIVORCED PEOPLE: If you are separated, thinking of separating, in the process of divorce, or just divorced, I’m thinking about starting a loose group where such people can talk, whine, have some fun, and maybe even get together.

Perhaps there is life after him or her. If interested email Bob at bberman@ttiglobal.com or call/lv msg. at 802-388-0779.

WIDOWS & WIDOWERS: Looking for persons interested in forming a support group for activities in the Burlington area.

Info, 656-3280.

“HELLENBACH” CANCER support: Every other Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Middlebury. Call to verify meeting place. Info, 3886107. People living with cancer and their caretakers convene for support.

DEBTORS ANONYMOUS: Mon., 6-7 p.m. Wed. 7-8 a.m. Sat. 1011:30 a.m. Brenda, 658-9278.

BURLINGTON MEN’S GROUP: Ongoing Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.

Free. Info, 877-3742. Area men are invited to join this weekly group for varied discussions and drumming.

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS: Every 3rd Tuesday of the month, 7-9 p.m. Christ Church Presbyterian, UVM, Burlington. Info, 4825319. People mourning the loss of children, grandchildren or siblings find help and support.

PROSTATE CANCER: The second and fourth Tuesday of the month, 5 p.m. Board Room of Fanny Allen Hospital, Colchester. Info, 800639-1888. This “man-to-man” support group deals with disease.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: Daily meetings in various locations. Free. Info, 863-2655.

Overeaters get support in addressing their problem.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: Daily meetings in various locations. Free. Info, 860-8382. Want to overcome a drinking problem?

Take the first step of 12 and join a group in your area.

AL-ANON: Ongoing Wednesdays, 8 p.m. First Congregational Church, N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Free. Info, 655-6512.

Seven other locations also. Info, 860-8388. Do you have a friend or relative with an alcohol problem? Al-Anon can help.

DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL violence: WomenSafe offers free, confidential support groups in Addison County for women who have experienced domestic or sexual violence. Info, 388-4205.

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS: A group of recovering addicts who live without the use of drugs. It costs nothing to be a member.

The only requirement is a desire to stop using. For meeting info, call 802-862-4516 or visit www.together.net/cvana.

EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS: Fridays, 6-7 p.m. The Society of Friends Meeting House, 173 N. Prospect St., Burlington. Free.

Info, 899-3006. This 12-step program is designed to help women and men with depression, negative thinking or any mental or emotional problem.

SEX AND LOVE ADDICTS Anonymous: Sundays, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, write to P.O. Box 5843, Burlington, VT 05402. Get help through this weekly 12step program.

HEROIN 101: Educational and informational support group.

Free. First Wednesday of every month, 5:30-7:30 p.m. GMNC. 275 College St. Info, 860-3567.

ALZHEIMER’S CAREGIVERS: Burlington, meets at Birchwood Terrace, 2nd & 4th Wed., at 1:30. Colchester, meets at FAHC, Fanny Allen Campus, 1st Thurs. of month at 3 and 7 p.m.

Shelburne, meets at The Arbors, 2nd Tues. of month at 10 a.m.

ADULTS EXPERIENCING the death of a loved one: Two Wed. evenings a month, First Congregational Church, Burlington. Info, 434-4159.

DEMENTIA & ALZHEIMER’S disease support group for the caregivers: Barre, meets at Rowan Ct., 4th Wed. of month at 3 p.m. Montpelier, 338 River St., 2nd Wed. of month at 7 p.m.

PARKINSON’S DISEASE: meets 1st Tues. of each month at the Heineburg Sr. Ctr., Heineburg Ave., Burlington. Lunch is avail. by calling 863-3982 in advance.

CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: For people with cancer and their families. UHC campus, 1 South Prospect St., Arnold 2 Resource Rm. Every 2nd and 4th Mon., 56:30 p.m. Info, 847-8400.

WOMEN’S CANCER SUPPORT group: UHC campus, 1 South Prospect St., Arnold 2 Resource Rm. Every 1st and 3rd Mon., 56:30 p.m. Info, 847-8400.

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BOOST YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM: Various modalities. Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday.

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GREEN GODDESS HEALING: Combines Japanese Shiatsu and Western massage for a deep-tissue treatment, easing pain, reducing stress. Reflexology/ Reiki treatments avail. Burlington. Kristin, 862-8806 x 2.

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WINNER OF THE 2004 WELLNESS PRACTITIONER DAYSIES AWARD: Come in and feel these awardwinning hands taking you to a place of healing and health through Reiki and deep-tissue massage for men and women with Sergio Corrales, CMT. Now accepting appointments for out/in calls.

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TOO BUSY TO COOK? Experienced private chef and nutrition consultant prepares your meals and delivers them to your home. Nutritious, delicious and reasonably priced. Call Chefon-the-Go, 802-933-6645.

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BURLINGTON: Clean, quiet, cheerful massage space avail.

Great location (College St.), great rates. Call Jody, 802-598-0356.

BURLINGTON: Looking for massage therapist to rent part-time 1.5 days in established holistic healthcare center. Convenient downtown location. Beautiful, light space. Pathways to WellBeing, 862-8806 x 2, ask for Kristin.

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BARBARA L. KESTER, Ph.D. Licensed psychologist-Doctorate.

125 College St., Burlington.

Interactive, psychodynamic approach. Transitions, loss, abuse, divorce, health concerns.

657-3668.

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SKI SEASON IS COMING: Are you ready? Home Team Personal Training is offering a special program for skiers and snowboarders. Train in the privacy of your home or office. Call for a free consultation. Michael Sirois, ACE Certified Personal Trainer.

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using Swedish, Triggerpoint, Reflexology and Healing Touch in a unique combination for your personal needs. Near downtown Burlington. Call Beth, CMT, 324-7440.

METTA TOUCH: Thai Yoga Massage: Integration of gentle stretching, massage & acupressure techniques. Release stress & become energized! Blythe Kent, Certified Practitioner. Downtown Burlington, flexible schedule. 862-2212.

MOONLIGHT MASSAGE: Journey into the realms of relaxation!

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Male clientele only. Contact Owen, 802-355-5247, www.moon lightmassage.com.

STRONG HANDS AND A CARING MIND equal a soothing, fullbody massage. Student discount.

Feel free to stay as long as you like. Roy, 660-0903.

THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE and Bodywork: Kastle Sanderson Combs, C.M.T. is accepting new clients by appointment to his downtown Burlington office space. Kastle is certified in a vast array of eastern and western bodywork styles. All sessions are uniquely structured to fit each individual’s specific concerns. Please call 862-8806 ext.

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free will astrology RE AL (March 21-Apr. 19): I’d love to see you risk making brilliant mistakes in the coming weeks, Aries. I hope you’ll plunge into imaginative adventures without worrying about whether they’ll have practical benefits. I look forward to cheering you on as you explore forbidden zones, dabble with unfamiliar pleasures and try intriguing experiments that make you tingle all over. Now here’s a tip, courtesy of Mark Twain, which should help you take maximum advantage of the mischievous opportunities ahead: “Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.”

TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): Italian poet Dante Alighieri finished his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, before he died. But when his sons, Jacopo and Pietro, assembled the manuscript for publication, they realized that parts of it were missing. They searched the house for days, to no avail. Only after they had given up hope did help arrive. The spirit of Dante appeared in Jacopo’s dream and showed his son a hiding place in his old bedroom wall. Upon awakening, Jacopo went to the spot his father had pointed out and found the lost papers. I offer this story as a gift to you, Taurus. I believe that sometime in the next three weeks, you will have a comparable experience. What form might it take? Maybe the dead will assist you in locating a valuable. One of your dreams could provide a missing clue that will solve a mystery. It’s conceivable you’ll receive a legacy from a departed loved one. And maybe all of these possibilities will come to pass.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): Last January, an Indiana man named Randy Fletcher came home from work

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early and found his wife in bed with another man. In March, after working for years to restore his 1956 Chevy to mint condition, he wrecked it on a country road when he swerved to avoid hitting a deer. The capper came in May, when his beloved dog fell ill and had to be euthanized. But on July 17, two days after his divorce was final, his luck changed: Fletcher won $1 million in the state lottery. Your recent hardships haven’t been anywhere near as harsh as his, Gemini, nor will your imminent reward be as monumental. But I do expect that you will soon be compensated handsomely for your trouble.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): A poultry expert has come up with a revolutionary use for the feathers that are left over when chickens are slaughtered. David Emery has built a machine to turn the damp, dirty refuse into a strong, light fiber that’s suitable for making auto parts and medical instruments. I believe you will possess a similar capacity for ingenious transformation in the coming weeks, Cancerian.

Though your work may not always be fun or easy, you will be an alchemical wizard with the power to metamorphose muck and dregs into useful stuff.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): “The pace of change is accelerating,” says futurist Ray Kurzweil. “We’re doubling the paradigm shift rate, the rate of progress, every decade.” I agree with Kurzweil. By my estimate, half of what you know today will be obsolete in five years. Isn’t that exciting? What could be more pleasurable than continually molting your old perspectives and growing fresh ways to see the world? That’s the good news, Leo. Now here’s the great news: The coming months will be an

ideal time to formulate and jumpstart an aggressive five-year plan to keep your education continually up to date.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “To the mind that is still,” said the ancient Chinese sage Lao Tzu, “the whole universe surrenders.” This is true all the time, of course, but in the coming weeks it will be even more intensely true for you. According to traditional astrologers, that would be a problem.

They believe that advising Virgos to keep their minds still is like ordering Niagara Falls to stop splashing 600,000 gallons of water per second over its precipice. But here’s my nontraditional perspective: It may be harder for you Virgos to quiet your mind, but if and when you actually accomplish it, the universe surrenders more completely to you than to any other sign. (P.S. On March 29, 1848, an ice jam stopped the flow of water over Niagara Falls for several hours.)

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Hydrogen is an explosive, highly inflammable gas. Oxygen is an essential ingredient in sustaining any blaze. But when the two are mixed together in the right proportion, they form water, which is the opposite of fire. You should regard this as an apt metaphor for the opportunity you will have in the coming weeks, Libra. To get started in taking advantage of this promise, meditate on this question: What two fiery elements can you combine to bring a soothing, moistening influence into your life?

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Materialism is our culture’s dominant ideology. It’s the specious doctrine that physical matter is the only reality and that nothing can be said to exist

unless it’s perceivable by our five senses or detected by instruments we’ve created. Paradoxically, the proponents of materialism warn us to be skeptical about all phenomena that they don’t recognize as real, even as they fanatically avoid skepticism about their own fundamentalist assumptions! I urge you to undertake an inquiry into the ways your outlook on the world has been hemmed in by this crippling superstition, Scorpio.

Begin immediately. In 2005, you’ll be offered abundant help from spiritual sources. If you’re overly influenced by materialism, you’ll have trouble recognizing and accessing those riches.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): According to my reading of the astrological omens, you have recently fulfilled the first part of the Dalai Lama’s theory that “not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” It may take a few weeks for the second part — the “wonderful stroke of luck” part — to fully take effect. But I bet you’ll get a glimpse of its early stages in the coming week. Don’t spend even 10 seconds lost in regret about not getting what you want. Start uncorking your gratitude immediately.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22Jan. 19): Guitar World magazine says that Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille played the worst guitar solo of all time.

Forbes put the Chevy Vega on its list of the worst cars ever made. Poet Bob Holman selected William Topaz McGonagall as the worst poet in history. Salon.com decided that a humorous passage in my memoir, The Televisionary Oracle, deserved second place in its Bill O’Reilly Bad Sex Writing Contest. With these examples as your inspiration, Capricorn, I invite you to figure out what thing you’re not

so good at — maybe even so bad that you’re the worst ever. Why? Because you’re entering the Season of Humility, that’s why. You should celebrate all the flaws and failures that prevent you from turning into an arrogant know-it-all.

Besides, if you have fun mocking your own shortcomings, you might convince fate to kick your ass very gently during the imminent karmic adjustment.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I don’t know if you’re interested — lots of seemingly more practical matters are soaking up your attention right now — but it’s my duty to inform you that you can make more progress towards spiritual enlightenment in the next three weeks than you’ve made in the previous 10 months. Alert, relaxed listening should be the radical act at the heart of your drive towards illumination. Ferocious curiosity should be your normal state of awareness. “Thou shalt be aggressively receptive” should be your main commandment.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20): If you’re average, you have more than 1400 dreams a year. But there have been few weeks in 2004 when you’ve had as many vivid, memorable and useful dreams as you’re likely to enjoy in the coming days. Pay close attention, Pisces! No other sources — not psychics, psychotherapists, good books or wise teachers — can provide you with as much useful information as your dreams will. They will be intimate, artful, playful communiqués from your soul, designed to give you answers to critical questions that you are just beginning to formulate.

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OFFICE ASSISTANT/RECEPTIONIST A caring friendly disposition in a busy environment is a must for all applicants. Experience with computer systems, Microsoft Office a plus. Apply to:

Gordon’s Window Décor 4 Laurette Dr. Essex Jct. VT 05452 fax 802-655-6166

Office Manager Financial planning firm in Colchester is looking for an organized and detail-oriented person to help with daily management of a growing branch. Work includes administrative duties, client contact and marketing.

Good computer, written and verbal skills needed. Full-time position. $9-$11/hour.

Please email resumé & cover letter by Wednesday, November 24, to lisa.a.bedinger@aexp.com or fax to 383-1700.

For questions call 654-8800 Option 1.

The City of Burlington seeks a self-starter to implement the Community Justice Center’s Offender Reentry Project. The Reentry Specialist will create a collaborative network of City, State and Community resources to support the successful reentry of violent offenders.

Educate and engage the community. Experience navigating governmental agencies and working with Offenders, Victim Services and Volunteers is necessary.

Submit City of Burlington application, cover letter and resumé by December 10th, 2004 to:

HR Dept Rm. 33 – City Hall Burlington, VT 05401 For complete job descriptions, please visit our website www.hrjobs.ci.burlington.vt.us or contact 865-7145.

Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply.

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Full-time, immediate opening, 1-3 years experience, must be able to work flexible hours, enjoy working with the public in a fast-paced, high-volume atmosphere without sacrificing quality customer service. Offer competitive salary & benefits w/an established fine dining restaurant and upstairs pub dining. Send resumé to:

Windjammer Restaurant 1076 Williston Road South Burlington, VT 05403 or email jeanette@windjammergroup.com

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Our busy, friendly family practice in Charlotte Village needs a highly organized, detail-oriented person with excellent phone and people skills. The ability to multitask effectively and cheerfully will be a plus. Position includes patient check-in and check-out, scheduling of office appointments and referrals, telephone management, and maintenance of medical records. Medical office experience preferred, but we will train the right person. This challenging position is part-time, 3-4 days/week, with excellent benefits. Send your resumé and references with cover letter to:

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Charlotte Family Health Center 527 Ferry Road, PO Box 38 Charlotte, VT 05445 Tel 802-425-2781 · Fax 802-425-5121

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OFFENDER REENTRY PROJECT SPECIALIST

ASSISTANT RESTAURANT MANAGER:

Full-time Drug & Alcohol Clinician The St. Albans outpatient clinic is seeking a skilled substance-abuse clinician to join our team. This position requires experience with intake/assessment & diagnosis, making referrals, & working with the clinical team to determine level of care placement in counseling for substance-abuse clients. Other duties will include doing some individual & group therapy.

Candidates must possess a Master's degree in counseling, social work, or psychology & have a license, or be licensable, in substance abuse & in counseling or social work. Excellent working conditions in a positive environment. Resumé and cover letter by November 30th to:

CDAS Attn: Cynthia Grace 172 Fairfield St. St. Albans, VT 05478 Individuals with disabilities encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY

Long-term substitute Speech and Language Pathologist needed at our Hiawatha Elementary School beginning on or around 01/03/2005 for up to 12 weeks. Qualified candidates must hold (or be eligible to hold) a Vermont Educator’s license with Speech Language Pathologist endorsement (3-84) and have experience working with students with autism and other intensive communication disorders. Job pays $191.72/day.

For additional information or to apply, please visit our website at www.ejhs.k12.vt.us (click on Employment Opportunities).

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Maple Leaf Farm an Adult Residential Treatment Facility, has a position open for a Master’s level

MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL w/a CADC/LADC. Duties include group/individual/family addictions counseling/case management.

Ideal candidate will have at least 5 years' postMaster's experience providing substance-abuse treatment, excellent writing/group facilitation skills, knowledge of short-term, cognitive behavioral treatment approaches with persons diagnosed with SA/MI, and the ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Cover letter and resumé to: Michael A. Zacharias, Ph.D. Maple Leaf Farm Associates, Inc. 10 Maple Leaf Road Underhill, VT 05489 Phone: 802-899-2911 email: michaelz@mapleleaf.org For more information about our program visit our website at www.mapleleaf.org.

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Busy Burlington Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hair salon, looking for stylist. Full or part-time hours available. Benefits and generous pay package for the right person.

Continuing education in menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hairstyling available.

Please call Michelle at (802) 864-2088.

sought for positions at Vermont correctional facilities. Provide assessment, individual and group therapy. Foster and participate in multidisciplinary treatment approach and continuous quality improvement. Competitive salary.

Licensed Mental Health Clinicians

Email cover letter and resumĂŠ to: Marion Watson at fmjer29v11@aol.com

PART-TIME SUPPORT PERSON

MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR for busy apartment complex. Candidate should be highly motivated, skilled in various forms of apartment upkeep and must have good people skills. Send resumĂŠ to:

P.O. Box 702, Colchester, VT 05446.

needed to provide support to a young man with challenging behaviors living in the Burlington area.

Contact Dennis at Upper Valley Services, (802) 496-7830

Maplefields is looking for full and part-time 3rd shift sales associates to join our winning team. 3rd shift differential, health, dental, 401k, vacation and personal time. Competitive wages and holiday pay.

Full-time & Part-time

COUNTER POSITIONS AVAILABLE â&#x20AC;˘ Starting at $8.00/hour + tips â&#x20AC;˘ Dependability a must Contact us at

802.872.2616 Please ask for Tad, our manager.

m BAGEL MARKET 30 Susie Wilson Rd. Essex, VT 05401

Good wages & benefits Women & minorities encouraged to apply.

Apply in person at: A.C. Hathorne Co., 252 Ave. C, Williston, VT 862-6473

Infant and Toddler Childcare Team positions available. Beautiful, rural childcare facility. Education and experience preferred.

Call Crystal (802) 434-3891 for more information. EOE

GENERAL MANAGER Rapidly growing moving business seeks dynamic leader to take this company to the next level, working closely with CEO implementing expansion plans. Business management experience desired. Strong organizational skills, computer capable, physically fit. Oversees warehouse and moving operations. Creates estimates, coordinates schedules for local and long-distance moves. Salary commensurate with experience. Benefits. Bonuses with growth.

Contact neil@stowemovingcompany.com or call 802-244-8900 for an interview.

Stowe Moving Company

Management & Sales Associates

ARE YOU A NIGHT OWL?

ROOFERS & LABORERS

We are now hiring Management and Sales Associate positions for our new location in South Burlington! If you are a positive, energetic person who communicates well and enjoys helping others, we offer a great working environment and a generous discount. Extensive benefit package for eligible employees! Interested candidates should call or send resumĂŠ to:

Terry Goduto Phone: (800) 456-1474 x511 tgoduto@countrycurtains.com

Contact Vinny to set up an interview today!

(802) 893-6834 or (802) 236-5987 An Equal Opportunity Employer

g. housen-north, a Rutland, VT based distributor of fine wines, beer and non-alcoholic specialty beverages has a part-time opening for a

PT Route Merchandiser to work in the Burlington, VT region.

Responsibilities include merchandising beverage product for super and C-store chains. Average 20 hours/week including Saturdays and Sundays.

Please submit your resumĂŠ to:

Human Resources Office Karen Ball Clarke Companies PO Box 624 Keene, NH 03431 Phone 603-358-6058 x212 Fax: 603-352-0988

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EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT Are you looking for flexible part-time work that you can do from home?

The Vermont Chiropractic Association (VCA) is looking for an Executive Assistant to help manage their 100-120 local members as well as communicate with Board Members.

Seeking someone who is self-motivated, personable and professional. Must possess strong organization, time management and communication (especially writing) skills. Must have a computer/printer, telephone and high-speed Internet access. Pay is hourly, estimate 10-15 hours per week on average. Some chiropractic benefits included.

Please send resumĂŠ and cover letter to:

And you think your job stinks?

ThÊrèse Fafard, via email: tfafard@direcway.com, via telephone: (802) 388-3363, via fax: (802) 388-2835 or via post: 1763 Hunt Road, New Haven, VT 05472

Norwich is a unique academic institution, combining strong traditions, a beautiful campus, and innovative educational programs. We are looking for talented people for the following current openings:

DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING ADMISSIONS Market engineering programs, assess applicants.

ADMISSIONS COUNSELOR Recruit, counsel, and assess prospective students.

HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT Customer service, database maintenance and reporting.

Find complete announcements for these and other opportunities on our website, www.norwich.edu, under Employment. To apply, send a cover letter and resumĂŠ to the listed opening, Human Resources, 158 Harmon Drive, Northfield, VT 05663, or by email to jobs@norwich.edu.

Norwich is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical and dental coverage, group life and long-term disability insurance, flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care, a retirement annuity plan and tuition scholarships for eligible employees and their family members.

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7D CLASSIFIEDEMPLOYMENT S

ystems & Software, Inc., located in Colchester, Vermont, is a growing, dynamic and successful company dedicated to providing a broad range of CIS and Financial Applications to municipal and investor-owned utilities nationwide.

SYSTEMS SUPPORT SPECIALIST

Experienced specialist with solid base of technical knowledge/skills in computer hardware/software support sought to assist information systems activities of northern New England’s leading performing arts center. Associate's degree in computer science or related discipline (Bachelor’s degree preferred), 3-5 years of relevant technical experience desirable. Experience writing SQL procedures/ reports and with Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP and Microsoft Office a must. Knowledge of Microsoft Exchange and Mac OSX desirable. Excellent troubleshooting, problem-solving, multitasking, teamwork skills required. This position is 32-40 hours per week, with full benefits. Arts lovers are encouraged to apply.

Send cover letter and resumé by November 24 to:

Java Server Pages (JSP) We are currently seeking to fill a JSP position with the following skills to participate in the development of our next generation product. This exciting project requires a talented, motivated, creative, team-oriented individual. A CS or MIS Degree and experience in JavaScript, Java, XML, and XSL required.

Major responsibilities include developing/documenting test cases/test data.

Testing software programs. Creating and executing automated test scripts, contributing to the establishment of standards/procedures for program functional design/testing, recommending of program improvements/revisions, and the reviewing of computer logs/reports to identify errors/possible improvements.

To apply, please email your resumé as an MS Word attachment to jobs@ssiutilitysuite.com.

Flynn Center HR Department Flynn Center for the Performing Arts 153 Main Street • Burlington, VT 05401

Or email to: dpetrovs@flynncenter.org. No phone calls, please. EOE

Check out our website! www.ssiutilitysuite.com

Systems & Software is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Where

YOU Make a Difference

Fletcher Allen Health Care is seeking motivated individuals for the following opportunities: • Security Security Officer I: High school diploma or equivalent. Prior security experience required and clean/valid driver’s license. Two positions: Full-time day and fulltime day/evening. Posting #04-1919.

• Plant Operators Plant Operator: Experience equal to a 3rd class ASOPE Power Plant Engineer, 3rd Engineer Stream USCG or equivalent state stationary license. Must hold a valid driver’s license.

Plant Operator: Full-time day/night. Posting #04-1765.

• Maintenance Tech II Positions Requirements: High school diploma or equivalent and a State Journeyman’s license in one of the trades. In place of licensure a comparative, cumulative number of years' experience may be considered, in a specific specialty trade. Valid Vermont driver’s license required.

Maintenance Tech II: Full-time day, MCHV posting #04-1981.

Maintenance Tech II: Part-time, 12-hour days. Every weekend. Posting #04-902.

“I love getting up in the morning and coming to work ... I see myself doing this forever.”

• Maintenance Positions Carpenter: High School diploma or equivalent. Carpentry knowledge gained from 4 years pertinent experience or Journeyman Program. Must have outstanding customer service skills. Valid Vermont driver’s license required. Full-time day. Posting #04-2054.

Painter: Professional experience required. Full-time day. Posting #04-2007.

Plumber: Journeyman’s license required, Master’s license preferred. Must provide own hand tools. Valid State of Vermont driver’s license. Full-time day. Posting #04-1464.

• Other Positions

learn more at www.dhmc.org ... where great opportunities are just the beginning.

New Hampshire’s Only Academic Medical Center Lebanon, N.H. • nursejobs@hitchcock.org

Food Service Workers: Flexible schedule, great benefits, full and part-time day/evening. Posting #04-1706.

Environmental Services Workers: Responsible for cleaning of patient care and visitor areas. Part-time. Posting #04-1133.

Fletcher Allen Health Care offers a comprehensive benefits package and competitive salaries. To apply use our online resumé builder at www.fahc.org or email your cover letter and resumé to: fahcjobs@vtmednet.org (no attachment) or mail to: Human Resources, FAHC, 111 Colchester Ave., Burlington, VT 05401.

Scannable resumés should be on white paper with standard fonts, no bold, underline or italics. Please list posting number when applying. EOE.

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EMPLOYMENT Northeastern Family Institute

Join AmeriCorps:

NFI, an expanding statewide mental health treatment system for children, adolescents and families, is seeking to fill the following positions:

Two positions open to provide creative programming to teens during after-school hours!

AWAKE OVERNIGHT STAFF NFI is seeking Awake Overnight Counselors for its Residential Programs for youth. Experience working with children and adolescents desired. This is a full-time position with benefits. We offer a competitive salary.

RESIDENTIAL COUNSELORS Seeking counselors to work at our Residential Programs. Work with a talented team in a fast-paced environment. Experience working with children with emotional and behavioral challenges desired. Responsibilities include counseling youth, ADL (activity, daily learning), hygiene & living skills, and assist in treatment and discharge planning. This is a full-time position with a competitive salary.

Come join the creative, dynamic team at NFI. Call Jaime Wark today at 658-3914 ext. 624 or email your resumé to: jlwark@earthlink.net.

RECEPTIONIST Seeking an enthusiastic part-time receptionist to answer phone and greet visitors and perform miscellaneous clerical and office functions. Great phone and computer skills required.

Please send resumé to Bobbie Perreault HR Manager, bobbieperreault@nafi.com.

NFI Vermont 30 Airport Road South Burlington, VT 05403 EOE

The Washington County Youth Service Bureau/Boys & Girls Club is seeking energetic individuals to fill two full-time AmeriCorps positions serving middle and high-school-age youth in Washington County.

AmeriCorps, a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, offers unlimited opportunities for professional growth. AmeriCorps members receive a living allowance, health benefits, a cash stipend or an education award and comprehensive skill development training.

Positions are available with the following programs: • The Basement Teen Center in Montpelier, VT. Contact Parad Meier at (802) 229-9151.

• The After-School Programs of the Washington West Supervisory Union in the Mad River Valley and Waterbury, VT. Contact Jill Rolfe at (802) 229-9151.

For more information about AmeriCorps, visit www.americorps.org. Positions will be filled as soon as possible.

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PART-TIME FACULTY Spring 2005 Semester Johnson State College, with growing student enrollments on and off-campus, announces anticipated vacancies for part-time teaching assignments. Semester classes begin on January 13, 2005, and end on May 13, 2005.

A Master’s degree in the appropriate academic discipline is required for the following positions:

800 Response is the leading source for Vanity 800 phone numbers with hundreds of customers in automotive, financial, real estate, and other industries. We are looking for candidates to fill the following positions:

Web Developer: PHP / Perl / MySQL

Genetics: This class is scheduled to meet on Tuesday and Thursday 11:30 am12:45 pm, with a lab on Tuesday 1:00-4:00 pm.

Seeking a serious Web application developer, with experience in teaming, to design and build flexible, scaleable systems. We require three years of professional experience using PHP, Perl, CGI, HTML, XML, JavaScript and MySQL. Must be familiar with Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash, and have excellent system architecture and application/database design skills. Additional consideration will be given to candidates with Linux system administration experience, including Apache customization, configuration and security, advanced MySQL administration including replication, DNS administration, IDS and firewall configuration, and mail server administration.

Introduction to Chemistry: This class is scheduled to meet on Monday and Wednesday 11:30 am-12:45 pm, with a lab on Wednesday 1:00-3:00 pm.

Provisioning Specialist

Supervision and Training: The days and times for this evening class to be determined.

Event Management: The days and times for this evening class to be determined.

Cellular and Molecular Biology: This class is scheduled to meet on Monday and Wednesday 11:30 am-12:45 pm, with a lab on Monday 1:00-4:00 pm.

National Parks & Wilderness Management: This class is scheduled to meet on Tuesday 6:00-8:45 pm.

World History II: This class is scheduled to meet on Tuesday and Thursday 10:00-11:15am.

Europe in the Middle Ages: This class is scheduled to meet on Monday and Wednesday 1:00-2:15 pm.

Seeking individuals with strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills, with a pleasant and professional demeanor. Responsibilities include interacting with external vendors and multiple databases while ensuring accurate activation of orders. Familiarity with computers and an ability to handle multiple, competing deadlines under pressure, are essential.

Introduction to Psychology: Class days and times to be determined.

800 Response offers competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package.

Forensic Psychology: Class days and times to be determined.

Working with the Elderly/Gero Psychology: Class days and times to be determined.

Send a letter of interest, resumé, and list of three references to:

Please send or fax resumé with cover letter to:

Jean Reynolds, Academic Dean's Office Johnson State College, 337 College Hill, Johnson, VT 05656

PO Box 1049 Burlington, VT 05402-1049 Email: blesperance@800response.com Fax: 860-0395

To learn more about Johnson State College visit http://www.johnsonstatecollege.edu.

JOHNSON STATE COLLEGE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

EOE

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7D CLASSIFIEDEMPLOYMENT Various positions for a large food manufacturer in Franklin County.

Executive Director

GUEST SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE: FT, immediate opening, must be able to work flexible hours – days, eves. & weekends. Prior hotel experience helpful, customer service experience needed. Able to work in a fast-paced environment, handling multiple tasks efficiently in a professional manner. Must be outgoing and friendly and enjoy working with the public. We offer competitive wages, benefits and an interesting work atmosphere.

YWCA of Vermont seeks full-time Executive Director with previous experience in organizational development and program management, e.g., residential camp program, non-profit or social service organizations. Must work effectively and enthusiastically with members, staff and volunteers in areas of program development, marketing, fundraising, membership development, and facility maintenance. Send resumé by December 1st to:

ALLENBROOK HOMES FOR YOUTH is seeking a substitute Awake Overnight staff member to supervise group home for teenagers on occasion from 10pm-6am. This position is likely to lead to a part or full-time position in the future. References and a criminal background check are required. Send resumé and three references to:

a Logistics 2nd shift

This is a permanent position. Must execute all activities regarding inventory accuracy in general traffic areas. Must have excellent oral/written communication and math skills.

Excellent benefits. Call Chris Favreau at Adecco 802-524-5385.

EOE

COMMON GROUND CENTER

Apply in person to: Best Western Hotel 1076 Williston Road South Burlington, VT 05403

a Production Clerk 1st shift

This is a permanent position. Must be proficient in Excel and Word. Will support operations through specific data collection and reporting.

PO Box 148, South Hero, VT 05486 • EOE

WILLARD STREET INN Monday-Friday

BREAKFAST CHEF

Development Coordinator

Common Ground Center seeks a dynamic Development Coordinator to lead the organization in raising funds to meet the annual operating needs and assist in implementing a capital campaign for its ecologically designed family camp facility on 715 acres in Starksboro, VT. Capital campaign experience preferred, but will train. CGC is a multi-age arts, education and outdoor recreation center dedicated to building strong families within a diverse and supportive community. Strong organizational and communication skills a must.

Hours negotiable, $14/hour + health insurance.

Email resumé, cover letter and a one-page writing sample to CGC Co-Director Jim Mendell at jim@cgcvt.org by November 24.

Starting immediately.

Experience required.

Email resumé to

LuCinda Richmond Allenbrook Homes for Youth 102 Allen Road South Burlington, VT 05403 (802) 658-1433

Info@willardstreetinn.com

CALL Jocelyn at 802-651-8710 or drop resumé off at

Don't miss out.

Opportunity doesn't knock every day you know!

349 South Willard Street.

SERVERS & CASHIERS

Engaging minds that change the world

Work Study Coordinator and Career Counselor Career Services

WAITSTAFF OPENINGS: Immediate openings, experience a plus. Must be able to work full-time, including evening, weekend & holiday shifts. Must be able to work in a high-volume, fast-paced environment. Must be able to work as part of the team.

Apply in person to:

Windjammer Restaurant 1076 Williston Road South Burlington, VT 05403

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Seeking a talented program manager for UVMs Federal Work-Study program, serving 2,000 student employees, 3000 positions, 190 on-campus departments and 160 off-campus non-profit organizations. Additional responsibilities include providing career services major choice, internships, career exploration and job search to students and alumni. The successful candidate must have a history of excellent project management, service and problem solving and demonstrate expert interpersonal, advising and presentation skills. Proven abilities with technology are required. Minimum requirements: Bachelors degree in counseling, education, human services or a related field and one to four years related experience or an equivalent combination required. This position will actively support departmental and institutional goals for creating a campus community that embraces diversity and promotes the recruitment and retention of students of color. Commitment to diversity and inclusion required.

For further information, or to apply with electronic application, resume, cover letter and references for #030761, visit our web site at: www.uvmjobs.com.

The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer.

For weekend brunch.

Please submit resumé & application attn: Caroline.

Full-time

BOOKKEEPER Please submit resumé attn: Sally.

Fun working environment with incentives including free gym membership, ski passes and a flexible schedule.

Nectar's • 188 Main St. • Burlington

NO CALLS

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HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER Vermont Adult Learning (VAL), a nonprofit and the statewide provider of adult education, literacy and work-readiness programs, seeks a Human Resources Manager to administer the systems associated with the organization’s regional staff of over 100 employees. The HR Manager will work closely with management to ensure that policies and procedures comply with laws & regulations, establish and monitor personnel systems, review & make recommendations regarding compensation and benefits, act as liaison in employee relations, and coordinate appropriate trainings.

Qualifications include knowledge of and experience with employer laws & regulations and general HR functions. Applicant should possess strong interpersonal, organizational and communication skills. Experience with nonprofit organizations helpful. Bachelor’s degree and 3-5 years’ experience in human resources functions. The position will be located at VAL’s central office in Waterbury. Comprehensive benefit package provided. Job description available upon request.

Send cover letter and resumé by Wednesday, December 1st to:

4 Operations &

Maintenance Worker 4 Maintenance Worker The Town of Richmond, VT, seeks to fill two part-time 24-hour positions. One Operations and Maintenance Worker and one Maintenance Worker. Both require organized and reliable individuals who enjoy working on their own, in the outdoors and within the industrial setting of the Town’s wastewater treatment and water distribution systems. Driver’s license required with experience operating small equipment preferred. The Operations and Maintenance Worker’s position will include providing repair and preventive maintenance on equipment, interior and exterior upkeep and some specialized services. Pay is dependent on qualifications for both positions. A full job description is available at http://www.richmondvt.com under “Documents.” Please send cover letter, resumé and three current references to:

Angela Corbin, Vermont Adult Learning P.O. Box 159 E. Montpelier, VT 05651

TOWN OF RICHMOND WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT P.O. BOX 285, RICHMOND, VT 05477

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Questions may be directed to Kendall Chamberlin, Superintendent of Water Resources at (802) 434-2178. This position is open until filled. EOE

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EMPLOYMENT Vermont Land Trust Stewardship Agricultural Coordinator Interested in working for a successful organization helping to conserve Vermont’s working farms? We are seeking a full-time hands-on agricultural specialist to serve as the primary contact in our Richmond office for owners of conserved farmland. An agricultural degree plus related ag experience is required. Ability to interpret real estate and other legal documents, proficiency with MS Office and GIS applications is preferred. Position open until filled. For more information, visit www.vlt.org.

Please send cover letter and resumé to:

Search Committee Vermont Land Trust 8 Bailey Avenue, Montpelier, VT 05602

The Baird Center for Children and Families A Division of the Howard Center for Human Services

First Call First Call for Children and Families is a 24-hour crisis service for youth and families in Chittenden County, providing phone support and community outreach. Our team currently has three openings, one of which is a leadership position. If you enjoy working with young people and families and have some crisis experience, please send a letter of interest along with a resumé to Laura Pearce. A Master’s degree in a human service field and a valid driver's license are required.

Residential

employment@sevendaysvt.com Howard Community Services A Division of the Howard Center for Human Services 102 S. Winooski Ave. Burlington, VT 05401 www.HowardCenter.org

Respite Providers Support providers are needed to provide supports to individuals with developmental disabilities. Howard Community Services acts as a listing agency. After the screening process is complete, providers are listed out to consumers and others on their team that will employ providers. Various opportunities are available that offer a flexible schedule and skill-building challenges. Hours and locations vary.

Contact Melissa at 802-652-2123 for more information.

Shared Living Provider Needed Very self-sufficient and likable man in his early 20’s is looking for a roommate who will support his need to be independent as well as supporting his desire to learn new activities and meet new people.

He is extremely pleasant to be around and would like to have positive influences in his life. We have an ongoing need for flexible team players to provide homes and support to persons with developmental disabilities. These positions include excellent tax-free compensation, rent, training, generous respite stipend, and the opportunity to work with a supportive team. Must live in Chittenden County. Contact Kathy at 802-865-6173 for more information about these opportunities or for general information about this program.

Residential Instructors (2 Positions) Excellent opportunities to work with adolescents with dual diagnosis of developmental disabilities and psychiatric or mental health diagnosis.

This residential treatment milieu is a dynamic program that offers individualized treatment in a broad spectrum of areas including attachment disorder, posttraumatic stress, and major mental illness. This is also a great opportunity to receive training and supervision for working with families and other service providers. Other forms of training will be provided, including crisis management, medication administration, etc. Join a dynamic team of other Residential Instructors who are very capable in the areas of teamwork, support, communication, and clinical problem solving. One of the positions is full-time (40 hours/week) and the other position is part-time (20 hours/week – Saturdays and Sundays). Reliable transportation is mandatory as well as satisfactory completion of background screenings. Please send resumé and cover letter to Mark Margolis, MA Clinical Psychology or call 860-3579 to inquire about the position.

Residential Instructor – 24.5 hour position Feel wonderful about your work each day while enjoying a great compensation and benefits package, team support and training opportunities! This position offers a conscientious, detail & teamoriented individual the chance to work with a fun-loving and energetic team of staff providing residential support and training to six developmentally disabled adults in basic living, vocational, social and community activities. Responsibilities also include personal care and household duties. Varied hours. Valid driver’s license and dependable transportation a must. Send resumé to Brandi Corrigan, Howard Community Services, 1822 North Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401 or email BrandiCo@HowardCenter.org. *** EOE/TTY Individuals with disabilities encouraged to apply ***

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PERMANENT PART-TIME RESIDENTIAL COUNSELORS Positions available in all three residences up to 19 hours per week serving children 6-14 with emotional and behavioral challenges.

Mornings and weekends available. Responsibilities include teaching and modeling age-appropriate social, emotional and personal skills for children living in care. Please send cover letter and resumé to Coleen Lillie.

SUBSTITUTE RESIDENTIAL COUNSELORS/ SUBSTITUTE OVERNIGHT RESIDENTIAL COUNSELORS Positions available in our innovative residential treatment program for children with emotional and behavioral challenges. Please send resumé to Prudence Trombly or call at 318-1316.

RESPITE PROVIDERS Provide youth and their families ongoing support and a muchneeded break from the intensity of their day-to-day issues. Parttime flexible positions available up to 19 hrs weekly. Afternoons, evenings and weekends. Must possess good therapeutic and rapport-building skills; experience with children struggling with emotional & behavioral challenges. Vehicle required. Hourly rate plus expense reimbursement. Send resumé to Aimee Upchurch.

SUPPORT COMPANIONS Provide 1:1 support to children who are experiencing severe emotional and behavioral challenges. These therapeutic services are to be delivered in collaboration with Family and Communitybased Services focusing on assisting children in developing adaptive skills necessary to remain in their home, school, and community settings. Applicants must possess good therapeutic and rapport-building skills, be a team-oriented participant, and be a positive advocate for the children and families they serve.

Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree and/or 2 years' experience in human services, with emphasis on children with special needs.

Valid VT driver’s license and auto insurance required. 37.5 hours/ week; afternoons, evenings and weekends. Extensive training & benefits. Submit resumé to Aimee Upchurch.

INTENSIVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT CLINICIANS Opportunity to join a skilled, committed and enthusiastic team to provide intensive, specialized, 1:1 clinical support to a 12-yearold female. Responsibilities include direct service and team collaboration with the goal of helping to increase child’s overall functioning. Part-time hours, afternoons and evenings. Master’s level clinician desired. Send resumé to Aimee Upchurch.

The Baird Center for Children and Families 1138 Pine Street Burlington, VT 05401 (802) 863-1326 bairdjobs@howardcenter.org • www.howardcenter.org EOE/TTY * Individuals with disabilities encouraged to apply.

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7D CLASSIFIEDEMPLOYMENT

DESIRABLE JOBS Behavioral Interventionist – C.A.T.Team

…desirable candidates.

NCSS, Inc., is seeking a Behavioral Interventionist to work in the Collaborative Achievement Team – CAT Program.This program is serving children in Franklin & Grand Isle counties within the framework of a school system. Candidates must possess strong communication skills and work as a team member in supporting challenging children to achieve success in school.

Candidates should have a Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in the Human Services field and experience working with children. This position is full-time and offers benefits and a competitive salary.

Send resumé to the address below.

Intensive Case Manager Recovery-oriented mental health program seeks dynamic, flexible team player to provide intensive case management services to individuals with major and persistent mental illness within a modified Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team. Responsibilities include providing assistance with activities of daily living, money management, social and interpersonal skill development, medication monitoring, and supportive counseling in community settings, including home visits. Ability to work in a collaborative team environment and flexible schedule (including evenings, weekends, and holidays) a must. Knowledge of substance abuse and the criminal justice system desirable.

Associate’s degree in the Human Services field and relevant experience required.

Please send letter of interest and resumé to the address below.

Program Supervisor Northwestern Counseling and Support Services is seeking a strong and dynamic leader to fill the Program Supervisor position of our Parent Child Center, The Family Center of Northwestern Vermont. Qualified candidates will possess leadership, management, clinical, and financial skills to direct the Child Development and Family Support programs. A working knowledge of the Agency of Human Services, early education, prevention, Medicaid, and grant writing are essential skills to this position.

Please send letter of interest and resumé to the address below.

Contracted Community Support Worker Looking for a male companion to support a man with developmental disabilities and CP in his home. Need to fill two positions – 30 hours per week.Team support and training provided.

Contact Gordon at 868-3523 x225.

Substitute Behavior Interventionist Seeking responsible, trustworthy, caring individual to work in a school setting assisting children and young adults with developmental disabilities. Must be comfortable with all aspects of personal care. Must be willing and able to learn about and implement use of communication devices. LNA preferred. Current valid driver’s license and reliable transportation required.

Position takes place in Franklin and Grand Isle counties.

This is a Per Diem position. Pay is based on skill and experience.

Please send letter of interest and resumé to the address below.

NCSS, HR Dept., 107 Fisher Pond Rd., St. Albans, VT 05478 • E.O.E.

SEVEN DAYS Pick up 7D Classifieds free every Wednesday or read online at www.7dclassifieds.com. Looking for the best staff?

Reserve an ad with michelle@sevendaysvt.com.

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EMPLOYMENT UNION INSTITUTE & U NIVERSITY Engaging minds that change the world

Counselor, Enrollment Union Institute & University, a national university offering Bachelor’s, Master’s and Ph.D. degrees to adult learners, is seeking an enrollment counselor at Vermont College to join the admissions team. The counselor will advance relationships with prospective learners leading to the enrollment of those who are qualified and demonstrate an ability to benefit from the University's unique programs. The counselor will also coordinate with student services and academic programs and maintain application files.

This is a fast-paced, performance-based role, emphasizing extensive phone contact with some evening and weekend work required.

Qualifications include excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, contact management skills, computer literacy, resourcefulness and attention to detail. A bachelor’s degree with experience in higher education and sales is preferred.

Medical/dental benefits, life/disability insurance, retirement plan, 20 days per year and 12 sick days per year, 14 paid holidays and tuition benefits if enrolled at the University. Submit letter of interest, resume and three references on or before November 22, 2004 to: Human Resources Office, Counselor, Enrollment, Union Institute & University, 440 E. McMillan St., Cincinnati, OH 45206-1925.

Union Institute and University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

Now Hiring Immediate merchandise discounts up to 25%.

Burlington On-site interviews for: • Seasonal and Regular Sales Associates (Full- and Part-time) • Cosmetic Beauty Advisors • Commission Sales Associates • Fine Jewelry Sales Associates

Asbestos & Lead Worker Physical Plant

SECOND YEAR APPRENTICE LINEWORKER Burlington Electric Department The Burlington Electric Department is now accepting applications for a Second Year Apprentice Lineworker. All applicants must have a HS diploma and successfully completed 1 year as an apprentice Lineworker.

Join BED’s team-oriented environment and send a resumé and a completed City of Burlington Application by December 2nd, 2004 to:

Human Resources Department City Hall, Room 33 • Burlington, VT 05401 For a complete description of this position or an application, visit our website at www.hrjobs.ci.burlington.vt.us or contact Human Resources at 802/865-7145.

Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply. EOE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Vermont Council on Domestic Violence seeks a dynamic leader to serve as Executive Director.

Responsibilities of this part-time position include program development, advocacy, and financial and grant management for statewide multidisciplinary domestic violence efforts. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and a comprehensive understanding of domestic violence required. Commitment to an anti-oppression philosophy and experience in grant writing and financial management preferred.

Send resumé and letter of interest to:

Apply during store hours.

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opportunities that excite!

Equal Opportunity Employer

VERMONT ENERGY INVESTMENT CORPORATION Come join Vermont’s innovative energy efficiency organization! We’re a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving energy and improving our environment. We’re looking for energetic, enthusiastic and environmentally motivated individuals to join our terrific team.

This position requires excellent customer service, sales, written and oral communication, word processing, spread sheet and database skills. EOE.

RETAIL ACCOUNT MANAGERS Develop and maintain relationships with retailers selling ENERGY STAR and energyefficient products. Visit regularly, replenish point-of-sale materials, deliver training and identify new opportunities to sell energyefficient products and services. Requires self-starter with ability to persuade and obtain ongoing client commitment.

Valid driver’s license, reliable car and some Saturday work required. Much travel within Vermont. Associate's degree in business and/or marketing or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience in energy efficiency and retail sales a plus.

Please email cover letter and resumé by November 22, 2004, to:

resume@veic.org or mail to: VEIC Recruitment 255 South Champlain Street, Suite 7 Burlington, VT 05401

Search Committee (ML) Spectrum Vermont Council on DV 31 Elmwood Avenue Burlington, VT 05401 EOE

November 30th

2 positions available. Perform environmental hazard cleanup including asbestos abatement, lead related activities, mold remediation and pigeon guano, emergency response in accordance with State and Federal regulations, procedures and practices. High school diploma and one year of related experience required, or an equivalent combination. Must be certified or capable of being certified as State of Vermont asbestos worker within 60 days. Required to use breathing apparatus. Valid Vermont driver's license or ability to obtain, and driver's check required. Must be able to pass physical examination appropriate to the conditions of this position. Knowledge of lead industry and associated Federal and State regulations. Smokers will not be considered due to research that indicates there is a high medical risk when working with asbestos. Must work and maneuver on ladders, staging and in cramped/confined spaces (tunnels).

Ability to lift 50 lbs. and push/pull 80-100 lbs. Commitment to diversity and inclusion required. Bargaining Unit position. Only applicants with thoroughly completed on-line applications will be considered.

For further information, or to apply with electronic application, resume and cover letter for ##030573/030575, visit our website at: www.uvmjobs.com. Tel: 802-656-3494.

The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer.

Peer Outreach Worker We are looking for a dynamic young person to help connect the GLBTQQ youth community to Spectrum services.

Duties include: Staffing drop-in center, providing educational programming to youth, Internet-based outreach, street-based outreach, making connections with community organizations.

Qualifications: Must be between the ages of 14 and 21. Must possess the ability to connect with the GLBTQQ community. Ability to act as role model for peers. Email: tmessier@spectrumvt.org to apply.

Full-time Residential Staff Opening at TLF Spectrum Youth and Family Services is looking for a dynamic, motivated individual to work in our Transitional Living Facility. Applicants should be dependable and able to work independently as well as with a team. Some awake overnight work is required. Experience with young people and a Bachelor’s degree are preferred.

Send cover letter and resumé to: Kellie Arbor 177 Pearl Street Burlington, VT 05401 802.862.5396 ext. 596 karbor@spectrumvt.org

12:00 - 6:00 pm

Seasonal Gift Counselors and Gift Fulfillment Specialists

VTB needs YOU to EITHER take incoming orders for BearGrams, PajamaGrams or Calyx and Corolla (flowers) OR fulfill these orders during the Christmas season.

Gift Counselors must have the ability to maximize sales by utilizing excellent communication and data entry skills to meet customer's needs in a friendly and professional manner. Solid computer/data entry, spelling, grammar and customer service skills essential.

Gift Fulfillment Specialists positions require fine motor skills, high quality standards and close attention to detail. Must have the ability to work standing for extended periods, do some lifting and work overtime as needed.

Great product discounts, referral incentives and a fun, dynamic work environment!

Come in and fill out an application and talk to a hiring manager!

The Vermont Teddy Bear Co., 6655 Shelburne Road, Shelburne, VT 05482 or fax resume to 802-985-1330

Development Director/Business Manager

Established non-profit childcare center seeks experienced fundraiser and/or financial manager. Part-time, potential for full-time.

We offer: Compelling mission, progressive workplace, exceptional staff, competitive salaries and benefits.

Required: Excellent communication skills, three years' successful development experience (events, grants, donors), computer proficiency, teamwork and long-term commitment.

Desired: Bookkeeping and financial management skills, nonprofit experience, knowledge of early care and education field.

Mentor Teacher

Reggio-inspired program seeks dedicated Early Childhood professional to work with our Big Kids (preschoolers) team. Exceptional staff/child ratios, primary caregiving system, beautiful classrooms and 15 acres of field and forest to explore.

We offer: Progressive workplace, competitive salaries, generous benefits, and the opportunity to do work that really matters.

Required: CDA/AA or BS in ECE, inquisitive mind, open heart, gentle spirit. Four years' group childcare experience, two years' supervisory experience, teamwork and long-term commitment.

Desired: Computer proficiency, documentation experience, and familiarity with Reggio Emilia approach.

Resumés to: The Children’s Garden, 22 Meadow Drive Morrisville VT 05661, EOE

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7D CLASSIFIEDEMPLOYMENT Orange Center School GRADE 6 CLASSROOM TEACHER 1.0 FTE Grade 6 Classroom Teacher to be hired on or before January 3rd, 2005. Must have or be eligible for appropriate Vermont licensure.

Send cover letter, resumé, three letters of reference, transcripts and certification documents to:

Community & Residential Support Staff: Provide support to an engaging, fun and active developmentally disabled young woman in her community and home in Burlington area.

We are looking for individuals who are enthusiastic, flexible and willing to work as part of a team. Experience working with challenging behaviors helpful. Regular hours (20-30 hours) with flexible scheduling.

Excellent reimbursement, great learning opportunity and meaningful work.

Rich Jacobs, Principal Orange Center School 357 U.S. Rte. 302 East Barre, VT 05679

If interested, call Tammy (802) 864-9181 or email tamazonvt@yahoo.com EOE

DISPATCHER NEEDED: for nationwide courier and logistics company. The successful candidate will demonstrate a positive attitude and the ability to prioritize duties. Basic PC skills required. Part-time hours will consist of 1st and 2nd shift weekends. Competitive salary.

Please contact:

Vermont Courier Inc. 444 Shunpike Road Williston, VT 05495 800-865-1129 Also, always looking for reliable owner/operators in all VT areas.

employment@sevendaysvt.com • employment@sevendaysvt.com BOOKKEEPER/ OFFICE MANAGER Law firm seeks organized, detail-oriented bookkeeper/office manager. Candidate must have excellent written/oral communication skills, work independently & be proficient in Microsoft Word & Excel. Enthusiasm and a self-starter a must. B.A. preferred.

Cover letter/resumé/ references to:

PO Box 932 Burlington, VT 05402

Engaging minds that change the world

Electrical Senior Mechanic Physical Plant Perform highly skilled electrical, fire alarm and emergency system repairs, preventative maintenance, emergency service and installation and electric control system troubleshooting for HVAC systems and elevator operating systems. High School Diploma, four years of apprenticeship training in electrical trade with State of Vermont Master electrician license, plus six to eight years effective experience in two or more skilled trades (electrical systems and fire alarm systems) required, or an equivalent combination. Valid Vermont driver's license or ability to obtain and driver's check required.

Commitment to diversity and inclusion required. Must possess excellent communication skills as well as computer skills. Only applicants with thoroughly completed on-line applications will be considered. Bargaining Unit position.

For further information, or to apply with electronic application, resume and cover letter for #030422, visit our website at: www.uvmjobs.com. Tel: 802656-3494.

The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer.

Chittenden County Transportation Authority Project Manager This full time position includes grant application, management and financial reporting. Requires a dynamic person with strong writing and communications skills, spreadsheet experience and the ability to manage multiple projects while attending to the details of each. Experience in purchasing, project and contractor management preferred.

Position includes competitive wages a full benefits package. Please e-mail to your information humanresources@ cctaride.org. EOE. C • C • T • A

CHITTENDEN COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST SERVER: FT, Wed - Sun, 6am-2pm. Responsible for set up, break down and cleaning of the breakfast area, restocking food/paper supplies, must have a valid driver’s license and good driving record.

Duties include driving van to and from the airport, banking and other daily errands. Must enjoy working with the public in a fast-paced environment. We offer a fun place to work, competitive wages and benefits. Interested applicants should apply in person to: Best Western Windjammer Inn & Conference Center 1076 Williston Road South Burlington, VT 05403

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Five-lawyer litigation firm in S. Burlington seeks experienced and detail-oriented person 20 hrs. per week. Hours flexible. Casual work atmosphere. Proficiency in Corel, WordPerfect and working knowledge of MS Word required.

Duties include occasional word processing, answering phones, copying, errands and filing.

Experience in legal setting preferred, but not required for the right candidate. Salary commensurate with experience.

Please forward cover letter and resumé to e m a i l @ j pc l a ss l aw . c o m .

HOST/HOSTESS JOB OPENINGS: PT: 3-5 shifts during the week. Lunch shifts, ideal “mother’s hours.”

FT: must be able to work evening, weekend and holiday shifts.

Customer service experience a plus. Must be able to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment in a professional and friendly demeanor. Must enjoy working with the public. We offer a competitive wage and some benefits. Apply in person to:

Windjammer Restaurant 1076 Williston Road, South Burlington, VT 05403

iSYSTEMS Trainer We have an immediate opening for an energetic person to join our training team.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 2 years training experience, and will be responsible for creating and writing training syllabuses. An eye for detail and a high level of accuracy along with the ability to meet deadlines is essential. Must be willing to travel throughout the United States. An understanding of Windows applications is needed. Previous payroll experience a plus.

Please send a resumé and salary requirements to:

Tammy Benway Training & Documentation Manager iSystems LLC PO Box 706 Essex Jct., VT 05453 tbenway@isystemsllc.com

University Mall

Holiday help needed:

FOR FILLING ONE OF 368 JOBS AT

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Cashiers 3 Stockpersons 3 Sales Associates 3 Receiving/Marketing 3 Automotive Sales/Technicians

$50 sign-on bonus for all new hires employed from 11/1/04 – 12/24/04

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*must work through to 12/24, good attendance is required.

Apply in store or online at www.sears.com EOE

Toll Free 1-888-754-7684 www.smuggs.com/jobs eoe

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EMPLOYMENT waitstaff

EXPERIENCED PRESS OPERATOR Experienced operators needed to run 12-unit offset web press. Work on state of the art equipment, earn up to $18 an hour, receive a great benefits package and work with a quality crew.

Press apprentices also needed. We’re willing to train the right people. If you’d like to participate in this exciting venture, send letter and qualifications to:

SD Employment Box TA P.O. Box 1164 Burlington, VT 05402 EOE

Needed for authentic Polynesian restaurant and lounge.

Call to arrange an interview.

Kahiki Moon One Lawson Lane, Burlington, VT 05401 (802) 660-HULA (4852)

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Downtown Burlington. Rí Rá Irish Pub & Restaurant, the Valley’s authentic Irish pub, seeks an

Immediate Opening SPECIAL ED PARAPROFESSIONAL Williamstown Elementary School The successful candidate will work with IEP students.

The setting may be one-on-one or small group. This position requires flexibility, the ability to work as a team member, and a love for children. Associate’s degree or equivalent required. Send cover letter, resumé, three letters of reference and transcripts to:

Elaine Watson, Principal Williamstown Elementary School 100 Brush Hill Road, Williamstown, VT 05679 EOE

ASSISTANT MANAGER. This is an exciting career opportunity to join a fast-growing East Coast-based company.

Fax resumé to: (802) 658-5742 or email craigdecatur@rira.com

Project Leader needed!

Motivated, organized, personable individual needed to coordinate exciting new Career Start project for youth with disabilities in Chittenden County. Full-time AmeriCorps position – opportunity to make a difference.

Send resumé and cover letter by 11/24 to:

Linking Learning to Life 52 Institute Road Burlington, VT 05401 or contact Rich at 951-8850

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Mainstream Teaching Assistant W ESTFORD E LEMENTARY S CHOOL We have an opening for a temporary one-year Mainstream Teaching Assistant for the remainder of the 2004-05 school year to work with special needs students. Pays $10.16/hour, 6.5 hours per day, plus excellent benefits. Good working knowledge of disabilities of special education students and experience working with children/adolescents required. Minimum of an Associate’s degree or 48 credit hours required.

www.rira.com

Community Partnership Coordinator

Are you tired of not getting recognized for your outstanding attitude? Join the team that cares about you!

Essex Location Needs

Cooks Waitstaff & Drivers Apply in person: 1 David Drive, Essex, VT

Bethany Johnson ReCycle North 266 Pine Street Burlington VT 05401 or bjohnson@recyclenorth.org

EOE

Join the Small Dog team!

EOE

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Champlain Vocational Services 512 Troy Avenue, Suite 1 Colchester, VT 05446 (802) 655-0511

Several Home Provider Positions Available Benefits include a generous tax-free stipend, respite dollars and training.

Seeking 2 separate, responsible, compassionate individuals to provide home supports to a young man in his spacious Colchester home with a separate partial upstairs apartment. Call or email:

For a fun, fast paced time.

Small Dog Electronics is seeking a qualified individual to join our team as a part-time sales representative for our busy retail showroom in Waitsfield, Vermont. The successful candidate will have strong computer skills with preference given for those individuals that have Apple Macintosh skills.

Candidates must be available Saturdays and be able to commit 20 hours per week.

Please e-mail your resume to Rob Berkey at: Berkey@smalldog.com, no phone calls please.

Brent Hewey, bhewey@cvsvt.org Also seeking 2 dedicated applicants to support a gentleman in the community and in his South Burlington home. Call or email:

Al Frugoli, afrugoli@cvsvt.org Looking for an individual or couple to support a young woman in their quiet home. Call or email:

Laura Walker, lwalker@cvsvt.org

Community Inclusion Facilitator Positions Available

Cooks Waitstaff & Drivers Full & part-time benefits, flexible schedule.

Always seeking entry-level managers.

A Place to Grow Children’s Center 300 Pearl Street • Burlington, VT 05401 Attn: Robin Rielly

For a complete job description or to apply with cover letter and résumé, contact:

South Burlington Location Needs

Apply in person: 764 Shelburne Road, South Burlington

Childcare Center seeks and energetic, flexible, reliable Teacher for a transitional/toddler teaching position.

32-40 hours per week. CDA or ECE Associate and experience in childcare a must. Health care, vacation, sick time benefits, 401K. Employees are eligible for holiday pay upon hire. Please call Robin at (802) 8626299 for an interview or send resumé to:

Develop and strengthen community partnerships for ReCycle North’s YouthBuild program and be a resource to participants who are completing their high school education while serving their community and developing transferable career and academic skills. This full-time AmeriCorps position pays a $15,000 stipend and a $4,725 educational award. Bachelor’s degree and experience leading and teaching young adults required.

For additional information or to apply, please visit our website at www.ejhs.k12.vt.us (click on Employment Opportunities).

EOE

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Small Dog Electronics is a non-smoking environment, smokers need not apply. We are a member of Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility.

Small Dog Electronics, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit and business needs, and not on race, color, citizenship status, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status, political affiliation, or any other factor protected by law. Small Dog Electronics complies with the law regarding reasonable accommodation for handicapped and disabled employees.

We have several positions available to support individuals with developmental disabilities in the community and in their workplace. Great opportunity for those looking to begin a career in human services. Several part-time and substitute positions available. Send resumé and cover letter to staff@cvsvt.org or mail to the address above.

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7D CLASSIFIEDEMPLOYMENT

Seven Days has a very diverse collection of readers. Vermont Home Interiors is unique in the home-furnishing array of stores in the area. Your paper helped widen my exposure to the general public.

I ran a color ad for a purple sofa one week and a customer sought out our store for that reason. She didn’t know we existed until she saw that ad, and said that purple sofa had to come home with her!

Also, my sales rep is by far the most organized and well-versed I’ve ever worked with. She makes me feel like I’m her special client. And the creative juices that flow from your design department are incredible!

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Laurie Pelcher Vermont Home Interiors

seven days. it works.

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EMPLOYMENT Immediate Employment Openings!

a Warehouse, Manufacturing & Production a Call Center a Accounts Payable/Receivable a Administrative Assistants

Contact Adecco at emily.luce@adeccona.com or call 658-9111 or 527-0006. EOE

Experienced

Waitstaff excellent pay APPLY IN PERSON AT

30 Main St., Gateway Square, Burlington

Want Free Time?

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Do you (or someone you know) feel “stuck” in your current job?

Do you wish you could focus on “process” rather than “politics” on the job?

Do you dream of a Full Time job while working Four (4) Days per Week?

Do you enjoy spending time focused on helping Customers & Co-Workers?

Do you believe that “good” is never really “good enough?”

Do you want to do what you love & love what you do?

Does this sound too good to be true?

•• Apply Now! •• PUBLIC RELATIONS BRANDING COORDINATOR Coordinate the development of a public awareness plan for Norwich University. Develop and implement a media relations strategy; devise and execute marketing campaigns. Oversee a professional staff in successful implementation of the branding program. Develop relationships with media outlets; develop, design, write, and edit stories and graphics that represent the university and enhance perception of its programs; track media coverage. Minimum requirements: Bachelor’s degree in English, Public Relations, Communications, or a related field, and at least three years of professional media, communications or higher education experience; excellent interpersonal and writing skills, with graphic design and editing skills.

Send cover letter and resumé to: Branding Coordinator Search, Human Resources, Norwich University, 158 Harmon Drive, Northfield, VT 05663 or email jobs@norwich.edu.

• Full Time Sales – Manager & Associates • We offer talented individuals an environment focused on taking care of our customers and co-workers! We want only applicants with honest character, interest in education, flexible attitude, self-awareness, ambitious personality, rock solid integrity & strong identity, to focus on “process” not “people.”

Please fax or e-mail resume & cover letter specifying: 1) position of interest, 2) your qualifications and 3) why the position appeals to you, to the attention of Drew Terry, Owner: (No Phone Calls)

E-Mail:: drewt@att.net • Fax: (802) 865-5065

REGIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS SPECIALIST Develop and implement a media relations strategy with the top media outlets in Vermont and New England, in coordination with our national branding program. Develop and pitch stories on news, sports, and special events at Norwich; anticipate emerging issues involving university publicity; gather and release relevant information. Provide expertise in devising and executing marketing campaigns, and managing the university’s relationships with media outlets, including serving as an editorial board facilitator. Minimum requirements: Bachelor’s degree in a related field, and at least three years of creative and media writing experience; excellent writing and interpersonal skills; familiarity with regional media outlets. Send cover letter and resumé to: Regional Branding Specialist Search, Human Resources, Norwich University, 158 Harmon Drive, Northfield, VT 05663 or email jobs@norwich.edu.

Visit our website at www.norwich.edu Norwich 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, a retirement annuity plan, and tuition scholarships for eligible employees and their family members.

Champlain Valley Head Start Preschool Teacher (Swanton): Provide and maintain a developmentally appropriate environment and experiences for preschool children in Head Start classroom. Provide monthly home visits for Head Start families.

Qualifications: Associate's degree in Early Childhood Education or related education field and classroom experience. Bachelor’s degree preferred. Experience in curriculum planning, collaborative teaching and working with children with special needs. Experience working in partnership with parents and community agencies. Also required are excellent verbal, written, organizational, and communication skills, as well as skills in documentation, record-keeping and computer applications such as Word, Excel, email and Internet. Must be energetic, positive, mature, professional, diplomatic, “can-do,” motivated, “extra miler,” and able to work independently and as part of a team.

Starting wage $14.02/hr. After probationary period, wage is $15.21/hr.

Bargaining unit position. 40 hours/week, approx. 42 weeks/year.

Excellent benefits.

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. Equal Opportunity Employer.

Please submit resumé and cover letter with three work references.

Applications must be received by Thursday, Dec. 2. No phone calls, please. Applications may be sent by mail (to address below), fax (802658-0983) or email ewilliams@cvoeo.org.

Champlain Valley Head Start Search Committee – Teacher (Swanton) 431 Pine Street, Burlington, VT 05401

Confidentiality & discretion with your current employer is absolutely assured!

(The Bed Store is an Equal Opportunity Employer – All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply)

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Champlain Valley Head Start Education Coordinator: Senior management position responsible for ensuring compliance with Head Start Education Performance Standards and VT Licensing regulations, as well as all applicable federal, state and local regulations. Other responsibilities include management of curriculum development, child outcomes assessment system, training and professional development initiatives, and classroom operations; supervision of HS Classroom Supervisors; regional and state-based committee work; development and monitoring of program plans, budgets, contracts, agreements, and grants; and development and management of collaborative partnerships with community agencies, programs, childcare centers, schools and other organizations.

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education or related field, and 5 to 7 years of relevant work and experience in supervision. Also required are excellent verbal, written, organizational, and communication skills, as well as skills in documentation, record-keeping and computer applications such as Word, Excel, email and Internet. Must be energetic, positive, mature, professional, diplomatic, “can-do,” motivated, “extra miler”, and able to work independently and as part of a team.

40 hours/week, full year. Salary starting at $18.00+ per hour, depending upon experience and qualifications. Excellent benefits.

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. Equal Opportunity Employer. Please submit resumé and cover letter with three work references. Applications must be received by Thursday, Dec. 2nd.

No phone calls please. Applications may be sent by mail (to address below), fax (802-658-0983) or email ewilliams@cvoeo.org.

Champlain Valley Head Start 431 Pine Street Burlington, VT 05401

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