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ash-strapped Burlington College plans to sell much of its lakeside campus to a developer who envisions constructing homes and larger-scale housing units on the property, its interim president told Seven Days on Monday. Mike Smith, who took over in September when college president Christine Plunkett abruptly resigned, told reporter Alicia Freese that after a “deep dive” into the school’s finances, he’s concluded that its continued existence

depends on an immediate cash infusion. The college has $300,000 in unpaid bills and can’t make debt payments, Smith said. That’s prompting a proposed sale of 25 acres — all but seven acres of the prime real estate on a bluff overlooking Lake Champlain — to developer Eric Farrell for $7 million, Freese reported on Seven Days’ Off Message blog. The school had been talking to Farrell about a more modest development plan for the site, but Smith said the college couldn’t wait as long as it would take to reap the financial benefits. Burlington College bought the land from the then-cash-strapped Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, which had to pay millions of dollars to victims of priest sex-abuse cases. On Tuesday, Burlington Mayor

Miro Weinberger released a statement saying he was “pleased to see Burlington College taking decisive, proactive steps to address its serious financial challenges. I support the efforts of the board and its new management team to save this important Burlington institution.” He noted the city’s interest in a future east-west public bike-path connection there. “We will continue to be engaged in the development and conservation discussions about the land in the months and years ahead,” he said. Could one of the largest tracts of undeveloped lakefront land in Burlington be saved? Interim president Smith said if an environmental group could match Farrell’s price, he’d go that route — provided it happens in the next 60 days. Divine intervention didn’t work for the diocese. Kickstarter campaign?

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FairPoint employees walked out after failed contract negotiations and are picketing around Vermont. Hope this is a short one, too.

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National media picked up the goofiest moments in a Vermont PBS gubernatorial debate — including Scott Milne spacing on his own birthplace.

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Frustrated by high gasoline prices, Burlington councilor Max Tracy suggested the city could operate its own station. Hey, Max, can you check the oil?

1. “Milne’s Brain Freeze Makes ‘Daily Show’” by Mark Davis. Last week, Jon Stewart aired a clip of Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Milne forgetting where he was born. 2. “Winooski’s Waterworks to Open in November” by Alice Levitt. A new incarnation of the longtime Winooski favorite is gearing up to open its doors next month. 3. “Burlington College Selling Much of Its Lakefront Campus” by Alicia Freese. The college plans to sell off most of its land by early next year in order to pay the bills. 4. “As IBM Offloads Chip Biz, GlobalFoundries Pledges to Retain Vermont Jobs” by Paul Heintz. It’s official: GlobalFoundries will take over IBM’s chip-making division, including the Essex plant that employs some 4,000 Vermonters. 5. “Farmers Run Afoul of Labor Laws — and Pay for It” by Kathryn Flagg. Some farmers are learning the hard way the complexity of federal labor laws.

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While Mark Szymanski’s letter [Feedback, “DCF’s Problem,” October 8] was grossly insensitive, he does raise a deeply troubling societal problem that needs more public conversation. Lately I’ve been brought together with high-risk, neglected babies who have repeatedly been removed from their parents. Consequently, I have given much thought to this very disturbing tragedy plaguing society. The fact that we can breed shouldn’t give us the right to. Many precious, helpless newborns are facing the hellish consequences of reckless, drug-addicted sexual behaviors. Ethically, birth should not be forced upon them. Probably no one would disagree that prevention is the most viable solution. All pregnancy-prevention methods and abortions ought to be state-paid for girls and women without the resources to pay themselves. Ideologies to the contrary only serve to increase suffering and worsen deeply entrenched societal problems, while solving nothing. I once heard Harvard’s favorite philosophy professor, Michael Sandel, share a story for his students’ consideration about a wealthy European woman who paid homeless, drug-addicted women and girls $300 to abort their pregnancies. At the time the suggestion seemed repugnant. Today, not so much.

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Aren’t we incentivizing, through our welfare system, living conditions for children that are even more repugnant? Most likely, there is no way out of this problem that isn’t going to be terrifically hard to swallow. But, given present outcomes, out-of-the-box thinking is needed, and all options should be on the table. Marianne Ward BURLINGTON

WORDS FROM THE WOODSHED

Ken Picard’s “Wood If I Could” article [October 8] rings heavy of procrastination for this Old Yankee who used wood and coal as a kid in the late ’50s, again with Nixon and the Oil Embargo, and ever since. You have to plan ahead — far ahead — to keep a good supply. One thing that helps both my wood man and me is buying in early spring, when he’s short on money and long on bills. He knows me well enough to call because I am willing to help him when money is tight — after plowing snow and before his maintenance biz kicks in. I know that some 10 percent of a twocord load will need further splitting, be too long, or be way too big and gnarly. Yet I don’t bitch; I actually get insulted with every delivery (think Don Rickles with a delivery truck). I wouldn’t have it any other way! Derrick from Derby had a good year this year, I got my four-plus

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educational funding, must be examined regularly and tweaked to ensure fairness, efficiency and financial integrity. However, unless we go back to the original scope intended by Act 60, other changes will only amount to window dressing, and our property-tax crisis will only worsen. John Freitag

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[Re Last 7: “Fighting Words,” October 8; Off Message: “Controversial Goddard Graduation Secretly Moved,” October 6; Off Message: “Goddard’s Commencement Speaker is Controversial Mumia Abu-Jamal,” October 1]: As a WGDR programmer at Goddard College, I would like to vocalize my opinion concerning the intentions of the community with which I am involved. Hosting Mumia Abu-Jamal as a speaker on behalf of the 2014 graduating class had very little to do with the case in which he is involved concerning the murder of Daniel Faulkner, and more to do with incarcerated citizens having the right to free speech alongside other Americans. Goddard College did not intend to make a statement about Mumia Abu-Jamal’s case or current issues that the modern-day police task force is facing. It was about giving Mumia Abu-Jamal his right to speak for himself about issues that were greatly unrelated to his own incarceration. Goddard College has a long-standing history of reflecting on complex and controversial opinions in the name of human liberty and discovery. I think inviting Abu-Jamal was a statement about valuing the opinions of people you might ultimately judge or discriminate

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[Re Fair Game, “Single Issue,” October 8]: In response to a court order mandating education funding equity, the legislature passed Act 60 in 1997, and control of local education taxes went from our towns to Montpelier. The main problem is that in recent years, the education fund and local property taxes have become a way to cover expenses and to add programs outside the original scope of the legislation. A good example of this (and the financial sleight of hand that was all too common in the last legislative session): years of underfunding the health benefits for retired teachers. The legislature added a new tax that will increase every year, to be paid for by the local property taxes. Then they borrowed an additional $28 million from the state’s rainy-day fund to help make up some of the shortfall — without saying how it would be paid back. What would be a reasonable course of action to address the property-tax crisis? First, there must not be any more new state programs to be paid for by property taxes or the education fund, and all other intended sources of revenue for the education fund must be fully funded. Second, programs other than the funding of K-12 education must be decoupled from the education fund and paid for from other sources of revenue. Any major legislation, such as

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OCTOBER 22-29, 2014 VOL.20 NO.08

NEWS 14

Can Electronic Monitoring Reduce Vermont’s Prison Population?

BY MARK DAVIS

Neighbors Clash Over Apartments, Day Station for Homeless BY ALICIA FREESE

Probing Questions Assess Burlington’s Homeless Population

ARTS NEWS 24

FEATURES 31

BY XIAN CHIANG-WAREN

Local Authors Turn Out to Benefit Young Writers

New Local Horror Short Is Inspired by Vermont’s ‘Haunted’ Places

Calling All Geeks: Vermont Comic Con BY XIAN CHIANG-WAREN

Tech Issue: Vermont’s tech scene is about more than just Big Blue

Coders, Makers and Patent Trolls

Tech Issue: An A to Z guide to Vermont’s tech ecosystem BY CATHY RESMER

BY ETHAN DE SEIFE

Libertarian Dan Feliciano Makes a Bid for VT’s Highest Office

Move Over, IBM

BY CATHY RESMER

BY XIAN CHIANG-WAREN

BY ALICIA FREESE

VTIFF Screenings Highlight Internet Addiction

Irene’s Silicon Lining

Tech Issue: Has the Vermont Digital Economy Project changed Bethel for good? BY KEN PICARD

BY KEVIN J. KELLEY

VIDEO SERIES

People Power

Tech Issue: Meet the people behind Vermont’s growing tech sector

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Fair Game POLITICS WTF CULTURE Side Dishes FOOD Soundbites MUSIC Album Reviews Gallery Profile ART Movie Reviews Ask Athena SEX

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The Magnificent 7 Calendar Classes Music Art Movies

BY ETHAN DE SEIFE

Too Much Socializing?

Tech Issue: For the Facebookaverse, Vermont sprouts alternatives

Underwritten by:

Stuck in Vermont: John Killacky,

executive director of the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, was disabled in 1996. The former dancer and marathon runner found his legs again in a cart pulled by his Shetland pony, Pacific Raindrop.

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t ain’t Ebola or the Islamic State, but even Vermont’s sleepy gubernatorial SPONSORS: race got an “October surprise” this week. After 56 years in the state, IBM announced Monday that it would offload its semiconductor business — and its Essex plant, which employs 4,000plus Vermonters — to California-based GlobalFoundries. It was the day every Vermont governor since HOWARD DEAN had feared would come on his watch — and it came just two weeks before Election Day. What could possibly be worse for Gov. PETER SHUMLIN’s reelection campaign than the state’s largest employer pulling up stakes and leaving the Green Mountains? Well, pretty much any other news IBM and more.. . could have delivered, short of no news at all. In fact, as Shumlin and a host of politicians and business leaders argued Monday morning at a Burlington press conference, “This is good news for Vermont.” Good news, they said, because, for the w w w . e s s e x o u t l e t s . c o m first time since IBM began trimming its 21 ESSEX WAY, ESSEX JUNCTION, VT | 802.878.2851 then-8,500-strong Vermont workforce in 2001, company bosses were promising 8v-essexshoppes102214.indd 1 10/20/14 11:07 AMto preserve jobs at the Essex plant and continue operating it “for the foreseeable future.” That’s a far cry from IBM’s modus operandi of slashing Vermont jobs to meet Wall Street’s quarterly demands and publicly promising to dispose of its semiconductor albatross. And it’s way better than the other options on the table: another round of layoffs or an outright closure by IBM or GlobalFoundries. “There should be no big mystery here: IBM has made very clear to shareholders over the last several years that this is not their core business anymore,” Shumlin said during Monday’s presser, which was held at the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Main Street headquarters. “As Vermonters, we’ve gotta ask the question, since we know IBM’s business mission has changed: What could be our best outcome?” he continued. “And, in my view, the best possible outcome would be a company who is innovative and wants to be in this core business and understands the value of what Vermont does here. And that’s exactly what we got.” He’s right. GlobalFoundries makes chips. That’s what they do. That’s what Essex does. And unlike IBM, a publicly traded comCorner of Main & Battery Streets, pany subject to the whims of Wall Street, Burlington, VT • 802-861-7500 GlobalFoundries is a wholly owned subsidwww.mirrormirrorvt.com iary of Mubadala Development Company, an investment arm of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. In other words, they’ve got cash to 12 FAIR GAME

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burn as they scale up and try to make IBM’s chip business profitable. Standing on the chamber’s front steps after Monday’s press conference, Shumlin’s secretary of administration, JEB SPAULDING, said — and I’m paraphrasing here — “How could anybody portray this as bad news?” Well, they tried. Within hours of IBM’s announcement, Vermont Republican Party chairman DAVID SUNDERLAND took to Twitter to ask, “Did @GovPeterShumlin believe that publicly calling the #IBM representative a ‘liar’ was going to help that or did he just not care?” Sunderland was referring to an infamous

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April 2008 incident during which Shumlin, then the Senate president pro tem, interrupted a Statehouse press conference to tell IBM lobbyist JOHN O’KANE, “You’re lying about that.” (Side note: They were squabbling over a bill that would have forced Entergy to cough up the full cost of decommissioning its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, then estimated to be $800 million. Last Friday, Entergy upped its estimate to $1.24 billion.) So was Sunderland suggesting Shummy’s name-calling played a role in IBM’s departure? “There is never one single thing that factors into decisions that are this big and this complex,” the party chairman explained. “But I think it’s wise to look at the net effect of infrastructure challenges, workforce challenges, education challenges and statements like that, which were made by a state senator who now happens to be governor of the state. It would be equally foolish to think that it didn’t play any role in it as to think that it played the only role in this decision.” Like Sunderland, Republican gubernatorial nominee SCOTT MILNE says he was relieved that the Essex jobs were spared — at

least for now. But he worries that Vermont has become inhospitable to business, and that GlobalFoundries might not stay. “As a state, we need to stop treating large employers like IBM or small employers like Seven Days or taxpayers in general like cash cows that we can keep milking and milking and milking as part of Gov. Peter Shumlin’s reckless experiment,” Milne said. Also contributing to IBM’s decision, Sunderland alleged, was Shumlin’s 2011 move to kill the Chittenden County Circumferential Highway, which would have linked the IBM campus to I-89. The road stalled out after four miles of paving. “Did that weigh into the decision?” Sunderland asked. “I have no inside knowledge about that, but it’s not hard to connect the dots.” Shumlin takes exception to the charge. “Listen, let’s be honest about this: The Circ Highway has nothing to do with the developments that we’re addressing today,” Shumlin said at Monday’s press conference. “The suggestion that any decisions that Vermont made had anything to do with this international corporation’s decision to move out of the chip-making business really is unrealistic.” In that, Shumlin has an unlikely ally: Libertarian gubernatorial nominee DAN FELICIANO, a business consultant who used to work for IBM. “I won’t hang that around Shumlin’s neck,” he said. “I know those are corporate decisions where governors think they have more pull than they do.” Indeed, anyone who’s followed the financial press’ reporting on the two companies’ nearly yearlong negotiations — or simply read their joint statement Monday — knows GlobalFoundries wasn’t jonesing to buy IBM’s plants in Essex or East Fishkill, N.Y. In the statement, GlobalFoundries celebrated its acquisition of “thousands of patents,” “world-class” engineers and IBM’s microelectronics technology. Left unmentioned until paragraph four? The aging plants it picked up in Vermont and New York. The deal’s inclusion of those plants, which cost a ton to operate and have proved unprofitable for IBM, might explain why Big Blue pledged to pay GlobalFoundries $1.5 billion — minus $200 million in working capital — to take the Essex unit off its hands. That’s not usually how a “sale” works. Vermonters are endearingly quick to assume that the world is hanging on our every word. But it’s absurd to think that a Fortune 500 company pawned off its semiconductor division because of what some

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Speaking of sticking around, that’s exactly what Vermont Republican Party leaders hope Feliciano won’t do. A week ago Friday, Senate Minority Leader Joe Benning (R-Caledonia) convened a top-secret meeting with Feliciano and Milne to persuade the former to drop out of the gubernatorial race and endorse the latter. Participants pledged to keep the confab confidential, so neither candidate would confirm his attendance. “I’m not saying,” Milne said. “I can’t confirm or deny anything,” Feliciano said. “I worked at the Pentagon.” But according to Benning, the senator sat down with Feliciano and two others at an undisclosed location in Chittenden County for a 90-minute chat about why the Libertarian should call it quits. Was Milne one of the others in attendance? “I guess I’m going to leave it up to Scott Milne to make that decision as to whether he was there or not,” Benning said. Hmmm … “I went through the pros and cons of [Feliciano’s] being in the race,” Benning recalled. “I suggested to him that the poll numbers were not in his favor and that if he stayed in the race, the only thing for sure that would happen is Peter Shumlin would walk back in without any kind of contest.” A recent Castleton Polling Institute survey commissioned by WCAX-TV found that Feliciano was trailing Milne 35 to 6 percent — with both behind Shumlin’s 47 percent. “I said that even if he left the race at this stage, it’s still an uphill battle for Scott Milne,” Benning continued. “But in the event that he had any interest in a future in Republican politics, I would imagine folks on our side of the aisle would be a lot happier if there was no split in the ticket in this race.” And, as Kevin J. Kelley reports in this week’s Seven Days (see page 20), Feliciano plans to run again in two years. “I will say that Dan listened,” Benning

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said. “But he was not going to make a commitment at that time, and we did not press him for one.” Sounds like the message fell on deaf ears. “I can’t even tell you how many people have contacted me about dropping out, but I will not drop out,” Feliciano said. “I’ve made it clear to everyone and anyone who’s spoken to me that I’m in ’til the very end.” Feliciano doesn’t think much of Milne, who has waffled on key GOP issues — most distressingly for conservatives: single-payer health care reform. “I still think I have the strongest positions out there, and if someone was interested in conceding, they should align behind me,” says Feliciano, who vociferously opposes single-payer. He has a point. Milne’s campaign has stumbled at nearly every turn: on messaging, organizing, advertising and fundraising. He got into the race pledging to elevate the debate, and then refused to debate Feliciano in the GOP primary. He calls his bid a “campaign of ideas,” but waited until last Wednesday to release his first policy proposal of the race. Speaking at Barre’s Spaulding High School, Milne attempted to outline a plan to cut education spending by consolidating school districts and then reinvesting the savings in free college tuition. But in a train wreck of a press conference, the candidate seemed unable or unwilling to answer some pretty basic questions about his own plan. Such as: Who would decide to consolidate the districts? How exactly would those districts cut spending by a third? And, most troublingly, if Vermont froze its statewide property tax, as he said it should, would Gov. Milne fill the resulting hole by cutting $42 million in spending or raising $42 million in other taxes? “The question would be, ‘What taxes and [spending] changes from the legislature am I not going to veto?’” he responded. “You know, it’s their job to come up with a way to figure it out.” Not exactly gubernatorial. Benning doesn’t quite see it that way. “What I like about Scott Milne is that he listens before he speaks. He’s spent a great deal of time trying to listen in the very short period of time available to him,” the minority leader said. “I just hope Dan looks seriously at the numbers and decides to throw his support behind Scott Milne, so we have a shot at the race.” Good luck with that. m

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ammie LaClair should be in prison. In September, she was arrested and charged with her fourth DUI. Because she was unwilling to post the $2,500 bail, the 47-yearold South Newfane resident was ushered to one of Vermont’s scarce inmate beds. But rather than live in prison, at the cost of $180 taxpayers’ dollars a day, LaClair spends time with family, visits a therapist and is trying to rebuild a life that she says is strained by addiction. After only a week behind bars, and with her felony case pending, LaClair went home. But she is not exactly free. Around LaClair’s ankle is a GPSequipped monitor that transmits her exact location to law enforcement. She is the first participant in a technology-based pilot program for pretrial detainees that could potentially alleviate Vermont’s overcrowded and increasingly expensive prison system. LaClair is under orders to stay inside Windham County’s borders — and inside her home from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Should she stray from her court-approved locations, or get close to a forbidden one, the monitor vibrates and transmits a warning to lawenforcement officials, who can reach her anywhere in the county within 30 minutes. While awaiting trial, LaClair spends her days with her daughter and grandkids, and cares for an ailing mother. “This gives me the opportunity to grow and not lose the relationships with my family, and to be part of the community and get the help I need,” she said. “They really don’t care about you in jail.” With $200,000 from the legislature, Windham County Sheriff Keith Clark is planning to place a dozen defendants, who would ordinarily sit in jail while awaiting trial, on an electronic-monitoring program. A dozen doesn’t sound like many. But Clark estimates that, if successful, in one year his program could save the state $1 million in Windham County alone. If it’s replicated in Vermont’s other 13 counties, and the state successfully cuts its prison population by even a few hundred inmates, the potential savings is in the tens of millions of dollars. “There’s little question that there are people in prison who wouldn’t be there if we had a better option,” said Superior Court Judge David Suntag, who currently presides in Windham County and agreed to put LaClair on electronic monitoring. “Any time we have another option, something else on the menu, that’s always a good thing.”

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his officers can place a small beacon to ensure a steady transmission. The sheriff’s department can program the computer to recognize “inclusion and exclusion zones.” If a participant has been ordered to avoid contact with a particular person, officials can enter that person’s home and workplace into the computer and be alerted if a participant gets close to the off-limits area. In the five weeks LaClair has been in the program, her monitor triggered one unexplained false alarm, but a sheriff’s deputy quickly responded and found that LaClair had not left her home. What type of defendant gets into Clark’s program? The more pertinent question, according to the sheriff, is who wouldn’t qualify. For example, he said someone once asked him: “‘You wouldn’t take somebody accused of a homicide, would you?’” In fact, he just might. In evaluating candidates, Clark said he is less concerned about the type of charges than he is about criminal history and the likelihood that a candidate will flee or reoffend. Clark offered the example of an 81-year-old West Townshend woman who in 2006 was convicted of killing her elderly husband. “She could have been a home-confinement person,” Clark said. “She wasn’t going anywhere. She wasn’t a flight risk. Her family and supports were here. Believe it or not, a fairly low risk, all things considered.” Generally, the prosecution, defense attorney, sheriff’s department and the judge all have to agree before a defendant is accepted. Everyone acknowledges the possibility that he or she could flee or commit a new crime while on electronic monitoring. “Risk is always a factor,” Suntag said. “We assess risk all the time, in everything we do.” But the program’s supporters say that the potential rewards outweigh those risks. With 1,600 prison beds and 2,100 inmates, Vermont is motivated to reduce its inmate population. It costs more than $50,000 a year to keep someone behind bars in Vermont; sending prisoners out of state — to Corrections Corporation of America-run prisons in Kentucky and Arizona — is cheaper per diem, but Vermont has spent more than $30 million

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The monitor, essentially a sturdy piece of reinforced rubber about the width of a candy bar, contains a beepersize device. A Massachusetts company leases the equipment and its services to Clark, and tracks information from the gadget. The data is also sent to Windham County’s dispatch center, where a computer tracks the defendants’ real-time location. The monitors, which send an alert if they are tampered with, pick up their location from GPS satellites and transmit that information to computers using cell towers. Clark said that for homes where cell phone reception is spotty,

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“I think it has great potential to see if we in the past two years on inmate overflow. That’s reflected in the annual budget for can lower the incarceration rate,” Senate the Vermont Department of Corrections: Judiciary Committee chairman Dick Sears $160 million, up from $132 million just (D-Bennington) said. “If they’re wearthree years ago. ing the bracelet and not committing new While in recent years both Democrats crimes, the public is safe.” and Republicans have talked about the About $50,000 of the project’s fundneed to cut the prison population and en- ing is for an outside group to study hance addiction-treatment programs, the the program and see if it can deliver inmate population has remained steady, cost-savings after the two-year experiA portion of the and DOC Commissioner Andy Pallito says ment. But Sears says he would consider sales from every he doesn’t expect that to change any time expanding it after only a year. Currently, bottle of Trinchero soon. 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Previous encounters with Spotty cellphone coverage has made is on the... the judicial system — she has been conthe system unreliable — even the DOC victed of 15 nonviolent misdemeanors acknowledges as much — and it’s an and one felony, and spent more than a open secret that probation-parole officers year in prison, according to court resometimes take days to review data from cords — haven’t helped. participants’ DOC bracelets. “My whole life, I’ve always felt like Moreover, pretrial detainees, who I had a knife in my heart and my soul. face possible prison time and are often Nobody believes in me,” LaClair said. unfamiliar to the DOC, are generally con“This program has changed all of that. It sidered less trustworthy than furloughed inmates, with whom the DOC has had boosted me.” While staying at a friend’s home awaityears to develop relationships. The U.S. Senate’s most outspoken independent ing trial, LaClair enjoys the benefits of Clark volunteered his deputies — is considering a run for president. How did he whose primary duties are to transport living outside the prison walls: consistent get this far? Retrace “Bernie’s Journey” — from prisoners, serve legal papers and occa- therapist visits, substance-abuse meetsionally conduct traffic enforcement — to ings, regular visits from her daughter and fist-pumping mayor of Burlington to skilled expand their skill sets and monitor the young grandchildren, and walks in the senatorial soloist. woods. defendants around the clock. In prison, she said, she met scores “No one was willing to take the risk I was willing to take,” Clark said. “These of inmates who might benefit from the people, if they were to commit new of- electronic-monitoring system. “There’s many girls in jail because fenses on the device, there would be risk ★ Bernie’s 1987 folk album to me. 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obody was mincing words at a neighborhood meeting last week at the Burlington police station. Lakeview Terrace resident Mannie Lionni told fellow architect Bob Duncan that the latter’s design plans to expand a nearby building represented “an old-fashioned, from my point of view, discredited model of development.” Roughly 40 people came out to discuss the Committee on Temporary Shelter’s proposal to add 14 apartments and a day station to its administrative offices at the corner of North Avenue and North Street. It was the fourth meeting the nonprofit has held with neighbors since last November, when COTS first announced its intention to expand at the south end of Lakeview Terrace. And, like past discussions, this one didn’t go smoothly. COTS, which serves the region’s homeless population, has for years operated a day station at 179 South Winooski Avenue, where people could make phone calls, use computers and take classes. Flooding in 2012 displaced the program to its current, temporary location on Elmwood Avenue. COTs was just halfway into a 30-year lease, but executive director Rita Markley decided against returning to the old space, because she couldn’t get flood insurance for the property. Late last year, she announced plans to build the day station — along with affordable housing units — at COTS HQ. The project, according to Markley, is critical. “It’s the only place where people can get a noontime meal,” she said. As for the apartments, “There needs to be a chance for those barely hanging on to have a home, too. That’s what this is all about at the most basic level.” The COTS offices occupy a conspicuous

turquoise building in the Old North End that formerly housed Burlington College. People still refer to the flat-topped threestory structure as the “Colodny building,” for the grocer who sold meats, cigars and confectioneries there in the early 1900s. His son, Ed, went on to run US Airways, and later served as interim president of both Fletcher Allen Health Care and the University of Vermont. When Colodny the elder started carrying frozen goods, he added a single-floor, cinder-block extension to the back of the building for storage. At a cost of roughly $6 million, COTS’ proposed 24,000-squarefoot addition would add second and third stories to that and extend it further west almost to Lakeview Terrace, knocking out an existing red cottage that COTS also owns. The 14 apartments, most of them studios, would likely house elderly tenants and people with disabilities, according to Markley. After nearly a year of planning, she expects to formally submit the proposal to the development review board this week. The project is moving forward without the blessing of some of the nonprofit’s closest neighbors, the most vocal of whom live on Lakeview Terrace, which runs parallel to North Avenue for three blocks north of COTS. Once soot-choked from the coal-fired Moran Plant, the street underwent a resident-led renaissance when the plant closed down in the late ’80s. (It didn’t hurt that Chester Liebs, founding director of UVM’s Historic Preservation Program, lived there.) Lakeview now lives up to its idyllic name, and residents are unapologetically protective of the neighborhood. Even mundane threats — people not picking up after their dogs, for example — have

led to animated and extensive discussions on Front Porch Forum. (Disclosure: I rent an apartment on the street.) Audible sighs could be heard at last week’s meeting — even before project architect Bob Duncan had even begun his presentation.

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“What is the purpose, exactly, of the meeting?” asked Lakeview Terrace resident Barbara Zucker. “What effect can we possibly have? We’re here to express our concerns, many of us have expressed them before, and we’ll continue to express them. What is the point in expressing them tonight?” The city requires developers to hold a meeting before requesting a building permit, explained Brian Pine of the Community and Economic Development Office. He stated the goal — to hear and hopefully address resident concerns early on — but the crux of Zucker’s question went unanswered. To understand what COTS is up against, and why people like Zucker are exasperated, one need only look north, to the opposite end of Lakeview. Residents fought all the way to the

Vermont Supreme Court to stop the construction of a high-end apartment complex known as the Packard Lofts. They lost, but it took the development company — in which Mayor Miro Weinberger was a partner — nearly a decade to win city approval. Alan Bjerke, whose pristine white clapboard house is now dwarfed by the new structure, still refers to the building derisively as a “cruise ship.” Bjerke attended last week’s meeting. “The concern in the neighborhood is we spoke previously about a giant box that had an enormous impact,” Bjerke said of the Packard Lofts. “And we’re seeing the same thing down here.” Lakeview Terrace, as he put it, feels like it’s getting “closed in by huge boxes.” This time, instead of facing off against well-heeled developers capitalizing on lake-view property, Bjerke and his neighbors are up against a local nonprofit trying to create desperately needed housing for Burlington’s most vulnerable citizens. In a later interview, Pine noted that CEDO supports the project and plans to pitch in $350,000. According to Markley, COTS considered 20 other locations for the day station but determined that this was the only site that could work. It’s within walking distance of downtown, which was considered essential, and COTS already owns the property. Markley’s rapport with some Lakeview Terrace residents has soured because, “frankly, there’s an issue with trust,” Bjerke said. At the meeting, others murmured in agreement as he addressed the executive director sitting in front of him. “Rita, you told us when … COTS first came to the neighborhood, and we welcomed you, that you would not bring services here.” An exasperated Markley took the

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complex there. Farrell did not respond to an interview request. Markley said she’d heard similar “rumblings” but has not been approached about any such proposal. Several days after the meeting, she was focused on her own. “We’ve made significant compromises, and this is what baffles me about some of the negative comments made several nights ago,” she said last Friday. Overall, though, she’s actually been pleasantly surprised by the community’s response. “We’ve had more support than I expected. I had been told this neighborhood doesn’t like any kind of development.” Among the supporters is Greg Delanty, an Irish poet and Saint Michael’s College professor who owns a house on Lakeview Terrace and rents nearby on North Avenue. “I think it’s marvelous!” he declared enthusiastically at last week’s meeting. Dressed in a tie, vest and shirt — all in different shades of blue — Delanty said he was mystified by the objections of his neighbors. “It looks fabulous. It looks beautiful!” Ted Wimpey, director of the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity’s Fair Housing Project, also defended the plan. “This city and the whole state and the whole country, for that matter, need more affordable housing. We need it, and we really need it badly,” Wimpey said. “In this town, that means infill.” People bristled at the suggestion that their objections to this particular project meant they weren’t supportive of COTS and its mission to house homeless people. “I don’t think there is anyone in Burlington — the great liberal white shark of the world — that doesn’t support affordable housing,” Perlmutter said. “It’s not about who we’re bringing to the neighborhood; it’s about what we’re bringing to the neighborhood.” Several residents pointed out that they were COTS donors and had volunteered for years. Barb Prine of Crowley Street said she felt like “I just showed up at a party where, like, the family is fighting but you didn’t hear the first half of the argument.” She went on to say that Burlington’s need for housing should trump other concerns. “At some point, there are some compromises that you make to get something you want more.” Duncan said he’s confident the project doesn’t violate the city’s zoning rules. If the development review board agrees, the goal is to break ground next spring. In the meantime, COTS is likely done compromising. “At this point, I think there is very little we could do that would ever please them,” Markley said. “We’ve been as responsive as we can afford to be.” m

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microphone to respond. COTS has provided housing and case-management services on-site since it moved to North Avenue — something Markley said she told neighbors at their original meeting. “I said no day station,” she acknowledged, “because at that time, we hadn’t had a catastrophic flood that swept from our community a key resource that people don’t have right now … I didn’t anticipate that we would have a flood in a building that we couldn’t return to.” During his presentation, Duncan, who has a longtime interest in affordable housing projects, calmly listed the concessions COTS has made in an attempt to appease neighbors. The ice cream parlor planned for the ground floor? Nixed because people worried it would create more traffic. The 28,000-square-foot addition? Pared back by 4,000 square feet. Duncan pointed to a sketch of the project, which indicated a shaded island in the parking lot at the top of Depot Street, to show that COTS’ plan includes 2,500 square feet of green space. Not everyone was convinced. “Is that green space? Or is that like a pet lavatory?” responded Lakeview Terrace resident Julie Perlmutter, who lives within view of the project site. Lionni, who lives farther down the street, was similarly unimpressed, concluding that the proposal “rejects out of hand all the objections and concerns raised by the neighbors at the previous meetings” and “does absolutely nothing to improve the quality of life for the existing residents of the neighborhood.” He then listed his grievances: the loss of the red cottage, which is occupied but not historic; the potential increase in traffic on a street that’s become a de-facto playground for neighborhood children; and the unsightliness of the design, which he described as “institutional.” COTS, Lionni said, is squandering an opportunity to turn a “spectacular bluff” — the area at the top of Depot Street where its parking lot is located — into a smaller version of Battery Park. His vision holds appeal, Duncan and Markley both conceded later. But they contend that it’s impractical for several reasons. COTS can’t scale back the parking lot because the city mandates that developments provide a minimum number of parking spaces, although that could change. Burlington College still owns some of the parking lot land, and COTS doesn’t have the cash to do what Lionni is suggesting. Duncan and Markley also noted other residents have expressed concerns that there won’t be enough parking. In fact, the area adjacent to the parking lot might be in for a more drastic change. After the meeting, several residents said they’ve heard that Eric Farrell, a developer who’s partnering with Burlington College, had plans to build a housing

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ast Monday, Wayne Latulippe took a break from sawing and stacking wood to greet five strangers who showed up unannounced at his home. After they had admired his panoramic lake view, Latulippe invited the group inside. Then he patiently answered 50 questions, which ranged from, “Do you have a kidney disease?” to “Is there anyone who thinks you owe them money?” Latulippe, whose street name is Caspar — or sometimes, Diablo — is one of Burlington’s homeless. He was among roughly 40 people surveyed that day in an effort to assemble detailed profiles of Burlington’s itinerant population. The tally is part of a nationwide initiative called the 100,000 Homes Campaign started by the nonprofit Community Solutions. Eighty volunteers are spending three days this week roaming the streets, encampments and the most remote reaches of the city to find people like him. Latulippe has “been digging for the last four months” to construct an elaborate shelter in a location he asked Seven Days not to disclose — and local law enforcement would likely ignore even if they knew about it. With a plastic-handled shovel, the 47-year-old former roofer and his friend excavated an SUV-size cavity into an embankment. A roof made from branches and tarps overhangs the entryway, which doubles as an earthen front deck. A ladder against the back wall leads to a second egress. Inside, a log fire was keeping the place toasty. Furnishings included a small table topped with a tablecloth, a bench built into the hill, a battery-powered CD player, a golf club, a broom, and a plastic crate with English muffins and a tin of coffee. A turf rug partially covered the dirt floor. Outside was another container of clean sponges and laundry detergent. With pride, Latulippe pointed to two solar-powered street lamps out front — a gift from his mother. Latulippe is just the sort of fellow who is likely to be skipped over during the annual Point-in-Time Count. Conducted in shelters on a cold January night, when, the hope is, most homeless people are inside, the tally is organized by a group of state and local agencies. In 2014, they found 532 homeless people in Chittenden County. But Janet Green of the Burlington Housing Authority said she’s not confident the 532 number is accurate. As an alternative, the 100,000 Homes initiative aims to collect nuanced information about the chronically homeless. Their goal is not necessarily numbers, but people’s stories, in

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order to assist the most vulnerable members of the homeless population. As part of the 100,000 Homes Campaign, people get a score based on their confidential survey answers, which is used to gauge the likelihood that they’ll die on the streets. The goal is to use that information to house them, prioritizing the neediest. The resulting database is not public.

The initiative falls under what’s called the Housing First model — which advocates providing shelter immediately, rather than requiring substance abuse, mental health or other treatment. According to the model’s proponents, it often costs less to subsidize apartments than to pay the medical expenses for those left out in the cold.

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After the surveys, organizers encourage cities to “cut through red tape” and find ways to house 2.5 percent of the chronically homeless each month. The campaign, which started four years ago, recently surpassed its goal of housing 100,000 people. In Burlington, volunteers were under specific orders not to suggest that participation would lead to housing — but they did give out $5 gift certificates to Dunkin’ Donuts. The city already has a 1 percent vacancy rate and a waiting list for Section 8 housing vouchers. Despite the tight housing market, Green contends that there are housing options, such as the Shelter Plus Care program, designed to help the hard-to-serve homeless by providing rental assistance coupled with supportive services. Green is hopeful they can start housing two or three of the most vulnerable people each month. Some homeless people came on their own to be surveyed at the First Congregational Church on South Winooski Avenue — which served as the base camp for volunteers outfitted with clipboards and conspicuous lime green T-shirts. The first shifts of survey workers departed at 4:30 a.m. on Monday. At 2 p.m., three volunteers — part of the second shift — began a five-mile traverse, during which they would encounter several empty encampments and three homeless

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people. Tammy Boudah, a clinician with the HowardCenter’s Street Outreach Team, led the group. A little south of North Beach, a 21-year-old woman who introduced herself as Whisper leaned against a tree several feet from the water’s edge. A barely visible dog, curled up in a sleeping bag, and a banjo in a case sat by her side. Martha Maksym, executive director of United Way of Chittenden County, asked if she’d take part in the survey, and she agreed. Later, when asked if she was homeless, she responded, “I identify as a traveler.” A

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tattoo of the word “ephemeral” arced around her right eye, and she explained that she prefers to squat or stay with friends rather than hold down a job and stay in one place. “I just didn’t think it was pertinent to me,” she said of the survey after she’d taken it — and the free coffee coupon. The Burlington native said she’s back here visiting, but she plans to leave for New Orleans in two weeks. Bundled in a puffy black jacket and wool mittens, she added, “Obviously, I’m going south for warmth. I wouldn’t know how to survive in the winter.”

Latulippe, who’s said he’s on the waiting list for a Section 8 voucher, has never spent a winter outside, but he plans to this year. Surveying his own neatly stacked pile of wood, he noted it was not nearly enough. He also pointed to a wooden club — “solid hickory” — that he calls “Betty” and has kept on hand since a knife-bearing intruder entered his premises. When the volunteer read the question, “Do you have enough money to meet your expenses?” he laughed heartily. “Ha, no!” He gets food stamps — half of which he sells for cash — and he has Medicaid, but beyond that, he’s on his own. Latulippe said he can make $200 last two to three months. “This is my oasis!” he shouted, grinning and gesturing at his self-built abode. “I’ve had enough controversy in the last five years to last a lifetime” — a reference to the three years he spent in jail for a domestic-violence conviction that he still disputes. Latulippe’s health is good, he said, and although he misses the seven children he has with his ex-wife, life in the outdoors suits him. “I’ve got to cut wood until doomsday,” he said cheerfully, returning to work as the volunteers traipsed off in search of the next person. m Contact: alicia@sevendaysvt.com

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s a political neophyte with scant name recognition, Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Dan Feliciano exceeded expectations when he collected 14 percent of the vote as a late-starting write-in candidate in the Republican primary. In a Vermont Public Radio debate the following month, the 51-year-old business-efficiency expert struck some listeners as better-informed and more articulate than Scott Milne, the candidate who had won the Republican gubernatorial primary. Feliciano comes across as unthreatening, nondogmatic and, in the view of political scientist and retired Middlebury College professor Eric Davis, “not a fringe candidate.” His aim to be seen as more of a mainstream conservative than a radical right-winger has been steadied by endorsements from a few Vermont GOP standouts: party vice-chair Brady Toensing, treasurer Mark Snelling and Darcie Johnston, manager of Randy Brock’s 2012 campaign for governor. So who is this guy? True to Libertarian ideology, Feliciano wants to slash taxes and shrink bureaucracy. He said he’d make a start toward those twin goals by eliminating the surcharge on electricity bills that finances Efficiency Vermont. That statewide energy-conservation entity operates on an annual budget of $45 million but produces “zero value” for Vermonters, according to Feliciano. Efficiency Vermont energy auditors came to his home in Essex Junction and offered no useful suggestions, says the former engineer for General Electric. Feliciano would also permanently unplug Vermont Health Connect, the state-sponsored website that is supposed to enable Vermonters to buy affordable insurance policies. (Shumlin announced in mid-September that the online marketplace was being taken offline in hopes of correcting failures that have plagued the initiative since its launch.) Feliciano’s hostility toward Vermont Health Connect squares with his sworn opposition to Shumlin’s plan to introduce a single-payer health insurance system in Vermont. Estimated price tag: $2 billion. The Libertarian’s flat-out rejection of single payer is a key reason why Johnston, an ardent campaigner against Shumlin’s proposal, has gone to work for Feliciano rather than for Milne, who has refused to denounce single payer.

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The move to make state government the primary health insurer in Vermont is consistent, in Feliciano’s view, with the public sector’s tendency to get bigger and bigger. Every large organization leans in that direction, he says — until it’s pulled back by an efficiency expert like himself. “No one wants transparency,” Feliciano adds, because opacity conceals waste and thus enables government to continue growing. If Vermonters knew the extent of waste

in their state government, Feliciano declares, “they’d just gag.” Vermont already ranks “among the highest-tax states,” he continues, arguing that the share of earnings taken by the government impedes economic growth. “There’s no hope for young people here,” Feliciano approvingly quotes his wife, Carol Aja, as saying, specifically in regard to their three children. But in his defense of personal liberty, Feliciano does not regard extremism as

a virtue. A pure Libertarian might argue against Vermont participating in the federal health exchange. Feliciano, however, cites “practical considerations” in acquiescing to the state’s continued implementation of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, which he says should be done through a federal exchange. Feliciano points to his experience arranging care for one of his children, who has autism, in depicting private insurance companies as a better source of coverage than government. Travelers Insurance helped find effective and efficient treatment, he relates, because it was in the company’s competitive interest to do so. But he also acknowledges that government entities, including public schools, have played an important and positive role in his daughter’s life. “I don’t think that what I’m proposing is any less caring” than what a liberal Vermonter would espouse, Feliciano says. “I honestly believe nonprofits and charitable organizations can do a much better job than what the state is doing.” In some respects, he’s more pragmatic than radical. In keeping with the Libertarian Party’s platform, Feliciano does favor legalizing marijuana, but he emphasizes the importance of devising sobriety tests for drivers who may be stoned. He also wants the state to take “a wait-and-see approach” in regard to legalizing other drugs. There’s no reason for Vermont to go first, Feliciano says, declaring he’s “not a rip-the-BandAid-off kind of guy.” In the course of a 75minute interview, he made no mention of the official Libertarian stand in support of “amnesty for all convicted nonviolent drug offenders.” On abortion, he affirms the right to choose, except for those under age 18. Feliciano advocates parental notification as a precondition for a girl to terminate a pregnancy. He’s also not in favor of “lateterm abortions,” although he says these are seldom performed in Vermont. Feliciano, who was born in Manhattan to parents from Puerto Rico, attributes his political outlook more to lived experience than to what he absorbed from reading Ayn Rand and other libertarians. When Feliciano was in second grade, his family moved to Monroe, N.Y., a town about 50 miles north of New York City. A high-school dropout, he got a job at age 16 as a gas station attendant. Former heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Patterson,

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Shumlin’s $777,000 sum buries those of both rivals. Feliciano has been able to afford a few radio ads and Facebook blurbs, but he’s had no paid presence on television. And while Davis views him as a respectable candidate, not all debate organizers accord Feliciano that treatment. WCAX aired a mano-a-mano exchange between Milne and Shumlin on October 7. Feliciano’s exclusion relegated him to the same sideshow status as the four other candidates in the race, who together polled 3 percent in the Castleton survey. Perhaps most importantly, however, Feliciano’s philosophy leaves him out of sync with Vermont’s political culture. He’s a proponent of small government and an opponent of public spending on new social initiatives. And the state where he’s lived for the past 11 years registers a clear preference for activist governance in the service of progressive policies. Does a man with this résumé, philosophy and self-presentation have a future in Vermont politics? Probably not, Davis suggests. He predicts that Feliciano’s 6-point showing in the Castleton poll will approximate his actual result on November 4. Vermont Republican Party chairman David Sunderland says the state GOP does have room for someone with Feliciano’s views, though he cautions that the Libertarian stand on drugs is “disturbing to many Republicans.” Sunderland suggests that GOP loyalist attitudes toward Feliciano will become even more negative if his vote total enables Shumlin to edge out Milne. “It’s reasonable to assume that a majority of his vote comes from potential Scott Milne supporters,” Sunderland says. Feliciano has a different vision of his political future. He says he’s “confident” he’ll run again in two years — either in a third bid for the governor’s office or as a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat held by seven-term incumbent Patrick Leahy. But he hasn’t decided which banner he’d carry in another statewide campaign. He says he could run as a Libertarian, a Republican or an independent. m

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a regular customer, proved especially influential in his decision to join the U.S. Navy the following year, Feliciano relates in a voice still resonant with the harsh consonants of a native New Yorker. He studied sonar in the Navy and got a job as a GE systems engineer after his discharge. Feliciano went on to chart a career as an efficiency consultant to health insurance companies such as Cigna and Aetna. He also worked for IDX, the Vermontbased medical software company that GE Healthcare purchased in 2006. Feliciano is currently employed by Keurig Green Mountain as a “continuous process improvement manager.” With a smile, he bats away the suggestion that he may be exhibiting arrogance by targeting the state’s top job when he has never held elected office. “It would be nothing more than frustrating for me to know the right answers and the right approach and to be dealing with people who don’t understand what it takes to move a large organization,” he says. Why not start with a bid for the local selectboard or the legislature? Feliciano says he’s learned from his work with generals and CEOs that “with executives, you don’t put them back into middle management.” For a time, it seemed Feliciano might just bust the mold to emerge as the chief competitor to Democratic incumbent Gov. Peter Shumlin — until a survey released October 7 by the Castleton Polling Institute suggested otherwise. It registered business-as-usual results: Shumlin on top with 47 percent, Milne second with 35 percent and Feliciano a distant third at 6 percent. The only surprise was the two-term governor’s failure to corral majority support. Feliciano’s single-digit performance suggested that a third-party candidate would once again prove no more than a spoiler, if that. Why is the seemingly attractive newcomer struggling to gain traction, as the poll suggests? It’s mainly a matter of money, in Davis’ view. Feliciano reported total campaign contributions of $31,000 as of October 15, with about a third of that amount coming out of his own pocket. Milne’s $146,000 intake is nearly five times greater, while

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because some schools, like Burlington College, are struggling right now, so a new union would cause them to lose even more money. If this were to happen, people may have to be fired to make up for the loss of income. There are also union dues and initiation fees that come with being part of a union. Sometimes these fees can be more than $200 a year. However, even though Vermont adjuncts already get paid at a higher rate than the average, Vermont still has one of the highest costs of living in the country. So even though adjuncts are getting paid more, they can still be living in poverty. Unions typically raise wages by 20 percent, and 93 percent of unions provide health care. This would allow people to live better. Adjuncts shouldn’t have to worry about homelessness, like the 83-yearold adjunct who died in Pittsburgh. Although adjuncts are technically parttime, they still put in extra hours but receive no compensation for it. They work just as hard as professors, but only make $2,700-$3,000 per class. Unionizing wouldn’t get them the same pay as fulltime professors, but it would still help. Erin kempton Swanton

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health counselors Skip Harris and Lukas Lewis. The second screening, which takes place on Saturday, November 1, during VTIFF, is accompanied by a panel with psychology professors Kimberly Quinn Smith of Champlain College and David Landers of Saint Michael’s College. Those panelists will contextualize the issues the film raises and facilitate a discussion that brings them closer to home.

for psychiatric illnesses — internet addiction is relegated to the appendix as an area requiring further study. In practice, that means a psychiatrist can’t diagnose and treat a patient for the problem, even if that patient is up all night in diapers playing World of Warcraft. Nonetheless, says Lewis, behavioral issues arising from excessive game time are common here, too — perhaps par-

gambling. It’s also a means of social connection.” Lewis cautions that such behavior may not be an addiction in itself, but the symptom of other disorders. “We have to sort out whether the internet or video game is the real problem or a symptom of another problem,” he explains. “A lot of times, it’s a way of coping with another primary issue.” As a counselor — not a psychiatrist who can diagnose — Lewis says he and Harris “look at it on a case-by-case basis, dependent on [the student’s] diagnosis.” Dibble, a 24-year-old Champlain College graduate who owns Burlingtonbased gaming company GameTheory, suggests that industry practices can foster addictive behavior by monetizing it. “We work and trade in the psychology that makes games that people want to interact with in ways that could be seen as addictive,” she says. After reflecting on those implications, Dibble adds, she switched her own SCAN businessTHIS modelPAGE to one of consulting. The rise of mobile apps in particular, WITH LAYAR Dibble observes, changed the game — so SEE PAGE to speak — a 5 few years ago. Before, the industry standard was to have users pay a flat rate for a game. Now developers make free games (because no one wants to pay for a mobile app) and embed psychological incentives to pay up within the game itself. “I don’t think that games in particular are malicious in any sense,” Dibble says. “I would really encourage people to see [extreme behavior] as a result, not the cause, think about why that’s happening, and try to come at it from a place of understanding and camaraderie rather than attack.” m Courtesy of VTIFF

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teenage boy sits on a dormitory mattress in a dim room on the outskirts of Beijing, his body shaking with uncontrollable sobs. “What did you do?” a man asks him. “I used the internet,” the boy replies. That’s a scene from Web Junkie, a 2013 documentary film that takes viewers inside Daxing Boot Camp, a rehabilitation facility that treats teenagers for internet and gaming addictions. It’s one of more than 400 such boot camps reported to exist in China, which became the first country in the world to declare internet addiction a clinical disorder in 2008. “My dad brought me here to see the doctor,” the boy on the mattress continues. “But he locked me in here instead. They tied my hands.” Life at boot camp is no walk in the park. The camera follows a group of boys through exhausting calisthenic routines and therapy sessions. They appear to be Web Junkie routinely medicated with pills that the camp’s staff refuse to identify to them. Many tell the cameras that their parents drugged them with sleeping pills and brought them to the facility against their will. The absence of screen time, too, clearly causes the boys significant existential distress: Tantrums and sobbing are depicted as routine occurrences. These are kids who, by their parents’ accounts and their own admission, habitually stayed up all night playing games, sometimes wearing diapers so they wouldn’t need to leave their seats. They express their preference for virtual reality over the real world. “Everyone in the real world is fake,” one boy tells the cameras, echoing the sentiments of 15-year-olds everywhere. Web Junkie premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival; in the coming weeks, it will screen twice in Burlington, hosted by the Vermont International Film Foundation. The first screening, at the Vermont Tech Jam on Friday, October 24, will be followed by a panel discussion with local game designer Marguerite Dibble and Champlain College mental

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And THIS that’s PAGE needed. SCAN While Web Junkie raises WITH LAYAR thought-provoking quesSEEabout PAGE 9 screens tions how change our relationships with one another and the world, it indisputably paints an extreme picture. The directors make little effort to place the experience at Daxing in a wider context. The boot camp’s treatment practices, for example, seem unlikely to be tolerated by the L u k as Western counterparts of the middle-class Chinese parents shown in the film. The distress on those parents’ faces is evident — and particularly unsettling when one considers China’s mandatory one-child rule. Internet dependence is not classed as a clinical addiction in the United States as it is in China. In the 2013 revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — the official reference

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ticularly in the student demographic that he and Harris work with at Champlain. The issue received an international spotlight last week when a patient in an alcohol rehabilitation facility was treated for symptoms of withdrawal from his Google Glass. “I haven’t seen the film, but with students I’ve worked with before in the past who we’ve L ew is identified as playing video games too much or using the internet too much, I try to determine what it is in the internet or games that’s reinforcing the habit,” Lewis explains. “For some students, it’s a way of escape; for some students, it provides them with an opportunity to have a level of mastery,” he continues. “There’s a reward if there’s reinforcement, like

We have to sort out whether the internet or video game is the real problem or a symptom of another problem.

INFO Web Junkie screens at the Vermont Tech Jam on Friday October 24, 3 p.m., at Memorial Auditorium in Burlington. Free. It also plays at the Vermont International Film Festival on Saturday, November 1, 3 p.m., at Main Street Landing Black Box Theater in Burlington. $5-10.

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at $35 a pop, the event is already sold out. While the night is mostly an “adult party,” she says, some YWP teenagers will participate in the readings. Stone says the YWP was a natural choice for the beneficiary. “I’m an author that’s been lucky enough to have a good career, and other people have supported me along the way,” she says. “I wanted to support an organization that supports young writers.” h on ey d r i p r ecycl er s b y A d N au seam The nonprofit, founded by former Burlington Free Press managing editor geoffreY gevaLT, has been on Stone’s radar for years. “They’re a really strong organization in Vermont,” she says. CARRYING VAPORIZERS INCLUDING: Another of Stone’s goals in throwing a literary bash? To give authors from differPAX, G PEN & MAGIC FLIGHT ent parts of the state and different categories and genres an excuse to mingle. “The children’s lit community and the adult lit community don’t mix that often,” she Jacob and Kristin Albee 75 Main St., Burlington, VT 864.6555 JacobAlbee.com . 802-540-0401 notes. Mon-Thur 10-9; F-Sat 10-10; Sun 10-8 And, of course, Stage Write! is a cel41 Maple Street, Burlington, VT www. nor ther nl i ghts pi pes . c om ebration of Stone’s personal career, which Studio Hours BY APPOINTMENT ONLY Must be 18 to purchase tobacco products, ID required has yielded a jaw-dropping volume of published works in just over two decades. Recently, Stone has carved out a niche writing nonfiction books for children and8v-JacobAlbee063010.indd 8v-northernlights100814.indd AM 1 10/2/14 SPE C I A1L E VE NT: 6/28/10 10:05:00 young adults that focus on women and people of color, but her career didn’t start that way. For the first seven years, she says, she wrote for the “library market,” producing simple, easy-to-digest books on topics “like earthworms or butterflies or flags.” Often she’d write a series on a single topic. “In the first six or seven years of my career, I wrote, like, 60 books,” Stone remembers. In 2006, Stone published a YA verse narrative called A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl that continues to have an impact; in 2013, her frank depiction of high school dating culture hit No. 6 on the American Library Association’s Banned Books List. In 2011, Stone decided to branch out. “I really started changing the way I wanted to write,” she says. “I wanted to stretch myself as a writer and write the kinds of books I’m passionate about.” Right now, the prolific Stone is working on three projects: a picture book, a YA narrative nonfiction book and a literary adaptation of a 2013 documentary called Girl Rising — that last one is the 100th Join us for an afternoon of history up-close with book she’s celebrating. She estimates that SUND A Y members of the Champlain Valley Historical she works on two to three book projects Reenactors, who bring to life the military and per year. human elements of a soldier’s life in the Civil War. “My career has sort of been in two 12:00 - 4:00pm halves. Now,” Stone adds with a laugh, Regular Admission. For all ages. “the books I write take longer.” m

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oung adult and children’s-book author TanYa Lee STone is a hard woman to get hold of. The 48-year-old South Burlington resident, who recently signed a contract for her 100th book, frequently travels for author visits, book signings, conferences and other events. This week, though, Stone will be in town. On Saturday, October 25, she’ll celebrate that 100th book with an event titled “Stage Write!” that she organized to benefit the Young WriTerS ProjecT. The Burlington-based nonprofit works to hone the writing skills of teenagers in Vermont and New Hampshire by offering writing prompts, tips, workshops and publication opportunities on its website. “Even though it’s my 100th book celebration, I didn’t want the evening to be about me,” Stone said in a phone call from Cleveland, Ohio, where she recently spoke at a gathering of the National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance. “I wanted [the celebration] to be about the writing community in general,” she continues. “Everyone who’s a working writer has something to celebrate. So it’s about all of us who are creating literature, and making it about a community of artists and writers.” Noteworthy regional authors will join Stone for Stage Write! at union STaTion in Burlington this Saturday, including chriS BohjaLian (Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands), children’s author KaTherine PaTerSon (Bridge to Terabithia, The Great Gilly Hopkins) and gregorY Maguire (Wicked). The evening includes dramatic readings from those four authors’ books, a silent auction, book signings and more. Stone hoped to raise at least a couple of thousand dollars for the YWP through ticket sales, the auction and donations;

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ne of Vermont’s most enduring legends is the haunting of a 19th-century covered bridge in Stowe. It’s said that a young woman named Emily, distraught after her lover failed to meet her for their elopement, hanged herself from the bridge’s rafters. Her vengeful spirit, it’s said, has haunted “Emily’s Bridge” ever since, moaning eerily and leaving clawlike scratches on the cars of anyone foolish enough to pass through the bridge late at night. While the Gold Brook Covered Bridge has made it onto the National Register of Historic Places on its own merits, Vermonters still know it best as the putative home of Emily’s ill-tempered ghost. Folklorist Joseph A. Citro popularized the tale in his 1997 book Passing Strange: True Tales of New England Hauntings and Horrors, making it a favorite subject for local filmmakers seeking to generate Halloweeny chills. The latest party to seize on Emily’s undying (or is it undead?) popularity is Burlington-based production company DeadFi, which has found a solid footing within self-distributed indie horror circles. “Dead Static,” the company’s sixth short film, is a trilogy of Vermont ghost stories — Emily’s Bridge included — that positions itself within horror’s trendy found-footage tradition. Though less than half an hour long and produced for about $1,500, “Dead Static” looks every bit as assured as similar, feature-length horror movies such as V/H/S (2012) and those in the Paranormal Activity series. Ever since The Blair Witch Project gave a jolt to the found-footage subgenre in 1999, filmmakers have understood that a roughhewn, shaky-cam aesthetic can boost a film’s fright factor. “Dead Static” is no exception. In fact, it was a mediocre found-footage horror film that inspired DeadFi’s owner and founder. Owen Mulligan — the writer, director, editor, coproducer and covideographer of “Dead Static,” as well as one of its actors — got started in the genre after seeing and disliking horror maestro George A. Romero’s 2007 film Diary of the Dead. “I was getting sick of seeing bad horror films and thought, I’m going to do this myself,” says Mulligan. “That was the spark.” At that point, in 2007, Mulligan had no filmmaking experience. He did,

however, have a network of like-minded friends from his activist days, when he was involved in the local chapter of the Marijuana Policy Project and Vermont’s battle over civil unions. One of those friends was Jay Vos, who has coproduced all of DeadFi’s films to date. Mulligan, now 41, and Vos, 66, both say their experience as activists provided them with organizational skills that have proved invaluable in producing low-budget “guerrilla” films. Vos recounts nighttime shoots when he donned camouflage and hid in bushes, ready to alert the permitless crew to any passing police cars. They had a textmessage code for such occasions: “5-0.” Each segment of “Dead Static” was shot at the location it depicts: Emily’s Bridge, Montpelier’s Green Mount Cemetery and the vaunted Pittsford Haunted House. The venues weren’t chosen merely for their innate creepiness, but for the ghost stories they’ve engendered over the years. The cemetery is home to a statue nicknamed “Black Agnes,” which is rumored to spell death for any who perch there. The Pittsford Ow e n M u l l i g a n building is the site of a dilapidated children’s sanatorium, allegedly still micro-budgeted genre shorts like crawling with the wraiths of its former DeadFi’s, all of which are made with residents. equipment from Vermont Community “Dead Static” merrily uses these Access Media. “Click a button, and it’s small-town legends as springboards for global,” he says. DeadFi’s YouTube its startles, shocks and scares. We may channel has several well-positioned subknow that the intrepid curiosity seekers scribers, through whom a few films have are doomed, but the film dispenses its been licensed to horror-themed online chills — some digitally created, others and cable channels. extracted by clever camerawork or As for film festivals, Mulligan makes sound effects — with an aplomb that will no bones about his distrust of them. “The please many horror fans. majority of [film festivals] are there to Skilled as they are in frightcraft, the rip off filmmakers,” he says. “They keep company’s principals are also savvy in your money and your movie.” Even small distributing their films. Though ear- festivals, he adds, which purport to have lier DeadFi projects, such as the short the advantage of intimacy and dedicated “Night of the Vampire,” have screened crowds, aren’t what they’re cracked up and received awards at film festivals, to be. He and Vos recall one small-fest the company generally eschews those screening where the only patrons were venues, instead distributing its videos the filmmakers and their companions. exclusively via its YouTube channel. For the foreseeable future, DeadFi For Mulligan, online distribu- will rely on the internet for distribution tion is the only sensible choice for and promotion. That future includes the

I was getting sick of seeing bad horror films and thought, I’m going to do this myself.

company’s first participation in a feature, an international found-footage horror anthology called The Fear Project, slated for release next year. The film’s producers saw DeadFi’s work online and hired them to contribute a segment. After that, Mulligan says, DeadFi will move on from the found-footage niche. He’s planning his own feature for 2016: a “traditionalstyle B-movie — horror, of course” with crowdfunding from DeadFi’s fanbase. Mulligan makes no apologies for hewing to a single genre. “I love the feeling of being scared,” he says. “I don’t know what it is for me, but there’s something comforting about exploring those things that lurk in the dark.” m Contact: ethan@sevendaysvt.com

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Hey, Vermont geeks: Ever wanted to meet a zombie from “The Walking Dead”? What about Mr. McFeely, the mailman from “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood”? Or maybe you’ve been looking for an excuse to rub elbows with James KochalKa, the state’s first cartoonist laureate. You’re in luck. The first annual Vermont comic con happens this weekend, October 25 to 26, at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center in South Burlington. Those characters, and a host of others, will be in town for the family-friendly event, organized by New Hampshire-based Moulton Comic Expo in conjunction with Comic Art House. In addition to the “celebrity draw,” says event organizer elaine manley, conventiongoers can check out booths from sponsors such as Tilt Classic Arcade and Ale House, the Gamers Grotto and the Vermont Department of libraries. Gamers can participate in tournaments of Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, and King of Tokyo, among others. Kids can hang with a performance-art group called Hero Army devoted to cosplay —

that’s “costume play,” for the uninitiated — or check out a range of pop culture artifacts and comic books. On Sunday, the American Red Cross will be on-site for a vampire-themed blood drive. “If you have any interest in pop culture or anything that’s quote-unquote ‘geek,’ you’ll immediately feel comfortable,” says Manley, who’s employed by Moulton Comic Expo. “There’s something for everyone.” She adds that the organizers intend to make Vermont Comic Con an annual event. “The thing that’s made us very excited about Vermont is the spirit,” Manley says. “There’s a very welcoming feeling; everyone loves art … It feels very family-oriented, like a good place for a fun, nontraditional comic con.” X I A N c hI A N G - wA r EN

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Let’s review a few facts, starting with the odds of getting HIV from various behaviors: From penetrative anal intercourse — 1 in 20,000. From receptive anal intercourse — about 1 in 200. From receiving tainted blood — 9 in 10. You get the picture. In the old days, getting HIV-infectious blood was tantamount to a death sentence. At the beginning of the epidemic, there wasn’t a way to test for HIV in donated blood, and many infections were transmitted by transfusions — 1,220 cases in the U.S. by the end of 1987, plus 1,100 in Canada and 1,700 in the UK. As a result, indefinite bans were placed on blood donations from MSMs in much of the world. Drastic? Maybe, but together with crucial improvements in screening, it had the desired result: The blood supply was

secured. The amount of donated blood that turns out to be HIV-positive is minute — only one unit in 1.5 million flunks screening. From 1999 through 2012, just six cases of HIV from blood transfusion were reported. Given an estimated 13 to 17 million units of whole blood donated per year, that suggests you have something like a 1 in 35 million chance of becoming infected with HIV from a blood transfusion. Rescinding a lifetime MSM ban would have consequences. One study estimated that if France’s lifetime ban were changed to exclude only MSMs reporting more than one partner in the past year, transfusion-related HIV cases would increase 370 percent. The French idea, you’ll notice, is that monogamous MSMs (i.e., those with one partner in the past year) would be allowed to donate.

to donate — 139,000 potential donors, according to one estimate. Would it make more sense to adopt the French notion of allowing monogamous MSMs to donate with no special restrictions? For the general population, arguably yes. In the U.S., the prevalence of HIV among gays is substantially higher than among straights; nonetheless, healthy monogamous gay couples are at no greater risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases than healthy monogamous straight ones. But such a rule wouldn’t make much sense for college students, or for people under 30 generally (I pick this age arbitrarily), for whom monogamy isn’t necessarily the default state. Most would thus still be excluded from donating; of those who aren’t, the one partner they’ve had in the past year might be that wild man they met last week. In short, whatever restrictions short of a lifetime ban one might reasonably adopt for the more settled (read: older) portion of the population, a oneyear celibacy requirement (admittedly, when you’re in your early 20s, this might as well be a lifetime) would still be the best policy for young gays.

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xcuse me, Patrick. Since when does anybody at the University of Chicago have sex? But you want a serious answer. Allow me to provide a two-parter: Q: Is the prohibition against blood donation if you’ve had gay sex even once in the past 37 years justified? A: No. If a man had sex with another man one time (hey, maybe even twice) in 1977 and hasn’t yet come down with HIV — which, of course, is the issue behind the ban — he’s not going to come down with it now. Your columnist appreciates the value of bright-line rules as much as the next epidemiologist, but no sense being ridiculous. Q: Is a prohibition against blood donation by male students who’ve ever had sex with another man justified? A: You won’t get any argument from me.

In contrast, in most U.S. research I’ve seen, the point of comparison to present practice is a hypothetical donation ban for MSMs with any same-sex partners in the past year. In other words, assuming you’re not also into women, you’d have to be celibate. Possibly due to this stricter standard, two U.S. studies have found a one-year ban would result in a lesser increase in transfusion-caused HIV cases: 8 percent in one study, 66 percent in the other. What does that mean in practical terms? Yet another study estimates a one-year ban would result in roughly one additional case of HIV per year in the U.S. On the face of it, that would seem to make the present lifetime ban difficult to justify. But the change doesn’t amount to much. Insisting on what is, for all intents and purposes, a year of celibacy for MSMs drastically reduces the donor pool. Studies in the U.S. and Canada have generally found that moving to a 12month ban would only allow about 1 or 2 percent of MSMs

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At the University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt each year, there’s a blood drive where teams can earn points for donating. Increasingly, there has been on-campus criticism of how this discriminates against categories of students restricted from blood donation, especially men who’ve had sex with men (MSM) even once since 1977. Give me the straight dope: Is the FDA still justified in preventing MSM from donating blood? Patrick Augustine

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he biggest tech story in Vermont Picard explains how disaster-relief funds this week is that IBM, one of the available after Tropical Storm Irene helped state’s largest private employers, is Vermonters on the other side of the digital selling its microelectronics facility divide, including Bethel farmer and forester in Essex Junction. After 56 years, the tech Carl Russell, who logs with a pair of draft giant plans to leave Vermont and get out of horses. Picard explains how the Vermont the chip-manufacturing biz. Digital Economy Project helped Russell If federal regulators sign off on the deal, purchase an iPad Mini, which he outfitted the plant’s new owners will be California- with GPS mapping tools that have helped based GlobalFoundries. Its spokesman, his business. In State of the Arts, Xian Chiang-Waren Travis Bullard, told Seven Days in a written statement that the company has no plans to discusses the dark side of connectivity: close the plant “for the foreseeable future.” internet addiction (p. 24). China’s “While it’s almost impossible for any struggle against it is the subject of a new business to make open-ended commit- documentary, Web Junkie, which will be ments, we can say that we have no plans to screened at the Vermont International Film reduce the workforce at this time,” he said. Festival, starting this week. The new doc Reassuring. Sort of. goes behind the scenes at a rehab center in Fortunately, Big Blue’s departure Beijing. There’s a free showing of the isn’t the only local tech story unfoldfilm at the Tech Jam on Friday, ing right now. At the end of the October 24, at 3 p.m. It’s followed week, dozens of Vermont tech by a panel discussion with companies will gather to recruit gamers and counseling staff employees and show their stuff from Champlain College. techissue at the 8th Vermont Tech Jam. Writer Kathryn Flagg is This annual job fair and tech also addicted — to Facebook. In “Too Much Social-izing?” (p. expo, organized by Seven Days and the Vermont Technology Alliance, 40), she discusses Vermont-made Facebook alternatives Ello and Notabli. showcases dozens of the state’s fastestgrowing and most-innovative companies. And in this week’s tech-themed Whiskey Coincidentally, many of them were founded Tango Foxtrot column, Mark Davis asks — by — or employ — people who once worked and answers — the question, “What the heck at IBM. is the Internet of Things?” (p. 42) There are more of those thriving enterThe cover of this year’s Tech Issue hints prises in Vermont than you might realize. at another new development in the local Flip through the exhibitor bios in the pro- scene: the rise of maker spaces — places gram guide at the center of this Tech Issue, where DIY artists, engineers and enthuand you’ll find firms from Bennington to siasts gather to tinker with 3-D printers Waitsfield, from Williston to St. Albans. and laser cutters. You no longer have to They’re ramping up and, in some cases, can’t work for a big company like IBM to access hire people fast enough to fill job openings. industrial-quality tools and prototyping The Jam gives Seven Days’ editorial staff equipment. an opportunity to write about Vermont’s Seven Days designer Aaron Shrewsbury tech economy, and the ways in which tech- conceptualized the Tech Issue cover, then nology is changing the state. Matt Flego of Burlington’s Generator The issue opens with an A to Z guide maker space used a laser cutter to burn it to the local tech scene (p. 32) by Cathy into a piece of wood. Feeling inspired to make your own laser Resmer, who’s spent the last few years studying the landscape. You’ll get zettabytes art? Find out how by visiting Generator of info out of it. Seven tech scenesters during the Vermont Tech Jam. The maker have their say in “People Power,” (p. 36). space is located downstairs from the main Ethan de Seife asked each of them what they exhibition floor in Memorial Auditorium. do and why, and how Vermont can grow its Instead of letting an out-of-state corpotech economy. ration dominate its headlines, Vermont is In “Irene’s Silicon Lining,” (p. 34) Ken learning it can generate its own. m

Coders, Makers and Patent Trolls

Can’t tell the difference between a coder and a maker? Don’t know the first thing about FIRST robotics? Then this A to Z guide is for you. It’s not comprehensive, but it’ll help you get a handle on Vermont’s evolving innovation ecosystem.

An A to Z guide to Vermont’s tech ecosystem

is for Emergent Media Center: The Emergent Media Center is another Champlain College initiative that puts students to work solving problems using digital tools. Through the EMC, students create art, mobile applications and video games. Its most notable project, Breakaway, is a United-Nations-backed, soccer-themed, role-playing game designed to reduce violence against women. It’s been played in more than 180 countries since it debuted in 2010.

Access to the internet varies widely in Vermont. The state’s 2014 draft telecommunications plan notes that 75 percent of Vermonters can download at a speed of four megabits per second and upload at a speed of one megabit per second or faster — better than dial-up, but not by much. Burlington residents, by contrast, can spring for onegigabit-per-second connections from Burlington Telecom. So can commercial customers in areas served by providers such as FirstLight Fiber. That’s like the difference between inching down Route 7 behind a manure spreader and cruising on the Autobahn.

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Why don’t you hear more about the Queen City’s superfast, fiber-to-the-home internet connection? Because it comes courtesy of Burlington Telecom, which illegally gobbled up $17 million in taxpayer funds and defaulted on its Citibank loan. The utility is now operating in the black (minus payments on its debt), and the city is poised to privatize it. Meanwhile, BT and its advocates are waging a PR campaign to demonstrate the value of this resource. Last year, Burlington teamed up with US Ignite, a coalition of cities across the nation that have similarly speedy networks. The effort, called BTV Ignite, has sparked lots of meetings and big conversations, but not much tangible progress. Yet.

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U.S. FIRST Robotics competitions are like science fairs on steroids. Kids in grades K-12 build robots, then enter them in tournaments where they go head-to-head with other robots. The teams make T-shirts and buttons and often wear costumes. It’s a wild, geeky scene. Inventor Dean Kamen founded the organization in 1989 — the acronym stands for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology — though it took nearly 20 years to catch on in Vermont. Now numerous schools and organizations field teams. Norwich University will host a FIRST Lego League qualifying event on November 16; the University of Vermont will host the FIRST Tech Challenge for grades 7-12 on March 1, 2015. is for Invention2Venture: This annual spring event at UVM brings together researchers and entrepreneurs for roundtable discussions and networking. It starts with a ceremony recognizing UVM’s new patent holders and student and faculty researchers whose work has been licensed for commercial use.

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Coders write the code that tells computers what to do. These people used to be called computer programmers, but what a mouthful!

is for Digital Forensics: Digital forensics experts sift through data on electronic devices, often to recover evidence. Two nationally recognized digital forensics training programs call Vermont home. One is at Norwich University; the other, at Champlain College’s Leahy Center for Digital Investigation, gives students real-world experience assisting local law-enforcement agencies. Not surprisingly, more than 90 percent of Champlain’s digital forensics students get job offers shortly after graduation.

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The former grocery warehouse at 47 Maple Street in Burlington once housed JDK Design. In 2013, the firm downsized and invited other companies to rent space in its refurbished industrial HQ. Now the Karma Bird House is home to artists, coders, designers and small businesses, including cybersecurity firm Pwnie Express; pop-up transportation startup Bridj, which operates a data-driven bus service in Boston; IrisVR, which works with architects to render their designs in 3-D virtual reality; and Budnitz Bicycles, whose sister business is social-media startup Ello.

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masterminds. They build things, too. Hackathons are competitive or collaborative events — often organized around a theme — during which coders and designers develop apps. Vermont’s best-known hackathon, the 24-hour HackVT, was started in 2011 by MyWebGrocer. The Winooski company pitched it as an opportunity for contestants to build “a killer app” for the State of Vermont. This year, MWG handed the reins to Green Mountain Power, which organized the 2014 HackVT around energy innovation. Other local hackathons have included “Hack the Stacks,” aimed at helping the Fletcher Free Library; and a “Food Systems Hackathon” at UVM for farmers. Both were organized by Code for BTV, the local “brigade” of civic-minded hackers affiliated with Code for America. A hackathon for creatives, StoryhackVT, debuted in 2013 and held its second competition this past September.

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The term “maker” originated with 9-year-old Make Magazine, which encourages readers to “bring a DIY mindset to technology.” Makers use old-fashioned tools, but they also wield 3-D printers, laser cutters and microelectronics devices. Both UVM and Champlain College now host oncampus maker labs; a community maker space, Generator, opened in Burlington’s Memorial Auditorium in the spring of 2014. It offers small studios and classes in everything from basic metal working to creating “Franken-Critters.” The local maker community shows its stuff each

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Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce and Nick Grimley of Hackett, Valine & MacDonald, the LaunchVT business-pitch competition matches Vermont startups with mentors from around the region. The coaches help eager entrepreneurs hone their skills. Entrants compete for hard cash and in-kind prizes worth $75,000. The 2014 winner: IrisVR (See “K”.)

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fall at the Champlain Mini-Maker Faire at Shelburne Farms. The 2014 event took place the first weekend of October.

sophisticated cybersecurity research. The Department of Homeland Security recently awarded Norwich’s Applied Research Institutes a $2.3 million grant to bolster their cyber-attack prevention programs.

IS FOR OFFICE SQUARED: When it opened in 2009, Office Squared was Vermont’s first coworking space, where telecommuters or freelancers could rent a desk for a day at a time or longer. It’s an attractive option for tech consultants or startups seeking an affordable place to work. Since then, the coworking concept has taken off nationwide; the Commercial Real Estate Development Association estimated that there were 781 such shared offices across the country in 2013. In Vermont, they include Local 64 in Montpelier, the Hub NRJ in White River Junction, Hinge in Burlington and Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies spaces in Burlington and Middlebury.

The nation’s oldest private military college is also home to some of its most

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IS FOR UBER: Too lazy to call a cab? If you’re in Burlington, you can now book a ride using the Uber app on your smartphone.

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane — it’s a small, lightweight, four-propeller drone! Many media companies now employ these little buggers for aerial photography. There’s already a Northern New England Drone Users Group, and it has a whopping 60 members. They gather frequently for “fly-ins,” and to talk shop at meet-ups with tantalizing titles such as “Beer and Drones” and “Poutine and Drones.”

This open-source programming language is popular in the Burlington area — so much so that the Queen City hosts an annual Burlington Ruby Conference every August. Coders from all across the Northeast attend.

This nonprofit affiliated with Startup America organizes events aimed at enhancing the entrepreneurial ecosystem — such as a community roundtable scheduled for October 29 at Local 64 in Montpelier. The Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies convenes this statewide series of casual mixers for entrepreneurs, tech professionals and investors. The next one takes place in Bennington on November 6.

IS FOR YOUNG HACKS ACADEMY: Colchester parent Thomas Bacon founded this weeklong coding summer camp in 2013, and expanded it a year later to 10 locations across Vermont. This summer, it will be open to kids ages 9 to 14 in every corner of the state, from Manchester to Newport, St. Albans to White River Junction.

IS FOR ZETTABYTE:

The byte is a digital unit of measurement (one byte = eight bits). Twenty years ago, a kilobyte (1,000 bytes) seemed pretty big. Today, a terabyte (a trillion bytes) seems like a lot of data. A zettabyte is a billion terabytes, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes. In 2012, Cisco Systems estimated that by 2016, global internet traffic would reach 1.3 zettabytes per year.

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IS FOR XEMORY: The National Science Foundation awarded this Burlington-based startup a grant to develop Neurobotik, a game that allows kids to design and improve robots by guiding their evolution. Xemory is piloting the game in October at four Chittenden County schools, and will show Neurobotik at the Vermont Tech Jam.

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an unlikely spot for an annual gathering of digerati, but this festival, organized by part-time resident David McGowan, is now in its fourth year. The 2014 event, featuring sessions on interactive storytelling and video making, will take place on Friday, November 7.

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Patent trolls aren’t inventors — they’re shell companies that buy patents, then seek to recover licensing fees. If you’ve ever sent a scanned document IS FOR JOHN COHN: Richmond resident and IBM over email, for exFellow John Cohn is a local tech-scene rock ample, an outfit called star. Not only is he a world-class scientist, MPHJ Technologies claiming 60 patents issued or pending, but he claims you owe it also hosts UVM’s FIRST Robotics (See “F”) money. According competition and travels the state delivering his to a Federal Trade electrifying “Jolts and Volts” presentation to Commission investielementary, middle and high school students. gation, the company Cohn even has his own music video — has sent letters to “Engineering Paradise,” a parody of “Gangsta’s more than 16,000 Paradise.” “If you be a gamer, you can’t give me businesses nationno lip,” he raps, “cuz when you be fraggin’ your homies, you wide, demanding libe usin’ my chip.” censing fees of $1,000 per employee. These claims are hard to fight in court — except in Vermont. In 2013, the legislature passed the first anti-patenttrolling legislation in the nation. Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell is currently suing MPHJ on behalf of Vermont businesses and nonprofits that received those letters. The state recently won IS FOR NORWICH UNIVERSITY:

a victory when Judge Helen Toor decided to try the case in Vermont rather than in federal court. The feds don’t recognize patent trolling as a crime; national legislation stalled in the Senate last year after universities and pharmaceutical companies opposed it.

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Tech-savvy teens find summer STEM opportunities through GIV, which hosts weeklong intensives at Vermont colleges in areas such as information technology and digital media, engineering and environmental technology. In February 2014, GIV also hosted Winter Weekends programs, devoted to advanced mathematics and astrophotography.

cinating interdisciplinary program at UVM studies the patterns of complex systems, be they physical, biological, social or synthetic. Courses this year include Evolutionary Robotics and Advanced Bioengineering Systems. Its playful logo, an octopus in a robot suit, hints at the center’s impressive reach.

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he noontime rush at Cockadoodle Pizza Café in Bethel is more like a steady trickle. Two construction workers in reflective neon vests wait in line for pizza slices behind a gaggle of office workers from the GW Plastics plant a quarter mile north on Route 12. Near them, a teenager sits with his head down and eyes glued to his Android, ignoring both his food and lunch companion. In a booth across the room, an older man in jeans and a rumpled shirt scans an iPad; outside, two cyclists quickly check their smartphones before pedaling away. Such signs of digital connectivity may not seem noteworthy — until you realize how far the town has come. Until three years ago, Bethel village was a digital dead zone lacking even basic cellphone service. Getting connected instantly became a community-wide concern after August 29, 2011, when flooding from Tropical Storm Irene inundated the small Windsor County town of 2,030 people and wiped out more than $8 million in public infrastructure, including roads, bridges, pump stations, well houses and a local fishery. Also flooded were town businesses, such as Bethel Mills and Dean’s Auto, and numerous homes. The storm destroyed nine trailers in Richards Mobile Home Park. The devastation was so severe that images of Bethel showed up on the national news. In the storm’s wake, federal disasterrelief funds flowed into Bethel and dozens of other storm-affected towns to finance bricks-and-mortar reconstruction. Additional dollars — a $2.2 million grant to the Vermont Council on Rural Development — were earmarked to build something that hadn’t existed previously in those communities: a digital infrastructure. Bethel was among the first of 50 flood-damaged towns to apply for assistance from what became known as the Vermont Digital Economy Project. The 18-month initiative offered towns a chance to boost their connectivity through such services as free public Wi-Fi zones, municipal websites, digital

consulting for small businesses and nonprofits, and digital literacy tutors for Vermonters with few or no computer skills. The overarching goal: to make towns better prepared in the event of future disasters. The project launched in January 2013, though technically, staff weren’t in place and assisting communities until two months later. Since then, VCRD and its partners, the Snelling Center for Government and the Vermont Small Business Development Center, have helped set up 25 municipal websites, 26 Wi-Fi districts, 160 “digital tools” workshops and 250 Front Porch Forums. According to director Sharon Combes-Farr, the Vermont Digital Economy Project went a long way toward “bridging the digital divide” for

the nearly one-third of Vermonters who say they never use the internet. But as the project draws to a close in December, it’s a good time to ask the question: Will Vermont’s late arrivals to the digital age maintain their newfound connectivity once the federal funds are gone? Combes-Farr isn’t sure, but stresses that VCRD puts a premium on what she calls “self-determination.” If a community decides a project or program is valuable and important — be it a food-shelf website, a Wi-Fi hot zone or some other digital enterprise — the town must find a way to make it sustainable. Bethel appears well on its way. Next door to Cockadoodle Pizza stands Black Forest Café and Caterers, owned by Nick and Heidi Nikolaidis. Heidi, who is also vice chair of the Bethel Business Association, says her town was among the first to jump on the opportunity to set up

a downtown Wi-Fi zone. That now spans the 0.3-mile stretch of Main Street from Bethel Town Hall to Mills Hardware. Because Bethel’s municipal government lacks the staff and resources to manage and maintain a Wi-Fi district on its own, the nonprofit BBA agreed to take on the task. Using the federal grant money, it hired South Royalton-based ECFiber to build the hot spot, which required installing Wi-Fi transmitters and repeaters in the village. These are all linked and share collective bandwidth; dues from the BBA’s 70-plus member businesses cover the cost of maintaining them. As a result, says Nikolaidis, on any given morning, locals and tourists alike can be seen sitting in their cars along Main Street or in the town hall parking lot and accessing the internet via the “Bethel Connection,” the landing page for public Wi-Fi users.

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points out, many large employers in the had anything to offer a business like his. area, such as Shaw’s, Dollar General and “It became clear to me early on,” he reGifford Medical Center, now expect ap- calls, “that a lot of what they were talkplicants to submit their job applications ing about — website management, social and résumés online. media and stuff like that — didn’t really So, for two semesters, Kimball apply to what we’re doing.” Library’s internet intern, But once involved, Russell then a senior at the nearby learned about an iPad app that Community College of serves as an extremely compreVermont, spent at least hensive data-collection system nine hours a week tutorfor forestry inventory managetechissue ing patrons on creating ment. “So I got to thinking, résumés, searching for what else is out there that a jobs, filling out applications forester, logger or farmer could and filing for unemployment use in their business?” online. Though the funding for that proWith help from the Vermont Digital gram has since run out, project director Economy Project, Russell secured a tiny Combes-Farr says that, owing to its pop- grant of about $500 to purchase an iPad ularity, plans are in the works to secure Mini for his business. The grant covered long-term funding, possibly through the not just the hardware and software, but Vermont Library Association. also one-on-one consulting services with Pat Ripley of the Vermont Small Business Development Center. With Ripley’s help, Russell found several GPS mapping programs that allowed him to upload and download digital files, evaluate timber lots, and connect to the Agency of Natural Resources’ online atlas. The last supplies him with more than 50 layers of GIS data on wetlands, deer yards, streams, property boundaries, soil composition and the like. “Having these tools provides me with a level of professional presentation that I couldn’t have afforded in the past,” Not everyone who’s reaped the ben- Russell says. “I don’t have the scale of efits of the Vermont Digital Economy business where I could have invested in Project did so by boosting their web this hardware to support these kinds of presence or social media savvy. In digital tools.” Bethel, local farmer and consulting forSince adopting them, Russell has ester Carl Russell has become a poster forged connections with other animalchild of sorts for how the farming and powered businesses, in Vermont and forest-products industries can benefit around the world, and shared info about from online digital tools. new products and methods. Though no Luddite, Russell runs “I have people I now consider to be his logging business, Russell Forestry good friends who are horse loggers in Services, the old-fashioned way: He logs England,” he says. “A hundred years ago, sustainably using a pair of draft horses. someone might have leaned over a stone Until a few years ago, he didn’t have wall and watched his neighbor using a an email address and did all his record new plow. That ain’t happening anymore.” keeping by hand in a notebook. Asked if he believes Bethel’s digital Russell’s draft animals and equip- advancements will outlast the funding ment weren’t lost or damaged in the stream, Russell admits he’s not sure. 2011 floods, but about a month’s worth “I don’t know how sustainable it is. of logging — 35,000 board-feet in all — It’s a question I get asked all the time belanguished on washed-out roads for six cause I make my living with hand tools weeks before trucks could get there and and draft animals,” he says. “So my sense deliver it to a mill. As a result, much of of sustainability is, this is a good tool for the wood became stained or otherwise me right now.” degraded, costing him thousands of dolThat’s good enough for Combeslars in lost revenue. Farr of the Digital Economy Project. After Bethel got involved in the Sustainable “may mean it’s not there in Vermont Digital Economy Project, five years,” she says. “Or it may mean it’s Russell, who also serves on the town’s something that changes the community selectboard, agreed to be a liaison to the forever.” m farming and logging communities. Initially, he wasn’t sure the project Contact: ken@sevendaysvt.com

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Since its launch on June 20, 2013, more than 36,000 users have connected to the internet via the Bethel Connection — as many as 154 in one day, Nikolaidis reports. Those numbers don’t include people who access the internet via Wi-Fi hot spots at Cockadoodle Pizza and Mills Hardware, both of which have Wi-Fi repeaters that are linked to the public ones — at no cost to the BBA or Bethel taxpayers. Townspeople who lived through Irene decided that the Bethel Connection could also serve the function of a municipal website. The landing page features links to local businesses, services and nonprofits and town announcements, as well as VT Alert, the state’s official allhazards emergency notification portal. After the storm, many Bethel residents were unable to access emergency information about their town, Nikolaidis explains. Her own family didn’t have power or telephone service for five days; cut off from town by the washed-out road, they knew little about what was happening in the village. Under such circumstances, Nikolaidis reasons, town officials would be unlikely to be able to update a municipal website. So the VT Alert link stays on the Bethel Connection page in case a similar disaster befalls the town in the future. A few miles north of Bethel on Route 12, at Kimball Public Library in Randolph, Lynne Gately is adept at spotting visitors who haven’t been to the library before — including this reporter. That’s understandable, given that Gately, an adult services librarian, has worked there for more than 15 years and knows most patrons by name or face. Many come in to access one of the library’s five computer stations, which were upgraded last year to high-speed internet. Gately characterizes the digital literacy of many library patrons as “pretty bad.” Some arrive with no prior experience, while others have limited skills but remain intimidated by the rapid pace of technological advances. “At Christmastime, all these elderly people got a new Kindle or a new iPad,” she recalls. “Did they really want it? If you ask me, probably not. But their kids wanted them to have it and think they’ll love it, and they don’t. It’s a really steep learning curve.” Earlier this year, Kimball Public Library was one of 24 libraries statewide, including the Bethel Public Library, that received an internet intern — a college student paid $15 an hour to help library users improve their online competency. The goal wasn’t just to help seniors download ebooks or access Facebook photos of their grandchildren. As Gately

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trying to keep up with the technology.

Meet the programmers, academics and organizers behind Vermont’s growing tech sector

J o e Ng

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ermont’s tech economy is growing. It isn’t Silicon Valley — yet — but anecdotal evidence suggests an increasing number of local tech companies are calling Vermont home. Ditto techie events, from hackathons to code camps, business pitch competitions to mini maker faires. Advances in technology are playing a role in this shift — it’s easier than ever to connect and share information in Vermont — but it’s people who make the network work. We talked with seven of them who’ve found their niches in various corners of the state’s tech industry: schools, businesses, community organizations. We asked them what they’re passionate about and why, and where they think Vermont’s burgeoning tech scene is headed.

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The world’s leading expert in Microsoft’s Entity Framework, a vitally important object-relational mapping tool, lives on a hillside in Chittenden County. A freelance consultant, Julie Lerman could have situated herself just about anywhere, but she loves to ski — which is lucky for the Vermont tech scene. Lerman was an early organizer of what’s now the Vermont Technology Alliance, an industry trade group, and is a driving force behind the annual Vermont Code Camp at UVM. Explain it to me like I’m 14: What exactly is the Entity Framework? It’s a tool within Microsoft’s development framework, which is called .NET. Entity is .NET’s tool for interacting with data from your applications. Relationship databases, which are the most classic databases, organize their data in rows and columns, but when we write code, we talk about things, and things have properties and meaning. An object-relational mapper allows you to think in terms of your application and then it will transform what you’re asking for out of the database into the database’s “rows and columns” language. Besides writing books about it, how do you work with Entity Framework? I help other developers and companies use it better as

part of their software. I don’t do the coding, but I help them understand better how to use it in an architecture. I also help them with data access. How would you characterize the coding community in Vermont? We have this really broad community of developers and we all do a lot of similar things. I love the Vermont Code Camps. They’re really diverse and bring in the whole community. We’re all friends, we all collaborate on engaging local developers and helping to teach. We’re all geeks, right? FILE: Matthew thorsen

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Julie Lerman, expert in Microsoft’s Entity Framework

You write books, you teach online classes, you give conference talks. What compels you to share your knowledge with others? I like making sure that people don’t feel like they don’t have access to information. Years ago, I was at a presentation. The thing that the speaker was teaching depended on understanding something else, and he

totally glazed over the other thing. The presentation was recorded, and I went over that little part 20 times until I finally understood what he was talking about. It’s not fair to assume people know things. I decided that I wanted to help those people who think, “Well, I don’t know that thing, but I better not ask because it’ll be obvious that I’m stupid.” I just don’t want to leave those people behind. Software development has a reputation for being a bit of boys’ club. Do you find that to be true?

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The Behind-the-Scenes IT Guy

Maggie Eppstein, Professor and Chair of Computer Science, University of Vermont Matthew thorsen

Joe Ng, Mainframe and Operations Director, State of Vermont Data Centers

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Walking into Joe Ng’s office is sort of like walking into The Matrix. Not only is the room filled with stark, black, heavily whirring server stacks, but its digital arteries course with the 1s and 0s that hold everything together. “Everything,” in this case, are most of the digital transactions carried out by the State of Vermont. If you’re a Vermonter, your encrypted digital information probably passes hourly through one of the four data centers under Ng’s supervision. But don’t blame him for Vermont Health Connect — he’s “not familiar” with the system architecture, though some of its data resides on his servers. What are your primary job responsibilities? Part of my responsibility is managing the four data centers for the state: two in Montpelier, one in Barre and one in South Burlington. I manage the data centers, the mainframe computer operations, and do tech support and services for the State of Vermont. I make sure the infrastructure is up and running, the power is on, the cooling is on, the servers are operating optimally.

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Have you noticed a recent uptick in student interest in coding? At UVM computer science, enrollment has been up about 172 percent over the last four years. We’ve had a tremendous uptick. There’s an infinite need for computer scientists who can work on “big data” problems.

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Are there particular challenges in working in tech in the public sector? The challenge is always trying to keep up with the technology and trying to have the human resources and capital. There are more projects than we have people to work on them. Across industries, this is always a challenge, whether you are Microsoft or a small company. I think there is always a challenge in teaching or having enough people in the STEM disciplines. However, I also believe we need more than a bunch of scientists and engineers. I believe we need to have painters and sculptors and writers and poets.

What are some misconceptions about computer science? Most people have no clue what computer science is all about. Computer science is really the science of problem solving, usually using computers — but not always. Even the science of what is computable — by human brains or by computers — falls under computer science. I actually work in an area called computational sciences. I am solving problems in science and engineering by developing computer algorithms that can tackle those problems. Most computer scientists work in very multidisciplinary terms on a whole variety of cutting-edge problems in science, engineering, business, medicine, defense, security. We have constantly streaming

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How do you encourage people to code? We actually had a “Day of Code” here at my house, for my neighbors. We had kids, we had 60-year-olds. We had laptops and iPads all over the place. There are people who are just going to gravitate toward coding, no matter what. The important thing is to make sure that the doors are open.

What’s the total amount of computing power here? It’s hard to say, because we use lots of virtualized environments. Basically, I can take things that I would run on five physical servers and run them virtually on one server. It’s all done through software.

I understand you’ve done a lot of work to attract women to computer science. Nationwide, only 12 percent of graduating computer scientists from Ph.D.-granting universities are female. Here at UVM, we went from 10 females in 2010 to 17 females last year. We’re really working to increase that. I recently got a $650,000 National Science Foundation grant for scholarships for incoming computer scientists, with an emphasis on trying to recruit women and other underrepresented groups. We’re one of only 15 computer science departments in the U.S. to be part of the BRAID initiative: Broadening Recruiting And Inclusion for Diversity.

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It’s so sticky, especially right now, with the whole Gamergate thing [a controversy over misogyny in the gaming community.] But here’s what I want to say: I find that not to be true at all here in the Burlington area. Our community is so open and wonderful. As a matter of fact, most of the community leaders in our area are women. I’m also at a position in my life where I’ve got enough street cred that I don’t think I’m experiencing gender bias anymore.

Maggie Eppstein has been at the University of Vermont, in one capacity or another, since 1983, starting as a grad student and working her way up to be chair of the Department of Computer Science. Her office bookshelves sag with computer-language manuals, many of which she uses her various interdisciplinary projects. In teaching the next generation of computer scientists, Eppstein is a linchpin in the state’s tech economy.

What are some of your current projects? The project that I’m most excited about is one on which I’m working with associate professor Paul Hines in engineering. It’s related to the electrical grid. I’ve been developing an algorithm for rapidly finding nonlinearly interacting combinations of outages that lead to cascading failures. Together, along with grad student Pooya Rezaei, we’ve developed … new ways of mitigating such risks. We think this is going to be really important for thinking about more integration of renewables into the grid, more distributed power generation and being able to understand how to keep the grid stable. Of all the things I’ve done, I think this one has the most chance of actually making a big impact on the real world. SEVENDAYSvt.com

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What kinds of information are stored in these servers? We have email for all state employees, information about benefits from the Agency of Human Services, the benefits from the WIC program. We also process checks for custodians and parents, data for the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Agency of Transportation, the State Treasury, the Secretary of State, the state libraries, the court system, the Department of Taxes, the Agency of Natural Resources. Most major agencies are represented.

data coming from every corner of the Earth, and it’s computer scientists who need to be able to figure out how to make sense of that data, how to see useful patterns in it. It’s a very satisfying and creative area.

The Organizer

The Seed-Planter

Maureen McElaney, Founder, Girl Develop It Burlington

Cairn Cross, Cofounder and Managing Director, FreshTracks Capital

The venture capital fund that Cairn Cross manages has been in the news lately for funding the new, Burlington-based social network Ello. But FreshTracks Capital has had a hand in the growth of many other Vermont companies, including the Middlebury marketing concern Faraday and Shelburne’s EatingWell Media Group. Last year, the Vermont Technology Alliance recognized its contributions with a Tech Jam Ambassador Award. Cross, who recently organized a “Road Pitch” event in which investors on motorcycles visited small Vermont towns, calls himself “bullish” on the local tech scene, and not just because there’s money to be made.

The national nonprofit Girl Develop It has had a Burlington chapter since 2013. For one reason: Maureen McElaney. A quality assurance engineer for Dealer.com by day, McElaney also finds time to lead the local branch of GDI, where she supervises classes and social events designed to encourage women to learn software development. For many an independent-minded female coder, McElaney is a guiding light.

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Today, you can go take a walk to the Karma Bird House, go to the Maker Space, see all the stuff that’s happening.

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surveying the competitive landscape, I want to know what’s going on in those places, why people would choose them over Burlington and what we can do to differentiate ourselves. I would spend my time more on that than worrying about how there’s no sales tax in New Hampshire but there’s sales tax in Vermont. The bigger problem is that people who work at Dealer. com like living in Burlington, but they might also like working for XYZ Corporation that’s emerging in Bozeman, Mont.

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How can the local tech economy get even stronger? From an economic development perspective, we tend to focus on the wrong things. I think we should focus on: If you wanted to live in Burlington, where else might you like to live? Boulder; Bozeman; Boise; Bend — the Bs! If I’m

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Why focus on investing in tech companies? The tech scene in Burlington today is really strong. I think what happens with tech entrepreneurs more than probably any other entrepreneurs is that they can live and locate their businesses anywhere. If this is an attractive area to them, they can do worldclass stuff here.

How and why did you establish a Girl Develop It chapter in Burlington? I was involved in Girl Develop It in Philadelphia, where I grew up. I moved here, and I missed it. I was looking for something similar, but I didn’t see a good place for people to go to an informal meet-up setting and learn. I missed the community of women, specifically. I asked around and met people like Julie Lerman. I asked them if this was something that Burlington needed, and they all said, “Yes, we need to do this.”

What kinds of changes have you seen in Burlington’s tech scene? Today, you can go take a walk to the Karma Bird House, go to the maker space, see all the stuff that’s happening. There’s this buzz going on. All of these people, not all of whom are well-known or in positions in which they get to make decisions — they’re all incredibly important to making the overall ecosystem work. That’s what’s so exciting. The tech pioneers of 20 or 30 years ago in Vermont were a lot more lonely. You also teach business courses at UVM and Champlain College. The reason I decided to get into the classroom was that I thought it would be a great way to connect with young potential entrepreneurs. It seemed to me that there were some interesting things going on in the local colleges, and the best way for me to get involved was to be right at ground level. The other thing I’ve been involved with for a couple years now is being a coach for the LaunchVT competition. I enjoy the chance to spend an in-depth period, usually five or six weeks, with a team, polishing up their pitch. It’s a blend of public speaking, theater and business savvy. I find all that stuff fascinating. It’s a great way to study human behavior.

What kinds of skills do you teach at GDI? Some classes are more structured. People come in to learn a specific language or skill. For example, this month, we have a class on relational databases. People come in there not knowing anything. We also teach HTML, CSS, JavaScript — more common languages that people outside of tech recognize. We also have monthly “Code and Coffee” nights. These are openformat. People can come and bring their projects, ask questions, meet the community. Why should we learn to code? More and more, it’s becoming part of every job. Everybody needs a website, everybody needs to market to their customers, who are increasingly moving online. Why should women learn to code? It’s empowering for women to learn that they’re good at it. Coding is something, I think, that women in today’s society weren’t brought up to think they should be involved with. The number of women entering the industry is decreasing. Women are being driven out, and we need to change that. How is that happening? Many factors suggest women are not made to feel welcome in the

tech industry, from hiring and talent retention practices not conducive to fostering diversity, to an obvious imbalance of women with technical backgrounds in power positions. Making a career switch into tech often has a high price of admission. There’s a prevalent attitude that unless you’re willing to work all hours of the night and spend all your free time learning new languages, you’ll be left behind. Women need a strong mentorship network and access to training to feel like they have a chance at breaking in. Have you found the local tech community to be welcoming? Amazingly so. I came in here as a stranger with this crazy idea. I would go to meet-ups and talk to random strangers to ask if they would help me. Everyone resoundingly said yes. What are some of the challenges of working in a small tech industry in a small state? It’s been really tough to find space for classes and events, affordable space in town that is accessible and has parking. That makes it hard for us to meet the demand in our community. We have over 500 members now, and I can still really only offer a class a month. I also think that some of the coding groups are starting to get quiet. There are bursts of activity, but then a lot of quiet time. People tell me that Girl Develop It is the only thing that’s regularly active. I hope that someone picks up the torch to do more. I wouldn’t see it as competition, but as meeting a need.

The Rural Entrepreneur

DAVE BROWN, PRESIDENT AND CEO, MISYS, WOODSTOCK

Dave Brown founded Manufacturing Information Systems in Woodstock nearly 30 years ago. From a small software company flying under the radar — until last year, there was no signage identifying the office — it’s grown to 26 employees. Training and hiring local talent, Brown assembled a team that developed its flagship inventory-management software. The 67-year-old entrepreneur explains how creating an industry-leading product transformed the small, rural software

software helps you maintain inventory; our software helps you maintain no inventory.

company known as MISys — pronounced “my sis.”

How did you identify the niche for your product? I remember sitting down with the president of [my former employer, a computer company], asking, “How are we going to compete with IBM?” He smiled and said, “You don’t compete with IBM. You find cracks in their business where you can live and make a perfectly good income.” When I started the business, that was the idea: Find some crack that nobody else is going to fill. Be a friend to the bigger companies but do something that they need done but aren’t going to do.

What, exactly, does MISys do? If you were in the business of making baby buggies, our software would make sure that you had all of the pieces of the buggies at the right time; you don’t need to have the wheels, for example, on day one. And having buggy wheels now, when you don’t need them, is a waste of time and money. We say that other people’s manufacturing

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What are the challenges of running a tech company in a rural area? Two things: the availability of talent and internet connectivity. I like to hire local people. Why? Because local people are invested in the community and they’re going to stay. It takes so long to train people; it’s a huge investment. So we really need to be looking at the long haul. If you’re running a fast-food joint, you don’t really care if the workers come to work next week or not. But in our business, where it takes at least a year to bring someone up to speed, we’re really concerned about the longevity issue.

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Unfortunately, Woodstock in particular and Vermont in general hasn’t done a good job of attracting those kinds of people. I think everybody understands that. So we hire the best people, but we often have to bring them in from afar. We’re building software that assumes a 30 megabit-per-second symmetrical connection (download and upload speeds of 30Mbps) but that’s not available outside of Chittenden County. You lucky Chittenden County people aside, most Vermonters have been saddled with slow dial-up, while the worst-performing service you could purchase in Japan was 100/100Mbps. I see reliable, high-speed internet as the only way that I can survive in business and live in a place that I want to live in. There are a lot of places that I could go that have fiber-optic connections, but I don’t want to live there. So I put up with what the lazy telcos have given us in the short term — which is inadequate, despite what the governor says. There has been some progress, though. Just this year, ECFiber and the Vermont Telecommunications Authority have decided to work on some projects collaboratively. One of those projects brings 1000Mbps internet just a mile away from our office. I’m trying to think about how many extension cords I could possibly buy.

The Future

KIRBY GORDON, JUNIOR, MONTPELIER HIGH SCHOOL

JEB WALLACE-BRODEUR

around us, but if you zoom way in, you can understand it with very logical rules about how things bond together. If you could find a job like that in Vermont, would you stay? If an attractive tech job opened up for me in Vermont, I would most likely stay. Contact: ethan@sevendaysvt.com

INFO Girl Develop It Burlington will be exhibiting at the Vermont Tech Jam on Friday and Saturday, October 24 and 25, at Memorial Auditorium in Burlington. GDI Burlington and the UVM Department of Computer Science are finalists for the 2014 Vermont Tech Jam Ambassador Award, which will be presented at a reception at the Jam.

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What do you see yourself doing in 10 years? I think I’d like to be doing something where I can use my skills in computer programming. I’d like to learn some other field of science but apply computer programming to it, maybe something in biology or chemistry. I like learning about how atoms bond to each other to form molecules. We see all this complexity all

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What is it that you like so much about programming? I like that you can have nothing on the screen — just a blank page. Then, by the end, you have lines and lines of computer code. Starting with nothing and ending up with a whole program. That part is

What kinds of avenues have you found that let you explore your interest in computers? I worked at [Montpelier web application company] Bear Code, which specializes in healthcare and voting. I went over there to learn more about programming in the real world. As opposed to “this is what I want to make,” they’d tell me something to do and then I’d have to do it. Most recently, I was working on software that would attach itself to kids’ social media and look for indicators of behavior that parents wouldn’t approve of. So it would look for red cups in pictures, which would indicate that the kids were at parties, drinking.

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How did you get started with coding? I was messing around with PowerPoint and I got frustrated with it because there’s no interactivity. So I took up Scratch, which is a drag-and-drop programming language that’s good for beginners. I got frustrated with that eventually, too, because there wasn’t enough you could do with it. I taught myself Java and then also went to a few camps in summers to learn more Java. Last year, when I got serious about it, I took an online class to be able to take the AP computer science exam. [Gordon got a 5 on the exam, the highest possible score.]

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Montpelier High School’s Kirby Gordon, 17, is known for his off-thecharts PSAT scores. But the junior also has a remarkable aptitude for writing computer code. “His Java is better than my Java,” says Gordon’s computer science teacher, Whitney Machnik. An affable, articulate young man, Gordon is representative of Vermont’s next wave of tech leaders.

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or weeks, my husband, Colin, and I have been struggling with a big decision that affects our marriage. Recently we were sitting at our dining room table during a rare moment of quiet — the baby was sleeping, the dishes were done. But instead of chatting about our days, or simply relaxing, we were both looking at our laptops. We weren’t working; we were surfing Facebook. Colin looked up from his laptop. “Let’s quit Facebook,” he urged me. It wasn’t the first time one of us had said this. “OK,” I told him — and I believed, like I always do, that it was for the best. “Tonight?” he suggested, always the more decisive of the two of us. No, tomorrow, I thought. Somehow tomorrow never comes. I’ve been using Facebook for a decade now. I signed up using my new middlebury.edu email address the summer before my freshman year of college, back when the service was open only to students from a select few schools. For a long time, the website was pure fun. Over the years, however, I’ve become more concerned about protecting my privacy and personal data. The ads annoy me. And I dislike the “like” culture. But my real reason for resenting Facebook is much simpler: I’m addicted. Today, I’m more likely to end my day in the blue glow of a screen than settled into bed with an old-fashioned book. It’s a break — and distraction — between tasks during my workday. I’ve even developed a worrisome tic: My fingers automatically start to type “facebook. com” into the navigation bar atop my browser, regardless of which website I actually intend to visit. I considered tallying the number of times I checked the site during the course of writing this article, but decided the total would be too horrifying to share. So when I heard about the new social media site, Ello — on Facebook, of course — I perked up. Ello has been around for months, but really caught on in the wake of Facebook’s so-called “real name” policy, which required users to register for the site using their legal names. That

incensed some in the LGBTQ community because of its implications for drag performers and queer or trans individuals who no longer use those names. They got the word out — on Facebook and other social media — and it struck a nerve. At one point, Ello was reporting that 45,000 new users were signing up every hour. (And, not surprisingly, Facebook ditched their offending policy shortly after everyone started talking about Ello.) Why the explosion of interest in Ello? Because it’s social media with a manifesto, which reads, in part: “We believe a social network can be a tool

for empowerment. Not a tool to deceive, coerce and manipulate — but a place to connect, create and celebrate life.” Sure, it sounded a little “kumbaya,” but I was intrigued. Ello promises a “simple, beautiful, ad-free experience.” Is this my alternative? I wondered. The e-cigarette for my chain-smoking habit? I was doubly interested when I learned that Ello was cofounded by serial entrepreneur Paul Budnitz, of Burlington-based Budnitz Bicycles, and funded with Vermont venture capital. Shelburne-based FreshTracks Capital was the site’s first institutional investor,

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contributing $435,000 in seed money 10 months ago. FreshTracks managing director Lee Bouyea sits on Ello’s board. “The whole pitch around an ad-free social network … made a lot of sense to us,” said Bouyea, when I asked about the decision to back the site. Users are feeling “increasingly disenfranchised” by existing, mainstream social media, he said. That, coupled with the business plan — a “freemium” model in which Ello users can pay for additional services, similar to LinkedIn’s approach — seemed like a good business opportunity to Bouyea and the other FreshTracks investors. The FreshTracks investment riled some online pundits after Ello’s explosion hit popular tech blogs. Venture capital must come with strings attached, commentators reasoned. Ello would have to make money to satisfy investors, and naysayers assumed that would mean eventually selling ads — or user data. Bouyea said that isn’t the case. “We at FreshTracks are interested in building businesses for the long run,” he said. “We’re not quick-flip investors.” And Ello, they decided, held promise. “It might take a while for the company to scale,” said Bouyea, “but if we’re successful in building out a platform that users want, that won’t be a problem.” When Ello started to go viral last month, I decided I wanted to be one of those users. I hit up an old grad school acquaintance — a frequent Facebook pontificator herself — for an invite. Then I uploaded a profile picture, and sat back to watch what all the fuss was about. It’s clear that Ello is the brainchild of people who care about design. It’s got a Spartan, hipster-chic aesthetic — lots of white space. If Facebook is Starbucks, then Ello is Burlington’s Maglianero. To be honest, though, I don’t find myself compulsively drawn to Ello the way I am to Facebook, in part because I only have a handful of friends on the site — just eight, at last count. The only one who posts regularly isn’t a true friend at

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Photos, from top: Mike DeCecco, Jackson Latka, Tom O’Leary and Jory Raphael

social media alternatives are cropping up all over the place. Investors like Bouyea hope there will be “room for multiple winners” among all of those options. Bouyea also said that Ello isn’t aiming to topple Facebook. “I think Facebook will be around for a very, very long time,” he said. Ello checks a lot of the boxes that I’m looking for in a social media alternative, and seemingly addresses many of the concerns I have about Facebook — the ads, the illusion of privacy, the noise of my newsfeed. But it may not be the crutch I want, or need, to cure myself of my Facebook addiction. For that, I think I’m going to have to rely on something more basic: willpower. Is there an app for that? m

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Meet the dads behind Notabli and learn more about the app at the Vermont Tech Jam on Friday and Saturday, October 24 and 25, at Memorial Auditorium in Burlington. A member of the Yonder team gives a presentation during the Jam’s “Tech Tank” series on Friday, October 24.

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But when he locates his acquaintances, Kaufman Ilstrup likes what he sees. “I do really appreciate the fact that most of what I’ve seen there is posted by real people that I know,” he wrote to me. “It’s not just an endless stream of so-called videos, BuzzFeed lists and reactionary ‘news’ articles.” Kaufman Ilstrup was speaking my language. “I don’t see leaving Facebook behind anytime soon,” he wrote, “but I do appreciate that there’s another option out there.” Ello isn’t the only one. I’m already using another locavore alternative to mainstream social media: Notabli, the family photo-sharing app developed by Vermonters Jory Raphael and Jackson Latka (see sidebar). When I talked to Bouyea about Ello, I mentioned Notabli, and wondered aloud if there was any significance in the fact that Vermont is the birthplace of two social media alternatives. He added another to my list: Yonder, the Woodstock-based social media network for outdoors enthusiasts. Three suggests a trend, but Bouyea cautioned me not to read too much into the coincidence of geography. Vermont happens to be a good place for tech entrepreneurs to start a business, he said, but

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all, but rather founder Budnitz, whose updates I follow. His posts have included a New Yorker cartoon that references the site, links to various interviews and stories about Ello, and a quote from Sigmund Freud: “Every artist is motivated by desire for these three things: fame, money and beautiful lovers.” I’ve only logged in sporadically since setting up my account. Despite my Facebook fixation, I’m not, by nature, an early adopter, driven to test drive the newest new thing. So I reached out to some people who are, to see if I was missing something. When I asked how they’re using the site, most said they were also taking a wait-andsee approach. Filmmaker, writer and media educator Bill Simmon likened Ello to a cross between Tumblr and Facebook. It’s based on conversations, like the latter, with the addition of animated gifs — like the former. The design has some quirks he’s not crazy about — the fixed-width typeface, for instance, and the fact that the site can be a bit buggy — but he said the jury is still out on how it will evolve. Simmon, like me, is focused on the big picture. “So far, the most interesting stuff on Ello is talk about Ello,” he wrote in an email to me. Its explosion gave the “Big Thinkers” of the internet a chance to ruminate on social media and technology. “It’s like it was 2004 again and techissue there was suddenly lots of room for think pieces about social technology.” But what did he like most about the site? We came, again, to the F-word. “It’s not Facebook,” he wrote. “I know that sounds glib, but I am being perfectly serious.” Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup, a senior philanthropic advisor at the Vermont Community Foundation, had a similar take. Kaufman Ilstrup joined Ello in response to the fervor over Facebook’s “real names” policy. He called the site “interesting but somewhat difficult to use,” noting the irony that the same policy that enticed many LGBTQ users to join — the ability to use whatever name you’d like — also makes it difficult to find people on Ello.

When Jory Raphael and Jackson Latka had kids, the 34-year-old Burlington fathers faced the same conundrums puzzling most parents in the digital age: Is it a good idea to share photos of your kids online? Where? How often? And with whom? The two designers decided there had to be a better option than pushing out those intimate moments on Facebook. So they created their own social networking app, Notabli, in 2012. Like Ello, Notabli is ad-free. Parents can post photos, notes, audio recordings and videos to the service, all while controlling exactly who sees that information. Others need an invitation to follow along; once invited, grandparents and other family friends can see updates online, through the app or in email digests. Parents retain ownership of the photos and videos they post, and can export them at any time. The site’s poised to take off: This summer, two more dads — former Dealer.com employees Mike DeCecco and Tom O’Leary — joined the startup, bringing $1 million in investment capital with them. I’d heard about the app before my son Asa’s birth, and signed up when he was about a month old. It took some hand holding to help my relatives download the app, too, but soon I had grandparents and great-grandparents clamoring for more photos and videos. I use the app like a sort of mobile scrapbook. On the first night of the first big trip my husband I took without Asa, we lay side by side in bed on the other side of the country, scrolling through our archived photos and replaying videos. What I like best about this social media is that the “social” aspect is so intimate. It’s a baby book for the digital age. “I’m only sharing with people I would invite into my living room,” Raphael recently told Kids VT, the monthly parenting magazine owned by Seven Days. “There’s no one I’m sharing with that doesn’t have a personal relationship with my children.”

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any of us are still getting used to the idea of being connected to the internet through our smartphones. But just as we’re coming to accept that it may be impossible to ever truly get away from the web, a bizarre new term seems to suggest even more ways to be plugged in. The “internet of things.” WTF is that? It boils down to a future in which internet connections will be built into tiny devices in all manner of products — refrigerators, light bulbs, industrial equipment — allowing them to speak to each other without human control. Apps would monitor them. Two key advancements — the spread of wireless technology and the advent of the cloud, where massive quantities of data can be stored and accessed with ease — have ushered in the era of IoT. In fact, it’s already upon us: Today, you can buy a so-called smart refrigerator that, with the help of tiny sensors, will tell you when you’re low on milk or eggs. The local sporting goods store sells plenty of wearable fitness devices that measure heart rate, pace, the runningroute topography and just about anything else you can think of, and uploads

the info to the cloud. Smart meters, sensors on their tracks and a computer which control energy use in your home to upload all the information gleaned and communicate back to the utility for from those gizmos into the cloud, where billing and monitoring purposes, are it can be accessed in real time. growing in popularity. While most of its business is national Wait, there’s more. and international, Logic Supply has Waterbury-based Keurig Green worked with some Vermont companies, Mountain has hinted at a future in which including Pwnie Express, which proits ubiquitous coffee machines may vides security products to governments be connected to the internet. The and private companies. bottom of the recently released “I think you’re going to Keurig 2.0 has a dataport for continue to see more and more unspecified future uses. commercial applications for The next generation of systems and devices that are techissue smart refrigerators won’t just speaking to each other, reacttell you what to put on your ing to what others are doing,” shopping list. They’ll share Logic Supply content manager that information with the grocery Darek Fanton predicted. “I don’t store, and as you pull into the store’s see the downside. It’s nothing but helpsensor-filled parking lot, clerks will have ful. It creates efficiencies.” gathered the goods for you. Last year, Cisco Systems issued a At least, that’s the future envisioned report that claimed 8.7 billion devices by South Burlington-based Logic Supply, were connected to the internet in 2012 which has been in the IoT game since — and the networking equipment manubefore the term was coined. facturer predicted the number would While IoT consumer goods get most explode to 50 billion by 2020. The finanof the media attention, Logic Supply is cial firm Morgan Stanley countered with focused on industrial applications. its own prediction: 75 billion. For example, to help a mining comThe McKinsey Global Institute lists pany improve efficiency and keep better the IoT as a “disruptive technology” track of its inventory, Logic Supply with an worldwide “economic impact” installed computers in the mining carts, that could reach $6.2 trillion by 2025.

The founders of MicroGen Systems hope to secure a piece of that pie. UVM alum Robert Andosca and professor Junru Wu created the company in 2007, basing it on research they did at UVM. MicroGen Systems makes miniscule wireless devices that “scavenge” energy from vibrations, and use it to power tiny sensors, according to the university. The company is now based in Rochester, N.Y. “The internet of things is pretty much a lot of sensors on all things, and all they’re doing is detecting something, whether it’s vibration, heat, humidity, some parameter or multiple parameters,” Andosca said. “And all that data is transmitted to a hub, a computer, and gets uploaded on the internet, so now the whole world is connected and becomes smarter. It’s really an amazing time we live in.” Of course, you might wonder, Haven’t I seen all this before? Isn’t this the point in the sci-fi movie where the machines realize they no longer need humans, so they take all the power we have given to them and use it to exterminate us? Rest easy, IoT advocates say. The interconnected machines still need human input, and can only act within parameters we set. “There’s a fine line between something being a very popular buzzword, and something being terrifying,” Fanton of Logic Supply said. “An intelligent machine is different than a machine that is thinking for itself. An intelligent machine, you give it parameters. It can react to what’s happening, but it’s not sentient. It’s not making those decisions without some input from you at some point.” Well, that certainly sounds reassuring. If one day you wind up battling some homicidal machine-robot, at least there’s someone local to blame. m Contact: mark@sevendaysvt.com, 8651020, ext. 23, or @Davis7D.

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n New York City, nary a bar opens without a serious cocktail list — whether the tipples are new twists on classics like the Negroni or the Old Fashioned, or original concoctions with ingredient lists a mile long. Here in Vermont, drinkers have been slower to warm up to cocktail culture. Maybe the beer is too distracting: With 40-plus local breweries pumping suds into ever more draught lines statewide, Vermonters can try a new brew every time they go out. And that exciting new beer will always cost less than a well-mixed cocktail, which can run $12 or more, depending on where you drink. But the tide may be turning. As Ken Picard wrote in a recent Seven Days cover story, more and more Vermonters are now distilling liquor. Bartenders are happy to work with the increasing inventory of local spirits, and enterprising boozers are more willing to take a chance on a pricey cocktail when it’s spiked with indigenous intrigue. In downtown Burlington, St. Paul Street is home to a growing number of bartenders making sophisticated drinks

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“I just read an article in the New York Times about overreaching with cocktails — being unique just for the sake of being unique,” he says. “It was great to see that article, but it was also great to see that we’re not having such a problem with that around here. Bartenders have put a lot of thought into what they’re putting on their lists.” Knowing when to hold back, Murray says, is just as important as knowing when to use that cool new ingredient. At the Gryphon, McMahon also likes to keep things simple. “I don’t like the word ‘craft’ cocktail,” he says. “It just sounds a little snootsy.” He’s content to mix interesting drinks without the fancy buzzwords. “Cocktails can be a great way to expose someone to something new or different,” McMahon says. “But they shouldn’t be done in a way that alienates anyone. There needs to be a point of accessibility.” Like everything food-related, spirited drinks can correspond with the changing seasons — fall is a time for darkening flavors laden with spice, earth tones and hints of citrus fruits, which are about to COCKTAIL STRIP

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leaning on a ladder inside the shop on a recent afternoon. In Beantown, they say, everything — coffee service included — is so fast-paced that they’d have to cut corners to make a similar business work there. “Everything’s about volume and efficiency in Boston,” Osornio says. “You need to work toward the lowest common denominator.” At the moment, there’s not much to see: All remnants of the old shop are gone, and Osornio and Gress are working on a total renovation. But both say they’ve got big plans for the small space. “People that know the Daily News aren’t going to recognize this place,” Osornio says. “I’m not going to recognize this place!” —h.p.E.

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In a Netflix-streaming world, it’s a challenge to keep a vintage movie house going. But bill ShAfEr and bEN wEllS of Middlebury’s mArquiS thEAtrE have taken a novel tack. They closed their digitally equipped triplex — built in 1939 as a vaudeville house — on August 25. It will reopen on or around October 29 with major renovations that include the addition of a southwestern restaurant. Shafer enlisted new co-owner Wells, a restaurantbusiness veteran and Middlebury College rugby coach, to bring his dinner-and-a-show plans to fruition. “I managed a southwestern restaurant in Boulder, so I’ve got a pretty good background in that cuisine and style,” Wells says. “That was [Shafer’s] vision all along. It was fortuitous that I had a background in it.” Middlebury hasn’t had a Mexican restaurant since Amigos Cantina closed in 2009; its space is now occupied by Sabai Sabai Thai Cuisine. “There’s a great demand for that kind of simple, fresh food,” Wells suggests. Shafer and Wells gutted their downstairs theater and converted it into a kitchen and a seating area to include regular and high-top tables and booths. A 12-foot screen will project sports, and Wells envisions showing blackand-white classics during lunch, as well. The restaurant will be open for lunch and dinner daily. Diners can stop at the café area for lunch or bring their food into one of the two theaters upstairs. In the largest of these, the first four rows have been cleared to make room for couches and beanbags — a comfy spot for parents to bring their kids for free lunchtime cartoons. At night, adult moviegoers will be able to relax over beer, cider or wine procured downstairs. Wells says that he and chef DuStY SimmoNS will strive to keep all menu items under $10. Almost all the dishes are designed as finger food, easier to eat in a dark theater. Four different tacos include smoked chicken; smoked brisket; house-braised carnitas; and quinoa with roasted corn, pine nuts and tomatillo salsa. Also on the menu are burritos, enchiladas and a nacho plate topped with house guacamole. “Something really important to us is that we have really, really good guacamole that’s hand-mashed fresh,” Wells says. “We’ll be paying a lot for great avocados.” Of course, moviegoers will still find regular concessions such as popcorn and coffee. But some snackers may prefer to grab sliced jicama, roasted nuts or a brownie served with warm fudge sauce, all available at the restaurant. With the new culinary focus comes new entertainment plans. Though the Marquis will continue to show first-run movies, Wells says to expect live shows and uncommon film events, such as ski flicks and perhaps a Bollywood night. Might we recommend some southwestern cinema to pair with the tacos?

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“When it’s cold out, whiskey’s warm, and the spices in this drink are all warming and comforting. It’s something to sit with: a long drink, not a short drink.” — Scott Doherty Cinnamon perfume* or cinnamon aromatic bitters 3 ounces peach-infused** bourbon whiskey 1/4 ounce Carpano Antica Formula sweet vermouth A couple dashes Angostura bitters A couple dashes Peychaud’s bitters Amarena cherries, for garnish Rinse glass with cinnamon perfume or aromatic bitters and set aside. Mix the remaining ingredients in a large glass, add ice, stir until everything is chilled and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with amarena cherries or whichever fruit you prefer. *To make the perfume: Place one cinnamon stick, five cloves and a couple of unsulfured, dehydrated peaches in a jar. Fill the jar with high-proof whiskey and let sit for a week or more until the whiskey takes on the scent of the spices. **To infuse the whiskey: Place 10 whole, unsulfured, dehydrated peaches in a large, sealable jar and pour a full 750-milliliter bottle of bourbon over them. (Doherty uses McAfee’s Benchmark, but any high-quality, smooth bourbon will do.) Let sit for about a week, agitating occasionally, until the whiskey absorbs the scent and flavor of the peaches.

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nvy the pleasingly plump feral cats who haunt the woodpiles and puddles around Cabane à Sucre au Pied de Cochon in Mirabel, Québec. They don’t have to wait months for a reservation at the small-town spinoff of chef Martin Picard’s celebrated Montréal restaurant. They live there. I, by contrast, had to watch Twitter assiduously to see when the sugar shack would begin to take reservations for its autumn apple dinner. It happened one day in the beginning of April, and though I got an email on May 20 confirming that I’d be permitted to sit at the Cabane’s bar on October 5 at 2:30 p.m., that reservation was changed on me twice in September. The web address for making reservations is aptly titled hahaha.com — ha ha ha, indeed! I’m the kind of eater who won’t wait in line for anything. This probably comes from my grandfather, who was known to call restaurants ahead and insist the food be waiting for him when he arrived. If it wasn’t, he’d bang his knife and fork until it was. He was a terrible person. Given my similar type-A leanings, why was I willing to put up with this crap? Simple: the Au Pied de Cochon connection. The Montréal landmark and its chef are synonymous with the reinvention of the city as a culinary destination and with a broader reevaluation of Québecois food among the world’s snootiest gourmets. Since 2001, Au Pied de Cochon has drawn eaters from all over the world to experience Picard’s trademark duck in a can, and the now-almost-hackneyed foie gras poutine. Picard’s sugar shack, the Cabane, which opened in 2009, serves for just three months at a time in the spring and fall. Yet it’s proved so popular that it spawned a Québecois TV show, “Un Chef à la Cabane.” Of course, that kind of fame only makes it harder to score a seat. Viewers of Anthony Bourdain’s show “The Layover” may remember when chef Picard got so drunk at Montréal watering hole Big in Japan that he had to be transported, unconscious in the back of a truck, from the scene of the crime. Not exactly a shining moment, but it tells you everything about the man’s devotion to excess. At Cabane, I was seeking a blinding wallop of offal and fat, and I wanted to eat it right where it was grown. Would it make for an even more intense experience than visiting the celebrated

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agriculture Putting Your Garden to Bed: Master gardener Ron Krupp helps home horticulturalists prep plots for the cold months ahead, then excerpts his latest book Woodchuck Returns to Gardening. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

community HomeShare Vermont Open House: Those interested in homesharing and/or caregiving programs mingle with staff over cider, artisan cheeses and apple pie. HomeShare Vermont, South Burlington, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5625.

dance North End Fusion: Tunes from the Steve Goldberg-Lar Duggan Group get folks on the dance floor in this "anything goes" approach to partner dancing. North End Studio A, Burlington, 8:30-10:30 p.m. $8; $15 per pair; BYOB. Info, 863-6713.

Wedding & Party Dances: Students learn all the right moves in a weekly session for ages 14 and up. Colchester Parks & Recreation Department, 7-8 p.m. $12.50; $23 per couple. Info, 264-5642.

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Tech Tutor Program: Teens answer questions about computers and devices during one-onone sessions. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30-8 p.m. Free; preregister for a time slot. Info, 878-4918. Valley Night Featuring Rob & Erica: Locals gather for this weekly bash of craft ales, movies and live music. Big Picture Theater and Café, Waitsfield, 7:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation; $2 drafts. Info, 496-8994.

film 'Project Wild Thing': A father first, filmmaker David Bond's eye-opening documentary captures his quest to get his children and others to engage with nature. The Nature Museum at Grafton, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 843-2111.

Growing up, Katherine Paterson never dreamed of becoming a writer. It’s a good thing for the rest of us that fate had other plans. The award-winning author of Bridge to Terabithia and other notable titles has been a key literary figure for more than 30 years. Unafraid to tackle themes of loss and tragedy, Paterson’s work courts controversy and commendation in equal measures. While best known for her children’s and young adult literature, the wordsmith switches gears in Stories of My Life. A series of vignettes traces Paterson’s personal and professional life, taking readers from her childhood in China to the present day.

food & drink Coffee Tasting: Folks sip Counter Culture Coffee varieties, then make side-by-side comparisons of different regional blends. Maglianero Café, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 617-331-1276, corey@ maglianero.com. Wednesday Wine Down: Oenophiles get over the midweek hump by pairing four varietals with samples from Lake Champlain Chocolates, Cabot Creamery and other local food producers. Drink, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. $12. Info, 860-9463, melissashahady@vtdrink.com.

Katherine Paterson Thursday, October 23, 6:30 p.m., at Aldrich Public Library in Barre. Free. Info, 476-7550.

Wine Tasting: Mountains & Valleys: It's all about location when it comes to the unique flavor profiles of wines produced at different elevations. Dedalus Wine Shop, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2368. Wine Tasting: New Releases of Spanish Red Wines: Vino lovers sip vintages with international ratings of 90 or more points. Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, 4-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 253-5742.

games Bridge Club: Strategic thinkers have fun with the popular card game. Burlington Bridge Club, Williston, 9:15 a.m. $6 includes refreshments. Info, 651-0700.

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music song circle: coMMunity sing-along: Rich and Laura Atkinson lead an evening of vocal expression. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 6:45 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

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Peace & Justice Lecture series: Panelists Omekongo Dibinga, Vince Thomas, Sasha Lezhnev and Annie Callaway consider different perspectives of conflict minerals and the Congo. Roy Room, Dion Family Student Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2536.

'PLastic ParaDise: the great PaciFic garBage Patch': Angela Sun's award-winning documentary exposes the wasteland of disposable products polluting the Pacific Ocean. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 656-4616.

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Peace corPs Discussion: Former Vermont governor Howard Dean moderates a conversation about the volunteer programs' role in international development. Room 216, Living/Learning Center, UVM, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3489.

'Pretty Faces: the story oF a skier girL': Professional skier Lynsey Dyer focuses her lens on the fearless females who tackle big mountains with style and grace. Outdoor Gear Exchange, Burlington, 8:30-10:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, events@ gearx.com.

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theater 'Vanya anD sonia anD Masha anD sPike': Vermont Stage Company explores the hilarious interplay between three middle-aged siblings in Christopher Durang's Tony Award-winning adaptation of Chekhovian themes. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $28.80-37.50. Info, 863-5966.

words eLLen stiMson: How does one raise a family in a tiny rural town? The local author poses this question and others in her new memoir Good Grief! Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

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'PoMPeii FroM the British MuseuM': Art lovers take a high-definition broadcast tour of the "Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum" exhibit. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $12.50. Info, 660-9300.

comedy VerMont coMeDy cLuB: Nathan Hartswick leads a lineup of local jokesters in an evening of gutbusting material. Stearns Student Center, Johnson State College, 8 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 635-1297.

community

LittLe itaLy tiMeLine unVeiLing: The Vermont Italian Club celebrates its cultural roots with Piccolo Italia Burlington. Burlington Town Center Mall, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, vermontitalianclub@ gmail.com.

etc. Bacon thursDay: Piano jazz from Andric Severance entertains costumed attendees, who nosh on bacon and creative dipping sauces at this weekly gathering. Nutty Steph's, Middlesex, 6 p.m.midnight. Cost of food; cash bar. Info, 229-2090.

VerMont state archiVes & recorDs aDMinistration oPen house: Behind-the-scenes tours highlight notable historic documents. Vermont State Archives & Records Administration, Middlesex, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 828-2308.

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a Mosaic oF FLaVor: iraQi Biryani: Suhad Murad demonstrates how to prepare this sweetand-savory dish from her native country. McClure MultiGenerational Center, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $510; preregister at citymarket.coop. Info, 861-9700.

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games triVia night: Players think on their feet during an evening of friendly competition. Mary's Restaurant at the Inn at Baldwin Creek, Bristol, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 453-2432.

health & fitness acuPuncture & orientaL MeDicine Day: Acupuncturists discuss traditional Chinese medicine and offer demonstrations and brief treatments. Massage, craniosacral and reflexology sessions complete the afternoon. Vermont Center For Acupuncture and Wellness, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 951-8815. aLterg anti-graVity treaDMiLL oPen house: A demo of the unique training tool showcases its ability to serve top-level athletes and physical therapy patients alike. Peak Physical Therapy & Sports Performance Center, Williston, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0949. Forza: the saMurai sWorD Workout: Students sculpt lean muscles and gain mental focus when performing basic strikes with wooden replicas of the weapon. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243. PuBLic FLu cLinic: See WED.22, Kings Daughters Home, St. Albans, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-7531. reJuVenating FLoW: Cleansing twists, balancing breaths and restorative postures make for a healing, supportive yoga session. Zenith Studio, Montpelier, 4-5 p.m. $16. Info, 598-5876. Vinyasa FLoW: An open-level community class stretches the body, mind and spirit. Yoga Roots, Shelburne, 4-5:15 p.m. $5-10 suggested donation. Info, 985-0090.

holidays the haunteD Forest: Jack-o'-lanterns light the way for brave souls who tread with care through this spooky outdoor theater. See hauntedforest. org for details. Tours run on the hour. Catamount Outdoor Family Center, Williston, 7-10 p.m. $9-15; preregister. Info, 238-0923. nightMare VerMont: Enter if you dare! Seasoned actors and a high-tech crew create creepy characters and dazzling visual effects at this interactive haunted house for ages 13 and up. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 7-9:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, info@nightmarevermont. org.

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JeWish iDentity in FiLM: Cinema buff Rick Winston calls attention to filmmakers who brought pressing sociopolitical issues to the big screen, beginning the the late 1960s. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 279-7518.

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Peace & Justice center annuaL Meeting: Like-minded attendees learn about the work of PJC staff and volunteers over dinner and dessert. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345.

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CiDer & CarvinG halloween CeleBration: Pumpkins are provided at this crafty celebration where attendees sip wine and hard cider while they carve creative designs. Elfs Farm Winery & Cider House, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1-5 p.m. $15; preregister. Info, 518-563-2750. halloween paper maChé pumpkins & masks: Local artist Alissa Faber helps kids ages 5 through 12 get trick-or-treat ready. ONE Arts Center, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. $20-25 per family. Info, oneartscollective@gmail.com. the haunteD Forest: See THU.23, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. & 6-11 p.m. Kid-friendly matinee, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

hoots & howls: Stories, music and dance pave the way for jack-o'-lantern-lit strolls along nature trails at this family-friendly fête. Costumes are encouraged. Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Quechee, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. $9-13; free for VINS members and kids 3 and under; preregister. Info, 359-5000, ext. 201. niGhtmare vermont: See THU.23, 6-11:30 p.m. plattsBurGh ZomBie walk: Hordes of animated corpses take over city streets, bringing blood, guts and gore to the masses. Durkee Street, Plattsburgh, N.Y., registration, 6 p.m.; walk, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-335-2295. pumpkin CarvinG Contest & pie sale: Here comes Halloween! Folks face off on in a squash showdown where the most intricate jack-o'-lantern wins big. Montpelier City Hall, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 223-9604. pumpkins in the park: Community members convene for trick-or-treating, games, face painting, the Great Pumpkin Cook-Off and glowing jack-o'lanterns. Vergennes City Park, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, vergennespartnership@ gmail.com. reDstone hall haunteD house: See FRI.24. terror in the FielDs: See FRI.24. wiCkeD waterBury halloween CeleBration: Folks of all ages prep for trick-or-treating with campfire ghost stories and a pumpkin carving contest. Anderson Field, Waterbury, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7174.

kids BounCy Fest: Jump around! Kiddos get a kick out of inflatable structures at this indoor party. University Mall, South Burlington, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $7. Info, 527-5725. Drop-in story time: Music and books inspire a love of the arts in youngsters. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. Fall FoliaGe Family hike: Tots and their parents check out changing leaves on a kid-friendy outing. Hubbard Park, Montpelier, 10 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 595-7953. Family tinker series: squishy CirCuits: Science lovers ages 6 and up have a blast with clay while experimenting with the substance's ability to conduct electricity. Fairfax Community Library, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 849-2420. milk-to-Cheese maGiC: From farmyard to finished product, dairy lovers delve into the cheese-making process. Shelburne Farms, 11:30 a.m. Regular farm admission, $5-8; free to members, Shelburne residents and kids under 3. Info, 985-8686. spanish playGroup: Little ones up to age 5 join Constancia Gómez for stories, rhymes and songs en español. Crafts and snacks with Natasha round out the fun. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. speCial olympiCs younG athletes proGram: See THU.23, the RehabGYM, Colchester, 9-10 a.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-0280. story explorers: every autumn Comes the Bear: How do these massive mammals prepare for winter? A themed tale gives curious kiddos the answers. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/ Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free with admission, $9.50-12.50. Info, 877-324-6386.

montréal 'Belles soeurs: the musiCal': See WED.22. 'roCky horror piCture show': See WED.22, 8 & 11 p.m.

music BiG spike BlueGrass: Rousing tunes channel the genre's fiddle-driven roots. Enosburg Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $8-12. Info, 933-6171.

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Green Mountain Youth SYMphonY plaYathon: Student musicians treat listeners to 10 hours of continuous live music at this fundraiser for the organization. Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 221-4697. heliand ConSort: See FRI.24, Richmond Free Library, 7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 735-3611. horSzowSki trio: As part of the Northeast Kingdom Classical Series, the threesome performs works for the piano, violin and cello by Haydn, Tchaikovsky and Joan Tower. South Congregational Church, St. Johnsbury, 7:30 p.m. $6-18. Info, 748-8012.

talks M. kelleY hunter: The author and astrologist imparts her knowledge in "The Secret Life of Women: Archetypal Layers of Female Consciousness." 2 Wolves Holistic Center, Vergennes, 2-4 p.m. $25; preregister. Info, 870-0361.

theater 'dr. JekYll and Mr. hYde': See THU.23, 2 & 7:30 p.m. 'eGG noir': See FRI.24. 'JoSeph and the aMazinG teChniColor dreaMCoat': See FRI.24.

kinGdoM BlueGraSS JaMBoree: Bob Amos & Catamount Crossing lead seasoned performers in a varied program reflective of the genre's versatile reach. Alexander Twilight Theatre, Lyndon State College, 7 p.m. $10-12; free for kids 18 and under. Info, 748-2600.

'lonG daY'S JourneY into niGht': See FRI.24.

riCh'S hollow ConCert SerieS: An all-Russian recital celebrates the genius of Scriabin, Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff. Call for details. Private residence, North Montpelier, 4 p.m. $20. Info, 454-7306.

'noVeMBer': See THU.23.

VerMont philharMoniC opera Gala: A program of works by Verdi, Puccini and other Italian composers features soprano Alice Girle and harpist Anna Odell, winners of the 2014 Bel Canto Institute award. Fuller Hall, St. Johnsbury Academy, 7 p.m. $5-15. Info, 748-2600.

'VanYa and Sonia and MaSha and Spike': See WED.22, 7:30 p.m.

VerMont SYMphonY orCheStra MaSterworkS: Jaime Laredo conducts a concert featuring pianist Jonathan Biss in compositions by Jorge Martin, Fauré, Beethoven and Dvořák. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, preperformance lecture, 7 p.m.; concert, 8 p.m. $16-61. Info, 863-5966.

outdoors little riVer State park hiStorY loop : Nature lovers maintain a leisurely pace on a woodland adventure through abandoned settlements, overgrown roads and old farm sites. Contact trip leader for details. Little River State Park, Waterbury, 9 a.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 399-4285.

CaMel’S huMp hike: A strenuous but rewarding overnight trek takes hikers on a 16-mile round-trip journey into the mountains. Contact trip leader for details. Camel's Hump State Park, Duxbury, 9 a.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 233-9995.

seminars

GooGle Your FaMilY tree: Ed McGuire demonstrates ways to use the internet search engine as a tool to locate ancestry records. Vermont Genealogy Library, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 10:30 a.m.-noon. $5. Info, 310-9285.

'ranSoM': See FRI.24. 'the Show': See FRI.24, 2 & 8 p.m.

words thea lewiS: Overnight guests may have unwanted visitors if they stay at the establishments featured in the local author's Haunted Inns and Ghostly Getaways of Vermont. Phoenix Books, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

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Balkan SinGinG & Folk danCinG: Folks lift their voices with Flo Fooden, then join Louise Brill and friends, who organize them into lines and circles set to complex rhythms. No partner necessary. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 3:30-7 p.m. $6 suggested donation. Info, 540-1020. thriller danCe workShop: Dancers channel their inner zombie and learn Michael Jackson's legendary routine from top to bottom. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, Woodstock, 2-4 p.m. $20. Info, 457-3500.

environment tree plantinG with lake ChaMplain land truSt: Locals dig in and help replant trees along the shoreline of the Winooski River while learning about future land-protection projects. Mayes Landing, Burlington Bike Path, 10 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 862-4150, ext. 3.

etc. autuMn auCtion: Attendees bid on museum passes, theater tickets and more at this benefit for Chandler Center for the Arts. A chili dinner completes the evening. Chandler Gallery, Randolph, 5-8 p.m. $10 includes dinner. Info, 728-6464.

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laSer-Cutter traininG: Tinkerers learn machine safety and maintenance, file formatting, material usage and operational procedures. Generator, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $20; preregister. Info, 540-0761.

Queen CitY GhoStwalk: lakeView CeMeterY: Paranormal authority Thea Lewis leads a grave adventure through historic headstones. Lakeview Cemetery, Burlington, 8 p.m. Meet at Louisa Howard Chapel 10 minutes before start time. Parking available at Burlington High School. $15; preregister. Info, 863-5966.

VerMont CoMiC Con: See SAT.25, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

film indiGenouS peopleS MoVieS: See SAT.25.

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CirCuMBurke Mountain trail run & Bike ChallenGe: Athletes test their physical and mental stamina on mountainous terrain that has them run for 18 miles and bike up to 52 miles. A postrace meal and raffle follow. Kingdom Trails, East Burke, 9 a.m. $55-65. Info, 626-0737.

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3-d printinG, deSiGninG & SCanninG with Blu-Bin: Instruction in basic programs teaches attendees how to build digital models of their ideas. Blu-Bin, Burlington, noon-1:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 345-6030.

'oCtoBer': See THU.23.

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Bird MonitorinG walk: Adults and older children don binoculars and keep an eye out for feathered fliers. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 8-9:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 434-2167.

the Met: liVe in hd SerieS: Anna Netrebko stars opposite Željko Lucic in a broadcast production of Verdi's adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 12:55 p.m. $20. Info, 775-0903.

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mount Ira allen hIke: A difficult trek grants hikers access to bursts of foliage and views of stunning landscapes. Contact trip leader for details. Camel's Hump State Park, Duxbury, 9 a.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 233-8091.

BegInner taI chI For health & Balance: An open class welcomes students of all fitness levels for warm-ups, form practice and meditation. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 5:15-7 p.m. $25 for entire series. Info, 978-424-7968.

spIrItual roots oF conserVatIon: A ranger-led tour outlines the religious, spiritual and ethical practices of the people who once lived off the land that makes up the national park. Marsh-BillingsRockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, 2-3:30 p.m. $4-8. Info, 457-3368, ext. 22.

lIVIng strong group: See FRI.24, 2:303:30 p.m. monDay-nIght Fun run: Runners push past personal limits at this weekly outing. Peak Performance, Williston, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-0949.

seminars

puBlIc Flu clInIc: See WED.22, CarePartners Adult Day Care Center, St. Albans, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 527-7531.

InternatIonal DInner serIes: A celebration of Burundian culture serves up traditional fare and live entertainment from the Twibukanye Dancers. North End Studio A, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. $15; preregister; ages 21 and up BYOB. Info, 863-6713. sunDay BreakFast: Rise and shine! Pancakes, scrambled eggs, corned beef hash, sausage gravy and biscuits await. Proceeds benefit veterans and their families. VFW Post 309, Peru, N.Y., 9 a.m.noon. $8. Info, 518-643-4580.

holidays

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halloween at the homesteaD: Sweet treats, games and themed crafts entertain families dressed in trick-or-treating attire. Live bird demonstrations from Vermont Institute of Natural Science educators round out the afternoon. Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5744.

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Fun run: Runners go the distance on a four-mile loop through Jericho and West Bolton at this fundraiser for the Mount Mansfield Union High School travel club. Costumes are encouraged. Wheeler Field, West Bolton, 11 a.m. $12-15. Info, sandy.alexander@cesuvt.org.

theater

'octoBer': See THU.23, 7:30 p.m.

russIan play tIme wIth natasha: Youngsters up to age 8 learn new words via rhymes, games, music, dance and a puppet show. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 11-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810.

language DImanches French conVersatIon: Parlez-vous français? Speakers practice the tongue at a casual drop-in chat. Local History Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2431.

'Belles soeurs: the musIcal': See WED.22, 25 p.m.

music Brooks wIllIams: Drawing from blues and Americana, the singer-songwriter pairs effortless vocals with formidable guitar chops. Richmond Congregational Church, 4 p.m. $17.50-20. Info, 434-4563.

helIanD consort: See FRI.24, Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, Middlebury, 3 p.m. Donations. Info, 735-3611.

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coeD Floor hockey: See WED.22, Montpelier Recreation Department, 3-6 p.m. $5. Info, bmfloorhockey@gmail.com.

mIDDleBury halloween spooktacular: Music, dancing, costumes and games give way to a trick-or-treat parade led by the legendary Spooktacular witch. Various downtown locations, Middlebury, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 377-3557.

the Fyre anD lIghtnIng Baroque ensemBle: The newly formed quartet showcases works by Bach, Handel, Telemann and others. United Church of Christ, Greensboro, 4-5:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 498-3173.

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'Dr. Jekyll anD mr. hyDe': See THU.23, 7 p.m.

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Backcountry naVIgatIon: Hikers, skiers, hunters and nature lovers venture off trail and find their bearings using a map and compass. Green Mountain Club Headquarters, Waterbury Center, 9 a.m.-noon. $10-25. Info, 244-7037.

halloween BIke rIDe: shareD streets not scareD streets: Costumed cyclists pedal through the Queen City to Maglianero, where the family-friendly fun continues. Burlington City Hall Park, 1:30-3 p.m. Free. Info, 233-1168.

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aVoID Falls wIth ImproVeD staBIlIty: See FRI.24.

outdoors

nIa wIth suzy: See FRI.24, South End Studio, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $14. Info, 522-3691.

“Everything you imagine has already been done and can be done. What you can’t imagine is where Sun Ra begins.” Amiri Baraka

health & fitness

Vermont InternatIonal FIlm FestIVal: See FRI.24, 11 a.m.-11:30 p.m.

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Vermont phIlharmonIc opera gala: See SAT.25, Barre Opera House, 2 p.m. $5-15. Info, 476-8188.

‘prImus & the chocolate Factory’: SOLD OUT. Willy Wonka lives! Legendary bassist Les Claypool and his crew perform selections from Primus & the Chocolate Factory. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $36.75-60.75. Info, 863-5966.

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'Joseph anD the amazIng technIcolor Dreamcoat': See FRI.24, 2 p.m. 'long Day's Journey Into nIght': See FRI.24, 2 p.m. 'ransom': See FRI.24, 2:30 p.m. 'Vanya anD sonIa anD masha anD spIke': See WED.22, 2 p.m.

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lIFe DrawIng: Artists use their own materials to interpret the poses of a live model. BCA Center, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $6-8. Info, 865-7166.

community roots oF preVentIon awarDs ceremony: Burlington Partnership for a Healthy Community recognizes local professionals working to make the Queen City a safer, healthier place to live. ECHO Lake Aquarium & Science Center, Burlington, registration and breakfast, 8 a.m.; program, 8:3010:30 a.m. Free; $10 suggested donation accepted; preregister. Info, 652-0997.

dance easy InternatIonal Folk-style DancIng: Folks of all experience levels form a circle, where they learn ancient and modern village dances. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 4-5:15 p.m. Free. Info, 978-424-7968.

film Vermont InternatIonal FIlm FestIVal: See FRI.24, 10:15 a.m.-8 p.m.

games BrIDge cluB: See WED.22, 7 p.m. trIVIa nIght: Teams of quick thinkers gather for a meeting of the minds. Lobby, Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 651-5012.

r.I.p.p.e.D.: See WED.22.

holidays halloween Barn: Horses don costumes at this annual party that comes complete with sweet treats. UVM Horse Farm, South Burlington, 5-7 p.m. $3 suggested donation. Info, 863-0205. halloween story tIme: Costume-clad youngsters ages 2 through 10 gather for games, crafts and captivating tales. Highgate Public Library, 6 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 868-3970. northwest nIghtmares FestIVal: Amateur filmmakers celebrate Halloween with locally made short horror flicks. Welden Theatre, St. Albans, 6:15 p.m. $5; preregister. Info, info@northwestaccess.tv.

kids alIce In nooDlelanD: Youngsters get acquainted over crafts and play while new parents and expectant mothers chat with maternity nurse and lactation consultant Alice Gonyar. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810. one-on-one tutorIng: See WED.22, 5-8 p.m. preschool story tIme: See THU.23. reaD to Van gogh the cat: Lit lovers share stories with the registered therapy feline. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister for a 10-minute time slot. Info, 878-4918. traD BanD: Intermediate musicians practice under the tutelage of Colin McCaffrey. See summitschool.org for details. Union Elementary School, Montpelier, 3:30-4:30 p.m. $10-15; preregister; limited space. Info, 917-1186.

language aDVanceD spanIsh lessons: Proficient speakers sharpen their skills in discussions of literature and current events. Private residence, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

montréal 'Belles soeurs: the musIcal': See WED.22, 710 p.m.

music BegInnIng pIano lesson: See THU.23. roDrIgo y gaBrIela: Armed with a pair of acoustic guitars, the internationally acclaimed duo melds instrumental metal, jazz and world music. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $43-61.75. Info, 863-5966. samBatucaDa! open rehearsal: New faces are invited to pitch in as Burlington's samba streetpercussion band sharpens its tunes. Experience and instruments are not required. 8 Space Studio Collective, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5017.

sports coeD Floor hockey: See WED.22, the Edge Sports & Fitness, Essex, 7-9 p.m. $5; equipment provided. Info, gbfloorhockey@gmail.com.

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talks Taylor Downing: The film historian discusses "The Wall Comes Down," the final episode of the 1998 television series "Cold War." Perry Hall, Champlain College, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3489.

theater naTional TheaTre live: Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan star in a broadcast production of David Hare's Skylight, about former lovers who cross paths and find themselves at odds with each other. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 2 & 7 p.m. $18. Info, 660-9300.

words renee erickson: Foodies join the award-winning chef, who shares recipes from A Boat, a Whale & a Walrus. Contos Kitchen & Store, Shelburne, 5:30-7 p.m. $60 includes book; preregister. Info, 497-3942. shape & share life sTories: Prompts from Recille Hamrell trigger recollections of specific experiences, which are crafted into narratives and shared with the group. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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agriculture BUrlingTon garDen clUB: Speaker Charlotte Albers provides a visual tour of the Tuilleries, Place Royale and more in "Gardens of Paris." Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 1:15 p.m. Free. Info, 372-4058.

business pinBall wiTh panUrgy: Take yoUr Technology fUll TilT: Area professionals mingle with Hewlett-Packard representatives over microbrews and arcade games while covering a wide range of tech-savvy topics. Tilt Classic Arcade and Ale House, South Burlington, 2:30-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 658-7788, ext. 246.

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BehinD The scenes lUnch & DiscUssion: 'MenDel, inc.': Members of the cast, crew and design team join director Richard Romagnoli to preview the upcoming Middlebury College production. Wright Memorial Theater, Middlebury College, 12:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 443-3268.

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Creative tuesdays: Artists exercise their imaginations with recycled crafts. Kids under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. HigHgate story Hour: See WED.22. MusiC WitH Mr. CHris: Singer, storyteller and puppeteer Chris Dorman entertains tykes and their parents. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810. PresCHool story Hour: Flies, sPiders & Bats, oH My!: Themed tales and activities make learning fun for kids up to age 6. Fairfax Community Library, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 849-2420. squisHy CirCuits: CreePy Creatures: Tinkerers in grades K and up craft a creature out of playdough and LED lights. Adult companion required for kids 8 and under. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 865-7166. story exPlorers: Bat loves tHe NigHt: Kiddos swoop, glide and dive into an exploration of the nocturnal flying mammals. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free with admission, $9.50-12.50. Info, 877-324-6386. story tiMe For 3- to 5-year-olds: See WED.22. story tiMe For BaBies & toddlers: Picture books, songs, rhymes and puppets arrest the attention of kids under 3. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:10-9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. teCH tuesdays: Youngsters learn about programming, circuits, and eCrafts after school gets out. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 3:304:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-4665. teeN art studio: A local artist inspires adolescents to pursue their own artistic visions. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 253-8358. toddler story tiMe: Little ones get excited for music, rhymes, stories and snacks. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. World MusiC CHoir: See WED.22.

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talks Joe sousa & taylor urruela: The producer and subject, respectively, of the PBS series "Coming Back With Wes Moore" present daily life through the eyes of an Iraq War veteran. Bentley Hall, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1408.

theater NatioNal tHeatre live: Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller alternate roles as Victor Frankenstein and his creation in a broadcast production of Frankenstein. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $18. Info, 660-9300.

words garret keizer: The educator analyzes his profession in Getting Schooled: The Reeducation of an American Teacher. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774. JeaNNe erlBauM: Yoga and meditation provide the foundation for Sit With Less Pain. A brief chair-yoga class follows. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 413-773-9474. MartHa rHodes: The award-winning bard excerpts selected works. Cinema Room, Stearns Student Center, Johnson State College, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1340. Writer's CirCle: Wordsmiths of all skill levels put pen to paper in a supportive environment. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300.

rutlaNd regioN CHaMBer oF CoMMerCe aNNual MeetiNg: Ross Gibson keynotes this assembly of area professionals, who network over lunch and honor the Business Person of the Year award recipient. Centre BallRoom, Holiday Inn, Rutland, noon. $29.95; preregister. Info, 773-2747.

queer Movie soirée: Christophe Honoré's acclaimed film Les Chansons d'Amour (Love Songs) takes a musical journey through the lives of three lovers living in Paris. In French with English subtitles. Burlington College, 6 p.m. 802-860-7812. Info, Free.

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FreNCH CoNversatioN grouP: Beginner-tointermediate speakers brush up on their language skills. El Gato Cantina, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195.

JoN derek Croteau: The local author recounts his struggle for self-acceptance in My Thinning Years: Starving the Gay Within. See calendar spotlight. Phoenix Books, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

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BegiNNer sPaNisH lessoNs: Newcomers develop basic competency en español, starting with the first session. Private residence, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

Pause-CaFé FreNCH CoNversatioN: French students of varying levels engage in dialogue en français. Panera Bread, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2431.

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iaN aNdersoN: The former Jethro Tull front man and his band take the stage with selections from the forthcoming Homo Erraticus. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $49.25-86.50. Info, 863-5966.

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community HoMesHare verMoNt iNForMatioN sessioN: Those interested in homesharing and/or caregiving programs meet with staff to learn more. HomeShare Vermont, South Burlington, 4-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-5625.

dance Waltz & Fox trot: See WED.22. WeddiNg & Party daNCes: See WED.22.

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film 'disruPtioN': Kelly Nyks and Jared P. Scott's documentary brings the issue of global warming to the streets. A panel discussion follows. Vermont Commons School, South Burlington, 6-9 p.m. Free. Info, 865-8084, ext. 16.

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GrowthBusters: ‘hooked on Growth’: Bigger isn't better in Dave Gardner's eye-opening documentary about overpopulation and obsessive urban and economic growth. A discussion follows. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, profgeorgewebb@yahoo.com. 'Life's essentiaLs with ruBy dee': In his documentary, Muta'Ali Muhammad honors the life and legacy of his grandmother, a celebrated actress and civil rights activist. A Q&A and musical performance by Guy Davis follow. The Freight House, White River Junction, 6-10:30 p.m. $20. Info, 478-0191. Vermont internationaL fiLm festiVaL: See FRI.24, 10:15 a.m.-8:15 p.m.

food & drink Coffee tastinG: See WED.22. heaLthy hoLidays with food as mediCine: Lisa Masé of Harmonized Cookery shares recipes for mindful meals that boost immunity and offer alternatives to over-indulgent eating. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5-6 p.m. $3-5; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202. wednesday wine down: See WED.22.

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health & fitness fire Cider: Participants arm themselves against the cold season with a vinegar infusion of spicy herbs and veggies that boosts circulation and immunity. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $5-10; preregister at citymarket. coop. Info, 861-9700. herBaL reLief for ChroniC Body Pain: From teas and tinctures to salves and poultices, plantbased products offer options for dealing with long-term pain. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $10-12; preregister. Info, 224-7100. montréaL-styLe aCro yoGa: See WED.22. PuBLiC fLu CLiniC: See WED.22, Fourwinds Independent Living, St. Albans, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 527-7531. r.i.P.P.e.d.: See WED.22. reLaxinG riVer fLow: See WED.22.

holidays Costume Party moVinG & GrooVinG: DJ Christine spins seasonal sounds for costumed tots ages 2 through 5 at this prelude to Halloween. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

haLLoween-a-thon: Amateur filmmakers tip their hats to Hitchcock and present short flicks at this third annual fright night. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 603-646-2422. niGhtmare Vermont: See THU.23.

kids hiGhGate story hour: See WED.22. one-on-one tutorinG: See WED.22.

montréal 'BeLLes soeurs: the musiCaL': See WED.22, 1-4 & 8-11 p.m.

music andy miLne: The pianist pounds the ivory keys in "Strings & Serpents," a collaborative multimedia performance featuring Benoît Delbecq and TsuguKaji-KOTO. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $25. Info, 863-5966.

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inner monGoLian musiC & danCe: A delegation of performers from the Inner Mongolia University Arts College brings diverse cultural traditions to the stage. UVM Recital Hall, Redstone Campus, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 656-7985.

seminars CreatinG your own youtuBe ChanneL: Technology coordinator Kurt Broderson outlines how to organize and share video content on the world's largest media platform. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 8:30-10 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. town BraintaP: Judy CyPrian: The certified mediator leads a conflict resolution workshop focused on using positive tactics to settle disagreements. Twinfield Union School, Plainfield, 7 p.m. $10 suggested donation; preregister at townbraintap.net. Info, 454-1298.

sports Coed fLoor hoCkey: See WED.22.

talks BridGinG CuLtures oPen ConVersation: "Community" inspires a nonjudgemental multicultural dialogue. Edmunds School, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 338-4627. daBney haiLey: The curator and educator facilitates a discussion of the Visual Thinking Strategies teaching method. Room 125, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3268.

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enVironmentaL & heaLth sCienCes sPeaker series: Wood-utilization specialist Paul Frederick presents "Assessment of Timber Harvesting and Forest Resource Management in Vermont: A Second Look." Room 207, Bentley Hall, Johnson State College, 4-5:15 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1327. waterBury historiCaL soCiety meetinG: Skip Flanders rides the rails in "Along the Tracks of Waterbury," an illustrated account of the Central Vermont Railroad from 1849 to the present. Wesley United Methodist Church, Waterbury, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 244-8089.

theater 'CLyBourne Park': Written in response to Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, Bruce Norris' Pultizer Prize-winning satire comes to life in this Northern Stage production. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $15-55. Info, 296-7000. nationaL theatre LiVe: See TUE.28.

words new enGLand ramBLe dine & disCuss: Lit lovers join Ed Cashman for a shared meal and conversation about R.J. Palacio's Wonder. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6-8 p.m. Free; bring a dish inspired by the book to share. Info, 878-6955. m

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CLAY: WHEEL THROWING II: In this class, designed for those with wheel experience, students will learn individualized tips for advancement on the wheel. Demonstrations and instruction will cover intermediate throwing and beginning to intermediate trimming and glazing techniques. Individual projects will be encouraged. Students must be proficient in centering and throwing basic cups and bowls. Option 1: Weekly on Thu., Nov. 6-Dec. 18 (no class Nov. 27), 6-8:30 p.m. Option 2: Weekly on Thu., Nov. 6-Dec. 18 (no class Nov. 27), 9:30 a.m.-noon. Cost: $240/person; $216/BCA members. Incl. your 1st bag of clay & 30 hours/week in open studio hours to practice. Extra clay sold separately at $20/25-pound bag. All glazes & firings incl. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

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PRESERVING YOUR PHOTOGRAPHIC ART: Learn the basics of preserving your photographic artwork. This lecture will provide you with the information you need to take steps to preserve both your digital collection of photographs and your physical collection of printed material. Students will learn about simple ways to meet current archival standards with the proper storage of their artwork. Instructor: Amber Broderick. Tuesday, Dec. 2, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $30/person; $27/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington. SOUND ARTS LAB: Learn the basics of field recording with digital audio devices and audio editing, or come and refine your sound arts skills in this mixed-level workshop. Each class students will work on building a cache of loops, sounds and compositional sketches. Beginners and more experienced sound artists welcome! No

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craft PAINTING FURNITURE WITH CHALK PAINT: Bring your own small furniture piece from home (something you can carry with one arm). Mary Heinrich Aloi will demonstrate how to paint various techniques and wax with Chalk Paint decorative paint by Annie Sloan. You will have full access to materials and paint to finish your piece. Sun., Oct. 26, 1-3 p.m. Cost: $55/person. Location: Vintage Inspired, 180 Flynn Ave., suite 2, Burlington. Info: 488-5766, info@vintageinspired.net.

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FRANKEN-CRITTERS: Make your stuffed animal come alive while learning basic hand sewing skills. Bring a few stuffed animals or creatures and we’ll sew them into something new and especially yours! All decorative and sewing materials provided (some stuff animals included). Instructor: Rachel Hooper. Ages 8-12. Sat., Nov. 15, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cost: $25/person; $22.50/BCA

ITSY BITSY FASHION DESIGN: Bring your favorite doll (American Girl dolls welcome) and become a miniature fashion designer. Learn some basic hand-stitch sewing techniques and create some fashionable outfits and accessories for your doll! All supplies are provided, and students are encouraged to bring fun fabrics. Registration is required. Ages 6-8. Instructor: Joanna Elliott. Sat., Nov. 8, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cost: $25/person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

PHOTOGRAPHING YOUR ARTWORK: In this lecture-based class, professional photographer Dan Lovell will demonstrate techniques for lighting for the purpose of photographing your artwork. Get tips on how to properly upload and save images onto the computer and what sizes and formats you should use for emailing and uploading to a website. Thu., Nov. 6, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $30/person; $27/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

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BASICS AND BEYOND IN JEWELRY: Instructor: Sarah Sprague. This class will focus on jewelry design, small sculpture or functional art. Each student will complete a series of practice pieces before designing and creating a wearable finished piece out of sterling silver. Every week there will be several demonstrations including sawing, drilling, piercing, annealing, texturing, jump rings, forming and soldering techniques. 8 Wed., 9:30 a.m.-noon, Jan. 28-Mar. 18. Cost: $335/person (members: $261, nonmembers: $290, materials: $45). Location: Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne.

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ABSTRACT PAINTING: Students will be guided to explore the many exciting possibilities of abstract painting through demonstrations and exciting exercises. Using the paint of their choice (water-soluble oils, acrylics or watercolor), students will be encouraged to experiment and try adding other mixed media as well. BCA provides glass palettes, easels, painting trays and drying racks. Instructor: Linda Jones. Weekly on Thu., Nov. 6-Dec. 18 (no class Nov. 27). Cost: $210/ person; $189/BCA members.

DIY DESIGN: LEATHER CUFFS AND EARRINGS: Join co-owner of New Duds and advanced crafter Tessa Valyou at this onenight class where you’ll create your own leather earrings and bracelets. Lean simple ways to make one-of-a-kind jewelry that you’ll want to wear and give as gifts. Make snap bracelets, cuffs and fun earrings. Wed., Nov. 5, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $28/person; $25.20/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

FREE WHEELIN’: Come play with clay on the potter’s wheel and learn how to make cups, bowls and more in our clay studio in this afternoon wheel class. Registration is required. Price includes one fired and glazed piece per participant. All supplies provided. Instructor: Kim O’Brien. Ages 6-12. Sat. Nov. 15, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cost: $25/person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

printing on our Epson 3880 printer will all be covered. Pair with Digital SLR Camera for a 12-week experience and learn the ins and outs of photo editing and printing! No experience necessary. Instructor: Dan Lovell. Weekly on Wed., Nov. 5-Dec. 17, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $260/person; $234/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Digital Media Lab, 135 Church St., Burlington.

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CLAY: WORKING WITH COLORED CLAY: NERIAGE AND NERIKOMI: In this class, Andy will introduce Neriage (Agate thrown on the wheel) and Nerikomi (Ageware that is hand built). This class will include demonstrations on the creation of colored clay, preparation and control of the medium, releasing the beauty with carving techniques and finishing with or without glaze. Instructor: Andy Snyder. Sun., Nov. 9, 2-4 p.m. Cost: $25/ person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

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TOUCH DRAWING STUDIO WORKSHOP: Touch Drawing is a simple, intuitive, meditative process that moves us deeply into ourselves. Paper is placed over inked Plexiglas. Impulses from within take form through the movement of fingertips on the page. Artists of any level, including absolute beginners, can experience inner imagery coming alive. Come play with us! Weekly on Mon., Oct. 27-Nov. 10, 3-5 p.m. Cost: $135/3 sessions (incl. basic Touch Drawing supplies & 1 canvas). Location: Expressive Arts Burlington/Studio 266, 200 Main St., Burlington. Info: Topaz Weis, 343-8172, topazweis@gmx.net.

WOODCUT: Woodblock printing originated in the Han Dynasty (before 220 BC) in China and has become a printing technique used throughout the world. This class will focus on the fundamental techniques and characteristics of relief woodblock printing and explore the use of multiple colors and other creative possibilities for printing your design. Instructor: Gregg Blasdel. Weekly on Mon., Nov. 3-Dec. 15, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $210/person; $189/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

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materials, practice with mixing accurate colors and learn how to apply paint in a step-by-step format. 8 Mon., 5:30-7:30 p.m., Jan. 26-Mar. 16. Cost: $235/ person (members: $211.50, nonmembers: $235; material list & syllabus). Location: Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne.

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WAX PENDANT ADV. JEWELRY: Instructor: Matthew Taylor. Come make a beautiful finished piece of jewelry by carving a wax pendant! In this wax-carving class you will spend three weeks designing and carving the wax. The piece will then be cast in sterling silver. After the piece has been cast, you will spend two weeks cleaning, finishing and polishing your work. *Cost of casting separate. 5 Tue., 6-8 p.m., Jan. 27-Feb. 24. Cost: $345/ person (members: $261, nonmembers: $290, material fee: $55). Location: Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne. WHEEL AND HAND-BUILDING: Instructor: Jules Polk. Breaking away from round. Are you tired of feeling like you are making the same-shaped pots over and over again? This class will take basic shapes thrown on the wheel and give you the hand building and finishing skills to make any shape you can think of! Techniques will include shaving, darting, faceting, fluting, cutting and stacking. Prerequisite: Beginning wheel. 8 Sat., 10 a.m.-noon, Jan. 17-Mar. 7. Cost: $280/person (members: $211.50, nonmembers: $235, materials: $45). Location: Shelburne Craft School, Shelburne.

culinary COOKING & NUTRITION CLASS: PLANT-BASED PROTECTION WITH FOOD FOR LIFE: In the headlines daily is advice to eat less meat and load up on fruits and vegetables. Perhaps you’re not quite sure how to make the switch to a plant-based diet. If diabetes, cancer, arthritis or heart disease run in your family, please know that it’s largely the food that runs in our families. Come learn which foods trigger these diseases so you can avoid them. Enjoy a live cooking demonstration and sampling of multiple recipes, easy to duplicate at home, all designed to prevent illness while dazzling your taste buds. Sun., Oct. 26, 1-4 p.m. Cost: $45/person. Location: 2 Wolves

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dance B-TRU DANCE AT HONEST YOGA: B-Tru is focused on Hip-hop, Breakin’, Funk, Jazz, Lyrical Ballet & Pointe dance. Danielle Vardakas-Duszko & her staff have trained with originators in these styles, performed and competed throughout the world. Classes and camps age 3-adult. Danielle teaches a Hip-Hop Yoga Dance 200-hour teacher training. Kids after-school & Sat. classes. Showcase at the end of May at SBHS. Cost: $50/ mo. Ask about family discounts. Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, S. Burlington. Info: 497-0136, honestyogastudio@gmail.com, honestyogacenter.com. DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, on-one and on-two, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wednesdays, 6 p.m. $13/person for one-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@ salsalina.com. DSANTOS VT SALSA: Experience the fun and excitement of Burlington’s eclectic dance community by learning salsa. Trained by world famous dancer Manuel Dos Santos, we teach you how to dance to the music and how to have a great time on the dance floor! There is no better time to start than now! Mon. evenings: beginner class, 7-8 p.m.; intermediate, 8:159:15 p.m. Cost: $10/1-hr. class. Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Tyler Crandall, 598-9204, crandalltyler@hotmail.com, dsantosvt.com. LEARN TO DANCE W/ A PARTNER!: Come alone or come with friends, but come out and learn to dance! Beginning classes repeat each month, but intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no partner is necessary. Private lessons also available. Cost: $50/4-week

class. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Info: First Step Dance, 598-6757, kevin@firststepdance.com, firststepdance.com.

guessing what your secret is! Every Thu., 5:30-6:20 p.m. Cost: $95/ person; $69/members. Location: Winooski Y, Winooski. Info: Dianne Villa Schwartz, 652-8157, dvschwartz@gbymca.org.

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WOMEN’S SMALL GROUP STRENGTH TRAINING: This class focuses on building a vocabulary of exercises ranging from free weights to cardio that will bring out the Wonder Woman in all. Whether you came to feel more comfortable with your routine or break out a sleeveless dress, let our certified trainer be your guide. Every Tue., 5:30-6:20 p.m. Cost: $95/person; $69/ members. Location: Winooski Y, Winooski. Info: Dianne Villa Schwartz, 652-8157, dvschwartz@gbymca.org.

DREAMSCAPES THE WORKSHOP: Are you interested in learning creative ways to breath life into your dream images and learn their meanings? Join us for this exciting 5-week journey into Dreamland where a pickle might just be a pickle ... or it might not be. No experience or training required. Weekly on Wed., Oct. 22-Nov. 19, 6:308:30 p.m. Cost: $135/person (all materials incl.); preregistration required. Location: Expressive Arts Burlington, 200 Main St., Suite 9, Burlington. Info: Topaz Weis, 862-5302, topazweis@ gmx.net.

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DJEMBE IN BURLINGTON AND MONTPELIER!: Learn drumming technique and music on West African drums! Burlington Beginners Djembe class is on Wed., 7-8:20 p.m., starting Nov. 5, $90/5 weeks or $22/ drop-in. Djembes are provided. Montpelier Beginners Djembe class is on Thu., 7-8:20 p.m. starting Nov. 6, $72/4 weeks or $22/drop-in (no class Nov. 27). Please register online or come directly to the first class! Location: Taiko Space & Capitol City Grange, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3G, & 6612 Route 12, Burlington & Montpelier. Info: 999-4255, classes@burlingtontaiko.org, burlingtontaiko.org. TAIKO DRUMMING IN BURLINGTON!: Come study Japanese drumming with Stuart Paton of Burlington Taiko! Beginner/Recreational Class is on Tue., 5:30-6:20 p.m., starting Nov. 4, $72/6 weeks. Accelerated Taiko Program for Beginners on Mon., 7-8:20 p.m., starting Nov. 3, $108/6 weeks. Taiko Training Class for Beginners on Wed., 5:30-6:50 p.m., starting Nov. 5, $90/5 weeks. Kids and Parents Class is on Tue., 4:30-5:20 p.m., starting Nov. 4. $60/6 weeks. Register online or come directly to the first class! Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3G, Burlington. Info: 999-4255, classes@burlingtontaiko.org, burlingtontaiko.org. TAIKO DRUMMING IN MONTPELIER: Learn Taiko in Montpelier! Starting Thu., Nov. 6 (no class Nov. 27): Montpelier Beginning Taiko class, 5:306:50 p.m., $72/4 weeks, and Montpelier Kids and Parents’ Taiko class, 4:30-5:20 p.m., $48/4 weeks; $90/parent + child. Please register online or come directly to the first class!

BREAKTHROUGH FREEWEIGHTS: This is a fullbody workout using loading and intensity for faster results to build a more athletic foundation and a solid set of skills that transfer to any sport. The class consists of detailed instruction to perfect technique followed by a circuit that reinforces functional movement patterns. Every Wed., 7-8 a.m. Cost: $95/ person; $69/members. Location: Winooski Y, Winooski. Info: Dianne Villa Schwartz, 652-8157, dvschwartz@gbymca.org. DAVINCI BODY BOARD: The DaVinci Body Board system is easily adjusted for all fitness levels, so anyone can get the full benefits of the routine. It’s a high intensity, low time commitment workout — we’ll have you in and out in 30 minutes. Every Mon., 5:30-6 p.m. Cost: $95/ person; $69/members. Location: Winooski Y, Winooski. Info: Dianne Villa Schwartz, 652-8157, dvschwartz@gbymca.org. KETTLE BELLS: Learning how to control momentum through proper form and posture is one of the best ways to activate as much musculature as possible. Kettle bells move constantly and require constant attention — keeping the mind engaged as well as those legs! Every Wed., 5:30-6:20 p.m. Cost: $95/person; $69/members. Location: Winooski Y, Winooski. Info: Dianne Villa Schwartz, 652-8157, dvschwartz@gbymca.org. STRENGTH FUSION: Welcome to Strength Fusion, where you walk away knowing you’ve done something vigorously indulgent. Find the perfect blend to stay injury free and tighten up your gym routine with weights, bands and ropes. Keep them

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CONTEMPORARY DANCE: LOOKING DEEPER: These intensive is designed to support and strengthen the skills and community of practicing contemporary dancers and dance-makers in our region. Each intensive will focus on different aspects of the skills at the core of strong and compelling performers and performances. Using improvisational structures, the aim will be to strengthen our capacity to be fully awake, aware and able to respond to our constantly changing world, be it the studio, the stage, a specific site, or our community. Instructor: Dai Jan. Sun., Nov. 9, 1-4 p.m. Cost: $30/ person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 865-4548, flynnarts.org. BUSINESS OF BEING AN ARTIST: This free forum is a new series of conversations around the business of making a living as a performing artist. Join this gathering of artists, professionals and arts organizations to examine the realities of achieving success in the arts. This month’s topic is producing your work and taking it on the road. Artists in all genres welcome! Adults and teens 16+. 4th Fri. of each mo., Oct. 24 & Dec. 5 (rescheduled from Nov. 28 Thanksgiving holiday), 5:45 p.m.. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org. EXPLORING CONNECTIONS: CORE SUPPORT: FIND YOUR PSOAS: The Exploring Connections workshop series uses movement and metaphor

to explore the expressive body, incorporating movement fundamentals as well as drawing and writing to explore the relationship between movement and personal expression. Our goal will be to facilitate a lively interplay between inner connectivity and outer expressivity to enrich your movement potential, change ineffective neuromuscular movement patterns, and encourage new ways of moving and embodying your inner self. Instructor: Sara McMahon. Fri., Nov. 7, 5:45-7:45 p.m. Cost: $22/ person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 865-4548, flynnarts.org. MONOLOGUE BOOT CAMP: Whether prepping for an audition or deepening your acting abilities, this class strengthens your skills in text analysis, character development and audition technique. Beginners learn the tools for working on a monologue, and veterans deepen their craft and acquire new insights into their own approach to performance. Please bring in one or two monologues you like Ã¢?? no need to memorize in advance. Adults and teens 16+. Instructor: John Jensen. Weekly on Thu., Oct. 30-Dec. 11, 5:45-7:15 p.m. Cost: $125/6 weeks. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

healing arts WORKING WITH THE ANCESTORS: This is an introduction to shamanic work with the Ancestors. Participants will learn how to prepare an Ancestral alter, feed the Ancestors and begin to offer healing to the Ancestral line. Registration required. Instructed by Michael. Sat., Nov. 1, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Cost: $40/ person. Location: Journeyworks, 1205 North Ave., Burlington. Info: 860-6203, journeyworks@hotmail.com, journeyworksvt.com.

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BOOKMAKING: For the professional artist or complete beginner, this class will guide you through the steps of creating your own hardback, hand-bound artist’s book. Design and construct your own unique books and use the Coptic stitch, an ancient and beautiful bookbinding technique known for the braided open spine and it’s ability to permit books to lay flat when opened. These books are HELEN DAY

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stunning and perfect for an artist or writer’s journal or a lovely gift. Sat., Nov. 8, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $100/person; $75/members. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Info: 253-8358, education@helenday. com, helenday.com. CREATIVE DRAWING WITH EVAN CHISMARK: This class will focus on harnessing creative energy and creating visually interesting works. The direction of the class will be largely driven by the students, and we’ll focus on concepts that the class as a whole is open to exploring. Weekly on Thu., Oct. 28-Dec. 2, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Cost: $125/person; $100/ members. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Info: 253-8358, education@ helenday.com, helenday.com.

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herbs COMMUNITY HERBALISM WORKSHOPS: Herbal Relief for Chronic Body Pain with Danielle Rissin-Rosenfeld: Wed., Oct. 29, 6-8 p.m. Herbs to Inspire Joy and Confidence with Rachael Keener: Mon., Nov. 3, 6-8 p.m. Natural Beauty Workshop with Leilani Courtney: Wed., Nov. 5, 6-8 p.m., $5 materials fee. Cost: $12/person; $10 for members; preregistration required. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, 252 Main St., Montpelier. Info: 224-7100, info@vtherbcenter.org, vtherbcenter.org. HERBAL INTENSIVES AT VCIH: ‘Selva Oscura”: In the Dark Forest of the Spirit: Emerging research on the intersection of psychedelic therapy, microneural damage, the microbiome, and mental health. With Guido Masé. Sat., Oct. 25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Practical alchemy: Principles and Techniques of Spagyric Extraction with Guido Masé. Sat., Nov. 8, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $50/person; $45 for members; preregistration required. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, 252 Main St., Montpelier. Info: 224-7100, info@vtherbcenter.org, vtherbcenter.org. WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Tree, Shrub and Herb Walks, each in a different habitat, Wed., Oct. 8, and Tue., Oct. 14, both from 4-5:30 p.m. Sliding scale to $10, please preregister. If you are interested in attending our next Wisdom of the Herbs

program, starting April 2015, and need financial assistance, check out the VSAC nondegree grant program and consider applying really soon to reserve your grant while their funds are abundant. Annie McCleary, director. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury. Info: 456-8122, annie@ wisdomoftheherbsschool.com, wisdomoftheherbsschool.com.

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have significantly improved their Spanish with my teaching approach.”— Maigualida Gomez Rak, MA. Location: College St., Burlington. Info: 276-0747, maigomez1@hotmail.com, burlingtonvt.universitytutor.com/ tutors/116306. LEARN SPANISH & OPEN NEW DOORS: Connect with a new world. We provide high-quality, affordable instruction in the Spanish language for adults, students and children. Travelers’ lesson package. Our eighth year. Personal instruction from a native speaker. Small classes, private lessons and online instruction. See our website for complete information or contact us for details. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

martial arts INTRO TO SOLIDWORKS: Solidworks is one of the most popular CAD tools on the planet and is a great first step for anyone looking to bring their ideas to life. This course will focus on introducing the basics of Solidworks, from modeling your first 3-D parts in virtual space to assembling multiple parts together, creating a virtual moving mechanical assembly! Prerequisite: General computer skills. Instructor: Andrew Kalinen. Weekly on Tue., Nov. 4-Dec. 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m. No class Nov. 11. Cost: $240/person; $216/BCA members. Location: Generator, Memorial Auditorium, 250 Main St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166. LASER CUT JEWELRY: Learn how to create pendants, earrings, charms and bands with an Epilog 60 watt laser cutter working in acrylic, wood and leather. Students will learn basic laser cutting and software skills to etch and cut their own designs and fabrications. Prerequisite: Must be comfortable using a computer. Instructor: Erin Barnaby. Weekly on Mon., Nov. 17-Dec. 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $160/person; $144/BCA members. Location: Generator, Memorial Auditorium, 250 Main St., Burlington. Info: 865-7166.

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VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Classes for men, women and children. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enhances strength, flexibility, balance, coordination and cardio-respiratory fitness. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training builds and helps to instill courage and selfconfidence. We offer a legitimate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu martial arts program in a friendly, safe and positive environment. Accept no imitations. Learn from one of the world’s best, Julio “Foca” Fernandez, CBJJ and IBJJF certified 6th Degree Black Belt, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr., teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mon.-Fri., 6-9 p.m., & Sat., 10 a.m. 1st class is free. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 660-4072, julio@bjjusa.com, vermontbjj.com. WU XING CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS: For us martial art is a way of life, not a sport. We offer the finest instruction in two complete internal Chinese martial arts — Taijiquan and Pudaoquan — at an affordable price. Our classes for adults have a friendly and conversational atmosphere, geared toward learning quickly and well. Weekly on Tue., 7-9 p.m.; Fri., 6-8 p.m.; & Sat., 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Pay by the month or by the class. Location: Tao Motion Studio, 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Wu Xing Chinese Martial Arts, 355-1301, info@wxcma.com, wxcma.com.

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UNCERTAINTY & CHANGE: In this series, beloved teacher Pema Chodron provides a wealth of wisdom for learning to be completely, fearlessly present even in the most difficult situations. A great introduction for beginners and a fresh inspiration for experienced meditators, this course includes a video series of Pema, meditation instruction and group discussion. 4 Wed., Oct. 29-Nov. 19, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $40/person. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Tracy Suchocki, 658-6795, tracy@cpro.cc, burlington.shambhala.org/ program-details/?id=192468. LEARN TO MEDITATE: Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom. Shambhala Café (meditation and discussions) meets the first Saturday of each month, 9 a.m.-noon. An open house (intro to the center, short dharma talk and socializing) is held on the third Friday of each month, 7-9 p.m. Instruction: Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appt. Sessions: Tue. & Thu., noon-1 p.m., & Mon.-Thu., 6-7 p.m. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org. MIDDAY MINDFULNESS: Get the most out of your lunch break and come to a 45-minute drop-in mindfulness meditation class to refresh and recharge for the rest of your day. Instruction provided. Great for beginners and experienced practitioners. Weekly on Mon. & Thu., noon-12:45 p.m. Cost: $10/45-minute drop-in. Location: Full Circle Health & Wellness, LLC, 73 Main St., suite 22, Montpelier . Info: Catherine Schiller, 734-2833, cschillervt@gmail.com.

spirituality OPENING THE 3RD EYE: Opening the 3rd Eye is a dynamic and experiential workshop to explore and expand upon your natural psychic gifts and insights of inner knowing, inner sight, inner hearing, etc. The veils are thinning and the opportunity for greater awareness is offered. Held in a sanctuary that is sacred space. Sun., Oct. 26, 1-5 p.m. Cost: $50/4hour class. Location: Lightheart Sanctuary, 236 Wild Apple Rd., New Haven. Info: Maureen Short, 453-4433,

maureen@lightheart.net, lightheart.net. OUT OF THE BLUE SHAMANISM: Learn how to journey into the spirit realms where you will meet powerfully compassionate and intelligent spirit guides, teachers and healers. The session will include an introduction to the practice of shamanic divination and an overview of shamanic healing. Meet your power animal in a core shamanic introduction. Sun., Nov. 9, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Cost: $95/8.5-hour class. Location: Inside Out Wellness, 528 Essex Road, suite 207, Williston. Info: Shaman’s Flame, Peter Clark, 456-8735, peterclark13@gmail.com, shamansflame.com. THE NEW DISPENSATION: Learn about the new form of religious expression that Carl Jung felt would be appropriate for the Age of Aquarius in this experiential course rooted in the Biblical teachings of Jesus. Oct. 29 & Nov. 5, 12 & 19, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $60/person. Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover La., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909.

tai chi LIVING ARTS TAI CHI CHUAN: Learn this supreme Yang-style practice passed on traditionally by the Tung Lineage, generating limitless benefit to well-being. Teachings are open to all levels, beginners start any time with the first class free. Focus is on postures, alignment and flow of basic form guided by principles and Yin/Yang philosophy. Wed., 5:30-7 p.m. Cost: $15/1.5hour class. Location: McClure Multigenerational Center, 241 N.

Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: White Cloud Living Arts Foundation, Madeleine PiatLandolt, 453-3690, whitecloudarts@gmail.com, whitecloudarts.org. SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill. Beginner classes Sat. mornings & Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 864-7902, ipfamilytaichi.org. YANG-STYLE TAI CHI: The slow movements of tai chi help reduce blood pressure and increase balance and concentration. Come breathe with us and experience the joy of movement while increasing your ability to be inwardly still. Wed., 5:30 p.m., Sat., 8:30 a.m. $16/class, $60/mo., $160/3 mo. Location: Mindful Breath Tai Chi (formerly Vermont Tai Chi Academy and Healing Center), 180 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: 735-5465, janet@mindfulbreathtaichi.com, mindfulbreathtaichi.com.

well-being EXPERIENCE PHOENIX RISING YOGA: Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy offers a learnable, yogaand mindfulness-based process for enhancing awareness and gaining clarity in health, work, relationships and other aspects of life that call for change and transformation. Oct. 24-25: Fri., 7:30-9 p.m.: Connection & Awareness. Saturday, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Acceptance & Choice and 1:30-5:30 p.m.: Discernment, Truth & Action. Cost: $75/3-part workshop ($25/$35 separately). Location: Phoenix Rising Yoga Center, 5 Mountain St., Bristol. Info: 453-6444, info@pryt. com, pryt.com. HEALING A RECENT LOSS WORKSHOP: Joey Corcoran, LCMHC, and Susan Sassaman, Certified YogaDance instructor, offer a contemplative bodymind approach to healing loss. In a small, supportive group, mindfulness practices and guided gentle yoga movement will support bringing a compassionate perspective to the mixed emotions of grief. Preregistration required. Fri., Nov 14, 6:308:30 p.m., & Sat., Nov 15, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $130/workshop. Location: All Souls Interfaith Gathering, 291

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women and men. Various dimensions of the divine feminine are explored in our subjective and impersonal life experience — Moon, Venus and Black Moon. Our own astrological birth charts personalize this material. Sat., Oct. 25, 1-4 p.m. Cost: $40/3-hour class. Location: Two Wolves Holistic Center, 179 Main St., 2nd floor, Vergennes. Info: Kelley Hunter, 456-1078, kellhunter@earthlink.net, heliastar.com, 2wolvescentervt.com.

Bostwick Farm Rd., Shelburne. Info: Joey Corcoran, 654-7600-4, joey@mindfulrest.com, mindfulrest.com. Tune-In DIeT Workshop: learn tools to eat in a way that gives you pleasure and energy and maintains a healthy/desired weight! Using the mind-bodyemotions approach of the the Tune-In Diet you’ll come to know what to eat and how much to eat, helping you achieve and maintain your ideal weight and

feel great about yourself along the way. Sat., Nov. 8, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost: $58/person; incl. lunch. Location: Core Studio, 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: 862-8686, info@tuneindiet.com, studio208vt.com.

women seCreT LIFe oF WoMen: with astro-Mythologist Kelley Hunter. a cosmic approach to awakening female consciousness in both

yoga BurLIngTon hoT Yoga: TrY soMeThIng DIFFerenT!: Offering creative, vinyasa-style yoga classes featuring practice in the Barkan and Prana Flow Method Hot Yoga in a 95-degree studio accompanied by eclectic music. ahh, the heat on a cold day, a flowing practice, the cool stone meditation, a chilled orange scented towel to complete your spa yoga experience. Get hot: 2-for-1 offer. $15. Go to hotyogaburlingtonvt.com.

Location: North End Studio B, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 999-9963. evoLuTIon Yoga: evolution Yoga and Physical Therapy offers a variety of classes in a supportive atmosphere: Beginner, advanced, kids, babies, post- and pre-natal, community classes and workshops. Vinyasa, Kripalu, core, Therapeutics and alignment classes. Become part of our yoga community. You are welcome here. Cost: $15/class, $130/class card, $5-10/community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 864-9642, evolutionvt.com. honesT Yoga, The onLY DeDICaTeD hoT Yoga FLoW CenTer: Honest Yoga offers practice for all levels. Brand new beginners’ courses include two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily classes in essentials, Flow and core Flow with alignment constancy. We hold teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels. Daily classes & workshops. $25/new student 1st week unlimited, $15/class

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or $130/10-class card, $12/ class for student or senior or $100/10-class punch card. Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Sport Shoe Center, S. Burlington. Info: 497-0136, honestyogastudio@gmail.com, honestyogacenter.com. InTenTIonaL sIMpLICITY: a weekend yoga retreat with annette Urbschat. Yoga, meditation, nature walks, journaling, life reflection. leave behind smartphones, computers, everyday concerns. Fri., Oct. 31-Sun., Nov. 2. Cost: $330/incl. room & 6 delicious organic meals. Location: Sky Meadow Retreat Center, Stannard. Info: Sun Dance Studio, Annette Urbschat, 860-9927, sundancestudiovt@gmail.com. LaughIng rIver Yoga: Highly trained and dedicated teachers offer yoga classes, workshops and retreats in a beautiful setting overlooking the Winooski River. class types include Kripalu, Vinyasa, Jivamukti, Kundalini, Yin, Restorative and more. 300hour teacher training begins in January. Or join us in costa Rica

February 28-March 7. all bodies and abilities welcome. $5-14/ single yoga class; $120/10-class card; $130/monthly unlimited. Location: Laughing River Yoga, Chace Mill, suite 126, Burlington. Info: 343-8119, laughingriveryoga.com. Yoga rooTs: Yoga Roots provides a daily schedule of yoga classes for all ages and abilities. We aim to clarify your mind, strengthen your body and ignite your joyful spirit through classes such as Prenatal Yoga, Gentle Yoga, anusura-inspired all levels, Restorative and Heated Vinyasa Flow! Workshops coming Up: chakra Workshop w/ Heidi Bock and laura lomas Oct. 25, 12-5 p.m., Parenting the anxious child with Joanne Wolfe, Ma, Med Nov. 15, 3-5 p.m. Registration required. Location: Yoga Roots, 6221 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne Green Business Park. Info: 9850090, yogarootsvt.com.

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or Sam Amidon, folk music is a malleable art form, despite the genre’s outwardly rigid traditions. On his new album, Lily-O, the Brattleboro native deconstructs traditional folk music, stripping songs to their core and reimagining them through a kaleidoscopic prism of free jazz, rock and experimental sounds. The result is haunting and beautiful: thorough remakings that are both inherently familiar and alien. That record, made with Amidon’s longtime collaborators Shahzad Ismaily and Chris Vatalaro, as well as famed jazz guitarist Bill Frisell, is an extension of his earlier efforts in interpreting folk songs, from the archaic and obscure to the contemporary and famous. Most recently, those include Amidon’s 2013 album Bright Sunny South. It featured not only versions of traditional tunes such as “Weeping Mary” and “As I Roved Out,” but renderings of modern pop songs by the likes of country singer Tim McGraw and, of all people, Mariah Carey — “My Old Friend” and “Shake It Off,” respectively. Seven Days spoke with Amidon by phone in advance of his show at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge this Thursday, October 23.

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SEVEN DAYS: You grew up in Vermont, and your parents were folk artists. How did they nurture your interest in folk music? SAM AMIDON: They met in Cambridge in the folk revival scene there and ended up coming here to join Bread and Puppet [Theater] as singers. They lived on the farm for a minute, loved Vermont and somehow ended up in Brattleboro in the late 1970s. They found a rich community of folk musicians there. So when I grew up, it wasn’t so much interest as immersion. Our whole social world was contra dance, Sacred Harp, shape-note singing. It was my world. But it wasn’t just folk music. My dad used to take me to see these insane free-jazz concerts and classical music. There is all kinds of weird stuff in Vermont. SD: Did you ever rebel against all that folk music? SA: Not really. It was almost like a weird experiment on a kid — like, let’s see what happens if we surround this kid with folk music. I remember when I first started listening to other kinds of music, it didn’t make sense to me. I heard kids talking about Nirvana, so I went and bought Nevermind. It just kind of sounded like white noise. It was alien. But I have to admit, the first band that played another kind of music I could dig was Phish. Because their music was kind of silly and melodic, and it made sense to me. I eventually lost interest in them. But Trey Anastasio put out a record called Surrender to the Air, which is a free-jazz record with all these amazing improvising musicians in New York, like Marc Ribot, John Medeski. It pretty much changed my life, because then I went and bought all of the albums connected to that record. It was completely thrilling to me. The one thing I did do is I moved to New York when I was 20, and I kind of stopped playing. I had been playing fiddle professionally since I was a teenager and at a certain point stopped playing folk gigs. I knew I didn’t want to only do that kind FOLK FORMS

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Have you ever been told something, like, a really big something, and then immediately been sworn to secrecy for an indeterminate amount of time? It’s the worst. OK, illness, war, famine. Those things are worse. But holding on to a really cool secret, when all you want to do is tell everyone you know, is an exercise in torture. That’s especially true when your whole friggin’ job is essentially telling people about cool things. Well, I’ve been holding on to one particularly exciting bit of news for what seems like a year now. And I can’t keep it in anymore. I’m gonna burst. So I’m going to tell you something now. But you have to promise to keep it yourselves. And you didn’t hear this from me, m’kay? NAthAN hArtSwick and NAtAliE millEr are opening a comedy club in downtown Burlington. I know, right? Holy shit.

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In truth, the SpArk ArtS and VErmoNt comEDY club cofounders’ plan to open a comedy club has been the worstkept secret in Vermont next to Bernie Sanders “maybe” running for president. Miller and Hartswick have been in the planning stages for about two years now, and certain folks in the local comedy scene have known about it for a while. Still, local comedy’s First Couple has managed to keep a lid on their intentions, to a degree, and to keep the general public in the dark. Actually, maybe that last part wasn’t so hard. “I still get people who tell me they didn’t even know there was a local comedy scene,” says Hartswick recently over coffee, seated beside Miller. (That sound you hear is me repeatedly slamming my head against my desk as I think about how many times I’ve encouraged you to check out local comedy over the past few years.) This just in: There’s a local comedy

scene, people. It’s good. It’s more popular — and populous — than ever, and everything indicates it will continue growing and thriving. Through Spark and VCC alone, Hartswick and Miller produce more than 200 improv and standup comedy shows per year at venues all over Vermont. Dozens of other promoters throughout the state organize comedy nights everywhere from village town halls to cafés in Barre to nightclubs in Burlington. There is an appetite for comedy in Vermont. Increasingly, there is an abundance of talent eager to satisfy that craving. All that’s left now is to give comedy a permanent home. “We’re not crazy,” Hartswick says. “OK, maybe we’re a little crazy. But we’re not stupid. If we didn’t really believe the area could support a comedy club, we wouldn’t be doing this.” At this point, you may be saying to yourself, “Hmm. Didn’t we already have a comedy club? And didn’t it go out of business? Are they stupid?” No, they’re not. But yes, there was a comedy club in Burlington. Said club was called Levity, and it did indeed close last year after a valiant but short run. Asked about the now-defunct laugh factory, Hartswick is quick to praise Levity. “It was great,” he says. “It gave local comics a place to get stage time and hang out together, which is invaluable.” But, he adds, the club’s cozy confines were a limiting factor. It wasn’t large enough to host bigger-name touring acts that would draw audiences of “regular people” — i.e., not comedy nerds. And, because Levity’s space hadn’t been designed as a performance venue, it was tough to settle on the right stage setup. So here’s Hartswick and Miller’s solution: Go big or go home. The Vermont Comedy Club — which will be a comedy club, in Vermont — will be a 250-seat venue specifically designed by an architect as a multiuse performance space. For comparison, that’s about the size of the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge. It will be in the heart of downtown Burlington. I can’t tell you where, exactly — that part

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SD: most musicians go to New York to become professionals. So you did it backward? SA: Yeah. And my parents were really upset. They were like, “Why are you working?!” I didn’t want to worry about making money with music. I just wanted to be able to go to Brooklyn and play with some weird rock band at two in the morning and get paid $25. But it was crucial. All the connections to my own music came from that period. SD: much of the material you work from is ancient and obscure and has been reinterpreted many different ways. What is it about that material that it can withstand being messed around with so much? SA: I think that’s because for most of those songs, there is no original version. Every version of a folk song is a reworking. They go through mutations and change. And in that process they become tough little beasts. And in some ways, I don’t think of these records as folk records, because I’m not engaging in that tradition. Of course they are. But a lot of what’s considered “traditional” is really arbitrary, anyway, so they are as traditional as anything else, in some ways. SD: It’s interesting that you can deconstruct this centuries-old folk music, then turn around and do the same thing with a mariah carey song. SA: I don’t worry so much about where the music comes from when I make the albums. The fact that they’re folk songs is obviously significant to a lot of people. But it’s more pragmatic to me. I love to sing; I love to play with different people. I do write a lot of music, but I’m not that interested in songwriting, and I don’t know if I have any skill in that department anyway. So, for me, it’s a problem-solving game: What I can play with these people? The folk songs are a great source, because they are so tough, the melodies are so beautiful and the words are so weird. And then there are times when you’ll listen to the radio and some of those songs have those qualities. And, to me, that Mariah Carey song does. It’s just a beautiful, simple expression. m

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In other news, this is a music column! Are you heading to see Pennsylvania bluegrass bad-asses CABINET — whose banjo player, PAPPY BIONDO, actually lives in Vermont and regularly drops by the Sunday bluegrass scrambles at the Skinny Pancake in Burlington — at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge on Wednesday, October 22? Then show up a little early for once, would ya? Rockabilly stalwarts the STARLINE RHYTHM BOYS are opening. But because guitarist AL LEMERY can’t make the gig, the excellent TEDDY WEBER of the WIYOS — who also lives in VT now, BTW — will fill in on guitar.

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multiple revenue streams. There will be a lounge separate from the club where patrons can hang out and get drinks without seeing a show. The space will also house classrooms to accommodate an expanded menu of Spark Arts classes. Currently, Miller and Hartswick are at capacity with the teaching load at their South End studio. They’re turning people away. The new space will enable them to add classes and teachers, all of which should feed back into fostering interest in comedy — which should help put asses in those 250 seats. Also likely to aid with that last part: VCC will have nationally touring comics performing multiple sets on weekend nights. Booking big-name standups on weekends is tricky for rock clubs. Because they’re rock clubs, they like to have, y’know, rock on weekend nights. But to make the money work for, say, the TODD BARRYs and TIG NOTAROs of the world, you need to be able to host multiple shows on the same night and turn the room over. Otherwise, you lose money on the deal. That’s where VCC will have an advantage. The club will round out its five-to-six-night-a-week schedule with an assortment of local improv and standup showcases. VCC has no definitive opening date yet. But Hartswick and Miller hope to be up and running by spring of 2015, just about in time for the joint to host the next Green Mountain Comedy Festival in May.

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HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Wildlife Wednesday (house), 9:30 p.m., free. JP'S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Audrey Bernstein (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Mike Martin & Geoff Kim (jazz), 7 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: VT Comedy Club Presents: What a Joke! Comedy Open Mic (standup comedy), 7 p.m., free. DALY, Lowell Thompson, Disco Phantom (indie), 9:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: After Jack (Americana), 6:30 p.m., free. Lotango (tango), 7:30 p.m., free. Doctor Gasp (Halloween folk), 9 p.m., free. Sundown (instrumental), 10:30 p.m., free.

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RED SQUARE: The Woedoggies (blues), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda's Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation. ZEN LOUNGE: Dsantos VT Kizomba Class & Social, 7 p.m., free.

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CLUB METRONOME: Rock Candy III: Dino Bravo, Black Rabbit, the Ramparts (rock), 9 p.m., $3. FINNIGAN'S PUB: Craig Mitchell (funk), 10 p.m., free. FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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Jeremy Gilchrist has an unusual way with words. At his best, the Winooski-by-way-of-North-Carolina songwriter leaves room for the listener to contemplate his meaning. Gilchrist bills himself as a “thoughtprovoking” songwriter. And at times on his new album, Causality, he is, crafting hazily poetic suites that invite introspection and interpretation. But his unconventional phrasing and word choices, while often bold, leave a thin margin for error. As frequently as listeners are apt to contemplate his meaning, they are just as likely to wonder, What the hell does he mean?

At times, both reactions occur within the framework of a single song. For example, take the album’s fourth track, “The Time Traveler.” Over the insistent thrum of an acoustic guitar, Gilchrist sings sweetly, “It’s hard to know where I’ve been / In a mind with so many strings / Visions of timelines I’ve changed / Lives rearranged.” It’s a regretful, retrospective lament made even more potent by a second verse in which he asks, “Resonating dream and fears / Was it for me or them?” Then comes this head-scratcher: “When I get home I’ll destroy the machine / Throw the pieces in the paradoxical sea.” Even if we set aside that Gilchrist mispronounces the word “paradoxical” as “paradoxial,” the lines are simply overwritten, which is perhaps his greatest weakness. In the same song, he later sings of “multiversal voices.” Such passages suggest Gilchrist is guilty of trying a little too hard to impress with fancy wordsmithing. The thing is, he doesn’t have to. He’s a naturally gifted singer whose reedy tone evokes a blend of David Gray and Adam Duritz. Like those singers, he knows his way around a sticky melody. And he seems to be a fair hand at arranging moody folk pop, to boot.

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Antics occupy space closer to jazzy neosoul acts such as Ledisi, D’Angelo and Erykah Badu. Especially given their hiphop leanings, the band’s closest local stylistic corollary is likely the late, great acid jazz outfit Belizbeha. That ain’t a bad thing. There is a quiet cool about Heaghney as she coos and flirts with her sensual melodies. Her understated, elegant lines are like a teasing wink across a crowded room: subtle, but inviting. It’s not that she’s incapable of belting fiery lines — she certainly is — rather, it’s that she seems to understand the importance and impact of dynamics. When you want to grab someone’s attention, sometimes a whisper is the best way to do it. In kind, her band responds by surrounding the young singer with some of the slinkiest jams this side of Maxwell. The rhythmic core of bassist Mike Dondero and drummer Jake Mayers provides a fertile foundation on which keyboardist Derek Rice and guitarist Chris Jordan intertwine steamy grooves and accents. Saxophonist Brian Miller and trumpeter

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THE STAGE: B Positive children's cancer Benefit Show, 6 p.m., free.

CHARLIE O'S: Drag Night with the House of Lemay, 10 p.m., free. NORTH BRANCH CAFÉ: Karen Krajacic (folk), 7 p.m., donations.

RED SQUARE: Joe Adler (singersongwriter), 4 p.m., free. Groove Shoes (funk), 7 p.m., $5. DJ craig mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5.

outside vermont

MONOPOLE: East Bound Jesus (rock), 10 p.m., free.

NUTTY STEPH'S: Roarin' 20s Jazzyaoke, 7 p.m., free.

MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour tunes & trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA'S: Live music, 5 p.m., free. The Freelancers (rock), 9 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ con Yay (EDm), 9 p.m., $5. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Supersounds DJ (top 40), 10 p.m., free. RUBEN JAMES: DJ cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. ZEN LOUNGE: Salsa Night with Jah Red, 8 p.m., $5. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $5.

chittenden county

BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free. GOOD TIMES CAFÉ: David olney (Americana), 8:30 p.m., $25. AA. HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Aer, Dizzy Wright, Njomza (hip-hop, pop), 8:30 p.m., $20/25. AA. THE MONKEY HOUSE: Disco Phantom & Friends (eclectic), 9:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: John Daly trio (folk rock), 5 p.m., free. Quadra (rock), 9 p.m., free. VENUE NIGHTCLUB: Winger (rock), 7 p.m., $27/35. 18+.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Pip malt (country rock), 6 p.m., free. CHARLIE O'S: Bad Smell, Jovian's Witness (electronica), 10 p.m., free. NUTTY STEPH'S: Latin Friday with Rauli Fernandez & Friends, 7 p.m., free. POSITIVE PIE (MONTPELIER): Gang of Thieves (funk rock), 10:30 p.m., $5. SWEET MELISSA'S: Honky tonk Happy Hour with mark LeGrand, 5 p.m., free. chris Killian and the Vermont Brigade (rock), 9 p.m., free. WHAMMY BAR: Sky Blue Boys (bluegrass), 7 p.m., free.

BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Peter Krag, max Bronstein and Iris Downey (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area

CLUB METRONOME: Green mountain cabaret presents Ghouls and Dolls: A Green mountain cabaret Spooktacular (burlesque), 7 p.m., $10/15. 18+. "No Diggity" ’90s Night, 9 p.m., free/$5.

MOOG'S PLACE: chris Robertson and the Socket Rockets (rock), 9 p.m., free.

FINNIGAN'S PUB: DJ Jon Demus (reggae), 10 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Soul Junction (soul, funk), 7 p.m., free. 2KDeep (house), 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: matty Parillo trio (jazz), 9 p.m., free. THE LAUGH BAR AT DRINK: comedy Showcase (standup comedy), 7 p.m., $7.

THE BEE'S KNEES: Alex Smith (folk), 7:30 p.m., donation.

RIMROCK'S MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Rekkon #FridayNightFrequencies (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. RUSTY NAIL BAR & GRILLE: Blueprint with DJ Rare Groove, Lynguisitic civilians, maiden Voyage, Bless the child, Somewhere in the Solution (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $7/10. 18+.

middlebury area

51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE: myra Flynn (neo-soul), 8 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Hannah Lebel (rock), 9 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS: Feed the machine (rock), 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR'S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. Blues for Breakfast (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., $5.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Hamjob (rock, funk), 9 p.m., $3.

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BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Andrew moroz (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. CLUB METRONOME: Retronome with DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5. FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: The FoHR Sessions (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Funhouse with Rob Douglas, chia & Shawn Williams (dance), 10 p.m., free. JP'S PUB: Karaoke with megan, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Gold cheng (electronic), 9 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: DJ Jon Demus (reggae), 9 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: Lucid, Daemon chili (rock, Americana), 9 p.m., $5. chakra-5 Records Songwriters circle: Silent mind and Friends (acoustic), 9 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Acoustic Brunch with Shannon Hawley, noon, free. Kristen Graves (folk pop), 5:30 p.m., free. Jason Lee (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. castle creek (blues), 8 p.m., free. Doctor Sailor (indie folk), 9 p.m., free. The cabin Project (orchestral indie pop), 10:30 p.m., free. Rough Francis (punk), midnight,$5. Villanelles (indie), 1 a.m., free. RED SQUARE: Funkwagon (funk), 7 p.m., $5. mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul (salsa), 6 p.m., free. DJ Stavros (EDm), 11 p.m., $5. RUBEN JAMES: craig mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Kristen Graves (folk), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation. ZEN LOUNGE: Seductive Sirens Burlesque Show, 8 p.m., $5. Seductive Sirens Burlesque Show, 8 p.m., $5.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Smokin' Gun (rock), 9 p.m., free. HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Lettuce, Exmag (funk), 8:30 p.m., $18/20. AA. THE MONKEY HOUSE: The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank, maryse Smith, cherokee Red (folk), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: contois School of music Band (rock), 5 p.m., free. The Real Deal (R&B), 9 p.m., free. VENUE NIGHTCLUB: Saturday Night mixdown with DJ Dakota & Jon Demus, 8 p.m., $5. 18+.

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation.

WHAMMY BAR: Red Hot Juba (cosmic Americana), 7 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area

THE BEE'S KNEES: open mic, 7:30 p.m., donation. MATTERHORN: Stowe Jam (rock), 9 p.m., $5. MOOG'S PLACE: Seth Yacovone trio (blues), 9 p.m., free. RUSTY NAIL BAR & GRILLE: Stowe Blues, Brews and Barbecue: Luther 'Guitar Jr.' Johnson, matt Schofield, Dave Keller, Al moore Blues Band (blues), 5 p.m., $25/30.

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THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM: The Full cleveland (rock), 10 p.m., free.

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51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE: David & mimi Bain: Roots, Family Style (American roots), 8 p.m., free. CITY LIMITS: city Limits Dance Party with DJ Earl (top 40), 9:30 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Rumblecat (rock), 9 p.m., $3.

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THE PARKER PIE CO.: The Grave Rave (EDm), 8 p.m., $5. THE STAGE: Jake machell (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., free. Steel Highway Band (blues, rock), 8 p.m., free.

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MONOPOLE: Doom & Friends (rock), 10 p.m., free.

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CLUB METRONOME: Primus AfterParty with the mike Dillon Band (punk), 10 p.m., $7/10. 18+. FRANNY O'S: Kyle Stevens Happiest Hour of music (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. Vermont's Next Star, 8 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Welcome to my Living Room with DJ craig mitchell (eclectic), 7 p.m., free. Dimanche Dimanche (house), 10 p.m., free. THE LAUGH BAR AT DRINK: comedy open mic (standup comedy), 8 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: mI YARD Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Demus, 9 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Jazz Brunch with Bruce Sklar & sun.26

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Don’t Worry, Be F*cking Happy Punk rock has a long and proud tradition of anger and aggression. But equally important to its snarling howls and jagged riffs is a good sense of humor and having fun. In that sense, Washington, D.C., punk trio Ex HEx are as a much a throwback to the classic, cheeky work of the Ramones and Dead Kennedys as a continuation of the 1990s riot grrl movement. The band’s Merge Records debut, Rips, is a brash and audacious work that trades as much on clever, sarcastic lyricism as bright, power trio bombast. Or as NPR put it, “There’s enough energy on Rips to fuel a small country, and all of it is rooted in cleanburning enthusiasm.” Catch the band at the Monkey House on Wednesday, October 29, with indie rockers SpEEDY ortiz.

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

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Bibby (hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., $18/20. AA. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: SonReal (hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., $10/12. AA. PENALTY BOX: Trivia With a Twist, 4 p.m., free. courtesy of after jack

barre/montpelier BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Eric Friedman and Gretchen Doilon (folk), 11 a.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Bramblewood (folk), 6 p.m., $5-10 donation.

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CLUB METRONOME: Metal Monday: Haunted House with Abbandon, Boil the Whore, Savage Hen, 9 p.m., $5/8. 18+. FRANNY O'S: Standup Comedy Cage Match, 8 p.m., free.

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JP'S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Ray Vega Quintet (Latin jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: VT Comedy Club Presents: What a Joke! Comedy Open Mic (standup comedy), 7 p.m., free. DALY, Lauren Akin, And the Kids (indie), 9:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Milton Busker (suit folk), 7 p.m., free. Marc Delgado of Wounded Knee (Americana), 8 p.m., free. Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., free. Mickey Western & the Rodeo Clowns (freak folk), 11:45 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Shannon Hawley (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m. Thunderbolt Research (rock), 8:15 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda's Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation. ZEN LOUNGE: Dsantos VT Kizomba Class & Social, 7 p.m., free. Zensday Halloween Party with DJ Kyle Proman, 10 p.m., $5.

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HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Echosmith, Stone Cold Fox (alt-pop), 8:30 p.m., $12/14. AA.

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THE MONKEY HOUSE: WW Presents: Ex Hex, Speedy Ortiz (punk), 8:30 p.m., $10/15. 18+.

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

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: The Woedoggies (blues), 7 p.m., free.

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

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CHARLIE O'S: Brzowski (hip-hop), 8 p.m., free.

THE STAGE: Ana D'Leon (singersongwriter), 6:30 p.m., free.

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

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fter four years in the Mount Tom Building in Woodstock, ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery has moved to new digs just two miles up the road in South Pomfret. The distance is short, but its impact is great, maybe even transformative. When Kathleen Dolan, founder and executive director of ArtisTree Community Arts, brought on Adrian Tans to direct a new art gallery in 2010, neither of them knew quite what to expect. ArtisTree had already been operating for seven years as a center for classes in art, music and the expressive arts for all ages and abilities. “The gallery is meant to be in the same spirit — more of a community gallery than a commercial gallery,” Dolan says now. Balancing that mission with the desire to exhibit fine art works would present a challenge. So would the space: The 900-square-foot gallery was a warren of small rooms and low ceilings. Over the four years following Tans’ arrival, ArtisTree Gallery emerged as a local mecca for artists and those wanting to see and enjoy art. Tans has explored work both high and low, treating all art with respect, and has created meaningful, engaging exhibitions that have a wide appeal. He has a particular facility for turning a mélange of artwork into one cohesive exhibition. Tans’ curatorial eye zeros in on the right piece for a focal point in one room; in the next, he might organize a masterful salonstyle selection of paintings. Well planned and executed, the shows represented what’s at the heart of ArtisTree Community Arts Center: the community. What’s more, they were a success. Opening receptions were packed, with tiny red “sold” dots abounding. There was just one problem: After a few years, the gallery outgrew its space, and so did ArtisTree Community Arts. “There aren’t a lot of buildings that could suit our needs,” Dolan says. So when architect George Turner of River Town Design showed Dolan the old Talbot farmhouse and three-story barn in South Pomfret, “It all seemed to come together: the barn, the hillside, the house. And we do a lot that connects with nature,” Dolan says. “The pastoral scene seemed like the right context.” After 18 months of construction, the privately funded $3 million renovation was completed this fall. The new location is easy to get to, parking is plentiful, and the converted historic barn and farmhouse are enticing. Everything

THE SPACE IS MORE OPEN, AND THE CEILINGS ARE MUCH HIGHER. AND IT HAS A KIND OF ELEGANCE. AD RI AN TAN S

Reception at the “Local Color” exhibit

Concert in the Arts Center barn

about the place says, “Welcome.” Workshops and classes take place in the barn; the center also offers a small performance space and studios for movement, painting, drawing, pottery and fabric arts. ArtisTree Gallery is located in the farmhouse, which has largely retained its original exterior. Inside, beautiful details such as crown molding, a fireplace and wood flooring remain, while added improvements help the interior work as an exhibition space. A handicap-accessible entryway, bathroom and wider hallway make the new gallery easier to navigate. The old gallery was in a house, and the new space retains that homey feel, with

updates. “The space is more open, and the ceilings are much higher,” Tans says. “And it has a kind of elegance.” The new gallery isn’t much larger than its predecessor at around 1100 square feet, yet the higher ceilings, window-panel coverings and freestanding walls give it almost three times the amount of wall space for exhibitions. The multitude of windows was appropriate for a house but excessive for a gallery, so removable panels were created to cover the windows when necessary, and retain the building’s exterior character. A more open floor plan also provides a better environment for viewing the work. “People can feel really invested in a community arts space,” Tans says. “We have annual exhibitions which people look forward to.” The fall show, “Local Color,” and its spring counterpart, “Mud,” are broadly themed to attract work from myriad artists in different mediums. Another perennial favorite is the small-works show, perfect for holiday gift giving. Well-known artists such as Charlet Davenport, William B. (“Wimby”) Hoyt, Margaret Lampe Kannenstine and Gaal Shepherd are just as likely to be on exhibit as high-quality works by new, lesser-known artists. The annual book-arts show, in conjunction with Woodstock’s Bookstock festival, brings in nationally recognized jurors while inviting submissions from any artist within the geographic region, aspiring or professional. The gallery makes a big investment in young audiences, too, presenting shows such as “Primary Colors” for second and fourth graders. For “Cosmic Scales,” sixth graders spend months photographing their environment on microscopic, macroscopic and astronomic scales, then writing about it. Four falls ago, ArtisTree Gallery held its inaugural show, “Local Color.” This fall, on October 10, ArtisTree Gallery launched the inaugural show of the same title in its new exhibit space, the fifth annual exhibit of area artists’ works “influenced and inspired by life lived within the landscape.” The exhibit not only bookends ArtisTree Gallery’s first four years but encapsulates what the gallery brings to its new neighborhood: local color.

INFO ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, 2095 Pomfret Road, South Pomfret, 4573500. “Local Color,” on view through November 15. artistreevt.org

art shows

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Ellen Powell: Photographs of Acadia National Park and Chittenden County by the local jazz bassist and photographer. Through October 31. Info, 660-9005. The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington.

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f David Bethuel Jamieson: “Resurrections: Art by David Bethuel Jamieson (1963-1992),” a digital exhibit of artwork accompanied by music from the artist’s studio and a small selection of art lent by private collectors. A reprisal of a 2012 exhibit in Washington, D.C., held in conjunction with the International AIDS Conference, intended to spark discussion about HIV/AIDS. Reception: Thursday, October 30, 5-7 p.m. October 27-November 20. Info, 656-4200. L/L Gallery, UVM, in Burlington.

Grace Cothalis: Assemblages, mandalas and pastels, plus handmade booklets and one-of-a-kind cards. Through November 29. Info, 862-2233. Vintage Jewelers in Burlington. Hope Sharp: Current figurative paintings in oil. Through October 31. Info, 864-2088. The Men’s Room in Burlington. Innovation Center Group Show: Paintings by Anne Cummings, Brian Sylvester, James Vogler, Kari Meyer, Longina Smolinski, Lyna Lou Nordstorm and Gabe Tempesta on the first floor; Cindy Griffith, Holly Hauser, Jason Durocher, Kasy Prendergast, Teresa Davis and Tom Merwin on the second floor; Camilla Roberts, Chance McNiff, Janet Bonneau, Krista Cheney, Laura Winn Kane and Wendy James on the third floor. Curated by SEABA. Through November 30. Info, 859-9222. The Innovation Center of Vermont in Burlington.

‘Hoodoo Voodoo’: This evening of Halloweeninspired modern dance performances includes an arts exhibit and refreshments. Saturday, October 25, doors at 6 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m. $5 donation. Info, 399-7514. Rose Street Artists’ Cooperative and Gallery in Burlington.

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f Sam Talbot-Kelly: “His Kingship,” a mixed-media installation by the Montpelier artist. Reception: Friday, October 24, 5-7 p.m. October 24-November 4. Info, 828-8580. South Gallery, Vermont College of Fine Arts, in Montpelier.

Irene Lederer LaCroix: “Form and Figure,” intricate pottery and abstract ceramic sculptures by the gallery’s October featured artist. Through October 31. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center in Burlington.

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f Matthew Christopher: “The Age of Consequences,” photographs of abandoned spaces in America. Reception: Friday, October 24, 6-8 p.m. October 24-November 23. Info, 253-8358. Helen Day Art Center in Stowe.

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‘Pinhole Photography’: Black-and-white pinhole photographs by John Huddleston’s ART 327 class. October 28-November 6. Info, 443-3168. Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College.

art events ‘Emerging Adulthood: Psychology and Portraiture’: Middlebury psychology professor Barbara Hofer gives a talk on the life phase between ages 18 and 25, in conjunction with artist Kate Gridley’s exhibit, “Passing Through: Portraits of Emerging Adults,” at the Jackson Gallery. Dance Theatre, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, Friday, October 24, 12:30-2 p.m. Info, 443-3168.

‘Vino Picasso: A Painting Party’: Artist Suzanne Rexford-Winston demonstrates how she makes her paintings in the winery’s tasting room; participants take home their own rendition. Fresh Tracks Farm Vineyard & Winery, Montpelier, Friday, October 24, 5:30-8 p.m. $35. Info, 223-1151.

an outsider art phase. Most recently, in 2000, Vivell began painting sublime, life-size depictions of wild birds. “The first time I looked through a camera lens and saw roseate spoonbills dance, I was struck with the same sense of awe that first drew me to study painting,” Vivell writes on her website. A series that pays homage to New England’s wild turkeys is on display at AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H., through November 14. Pictured: “Wild Turkey 1.”

ONGOING Shows burlington

Art Hop Group Show: A collaborative group show featuring more than 30 artists. Curated by SEABA. Through November 30. Info, 651-9692. VCAM Studio in Burlington. ‘The Art of Horror’: A juried group show celebrating “the beautiful side of decay.” Guest curated by Sarah Vogelsang-Card and Beth Robinson. Through October 31. Info, 578-2512. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington. Ashlee Rubinstein: “Bad Food,” paintings of food that’s gone bad and food that’s bad for you. Curated by SEABA. Through November 30. Info, 859-9222. The Pine Street Deli in Burlington. Cameron Schmitz: Drawings and paintings by the Vermont artist. Through October 31. Info, 865-7166. Courtyard Marriott Burlington Harbor. ‘Civil War Era Drawings From the Becker Collections’: Drawings for newspaper publication by artist-reporters Joseph Becker and his colleagues not only from the battlefield but from the construction of the railroad, Chinese workers in the West, the Great Chicago Fire, and more. East

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Gallery. Through December 12. ‘Civil War Objects From the UVM Collections’: Heirloom items donated to the museum from America’s Civil War period include correspondence and ephemera, quilts, medical items, fine and decorative art and more. Wilbur Room. Through May 17, 2015. Kara Walker: “Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated),” large-scale prints combining lithography and screen printing, and with the artist’s signature cut-paper silhouettes, that address slavery, violence, race, sexuality and American culture. Through December 12. Info, 656-0750. Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington. ‘Cradle & All’: A contemporary exhibit with works by Nissa Kauppila, Leslie Fry, Alexandra Heller and Susan Smereka. Through November 29. Info, 865-5839. Vermont Metro Gallery, BCA Center, in Burlington. ‘Dance at Bennington College: 80 Years of Moving Through’: Historic photos tell the story of America’s first academic dance program that nurtured seminal figures in modern dance including Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman and Hanya Holm, and continues today. Through November 29. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, in Burlington.

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Julie A. Davis: New works by the Vermont landscape painter. Through October 30. Info, 862-1001. Left Bank Home & Garden in Burlington. Katherine Taylor-McBroom: “Spectral Evidence: Dreams and Visions,” mixed-media work inspired by paranormal phenomena. Through October 31. Info, 578-2512. Studio 266 in Burlington. Kristine Slatterly: Abstract pop-art paintings; exhibit curated by SEABA. Through November 30. Info, 658-6016. Speeder & Earl’s: Pine Street in Burlington.

f Lily Hinrichsen & Karla Van Vliet: “Altared/Altered States: A Journey Into Our Dreams,” new 3-D assemblages, monotypes, oil paintings and mixed-media works by the Vermont artists. Gallery talk: Friday, October 24, 6-7 p.m. Through October 29. Info, 363-4746. Flynndog Gallery in Burlington. Martin Bock: “Healing Art,” sculptures and paintings of shamanic objects by the Burlington author and artist. Through November 30. Info, 865-7211. Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. Matt Morris: Drawings of locations by a Winooski artist and illustrator, with handmade frames. Through October 31. Info, 859-8909. Red Square in Burlington. Michael Smith and Brooke Monte: “Mind bending” paintings by Smith and geometric abstractions by Monte. Through October 31. Info, 660-9005. Dostie Bros. Frame Shop in Burlington. Mike Reilly: “I Cover the Waterfront,” digital photography of Lake Champlain and the Burlington waterfront by the Shelburne photographer. Through November 30. Info, 658-6400. American Red Cross in Burlington. Nancy Tomczak: Watercolor paintings of birds. Through November 2. oneartscollective@ gmail.com. Info, 863-6713. North End Studios in Burlington. Northern Vermont Artists Association Fall Show: Works in a variety of media by NVAA members. Through November 2. Info, 864-7999. Art’s Alive Gallery @ Main Street Landing’s Union Station in Burlington.

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Jason Durocher: “Firework Stellar,” a pop-up exhibit of paintings that explore the human experience through fireworks. oak45, Winooski, Saturday, October 25, 7-10 p.m. Info, 448-3740.

influenced by an array of subjects, mentors and artists. Her artistic career has included a

John Gonter: Abstract and impressionist paintings. Through November 4. Info, 355-5418. Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace in Burlington.

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‘Conservation Through the Artist’s Eye’: American landscape paintings have inspired conservationists for more than 100 years. Take a 1.5-hour mansion tour to see paintings by Hudson River School artists including Thomas Cole and Albert Bierstadt, and discover how landscape painting profoundly influenced the development of a conservation ethic. Reservations recommended. Park at Billings Farm & Museum; meet at Carriage Barn Visitor Center. Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Woodstock, Saturday, October 25, 2-3:30 p.m. $8 adults; under 15 free; $4 seniors. Info, 457-3368 x22.

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Jad Fair & Daniel Smith: “Solid Gold Heart,” an installation of paper hearts and copper wire by two noteworthy musicians. Documentaries about Fair and Smith’s musical careers play on loop in the gallery. Through October 28. Info, 735-2542. New City Galerie in Burlington.

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‘Of Land and Local’: Burlington: A multidisciplinary exhibition in multiple statewide locations designed to foster conversations on issues impacting the Vermont landscape. Through November 15. Info, 865-5355. BCA Center in Burlington. Rebecca Weisman: “Plastic, Body, Dirt and Squirrel,” experimental, multimedia work grounded in critical theory by the Vermont artist. Through October 24. Info, 656-4200. Living/Learning Center, UVM, in Burlington. Robert Chamberlin: Burlington-inspired images by the local painter, curated by the ONE Arts Collective. Through November 2. Info, oneartscollective@gmail.com. Info, 660-9346. Radio Bean Coffeehouse in Burlington.

f ‘Trans Art Matters’: In conjunction with the Translating Identity Conference at the University of Vermont, the group exhibit showcases the work of local transgender artists. Reception: Friday, October 31, 4:30-6 p.m. Through October 31. Info, 656-7990. Center for Cultural Pluralism, UVM, in Burlington.

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‘Art for Gillett Pond’: Friends of Gillett Pond present artworks for exhibit and sale to benefit the local endangered body of water. Through October 31. Info, 434-4583. Huntington Public Library. ‘The Body Electric’: An exhibit of “sensual, visceral, biological and electric” art by Steve Budington, Tara Jensen, Scott Dolan, Eric Eickmann and Hiroka Nakahira. Through November 21. Info, 225-614-8037. South Gallery in Burlington.

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Dan Higgins: “Posted in Winooski,” new photographs by the longtime local photographer, inspired by posts in Front Porch Forum. Through October 31. Info, 373-5150. The Block Gallery & Coffeehouse in Winooski.

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Darlene Charneco: “CoHabitat,” an exhibit of layered, mixed-media models and maps that explore human settlements. Through November 7. Info, 654-2795. McCarthy Arts Center Gallery, St. Michael’s College, in Colchester.

take viewers on a visual journey through pastoral Vermont in “Farm Stories,” an exhibit currently displayed at Axel’s Gallery & Frame

Elizabeth Allen: “Color, Light, Moments: New Landscapes and Still Lifes,” paintings by the award-winning Vermont artist. Through October 28. Info, 985-3848. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne.

of his family’s 100-year-old dairy farm in Waterbury. Through Saturday, October 25, with a book signing and meet-the-artists event on

Evie Lovett & Paula Bradley: Two photography shows in one location: “Backstage at the Rainbow Cattle Co.” by Lovett and “Onstage: New Work” by Bradley. Through October 25. Info, 862-5724. LCATV in Colchester.

automotive culture. Round Barn. Nancy Crow: “Seeking Beauty: Riffs on Repetition,” quilts by the acclaimed textile artist, who incorporates printmaking into her work. Hat and Fragrance Textile Gallery. Patty Yoder: “The Alphabet of Sheep,” whimsical rugs made with extraordinary, realistic sense of detail. Patty Yoder Gallery. Through October 31. Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum.

‘Homefront & Battlefield: Quilts and Context in the Civil War’: More than 70 rare Civil War-era textiles including quilts, Confederate and Union flags and the noose reportedly used to hang John Brown are on view. Through January 4, 2015. Info, 985-3346. Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum. ‘Impressions of Lake Champlain and Beyond’: The gallery features an anniversary exhibit of artwork by local and regional artists including Helen Nagel, Carolyn Walton, Athenia Schinto, Tineke Russell and more. Through December 30. Info, 985-8223. Luxton-Jones Gallery in Shelburne. John W. Long: Sculptures made of wood recycled from early-American barns. Through November 30. Info, 985-9511. Rustic Roots in Shelburne. Laurel Fulton Waters: “New Works,” framed prints of small work and several large installations. Through November 30. Info, 985-8222. Shelburne Vineyard. ‘Lock, Stock and Barrel’: The Terry Tyler collection of Vermont firearms includes 107 rare examples made between 1790 and 1900. Beach Gallery. Through October 31. ‘Painting a Nation’: A showcase of the museum’s best 19thcentury American paintings. Webb Gallery. ‘Trail Blazers: Horse-Powered Vehicles’: An exhibit of 19th-century carriages from the permanent collection that draws parallels to contemporary

Shop in Waterbury. Miller is an award-winning photographer and the author of A Lifetime of Vermont People and Vermont Farm Women, among other fine-art photography books. Woodard, also an actor and musician, uses black-and-white images to tell the story Thursday, October 23, 5-7 p.m. Pictured: “Henry in a Bucket” by Woodard.

Lorraine Manley & Kathleen Manley: Landscapes by two cousins: oil paintings by Kathleen, from Massachusetts, and acrylics by Lorraine, from Vermont. Through November 9. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

f ‘Mirror, Mirror’: A juried exhibit of selfportrait photography. Reception and Halloween Party: Friday, October 31, 5-7:30 p.m. Through October 31. Info, 777-3686. Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction. Nini Crane: “Evolving,” mixed-media paintings inspired by Vermont’s four seasons, and scenes from travel. Through October 25. Info, 482-2878. Carpenter-Carse Library in Hinesburg. ‘Of Land and Local’: Shelburne: A multidisciplinary exhibition in multiple statewide locations features work by hundreds of local artists, designed to initiate dialog about issues impacting the Vermont landscape. Through October 26. Info, 865-5355. The Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms. ‘Perilous Passages’: The exhibit shows the consequences of the extinction of the passenger pigeon. From abundance to absence, art and science intersect to tell this story, 100 years later. ‘Wings of Clay’: Under the guidance of art teacher MC Baker, Williston Central School students created

a fundraising exhibit of ceramic bird ornaments. Purchases benefit the Bridges to Birds flood recovery project. Through October 31. $7/3.50. Info, 434-2167. Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington. The Pottery Show: An exhibition of pottery by clay instructors at the Shelburne Craft School and their students. Through December 4. Info, 985-3648. Shelburne Craft School. Scottie Raymond: “150 Minutes,” a show of mixed-media works informed by the artists of the Beat generation, by this year’s Wall to Canvas winner. Through December 31. Info, 658-2739. The ArtSpace at the Magic Hat Artifactory in South Burlington.

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‘13@13’: A group show with works by 15 artists, including Toby Bartles, Michael Ciccone, Pat deGogorza and Abigail Feldman. Through November 18. Ben Peberdy: New collages by the Vermont artist. Through November 21. Info, 552-8620. gallery SIX in Montpelier. ‘1864: Some Suffer So Much’: With objects, photographs and ephemera, the exhibit examines surgeons who treated Civil War soldiers on battlefields and in three Vermont hospitals, and the history of post-traumatic stress disorder. Through December 31. Arthur Schaller: “Billboard Buildings,” an exhibit of original collages by the Norwich University architecture professor. Through December 19. Info, 485-2183. Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University, in Northfield. Aaron Stein: Mixed-media artwork created from vintage license plates, matchbox cars, tires and more by the Burlington artist. The deli serves up

automobile-inspired menu options in conjunction with the exhibit. Through December 31. Info, 479-7069. Morse Block Deli in Barre. ‘Rock Solid In & Out’: Stone sculptures and assemblages by local artists both in the Main Floor Gallery and around downtown. Beth Haggart: “Bills, Bills, Bills,” a mixed-media installation. Second Floor Gallery. Marie LePré Grabon & Mary-Ellen Lovinsky: “Who Makes Community,” charcoal drawings and interviews, respectively. Third Floor Gallery. Through November 1. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre. Chris Stearns: Landscape photographs from the founder of 21mm Photography. Through October 31. Info, 223-1151. Fresh Tracks Farm Vineyard & Winery in Montpelier. Daniel Barlow & Scott Baer: “Green Mountain Graveyards,” a photography exhibit that explores the evolution of historic gravestones and funerary art in Vermont. Through April 1, 2015. Info, 479-8519. Vermont History Museum in Montpelier. Emily Mitchell: “In the Moment,” abstract paintings inspired by nature, music and play. Through October 31. Info, curator@capitolgrounds.com. Info, 223-7800. The Green Bean Art Gallery at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier. Felt Tapestry Exhibit: Handmade felt tapestries, rugs and home décor items created by Neysa Russo. Through November 1. Info, neysa. russo@live.com. Info, 229-9212. Bagitos Bagel & Burrito Café in Montpelier. ‘Finding a Common Thread’: A group show of fiber arts including experimental embroidery, knitting, crochet, lace, weaving, felt, textile jewelry, tapestry, quilting, soft sculpture, basketry and

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mixed-media works. Through november 5. Info, 431-0204. Chandler Gallery in Randolph. Frank Woods: selected work from “Recent Chaos: landscape, Kimono and Abstraction,” a series of geometric, abstract paintings that depict small barns and kimonos. Through october 31. Info, 223-2518. Montpelier senior Activity Center. Mary anna abuzahra: An exhibit that tells the story of the artist’s relationship with India. Through october 31. Info, 223-1431. Tulsi Tea Room in Montpelier. skye Forest & annie tiberio CaMeron: Calligraphy by Forest and artwork photographed by Cameron. The show accompanies the poetry storywalk®, featuring “peace of the wild Things” by wendell Berry. Through october 22. Info, 223-4665. Kellogg-hubbard library in Montpelier. tony Connor: “An Artist’s Journey Through the seasons,” plein air landscapes by the Vermont watercolorist. Through october 31. Info, 828-3291. spotlight Gallery in Montpelier. W. david PoWell: “everything Must Go 3.0,” large paintings, prints, mixed-media and woven pieces by the Vermont artist. Through december 31. Info, 828-0749. Vermont supreme Court lobby in Montpelier.

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Chris Jordan: “Midway,” photographs from the Midway Atoll of baby albatross killed by discarded human consumer goods. Through october 25. Info, 635-1408. Julian scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson state College. ‘elder art exhibit’: A show of artwork from members of the Johnson, sterling View and Morrisville elder Art Groups. JenniFer hubbard: large-scale landscape and portrait paintings. Through november 2. Info, 888-1261. River Arts Center in Morrisville.

f george Woodard & Peter Miller: “The Farm Through photography: Two Artists, Two stories,” an exhibit of photographs by two Vermont artists. Reception: Thursday, october 23, 5-7 p.m. Through october 25. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frameshop in waterbury.

anne Cady: “Imagining My way to what Is True,” new, colorful paintings of Vermont landscapes by the noted local artist. toM dunne: hand-turned woodcarvings. f vCevy strekalovsky: plein air paintings in oil and watercolor. en plein air painting demonstration: saturday, october 25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Through october 31. Info, 458-0098. edgewater Gallery in Middlebury.

f ‘arthur healy & his students’: 30 paintings by the late artist, a celebrated watercolorist and Middlebury College’s first Artist in Residence; with artwork by generations of his students. Gallery talk: wednesdays at 12 p.m. with executive director. Bill Brooks. Through november 9. Info, 388-2117. henry sheldon Museum of Vermont history in Middlebury. ‘f aWkWard FaMily Photos’: A national touring museum exhibit of photographs from the popular website www.AwkwardFamilyphotographs. com. The website was created by Mike Bender, a 1997 Middlebury alum, who gives a talk preceding the reception at 2 p.m. Reception: saturday, october 25, 3-4 p.m. Through october 25. Info, 443-5743. McCullough social space, Middlebury College.

‘land & light & Water & air’: The annual exhibit of landscape works features more than 100 new england painters and a corresponding photography exhibit. Through december 28. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville.

June Paul: “Alphabet City,” an exhibit of “timeless Americana meets radical neo-nostalgia,” mixedmedia works by the 78-year-old Vermont artist. Through october 30. Info, 989-9992. ZoneThree Gallery in Middlebury.

‘landsCaPe traditions’: The new wing of the gallery presents contemporary landscape works by nine regional artists. Through January 1, 2015. Paul sChWieder, dunCan Johnson and Chris Curtis: Abstract works in glass, wood and stone by the contemporary artists. Through october 31. Info, 253-8943. west Branch Gallery & sculpture park in stowe.

f kate gridley: “passing Through,” an exhibit of oil paintings and sound portraits of emerging adults. Gallery tour and talk with Middlebury College psychology professor Barbara hofer: Friday, october 24, 4 p.m. Through october 26. Info, 443-5258. Jackson Gallery, Town hall Theater, in Middlebury.

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‘artFull verMont’: Fifteen local artists present works in many mediums that celebrate Vermont. Through november 2. Info, 247-4295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon.

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‘PiCturing enlightenMent: tibetan thangkas’: A collection of 18 centuries-old scrolls by anonymous Buddhist monks, primarily from Tibet, on loan from the Mead Museum of Art at Amherst College. ‘visual WeiMar’: paintings, drawings and etchings by some some of weimar Germany’s most prominent artists, including George Grosz, otto dix and Kätthe Kollwitz. Through december 7. Info, 443-5007. Middlebury College Museum of Art. raChael robinson elMer: An exhibit of “Art lovers new York” fine-art postcards, now 100 years old, by the late artist who was born at Rokeby. Through october 26. Info, 877-3406. Rokeby Museum in Ferrisburgh.

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FrederiCk “Fritz” Jaeger: A selection of work from the longtime local artist and teacher. Through october 31. Info, 989-7500. eastView at Middlebury.

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idoline duke: “spirit of nature,” bold, hyperrealistic paintings of flowers and the natural world by the Vermont artist. Through november 9. Info, 253-8943. upstairs at west Branch in stowe.

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f ‘dreaMs, Fantasies and illusions’: A juried exhibit of photographs that use the lens not to document reality, but to capture “the wonders of the imagination.” Reception: Friday, october 31, 5-7 p.m. Through november 14. Info, 388-4500. photoplace Gallery in Middlebury.

‘unrest: art, aCtivisM & revolution’: An exhibit of artwork by national and international contributors that use social media, storytelling and visual mediums to provoke political change. Through november 23. Polly Motley: “In no Time: A Retrospective of Ideas by polly Motley,” a performance-based installation that combines dance, sound, light, video and ever-evolving set pieces. daily performances are held during gallery hours, plus evening and weekend events; check helenday.com for details. Through october 31. Info, 253-8358. helen day Art Center in stowe.

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susan bull riley: oil and watercolor paintings of Vermont’s botany, birds and landscapes by the east Montpelier artist. Through december 31. Info, 496-6682. Vermont Festival of the Arts Gallery in waitsfield.

eriC tobin & karen WinsloW: “Reflections: new works showcase,” paintings by the noted landscape and figurative artists. Through november 30. Info, 413-219-7588. Visions of Vermont in Jeffersonville.

lisa Forster beaCh & sandra noble: “oil and water,” watercolors by Beach and oil paintings by noble that celebrate special moments and favorite places. Through november 10. Info, 253-1818. Green Mountain Fine Art Gallery in stowe.

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Don Ross PhotogRaPhs: “Collaborators, Photography and Fine Art,” an exhibit of the artist’s photography and fine art; includes photos of Fran Bull’s “STATIONS” installation, which is on view at Chaffee Downtown and Castleton Downtown galleries. Through November 25. Info, 468-6052. Christine Price Gallery, Castleton State College. FRan Bull: “STATIONS,” mixedmedia sculptural paintings by the Brandon-based artist, also showing at Castleton Downtown Gallery. Through October 25. Info, 775-0356. Chaffee Downtown Art Center in Rutland.

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gReen Mountain College FaCulty exhiBit: Artwork by Jennifer Baker Kevin Bubriski and Karen Swyler. Through October 28. Info, 287-8398. Feick Fine Arts Center, Green Mountain College, in Poultney.

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‘oF lanD anD loCal’: RutlanD: A multidisciplinary exhibition in multiple statewide locations designed to foster conversations on issues impacting the Vermont landscape. Through October 26. Info, 865-5355. The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center Gallery in West Rutland.

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he graduated from Middlebury College in the 1960s, where he studied under famed watercolorist Arthur Healy. He went on to receive a master’s in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, and his adulthood. Currently, Strekalovsky splits his time between Massachusetts and Weybridge, Vt., and his painting mediums between oil and watercolor. An exhibit of his recent works is on display at Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury through Friday, October 31. Strekalovski gives an en plein air painting demonstration outside the

‘WalK thRough tiMe’: The Isle La Motte Preservation Trust and Lake Champlain Land Trust open a unique, trail-side exhibit consisting of 71 colorfully illustrated panels that showcase 4.6 billion years of evolution. Through October 31. Info, linda@ilmpt.org. Goodsell Ridge Fossil Preserve in Isle La Motte.

‘only oWls’: Representations of the nocturnal predators by more than 30 artists including Leonard Baskin, Arthur Singer, Don Richard Eckelberry, Tony Angell and Bart Walter, from the collection of the Woodson Art Museum in Wisconsin. Through December 7. Info, 649-2200. Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich.

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stePhanie suteR: “Eye Portraits,” haunting drawings of eyes in gold and silverpoint, framed by varied materials. Through November 7. Info, 2950808. Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction.

‘KunstKaMeRa: the tRiCentennial anniveRsaRy oF the PeteR the gReat MuseuM’: Artworks and artifacts in a variety of media that celebrate the great Russian institution. Through January 31, 2015. Info, 356-2776. Main Street Museum in White River Junction. ‘loCal ColoR’: The inaugural group show at ArtisTree’s new location features works in many mediums inspired by “life lived within the landscape.” Through November 15. Info, 457-3500. ArtisTree Gallery in South Pomfret.

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MauReen anD BaRRy genzlingeR, MaRtha ohlingeR, CaRl neWton: Mixed-media ornaments and art by Maureen Genzlinger, wood craft objects by Barry Genzlinger, paintings by Ohlinger and boxes by Newton. Through October 31. Info, 933-6403. Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls.

JuDith Pettingell anD DeBoRah FRanKel Reese: “Old Friends, New Works,” oil paintings by two Upper Valley artists who first met more than 50 years ago as undergraduates at Skidmore College. Through November 19. Info, 295-3118. Zollikofer Gallery at Hotel Coolidge in White River Junction.

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‘sCulPtFest 2014’: Twelve artists created installations in response to a prompt (“When the work stops and it becomes more than it was”) in a variety of mediums for this annual sculpture exhibit. Kate KatoMsKi: “The Quarry Project: Then and Now”, a mixed-media installation of marble dust, maps, archival images, photographs and sketches by the New York artist, whose father and grandfather worked in West Rutland’s marble quarries. Part of BCA’s statewide “Of Land and Local” exhibition. Through October 26. Info, 438-2097. The Carving Studio in West Rutland.

WaRRen KiMBle: “House of Cards,” a playful collection of wooden assemblages made from antique wood and playing cards by the celebrated folk artist. Through November 4. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild.

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‘RoaD tRiP: aMeRiCa thRough the WinDshielD’: Photography and paintings by six contemporary artists examine how automobiles and roads altered the American landscape. ‘see the usa in youR ChevRolet’: Six decades of vintage car advertisements. ‘sPotlight on sMall’: Small-scale artwork by five artists: boxes by Laura Christensen; paper collage by Adrienne Ginter; paintings by Elizabeth Sheppell; egg tempera paintings by Altoon Sultan and glass sculpture by Jen Violette. ‘youR sPaCe/usa’: A “virtual road trip” featuring postcards, trivia and ephemera from all 50 states. anDReW BoRDWin: “Deco Details,” silver gelatin prints of art deco architecture. JessiCa PaRK: “A World Transformed,” colorful, detailed architectural paintings by the

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call to artists ‘amore’: Studio Place Arts invites artists working in traditional and nontraditional media to submit artwork or installations for an exhibit that “reveals the grandest and most evocative of emotions.” Deadline: December 5. Info: studioplacearts.com. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Info, 479-7069, info@ studioplacearts.com. annual Gift show: Each year, Artists’ Mediums hosts a Gift Show where we accept all types of locally handmade art and crafts to sell on consignment during the holidays. This has included items from jewelry to original paintings and everything in between. Art will be accepted between October 27 and November 7. More info and required forms at vtmakeart.com. Artists’ Mediums, Williston. Info, info@ artistsmediums.com. ‘art of Place: The Chandler Gallery invites artists to submit two- or three-dimensional works that evoke a sense of place. Email submissions to artofplace.chandler@gmail. com. Deadline: December 15. Chandler Gallery, Randolph. Info, 728-9878.

helen day members art show 2014: Helen Day Art Center members are invited to submit one to two pieces of art for the annual members’ show. Diptychs and triptychs may not be submitted as single pieces. All artwork must be ready to hang. Application forms and more information are available at helenday.com. Deadline: November 14. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info, 253-8358. the carvinG studio Gallery exhibits: Accepting applications for one- and/or two-person exhibits for the 2015-2016 season. Shows are one to two months in duration. Proposals should include 10 to 15 images of artwork (in digital format on CD), résumé/CV, an artist statement and an SASE for the return of materials, if desired. Submissions should be addressed to the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, P.O. Box 495, West Rutland, VT 05777. Deadline: December 8. The Carving Studio, West Rutland. Info, 438-2097. the carvinG studio summer 2015 residencies: An opportunity for sculptors to be inspired by and create within the former marble quarry and manufacturing area of Vermont. Residencies are one week to three months and feature artists working in a diverse range of materials and techniques. To apply: Send your résumé/ CV, statement/proposal and digital image (JPEGs) or slide portfolio (no more than 20 images) to the Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, P.O. Box

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carol macdonald: “String Theory,” prints that explore elements of connection by the Colchester artist. Through November 22. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

montPelier alive community & arts Grant: Individuals and organizations are invited to submit proposals for community arts grants. Awards of up to $4,000 per proposal will be granted for the development and implementation of a program, festival, event or art installation that promotes and enhances the vibrancy of downtown Montpelier. Deadline: October 30, 5 p.m. Decisions made by November 15th; funds available to awardees on or about November 30. Info, 223-9604, director@montpelieralive.org.

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‘rock-PaPer-scissors!’: Studio Place Arts seeks artwork that employs rock, paper and scissors for an upcoming exhibit. Info,studioplacearts. com. Deadline: January 23, 2015. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Info, 479-7069. social/environmental Justice calendar/Poster art: The 99 Gallery and Center seeks original artwork with an environmental or social justice theme for a poster show and calendar fundraiser. Artists will be credited but not financially compensated. Deadline: November 29. The 99 Gallery and Center, Newport. Info, 323-7759.

kathleen JudGe: Prints and drawings by the nationally known printmaker and video artist. Through October 31. Info, 748-2600. Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury. ‘toothbrush’: From “twig to bristle,” an exhibit of artifacts and images detailing the history of this expedient item. Through December 31. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover.

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John cassin: “Oil and Stone,” original works by the painter and sculptor in the debut exhibit of DaVallia Art & Accents’ recently opened second location. Through November 22. Info, 875-8900. DaVallia at 39 North in Chester. m

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chiP troiano: “Landscapes of New Zealand,” photographs by the Vermont artist. Through November 17. Info, 525-3366. The Parker Pie Co. in West Glover.

‘Gone fishinG’: Studio Place Arts seeks artwork depicting water, fish and other water life forms (including fly-fishing flies) for a spring 2015 exhibit that coincides with the gallery’s annual BASH fundraiser and the start of fishing season. Info, studioplacearts.com. Deadline: February 27, 2015. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Info, 479-7069.

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Massachusetts artist, whose art is informed by her struggles with autism. Through October 26. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

‘con[text]: word & imaGe’: Darkroom Gallery seeks photographs that use written language to enhance meaning and add visual value and/or compositional balance for an upcoming group show juried by Tim Clark. Info, darkroom gallery.com. Deadline: November 26. Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction. Info, 777-3686.

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ome artists spend entire careers recycling and reshaping a defining experience from their youth. Charles Bukowski wrote into old age about the couple of years he bummed around the country in his twenties. Richard Yates rarely wrote a novel or story that didn’t revolve around a delusional mother. What made them great is that the writers found something new each time they went back to the same well. Writer-director David Ayer is like that. Kicked out of his Maryland home as a teenager, he moved to South Central LA to live with a cousin and later enlisted in the navy as a submariner. That’s everything you need to know to appreciate the obsessions Ayer eventually channeled into films such as Harsh Times, Street Kings, Training Day and End of Watch. Everything he’s ever written or directed has to do with South Central and men in gangs of one type or another. The first script Ayer ever wrote was for U-571, the story of men at war in the close quarters of a sub. We can trace a pretty straight thematic line to his latest, the story of men at war in the closer quarters of a Sherman tank. The “gangs” in Fury, of course, are the American and German armies. The film

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takes place in April 1945, the last month of World War II. Commanding the eponymous killing machine is a quietly complicated sergeant nicknamed “Wardaddy.” Brad Pitt plays him with such no-nonsense intensity that memories of Inglourious Basterds’ Aldo Raine retreat to the back of the mind in a hurry. Wardaddy is a man with a dual mission: obliterate as many remaining Nazis as possible, and keep his crew alive until it’s all over. As the story opens, the one member he’s lost in three years of battle is replaced by a reluctant clerk-typist (Logan Lerman). The newcomer is an almost comical sight beside the hardened animals played convincingly by Michael Peña, Shia LaBeouf and Jon Bernthal, and he’ll doubtless remind many of the reluctant translator (Jeremy Davies) in Saving Private Ryan. But that’s where the possible comparisons to Spielberg’s WWII tale — or any other — end. Because Fury is the first picture that, to my knowledge, has been designed to convey the experience of warfare itself rather than simply to tell a war story. The film literally has no plot. Do the experiences of real-life soldiers have plots? No, they have outbursts of grisly, deafening chaos punctuated by periods of waiting, joking and, occasionally, pil-

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displays of heroic daring and inhuman savagery along with moments of unexpected tenderness. But it does not tell a story in the traditional sense. By the time the credits roll, however, you’ll have learned a little of what it’s like to exist in a rolling can in close quarters and constant fear. As you leave the theater, you’ll swear you can feel the mud in your shoes and the blood on your hands. Don’t be surprised

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NET LOSS Garner plays a humorless, overzealous mom who controls all her daughter’s online activity in Reitman’s humorless, overzealous drama.

wife (Rosemarie DeWitt) seeks extramarital spice online. A high school football star (Ansel Elgort) quits the game to focus on Guild Wars, to the consternation of his dad (Dean Norris). The latter starts dating a photographer (Judy Greer) who fosters her teen daughter’s Hollywood aspirations by posting boudoir pics of her online. Representing the opposite extreme, Jennifer Garner plays a mom who monitors her level-headed daughter’s every keystroke lest she fall prey to cyber-predators. Those are but a few of the men, women and children portrayed here — most of them

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OMG, the internet, right? It’s changing the way humanity thinks, loves, lives! It’s connecting strangers and terrifying middleclass white suburban parents everywhere. In fact, the internet is apparently so world-changing that, when director Jason Reitman set out to make a drama about its effects on the aforementioned middle-class white suburbanites, he framed the story with shots of Voyager 1, just to put things in a sufficiently cosmic context. An ultra-cultured narrator (Emma Thompson) does her best to yoke the serene beauty of outer space and the attendant reflections on human insignificance to the film’s actual narrative. But, because that narrative is essentially a middling ABC Family drama with an overachieving cast, she fails spectacularly. Using that ponderous framing device was a massive misstep for Reitman, who showed a defter hand in films such as Juno and Up in the Air. Adapted from Chad Kultgen’s novel, Men, Woman & Children is an ensemble drama with some halfway-affecting bits, some boilerplate bits and some dumb bits. It has the substance of a passable indie, but its overweening pretensions lift it into the more interesting category of a fiasco. So, who are these people whose little lives the internet has overturned? Adam Sandler plays an online porn addict who logs on to his teenage son’s computer only to discover that the kid shares his habit. Meanwhile, his

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if you have nightmares. I mean that as high TEXT WITH praise. My guess is that many viewers will feel HERE that something was missing from the film,SEE P that they were shortchanged in some way. My own feeling is that Fury qualifies as an extraordinary, entirely unprecedented cinematic experiment. Ayer’s mission wasn’t to harness the latest technology in the service of a time-honored genre. It was to honor the service of those who were there by depicting the full horror of that time. I’d say he’s safe in declaring victory.

thinly conceived stock figures, some of them given life by superior performances. Greer and Norris build a genuinely touching rapport, as do Elgort and Kaitlyn Dever, who plays Garner’s over-monitored daughter. Sandler and DeWitt bring their groaningly familiar marriage-malaise plot to a surprisingly graceful conclusion. And Olivia Crocicchia, as the Hollywood wannabe, gives the movie a shot of humor it desperately needs with her jaded teen perma-pout. When she and the budding porn addict (Travis Tope) try to get it on IRL, the results are all too embarrassingly believable.

What do all these mini-dramas have to tell us about internet culture — let alone life on Earth as a whole? Very little we don’t already know, and nothing about people who don’t inhabit the Middle American suburban ecosystem. A few of the narratives might have yielded insights if they’d been explored in more depth, particularly Greer’s character’s twisted quest to relive her sexy youth through her daughter. Given the plethora of plots, Reitman has no choice but to stay in the shallow end. He did, however, have a choice about framing it all with Voyager, Jupiter and Carl Sagan — whose words, quoted at a crucial juncture, vastly outclass the script. Reitman has, perhaps, done us a favor by giving the definitive demonstration of something we should already know: Technology is such an indispensable part of so many people’s lives in so many ways that any attempt to encompass the phenomenon in an Oscar-friendly package is merely insulting. You might as well make a movie that tries to grasp the essence of “talking” or “loving.” To someone who isn’t aware of kinky porn sites, massive multiplayer online games or sexting, Men, Women & Children might be a revelation; to the rest of us, it’s one long alarmist “think piece” in a magazine you’d never read. MARGO T HARRI S O N

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new in theaters Alive iNsiDe: a nonprofit uses music to fight memory loss in alzheimer’s patients in this Sundance-lauded documentary from director Michael Rossato-bennett. (78 min, nR. Savoy) JoHN Wick: his name is short, and presumably his kicks are long. Or lethal. Or something. Keanu Reeves plays a hit man who leaves retirement to pursue a vendetta in this action thriller. with Michael nyqvist and willem dafoe. Veteran stuntmen david leitch and chad Stahelski directed. (101 min, R. Essex, Majestic) oUiJA: Ouija boards, right? They can totally kill you! far from pooh-poohing the urban legends, manufacturer hasbro coproduced this horror flick about unwary kids who attempt to summon a spirit. with Olivia cooke, ana coto and daren Kagasoff. Stiles white makes his directorial debut. (89 min, Pg-13. Essex, Majestic, Paramount) pRiDe: Set in the summer of 1984, this drama tells the story of a real-life alliance between britain’s gay activists and its striking miners. with ben Schnetzer, bill nighy, Imelda Staunton and dominic west. Matthew warchus directed. (120 min, R. Roxy, Savoy) st. viNceNt: bill Murray plays a curmudgeonly war veteran who finds himself mentoring the son of his single-mom neighbor (Melissa Mccarthy) in this comedy from writer-director Theodore Melfi. with naomi watts and Jaeden lieberher. (102 min, Pg-13. capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace)

now playing AleXANDeR AND tHe teRRiBle, HoRRiBle, No gooD, veRY BAD DAYHH nothing seems to go right for the titular 11-year-old (Ed Oxenbould) in this family comedy based on Judith Viorst’s 1972 picture book. Steve carell and Jennifer garner play his parents. Miguel arteta (Cedar Rapids) directed. (81 min, Pg) AmeRicAN BeAR: AN ADveNtURe iN tHe kiNDNess oF stRANgeRs: directors gregory grano and Sarah Sellman took a 60-day road trip, seeking hospitality from strangers and chronicling the process for this documentary. (93 min, nR)

tHe Book oF liFeHHH1/2 guillermo del toro produced this fantastical animation in which a young man (voiced by diego luna) must explore three worlds to resolve a conflict between his duty and his heart. with Zoe Saldana and channing tatum. Jorge R. gutierrez makes his feature directorial debut. (95 min, Pg)

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tHe eQUAliZeRH The ’80s tV show comes to the screen with denzel washington as the former intelligence officer who uses his special skills to help people in trouble. Martin csokas and chloë grace Moretz also star in the crime thriller, directed by antoine fuqua (Olympus Has Fallen). (131 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 10/1) FURYHHHH brad Pitt plays a tank commander behind enemy lines in 1945 in this world war II drama from director david ayer (End of Watch). with Shia labeouf, logan lerman and Michael Peña. (134 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 10/22) goNe giRlHHHH david fincher (The Social Network) directed this psychological thriller about a golden boy (ben affleck) who becomes a suspect after his wife vanishes, adapted by gillian flynn from her novel. Rosamund Pike and neil Patrick harris also star. (149 min, R; reviewed by M.h. 10/8) gUARDiANs oF tHe gAlAXYHHHH Make way for another Marvel comics film franchise, this one featuring chris Pratt as an interstellar rogue who assembles a rag-tag team to defeat a space tyrant. with Zoe Saldana, bradley cooper, dave bautista and Vin diesel. James gunn (Super) directed. (121 min, Pg-13; reviewed by M.h. 8/6)

Is Internet Addiction Real? The Chinese government thinks so. It’s set up rehab centers around the country to treat teens who prefer the online world to the real one. A new documentary, Web Junkie, intimately chronicles the treatment process at a facility in Beijing.

tHe JUDgeHH Robert downey Jr. plays a big-city lawyer who returns to his hometown to defend his estranged dad (Robert duvall) against a murder charge in this drama from director david dobkin (The Change-Up). (141 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 10/15)

The Vermont International Film Festival hosts a free screening of Web Junkie at the Vermont Tech Jam on Friday, October 24, 3 p.m. in 242 Main at Memorial Auditorium in Burlington.

kill tHe messeNgeRHHH Set in the 1990s, this fact-based drama from director Michael cuesta (L.I.E.) traces bay area journalist gary webb’s struggle to defend his reporting linking to the cIa to the drug trade and other shady doings. Jeremy Renner stars. (112 min, R; reviewed by M.h. 10/15)

The film is followed by a panel discussion with gamers and mental health professionals from Champlain College.

meN, WomeN & cHilDReNH1/2 Jason Reitman (Labor Day) directed this ensemble drama about a group of high school kids and their parents whose lives are all touched, for better or worse, by the internet. Kaitlyn dever, Jennifer garner, Rosemarie dewitt, adam Sandler, Judy greer and dean norris star. (119 min, R; reviewed by M.h. 10/22)

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tRAcksHHHH Mia wasikowska plays Robyn davidson, who trekked 1,700 miles across the australian outback, in this adaptation of her popular memoir. with adam driver. John curran (The Painted Veil) directed. (110 min, Pg-13)

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DRAcUlA UNtolDHH So, guess what? Vlad tepes (luke Evans), aka dracula, apparently was a not-so-bad transylvanian dude who had to become a vampire because reasons. we-need-anew-marketable-action-franchise reasons. with Sarah gadon and dominic cooper. gary Shore makes his directorial debut. (92 min, Pg-13)

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DolpHiN tAle 2HHH In this sequel to the 2011 family flick, winter the dolphin needs a new companion to replace her long-time surrogate mom at the aquarium. with ashley Judd, nathan gamble and Morgan freeman. charles Martin Smith again directs. (107 min, Pg)

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tHe Best oF meH1/2 The latest screen version of a nicholas Sparks novel features James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan as former high school sweethearts who return to their hometown for a last chance at love. Michael hoffman (The Last Station) directed. (117 min, Pg-13)

BoYHooDHHHHH Richard linklater (Before Midnight) filmed one boy (Ellar coltrane) over 12 years to create a one-of-a-kind real-time portrait of coming of age. Ethan hawke and Patricia arquette play his parents. (165 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 8/6)

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ANNABelle 1/2H Remember the demonic dolly from The Conjuring? audiences can get more of her — and learn her backstory — in this horror prequel from director John f. leonetti (The Butterfly Effect 2). ward horton, annabelle wallis and alfre woodard star. (98 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 10/8)

tHe BoXtRollsHHHH laika Entertainment (Coraline, ParaNorman) offers this new family stop-motion animation about a boy raised by subterranean trash collectors. with the voices of ben Kingsley, Jared harris and nick frost. graham annable and anthony Stacchi directed. (97 min, Pg; reviewed by M.h. 10/1)

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Police got a good look at a burglary suspect who made off with $3,700 in Coral Gables, Fla., even though the man tried to hide his identity by repositioning surveillance cameras toward the office building’s elevators. A large mirror located next to the elevators reflected the man’s image and actions, which the camera recorded. (Miami’s WTVJ-TV) Dylan Robert Stables, 20, attracted the attention of police by driving backward on a highway in Sebastopol, Calif. Stables reportedly told officer David Harston that his transmission had failed, forcing him to drive north while facing south. After a check showed Stables was on probation, a search of his vehicle found credit cards that turned out to be stolen. (Santa Rosa’s Press-Democrat)

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Counterfeit prom dresses are harming the U.S. economy, according to Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.). He warned Lev Kubiak, director of the Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center, that Chinese manufacturers and websites that sell counterfeit goods directly to U.S. buyers threaten the domestic prom and bridal dress industry and are “ripping off consumers.” (Washington D.C.’s Hill)

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Responding to reports of a disoriented man in a plastic bubble off the Florida coast asking directions to Bermuda, the crew of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter found Reza Baluchi, 42, who explained he was trying to raise money for needy children by running 3,000 miles inside his inflatable “hydro pod” to trace the Bermuda Triangle. After going only 70 nautical miles in three days, however, he became exhausted and had to be airlifted to the hospital. Following his rescue, Baluchi denied asking for help and said he activated his emergency rescue signal by mistake. “I never quit,” he declared. (Washington Post)

spected and found to be a giant purple dildo.” Investigators who identified Peters as the suspect reported finding “33 dildos and multiple sex toys” at his home. (Britain’s Daily Mail)

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A car at a gas pump in Lake City, Fla., was engulfed in flames while the driver was inside the gas station, according to sheriff’s official Murray Smith. He noted that the car had a lit candle inside. (Jacksonville’s WJAX-TV)

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Police in West Allis, Wis., accused Konrad Peters, 28, of exposing children to harmful materials by twice throwing dildos from his car while teenage girls were nearby and then lingering to watch their reaction. In a third incident, according to the arrest report, the car stopped about 100 feet in front of two girls walking in an alley, and the driver opened his door and placed an object on the ground that the girls “in-

A fire truck responding to a fire in Silver Spring, Md., had to stop en route after it caught fire. The fire started in the engine compartment and spread because it was a ladder truck and carried no water. The crew battled the blaze with hand-held fire extinguishers until another fire truck arrived to put it out. (Associated Press)

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Rodney Edward Boutelle, 53, was killed while cutting firewood in Park County, Wyo., when a tree fell and hit him on the head. Sheriff’s investigators concluded that Boutelle failed to hear the tree behind him falling because of the noise from his chain saw. (Associated Press)

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Officials called off a scoreless soccer match between Serbia and Albania in the 41st minute after a drone flew into Belgrade’s Partizan Stadium carrying a flag symbolizing the extension of Albania’s territory to wherever ethnic Albanians live. Albanian fans had been banned from attending the qualifying match between the two Balkan rivals, resulting in an overwhelmingly proSerbian crowd of 32,000 who regarded the flag as an insult. Serbian defender Stefan Mitrovic pulled down the flag, but when several Albanian players tried to take it away, a melee involving numerous players ensued. Some spectators threw objects, including flares, from the stands, and several ran onto the playing field to join the brawl. Serbs accused Olsi Rama, the brother of Albania’s prime minister and one of a handful of Albanians permitted to view the match, of controlling the drone, but Serbian authorities were unable to find the drone’s controller to confirm their suspicion. (CNN)

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The Italian food company Alta Quotta introduced spreadable beer, which it said is ideal for “appetizers and cheeses” and “to decorate or fill” pastries, cakes and ice cream. The product, Birra Spalmabile, is composed of 40 percent beer, although it contains no alcohol. (United Press International)

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a metaphorically comparable anomaly in your vicinity, Aries. A seemingly arid, empty part of your life harbors buried secrets that are available for you to explore. If you follow the clues, you may discover rich pickings that will inspire you to revise your history.

taURUs (April 20-May 20): businessman

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caNceR (June 21-July 22): Astronauts on

the International space station never wash their underwear. They don’t have enough water at their disposal to waste on a luxury like that. Instead, they fling the dirty laundry out into space. As it falls to earth, it burns up in the atmosphere. I wish you had an amenity like that right now. In fact, I wish you had a host of amenities like that. If there was ever a time when you should be liberated from having to wash your underwear, make your bed, sweep the floor and do the dishes, it would be now. Why? because there are much better ways to spend your time. you’ve got

ViRgo (Aug. 23-sept. 22): In the english-

speaking world, a sundae is a luxurious dessert that features ice cream topped with sweet treats like syrup, sprinkles and fruits. In Korea, a sundae is something very different. It consists of a cow’s or pig’s intestines crammed with noodles, barley and pig’s blood. I expect that in the coming week you will be faced with a decision that has metaphorical similarities to the choice between a sundae and a sundae. Make sure you are quite clear about the true nature of each option.

scoRPio (oct. 23-nov. 21): “Children are

the most desirable opponents at scrabble,” declares scorpio author fran Lebowitz, “as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.” I don’t wholeheartedly endorse that advice for you in the coming days, scorpio. but would you consider a milder version of it? Let’s propose, instead, that you simply seek easy victories to boost your confidence and hone your skills. by this time next week, if all goes well, you will be ready to take on more ambitious challenges.

sagittaRiUs (nov. 22-Dec. 21): you are entering a phase when you will have more luck than usual as you try to banish parasitic influences, unworthy burdens and lost causes. Here are some projects you might want to work on: 1. bid farewell to anyone who brings out the worst in you. 2. Heal the twisted effect an adversary has had on you. 3. Get rid of any object that symbolizes failure or pathology. 4. Declare your independence

caPRicoRN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Are you ready to be as affable as a sagittarius, as charismatic as a Leo, as empathetic as a Cancerian and as vigorous an instigator as an Aries? no? you’re not? you’re afraid that would require you to push yourself too far outside your comfort zone? oK, then. Are you willing to be half as affable as a sagittarius, half as charismatic as a Leo, half as empathetic as a Cancerian, and half as inspiring an instigator as an Aries? or even a quarter as much? I hope you will at least stretch yourself in these directions, Capricorn, because doing so would allow you to take maximum advantage of the spectacular social opportunities that will be available for you in the next four weeks. aQUaRiUs

(Jan. 20-feb. 18): In the coming weeks I hope you will find practical ways to express your newfound freedom. All the explorations and experiments you have enjoyed recently were fun and provocative, but now it’s time to use the insights they sparked to upgrade your life back in the daily grind. Please don’t misunderstand what I’m saying. I love it when you are dreamy and excitable and farseeing, and would never ask you to tone down those attractive qualities. but I am also rooting for you to bring the high-flying parts of you down to earth so that you can reap the full benefits of the bounty they have stirred up. If you work to become more well-grounded, I predict that you will be situated in a new power spot by December 1.

Pisces

(feb. 19-March 20): The heavy metal band known as Hatebeak broadened the definition of what constitutes music. Its lead singer was Waldo, an African gray parrot. A review by Aquarius records called Waldo’s squawks “completely and stupidly brilliant.” for Hatebeak’s second album, they collaborated with animal-rights activists in the band Caninus, whose lead vocalists were two pitbull terriers, basil and budgie. In the coming weeks, Pisces, I’d love to see you get inspired by these experiments. I think you will generate interesting results as you explore expansive, even unprecedented approaches in your own chosen field.

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gemiNi (May 21-June 20): you have two options. you can be in denial about your real feelings and ignore what needs to be fixed and wait for trouble to come find you. or else you can vow to be resilient and summon your feistiest curiosity and go out searching for trouble. The difference between these two approaches is dramatic. If you mope and sigh and hide, the messy trouble that arrives will be indigestible. but if you are brave and proactive, the interesting trouble you get will ultimately evolve into a blessing.

leo (July 23-Aug. 22): What are those new whisperings in your head? Are they messages from your inner teacher? beacons beamed back through time from the future you? Clues from the wise parts of your unconscious mind? Whatever they are, Leo, pay attention. These signals from the Great beyond may not be clear yet, but if you are sufficiently patient, they will eventually tell you how to take advantage of a big plot twist. but here’s a caveat: Don’t automatically believe every single thing the whisperings tell you. Their counsel may not be 100 percent accurate. be both receptive and discerning toward them.

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Warren buffet is worth $65.5 billion, but regularly gives away 27 percent of his fortune to charity. Microsoft cofounder bill Gates owns $78 billion, and donates 36 percent. Then there are the members of the Walton family, owners of Walmart, where 100 million Americans shop weekly. The Waltons have $136 billion, of which they contribute .04 percent to good causes. you are not wealthy in the same way these people are, taurus. your riches consist of resources like your skills, relationships, emotional intelligence, creative power and capacity for love. My invitation to you is to be extra generous with those assets — not as lavish as buffet or Gates, perhaps, but much more than the Waltons. you are in a phase when giving your gifts is one of the best things you can do to bolster your own health, wealth and well-being.

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It sounds like you’ve been through a lot. Life is tough; I hear that. Focusing on your work and your kids is part of moving on and staying grounded. But providing for your family as a single parent while being attentive and devoted at the same time is a challenging balance. We don’t get a pat on the back for taking care of our children or doing our jobs and paying the bills, but wouldn’t it be nice if we did? Consider this my pat on your back. Keep on keepin’ on. You’re doing important work. The rewards are not always obvious, but they are there. Believe me. I understand why you think that dating could be a positive reinforcement in your life. Being with someone who makes you feel good and turns you on makes getting out of bed a little easier, and your steps a little lighter. But even the glow from this newfound love will eventually begin to dim. You’ll settle into a routine with one another — and while that is normal and healthy, the problems you had before will be waiting for you when you’re back from the honeymoon phase. That’s the thing: Dating isn’t a solution to a problem. Starting a relationship won’t cure what ails you. You have to figure out what it is that’s ailing you first. Only then can you truly share your life. I say it’s time to talk to someone. Whatever you’ve been through needs to be healed, sorted, packed up and put away. Closure is important. Sometimes it’s impossible to manage life’s trials on our own, and you don’t have to. Maybe a friend or HR at work can recommend a therapist. Even if you only go for a few sessions, making peace with your past is the ultimate gift you can give to yourself, and your kids. As for dating, if there’s someone you like and want to pursue, go for it. If you don’t have time for in-person connections, try online dating. But don’t put so much pressure on it. Dating can’t be about finding someone who will “fix” you. It’s about getting to know someone, sharing a laugh, relieving some stress and giving yourself permission to feel joy. You deserve it.

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Holy cow — got diesel? New World Tortilla. Friday. Lunch. You were too handsome for any attempt at eye contact. I might have fallen off my seat if I tried. When: Friday, October 17, 2014. Where: Burlington. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912520 Manners are not dead! To the brunette with the glasses sitting two seats from me who asked whether it would bother me if she made a call on her phone: Now that’s class and courtesy! Thanks for being so thoughtful and conscientious. You were raised right! (And you’re cute, too.) When: Thursday, October 16, 2014. Where: FedEx Kinko’s downtown Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912519 Keep up the funny business! I spy two amazing, funny and determined people always working to build the comedy scene in Burlington. Natalie and Nathan, your work at Spark Arts and Vermont Comedy Club has not only spread laughs all over Vermont, but you’ve coached, inspired and provided opportunities to aspiring comedians from all walks of life. Thanks for everything. You’re appreciated, every single day. When: Thursday, October 16, 2014. Where: Spark Arts & all over Vermont! You: Woman. Me: Woman. #912518 Citizen Cider twice this week Your first night, though I couldn’t tell. I was with three friends. The following day, I passed on my bike as you walked to your car and I stopped to chat then second-guessed myself and left after a wave. If you haven’t realized, this is confirmation that I think you are beautiful and I can be sheepish. When: Tuesday, October 14, 2014. Where: Citizen Cider. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912517 Barnes & Noble Customer Help You were working at the help desk in the morning on Tuesday. Caught my eye and couldn’t stop thinking of you the rest of the day. I was wearing tan shorts, a black T-shirt and drinking something from the café. When: Tuesday, October 14, 2014. Where: Barnes & Noble, South Burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912516

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Hannaford St. Albans I saw you again tonight. I think you said hello, but I am not sure. You came out from your work area and “loitered” around the meat department. You need to say hello; I am shy at first. It is nice to have someone smile at you when you smile at them. When: Tuesday, October 14, 2014. Where: Hannaford St. Albans. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912515 DWC at nectar’s I was the tall guy you tapped on the shoulder and asked to dance. Wasn’t in a great mood and was let down; the band didn’t have the Bakersfield sound I was looking for. Maybe I will get another chance and accept your offer; didn’t mean to be rude and walk out. When: Friday, October 10, 2014. Where: Nectar’s. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912514 Whirling Dervish with sweet soul I so enjoyed watching your beautiful, flowing dancing to “Poor Man’s Whiskey.” Our smiles during and brief chat after the show made me want to be in your presence again. Want to go for a walk and see if we could be friends? You wore brown plaid with black pants. Me? Green plaid, jeans, baseball cap and a beard. When: Monday, October 13, 2014. Where: Nectar’s. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912513 Armchair reading at Muddy Waters You were reading a book in the armchair near the window last Thursday around 6 p.m. I was there to meet someone else but found myself stealing glances at the handsome man with a shaved head reading a couple of feet away. Me: long brown hair with bright colored scarf, red jacket and jeans. Coffee sometime? When: Thursday, October 9, 2014. Where: Muddy Waters. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912512 Lysa G You haven’t been in the PH much lately. Maybe you will be in for a Pats game soon ... I will chat with you next time you are in. When: Saturday, September 27, 2014. Where: Pour House. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912505

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friendly hello left me curious I was in the candy section when we said hello. I was wearing a black leather jacket with jeans and have dark red, curly hair. You smelled delicious, were flirty, my kind of mocha chocolate man. If you happen to read this and are single, I would love to go on a date. When: Monday, October 13, 2014. Where: Dollar Store on Shelburne Rd., South Burlington. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912511

Your Sad Mood Eyes Today I mentioned your sad mood eyes while you were trying to figure out where “Joe” was. Each time you come to the building, I can’t help but gaze deeply into your entire mind, body, heart and soul. Kiss me, take my hand, walk with me into our present and await the gift to come. Or dinner works just fine, as well. When: Friday, October 10, 2014. Where: Decker Towers. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912502

Starbucks Williston Road - healing elbow You: dark hair in uniform heading to work, ordered a latte. Me: hair pulled back, UVM sweatshirt, ordered two drinks. We chatted for a few minutes, I mentioned your elbow, you said you needed a better story. Want to grab a coffee sometime when you aren’t working? When: Wednesday, October 1, 2014. Where: Starbucks Williston Rd. 3 p.m. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912494 Gorgeous eyes at City Market On a rainy Saturday night, you sat alone eating a salad. I sat diagonally across from you. Me: bearded, wearing a gray wool jacket and blue beanie. You: rain jacket, shorts and tights. There was a fleeting moment of eye contact, and I sat blinded in stunning beacons of radiant light. Would love to get to know you! When: Saturday, October 4, 2014. Where: City Market. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912493 Dready Momma at City Market You: Friday morning, plugs out, dreads up, prana pants on — post-yoga? We exchanged numerous glances. Me: red(ish) beard, red hat. What’s good, ma? When: Friday, October 3, 2014. Where: City Market. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912492

Working at Hannaford, St. Albans I ran into you several times; you kept smiling. I didn’t want to stare, but wanted to say hello. I am new to this area. When I was sitting at the light, I looked to my right and there you were again. I had on a white shirt, dark hair. We should meet for a coffee/drink if you are available. When: Monday, October 13, 2014. Where: Hannaford/ St. Albans. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912510

Galeforce Ninja Your potent man musk has me enamored to this day. The shmink, our shitty bed and your sexy smile ... I couldn’t imagine a better way to have spent the last two years! Happy anniversary to the best man I know. When: Saturday, October 20, 2012. Where: In the pumpkin patch. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912501

Mr. Wilson To the very handsome and seemingly well-spoken man who offered to buy my cider in exchange for a cigarette: You are more than welcome to help yourself to my tin anytime you’d like. When: Friday, October 3, 2014. Where: Three Needs. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912491

Lovely and Talented For A. LaRose: You are an incredibly beautiful, talented and intriguing person. Just knowing that you’re out there being you makes every day a little better! When: Monday, October 13, 2014. Where: Here and there. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912509

Cutie at Bank Caught a glimpse of you in your red tie as you walked into the bank. Noticed the JSC sticker on your car. Let’s meet up in town for some coffee. :) When: Wednesday, October 8, 2014. Where: Union Bank in Johnson. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912500

Costco beauty I was getting into my van, you were walking back toward Costco, you looked right at me. You had on blue pants and you had black hair. Man, it would be great if you remembered me. When: Friday, October 3, 2014. Where: Colchester Costco. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912490

Thanks for the antibodies You called me by my nickname before I told you what it was. I thought we had great repartee, and you said you were jealous of my job. Maybe you’re that nice to everyone. Thank you for the best flu shot ever. Coffee or drinks? When: Wednesday, September 24, 2014. Where: Rite Aid Pharmacy downtown. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912508

I’ll cook? I was floored by how you beautiful you are, but didn’t want to impose as you looked like you might’ve been having a bad day. You were wearing a red hoodie jacket with light gray sweatpants. I was wearing brown sweatpants and a gray hoodie. If you’re reading this, I’d love the chance to brighten up your day sometime. When: Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Where: Hannaford on North Ave. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912499

Guy White Shorts White Subaru I was out on a little lunch stroll, when I saw you cross the street to your white Subaru. You were so handsome, I stopped to look back to catch another glimpse of you, to find you staring back. I was wearing a long-sleeve teal shirt and jeans. Normally I’m brave enough to say hi, but didnt. Should I? When: Friday, October 3, 2014. Where: St. Paul St. You: Man. Me: Man. #912489

Grammy-Granddaughter Reunion Flight 3067 To the nice young man on United Flight 3067 who witnessed the reunion between me and my 2-yearold granddaughter. You said, “This is the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen” and videotaped our reunion. Please contact us; we didn’t receive your video. The cell number must have been wrong. When: Sunday, October 12, 2014. Where: Burlington International Airport. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912507 Pro Pig You were sitting at the end of the bar. You had reddish hair and a beard. You were with a guy and his girlfriend? She wore a green coat. We exchanged glances a couple of times. I was standing at the other end of the bar. Thought I would get to say hello, then you were gone. Drinks? When: Saturday, October 11, 2014. Where: Pro Pig in Waterbury. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912506 something divine inside of you A variety of healthy and wealthy women that regularly begin the day by working out with tantric yoga and the healing art of massage with a wellness professional who is super fit, very handsome and ready to serve up a recharge for breakfast. When: Sunday, October 12, 2014. Where: burlington. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912504 Chris From Hampton at Metronome My friend and I just wanted to dance ... and I have to say, you were my favorite partner! Amazing smile, gentle eyes, great hands. I asked you to carry me in the North American wife-carrying contest. You carried me down Church Street instead. You walked us to our car. We dropped you at your white truck. Drinks? Coffee? Dancing? Conversation? When: Saturday, October 4, 2014. Where: Metronome/ Nectar’s. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912503

Kinney Drugs Williston Road You sat next to me. Your beauty deep within your soul grabbed me hard via your beautiful mood eyes. Your smile filled me with a joy I had long forgotten. Loved how you handled my friend’s 90 y/o comical antics. I’m 51; means nothing, honestly, for wisdom comes within any number. Come share yours with me; we’ll discuss tats in more detail. When: Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Where: Kinney Drugs Williston Rd. You: Woman. Me: Man. #912498 Mr. Espresso, with a beard I miss the way you insult me on Tuesday mornings while you’re calibrating the Cimbali. Maybe you and your band should come play a show in Montpelier, because you owe me at least one ride on the LINK for all those trips to and from the O.N.E. in the Volvo. You can pretend you don’t know me — it’s fine. When: Thursday, May 8, 2014. Where: Village Wine & Coffee. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912497 Shaw’s Colchester Shopping on Sunday 10/5, I smiled at you in the dairy aisle (oh, God, I’ve never done this)! You have stark blue eyes. When: Sunday, October 5, 2014. Where: Shaw’s. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912496 Zany Sun-stroller Spies Plaid Prince Day-Glo orange beanie, red plaid shirt, kindly bearded face. I smiled at you and you dropped your package. Sorry/not sorry if my outlandishly cute outfit/spirit distracted you. My hair was a bird nest and I wore teal jeans and a purpleish scarf. Tea or something? When: Sunday, October 5, 2014. Where: Maple St. and St. Paul. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912495

give it to you str8 Because somebody has to tell the truth ... My wasted heart will love you until it stops beating. When: Friday, October 3, 2014. Where: everywhere but here. You: Man. Me: Woman. #912488

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