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Music Program alumni ensembles perform chamber music masterworks, and Maestro Itzhak Perlman conducts the PMP String Orchestra, in a stunning Celebration Concert. Drawn from all over the world, PMP alumni are young professional artists with diverse careers, whose spirited music-making in Stowe excites and inspires audiences around the globe.

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THE LAST WEEK IN REVIEW

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SEPTEMBER 24-OCTOBER 1, 2014 COMPILED BY MATTHEW ROY & ANDREA SUOZZO

HELLO, ELLO

That’s how many pounds a pumpkin weighed at last weekend’s Vermont Giant Pumpkin Growers’ Association event, according to WCAX. Grown by Jericho farmer Richard Squires, the pumpkin smashed the previous statewide record by almost 100 pounds.

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A 15-year-old horse was found dead last weekend in Barton.

Spud had been shot in the hindquarters with an arrow.

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State officials are considering banning hunters from using drones. Shooting down unmanned aerial vehicles — let’s not ban that.

CRASH COURSE

It was a dangerous week in Vermont for non-motorists: Speeding cars hit several bicyclists and a jogger, and a pedestrian was killed in front of the Sheraton.

NOT MAKING THE GRADE

“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.”

Fewer than half of Vermont’s public school students tested at par for science, the Agency of Ed reported. Rocks in a hard place?

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1. “Hello, Ello: Seven Things to Know About the Burlington-based ‘Anti-Facebook’”

by Kathryn Flagg. The social network that went viral last week is based right here in Vermont.

2. “Young Farmers Take Root in Vermont’s Remotest Reaches” by Kathryn Flagg.

Young farmers are flocking to the Northeast Kingdom in search of affordable land.

3. “Are Tinted Car Windows Really Illegal in Vermont?” by Liz Cantrell. If you want to tint your ride, stick to the back windows.

4. “This Is Where I Leave You” by Margot Harrison. Despite the all-star cast, this ensemble comedy falls flat.

5. “Northern Bayou Cold Brew, Now in South Burlington” by Hannah Palmer Egan. For those hop heads who just can’t get enough, this new company offers dry-hopped coffee.

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our social network is owned by advertisers …

You are the product that’s bought and sold.”

Those bold statements are part of the manifesto behind Ello, a new social-media network based in Burlington that is taking off. In fact, Ello has drawn so much attention and so many new members that it had to temporarily prevent existing users from inviting new people to sign up last week — even though it’s still in beta mode.

Kathryn Flagg wrote about Ello on Friday for Seven Days’ Live Culture blog, revealing that inventor and entrepreneur Paul Budnitz — who splits his time between New York and Shelburne — is one of its cofounders. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings list Ello at 47 Maple Street, the address for Budnitz Bicycles and Karma Birdhouse. Shelburne-based FreshTracks Capital invested $435,000 in Ello in January.

Ello pledges idealism: “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.”

Perhaps that explains why hipsters have flocked to Ello. Some LGBTQ users are fleeing Facebook because it requires members to use their real names. The accounts of drag queens have been suspended, which some consider discriminatory. “Is Ello the Anti-Facebook ... We’ve All Been Waiting For?” the site queerty.com asked.

Social networks have come and gone, and it remains to be seen how Ello will do in the long haul. Budnitz told Bloomberg Businessweek that 40,000 to 50,000 people an hour are signing up.

In that interview, posted Tuesday, he noted that billboards are illegal in Vermont, which contributes to the state’s beauty. That’s not the only “Vermont influence” on ad-free Ello.

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Don Eggert, Cathy Resmer, Colby Roberts   Matthew Roy   Margot Harrison   Xian Chiang-Waren, Mark Davis, Ethan de Seife, Kathryn Flagg, Alicia Freese, Paul Heintz, Ken Picard   Dan Bolles    Alice Levitt   Hannah Palmer Egan   Courtney Copp    Andrea Suozzo   Eva Sollberger    Ashley DeLucco   Cheryl Brownell   Matt Weiner  Meredith Coeyman, Marisa Keller    Carolyn Fox  .  Rufus DESIGN/PRODUCTION   Don Eggert   John James  Brooke Bousquet, Britt Boyd,

Bobby Hackney Jr., Aaron Shrewsbury, Rev. Diane Sullivan    Neel Tandan SALES/MARKETING    Colby Roberts    Michael Bradshaw  

Julia Atherton, Robyn Birgisson, Michelle Brown, Logan Pintka  &   Corey Grenier  &   Ashley Cleare  &   Kristen Hutter CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Alex Brown, Justin Crowther, Erik Esckilsen, John Flanagan, Sean Hood, Kevin J. Kelley, Rick Kisonak, Judith Levine, Amy Lilly, Gary Miller, Jernigan Pontiac, Robert Resnik, Julia Shipley, Sarah Tuff

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WHO IS BOB LA FOLLETTE?

[Re “‘Run, Bernie, Run,’” September 17]: Paul Heintz’s report from the Sanders festival in Wisconsin produced an interesting quote from the Washington correspondent of the Nation: “the similarities between Sanders and La Follette are unmistakable.”

Yes, both Sanders and famous Wisconsin Progressive Sen. Bob La Follette had to “fight their way in” over the opposition of the ruling class, and both waged stiff battles against corporate power.

La Follette was the champion of the working class for demanding the eighthour day, workers’ compensation, primary elections instead of caucuses, and antitrust laws. But he wanted nothing to do with socialism.

John Chamberlain, a onetime leftist turned classical liberal intellectual, “counted La Follette as an exception to the progressives who helped to move the nation toward regimented socialism.” The leftist historian Gabriel Kolko, historian Jeff Taylor adds, similarly saw La Follette as “standing apart from many Progressives in favoring competition, not monopoly (private or public).”

By contrast, in 1980 militant socialist Sanders ran as a Vermont presidential elector of the Socialist Workers Party, which had earlier been expelled from the Socialist Party for being Trotskyite revolutionaries. The SWP platform called for nationalization of the auto, oil and defense industries into government monopolies.

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(Bernie’s candidacy attracted the support of 78 Vermont voters.)

And, unlike La Follette, a Republican who staunchly defended civil liberties during the dark Wilson years, Bernie and the Senate Democrats are hell bent on amending the Bill of Rights to stifle the speech of those who oppose their brand of politics.

La Follette would have been tirelessly leading the opposition to that destructive idea, which even the ACLU firmly opposes.

Bernie’s hero, on his office wall, is Socialist Eugene V. Debs, imprisoned by Wilson but pardoned by Republican Harding.

On my office wall, alongside Jefferson and Reagan, is a portrait of Republican Bob La Follette, and I’m not going to let the Socialists and Sanderistas steal it.

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If Bernie really wants to be president, he needs to boldly, loudly and emphatically address the global climate crisis [“‘Run, Bernie, Run,’” September 17]. We, the people, need to hear his plan for dethroning the wealthy from their power over politics. One thing he could do to start is to demand the end to taxpayers subsidizing fossil-fuel companies. The money could be spent instead on super-insulating all buildings in the U.S., which will reduce the buildings’ carbon emissions by 80 to 90 percent — more than one-third of the country’s total carbon emissions.

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Bernie could demand all power be retrieved from natural and green sources by a certain year; science tells us that alternative energy sources can fuel the whole planet at present. Likewise, he can demand or advise the return of the wholly successful EV-1 auto to the market.

Without definite and radical plans spelled out for us people of heart and conscience, Bernie sounds a lot like the other capitalists running for office and ruining our planet. I vote for Liberty Union Party, Earth First and all people equally cared for.

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Four hundred thousand people got together to save our planet at the People’s Climate March in New York City on September 21 [Off Message: “Slideshow: Scenes from the Climate March,” September 22]. One thousand Vermonters in 22 buses left before the crack of dawn to join the march, including Sen. Bernie Sanders. Unions were well represented in the march. According to NPR, “The demonstration … was intended to turn up the heat on a UN process that’s sometimes glacially slow.”

If you didn’t attend, here are some sound bites and visual impressions from the speakers and the posters the marchers carried. From the podium, an indigenous leader said, “The planet is in danger. We have to do something. Is President Obama doing enough? Not one of us is doing enough.” It is as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: “There is no plan B because we do not have planet B.” Pointing to the huge crowd, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio declared, “This is what happens when people get together and ask for things.” One of the speakers even called for grassroots action to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision. Another said, “The leaders of the world have to bear the pressure of collective action. People are more than ready.”

The marchers’ feelings were expressed on the posters they carried: “If the government won’t do it, the people certainly will.” “Youth demands climate change.”

“Tear Down That Wall Street.” “No to dirty energy.” “It is not the leaders who will change; unfortunately it has to be us.” The people spoke on September 21.

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STRAIGHT SHOOTER Singer-songwriter Mieka Pauley (pictured) tells it like it is. Described by NPR’s Larry Groce as “bold, sexy and wicked,” the Boston-based artist pens raw lyrics with staying power. Offsetting this in-your-face style, her soaring vocals soften the hard edges and are well worth the listen.

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Art lovers hit the highway for more than leaf peeping at the Fall Open Studio Weekend. A self-guided tour throughout the state offers visitors the chance to catch a behind-the-scenes glimpse of artists at work. From pottery to photography and beyond, this annual event celebrates the contributors to Vermont’s creative culture.

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s Vermont’s political establishment prepares for an epic battle over whether — and how — to pay for the nation’s first universal health care system, an unlikely character is sounding the alarm.

He doesn’t believe the legislature has the fortitude to raise $2 billion in revenue to pay for the Bobbi Brown so-called singleTrish McEvoy payer system Gov. Laura Mercier PETER SHUMLIN’s SkinCeuticals administration Kiehl’s Since 1851 has spent nearly four years crafting. And bareMinerals by Bare Escentuals he fears that if the governor and legislature ...and many more!! rely on a hefty payroll tax to finance it, they’ll drive small employers out of business and commit “political suicide.”

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To the consternation of traditional single-payer advocates, Franco believes 8v-MirrorMirror030514.indd 1 3/3/14 11:58 AMVermont should simply bolster the existing health insurance exchange by increasing subsidies and encouraging more small business employees to enroll directly. By drawing down more federal funds and levying a 1 percent payroll tax — far lower than the double-digit taxes contemplated by consultants — he thinks the state can cover everybody for less money, in less time.

Franco says he’s driven not by dogma, but by fear of failure. He remembers all too well when Vermont legislators took what he calls an “all-or-nothing approach” to health care reform in 1994 and ended up with “nothing to fall back on.”

Even now — with Democratic supermajorities in the House and Senate and a single-payer-supporting governor — Franco thinks it’s unlikely that legislators will sign off on a major tax hike, even if the move away from a premium-based system will save money in the end.

“When I walk around the Statehouse, I don’t see $2 billion in taxes in the eyes of many people,” he says. “We cannot afford to have this completely collapse and blow up on us. This is just too much of a historical opportunity to let that happen.”

Franco’s idea isn’t new; he’s been pitching versions of it for years. A similar concept drafted by legislative consultant KEN THORPE was briefly debated last winter after Senate President Pro Tem JOHN CAMPBELL (D-Windsor) appeared to embrace it, then distanced himself from it. But in recent months, Franco has stepped up

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his advocacy, meeting with legislators, the Vermont Business Roundtable, Shumlin’s business advisory council and members of the governor’s senior staff.

That’s got some single-payer advocates worried — because they don’t agree with his plan and worry it will undermine their own efforts.

“I fundamentally disagree with John Franco that any reform that’s based on the exchange is capable of providing universal affordable health care,” says PETER STERLING, another former Sanderista who’s spent years fighting for single-payer and now runs the union-funded advocacy group Vermont Leads.

Such a system “will always see tens of thousands of Vermonters who I believe will be uninsured,” Sterling says, because some will fail to pay their premiums and others will miss the three-month open enrollment period. Further, he argues, “We cannot

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DEB RICHTER, a Montpelier physician and founder of Vermont Health Care for All, says she’s spoken with Franco about his concept, but considers it more of a “back of the napkin” theory, because it hasn’t been vetted by economists. Rather than dreaming up other ideas, she says, advocates should seize the moment and pass the most comprehensive plan they can.

“Frankly, to come up with a Plan B at this point makes no sense. It feels like a bait-and-switch to me,” she says. “This is the plan. The governor’s behind it. We’re in the best of circumstances to get this done this time.”

Of course, what plan the governor is behind isn’t quite clear. Shumlin ignored a legislative mandate to submit a financing proposal in January 2013. He now says he’ll disclose details of his plan’s benefit package later this year and its financing in January 2015 — after this November’s election.

Shumlin’s director of health care reform, ROBIN LUNGE, says the administration’s “goal” is to see the legislature sign off on the governor’s plan by the end of the legislative session next May. But given the compressed timeline, the complexity of the subject and its economic impact on every business in the state, many in Montpelier

are skeptical that’s possible. That skepticism will surely grow if the administration continues to fumble its implementation of Vermont Health Connect, which is currently “down for maintenance.”

“If the administration can make a compelling argument why this will be better for the state than what we have now and that it wouldn’t be too disruptive, there’s the possibility it could pass,” says House Speaker SHAP SMITH (D-Morristown). “But I’m under no illusion: Anything like this will be incredibly difficult to move forward.”

As for the timing, he adds, “Let me just put it this way: We are not just going to rubber-stamp anything that gets put in front of us.”

With so many obstacles in the path of comprehensive reform, some single-payer supporters privately concede that Franco’s plan may end up as a final compromise. But they feel that by embracing the plan too soon, they would fracture support for single-payer, give opponents cover to oppose it and undermine negotiations.

“I think this whole Franco proposal, in a way, is premature. We need to see what the administration comes up with,” says Rep. CHRIS PEARSON (P-Burlington), who has worked closely with Franco on health care issues.

Pearson’s not the only one hesitant to discuss Franco’s plan. Lunge, Smith and the Democratic leaders of the House’s health care and tax-writing committees — Reps.

MIKE FISHER (D-Lincoln) and JANET ANCEL (D-Calais) — all brushed off questions about it.

Sen. TIM ASHE (D/P-Chittenden), who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, isn’t exactly excited to compare two proposals whose details remain vague or top-secret. Speaking generally, he says he worries Franco’s concept wouldn’t control spending, might burden the wrong businesses and would rely upon federal subsidies that could dry up under a Republican Congress. But he says it could be a “pragmatic approach” to solving an age-old problem.

“Some people confuse the means with the ends,” he says, referring to hard-core single-payer supporters. “What we want is the ends. So if John’s plan or anybody else’s can get people covered and slow growth in spending, it’s worth consideration, because that’s what really matters.”

He adds, “There are purists who are going to think this is some signal or message or provocative statement. It’s a logical, sane position.”

What would be insane, says Franco, is to let the perfect plan be the enemy of the good one.

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“I’ve been at this for 25 years, and I don’t want to see this screwed up,” he says. “I’m 62 years old. I don’t have forever here. I’m not going to spend two or three decades at the church, waiting for the bride to arrive.”

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Burlington Free Press publisher JiM Fogler is leaving the paper to take a job as vice president of business development at Party City, a New Jersey-based costume supply chain, the Freeps reported last Thursday.

The 26-year veteran of Free Press owner Gannett Company, Inc., wrote in a note to readers on Friday that, “The offer came about after our marketing approaches were presented to the chairman of Party City as the company prepared to open a flagship store in South Burlington.”

Must’ve been quite a presentation! Since he disclosed his hiring, the paper has been blanketed with Party City ads — including one in Saturday’s edition that took up the entire back page and bled onto the front.

Party City got some free ink, too: A week before Fogler announced his new job, the Freeps ran a 340-word story about the costume shop’s opening.

Neither Fogler nor Party City returned calls seeking comment.

Not everybody’s leaving the journalism party. Vermont Public Radio has hired WBEZ-Chicago’s Alex keeFe to replace neAl chArnoFF as the local host of NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Charnoff departed the station in August after 18 years at VPR to take a gig at a North Carolina public radio station.

Keefe, who has covered politics at WBEZ since he joined up in 2010, says he’s “looking forward to getting back to live radio and growing as a journalist there.”

“Vermont is certainly much smaller than Chicago, but VPR is a network that punches well above its weight, in large part because its audience is so engaged,” he says.

Lastly, some news on the media ownership front — and not of the depressing variety: Eleven employees of the Barton Chronicle struck a deal last month to buy the Northeast Kingdom weekly from founding publishers chriS and ellen BrAithwAite.

Chris Braithwaite, who retired from the paper earlier this year and is now running for the Vermont House, says he believes that “ultimate authority shouldn’t be removed from the workplace” and that local ownership is important.

“They’ve done it for a long time. They know how to do it,” he says of his former colleagues. “We all share a common set of values when it comes to community journalism.”

Neither Braithwaite nor his successors would disclose the exact terms of the deal, which they expect to close early next year.

Says general manager trAcy dAviS Pierce, who will become the paper’s next publisher, “We want to carry on the Chronicle’s current mission, and we didn’t want things to change.” m

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When Lt. Gov. Phil Scott reports his latest fundraising figures this week, one group will surely be represented: registered Vermont lobbyists.

As of early September, Scott had raised nearly $15,000 for his reelection campaign from lobbyists, their firms and their clients.

At least 12 registered lobbyists had donated directly — including Andrew MAcleAn of MacLean Meehan & Rice, Joe choquette of Downs Rachlin Martin and chuck Storrow of KSE Partners.

Choquette’s colleague, DRM lobbyist and Montpelier Mayor John hollAr, joined real estate developer and Barre Mayor thoM lAuzon in hosting a fundraiser for Scott in August. This Wednesday night, MMR lobbyist heidi tringe will cohost another fundraiser for the Republican incumbent in Burlington.

Hollar — whose clients hail from the banking, insurance, hospital and energy industries — even starred in Scott’s first television advertisement, vouching for the lite gov’s character.

What kind of message does all this lobbyist love send to voters?

“These are all people I know and work with,” Scott explains, adding that he included the Democratic mayor in his TV ad to highlight his bipartisan bona fides.

Scott says Hollar has lobbied him in the past, but the lieutenant governor can’t remember on whose behalf or on what issues.

He says he doles out no special treatment to his donors.

“I don’t think there’s any quid pro quo at all,” he says. “Certainly that’s not something I would deliver.”

While Hollar says he was “surprised, I guess, by the prominence” of his appearance in Scott’s ad, he says there is nothing unusual about a lobbyist contributing to a political campaign.

“I think you’re going to have a hard time finding any fundraising event when a lobbyist isn’t involved,” Hollar says. “I don’t think he’s going to be any more likely to support my clients than he would have otherwise.”

Scott’s Progressive and Democratic opponent, former Burlington legislator deAn corren, isn’t likely to find himself in the same position. Having qualified for up to $200,000 in public financing in June by raising more than 750 small contributions, Corren’s barred from taking any additional cash.

“I would never take money from lobbyists like that,” he says, noting that even Vermont’s pint-size lobbying industry still draws millions of dollars each year.

“That wouldn’t be spent if it didn’t have an effect.”

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onservative politicians are a rare species in the Queen City.

Currently, eight of the 10 representatives Burlington sends to Montpelier are Democrats; one is a Progressive. The lone Republican, Kurt Wright, is also the only R on the 14-person Burlington City Council.

But this November, two upstart conservatives are hoping to infiltrate the Democratic stronghold.

Scot Shumski quickly earned the maverick moniker after handily winning a seat on the Burlington School Board last March. When the superintendent failed to give him the line-item budget he requested, Shumski hand-delivered a publicrecords request to her office — and alerted reporters ahead of time. Now his sights are set on the Statehouse. To get there, Shumski has to unseat Jean O’Sullivan, a Democratic state representative in the Chittenden 6-2 district and a former city councilor.

In the neighboring two-seat Chittenden 6-1 district, Michael Ly, born and raised in Arizona to parents who fled Cambodia, is making his first-ever run for office under the tutelage of Wright, who — like Ly’s opponent, Democrat Joanna Cole — is running for reelection. Ly has worked in accounting since age 16. He’s trying to convince voters that his fiscal acumen is just what Montpelier needs.

Both districts are in Burlington’s New North End neighborhood, which, with its mostly modest homes and quiet cul-desacs, has a retro-suburban feel. The Bagel Café & Deli, the neighborhood’s main breakfast joint, is a hotbed for hyper-local political debate. Residents say grocery runs to nearby Hannaford inevitably turn into social outings.

“It’s kind of like its own little town,” observes City Councilor Dave Hartnett, a moderate Democrat who manages a convenience store on North Avenue. Case in point: O’Sullivan, who used to own a discount beverage store in the neighborhood, recalled arguing politics with one of her regular customers — an opinionated young boy named Scot Shumski. (During interviews, both sidestepped questions about the other.)

The New North End remains “mostly blue collar,” according to Hartnett, though an increasing number of young families have flocked to the area. Shumski returned to the neighborhood with his wife to raise their three children in 2004; Ly came with his wife and two kids in 2011.

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The demographic shift appears to have had a liberalizing effect on the historically conservative enclave. Even though the region has the city’s highest concentration of homeowners — and property tax increases hurt — residents with young children tend to support municipal spending on public schools.

Neither Shumski nor Ly is so inclined, and both have found political supporters among New North Enders who are fed up with tax increases. The young Republican candidates suggest the city’s “affordability crisis,” as they’ve coined it, is displacing longtime residents; both said they know people who’ve been priced out of the area.

“I think that without property tax reform, you will continue to see Vermonters forced to leave their homes,”

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said Shumski, 42, who is currently a stayat-home dad. (He said he’s starting a company but couldn’t share details because it hasn’t been trademarked.)

Campaigning door to door with all three children in tow, the rapid-talking Shumski told potential constituents he doesn’t want to “just tweak” the state’s education funding formula; he wants wholesale change.

Most people nodded and took his brochure without offering an opinion — even when he brought up the topic himself.

In his budding public service career, he seems to relish his reputation as a renegade. “If I had one bumper sticker, it would say ‘Question Authority,’” Shumski said, pausing to corral his daughter. (He doesn’t credit Socrates for that slogan.

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proponent Timothy Leary, who popularized the expression in the 1960s, before Shumski was born.)

One of two board members to vote against the school budget, Shumski actively campaigned against it. He held a rival press conference before Mayor Miro Weinberger announced his support for the budget, criticizing Weinberger’s absentee ballot procedure.

“He is not afraid to be a voice that disagrees with the majority,” confirmed Patrick Halladay, the school board chair.

At one point during Shumski’s doorstep campaigning, a woman drove by slowly and waved. According to the candidate, she emailed the mayor and other Burlington Democrats before the school board election, urging them to help stop him from realizing grander political ambitions. Shumski dismisses critics like these as “a small minority of extreme radicals.”

That group would include some Democrats, such as Burlington City Councilor and O’Sullivan campaign treasurer Tom Ayres. He’s voiced concerns about Shumski’s conservative ties — to the group American Majority and to Lenore Broughton, a deep-pocketed Burlington donor and friend of Shumski’s who gave generously to his school board campaign.

Shumski insisted he’s too independent to be influenced by campaign donations, and that Ayres raised the issue in an attempt to discredit his campaign.

Wright agreed. Describing Shumksi as “very articulate” and “an absolutely tenacious campaigner,” the Republican rep lamented what he described as an effort to “demonize” Shumski, who, he said, has “become sort of a hero with regard to his efforts on the school board.”

Shumski’s opponent, Jean O’Sullivan, lives half a mile from Shumski in the house she’s occupied for the last 34 years. Drinking a tall mug of coffee at a paper-strewn dining room table, the self-described “genetic Democrat” said she’d been a witness to the influx of new young families, exclaiming, “This whole neighborhood is turning over, which is wonderful!”

What about Shumski’s claim that high taxes are forcing people to flee?

“That’s an attractive argument at first glance,” O’Sullivan said, before countering that there are plenty of other reasons leading older people to move — poor public transportation options, safety concerns about living alone. She noted that

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residents on fixed incomes are already paying taxes based on income rather than property values.

A single mother of two grown children, O’Sullivan transitioned mid-career from beverage-and-candy-store owner to stockbroker. Gov. Peter Shumlin appointed her to the House in 2011, and she ran unchallenged in 2012.

While Shumski talks a lot about revamping tax systems, creating jobs and fighting the heroin crisis, O’Sullivan’s goals are smaller in scope. Her latest project: trying to make it easier for people coming out of prison to find housing and employment. If reelected, she’ll make a third attempt to pass legislation that would prevent employers from asking prospective employees on job applications whether they’re convicted felons.

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Over in the Chittenden 6-1 district, incumbent Joanna Cole isn’t so keen on glad-handing. “Running campaigns is gross,” she said. “I just want to do the work. I want to make the world better. I don’t want to do the political garbage.”

The contest for two seats here is more crowded. The Republican duo of Ly and Wright is facing off against Cole; Bob Hooper, a Democrat and former president of the state employees union; and two

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INCLUDING: VOLCANO, G-PEN, AND PAX Wright met Ly when he was going door to door during the last election and later convinced the young Republican to run.

Now they are making the rounds together, with Wright lending his political capital to the first-time politician.

Ly began knocking on doors early — in June — and estimates he’s hit nearly 1,500 houses. “At least every other door … they are excited to see someone who cares about property taxes — a candidate who’s going to make that central.”

But as the two pols worked Pleasant Avenue, only a few people brought up their property tax burdens. One man who was upset about his suggested the legislature would ignore Ly’s financial expertise.

“They’ll reject that,” he said. d i n os b y el b o On the positive side: A handful of residents were friendly with Wright and, at his suggestion, said they’d vote for Ly, too.

Ly said people still “get a puzzled look” when he tells them he’s Republican.

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Cole, too, has religious roots. A stayat-home-mother turned chemistry and biology professor in Pennsylvania, she was planning to become a minister at a United Methodist church but then she “took a same-sex partner, and that kind of killed the idea.” Instead she became a Quaker and moved with her partner to Burlington in 2003 to work on a campaign to legalize gay marriage. She’s married to the woman for whom she left the ministry.

After running unsuccessfully for state rep twice, Cole won in 2012. A member of the House Committee on Government Operations, she recalled working on a pension forfeiture bill that passed easily in 2013. Cole recounted how naysayers needed to be convinced before the bill came up for a vote. “I just lost so much sleep,” she said, bringing a clenched fist to her chest. “They were trying to destroy my baby.”

In addition to promoting single-payer health care and energy efficiency, Cole is also calling for changes to the property-tax

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A member of the House Committee on General, Housing and Military Affairs, O’Sullivan is probably best known in the Statehouse for successfully promoting a bill requiring the Vermont National Guard to give the legislature an annual report on sexual assaults within its ranks.

House Speaker Shap Smith described her as a “pragmatic, progressive-minded Democrat” and said he was “confident” she’d get reelected.

Campaign finance filings show that O’Sullivan has raised $530 (including donations from Gun Sense Vermont and the Marijuana Policy Project) and lent herself $1,350, while Shumski has raised roughly $900, including $500 from what was listed as the “Burlington Vermont Republican City Committee.”

Shumski and O’Sullivan have one thing in common: They are natural politicians — voluble, energetic and seemingly at ease going from house to house, asking strangers to vote for them.

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hirteen Vermont inmates have been in solitary confinement for a month in an Arizona prison after guards used a “chemical agent” to quell their 30-minute rampage, Vermont Department of Corrections officials confirmed to Seven Days last week.

The group refused to enter their cells when ordered and began smashing televisions, microwaves and other equipment, according to officials. They were frustrated by restrictive rules on their movements inside Arizona’s Florence Correctional Center, the DOC said. They were also reportedly upset about being sent out of Vermont, beyond the reach of family and friends.

Vermont currently outsources 482 inmates to the Corrections Corporation of America because there aren’t enough prison beds to house them in state.

Though no one was seriously injured in the August 22 incident, it could renew longstanding concerns about Vermont relying on CCA — a company that has been subject to lawsuits alleging poor supervision and inmate care — and sending inmates thousands of miles from the people who would conceivably support them when they are released back into the general population.

Seth Lipschutz, supervising attorney from the Vermont Prisoners’ Rights Office, said he had gotten little information about what DOC is calling a “disturbance” — not a “riot.” His agency is considering sending investigators to Arizona in response.

Coincidentally, a group of advocates who have long been critical of Vermont’s reliance on distant private prisons has been preparing to roll out a public-relations campaign in the coming weeks. They’re urging lawmakers to reduce the state’s prison population, which would eliminate the need to send inmates out of Vermont.

Suzi Wizowaty, who runs Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform, said the previously unreported Arizona incident heightens her group’s concern that the DOC is unable to supervise its inmates when it turns them over to CCA. Wizowaty is a retiring Democratic state representative from Burlington.

“If this had happened in Vermont, we would have heard about it,” Wizowaty said. “We have concerns about private prisons and people being sent away. It makes it harder for the state to provide the oversight you would want and expect. This is something the state imposes on people, and therefore the state has an obligation to supervise it. That’s hard to do when it’s a private prison, especially if it’s so far away.”

In a written statement, CCA confirmed the incident and the inmates’ subsequent

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Through the Corrections Corporation of America, another 454 Vermont prisoners are held in facilities in Kentucky, and 28 are held in Arizona.

punishment, but did not provide additional details. “CCA correctional officers receive hundreds of hours of initial training, and undergo intensive annual instruction, which includes best practices in diffusing conflict among inmates and the rapid, safe and humane resolution of inmate disturbances,” wrote Jonathan Burns, senior manager of public affairs.

It has been nearly two decades since the Vermont DOC had room for all inmates that judges send into its custody.

Currently, the state has 2,100 inmates who are either awaiting trial or are serving their sentences, but only 1,600 prison beds in the DOC’s seven facilities.

Vermont is in the final year of a two-year, $34 million contract with CCA to handle the overflow. Roughly 454 Vermonters are housed in CCA’s Lee Adjustment Center in Beattyville, Ky. Inmates who have committed serious disciplinary infractions at Lee or any of the Vermont facilities are sent to Florence, which has a higher level of security and restricts inmates more than the other prisons.

The 28 Vermont inmates in Florence live together in a small wing of the prison, which also houses inmates for the state of California and the U.S. Marshals Service.

Both California and the Marshals Service require that CCA keep their inmates separate from others, isolating the Vermonters, according to Richard Byrne, the DOC’s out-of-state unit supervisor.

That means few inmates have kitchen or outdoor jobs that allow the kind of movement prisoners in Vermont or Kentucky enjoy, Byrne said.

He went on: Shortly before noon on August 22, the inmates staged a coordinated resistance and refused to reenter their cells when ordered as part of their routine. Byrne declined to give further details of the incident or describe what “chemical agent” guards used to end the fracas.

A CCA investigation revealed that just under half of the Vermonters there participated in the incident. As punishment, 13 were placed in what prison officials call “segregation,” confined to individual cells for 23 hours a day.

Byrne said it is unclear how long the punishment will last — CCA, not Vermont DOC, is in charge. The latter uses segregation as a disciplinary technique only if inmates are considered a danger to their fellow prisoners, Byrne said.

In response to the incident, the DOC

flew a team of investigators to Arizona on September 10, inspected the prison and talked to some of the inmates over a twoday period. They found no problems with the facility and took no action, Byrne said.

“We knew that population would have limited movement, given the reasons they are out there. We went to make sure it’s running effectively and the population is being treated fairly,” Byrne said. “[Investigators] reported back that there is limited movement, but [no] glaring issue.

It’s very well-run.”

Still, both DOC officials and the agency’s critics say that shipping inmates far from Vermont causes hardship on both the inmates and their families.

When Bernard Carter was sentenced for an aggravated sexual assault 20 years ago, the Newport resident went to prison in Virginia, where Vermont formerly had a prison contract, and then to Lee Adjustment Center. He spent most of the last 16 years there.

His 81-year-old mother, Ruth Carter, says she and her husband could only afford to see him once a year, spending an annual $1,000 to fly to Kentucky for three days.

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to their son and occasionally buying him officers encouraged brawls among inmates a soda or snack from a vending machine. and denied them medical care in a game Carter says she would have visited her they dubbed “Gladiator School.” son every weekend if he had been incarIn January, the warden at Lee cerated in Vermont.

Adjustment Center resigned after inci“They need to bring them back because dents of violence put 200 Vermont inmates a lot of them have no one,” Ruth Carter said. on a three-week lockdown. The state of “The families of most prisoners are poor. Kentucky has stopped sending inmates Most of them can’t afford to travel way out to Lee altogether — in part because corthere. So who is suffering? The parents, the rectional reforms have reduced its overall wives, the children — it’s just not right.” inmate population.

A few weeks ago, just after the disturPallito acknowledged that his agency bance, Bernard Carter was transferred can do little to supervise the Kentucky and from Kentucky to Arizona. His mother Arizona prisons, and that the follow-up insays she and her husband cannot afford spections may not give DOC investigators an to travel to Arizona and will have to wait accurate picture of the daily lives of inmates. until his release, scheduled for 2016, to see “Anybody we deal with is going to know their son again. we’re coming,” Pallito said. “It’s hard to “They need their families,” she said of just show up. I want to get to a point where the inmates. “Families need out-of-state isn’t an issue.” them. It’s the only way.”

While awaiting specific DOC says it would prefer proposals, Pallito said, he to not have to rely on CCA, tentatively supports the but that it is a relationship goals of Wizowaty’s group, of necessity. which will urge lawmakers While Vermont’s crime to expand options such as rate has fallen in the past pretrial home detention, decade, the inmate populacommunity service in lieu tion hasn’t declined because of jail for minor offenses of a dramatic spike in the late and treatment programs for 1990s. Vermont currently nonviolent drug addicts. has double the number of Pallito also said he hopes Suzi WizOWAT y, inmates it had in 1995, owing to expand transitional housVERMOnT ERS fOR CRiMinAL mostly to tough-on-crime ing programs for inmates JuST iCE REfORM sentencing laws. in the coming years. At any Based in Nashville, time, the DOC has a handful Tenn., CCA has 90,000 prison beds in 53 of inmates who have passed their minimum prisons, representing 95 percent of the sentence date but are kept behind bars becountry’s private prison market. That ca- cause there is no supervised home in which pacity allows it to offer customers — states they can start serving probation. such as Vermont — the best prisoner price, Just last week, the DOC received a $1 and it has enough room to keep all the million federal grant to try to reduce recidVermont inmates together, a key point for ivism. Pallito said the money will fund inthe DOC. creased counseling and other services for Two years ago the DOC did not ap- higher-risk inmates who have served their prove a bid from Maine, which would time but are deemed likely to reoffend. have placed Vermont inmates throughout Ultimately, Wizowaty said, her group that state’s sprawling prison network. It wants to see Vermont cut its inmate popualso was more expensive than CCA’s offer lation by 500 prisoners, eliminating the of roughly $67 per inmate per day. need for CCA within three years.

“They are not without their blemishes, It may be too ambitious. but they’ve proven to be consistent, in “There isn’t anything on the table right terms of our relationship, and because now that would put us there that quickly,” they’re so big, they’re always cost com- Pallito said. “We’re talking about reducing petitive,” Andrew Pallito, commissioner of incarceration — that’s going to come with the Vermont Department of Corrections, significant pushback.” said of CCA. Later this month, DOC is scheduled In 2004, inmates rioted inside Lee to review proposals for a new contract to Adjustment Center after allegations of house Vermont’s excess inmates. CCA is guard abuse, and lawsuits have been expected to be among the bidders. m filed across the country concerning lax supervision, including a notable one in Contact: mark@sevendaysvt.com, 2011: Idaho inmates claimed correctional 865-1020, ext. 23, or @Davis7D.

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onsider your run-of-the-mill colonoscopy. According to paperwork generated by MVP Health Care, the insurer paid an independent physician roughly $550 to complete the procedure. The same insurer paid a doctor employed by Fletcher Allen Health Care nearly $1,800 for the same test.

Independent docs in Vermont complain that such rate discrepancies are putting the squeeze on small practices. Hospitals, they say, have significantly more negotiating power with insurance companies — and are able to command higher payments as a result. It’s one more burden on docs trying to go it alone in private practice — and it’s pushing some of those to sell out to hospitals.

“We’re just talking about people with the exact same training, the exact same degree, being paid differently,” said family medicine doctor Paul Reiss, a partner at Evergreen Family Health in Williston and the chairman of Healthfirst, Vermont’s 4-year-old association of independent physicians.

The state is taking notice: In an act passed last spring with amendments to Vermont’s health care laws, Sen. Tim Ashe (D/P-Chittenden) called for the secretary of administration to study disparate reimbursement rates and recommend whether or not the state should prohibit insurers from reimbursing independent physicians at lower rates. That report is due December 1.

In the meantime, independent physicians are making their case, and Healthfirst hired its first executive director. In a letter addressed to Secretary of the Administration Jeb Spaulding on September 10, South Burlington gynecologist Kym Boyman wrote that different reimbursement rates “jeopardize the survival of practices like ours,” and that the status quo is “simply and obviously unfair.”

The Vermont Medical Society estimates that roughly a third of Vermont physicians are in private practice — a slightly lower percentage than the estimated nationwide average of 39 percent.

It’s difficult to find out how much insurance companies pay health care providers for medical procedures; Vermont’s two insurers — MVP and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont — consider the negotiations to be proprietary. So Healthfirst relies on Vermonters to turn over their “explanations of benefits” paperwork that arrives post-procedure detailing how much the insurance company has agreed to pay.

Analyzing those EOBs, Healthfirst found that Blue Cross, the state’s largest

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private insurer, paid Fletcher Allen Health Care $195 in professional fees for basic consults with outpatient specialists.

That’s compared to $119 for independent docs. Fletcher Allen pulled in $2,344 for gallbladder surgery; independent doctors received less than half — $1,020 — for the same procedure.

Hospitals are quick to point out that their doctors are on salary; the professional fee doesn’t go directly into the doctor’s pocket. Where it does go, presumably, is to the bottom line — and, hospital officials say, to subsidizing more expensive specialties that don’t see a lot of patients. Think neonatologists or trauma specialists.

“We provide the service for the area and the community, but there really isn’t the volume to completely support those programs,” said Rick Vincent, the interim vice president of finance at Fletcher Allen.

“If we didn’t provide them, they wouldn’t be offered in the region.”

Independent physicians don’t buy the subsidization argument, because hospitals already charge “facility fees” to Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers. In theory, the extra income is supposed to finance the overhead required to run a larger medical operation: keeping the lights on, staffing the ER and so on.

In practice, the facility fees are problematic, according to Allan Ramsay, a former Fletcher Allen family medicine

doctor who now sits on the Green Mountain Care Board.

“They’re an incentive for the hospitals to consolidate and buy up practices,” said Ramsay. When hospitals acquire formerly independent practices, he explained, they can start charging both professional and facility fees for the services provided there.

Ramsay’s board is crunching the data on price variation in Vermont, using a statewide database — the Vermont Health Care Uniform Reporting and Evaluation System — that compiled claims information from Medicaid and commercial insurers. That report is being presented at the board’s October 2 meeting. Data, and not anecdote, should guide Vermont’s decisions about health care reform, according to Ramsay.

Medicare and Medicaid reimburse independent practices and hospital facilities at the same professional rate for services — but they also don’t negotiate those rates with facilities. Vincent, at Fletcher Allen, said that’s what’s responsible for the socalled “cost shift” in health care. Because increases to Medicare and Medicaid payments haven’t kept up with inflation, hospitals and private practices alike rely on commercial insurers — like MVP and Blue Cross — to make up the difference.

Vincent said that Fletcher Allen sits down to negotiate payment rates with commercial insurers on a yearly basis; by contrast, Reiss, the independent family doc

in Williston, said that standalone practices have to practically beg insurers to even come to the table. Only after private practices threaten to drop patients covered by a particular insurance plan, or to refuse new patients, will insurers participate in the rate conversation, Reiss said. Even then, the negotiations are “pretty one-sided,” he said.

“They say, ‘Well, we respect you, we know you’re a good practice, but we can’t afford to pay you more.’”

Reiss said that with just two major private insurers in the state, independent physicians can’t afford to walk away from the rates being offered.

“For smaller practices, it’s ‘Take it or leave it,’” said Reiss. “They know we can’t say no.”

“It isn’t about trying to squeeze independent physicians,” countered Cory Gustafson, the director of government and public relations at Blue Cross. He said insurance companies have to work with hospitals, which provide services patients in the region need, to make sure the institutions can cover their costs.

Gustafson said the company is “in with both feet” when it comes to pursuing health care reform. “We’re working on ways to change how physicians are reimbursed so that it’s fair and adequate,” said Gustafson.

The kind of major health care reform efforts Vermont is exploring could potentially make moot the issue of unequal

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system. The state should rely more on income taxes rather than property taxes to fund education, she said.

What of Ly’s line of argument — that the current cast of lawmakers hasn’t done enough to change the way the state funds education?

“Michael Ly is so inexperienced,” Cole said, noting the solution is more complex and requires more political buy-in than her young opponent likely realizes. “He has no understanding of really what this is all about.”

Hooper was an unexpected addition to the race — supporters wrote him onto the ballot. The retired probation officer for the Vermont Department for Children and Families served two terms on the school board and ran in the primary for the same House seat in 2012. He said he planned to run again, but not this year. His father died recently.

Hooper said he won’t actively campaign but, with his name recognition, he stands a chance.

If he wins, it won’t be because he raised a lot of money; Hooper hasn’t even hit the threshold that requires him to report campaign-finance contributions. Cole has about $500 in the form of a loan from her wife. Ly has raised more than $3,600.

Republicans and Democrats agree that both Shumski and Ly face uphill battles.

Don Turner, the House minority leader, said he’s thrilled to have two young — and viable — candidates in Burlington, but the party’s coffers are pretty depleted. “I think that we will do everything we can to help them.

I’m disappointed to say I don’t have the resources my opponents on the Democratic side have.”

How worried are the incumbents? Cole wasn’t about to predict the outcome. “Different people vote for different reasons … I really wish people voted based on the issues, but I’m afraid that not that many people delve that deeply.”

“I’m so Irish. I’m not going to say,” said O’Sullivan, knocking on her wooden dining room table. But she did mention that she’s “been on the ballot” for various positions over the past 30 years. m

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professional fee payments. Robin Lunge, the state’s director of health care reform, says Vermont is exploring ways to move away from the “fee-for-service” model — which is at the root of independent physicians’ complaints.

Reiss supports the state’s push for single-payer health care. But he doesn’t want to see the state pursue so-called “singleprovider” health care; he argued that private practices and hospital-employed physicians alike are crucial for Vermont’s health care ecosystem.

Ramsay, with the Green Mountain Care Board, agreed that diversity is important. Some doctors, like Reiss, prefer to work for themselves rather than for a bigger organization. Patients, meanwhile, like to have choices.

For now, though, Reiss said his practice is running on “razor thin” margins due to the lower reimbursement rates.

He pointed to recent improvements and acquisitions at Fletcher Allen: a $51 million land deal to expand on Tilley Drive in South Burlington; a $15.8 million renovation to the hospital’s maternity unit; and a new inpatient building with 128 private rooms. By contrast, he said, “We have our own kids painting our rooms, doing the landscaping, mowing the lawn.”

Doctors aren’t the only ones with a stake in reimbursement rates. Reiss pointed out that patients rarely realize that the same procedure could cost less or more depending on the doctor who performs it. “With these large deductibles and copays they have now, those costs come right out of their pocket,” said Reiss.

“They have to pay the rates those insurance companies negotiate.”

Reiss experienced this firsthand when he found himself in the patient’s shoes: He needed an MRI of his shoulder, and his doctor in Chittenden County ordered the test at Fletcher Allen.

Reiss called his insurance company.

He had to push hard to get the insurer to reveal different provider rates. He learned that if he had the MRI done at Copley Hospital in Morrisville, it would cost $1,100 — $1,700 less than the same procedure at Fletcher Allen.

“I saved a lot of money, just by driving out there one beautiful winter morning,” said Reiss. “I don’t mind doing that, and lots of people don’t mind doing that, but most people don’t even know to ask.” m

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1939-2014, COLCHESTER M. Robert Ciardelli passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Sunday, September 28, 2014, from brain cancer.

Robert was born in Barre, Vt., in 1939, son of the late Mario and Eugenia (Faridoni) Ciardelli. He grew up in Barre until his family moved to Burlington, Vt., in 1955. He graduated from Burlington High School in 1957 and the University of Vermont in 1962 with a BS in electrical engineering.

Robert began his 30-year career at IBM in 1962 when he joined IBM’s Space Guidance Center in Owego, N.Y. He worked on the computer systems for the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory, the XB-70 Valkyrie (a complete system for the first supersonic bomber), the Saturn V Launch Vehicle Digital Computer (used in the Apollo moon missions), the F-111 Aircraft Weapons Delivery and Navigation System and the EA6B Aircraft Navigation System.

In 1970, Robert transferred to IBM’s semiconductor manufacturing facility in Essex Junction, Vt. At IBM “Burlington,” Robert served as a manufacturing engineer in the semiconductor in-line testing area, ensuring the integrity of the product, determining the cause of any circuit failure and making recommendations for corrective action. Robert retired from IBM in 1992.

Robert married Annette Marchessault on October 19, 1963. Robert took great pride in his Italian heritage and enjoyed researching the family’s genealogy. Robert lived a full life focused on family, home and his love for Vermont.

Robert is survived by

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wife Annette; son Peter; daughter Jennifer and her partner, Michael Peccini; grandson William; brother Steven Ciardelli and his wife, Nancy; sister Paula Jean “PJ” Ciardelli; nephews Todd and Mark; niece Jamie and her family; sisters-in-law Claire (Marchessault) Kipp and her husband, Lester, and Juliana (Marchessault) Phillips and her husband, Robert; brotherin-law Normand Marchessault; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, October 3, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Winooski, Vt. Burial will be at a later date in Hope Cemetery in Barre. Condolences may be shared with the family online at lavignefuneralhome.com.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the VNA Hospice Program, 1110 Prim Rd., Colchester, VT 05446 or St. Francis Xavier School, St. Peter St., Winooski, VT, 05404. Arrangements are under the care and direction of LaVigne Funeral Home and Cremation Service.

Donald Forrest Dennis

1949-2014, ST. GEORGE On Monday evening, September 22, 2014, our dear friend closed his eyes and died peacefully at home. Don lived life to the fullest, unyielding to cancer for more than 14 years.

The son of Louis and Beryl Forrest Dennis, Don was born on May 7, 1949, and grew up in Manhattan and graduated from Baruch College, City University of New York, with a business accounting degree.

Don moved to Montpelier, Vt., to work in accounting, but soon he pursued his love of nature to work as a forestry tech and supervisor

at Deerlodge and Helena, Mont., national forests. Don continued his studies in forestry at the University of New Hampshire, achieving an MS degree in forest resource management. Don began his U.S. Forest Service career in Broomall, Penn. As Don excelled within the Forestry Service, he furthered his education, graduating from Yale University with a PhD in forest economics. Don moved to the Northeastern Research Station in Burlington, Vt., in 1983, retiring after 30 years.

His research emphasis was on integrating the ecological and social dimensions of forest ecosystem management. He is the author of numerous publications and held an adjunct faculty appointment and mentored many PhD students at UVM. A traveler, explorer and lover of life and nature, Don shared his loyalty, generosity of time and wry humor with his friends. Don lived life on his own terms, not accepting obstacles or the mundane.

Don loved Vermont, the Green Mountains and Lake Champlain. He designed and built his home of 20 years surrounded by nature in St. George, Vt. Don loved hanging with the gang at Smallheads, bocce, the Adventure Clubbers, volleyball and Wednesday night sailing with his friend Terry. Don and Nancy Cloud married in 2005, beginning their adventures together by honeymooning on their Tartan sailboat Second Chance from New Jersey through New York Harbor to their home port of Charlotte on Lake Champlain.

After retiring in 2008, Don and Nancy traveled around the states, including Alaska, for over 11 months in their Airstream trailer, blogging about the parks, nature and sites they encountered on their journey. On other excursions they explored the national parks, Arizona, the California coast and Baja, camped through Hawaii, and sailed the Caribbean with their friends. Don’s spirit lives on with his wife, Nancy; stepdaughters Sara Sellmann of Portsmouth, N.H., and Kimberly Sinopoli; granddaughter Eva of Pittsfield, Mass.; and his many friends, whom he loved as family.

A celebration of Don’s life will be held for friends and family on Sunday, October 19, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center in Burlington. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation payable and addressed to the Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer Association, Inc., c/o Joan MacKenzie, Sec/Treas, 7 Lavoie Dr., Essex Junction, VT 05452.

Louis F. Kannenstine

1938-2014, WOODSTOCK Louis F. Kannenstine passed from this Earth on Wednesday, September 24, at DartmouthHitchcock Memorial Hospital following a massive hemorrhagic stroke. Lou, as he preferred to be called, was born in Houston, Texas, on June 5, 1938. He was the son of Helen R. and Fabian Miller Kannenstine, the latter a prominent geophysicist.

Lou spent his growing-up years in Houston, graduating from high school at St. John’s School. He was very active in theater, both in school and as an intern at the Alley Theater.

He also studied acting in New York for a summer with the Lee Strasberg Institute.

He then followed in his father’s footsteps and attended Washington University in Saint Louis, Mo., where he graduated with a BA in 1959.

While at college, he met his future wife, Margaret Lampe. They were married in New York City on October 3, 1959, where both pursued graduate studies.

Lou stayed in academia, receiving both a master’s degree and a PhD from New York University; the doctorate in 1971. His thesis was then published by New York University Press, titled: “The Art of Djuna Barnes, Duality and Damnation.” This work was for years the standard of excellence for insight into Ms. Barnes’ important writings. It was quoted in other scholarly works and used in college classrooms.

He taught freshman English

at both NYU and at Baruch College in New York City. While Peggy and Lou were living in the city, son David and daughter Emily were born to them.

He had long had a dream of being in a small publishing company, and when the academic market dried up, Lou was fortunate to meet Peter Jennison, founder of the Countryman Press, at a dinner party here in Vermont. (At that time, the family had a summer house in East Barnard and spent many happy times there.)

Just a few months after that first meeting, Peter called up, and Lou eagerly joined Countryman Press. Lou, Carl Taylor and Chris Lloyd were the backbone of Countryman, with Lou having his own imprint, Foul Play Press, which published new and reprinted mysteries from the U.S. and England.

Joining Countryman Press was the occasion of the happy move to Woodstock, Vt., in 1980, where he was glad to live the rest of his days.

When these four owners sold Countryman Press to W.W.Norton, Lou made an attempt at being retired. It didn’t suit him. So he began writing for New England Jazz Messenger, as jazz was another love of his. Then began his final career. Lou founded Boxholder Records, which specialized in making CDs of avant-garde jazz musicians. The discs he recorded were well-reviewed by the national jazz magazines; he brought out some musicians whose work was well-known and some whom he pioneered.

He ran this company out of his tiny home office at Rivendell Stables.

Lou found great happiness in knowing the authors he published, and later the jazz musicians he came to know so well through Boxholder.

Louis Kannenstine was predeceased by both his parents and by his son, David.

He is survived by his wife, Peggy; his daughter, Emily; and his grandson, Rainer Fabian Kannenstine, as well as several cousins.

The memorial service will be held on October 4 at 3 p.m. at the North Universalist Chapel in Woodstock. Following the service, there will be a reception in the chapel backyard with refreshments, conversation and even an open mic for anyone moved to perform music or share a story.

The Cabot Funeral Home in Woodstock is assisting the

family; an online guest book can be found at cabotfh.com.

Christine Morwood Reynolds

1946-2014, WINOOSKI Christine M. Reynolds has gone to be with the Lord to join her heavenly family.

Christine was born on July 15, 1946. On September 25, 2014, she passed away after a long, courageous battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her loved ones at the Vermont Respite House, where she received compassionate care. She was a teacher for many years and in her retirement she enjoyed working at Fletcher Allen Health Care.

She leaves behind a large extended family consisting of siblings, children, in-laws, grandchildren, numerous friends, coworkers, church family and her companion.

Her personality and remarkable memory for names have touched and blessed many lives.

A celebration service of her life will be held on October 12, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Cornerstone Community Church, 26 Bombardier Road, Milton, Vt. In lieu of cards and flowers, Christine wished that donations be made to Cornerstone Community Church. Condolences may be shared with the family online at lavignefuneralhome. com. Arrangements are under the care and direction of LaVigne Funeral Home and Cremation Service.

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ast week we gave you the fall performing arts preview — if you missed it, you can still read it at sevendaysvt.com. That was all about the 2014-15 seasons presented by the Flynn Center for Performing Arts, Hopkins Center for the Arts, the Barre Opera House, the UVM Lane Series and others. Over the next few weeks, we’ll take a peek at what local theater companies have in store for their stages — and a little behind-the-curtain news. Act 1…

“first professional female playwright,” Aphra Behn. According to the play’s description, the 1960s have nothing on the 1660s — except, you know, drugs and rock and roll.

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Montpelier’s professional, in-residence company Lost Nation Theater is actually at the end of its season, which runs April through October. And its finale is a double whammy: The 39 Steps and Comedy of Errors in repertory. Seven Days theater critic Alex Brown has already found both suitably hilarious (see her review of the latter on page 38 this issue). Perhaps it’s no surprise that four of the actors appear in both productions. And each has multiple roles in both. “They’re gluttons for punishment,” says Kathleen Keenan, cofounder of LNT and director of Steps, cheerfully. Her husband and

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In residence at the FlynnSpace for Season 21, Vermont Stage Company brings the usual mix of four diverse contemporary productions. It also offers the nowtraditional Winter Tales, a cozy holiday concoction of local storytellers and musicians served with cookies and hot cider; and the fourth annual “Bake Off,” which presents one play in three sections, each with a different director and cast.

Producing artistic director Cristina Alicea will take the director’s role for two of the new shows, mainly for budget reasons, she confides, but also “because I really love both of the plays I’m doing.”

The first is in production right now and opens next week: Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.

Chekhov fans will recognize some of those names (and may have seen the Weston Playhouse’s production this past summer). A 2013 Tony winner, on Broadway just last year, Durang’s work is a comedic but thoughtful Chekhovian mashup with a contemporary spin.

Alicea’s other directorial turn is far more poignant: The Mountaintop, written by Katori Hall, reimagines Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s last night. “It’s a magical realism story about this maid who visits him at the [Lorraine Motel] the night before he is assassinated,” says Alicea. “It’s really powerful; it humanizes King as well as lifts him up.”

Originally produced in England, the work won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and “now is one of the top-10 plays being produced nationally,” Alicea says.

VSC’s other two new shows are Or, — written by Liz Duffy Adams and directed

by Sarah Carleton — and Slowgirl, an original work by Greg Pierce of Shelburne (VSC produced his The Quarry last year) and directed by Robin Fawcett.

Or, is a Restoration comedy based on the remarkable life of a real figure, the

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LNT cofounder, Kim Bent, is directing Errors with Brett Gamboa.

Keenan admits that scheduling two productions simultaneously has been “a little more challenging than we

anticipated,” but says the company just wanted to try something new.

Also new this year is LNTix, which offers lower-price tickets to theatergoers ages 18 to 40. “We’re getting more and more people to sign up for it,” Keenan says. She’s happy to note, as well, that the new social hour is “catching on.”

That’s an after-the-show collaboration with several eateries in town to encourage audiences and theater crew alike to mingle, have a drink and discuss. “People enjoy the opportunity to hang out with the actors,” Keenan says.

Looking to the rest of this year, LNT will produce seasonal favorites: the annual “Edgar Allan Poe Spooktacular” on November 1 (Keenan promises “an aerial act” will entertain the costumed revelers); and It’s a Wonderful Life, produced as a live “radio” play, on December 3 and 4.

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Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, October 8 to 26; Winter Tales, December 10 , to 14; Or, January 28 to February 15; Slowgirl, March 11 to 29; The Mountaintop, April 22 to Tall Heights & Jim and Sam May 10; the “Bake Off,” June 16 to 21. All at FlynnSpace in Burlington. Prices and times vary. vtstage.org The 39 Steps and Comedy of Errors run in repertory Thursday through Saturday, through October 19, at City Hall Auditorium , in Montpelier. Check lostnationtheater.org featuring for dates, times, prices and future shows.

The Prima Donnettes, Thursday through SunTommy Larkins on drums day, October 2 to 12, 7:30 p.m., at Main Street Landing Black Box Theatre in Burlington. $20-22. girlsniteoutvt.com “October Souls,” Thursday through Saturday, October 2 to 4, 8 p.m., at Off Center for the Dramatic Arts in Burlington. $8-15. Reserva, tions: 716-640-4639. offcentervt.com Buy tickets at Into the Woods, by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, directed by Carol Dunne, goddard.edu/concerts Wednesday through Saturday, October 1 to 4, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, October 5, 5 p.m. (see website for future dates), at northern Stage, | WGDR/Goddard College Concerts Briggs Opera House in White River Junction.

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The big news at White River Junction’s professional theater company is: a new home! Well, not quite yet. Following a groundbreaking ceremony for its new building this Thursday at noon, attendees can catch a special performance of current production Into the Woods. And theater lovers anywhere are welcome to contribute to the capital campaign. More on NOrtherN staGe next week.

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Two words: girl group! Burlingtonbased theater company Girls Nite Out, founded in 2010, produces one show a year, always choosing a play with an exclusively or mostly female cast. This fall’s offering is The Prima Donnettes, a revue that spans — musically and culturally — “the era of hula hoops and drive-ins and the fight for equal rights.”

Advises GNO: “Think Dusty Springfield meets Tina Turner.”

Besides showcasing the vocalizing gals onstage, this year’s production is a sister act behind the curtain, too: GNO cofounder JaNet stambOliaN produces and her sib, Phyllis stambOliaN, directs. ashley O’brieN handles music direction.

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to expand. Many singers already have these standard parts in their repertoires and can arrive for rehearsals less than a week ahead.

OCM’s dress rehearsal on Wednesday night will be ticketed. That’s because, as of this writing, only 15 tickets remain for Friday’s performance and none for Sunday’s. Whether that’s because of the popularity of Traviata or of OCM is unclear. As Morrison says of the 11-year-old company, “We have developed an audience who will come to anything we do.”

In the meantime, audiences can revel in Verdi’s music using Morrison’s best-of choices, including a YouTube link to soprano Anna Netrebko’s impassioned delivery of the courtesan’s most famous arias. Morrison just ended a 10-year stint reviewing new classical CDs for Amazon; he used to receive a box heavier than he could lift every month, he says. He recommends the 1977 Deutsche Grammophon Traviata recording of Carlos Kleiber conducting Ileana Cotrubas and Placido Domingo, a version that New York Times classical writer Anthony Tommasini also recently singled out.

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a Traviata is the world’s mostperformed opera. According to Operabase, a website that compiles opera statistics from around the world, this season alone (2014-15) will see Verdi’s warhorse performed 748 times. Make that 750: The Opera Company of Middlebury, which is not yet on Operabase’s radar, will perform La Traviata twice this weekend.

Two elements account for the opera’s continued popularity since its premiere 161 years ago: music and story. “People know the music from Traviata even if they don’t know they know it,” says OCM board member Scott Morrison, who posts favorite CD, DVD and YouTube recordings of each opera the company produces on its website. “The music has more wonderful arias and ensembles than almost any other opera. In terms of hit tunes per minute,” he continues, only Carmen and La Bohème can compete.

And the story, adds this 77-year-old former University of Kansas Medical Center psychiatry professor, delivers an emotional wallop every time. “It’s the bad girl who’s really a good girl at heart,” Morrison summarizes, “who wins the wealthy man, then gives him up because it would ruin his sister’s chances for marriage. Well, I mean, there’s not a dry eye in the house when she gives him up.”

Nor, one might add, when she dies of TB after proving herself a selfless saint.

OCM’s production will pare back Traviata to highlight its music and dramatic values. The company calls this approach “staged concert opera”: not quite the full productions OCM does each June, but not the old “park and bark” style of concert opera, either, Morrison explains. With conductor Emmanuel Plasson’s full 25-instrument orchestra in the pit, the cast — starring soprano Rochelle Bard as the “fallen woman” Violetta — will appear in formal concert dress but act out their parts using a few key pieces of furniture. Led by Jeff Buettner, the Middlebury College Choir will sing the chorus’ part from risers at the back of the stage.

OCM executive director Doug Anderson thinks the tendency to reproduce the opera’s 19th-century setting, complete with hoop skirts, sometimes gets in the way of conveying its emotional power to a contemporary audience. “I call it the tyranny of the hand fan,” he says. In his updated version, tuxedos and formal gowns are appropriate costumes for a present-day story about a high-end prostitute holding court in

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her New York City loft. The language will be updated, too. Anderson has adjusted standard English translations of the Italian libretto so that the supertitles will read with a more contemporary ring.

The updating is apropros: Traviata was the first opera to be set in its own time, says Morrison, who will give the preperformance talk on Friday. In fact, Venice’s opera house La Fenice, which premiered the work in 1853, deemed it too risky to present an audience with a story about a contemporary courtesan and social milieu. Verdi and his librettist, Francesco Maria Piave, were tasked with resetting the opera in the 1700s.

More than three decades passed before companies felt comfortable situating it,

as intended, in 1850 — the setting specified by the Dumas novel on which it was based, La Dame aux Camélias.

Undaunted by the proliferation of Traviata productions since then, Anderson says he welcomes the opportunity to make the opera “new and fresh and nimble.” Meanwhile, he adds, he gets his rare-opera fixes from the company’s annual June productions, which typically feature works “a little on the fringes,” from Massenet’s Thaïs to this past season’s L’italiana in Algeri

by Rossini. (The next selection breaks that trend: Puccini’s Turandot.) OCM’s recent addition of well-loved operas in concert format — Madama Butterfly by Puccini in 2012, and now Traviata — is an economical way for the company

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And, admitting he’s “one of those old guys who still thinks about the golden age of opera,” Morrison directs listeners to a second recording. This 1960 RCA set includes some of the cast he heard live in 1952 when the Metropolitan Opera, then a traveling company, brought Robert Merrill and Richard Tucker to Oklahoma for Morrison’s first experience of Verdi’s hit. “I was 12 or 13, and I was knocked silly,” he recalls.

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INFO Verdi’s La Traviata in staged concert performance by the Opera Company of Middlebury; dress rehearsal Wednesday, October 1, 7:30 p.m., $20; performances Friday, October 3, 8 p.m., and Sunday, October 5, 2 p.m., Town Hall Theater, Middlebury. $40-50. ocmvermont.org

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Kara Walker is one of the most complex and prolific artists of her generation, and a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, or “genius grant,” in 1997. She is known for producing provocative works that address such highly charged themes as violence, race, and sexuality, in the context of African-American history. This panel takes a close look at the development of Walker’s work up to the present day. Co-sponsored by Special Collections at UVM’s Bailey-Howe Library.

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Figure drawings he made in college had “great emotional depth,” Boyce says. She later collaborated with Gober on dance pieces she choreographed in New York 30 years ago. He created sets that Boyce describes as “beautiful and evocative abstracted vistas.”

Dean corren, the Progressive/ Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, got to know Gober through the art department at Middlebury. The two were living a few blocks apart in Manhattan’s East Village in the mid’80s when Gober agreed to build the first model of an underwater turbine Corren had invented. Lamentably, Corren relates, Gober’s rendering, which was used to craft the blades for the actual turbine, was subsequently discarded by officials at New York University, where it had been stored.

Connecticut native Gober, now 60, was dogged in his ambition to become a professional artist, Corren recalls. “I couldn’t imagine the world dissuading him from pursuing his art. In a way,” he says, “that made it inevitable he would receive recognition.”

Awareness of Gober’s work — in the art world and beyond — exploded in 1997 when he exhibited in Los Angeles what is probably his most infamous piece. It’s a concrete, lifesize sculpture of the Virgin Mary, arms outstretched, with a culvert pipe running through her belly. Times critic Smith called it “a masterpiece.” Other viewers have chosen less positive terms to describe it.

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A Middlebury College graduate will join a select set of living American artists when the Museum of Modern Art celebrates his career with a fullscale retrospective. Titled “Robert Gober: The Heart Is Not a Metaphor,” the show of 130 works in a variety of mediums opens at the Manhattan museum on October 4.

“Early on,” trumpets a MoMA press release, “Gober’s sculptures declared themselves an indispensable part of the landscape of late-20th-century art.”

That oeuvre includes objects such as household furniture, sinks and body parts — all made by hand — as well as room-size installations that have included running water.

“Gober’s meticulous sculptures explore sexuality, relationships, nature, politics and religions,” writes New York’s Matthew Marks Gallery, which represents him. “His work is often based on memories from his childhood or on familiar subject matter from around his home or studio.”

A New York Times review of a 2007 Gober retrospective in Switzerland situated him “at the forefront of a generation that emerged in the 1980s and devised new ways to fuse the personal and the political, the accessible and the mysterious.”

Times critic Roberta Smith added that “Gober’s fraught, gender-bending, body-oriented form of protest sculpture” had been drawing “a chorus of superlatives” from visitors to the show at Basel’s Schaulager Museum.

A couple of Burlington-area classmates of Gober’s offered recollections of his time at Middlebury (1973-1977) and in New York City in the years immediately afterward.

“You could tell he was a rare visionary,” says Johanna Boyce, a

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The 87-year-old won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award in 1982 for his Selected Poems. “He’s had a huge impact in Vermont, but he’s also a nationally known poet and, really, a national figure,” Bacon says.

The annual gala offers the public an opportunity to meet noteworthy artists and arts organizers in person. After all, as Bacon points out, artists are scattered throughout Vermont’s cities, towns, mountains and valleys and rarely congregate in one place.

“Sometimes [award recipients] are people well known statewide or even nationally,” Bacon says. “[But], for example, Jody Fried — someone in southern Vermont might not know his name because the work he’s doing primarily affects the Northeast Kingdom. But that doesn’t make the work he’s doing any less profound.”

Awards recipients are nominated and selected by VAC’s staff and board members, but nominations from the public are also welcomed. Bacon characterizes the selection process as “informal” and stresses that the most important criterion is a nominee’s commitment to nurturing others’ creative impulses as well as his or her own.

“We look for people who are going above and beyond, not just doing their own personal creative work but having an impact on the community,” she says. m

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ach autumn, the Vermont arts CounCil invites the public and the arts community to gather under one roof — this year, the impressive mansard roof of the st.

Johnsbury athenaeum — for an awards gala and reception.

The annual event is designed “to bring focus to people who have been making a huge impact on the arts, its place in Vermont, and Vermont culture over a number of years,” says VAC communications manager Kira baCon. The 2014 Arts Awards Gala will be held on Tuesday, October 7, in Fuller Hall at the St. Johnsbury Academy. A community reception follows at the Athenaeum.

Three arts-world movers and shakers are being honored this year. The Walter Cerf Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts goes to filmmaker and Kingdom cofounder bess County ProduCtions o’brien. Her award-winning documentaries address topics including foster care and domestic violence. O’Brien’s film The Hungry Heart, about prescription-drug addiction in Vermont, was lauded in Gov. Peter shumlin’s State of the State address earlier this year.

Jody Fried, executive director of Catamount arts in St. Johnsbury, takes home the Arthur Williams Award for Meritorious Service to the Arts.

Fried took the helm of the Northeast Kingdom arts center in 2009; under his leadership, Catamount Arts has partnered with organizations around northern Vermont and New Hampshire to nurture inclusive, creative environments. “He has really made a difference through Catamount Arts, in terms of the vibrancy of the arts in that community,” says Bacon.

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In the U.S. alone, an estimated 266,000 to 400,000 people currently have it.

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The body’s own white blood cells strip the protective sheathing (myelin) off nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, leading to poor nerve function and a wide range of debilitating symptoms — numbness or tingling, dizziness, weakness, spasms, loss of coordination, problems with vision and urination. MS won’t kill you directly, but it can take five to 10 years off your life.

The causes of MS remain mysterious, although some trends are evident among those who get it. There’s a definite genetic tendency toward the

disease, although twin studies show environmental factors also play a part. Cigarette smoking is implicated not only for prevalence but severity of symptoms.

It’s long been thought there was a link between latitude and MS — people living above 42 degrees north were more likely to get the disease, and the further north you went, the greater the risk. A 2011 study in Sweden concluded that the prevalence of MS increased by 1.5 percent for men and 1 percent for women for each degree of latitude further north. The same effect has been found in Japan and an equivalent southern-hemisphere effect in New Zealand, where the risk increases as you head south.

Other researchers downplay the latitude gradient, saying the real problem is vitamin D deficiency. Latitude figures in this because the greater your distance from the equator, the lower your exposure to ultraviolet radiation, specifically

to live closer to the equator. In Australia and New Zealand, for example, MS is far more common among those of British background than Aborigines and Maori.

Back to the fundamental question: Is MS becoming more common? Sure looks that way. A 35-year Australian study found the MS prevalence (total-cases) rate tripled and the incidence (new-cases) rate doubled between the early 1960s and the mid1990s. A study of one county in Norway found incidence went up by a factor of 3.3 over 50 years, with smaller increases in other counties.

Women have borne the brunt of the jump in MS. Between 1950 and 2000 the ratio of women to men with the disease increased by about 1.4 percent per year. Nowadays it’s estimated that women are 50 to 300 percent more likely to be diagnosed with MS than men.

Why? Nobody knows.

One possibility is women are simply more likely to seek help for MS-like symptoms.

Other hypotheses include more obesity, increased use of oral contraceptives and hormonereplacement therapy and a trend towards later childbirth.

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It seems almost everyone I’ve spoken with in the past few years has a family member or friend with a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.

What’s going on here? Is the incidence increasing? Is it being recognized with greater accuracy due to improved testing? Or is it one of those catchall diagnoses for unexplained problems of the central nervous system?

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the shorter-wavelength UV-B, and the less vitamin D you produce. Some claim to see a link between spring/early-summer birthdays and MS, which could be tied to mothers’ lower UV-B exposure during pregnancy.

Research in the U.S. indicates an east-west gradient for MS prevalence, possibly related to the spread of Scandinavian immigrants across the country.

Meanwhile back in Norway there seems to be reduced risk in the northernmost regions, possibly due to greater local consumption of oily fish. To further confuse matters, there’s apparently little relationship between MS and vitamin D in food, although vitamin D supplements may have a protective effect.

MS is mostly a problem for those of northern European ancestry — it’s rare in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. That’s not just because nonwhites tend

Then again, research shows MS was increasing in women even in the pre-Pill days, and for that matter before any of these other trends had emerged.

Improved diagnosis undoubtedly does explain some of the increase. One study found MS rates in parts of Finland were fairly stable from 1979 to 1993, then more than doubled between 1994 and 1998 — a jump the investigators attributed to greater use of magnetic resonance imaging to aid in diagnosis. (While there’s no definitive MS test and diagnosis is partly a process of elimination, using MRI to look for lesions in the nervous system eliminates some of the guesswork.)

Another explanation for the increase is that people with MS are living longer. Still, factoring all that out, the consensus seems to be that there’s been a real increase in MS in the past 50 years, possibly due to some unknown environmental cause.

I don’t mean to be alarmist.

A disease that even in hotspots afflicts three people in a thousand doesn’t qualify as the next Ebola. The fact remains that if you’re a woman of northern European extraction and someone in your family has MS, there’s a growing chance you’ll get it, too.

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The Streets of Johnson was something wrong with the girl, until one summer when I visited her at her home in Johnson, here in Vermont, where she grew up. Both her parents teach at the college in that town. Anyway, right on the main street running through Johnson, you could just step off the curb and all the cars would stop for you. That’s when I realized she wasn’t spaced out — she was just a country bumpkin.”

My customer paused for a moment, and a wistful look came over her face as she added, “This is my third wedding this year. I guess I’m at that age. And some of my friends are even starting to have babies.”

“How about you?” I asked. “You see anything like that in the near future?”

“Oh, I don’t know about me. I have been in a serious relationship for a couple of years, but both of us come from families that went through acrimonious divorces.

So, as you could imagine, we’re both gun-shy.”

“Well,” I said, steering the taxi off the highway and onto Route 15, “we do get to learn from our parents’ mistakes. I mean, as a child of divorce, it doesn’t mean that you’re destined to repeat it. You get to do things differently.”

“But how do you know when you’ve found the right partner?”

I couldn’t help myself from letting out an exaggerated “ha!” before adding, “Ain’t that the big question?

My feeling is, it has to do with shared values and ethics more than anything else. Do you believe in the same things? Do you share the same hopes and dreams? Do you really, truly respect the other person? Because, over a lifetime, everything else will change and evolve.”

I thought that was a pretty thoughtful answer, coming on the fly and all, but this woman — as she quickly made clear — was more focused on the nitty-gritty.

“So, I just had this big fight with my boyfriend tonight before I went out. He reluctantly agreed to come to this wedding, but he didn’t want to go to the rehearsal

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dinner and party. He was like, ‘I’m tired, but I’ll do it for you, if you really want me to.’ But I was like, ‘I don’t want you to do it for me. If it was your friend’s wedding, I would want to meet all your old friends.’ So he goes, ‘All right — then I’ll go with you.’ But I was like, ‘Don’t do me any favors,’ and just stormed out. And that’s the thing that worried me — he’s always concerned with his own personal happiness. That seems to be his guiding principle.”

“Well, for what it’s worth, my intuition is that it’s not about being ‘tired’ or whatnot. He’s probably uncomfortable meeting new people, unsure how he’s gonna fit in, that kind of thing. You, on the other hand, strike me as gregarious, like you thrive on people and socializing.”

“You’re absolutely right about that,” she said. “So what do I do about it? Could he change, or is this just the kind of person he is?”

I laughed again. My customer was posing those unknowable questions. I’ve lived a long time — far more than half my likely life span — but I’ve learned that the mere passage of time is, at best, tangentially related to actual wisdom. More often, it seems I know less with each passing year.

I replied, “Look, I have no idea. People do change, but I don’t think you can build a relationship with the idea of changing your partner. In fact, they’ll generally push back against it. But I think if you really do love somebody, and they love you, you can both change by the example of the other. I think couples naturally influence each other that way.”

My customer chuckled and said, “So what you’re saying is you’re not going to advise me whether or not I should stay with this guy.”

“Nope, sorry, I am not,” I replied, smiling as I pulled up to the front of the hotel. “You’ll have to try your next cab driver.” m

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“Are you talking about the Inn at Essex?” I replied through the passenger window to this would-be customer. “Or maybe it changed names?”

“You got me. It’s kind of a fancy place, quite a bit out of town, maybe 15 or 20 minutes? Oh, it’s next to a big factory outlet mall — does that help?”

“Yup, we’re talking about the same place. Jump in.”

It was Saturday night, and the town was hopping due to, well, Saturday night, but also it was the weekend of Grace Potter’s annual waterfront festival. I remember seeing Grace and her band, the Nocturnals, in 2003 at Nectar’s with maybe a hundred people in the audience.

A decade later, she’s a veritable rock goddess, appearing on national TV. Her music is all over the radio and internet, and she’s playing major venues throughout the country. There’s no better story than “local girl makes good.”

Meeting my customer’s eyes in the rearview mirror, I asked, “Are you in town this weekend for the Grand Point North concert?”

“No, but I heard about it, and I love Grace Potter. I’m here for a wedding tomorrow — my old roommate from our college days in Ontario.”

“Well, how lovely is that? Do you approve of the groom?”

“Oh, I sure do. He’s a great guy. He’s a lawyer, and the bride, Donna, is a lawyer. And, for that matter, I’m a lawyer. How about that?”

I chuckled and said, “I’d hate to get in an argument with the three of you. It’d be a massacre!”

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LIFE DURING WARTIME The Civil War’s sesquicentennial brings to Vermont a wealth of exhibits and events — and reflection on what it all means

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obert Penn Warren wrote that “many clear facts about America are best understood in reference to the Civil War.” This comment from his book The Legacy of the Civil War, published in 1961, reappears on the website for the Vermont Humanities Council’s 2014 fall conference. And no wonder: The two-day event next month at the University of Vermont is titled “A Fire Never Extinguished: How the Civil War Continues to Shape Civic and Cultural Life in America.” One hundred and fifty years later, we’re still talking about it.

In fact, we’ve been commemorating the sesquicentennial for four years — the war lasted from 1861 to 1865 — but as we approach the final marker, the number

of events and exhibitions in Vermont has mushroomed. “Nationally, the U.S. has just kind of woken up to the Civil War [anniversary],” observes Tom Denenberg, director of the Shelburne Museum. “In the last year, we’re suddenly all doing shows.”

It’s not like Ken Burns didn’t give us a huge heads up: His documentary series The Civil War came out in 1990.

Shelburne Museum’s new touring exhibit, “Homefront & Battlefield: Quilts and Context in the Civil War,” is one of several shows this fall that contribute to the Civil War conversation — and not in the ways you might expect. That one looks at the era largely through the lens of the 19thcentury textile industry.

Meanwhile, UVM’s Fleming Museum of Art offers three distinct exhibits: a stunning collection of battlefield drawings from so-called “special artists” (today we call them embedded journalists); a contemporary exhibit of prints by art star Kara Walker that address race, gender and history; and an engaging selection of Civil War-era art and artifacts culled from university archives.

Norwich University’s Sullivan Museum and History Center got an earlier start with “1864: Some Suffer So Much,” which opened last January.

Focused on medical conditions and treatment during the war, it’s paired with an exhibit about the history of posttraumatic stress disorder.

We describe those exhibits in more detail below. A sidebar rounds up smaller current exhibits, talks and other forthcoming programs.

Collectively, all this information may seem like overkill to anyone but the most enthused Civil War historian. But paying attention might be a good idea. Though Americans are reputed to have short attention spans — and memories — the Civil War is still shaping our civic and cultural life, in ways large and small.

“To this day, we still play out all the issues that [the war] brought about — reconstruction, race relations,” says Denenberg. He adds that the Civil War exhibits should hit home particularly in Vermont, as the war and its aftermath did. “We tend to forget

On view through May 17, 2015, at the Fleming Museum of Art, UVM, in Burlington. $3-5.

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of three Vermont soldiers he treated. Each man had a leg amputated.

An unmotorized chainsaw is among the items displayed in a “Bone Exsection Kit” that belonged to Union Army surgeon H. Hernstein. An accompanying text reports that Union and Confederate doctors carried out more than 60,000 amputations during the course of the conflict.

The show’s introductory text notes that 10 percent of the state’s population — 34,000 Vermonters — marched off to war

“When civil war broke out in America,” writes the Shelburne Museum, “the very fabric of life was altered.” Call it a pun, a cliché or a metaphor, but that phrase the very fabric of life could not be more apt in reference to both this exhibit and a central facet of life in the 19th century. One word: cotton.

Yes, the Civil War was about slavery, and states’ rights, and the sharp ideological divide that very nearly scotched a nascent Union and democracy itself. But in the narrative of that devastating fouryear conflict, the textile industry stands paramount. “Homefront & Battlefield: Quilts and Context in the Civil War” takes on that story, and stitches it together with a rather remarkable collection of objects and personal anecdotes.

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It may or may not have been curator Margaret Tamulonis’ intention, but this exhibit in the Fleming Museum’s Wilbur Room — drawn from the Fleming, Dana Medical Library and Special Collections at Bailey/Howe Library — makes a powerful antiwar statement.

It includes, for example, a magnified, printed rendition of an anguished handwritten letter that Henrietta Parker of Vergennes sent to her son, Union Army Capt. Charles Parker, on Christmas Day, 1862. “I am sick sick Heartsick, of this War, and I want my Son out of it and I must have you out of it,” Parker wrote. “They accomplish nothing but the slaughtering of thousands, and to all appearances it is all they will accomplish.”

Capt. Parker was not among those slaughtered, as it happened. He survived the war to become mayor of Vergennes and a state legislator.

A Winslow Homer study for his stark and eloquent oil painting “Trooper Meditating Beside a Grave” hangs near a drawing by Vermont artist Julian Scott of an apparently wounded soldier. Scott, who enlisted in the Union Army as a 15-year-old drummer, went on to paint the enormous “Battle of Cedar Creek,” on permanent display in the Statehouse in Montpelier.

If some of the artworks in this selection are moving, a few of the artifacts are downright chilling. A medical register compiled

by Dr. Henry James, born in Waterbury in 1832, is opened to a page containing photos

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“Places to Visit” lists the state’s many Civil War parks, monuments and markers.

‘Civil War Objects From the University of Vermont Collections’

between 1861 and 1865. It would not have been uncommon 150 years ago to encounter a Vermont veteran missing a limb or two.

The show’s freakiest piece is a 152-yearold biscuit on which Vermonter Charles Wainwright wrote a letter to his mother.

He was sending the “hardtack,” Wainwright explained, as a sample of soldiers’ rations, which he regarded as fairly tasty (though one wonders if he was being facetious). The hardy condition of this biscuit confirms the curator’s note that hardtack was made to be impervious to insects and spoilage.

Other curios — not all dumbfounding, but still interesting — include a 34star Union flag; a tulip quilt sewn by the women of the Plainfield Congregational Church to raise funds for soldiers’ families; and a pike used in the raid that John Brown conducted on a Union arsenal at Harper’s Ferry in hopes of instigating an armed uprising against slavery.

Don’t be put off by the show’s bland title. Seeing it will deepen your understanding of the human cost of the Civil War — or any war.

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that Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine disproportionately contributed soldiers to the war,” Denenberg says.

“The ‘empty chair’ played a role in the late 19th century — people emptied out of farms. The quiescence of New England after the war is inextricably tied up in our history.”

The “fundamental reorganization of the American economy and social geography,” Denenberg concludes, “wasn’t just about the South.”

These exhibits don’t merely speak eloquently to conditions on the battlefield and the homefront during the war; they also reveal ways in which the conflict brought about “firsts” — such as a hospital system and veterans’ pensions — and how it burdened a still-young nation with the inestimable task of repairing itself. That’s still a work in progress.

Kevin Thornton is a Brandonbased Civil War historian and fellow at the UVM Center for Research on Vermont. He points to a basic problem with the way America tends to remember that war: with “a sentimental focus on the courage and loss of soldiers.

“That’s fine,” he continues, “but it glosses over differences between the North and the South, and loses the disagreements that the war was based on.”

Vermonters, and Union states generally, reveled in being on the “right side” and congratulated themselves for their noble sacrifices, Thornton says. One of the consequences? “The state of African Americans is kind of abandoned.”

Thornton will speak next month at the Fleming Museum on “Mourning and the Civil War in Vermont.” His talk returns to another central theme of the Civil War period: the massive loss of life, and how that loss framed reality for everyone left behind. About a million people died, out of a national population of 30 million: “It was a cataclysmic event,” says Thornton.

“People should think about what was, and still is, at stake,” he continues. “Questions about who’s an American and who’s equal. That matters. It’s an essential question about the nature of America. That’s why we should remember … the Civil War is an important part of where and who we are today.”

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“Crest of Pine Mountain, Where General Polk Fell”

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Curated by Madelyn Shaw and Lynne Zacek Bassett at the American Textile History Museum in Lowell, Mass. — and curated for the Pizzagalli by Carolyn Bauer — the touring exhibit shows us the relationship of southern cotton plantations to (mostly) northern mills. “In 1860, nearly 4 million men, women and children were enslaved,” reads one legend. “Clothing them was an industry in itself.” And so the slaves picking cotton under a hot sun and the so-called “shoddy” cloth on their backs — coarsely woven and simply constructed — represented two ends of a closed loop. The North profited from this system. In 1860, we’re told, Rhode Island led the nation in the production of slave cloth.

When the war began, the mills — and sewing women at home — had a new mission: Soldiers, both the blue and the gray, needed uniforms, blankets, socks, bandages and other paraphernalia. Like any war, this one also required its flags, banners and patriotic regalia. And, in short order, it necessitated the accouterments of the bereaved. The exhibit catalog for “Homefront & Battlefield” details this development plainly: Mourning fabrics of every quality and price were available. In the North, several manufacturers specialized in mourning prints, and many firms produced medium quality black woolens. Finer quality dull silks or mixed silk and wool goods, however, such as poplins or bareges, were imported from European makers. A sales sample book from Boston’s Jordan Marsh & Co. department store dating to the 1860s contains dozens of swatches of black fabrics … Gray (also called slate or lead color), purple, lavender, and white were all acceptable choices for the later stages of mourning.

Yes, the widows and children at home had to be clothed, too, and often fashionably.

Rather than taking a cynical attitude toward such attire, “Homefront & Battlefield” simply presents examples of these items to show the other kind of divide implied in its title. The exhibit does not suggest that, while men were dying, it was business as usual back home. Far from it. There was suffering and privation all around, and women and girls undertook ample “war efforts.” “Urgent appeals in papers sent women into frenzied activity,” notes one text.

Along with the socks and mittens and quilts they stitched and sent off via aid societies, women often would include notes to soldiers. An example: My dear friend,—You are not my husband nor son; but you are the

Mourning Print Day Dress, 1860-65 Log Cabin Quilt, 1893

husband and son of some woman who undoubtedly loves you as I love mine. I have made these garments for you with a heart that aches for your sufferings…

The women hoped to provide solace along with warm clothing, but also, write the curators, to “strengthen a soldier’s bonds to his home and preserve him from the corrupting influences of rough, male camplife.”

“Homefront & Battlefield” does not gloss over the horrors of the Civil War

era — the existence of slavery, the deeply miserable conditions of soldiers, the devastating number of casualties. It includes historical items such as an American flag that was presented to President Lincoln just days before his assassination, and the noose that was used to hang radical abolitionist John Brown. And, yes, there are plenty of quilts, including one made by a wounded Union soldier during his hospitalization.

The strength of this exhibit, however, lies in the personal stories behind the objects — such as the one about that

soldier’s quilt. He had been captured by Confederates, we learn, then escaped and was sheltered by a female slave.

Later, during racial conflict back home in Oklahoma, the man had occasion to protect an African American woman in his turn.

Such stories humanize the Civil War in a way that a history-class recitation of battles and casualty statistics, of “winners” and “losers,” cannot. With its unique framework of textiles, “Homefront & Battlefield” indeed allows us a glimpse of the “fabric of life” during wartime.

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Walker’s racially and sexually charged art incorporates stereotypical and derogatory images with the aim of diminishing their destructive power. The tactic is similar to some black rappers’ use of the word On view through December 12 at the “nigger” as a means of draining the slur of Fleming Museum of Art, UVM, in Burlington. its venom. $3-5. Info, 656-0750. uvm.edu/~fleming Not everyone gets that message, howVisitors to the Fleming this fall have the ever. Some older black visual artists have chance to glimpse the glow of one of the denounced Walker’s work on the grounds brightest stars in the contemporary-art that the caricatures fuel racism rather constellation. than defuse it.

The work of Kara Walker was a trendExaggerated lips and noses dominate ing topic in this summer’s culture news the faces that she superimposes on what as more than 100,000 New were originally landscape Yorkers and tourists trekked or genre scenes of Civil War to an abandoned Domino battles. Breasts, vaginas and sugar factory in Brooklyn penises frequently appear in to view a monumental Walker’s work as well, though sugar-and-polystyrene they’re not always attached to sphinx that the 44-year-old the expected gender. There’s African American artist had a slapstick quality to many of installed there. “A Subtlety, her mashups, with cartoonor the Marvelous Sugar ish characters dashing about Baby” was typically provocaor striking contorted poses. tive. It featured the caricaBut none of it is very tured Negroid facial features funny. In “Buzzard’s Roost characteristic of Walker’s art, Pass,” for example, a disemwhich assaults us with, rather bodied black female head than merely addresses, themes floats between two mounof race, gender and U.S. history. tains, its mouth a rictus Now the Fleming is of death. Jagged strips presenting a dozen of jut from where its neck Walker’s large-scale, black-onMourning ribbon for should be. A torn-off arm President Lincoln white prints in the Wolcott Room, hovers outside the picture on loan from the Mount Holyoke plane, while detached breasts College Art Museum in South rise and sink like hot-air balloons. Violence Hadley, Mass. Combining lithography and with racial overtones is an element in many screen-printing, these pieces, created in of Walker’s seemingly playful depictions.

2005, serve as a comparatively tame introHer radical interventions in Civil War duction to the artist’s oeuvre, which has setpieces force contemporary viewers grown edgier over the past decade. to consider the racial component of the For these, Walker appropriated conflict and to reflect on its reverberating woodcut plates from Alfred H. Guernsey legacy in places like Ferguson, Mo. and Henry M. Alden’s Harper’s Pictorial — K.J.K. History of the Civil War, first published in 1866. She then enlarged the illustrations and reprinted them using offset lithogra- ‘1864: Some Suffer phy. Finally, Walker screen-printed them So Much’ with her signature silhouettes — profiles, On view until December 19 at the Sullivan full bodies and, in some cases, body parts Museum and History Center, Norwich — in inky black.

University, in Northfield. Free. Info, 485The suite of images on display at 2183. academics.norwich.edu/museum the Fleming may be familiar to some Vermonters. The Middlebury College Despite its small population, Vermont has Museum of Art presented the same col- always played an outsize role in American lection five years ago as part of a show of military campaigns — and no Vermont contemporary artists’ interpretations of institution has contributed more to those American history.

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While no blue-versus-gray battles were fought within its boundaries, Vermont is nonetheless rich in Civil War history, as reflected in its many current and upcoming commemorations of the war’s 150th anniversary.

Last month saw the reenactment of the St. Albans Raid, which was not a military action per se but a heist noteworthy for embodying the complexities of NorthSouth political tensions. The events listed here may not entail the consumption of hardtack or the wearing of oppressive woolen uniforms, but they offer plenty of interest for history buffs and curious citizens alike.

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“THE VERMONT CIVIL WAR SONGBOOK” Singer Linda Radtke and pianist Arthur Zorn present an unusually melodic perspective on the Civil War. They perform period songs about the war that were written by Vermonters, many of them gleaned from the sheet-music collection of the Vermont Historical Society.

Catamount Arts, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m. Free.

Info, 748-2600. catamountarts.org

“ARMING THE UNION: GUNMAKERS IN WINDSOR, VERMONT” AND “FULL DUTY: THE CIVIL WAR COLLECTION OF HOWARD COFFIN” Where exactly did all those Civil War munitions come from? Many of them came from Vermont.

“Arming the Union” details how the Windsor machine-tool company Lamson Goodnow & Yale and other northern factories outfitted the Union Army with more than 1.5 million rifles.

The collections of renowned local Civil War historian, author and collector Howard Coffin (see other listings) form the basis of “Full Duty,” which uses diaries, photographs, weapons and other Civil War ephemera to tell the stories of everyday Vermont soldiers, doctors and nurses.

American Precision Museum, Windsor. $5-8; under 6 and members free. Info, 674-5781. americanprecision.org

Radtke and Zorn also perform on Sunday, October 12, 2 p.m., at the Caledonia Grange in East Hardwick; and Sunday, October 26, 4 p.m., at the First Congregational Church of Brookfield.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8 “VERMONT AND THE CIVIL WAR” Vermont Civil War historian Howard Coffin speaks about the contributions of Vermonters to the Civil War and the war’s effects in Vermont.

Montgomery Town Hall, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 3262211. vermonthumanities.org

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“STATUES OF LIBERTY: A SESQUICENTENNIAL EXHIBIT & CELEBRATION” “Statues of Liberty” marks the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the act that created the National Statuary Hall, penned by then-congressman Justin Morrill of Vermont.

Photographs and documents recount the creation of statuary of notable figures from all 50 states. Justin Smith Morrill Homestead, Strafford. $6; under 14 free. Info, 765-4288. morrillhomestead.org

THROUGH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 “THE COOLIDGES, PLYMOUTH AND THE CIVIL WAR” OK, so Silent Cal was born in 1872 — well after the Civil War ended. But Vermont’s only native president had an abiding interest in the conflict, and this exhibit at his former homestead shows how that historical keenness shaped Coolidge’s politics. The exhibit also explores how a faraway war affected even a tiny town in central Vermont President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, Plymouth. $2-9; free for children under 6. Info, 672-3773. historicsites.vermont. gov/directory/coolidge

THROUGH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 “FREE & SAFE: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN VERMONT” Following the stories of two fugitive slaves who found shelter at the Robinson family’s Rokeby farm in the 1830s, “Free & Safe” explores the local abolitionist movement in the decades preceding the Civil War. This award-winning multimedia exhibit brings history home in a visceral way. Rokeby Museum, Ferrisburgh. $8-10; under 5 free. Info, 877-3406. rokeby.org

“A FIRE NEVER EXTINGUISHED: HOW THE CIVIL WAR CONTINUES TO SHAPE CIVIC AND CULTURAL LIFE IN AMERICA” This two-day event-packed conference, presented by the Vermont Humanities Council in collaboration with the Vermont Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, explores the ways in which the Civil War has shaped and continues to shape American art, politics and demographics, among other topics. Featured speakers include Wesleyan University professor Lois Brown on postwar racial politics, and Harvard University professor John Stauffer on the transformative effect of the Civil War on American letters. Dudley H. Davis Center, University of Vermont in Burlington. $129; $79 for students; registration ends November 3. fireneverextinguished.org

ONGOING “SERVICE & SACRIFICE: VERMONT’S CIVIL WAR GENERATION” This exhibit, which the curator says will continue “for at least six months,” features photographs from the Civil War as well as the famous 150-foot Andrus Civil War panorama, and shows how that war affected the lives of Vermonters in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Admission includes access to the entire museum. Vermont Heritage Galleries at the Vermont History Center, Barre. $3-5; members free. Info, 479-8500. vermonthistory.org/visit/ vermont-heritage-galleries “VERMONT IN THE CIVIL WAR” The recent restoration of the golden-domed Vermont Statehouse has turned the building itself into a Civil War monument of sorts: It now looks much as it did at the war’s outbreak.

Several interpretive exhibits, some drawn from the collections of the ubiquitous Civil War historian Howard Coffin, inform visitors of the politics behind the state’s involvement in the war. Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier. Free.

Info, 828-0386. vtstatehouse.org

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efforts than Norwich University. This was especially true during the Civil War, when Vermonters held key leadership roles not just in combat, but also in providing care for soldiers returning home with physical and psychological wounds.

Now, a temporary exhibit at the university’s Sullivan Museum and History Center recognizes the contributions of Norwich alums and other Vermonters in the development of combat medicine, veterans’ hospitals and soldiers’ homes.

The exhibit, named “1864: Some Suffer So Much” after a verse from Walt Whitman’s “The Wound Dresser” — about the poet’s experiences as a volunteer nurse in military hospitals — also provides a historical context for the phenomenon we now call posttraumatic stress disorder.

Though not large, the exhibit includes several Civil War-era medical artifacts, including a physician’s case, a surgeon’s knife, a tooth extractor and a bloodletting blade. The last was also used for inoculating soldiers against smallpox by slicing their arms and injecting them with the blood or pus of an infected soldier. Also on display is an authentic military field chair, made of carpet material similar to that used by the notorious carpetbaggers of the Reconstruction era.

As interesting as the local photos and artifacts are the texts explaining Vermont’s role in creating a national medical establishment that’s still in existence today.

“We didn’t really have a hospital system prior to the Civil War. It was really developed as a result of the war,” explains Sarah Henrich, director of the Sullivan, who helped create the exhibit. In fact, it was Vermont’s then-governor, Frederick Holbrook, who helped convince President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in 1862 that wounded soldiers would recover faster if they were sent not to field hospitals but to hospitals in their home states.

In response, Brig. Gen. Jedediah Baxter, surgeon general of the army and one of 12 Norwich alums who served as combat surgeons during the Civil War, was charged with establishing military hospitals throughout the Northeast. They included three in Vermont: Baxter General Hospital in Burlington, Smith General Hospital in Brattleboro and Sloan General Hospital in Montpelier. Baxter, a Strafford native, is also credited with compiling the names of more than one million men who

served in the war to establish the nation’s first veterans’ pension fund.

Among the most compelling and timely elements of the exhibit is a kiosk that traces the history of PTSD. Accounts of the condition, called Heimweh in German and maladie du pays in French — both translate as “homesickness” — date back at least 3,000 years. Egyptian war veteran Hori described his feelings of terror before entering battle. The ancient Greek historian Herodotus, in recounting the battle of Marathon in 490 BCE, described an Athenian warrior who went blind after a soldier beside him was killed, though he himself suffered no physical wounds.

The exhibit acknowledges that it’s not only soldiers who suffer from PTSD. Englishman Samuel Pepys, in his account of the Great Fire of London in 1666, described his own PTSD-like symptoms when he learned of even minor fires in the months following that conflagration.

The Civil War, the first in which killing was accomplished with industrial efficiency, resulted in epidemic levels of the condition then dubbed “soldier’s heart” or “nostalgia.” The malady was so widespread that army doctors pleaded with Lincoln’s war department to screen recruits for susceptibility to psychological breakdowns. (Vermonter Dennis McFarland’s Nostalgia: A novel Novel, named one of the Novel Post’s 50 best Washington Post books of 2013, chronicles the harrowing tale of one such afflicted soldier.)

Civil War vets who suffered from PTSD were often treated abysmally.

Medical case As the exhibit notes, “The most deplorable result of extreme cases were [sic] those men sent home with the name of their hometown pinned to their tunics or left to wander about the countryside until their lives ended from exposure or starvation.”

Invariably, it fell to the women to care for these battle-scarred men, many of whom wandered aimlessly around Burlington, unable to work or care for themselves. So severe was the public outcry about these vets’ mistreatment that it led to the formation of the nation’s first soldiers’ homes.

As the exhibit points out, the name, diagnosis and treatment of PTSD has come a long way since World War II, when Gen. George Patton slapped two soldiers diagnosed with “battle fatigue,” calling them “weaklings” and “malingerers.” Even so, an estimated 58,000 veterans with combat-related PTSD are currently homeless on American streets. It’s clear that many vets are suffering still.

— K.P.

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JEWISH LIFE ON CAMPUS: VERMONT, AMERICA, ISRAEL AND THE WORLD Eric Fingerhut has devoted his professional life to public service and higher education.

He led Ohio’s system of public universities and colleges as Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents from 2007 to 2011.

More recently, he served as Corporate Vice President of Education and STEM Learning business at Battelle, the world’s largest independent research and development organization. From 1997 to 2006, he served as an Ohio state senator, and from 1993 to 1994, he represented Ohio’s 19th congressional district in the U.S. Congress.

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In one of Becker’s pieces, a soldier who deserted is shown just prior to his execution as he kneels atop what will be his coffin. An accompanying text notes that more than 260,000 soldiers deserted the Union “Drumming Out a Coward Officer” Army during the

by Edward F. Mullen course of the war.

Another Becker drawing depicts a group of diggers exhuming the corpse of ‘First Hand: Civil War a soldier to be sent north for reburial. The Era Drawings From the artist titled this work “Something to Coax the Appetite,” employing what the show’s Becker Collection’ curator identifies as “dark sarcasm of the On view through December 12 at the olfactory experience.”

Fleming Museum of Art, UVM in Burlington.

A couple of pieces record the practice $3-5; free for members and Vermont college of “foraging” — a euphemism for troops’ students. Info, 656-0750. uvm.edu/~fleming pillaging of animals and grains from local These days, journalists covering conflicts farms. Also unsettling is an unknown artthe world over expose themselves to risk ist’s sketch of a wounded and despondent of death. And a century and a half ago, the soldier lying on a cot in a bare hospital so-called “special artists” who sketched room. It’s a rare tableau, the curator points the American Civil War for newspapers out, because newspapers were reluctant to back home experienced their own extreme publish interior scenes of hospitals, which hardships and danger. As a text panel in were known as places where soldiers were this exhibit of battlefield drawings notes, sent to die, not to be healed. artist-reporters embedded with Union Other images in the show exemplify troops “worked under perhaps the worst the 19th-century treatment of war as valconditions artists have ever encountered orous and glorious. Noble commanders on an ongoing basis.” sit rigidly upright as their well-groomed Henri Lovie’s “Deliverance” hints at steeds prance toward the battlefield. A line what these early embeds had to endure. of drummers flanked by trim, tall riflemen It’s a self-portrait of the exhausted artist leads a procession in which a “coward ofin the aftermath of a Union defeat as he ficer” is being marched off in disgrace. It totters down the gangplank of a ship cov- turns out that some of these more positive, ered in 28 inches of snow. or reassuring, portrayals were retouched Lovie (1829-1875) comes close to before publication to reflect New York stealing this revelatory show. His skillful editors’ conceptions of the war and to drawings stand out among the 100 or so cater to the public’s presumed expectation created by the half-dozen special artists of how it should be depicted. represented in this sampling from the Some of the embedded artists mancollection of Joseph Becker. All the art- aged to convey the reality of what they ists worked for Frank Leslie’s Illustrated were seeing rather than succumbing to the Newspaper, a popular weekly based in role of propagandists. Edward Mullen, for New York City. Becker, himself a war instance, presents a group of Confederate correspondent working with graphite POWs as bedraggled and harmless-looking on drawing paper, had the foresight to figures taking an oath of allegiance to the preserve 700 of the original pieces after Union. Leslie’s audience may have been he became the newspaper’s art director. perplexed that he did not portray the The Civil War was the first also to be rebels as diabolical, or at least menacing. documented by photography, but, as the This touring exhibition, organized by Fleming’s introduction to this exhibit the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston notes, “the journalists’ drawings often College, offers the first opportunity to provide more detail, drama and emo- view works from a collection that’s fastion than did the new technology of the cinating both historically and artistically. camera.” In addition, that technology was Contemporary war correspondents face slow, the equipment cumbersome and less challenges such as speaking coherently portable than an artist’s sketchpad. into a tape recorder as bombs explode Within this selection, the degree of nearby. But sketching skillfully under aesthetic achievement varies from artist similarly terrifying circumstances would to artist and drawing to drawing, but likely have presented even greater difviewers are likely to pay more attention to ficulties for these artistic chroniclers of the remarkable content of the work than the Civil War. to its quality.

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What, Me Warrior?

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ho wouldn’t want to be a ninja warrior? That’s the question that has me leaping through a miniobstacle course of kid-size gymnastic equipment — alphabet-themed carpet squares, metal pirouette bars — toward a padded ramp. There, coach Noah Labow wants me to execute a “misty” roll, a side-spinning front flip.

Following his directions, I brace my arms on the top of the ramp, “donkey kick” my legs and butt and — whoompf!

— land squarely on my face. This elicits peals of laughter from my 7-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son, who are watching from the waiting area in a 10,000-square-foot warehouse in Williston.

I feel light years from “American Ninja Warrior,” the hit NBC show that just wrapped its sixth season by sending athletes through a Japanese-inspired jungle of rope swings, giant monkey bars and unstable bridges toward a grand prize of $500,000. This season’s superstar wasn’t the chiseled Rob “Adonis” Moravsky or repeat threat Travis Rosen, but a 5-foot, 2-inch gymnast named Kacy Catanzaro. She became the first woman to climb the 14-foot Warped Wall, the first woman to attempt — and complete — the Salmon Ladder, and the first woman to advance to the finals.

Catanzaro’s pint-size power has inspired plenty of ordinary athletes to try the extraordinary feats of strength and flexibility required by “American Ninja Warrior.” It also helped inspire Labow to kick off a new “ninja training” class this fall here at Green Mountain Gymnastics, also the home of the Green Mountain Freestyle Center.

Labow is a top park and pipe competitive skier and soccer player who actually competed in season 5 of “American Ninja Warrior” after training on gymnastics equipment. He now coaches the University of Vermont’s freeskiing team and oversees Green Mountain Gymnastics’ sprawling playground of trampolines, foam pits and spring floors, which were added to the Williston warehouse in 2011.

The sport of parkour — a multidisciplinary street workout from France that uses urban features as obstacles — was

a natural addition to the ski programs at GMG, Labow explains. Then came the ninja training, informed by Labow’s own experience on the TV show and its social-media-wrought surge in popularity.

“It’s an accessible, top-notch sport,” says Labow, who has been teaching young athletes ninja moves for several months; he’s just added an adults-only session on Wednesday evenings. “We range from acrobatic work on the

trampoline — flips and spins — and strength training to agility and balance work.”

During my first session of ninja training, I meet the brother-and-sister duo of Johnny and Leah Finity, Williston-based thirtysomethings who hadn’t even heard of “American Ninja Warrior” when they decided to jump in. “I’ve just always wanted to be able to do a flip,” Johnny says.

Given the Finitys’ focus on acrobatics, Labow gears this session to balance and spatial awareness — two of my greatest weaknesses. After warming up with high knees and butt kicks, we begin running through an agility ladder, testing various footwork patterns.

“This is getting our cardio going, and also trains timing and cadence,” Labow says; ninja warriors don’t just fly up the Warped Wall with magic, after all. “You have to learn to lift before you tuck, to jump before you grasp.”

Forget grasping. Gasping is more like it, after 30 minutes of warrior training. And I haven’t even gotten near the fabled Salmon Ladder — a bar where competitors must “jump” from notch to notch with their arms — that I wanted to try.

During my next session of ninja training, however, Labow is ready to show off some of the warrior-appropriate obstacles he designed and built with the help of a local architect. There’s the Pipe Slider, the Quad Jumps, the Spider Wall, the Cliffhanger — none as sleek and shiny as on the TV show, but they’re nearly exact replicas of the challenges those athletes must conquer.

Tonight, I’m joined by an 11-year-old ninja named Isaac Marks and a 26-yearold “American Ninja Warrior” season 5 veteran, Andy Rianhard. He’s the only other Vermonter to have appeared on the show, to Labow’s knowledge. They both lost their grip on the same rings-torope bridge, which sent them plummeting into the water and out of the running.

An experienced coach, Labow wants me to warm up with yoga-like moves, which I quickly pooh-pooh. Downward dogs and headstands seem way too Zen for a ninja. “We’re trying to learn how to move and control our body better,” Labow patiently explains as Isaac executes a push-up. Whatever.

After performing a few handstand push-ups, I eagerly skip over to the climbing A-frame, which Labow requires athletes to ascend and descend using only their arms before they attempt the Salmon Ladder.

It looks like a piece of cake, but I’m soon eating humble pie as I slow down.

I eventually drop onto the mats, only to witness Marks and Rianhard flying up

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and down the A-frame like bugs with massive biceps. As I’m learning about each of the ninja moves, this is much, much harder than it looks on TV. But it’s also much more fun than just about any other sport I’ve tried, especially when Labow begins monkeying around. While I practice my bodyweight holds over a bar with nunchuck grips, he demos the “typewriter” pull-up, with one arm sliding out: “Click, click, click, cling! Down, back up, click, click, click, cling!” Talk about a party trick.

The Salmon Ladder, meanwhile, remains unconquered by this warrior. I can’t even budge the thing. “To truly be a ninja, athletes train for a lifetime,” Labow reassures me. “But there’s a great sense of accomplishment that comes from it — the conquering of new acrobatic skills is very rewarding. And if one were to practice this kind of stuff, one would have more energy,” he adds. “They’d lose weight and they’d find themselves getting an endorphin rush from challenging themselves.”

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ost Nation Theater’s production of Comedy of Errors begins with a hint that we’re backstage, watching a theater company.

Actors in street clothes casually stretch in front of a brick wall as the audience is seated. The lights shift to reveal two actors in silhouette, offstage. One delivers the last lines of Hamlet over the other’s body; we hear distant applause.

When the performers pass through the curtain into the playing space before us, Hamlet laps up praise from his fellow actors for his performance, then yearns for just a little more — a demonstration of the fleeting joy of theater. It’s a sweet and funny moment that primes the audience for comedy.

This promising start suggests that Lost Nation’s Comedy of Errors will be seen from the inside out, with the effort to stage it made visible. The costume rack that’s rolled onstage is a tantalizing signal that the backstage point of view will be fascinating. Frankly, Comedy of Errors can use the help. It’s one of Shakespeare’s earliest plays, without memorable characters or language. But the backstage framing device falls away as the actors begin the play in earnest, and it doesn’t return to bracket the ending.

Instead, the production relies on the exuberant energy of sparkling lead performers and a fast pace established by director Kim Allen Bent. Patching the plot holes with speed is a smart move, though some scenes roar by at such a breakneck pace that it’s tough to comprehend the details, let alone the puns. Ultimately, this is one of those Shakespeare plays that earns some of its laughs by creating an atmosphere in which things are supposed to be funny.

We laugh because it’s expected; a great deal of comedy trades more on mood than content.

Shakespeare confines the action to a single day and a single street. The story is little more than the last coincidences necessary to reunite two sets of twins split apart in infancy during a storm at sea. One son, Antipholus, plus the boy destined to be his servant, Dromio, ended up in Ephesus. Their twins, using the identical names, became Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse.

Ephesus and Syracuse are rival cities,

Left to right: Christopher Scheer, Kate Kenney, Carolyn Wesley and Eric Love

and the twins only cross paths when the Syracuse pair — and, as it happens, Antipholus’ father, Egeon — enter the city that forbids the citizens of Syracuse from entering. Egeon is awaiting execution for that very crime while the boys from Syracuse — yes, the musical is based on this play — run into a host of people who stun them by getting their names right and notions of their debts, wives and affections wrong.

The errors that must be set right are all superficial misunderstandings, though they do get as far as an infuriated wife and property that doesn’t reach the intended hands. Unaware that twins are on the loose, all the characters mistake their identities, but there are no attempts to deceive. Indeed, there’s little inner life at all, save for Antipholus of Syracuse’s wide-eyed wonder at the way he’s recognized in a strange city.

Shakespeare doesn’t tire of having the masters mistake their own slaves and send them off on errands. When

each Dromio returns to report success, he invariably intersects with the Antipholus who did not commission the job. Slapstick and beatings ensue as even the audience puzzles over who’s who.

The mistaken identities are easily resolved, but the play contains some dark clouds that aren’t as simple to disperse.

Violence, slavery, strict legalism, obsession with commerce, marital jealousy and a promised execution all dot the story, so it’s up to a director to decide how much of it to allow into this light comedy.

Bent and codirector Brett Gamboa keep the tone as sunny as a pop song.

They produce a good-natured version of a play about a brute (Antipholus of Ephesus), a bit of a fool (Antipholus of Syracuse) and their long-suffering servants. The energy is delightful; so what if some of the physical moves, such as clambering along a scaffold or hopping up on a sawhorse, have little thematic logic? It’s simply fun to watch.

In a play about mistaken identity, there is no substitute for real identical twins, but this production makes a try by having Christopher Scheer play both masters and Eric Love both servants.

Clever costume designer Cora Fauser provides double-sided capes so the Syracuse pair is in red and the Ephesians in blue.

Scheer’s Antipholus twins look alike, but the actor concentrates on revealing the differences in their characters. Syracuse is cheerful, hopeful and dazzled. Ephesus is belligerent, peeved and sarcastic. Scheer lets his face slacken with wonder as Syracuse, then scrunches it up as Ephesus. His transformations are sharp enough to make his mustache look like a villain’s as Ephesus and like a sweet youth’s first facial hair as Syracuse.

Love makes both Dromios adorable, accommodating powerhouses, the ideal eager servants. There’s nothing they won’t cheerfully do for their masters,

no matter what rebuke may lie ahead.

Love is especially entertaining when stricken with comedic panic because a very fat, very loud cook is convinced one Dromio is the other Dromio, her lover. That’s one role this Dromio dreads to play.

Kate Kenney is excellent as Adriana, wife to the cruel Antipholus of Ephesus.

Kenney turns on a dime from baffled to furious, and from romantic to scheming, as Adriana goes toe to toe with an apparently ever-changing husband.

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With impeccable timing and lovely visual takes, Scott Renzoni portrays a merchant caught in the crosshairs of the play’s mistaken-identity motif.

Robert Nuner’s Egeon tells his long, sad life story with a nice blend of nobility and suffering, and lets a wave of real tenderness crest over him in the finale.

The finale, of course, must bring the twins face-to-face. This production finesses the point fairly well, but the moment of recognition is sadly absent.

Since the joy of the play turns on eight characters finally realizing who is who, this production can’t cash in on the climactic “You at last!” moment. But with delightful performances and brisk pacing, Lost Nation delivers enough humor to warm an autumn night. m

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the medium of imaginary characters.”

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ilan Kundera once wrote, “The novel is a meditation on existence as seen through

the bus so they can lean back and look at the sky. You know, like heaven.

It is almost unbelievable that a practiced, established writer like Huddle would do something so schmaltzy and hackneyed: engage questions of mortality and family by writing about a dying woman’s road trip with her kids.

In almost any other writer’s hands, this would be a trite, two-dimensionally symbolic dive into questions so old they have all but lost their potential as artistic fodder. But Huddle plays it so straight and simple that, if you just let it happen, it works. No, really, it does.

Perhaps Huddle made it work because he just went for it unwittingly, as the novel’s astonishingly unselfconscious tone sometimes suggests. But the book also shows evidence of careful craft. Huddle spends a good deal of time building rapport with the reader with comical anecdotes and moments of unexpected tenderness, so that by the time you learn the Faulkes family is

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In her last year of life our mother betrayed us by becoming pretty. We are a homely family. For generations we’ve been that way. A different idea of beauty evolved among us. Faulkeses looked for plain-faced and chubby mates. Our choices weren’t particularly conscious, they were just what our genes told us to do. Now and then a Faulkes boy would be attracted to a cheerleader or a Faulkes girl would get the hots for a pretty boy. Those relationships sometimes quickened, but they could not be sustained.

Our mother had the classic Faulkes features, the small wide-spaced eyes, the negative cheekbones, the too-long chin and nose, the short forehead. When she went into chemo, chemo rearranged her face, thinned her down, installed into her repertoire of facial expressions a grimace that had every appearance of a starlet’s smile. Our mother’s baldness made her look delicate and vulnerable.

A slightly visible blue vein that throbbed along the side of her head just above her ear made our father close his eyes to the sight of it. “It looks like a clever painter’s brushstroke,” he said. “Notice it, and you want to touch it.”

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extreme example of this assertion.

It is the tale of a dying mother, told by her innumerable children just learning to live. As such, it meditates on individual existence at its end, as well as on the ever-shifting nature of collective existence, familial bonds and interdependence.

Told in the rare first-person plural, The Faulkes Chronicle is essentially a protracted, collective eulogy. Most people who deliver eulogies tend to place the lost one on a pedestal — to make him or her something other.

The Faulkes children do not deviate from this custom, but they begin a bit differently from most eulogists. “In her last year of life,” the novel opens, “our mother betrayed us by becoming pretty.”

As the children grapple with the encroaching shadow of their mother’s death, they wrestle also with the sense that she is losing her Faulkes-ness. That is, she is no longer homely, hefty and plain like the rest of them. “I hate how she’s looking more and more healthy the sicker she gets,” laments Angela Faulkes, speaking for them all. “She looks like a rock star who’s recovering from meningitis or something.” From the outset of the novel, then, the dying mother is portrayed (appropriately enough) as breaking off from the pack, in stark contrast to the rest of the Faulkeses huddled together in one indivisible unit.

This is not to say that the mother, Karen, in her beautifying betrayal, misses out on the luxuries of otherness customarily granted to the dying. Her children refer to her as “Her Majesty,” and in her weakness, they get her a “Traveling Throne” that they carry (four at a time) wherever she wants to go. Later on, the family embarks on a “Farewell Tour” to places Karen wants to see once more before she dies. The bus is a double-decker, and her passenger-side chair can rise through the ceiling (into the upper level) at her command.

OK, stop.

Yes, all of this happens in the novel.

The Faulkeses literally go on a “Farewell Tour,” and, yes, they call it that. They really do get in a big fancy bus and drive Karen to the ocean one last time. (The ocean!) And that’s not all: There are ceiling windows on the upper level of

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just fine. But as it stands, the nebulous “we” leaves the reader feeling like a temporarily welcome stranger — a nonFaulkes allowed to see the Faulkeses intimately for a while, not unlike a guest in their home. (Or, you know, in their bus.)

I will say, though, that as a guest, I was occasionally tired of hearing the Faulkeses talk about themselves. “Faulkeses are first and foremost practical” is followed by “A Faulkes virtue is that we are not inclined to use degraded words,” and then, “We are Faulkeses … Not a crybaby among us,” and then, “Aren’t we Faulkeses?”

I guess this is just the accurate voice of a proud family: forever advancing its own narrative, and in trying to get you to understand it, insinuating that you never truly will. Worse than offering inside joke after inside joke, the narrative offers the constant reminder that there are so many possible inside jokes and knowing glances to which you’ll never be privy. If Huddle is commenting on the virtues of quirky clannishness, he is also demonstrating how irritating and exclusive such families can be.

But, as with a real family, it is hard to complain too much when the Faulkeses are otherwise so generous — anecdotally, yes, but also lyrically. Take this gem, for instance: “The worst that can happen is what’s going to happen anyway.” Or this one, which delicately expresses the sentiment of the entire journey: “Anyone looking at her would say, ‘That’s a woman on the brink of death,’ but someone else would whisper, ‘Yes, maybe so, but she sure is alive right now.’”

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going on a trip to the beach, it just feels like you’re invited, that’s all.

It seems most likely, then, that Huddle gave himself the challenge of crafting an almost inescapably trite premise into something worthwhile.

That transformation fits the novel’s theme: Loss is something we all have, but the universality doesn’t make it any less meaningful.

Throughout, the reader is left guessing at the exact size of the seemingly mythologically large Faulkes family. (How many children are there? Thirty? More?)

One gets a grasp of a few names — C.J., Peter, Cassie — only to have more appear in the next breath: Delmer Junior, John Milton, Sarah Jean, Pruney, Tony, Jack. Although an unwieldy cast generally begets an unwieldy novel (who did what to whom when?), Huddle turns this challenge into another unlikely victory: He manages to hold the reader in place.

Maybe he does it with that first-person plural voice, which has a binding effect on the otherwise uncontainable.

At first blush, the plural narrator might seem to be a trendy writer’s-workshop trick — a way to make something not-so-different look utterly different. But in Huddle’s hands, the trick feels inevitable, necessary.

We gain this impression partly from the confident gait of his prose, partly from our awareness early on that no single child could recount the story alone. Despite the indistinct narrator, we do come to know individuals in the story; characters are described, and quotes are still attributed (e.g., “‘We are talking about metaphysical uncertainty here,’ says our brother, Robert...”).

And, as we come to know the children, we see that a single pair of eyes is too clouded, too partial. C.J. would be too psychoanalytic in his approach; John Milton, too dirty. Plus, having one child tell the story would be granting unfair privilege in this family that does everything as a pack.

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eople talk plenty about food and drink in the Northeast Kingdom. Greensboro’s Hill Farmstead Brewery has been lauded as the world’s best brewery since Shaun Hill started making beer on the family farm in 2010. Nearby Jasper Hill Farm’s cheeses continue to rack up accolades. And Caledonia Spirits’ awardwinning, bartender-favorite Barr Hill gin is made in Hardwick.

Those are just the famous ones, but the NEK’s three counties — 1.3 million acres in Caledonia, Orleans and Essex — are home to dozens of other food and beverage artisans. In St. Johnsbury, Dunc’s Mill has been distilling fine rums since 1998; in Groton, Artesano meadery mills honey into wine. In West Charleston, Albert and Eleanor Leger craft Eden Ice Cider ambrosia. And farms growing everything from catnip to beef cattle dot the rugged, rolling

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countryside, many claiming generations of family history.

Despite this amazing abundance, the restaurant scene remains sleepy, and, aside from a few select restaurants — such as West Glover’s Parker Pie Company and Waterford’s Rabbit Hill Inn — it’s largely unknown to those who live outside the area. But in recent years, whispers of a culinary awakening have been swirling through the area like its slow-to-dissipate morning fog. In Newport, for example, the Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center is a busy hive of artisanal activity, while in Barton, a farm-to-table diner welcomes locals and visitors with comely charm.

So last week, my husband, Dan, and I set out for a taste of the great white north. Starting in Peacham, we roadtripped more than 300 miles through the calico hills, trees splashing fiery hues onto a fading green background, and, for LISTEN IN ON LOCAL FOODIES...

three days, ate our way north to Derby Line and east to Island Pond. Along the way, a colorful cast of local characters kept our bellies full.

I grew up just miles from this “royal” domain and went to high school in St. Johnsbury. Yet, returning after years away, I found myself a stranger in my old stomping grounds, dining in a place where meals unfold with a friendly, down-home cadence. From the newest neighborhood café to long-standing diner counters, flapjack flippers across the region knew their patrons’ orders without having to ask. And those patrons found their seats as if their hometown eatery was an extension of their own dining rooms.

The Kingdom’s spoons shine with grease, not silver, and its many diners and counters are all worthy destinations for a Sunday driver. These are places like Groton’s Upper Valley Grill & General

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Store; Concord’s Mooselook Restaurant; the Miss Lyndonville Diner (famous for its sizzling skillet breakfasts, and a hangover holdout for lifelong residents and Lyndon State College students alike); and Glover’s tiny Busy Bee, which has been stuffing regulars with basic breakfasts and lunches since 1930.

Though I skipped those standards, I found the best fried chicken I’ve had in years at Martha’s Diner in Coventry, an established but new-to-me eatery, as well as an enviable Reuben and a pea soup to best my mother’s. At some of the newer places, I encountered creativity and innovation mingling with tradition in ways I’ve not seen in the better-known gourmet strongholds of Burlington and the Mad River Valley.

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mAtt SArGENt has been holding his Phantom Dinners since early 2010; this past summer, his food truck was a hit on the local festival circuit, at ShElBurNE ViNEYArD and in Waitsfield. Now, the elusive cook has nabbed himself a regular haunt.

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Sargent worked as a design-builder for decades before getting into cooking. “When [Jay’s] first closed, I looked at the space,” he says. “But it was so dirty and ugly and gross; I said, ‘No way am I moving in there.’”

Then the landlord gutted the place down to its studs. When Sargent saw the blank slate, he says, it conjured visions of a nice, long bar with high-top tables, a warm dining room with a small stage where he can continue his Phantom Productions concert series, and an outdoor patio where he can put a fire pit in the spring.

Phantom’s culinary concept builds on Sargent’s dinner series and food-truck fare: He’ll craft globetrotting but simple, appealing dishes using local ingredients and inspiration from Latin America, Asia and the American South. “My food is very much fusion,” Sargent says.

He adds that his chalkboard menu will reflect whatever’s available at the moment. “If [a farmer]’s got a whole pig or a half a beef, I’ll adjust the menu to use that product. There’s no way to use only Vermont products across the board, but we’re going to give it our best shot to use all that we can all of the time.”

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This isn’t the sob story it may sound like. Sawyer is the chef at the helm of GrAzErS, the latest project of SAm, pEtEr and pAul hANDY, the brothers behind VErmoNt tAp houSE; and Sam Handy’s son, also named SAm, who owns Burlington’s ScuffEr StEAk & AlE houSE with pAt StEwArt and DoN JohNSoN. Located at 202

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The overarching concept is “comfort food,” but the menu splits the highbrow-lowbrow difference. Appetizers include poutine and chicken fingers, while a wood oven turns out roasted duck, other meats and pizzas with toppings ranging from fancy (duck confit and truffle oil) to a basic margherita.

The Bench also offers a wood-grilled rib-eye steak, pastas, salads, sandwiches and an ambitious selection of burgers fashioned from beef, salmon, turkey and lamb.

General manager chriS mouNtz heads up the beverage program. At the bar, 28 taps pour local beers, draft wines and rookiE’S root BEEr, while the wine list explores the world of natural quaffs from organic and biodynamic vineyards. Mountz is also easing into an elaborate

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A Stranger in the Kingdom « p.44 French toast and grilled cheese at Peacham Café

French onion soup at Dylan’s Café

On a sunny Tuesday morning, two towheaded brothers ably worked the register at this brand-new, community-supported café. They’re sons to Ariel Zevon, the café’s chef and manager (formerly of LACE in Barre and the daughter of late rocker Warren Zevon). Opened August 30 in an old firehouse adjacent to the Peacham General Store, the café offers affordable, inspired rustic fare. A busy buzz at 11 a.m. seemed to indicate that the place was succeeding in its dual mission: to provide a comfortable gathering spot for locals and a market outlet for area farmers.

As for the food, Ariel’s mother, Crystal Zevon, said the goal is to “keep it seasonal, fresh and local.” With her daughter in the kitchen, the fare is homey, polished and fun. We took our morning coffee there — poured into thrift-store mugs bearing graphics from destinations near and far — and ate thick-cut slices of country ham and cheddar tucked into pillowy pads of French toast with raspberry jam.

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A hearty grilled cheese came on buttered whole-grain bread with apples and ham, sided with an ample salad of fresh greens, walnuts, beets and goat cheese. Also available (to eat in or to go) is a rotating selection of harvest-fresh soups, salads, baked goods and quiches.

Peacham café, 643 Bayley Hazen Road, Peacham. 357-4040. peachamcafe.org

Dylan’s Café, St. Johnsbury

If St. Johnsbury is the “Heart of the Kingdom,” this charming, 8-year-old café lies at the culinary heart of St. J — not that much else competes for the title.

It’s housed in a former post office now owned by indie singer-songwriter Neko Case, who lives in nearby Peacham, that

doubles as an annex gallery for next-door Catamount Film & Arts Center.

When we stopped in, splashy prints from Case’s friend Kathleen Judge adorned the walls. The menu lists dishes named for dogs and friends (Dylan was the owner’s beloved yellow Lab), and delightful details elevate simple food in a repurposed setting from tasty to sweetly elegant.

A half bottle of Maschio Prosecco Brut came with a juicy strawberry on the rim. The kitchen offers houseroasted, local meats on fresh-baked bread in a diverse sandwich selection.

A creamed cauliflower soup, holding a chewy crouton and smothered with melty cheddar, tasted nutty and just a bit sweet. The French onion classic came cloaked with blistered Swiss, which hid stewed onions in a sweet, beefy broth. “It’s like drinking a Vidalia onion,” Dan said, slurping a spoonful.

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Sawyer developed a milkshake menu to accompany the burgers; current choices include chocolate-hazelnut, salted maple and the Creamsicle-like bloodorange shake.

Diners looking for a stiffer drink can hit up the Grazers martini bar, which serves enough sweet cocktails to make a college girl swoon. But

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The bar doesn’t serve food. But it has a happy partnership with the Vermont Food Truck Company, which parks footsteps away daily. The truck offers juicy, oversize burgers ($7.50 with cheese) and crisp, amberhued fries. We gorged on these, and a huge carnitas burrito stuffed with slow-braised pork, black beans and rice. The cuisine isn’t earth shattering, but, with farm-fresh ingredients and local, grass-fed meats, it’s some of the finest food-truck dining I’ve seen all summer. (Mike’s is seasonal, open May through mid-October.)

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This seasonal, outdoor spot doesn’t serve margaritas or piña coladas, but with 30 mostly local beers on tap, why drink anything else? At a thatch-roofed bar situated at the base of the Kingdom Trails single-track mountain-bike course, we felt lucky sipping Lucky Me — a golden brew somewhere between a blond and a pale ale — from Lyndonville’s Covered Bridge Craft Brewery. It’s a rare find outside Caledonia and Orleans counties, but it’s a standard draught here.

During our visit, a pack of friendly dogs bounded through the grassy, open-air bar as their owners — a mix of grizzled mountain bikers, aging locals and young, baby-wearing parents — sipped brews on lawn chairs beneath a setting sun. The affable crowd regaled us with stories of cutting early

Cornerstone Drive in Williston, beside the Majestic 10 Cinemas, wood-paneled Grazers fills the pre-movie dining hole left by Three Tomatoes Trattoria when it closed early this year.

“I’ve always had this dream of different types of burgers and interesting toppings — not masking the flavor of the meat, just kind of complementing it,” Sam Handy Jr. says.

Even before it opened on September 30, Grazers’ website proudly proclaimed that its burgers had been “voted the best burger in the state, already.” Yes, it’s a joke.

The menu offers 10 different takes on the burger served on soft, challah-like buns. Beef from Shelburne-based VErmoNt couNtrY fArmS, sourced from 14 farmers around the state, appears in sandwiches such as the Full Belly burger, composed of a beef patty, two slabs of braised pork belly, allspice aioli, spinach and cheddar. The Hog is ground pork topped with roasted apples, spicy maple mustard and local cheddar, while the Lamburger is covered in green olives, artichokes,

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Like many NEK eateries, Martha’s makes an admirable poutine, just a few miles from the Canadian border.

Smothered in savory, housemade beef gravy, the squeaky, springy curds are nestled among piping-hot, hand-cut fries, a masterwork for the French-fry canon. Or, in our case, a joyful breakfast.

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Opened a little more than a year ago, this airy market occupies an old hardware shop — its floors are polished concrete, its lighting fluorescent, its ceilings industrially high. It’s home to 36 Vermont food artisans, many of whom contract its nooks and crannies for retail sales and its kitchen spaces for food production.

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“We have all this great stuff going on here,” our host at the wine and spirit tasting counter said, pouring me a sipper of elderflower rum from Dunc’s Mill.

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The dining room had a friendly vibe during our Wednesday-night visit. Staff exchanged mock insults and plenty of good will with regulars, and the servers called even the out-of-towners “sweetie.”

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We chatted at the bar with Paula Halbedl, who owns the inn and restaurant with her husband, Fritz, a master chef who spent more than a decade running the culinary program at Royal Caribbean International. Meanwhile, our meal began with a velvety broccoli-cheese soup, sweetened with parsnip and thickened by reduction rather than starch.

Then came a long, lovely flatbread, its dough crusty and chewy. Topped with hearty hunks of venison sausage from nearby Hollandeer Farm, cranberries, arugula, and a blend of Asiago and

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Alongside the meal came stories of Fritz Halbedl’s old-world culinary training. “In Europe, we don’t pay for cooking school,” he said, cleaning his hands on a towel behind the bar, “but we get our ass kicked every day.”

We could have listened for hours, drinking more beers beneath the bar’s soaring cathedral ceilings as other patrons packed the cozy dining room. But we reluctantly took our leave for the with Justin Bigelow next destination, promising ourselves to featuring a fantastic return, come winter.

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Perhaps the most compelling liquids on offer were from Eden Ice Cider, which has cidery space downstairs. Pressed from heirloom apples grown nearby, the juice is left outside at the owners’ home facility in West Charleston to freeze, then transported to Newport for fermentation and aging at the tasting center.

“You could believe that the best ice cider in the world could come from Vermont,” Eden owner Eleanor Leger told me as we toured her subterranean cidery. “People talk about terroir in [grape] wine…” she commented, going on to note the apple’s rich diversity and history in the Green Mountain State. Vermont’s temperamental climate is, in fact, ideal for producing ice cider, as juice left outside can freeze, thaw and refreeze. This process allows the apple sugars to concentrate at the bottom of the barrel more than a single, consistent freeze would.

On the street-side edge of the building, the Brown Dog Bistro — which offers full lunch and dinner service

within the center’s walls — made a wonderful stopover to soak up the booze we’d imbibed at the counter.

The bistro is owned by the folks behind the nearby Newport Natural Market and Café and boasts a crafty, extensive menu. An appetizer portion of sublime chicken-liver pâté, glazed with apple-cider aspic, shattered our expectations by coming with a shot of jammy blended juice rather than the standard spreadable preserve. A plate of potato fritters — crunchy-fried outside, smooth and creamy inside — were stuffed with bacon and scallions and accompanied by a peppy, housemade ranch dressing. They were as comforting as they were exciting.

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We happened in on fried haddock night — all you can eat for $10.95. “One plate is enough for most people,” our server confided. “But some order seconds.” The fish was as moist and fresh as the portion was generous, accompanied by whipped-garlic mashed potatoes, ample tartar sauce and a salad bar.

Salad bar! How anyone could eat a second platter of fish after all that was a mystery we were content to leave unsolved. Yet we plowed our way through strips of tender elk sirloin, cooked medium-rare, which made for a wonderfully gamey de facto surf-and-turf.

The ancestor of our dinner’s elk arrived in Vermont 20-odd years ago.

Cow Palace owners shipped in 25 cows and a single bull from Idaho in the early 1990s; since then, the herd has grown to hundreds of animals, which are culled and set loose for hunters to stalk at the farm’s 700-acre game park and lodge in Irasburg, two towns away.

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which is assembled, our host said, from salvaged barn wood.

Décor is plant-based and macramé heavy, and the place offers a quiet pause from the daily bustle no matter what your creed. Wherever I can get my maté fix is good by me.

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tables in the house’s former living room, chef-owner Dave Rath serves simple, unfussy food to a working-class crowd.

Local meats are slow-cooked inhouse — including smoky pastrami, which our waitress advised us was not to be missed. When it arrived, my Reuben was a glorious mess. The meat, dressing, sauerkraut and Swiss cheese melted together inside buttered rye, making for a sandwich that was far more than the sum of its parts.

Dan opted for a leaner meal; his “Vermonter” wrap was stuffed with grilled chicken, bacon, red onion and spinach, all warmed with a thin gloss of maple mayo. This was paired with sublime sweet-potato fries, creamy within and fried to a delicate crisp without. We both opted for soups, as well.

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Last week, I was seduced by the breakfast: a divine sandwich of turkey sausage and farm eggs, folded into fluffy sesame rolls and served with kindness, along with satisfyingly strong maté or coffee.

The café serves other humble egg dishes, baked goods, sandwiches and salads, prepared by modest ladies in the kitchen.

It’s common, sensible food, but with friendly delivery in a charming, folky setting, it serves its purpose. “We want people to come in here, sigh a sigh of relief and forget about everything else for a half hour or 45 minutes,” I heard our long-haired, bearded host tell another guest as he dropped off the bill.

“Or as long as they want to stay.”

Fleece Piece With harvest festivals in full swing, apples, pumpkins and hayrides are all the rage.

But when it comes to all things fiber, the Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival is in a class all its own. Held at the Tunbridge World’s Fairgrounds, this annual event attracts more than 70 vendors, who offer demos, workshops, products and handmade wares that celebrate centuries-old craftsmanship. Brightly colored yarns and knitwear give way to the animal barn, where sheep, llamas, alpacas, goats and rabbits display their luxurious coats in all their glory. Heading to the fields, festivalgoers round out the pastoral party with shearing and sheepdog demonstrations.

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KILLINGTON HAY FESTIVAL: Giant hay sculptures dot the landscape at this harvest celebration marked with family-friendly activities, a scavenger hunt and more. Various Killington locations, 8 a.m.

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ALFRED HITCHCOCK & THE ART OF SUSPENSE: Film buff Rick Winston references movie clips while tracing the arc of the iconic director's career. Milton Historical Society, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2598.

CLASSIC FILM NIGHT: Cinephiles screen memorable movies. Call for details. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

'GONE WITH THE WIND': Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh star in this 1939 Civil War-era epic based on Margaret Mitchell's best-selling novel. Palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $10-12.50. Info, 660-9300.

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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.

MIDDLEBURY FARMERS MARKET: Crafts, cheeses, breads, veggies and more vie for spots in shoppers' totes. The Marbleworks, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 673-4158.

NEWPORT FARMERS MARKET: Pickles, meats, eggs, fruits, veggies, herbs and baked goods are a small sampling of the fresh fare supplied by area growers and producers. Causeway, Newport, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Free. Info, 274-8206.

WEDNESDAY WINE DOWN: Oenophiles get over the midweek hump by pairing four varietals with samples from Lake Champlain Chocolates, Cabot Creamery and other palate pleasers. Drink, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. $12. Info, 860-9463, melissashahady@vtdrink.com.

WILLISTON FARMERS MARKET: An open-air affair showcases prepared foods and unadorned produce.

New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 3:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, willistonfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

MONTRÉAL-STYLE ACRO YOGA: Partner and group work helps participants access the therapeutic benefits of modified acrobatics. Yoga Mountain Center, Montpelier, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 324-1737.

R.I.P.P.E.D.: Resistance, intervals, power, plyometrics, endurance and diet define this high-intensity physical-fitness program. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

YOGA FOR VETERANS: Suzanne Boyd draws on specialized training when leading a practice aimed at reducing stress, anxiety and depression. The Innovation Center of Vermont, Burlington, 5-6 p.m.

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DOROTHY CANFIELD FISHER BOOK DISCUSSION: Lit lovers ages 8 through 11 weigh in on Cynthia Kadohata's The Thing About Luck. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free.

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EVENING BABYTIME PLAYGROUP: Crawling tots and their parents convene for playtime and sharing. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 876-7555.

HIGHGATE STORY HOUR: Budding bookworms share read-aloud tales, wiggles and giggles with Mrs. Liza. Highgate Public Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 868-3970.

JAKE AGNA AWARD PRESENTATION: Community members recognize the achievements of a King Street Center youth who demonstrates outstanding leadership skills. King Street Center, Burlington, 4:45 p.m. Free. Info, 862-6736.

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A Beautiful Mind A chair that responds to the body; a protective glove able to map the pain profile of carpal tunnel syndrome; a skyscraper constructed with concrete that can breathe, grow and “think.” These projects and many others like them are borne out of Neri Oxman’s MIT Media Lab. There, the award-winning architect and designer and her team invent digital design technology that translates principles found in nature into everyday objects, buildings and systems. What appears as abstract art at first glance becomes far more complex upon closer inspection. Oxman details the creative and technical processes behind what she calls “material ecology” in the 2014 George D. Aiken Lecture.

MEET ROCKIN' RON THE FRIENDLY PIRATE: Aargh, matey! Youngsters channel the hooligans of the sea with music, games and activities. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810.

MOVING & GROOVING WITH CHRISTINE: Two- to 5-year-olds jam out to rock-and-roll and world-beat tunes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING: Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Science students assist first through sixth graders with reading, math and science assignments. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

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Onstage, they are Mike + Ruthy, a husband-and-wife duo setting the indie folk scene ablaze. Singers and storytellers, poets and parents, the two tour with their children in tow, embodying a down-home approach to Americana. Bouncing between festivals and intimate venues, the troubadours bring harmony-driven fiddle and banjo tunes to more than 100 shows a year. Road-tested material such as the pair’s celebrated recording of Woody Guthrie’s “My New York City” cement Merenda and Ungar’s status as a “national treasure,” according to peer Anaïs Mitchell.

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Randy Smith may call North Carolina home, but the award-winning singersongwriter has a soft spot for the Green Mountain State. In 1982, he founded 8084, Vermont’s answer to the bighair, hard-hitting heavy-metal bands of the time. The group achieved critical acclaim, providing the springboard for Smith’s career and eventual departure as a solo artist. Long hair is now shorn, and hard rock quieted into acoustic stylings, but, backed by his Band of Merry Men, the seasoned performer returns to his former stomping grounds to take the stage for what he says will be the final tribute to his musical past.

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Preschool Music With Derek: Kiddos ages 3 through 5 sing and dance the afternoon away.

Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 1-1:30 p.m.

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Story Time & Playgroup: Engaging narratives pave the way for art, nature and cooking projects.

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Environmental & Health Sciences Speaker Series: Green Mountain Club's Mike Debonis details the use of social and natural-resource science in managing Vermont's Long Trail and other natural areas. Bentley Hall, Johnson State College, 4-5:15 p.m. Free. Info, 635-1327.

World Music Choir: John Harrison leads vocalists in musical stylings from around the globe. See summit-school.org for details. Union Elementary School, Montpelier, 3:30-4:30 p.m. $10-15; preregister; limited space. Info, 917-1186.

Jule Emerson: Fans of the popular PBS series "Downton Abbey" learn about early-20th-century fashion with the Middlebury College artist-inresidence. Rutland Free Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860.

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Michael Arnowitt: The renowned pianist explores the legacy of George Gershwin in a performance lecture featuring Rhapsody in Blue and other notable compositions. Norwich Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1184.

English as a Second Language Class: Beginners work to improve their vocabulary.

Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

German-English Conversation Group: Community members practice conversing auf Deutsch. Local History Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

Intermediate Spanish Lessons: Adults refine their grammar while exploring different topics with classmates and native speakers. Private residence, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

Intermediate/Advanced English as a Second Language Class: Students hone their grammar and conversational skills. Administration Office, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 865-7211.

music

Andrew Rangell: Returning to the stage after a seven-year hiatus, the esteemed pianist interprets works by Scarlatti, Stravinsky and others in "Models and Mimics: Homages in Music." UVM Recital Hall, Redstone Campus, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $5-15; free for UVM students with ID. Info, 656-4455.

Los Lobos: The seasoned rockers channel 40 years of stage time into a blend of rock, blues, TexMex, country and Mexican folk. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15-40. Info, 863-5966.

Sama & Patrick Callan: Folk and blues influence punk-rock stylings from the seasoned performers.

ROTA Gallery, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 8 p.m. $3-10. Info, 518-310-0659.

Financial Workshop: Participants set personal goals under the guidance of Roberto Abele of Edward Jones. Room 101, Montpelier High School, 6:30-8 p.m. $10. Info, 223-2005.

sports

Coed Floor Hockey: Men and women aim for the goal in a friendly league setting. Collins-Perley Sports Complex, St. Albans, 7-9 p.m. $6; equipment provided. Info, safloorhockey@gmail.com.

Carol Berry: The art historian outlines Vincent Van Gogh's early influences, then examines his legacy on 20th-century artists. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291.

Tim Wise: The renowned anti-racism author and educator presents "Resurrecting Apartheid: Racism, Inequality and the Collapse of the Post-Racial Myth." Alexander Twilight Theatre, Lyndon State College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 626-6459.

William Sterne Randall: The historian explains the influence of the Treaty of Ghent in "1814: America Forged by Fire." Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

theater

'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo': Rajiv Joseph's drama examines the repercussions of war through the eyes of two U.S. Marines, an Iraqi translator and the ghost of a tiger in this Denver's Edge Theatre Company production. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 7:30 p.m. $20; limited space. Info, 775-09003.

Square Dance Class: The Green Mountain Steppers help newcomers do-si-do and swing their partners 'round. Maple Street Park, Essex, 7 p.m.

Free. Info, 879-1974.

Vermont Youth Dancers: Inspired by Victor Hugo's novel Les Miserables, emerging performers tell a present-day tale of rebellion in "Carry On … A Song Will Rise." Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 7-9 p.m. $5. Info, 635-1476.

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Bacon Thursday: Share the Harvest: Reggae tunes from Small Axe entertain costumed attendees, who nosh on bacon, salads and chocolate at this spirited shindig. Partial proceeds benefit NOFA Vermont. Nutty Steph's, Middlesex, 6 p.m.midnight. Cost of food; cash bar. Info, 229-2090.

Pies & Charts: Tasty pies sweeten a presentation of informative charts created to help locals better understand economic issues in Vermont. Hartland Public Library, 4:30-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, cindy@action-circles.com.

Tea & Formal Gardens Tour: Folks explore the inn and its cottage-style gardens, then sit down to a cup-and-saucer affair, complete with sweets and savories. The Inn at Shelburne Farms, 2:30-4:30 p.m. $18; preregister. Info, 985-8442.

fairs & festivals

Killington Hay Festival: See WED.1, 8 a.m.

film

'The First Rasta': Rita and Bob Marley's granddaughter Donisha Prendergast presents Hélène Lee's documentary about Leonard Howell, a key figure in the Rastafarian movement. A Q&A and performance by Satta Sound follow. Big Picture Theater and Café, Waitsfield, 6 p.m. $5. Info, 496-8994.

'Quietly Into Disaster': Marcin El's antinuclear documentary examines the widespread dangers posed by nuclear fission. First Unitarian Universalist Society, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 497-0920.

Reel Strange Cinema: Cinephiles get a kick out of the 1984 cult classic The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7:30-11:30 p.m. $6. Info, 540-0406.

food & drink

'Into the Woods': Classic Grimm characters get entangled in the darker side of fairy tales in Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical, presented by Northern Stage. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $20-55. Info, 296-7000.

Chicken Pie Supper: Diners pile their plates with chicken pot pie, mashed potatoes, squash, cranberry sauce and dessert. Waterbury Center Community Church, noon, 5 & 6:30 p.m.

244-8955. Info, $5-10; free for kids under 4; preregister.

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Fletcher Allen Farmers Market: Locally sourced meats, vegetables, bakery items, breads and maple syrup give hospital employees and visitors the option to eat healthfully. Davis Concourse, Fletcher Allen Hospital, Burlington, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 847-0797.

Robert Mello: The Vermont Superior Court judge signs and discusses Moses Robinson and the Founding of Vermont. Vermont History Museum, Montpelier, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 479-8519.

Wednesday Evening Book Club: Bibliophiles give feedback on Stephanie Staal's Reading Women: How the Great Books of Feminism Changed My Life. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:45-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

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Second City: Chicago's famed comedy troupe brings big laughs, saucy satire and off-the-wall improv to the Queen City. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15-40; limited space. Info, 863-5966.

kids

Fall Farmyard Fun: Families listen to themed tales, then interact with barn animals featured in the stories. Shelburne Farms, 10:15-11 a.m. $5-8 admission; free to members, Shelburne residents and kids under 3. Info, 985-8686.

Food For Thought Library Volunteers: Pizza fuels teen discussion of books and library projects.

Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 4-5 p.m.

Free. Info, 878-4918.

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.

Pollywog Art: Budding Picassos experiment with homemade play dough, finger paint, sculpture and more at a drop-in creative session. BCA Center, Burlington, 9:30-11:30 a.m. $5-6. Info, 865-7166.

Preschool Story Time: Tales, crafts and activities arrest the attention of kiddos ages 3 through 6. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

Spanish Musical Kids: Amigos ages 1 to 5 learn Latin American songs and games with Constancia Gómez, a native Argentinian. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

Special Olympics Vermont Young Athletes Program: Children ages 2 through 7 with and without intellectual disabilities strengthen physical, cognitive and social development skills.

Cafeteria, Rice Memorial High School, South Burlington, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-0280.

Ukulele for Beginners: Nationally recognized performer Tom Mackenzie introduces youngsters to the traditional Hawaiian instrument. See summitschool.org for details. Union Elementary School, Montpelier, 3:30-4:30 p.m. $10-15; preregister; limited space. Info, 917-1186.

language

Plauderstunde: Conversationalists with a basic knowledge of the German language put their skills to use over lunch. Zen Gardens, South Burlington, noon. Free; cost of food. Info, 862-1677.

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Pride Center of Vermont Senior Women's Discussion Group: Femaleidentified members of the LGBTQ community consider topics of interest in a safe, comfortable setting. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.

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Jericho Farmers Market: Passersby graze through local grown veggies, pasture-raised meats, area wines and handmade crafts. Mills Riverside Park, Jericho, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 343-9778.

games

Colchester Reiki Clinic: Master teacher Jennifer Kerns and her students offer brief treatments of the Japanese bodywork. Colchester Professional Building, 5:45-8 p.m. Donations; preregister; limited space. Info, temenosvt@gmail.com.

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Allen Koop: When relaying the story of New Hampshire's only World War II POW camp, the historian conveys how its location in the tiny village of Stark influenced residents. Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 334-7902.

River Huston: Referencing her own struggles and triumphs, the sex educator presents "Surviving the Weekend," a reflection on alcohol use on college campuses. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7 p.m. Free. Info, blee@smcvt. edu.

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.

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Osher Lifelong Learning Lecture: Awardwinning novelist Kathryn Davis talks about different aspects of her craft, including where ideas come from. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 1:303 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 454-1234.

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Green Mountain Table Tennis Club: PingPong players swing their paddles in singles and doubles matches. Knights of Columbus, Rutland, 6-9:30 p.m. Free for first two sessions; $30 annual membership. Info, 247-5913.

Nancy Jay Crumbine: In "Rumi, a Soul on Fire," the Dartmouth College professor analyzes the work of the prolific spiritual poet. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

health & fitness

Passive House Symposium: Lt. Gov. Phil Scott keynotes a daylong exploration of high-performance, energy-efficient structures in Vermont and beyond. See phausvt.org for details. Judd Hall, Vermont Technical College, Randolph, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $25-50; free for students with ID. Info, 233-2015.

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AARP Smart Driver Class: Drivers ages 50 and up learn to safely navigate the road while addressing the physical changes brought on by aging.

American Cancer Society, Williston, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $10-20; preregister. Info, 888-3394.

Mike Snyder: Vermont's commissioner of forests, parks and recreation discusses the far-reaching benefits of bird conservation in "Saving Our Songs and Our Forest." Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 434-3068.

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Donald Sheehy: Monster of egotism or folksy bard? The Edinboro College professor considers both in "The Real Robert Frost." Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

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.

Mieka PaulEy: The award-winning songstress brings candid lyrics to life in an intimate show. Brick Meeting House, Westford, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 978-692-5511.

Piano Workshop: Pianists refresh their skills on the ivory keys. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2518.

'Vermont History Through Song': Singer/ researcher Linda Radtke lends her voice to a costumed interpretation of the state's major events.

Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 1:30 p.m.

Donations. Info, 748-2600.

Powerful Tools for Caregivers: Wendy Bombard and Carrie Shamel of the Visiting Nurse Association cover self-care topics relevant to those responsible for the medical needs of their family members. Fletcher Allen Health Care, Williston, 6-7:30 p.m. $30 suggested donation; preregister. Info, 6581900, ext. 3903.

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Jim & maryann frazier: Referencing the ongoing honeybee crisis, the Penn State University entomologists present "Bringing Back the Bees: A View From the Front Lines of Pollinator Research." A Q&A follows. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, reception, 6:30-7 p.m.; lecture, 7-8:30 p.m. Free; donations accepted; preregister. Info, pss@uvm.edu. margareT smiTh: The expert on genetics and plant breeding imparts her knowledge in "Who Put Those Genes in my Food? Facts and Myths About Genetically Engineered Crops." William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute, Chazy, N.Y., 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-846-7121. mary louise gill: The Brown University professor considers "True Rhetoric and Philosophy in Plato's Phaedrus" in the annual Plato Lecture.

Dion Family Student Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 4:45 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2795. neri oxman: In the 2014 George D. Aiken Lecture, the MIT professor describes her work in "Material Ecology: A New Approach to Nature-Inspired Design and Engineering." See calendar spotlight.

Ira Allen Chapel, UVM, Burlington, 5 & 6:30 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 656-4455.

theater

'The 39 sTePs': An onstage plane crash, missing fingers and romance propel this Tony Awardwinning adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film, presented by Lost Nation Theater. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 7 p.m. $10-30. Info, 229-0492.

'Bengal Tiger aT The Baghdad zoo': See WED.1. firsT-year show: 'a CauTionary Tale and oThers': Middlebury College students explore the challenges of love, school and work in the digital age in this annual production. Hepburn Zoo, Hepburn Hall, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. $5. Info, 443-3168.

'inTo The woods': See WED.1, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

'The musiC man': Traveling salesman Harold Hill's scheming ways come back to haunt him in this classic comedy, interpreted by the Lamoille County Players. Hyde Park Opera House, 7-10 p.m. $10-18. Info, 888-4507.

'The Prima doneTTes': Girls Nite Out Productions channels top female recording artists of 1950s, ’60s and ’70s in this hip-shaking musical revue. Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $1822. Info, 863-5966.

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PeoPle's ClimaTe marCh homeComing ParTy: Vermonters who participated in the recent New York City event recount their experiences through presentations and slide shows. Live tunes by Brass Balagan complete the evening. Old Labor Hall, Barre, 7-11 p.m. Free. Info, jade@350vt.org.

art

adulT wheel: Pottery newcomers learn the basics of wheel-working, then put their skills to use and create cups, mugs and bowls. BCA Center, Burlington, 8-10 p.m. $5-6 includes one fired and glazed piece; $5 per additional piece. Info, 865-7166.

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fairfax rummage sale: Affordably priced clothes, books and toys make for good buys. Baptist Building, Fairfax, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 849-6313. family rummage sale: Gently used winter wear draws shoppers of all ages. Holy Family Parish Hall, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 878-5879. rummage sale: Deal seekers browse donated items in a "take what you like, pay what you can" setting. Grace Methodist Church, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 878-8071.

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good news garage oPen house: Locals learn about the nonprofit car-donation program's new retail garage and its parent organization, Ascentria Care Alliance. Good News Garage, Burlington, 3-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-3667, ext. 13.

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women's CirCle: Those who identify as women gather for readings, discussion and activities. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 302.

dance

Ballroom & laTin danCing: foxTroT: Samir Elabd leads choreographed steps for singles and couples. No partner or experience required.

Jazzercize Studio, Williston, introductory lesson, 7-8 p.m.; dance, 8-10 p.m. $6-14. Info, 862-2269. danCe! danCe! sí! sí!: DJ Toni Basanta spins hip-shaking Latin rhythms with a touch of jazz at this celebration of hispanic culture. Richmond Free Library, 7-10:30 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 434-3036.

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Stowe Events Field, Weeks Hill Road, Stowe, Vermont 150 Juried Art and Craft Exhibitors, Specialty Foods Great Eats, Beer, Wine, Live Entertainment, Craft Demonstrations Adult admission $10, kids free. Free parking. No pets, please.

Queen CiTy Tango PraCTilonga: Dancers kick off the weekend with improvisation, camaraderie and laughter. No partner necessary, but clean, smooth-soled shoes required. North End Studio B, Burlington, 7:30-10 p.m. $7. Info, 877-6648.

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Queen CiTy ghosTwalK: darKness falls: Paranormal historian Thea Lewis highlights haunted happenings throughout Burlington. Burlington City Hall Park, 8 p.m. Meet at the steps 10 minutes before start time. $15; preregister. Info, 863-5966.

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'The sPiTfire grill': Fresh out of prison, Percy Talbot seeks redemption in the form of a smalltown diner in this award-winning musical, staged by the Essex Community Players. Memorial Hall, Essex, 7:30-10 p.m. $16-18. Info, 878-9109.

wriTers CirCle: Wordsmiths of all skill levels put pen to paper in an encouraging environment. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300.

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'oCToBer souls': A three-day theatrical fest packs a punch with three solo shows per night.

See offcentervt.com for details. Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, Burlington, 8 p.m. $8-15. Info, 716640-4639, dafschein@gmail.com.

nora Caron: The spiritual author excerpts Jaguar Dreams, the final installment of her New Dimensions Trilogy. Phoenix Books Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

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'Kiss me, KaTe': The Stowe Theatre Guild stages Cole Porter's musical version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, in which a pair of divorced actors reunite onstage. Town Hall Theatre, Akeley Memorial Building, Stowe, 8 p.m. $10-20. Info, 253-3961.

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'a grand nighT for singing': Memorable Rodgers & Hammerstein tunes from Oklahoma, South Pacific and other Broadway classics anchor this UVM Theatre production. Royall Tyler Theatre, UVM, Burlington, 7:30-10 p.m. $18-25. Info, 656-2094.

'The underPanTs': When a conservative woman's bloomers fall down in public, hilarity ensues in this Waterbury Festival Players' production of Steve Martin's satire. Waterbury Festival Playhouse, 7:30 p.m. $15-35. Info, 498-3755.

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PEACE AND JUSTICE FALL 2014 LECTURE SERIES Wednesday, October 8, 4:00 p.m.

McCarthy Recital Hall St. Michael’s College Annual Peace Pledge Ceremony

annual Peace Pledge Ceremony, the Peace and Justice Club has invited Diane Nash, one of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960’s, to discuss its legacy for the current situation. Ms. Nash was a founding member of In 1961, she coordinated the Freedom Rides from Birmingham, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi. She also helped conceptualize and form the Right to Vote Movement in Selma, Alabama which led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. Ms. Nash has been a lifelong proponent and teacher of Gandhian nonviolence and has won many awards for her service to our country, including the John F. Kennedy Library’s Distinguished American award in 2003.

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Calais Fall Foliage Festival: Meals, music, events and exhibits entertain folks of all ages at this seasonal soirée. Various Calais locations, 9 a.m.

Prices vary; most events are free. Info, 223-4702.

Killington Hay Festival: See WED.1, 8 a.m.

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MountainFilM: Adventure hounds screen award-winning films celebrating mountain culture, outdoor sports, sustainable living and the environment. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $9. Info, 603-646-2422.

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Bellows Falls FarMers MarKet: Music enlivens a fresh-food marketplace with produce, meats, crafts and weekly workshops. Waypoint Center, Bellows Falls, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 463-2018.

FisH Fry: Plates of crispy, golden-brown fish satisfy seafood lovers. VFW Post, Essex Junction, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 878-0700.

Five Corners FarMers MarKet: From local meats to breads and wines, farmers share the bounty of the growing season. Lincoln Place, Essex Junction, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 999-3249.

lyndon FarMers MarKet: More than 20 vendors proffer a rotation of fresh veggies, meats, cheeses and more. Bandstand Park, Lyndonville, 3-6 p.m.

Free. Info, 535-7528. riCHMond FarMers MarKet: An open-air emporium connects farmers and fresh-food browsers.

Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 999-7514. truCK stop: Mobile kitchens serve up gourmet eats and local libations. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 540-0406.

Bridge CluB: See WED.1, 10 a.m.

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and various initiatives to eliminate them. Many of the mines in Congo are still controlled by warlords which means that our consumption of electronic products made with minerals from this country helps fund the violence there.

• Omekongo Dibinga - Youth motivational speaker, tri-lingual poet, CNN contributor, TV talk show host, and rapper. (He also teaches Multi-cultural Education at the University of Virginia.)

• - Director of Social Action Marketing for Intel and the architect of Intel’s Pursuit • Sasha Lezhnev - Associate Director of Policy for Congo, Great Lakes Region, and Lord’s Resistance Army at the ENOUGH PROJECT. He is author of the book, with Warlords in Collapsing States.

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avalon natural MediCine Fall open House: Naturopathic physicians Michelle Haff and Jen Williamson discuss an approach to medicine that includes herbs, homeopathy and acupuncture.

Avalon Natural Medicine of Vermont, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 578-3449. avoid Falls witH iMproved staBility: A personal trainer demonstrates daily practices for seniors concerned about their balance. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $5-6. Info, 658-7477.

HealtHy Body, HealtHy sKin: Nutritionist Akshata Nayak explains how the digestive system and dietary and lifestyle choices affect the complexion. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister.

Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

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Foodways Fridays: Foodies use heirloom herbs and veggies to revive historic recipes in the farmhouse kitchen. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $4-14; free for kids under 3. Info, 457-2355.

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in this country. Gustavo Torres, Executive Director of Casa de Maryland, the largest Latino service provider and advocacy organization in Maryland, has been a champion of the rights of immigrants and the low-wage Latino community in the US for decades. In 2001, he received the Leadership for a Changing World award

laugHter yoga: Breathe, clap, chant and ... giggle! Participants decrease stress with this playful practice. Bring personal water. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 999-7373.

the Year Award (2004) and the Annie E. Casey Foundation FAMILIES COUNT award in 2005. Controversial because his organization receives public funding to help illegal immigrants, Torres has nevertheless been hailed

living strong group: A blend of singing and exercising enlivens a workout. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2518. nia witH suzy: Drawing from martial arts, dance arts and healing arts, sensory-based movements inspire students to explore their potential. Shelburne Health & Fitness, 9:45-10:45 a.m. $13. Info, 522-3691.

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yoga Consult: Yogis looking to refine their practice get helpful tips. Fusion Studio Yoga & Body Therapy, Montpelier, 11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 272-8923.

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early Bird MatH: One plus one equals fun! Kiddos and their caregivers gain exposure to mathematics through books, songs and games. Richmond Free Library, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 434-3036.

FaMily wHeel: Parents and kids drop into the clay studio, where they learn wheel and handbuilding techniques. BCA Center, Burlington, 5:307:30 p.m. $5-6 includes one fired and glazed piece; $5 per additional piece. Info, 865-7166.

MagiC: tHe gatHering: Decks of cards determine the arsenal with which participants, or "planeswalkers," fight others for glory, knowledge and conquest. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6-8 p.m. Free; for grades 6 and up. Info, 878-6956.

MusiC witH dereK: Movers and groovers up to age 8 shake their sillies out to toe-tapping tunes.

Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810. roBin's nest nature playgroup: Kiddos up to age 5 and their caregivers engage in naturalistled outdoor play through fields and forests. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Donations; preregister. Info, 229-6206. songs & stories witH MattHew: Matthew Witten helps children start the day with tunes and tales of adventure. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

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First Friday: DJs and drag acts make for a memorable queer dance party. Higher Ground, South Burlington, 9 p.m. $5-10. Info, 877-987-6487.

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First Friday piano ConCert: Matthew Wu presents a program of classic and contemporary works.

Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7-7:45 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-6955.

Friday nigHt Fires witH tHe deadiCated trio: Karen Krajacic, Bill Shafer and Peter Williams put on a Grateful Dead tribute show that would make Jerry Garcia proud. Fresh Tracks Farm Vineyard & Winery, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 223-1151. 'reMeMBering tHe songs': Native American flute master Gary Stroutsos pays tribute to the rich cultural heritage of the Zuni, Navajo and Salish tribes. Chandler Gallery, Randolph, 7:30 p.m. $1019; cash bar. Info, 728-6464. speedy arnold & aliCe KnigHt: The guitarist and upright bassist kick off the 27th season of the Palmer Street Coffeehouse with a blend of musicianship and onstage banter. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 518-561-6920. tannaHill weavers: With a diverse repertoire that spans centuries, Scotland's celebrated foursome brings a rock-and-roll attitude to traditional Celtic tunes. Tunbridge Town Hall, 7:30 p.m. $2530. Info, 431-3433. upstart Fest: The Virus, Left Alone, New Red Scare and others take the stage at this punk-rock party for the ages. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8 p.m. $10.

Info, 540-0406.

outdoors

Fall Migration Bird walKs: Avian enthusiasts explore local hot spots for songbird species. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 7:30-9 a.m. $10; free for kids and members. Info, 229-6206.

seminars

MiCHael tHerien: The Duke University professor of chemistry imparts his knowledge in "Nanoscale Agents for Optical Imaging." Room 111, Cheray Science Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2795.

talks

david Massell: The UVM professor of history crosses the border in "Does Canada Matter?" Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, coffee hour, 1:15-1:45 p.m.; lecture, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516.

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Gary StroutSoS: Native American music and culture come alive in "Along the River: The Lewis and Clark Expedition," a multimedia presentation by the ethnomusicologist. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. & 6-9 p.m. $6. Info, 431-0204.

theater

uvm hiStoriC tour: Professor emeritus William Averyt references architectural gems and notable personalities on a walk through campus. Meet at the Ira Allen statue. University Green, UVM, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister at uvm. edu. Info, 656-8673.

'Comedy of errorS': Two sets of identical twins separated at birth wander the same city, creating a colossal case of mistaken identities in this Shakespearean romp, staged by Lost Nation Theater. Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m. $10-30. Info, 229-0492.

vermont Covered bridGe SoCiety fall meetinG: William McKone discusses the past, present and future of Cambridge's Poland Covered Bridge at a gathering held in memory of Sen. Jim Jeffords. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, wcarroll@crocker.com.

firSt-year Show: 'a Cautionary tale and otherS': See THU.2, 8 & 10:30 p.m.

fairs & festivals

'a Grand niGht for SinGinG': See THU.2. 'into the woodS': See WED.1.

'KiSS me, Kate': See THU.2. 'la traviata': Rochelle Bard, James Flora and Brian Major star in this Opera Company of Middlebury production of Verdi's masterpiece. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 8-10:30 p.m. $40-50. Info, 382-9222. 'the muSiC man': See THU.2. 'oCtober SoulS': See THU.2. 'the Prima donetteS': See THU.2, 7:30 p.m. 'the SPitfire Grill': See THU.2, 7:30-10 p.m. 'the underPantS': See THU.2.

words

daniel ConnauGhton: The New England author signs and discusses Imora and Keeper of the Bones. Maclure Library, Pittsford, 9:30 a.m.-noon.

Free. Info, 483-2972.

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Green mountain animal defenderS walK for farmed animalS: A stroll through downtown Burlington memorializes the billions of animals lost to food production. Church Street Marketplace, Burlington, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, farmanimals@gmad.info.

art

bazaars

fairfax rummaGe Sale: See FRI.3, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. family rummaGe Sale: See FRI.3, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. rummaGe Sale: See FRI.3, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

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KillinGton hay feStival: See WED.1, 8 a.m.

PumPKin & aPPle Celebration: A harvest party highlights autumn's signature crops with handson programs, cider pressing and themed recipes.

Horse-drawn wagon rides round out the farm-fresh fun. Billings Farm & Museum, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $4-14; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 457-2355. roCKtoberfeSt: The Healthy Lamoille Valley 5K kicks off this daylong street fair featuring a chili cook-off, kids activities and music from Chad Hollister and the Michelle Sarah Band. See rocktoberfestvt.com for details. Various Morrisville locations, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Free; cost of food and drink; $15-25 for 5K. Info, 279-2926.

Sheldon elementary SChool fall feStival: Festivalgoers mark the changing seasons with fireside stories, trunk-or-treat, fresh-pressed apple cider and a cookout. Sheldon Community Forest, noon-3 p.m. Free. Info, 933-2363. under one Sun art & muSiC feStival: Performances by local musicians complement eyecatching works of art displayed throughout town at this celebration of the creative spirit. Merchants Row, Randolph, 1-8 p.m. Free. Info, 431-0096. vermont SheeP & wool feStival: Fiber fanatics flock to this annual fair featuring more than 70 vendors, farm animals, and shearing, spinning and sheepdog demonstrations. See calendar spotlight.

Tunbridge World's Fairgrounds, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $1-6.

Info, 592-3062.

film

'hannah arendt': Margarethe von Trotta's biopic examines the life of the political theorist who famously reported on the trial of Nazi Adolf Eichmann for the New Yorker. Dana Auditorium, Sunderland Language Center, Middlebury College, 3 & 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. indiGenouS PeoPleS movieS: Films from ethnographer Ned Castle and award-winning filmmaker Matt Day explore topics including basketmaking, drumming, language and fellowship. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free with admission, $10.50-13.50. Info, 877-324-6386.

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VSA Vermont Drum Festival 2014

Saturday, Oct. 18 • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Elley-Long Music Center at Saint Michael’s College 223 Ethan Allen Ave, Colchester, VT Join the beat! Listen or drum with us!

Come support the talents of Vermonters with disabilities!

FREE ADMISSION For information or to request access services by October 6: 802-655-4606 or info@vsavt.org

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barre farmerS marKet: Crafters, bakers and farmers share their goods. Vermont Granite Museum, Barre, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, barrefarmersmarket@gmail.com.

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burlinGton farmerS marKet: More than 90 stands overflow with seasonal produce, flowers, artisan wares and prepared foods. Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 310-5172.

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forSaKe: fall KiCKoff Party: Live music and gear giveaways fête the footwear company defined by form, function, urban sensibility and a DIY business model. Outdoor Gear Exchange, Burlington, 9 p.m.-midnight. Free; $5 after 10 p.m.; cash bar.

Info, events@gearx.com.

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vermont muSiC teaCherS aSSoCiation fall Convention: "A Musician's Guide to the Brain" inspires a daylong exploration of music education featuring Bucknell University professor emeritus Lois Svard. Richmond Free Library, 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m. $35-65. Info, 878-9873.

fall foliaGe Craft fair: Locals feast on a chicken barbecue, then browse jewelry, pottery, candles, quilts and other handmade wares.

Hardwick Elementary School, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free.

Info, 472-5906.

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Proceeds benefit Safeline, Inc. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, reception, 7:30 p.m.; show, 8 p.m. $20.

Info, 685-7900.

ChamPlain mini maKer faire: A DIY mindset attracts tech-savvy tinkerers, who check out innovative art, science and engineering creations.

Smokeless s'mores, anyone? Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $10-15; $18-27 weekend pass; free for kids 10 and under. Info, 985-8686.

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Free. Info, 223-3380.

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Burlington Food Tour: Locavores sample the Queen City's finest cuisine on a scrumptious stroll that stops at the Burlington Farmers Market and an area restaurant. East Shore Vineyard Tasting Room, Burlington, 12:30-3 p.m. $45. Info, 277-0180, burlingtonfoodtours@gmail.com.

Caledonia Farmers Market: Growers, crafters and entertainers gather weekly at outdoor stands centered on local eats. Pearl Street, St. Johnsbury, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 592-3088.

Capital City Farmers Market: Meats and cheeses join farm-fresh produce, baked goods, and locally made arts and crafts throughout the growing season. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2958.

Champlain Islands Farmers Market: See WED.1, St. Joseph's Church, Grand Isle, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 434-4122.

Chicken Pie Dinner: A feast of flaky pastries filled with savory ingredients satisfies diners and benefits the Essex Junction Knights of Columbus Charity Fund.

St. Pius X Parish, Essex Junction, 5:30 & 6:30 p.m. $610; preregister; takeout available. Info, 878-8314.

Chicken Pie Lunch & Supper: Neighbors rub elbows over a shared meal of this cold-weather comfort food. The Old Meeting House, East Montpelier, noon, 5 & 7 p.m. $6-12; preregister. Info, 223-6934.

Chicken Pie Supper: A seasonal spread brings biscuits and gravy, mashed potatoes, squash and pie to the table. Shelburne United Methodist Church, 5 & 6:30 p.m. $6-12; free for kids under 5.

Info, 985-3981.

Middlebury Farmers Market: See WED.1.

Mount Tom Farmers Market: Purveyors of garden-fresh crops, prepared foods and crafts set up shop for the morning. Parking lot, Mount Tom, Woodstock, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 457-2070.

Newport Farmers Market: See WED.1.

Northwest Farmers Market: Foodies stock up on local produce, garden plants, canned goods and handmade crafts. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 827-3157.

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Norwich Farmers Market: Neighbors discover fruits, veggies and other riches of the land offered alongside baked goods, crafts and live entertainment. Route 5 South, Norwich, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free.

Info, 384-7447.

Oktoberfeast 3: Food vendors transform the Artifactory into a farmers market setting, where revelers nosh on tasty fare, sip limited-edition brews and groove to live music. Magic Hat Brewing Company, South Burlington, noon-5 p.m. $5 entry fee benefits the Vermont Foodbank. Info, 658-2739.

Pittsford Farmers Market: Homegrown produce complements maple products and artisan wares at this outdoor affair. Pittsford Congregational Church, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 483-2829.

Rutland County Farmers Market: Downtown strollers find high-quality produce, fresh-cut flowers and artisan crafts within arms' reach. Depot Park, Rutland, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 773-4813 or 353-0893.

Shelburne Farmers Market: Harvested fruits and greens, artisan cheese, and local novelties grace outdoor tables. Shelburne Town Center, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 985-2472.

Waitsfield Farmers Market: Local entertainment enlivens a bustling, open-air market boasting extensive seasonal produce, prepared foods and artisan crafts. Mad River Green, Waitsfield, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 472-8027.

Wine Tasting: California Red Blends: Oenophiles sip vintages from 2011 to 2013 produced by Ca'Momi Winery, Duckhorn Vineyards and other winemakers. Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, 4-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 253-5742.

health & fitness

Understanding Eastern Medicine: Acupuncturist Marni Adhikari details well-being as reflected in the Chinese philosophy of the Five Elements. Pathways to Well Being, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, acumedicine@gmail.com.

holidays

Ghostacular: ParaCon: Costumes are encouraged at a paranormal preview to Halloween featuring vendors, healers, readers and workshops. Hilton Hotel, Burlington, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $7. Info, 893-9966.

kids

Drop-In Story Time: A varied selection of music and books inspires a love of the arts in youngsters.

Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

Drums, Drumming & Shakers: Kiddos and their parents keep the beat with VSA Vermont, an arts and education organization for locals with developmental disabilities. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

Kids Wear Fair: Families swap gently used outerwear, accessories and shoes in sizes ranging from infant to preteen. Clothing donations are not required to attend. Congregational Church, Middlebury, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 388-7634.

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.

Raptors in Residence: Fans of feathered fliers stretch their wings and experience the birds of prey firsthand. Shelburne Farms, 1-1:30 p.m. Regular farm admission, $5-8; free to members, Shelburne residents and kids under 3. Info, 985-8686.

Special Olympics Young Athletes Program: See THU.2, The RehabGYM Colchester, 9-10 a.m.

Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-0280.

Story Explorers: 'The Very Quiet Cricket': A reading of Eric Carle's best-selling children's book paves the way for a real-life observation of the instrumental insects. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free with admission, $9.5012.50. Info, 877-324-6386.

Terrific Tractors & Other Cool Farm Machines: Youngsters emulate farmers as they climb aboard and explore the powerful vehicles.

Shelburne Farms, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Regular farm admission, $5-8; free to members, Shelburne residents and kids under 3. Info, 985-8686.

Yoga Tots: YogaFit instructor Jessica Frost leads kiddos ages 3 through 6 in poses that focus their energy and relax their minds. Community Room, Highgate Municipal Building, 9 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 868-3970.

Youth Speak Out: Area youth voice opinions about pressing current issues such as Vermont's opiate epidemic and the events in Ferguson, Mo. Deejayed tunes and live entertainment complete the drug-free evening. Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 999-9359.

music

Christine Lavin & Don White: It's never the same show twice when the seasoned performers join forces for an evening of music and comedy. Universalist Church, Hartland, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $25. Info, 738-0149.

Dick Forman Jazz Group: Ballads, blues, bebop and swing power a performance featuring a lineup of New England's top musicians. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8-9 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168.

Fiddle Workshop: Intermediate and advanced players hone their bow-and-string skills with Québécois musician Pascal Gemme. Burlington Violin Shop, 11 a.m.-noon. $10 suggested donation; preregister; limited space. Info, mark.sustic@gmail.com.

Jay Ungar & Molly Mason: The folk duo treats listeners to traditional tunes in "Ashokan Farwell: The Civil War and Beyond." Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15-30.

Info, 863-5966.

Randy Smith & His Band of Merry Men: An acoustic show highlights the award-winning singer-songwriter's gift for original music. Troy Millette opens. See calendar spotlight. Enosburg Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $12-15; limited space. Info, 933-6171.

Ripton Community Coffeehouse: Local performers warm up the microphone for indie folk duo Mike + Ruthy. See calendar spotlight. Ripton Community House, 7:30 p.m. $3-10. Info, 388-9782.

Smokey Joe's Café Featuring the Coasters: A song-and-dance tribute to legendary songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller spans 40 years of rock-and-roll's greatest hits. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $44.75-49.75. Info, 775-0903.

Tammy Fletcher: Backed by all-star musicians, the powerhouse vocalist lends her pipes to an evening of originals and hits by Cole Porter, Nina Simone, Janis Joplin and others. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 8 p.m. $20-25. Info, 760-4634.

Twin State Derby: The Upper Valley Vixens battle Massachusetts' Brawlin' Broads in a hard-hitting flat-track showdown. Partial proceeds benefit Girls on the Run. An after-party follows. Union Arena, Woodstock, 6-8:30 p.m. $10-12; free for kids under 12. Info, uv.vixens@gmail.com.

talks

Michele Pagan: The textile conservator presents a narrated slide show chronicling her 10-year restoration of the Vermont State Civil War flag collection. Middletown Springs Historical Society, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 235-2376.

theater

Twangtown Paramours: A hybrid of the Nashville and Austin music scenes, the acoustic duo crafts catchy Americana. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $15; $35 includes dinner; BYOB. Info, 465-4071.

'The 39 Steps': See THU.2, 8 p.m.

outdoors

'A Grand Night for Singing': See THU.2, 2-4:30 & 7:30-10 p.m.

Jim & Ellie Gustafson: The longtime Chester residents detail their intimate relationship with the local landscape in "Walk in the Woods: 50 Years of Stewardship and 40 Years of Tree Farming." Guided tours follow. Dodge Road, Chester, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Free; preregister. Info, 747-7900.

Yoga Hike: Yogic principles of movement dictate a woodland trek. Email for details and directions.

Hawk's Hill, Barnard, 2-4 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, amanda@innerliftyoga.com.

seminars

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.

'Comedy of Errors': See FRI.3, 2 p.m.

First-Year Show: 'A Cautionary Tale and Others': See THU.2.

HopStop Family Series: Revels North: 'The Mysteries of Haddon Hall': Excerpts from the Upper Valley theater company's upcoming Christmas show entertain youngsters ages 3 and up. Alumni Hall, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 11 a.m. Free; limited space.

Info, rebecca.a.bailey@dartmouth.edu.

'Into the Woods': See WED.1.

'Kiss Me, Kate': See THU.2.

'The Music Man': See THU.2, 7-10 p.m.

'October Souls': See THU.2.

'The Prima Donettes': See THU.2, 7:30 p.m.

'The Spitfire Grill': See THU.2, 7:30-10 p.m.

'The Underpants': See THU.2, 7:30 p.m.

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.

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Marina Sitrin: The internationally renowned scholar of social movements discusses current issues, as reflected in her book They Can't Represent Us: Reinventing Democracy From Greece to Occupy.

Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 1-2:30 p.m.

Free. Info, 860-869-1388.

Craftsbury Outdoor Center Oktoberfest: Henley-on-Hosmer Regatta: Hit the water!

Single sculls race two abreast down Big Hosmer Pond. Craftsbury Outdoor Center, 1-5 p.m. $45; preregister. Info, 586-7767.

Craftsbury Outdoor Center Oktoberfest: Singletrack Shootout Biathlon Race: Take aim! Athletes of all abilities test their physical and mental stamina. Craftsbury Outdoor Center, 9 a.m.noon. $25; preregister. Info, 586-7767.

People's United Bank Milk Bowl: Stock-car racers take the wheel in this two-day tourney dubbed the "toughest short track event in North America." Thunder Road Speed Bowl, Barre, 1 p.m. $10-25; $30 weekend pass; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 244-6963.

Rally for the Cure: Tennis players swing their racquets in mixed-doubles matches to raise funds for the grassroots program dedicated to educating women about breast cancer. Sugarbush Resort, Warren, 9 a.m. $45 includes lunch. Info, 583-6700.

Sarah Ramsey Strong 5K: Runners honor the memory of the former Champlain College student and raise funds for the scholarship in her name.

An after-party follows at ArtsRiot. Emergent Media Center, Champlain College, Burlington, registration, 2-4 p.m.; run, 4 p.m. $10-100. Info, 655-7370.

Sheldon Elementary School Fall Festival: Sheldon Bears 5K & Bear Cub Trail Run: Runners of all ages go the distance to benefit Sheldon Community Forest events. Prizes and raffle drawings round out the fun. Sheldon Community Forest, 9 a.m.-noon. $20; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 933-2362.

Sjögren's Syndrome Rockin' 5K: Hikers and runners make strides to raise funds for and awareness of the chronic autoimmune disease. Niquette Bay State Park, Colchester, registration, 7:30 a.m.; race, 9 a.m. $30-35. Info, 891-6348.

Stampy Stomp 15K: Stunning fall foliage rewards runners on a trail race benefiting Protect Our Winters and the Catamount Outdoor Family Center.

Catamount Outdoor Family Center, Williston, 10 a.m. $30; preregister. Info, 879-6001.

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art

Fall Open Studio Weekend: See SAT.4.

bazaars

Compass Collectors Show: A wide range of antiques, collectibles and ephemera delights deal seekers. Compass Music and Arts Center, Brandon, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 247-4295.

dance

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, 4-7 p.m. $6 suggested donation. Info, 540-1020.

Sean Nós Irish Dance Workshop: Siobhan Butler facilitates an exploration of traditional music and movement. Barre Opera House, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $15-20 suggested donation; preregister; limited space. Info, 272-9880.

Student Choreography Showcase: UVM dance composition students perform original works in various styles. UVM Recital Hall, Redstone Campus, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, paul.besaw@uvm.edu.

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Queen City Ghostwalk: Lakeview Cemetery: Paranormal authority Thea Lewis leads a grave adventure through historic headstones. Meet at Louisa Howard Chapel 10 minutes before start time. Lakeview Cemetery, Burlington, 8 p.m.

Parking available at Burlington High School. $15; preregister. Info, 863-5966.

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Queen City Ghostwalk: wiCked waterfront: A spooky stroll along the shores of Lake Champlain with Thea Lewis elicits thrills and chills. Battery Park, Burlington, 6 p.m. Meet at the fountain at the bottom of Pearl Street 10 minutes before start time. $15; preregister. Info, 863-5966.

tensions over energy, independence, the environment and the state's future. Richmond Free Library, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 434-3036.

fairs & festivals

Community breakfast: The Ladies Auxiliary hosts a hearty start to the day for members and nonmembers alike. VFW Post, Essex Junction, 9-11 a.m. $3-7. Info, 878-0700.

Calais fall foliaGe festival: See FRI.3.

Champlain mini maker faire: See SAT.4, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. killinGton hay festival: See WED.1, 8 a.m. marshfield harvest festival: ’Tis the season for cider pressing, live music, lawn games, a chili cook-off and more. Old Schoolhouse Common, Marshfield, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free; cost of food and drink. Info, 426-3581. pumpkin & apple Celebration: See SAT.4. vermont sheep & wool festival: See SAT.4, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

film

'freedom and unity: the vermont movie: part six': "People's Power" tackles contemporary

indiGenous peoples movies: See SAT.4.

food & drink

harvest ham dinner: Locals fill up on homemade eats. St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, noon & 1 p.m. $5-11; free for kids under 6. Info, 644-5073. south burlinGton farmers market: Farmers, food vendors, artists and crafters set up booths in the parking lot. South Burlington High School, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 207-266-8766. winooski farmers market: Area growers and bakers offer ethnic eats, assorted produce and agricultural products. Champlain Mill Green, Winooski, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 413-446-4684.

health & fitness

Craftsbury outdoor Center oktoberfest: CheCkpoint ChallenGe adventure raCe: Participants test their physical and mental resolve at a series of checkpoints, where they solve brain teasers, fell a tree and more. Craftsbury Outdoor Center, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $25; preregister. Info, 586-7767. nia with suzy: See FRI.3, South End Studio, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $14. Info, 522-3691. soul purpose development: liGht body meditation: Cynthia Warwick Seiler helps attendees access their higher selves in a focused practice.

Rainbow Institute, Burlington, 11 a.m.-noon. $15 suggested donation. Info, 671-4569.

kids

kidiCal mass Group biCyCle ride: Families take a leisurely spin around the Queen City. Maglianero Café, Burlington, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 508-246-4315. 'the liGhtninG thief': Kiddos ages 8 and up watch the page come to the stage in Theatreworks USA's musical adaptation of Rick Riordan's bestselling young adult series. Spaulding Auditorium,

Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 3 p.m. $13-23. Info, 603-646-2422. 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. sundays for fledGlinGs: From feathers and flying to art and zoology, junior birders ages 5 through 9 develop research and observation skills. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 2-3 p.m. Free with museum admission, $3.50-7; free for members; preregister. Info, 434-2167.

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.

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CASTING CALL!

Audition for the first-ever Kids VT Spectacular Spectacular — a talent show for Vermont’s rising stars at Higher Ground in December 2014.

To participate you must try out in front of a panel of judges.

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Joe Sullivan Big Band With lorne lofSky & kirk Macdonald: Joined by the guitarist and saxophonist, the celebrated trumpeter leads an evening of awe-inspiring jazz. Segal Centre for performing Arts, Montréal, 8-10 p.m. $25-30. Info, 514-739-7944.

music

kiM & reggie harriS: Hints of folk and gospel thread through a repertoire of classical, rock, jazz and pop by the consummate musicians and storytellers. Main Reading Room, Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, Jericho, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 899-4962. northeaSt fiddlerS aSSociation Meeting: Lovers of this spirited art form gather to catch up and jam. VFW post, Hyde park, noon-5 p.m. Donations of nonperishable food items accepted. Info, 728-5188. richard goode: The internationally acclaimed pianist lets his fingers do the talking in a program of works by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and others.

A lecture precedes the concert at 2:15 p.m. in Room 221, Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 3 p.m. $6-25. Info, 443-3168. rick & the all-Star raMBlerS cd releaSe Party: Western-swing tunes inspired by the Green Mountain State dominate the recently released Welcome to OUR Vermont. Special guests and tours of the band's 1957 Flxible Starliner round out the day. Juniper Hall, Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 4 p.m.

Free. Info, 864-6674.

outdoors

aPPalachian trailS & taleS: A guided hike along a section of the AT introduces outdoorsy types to the history that shaped the unique landscape.

Meet at the Billings Farm & Museum visitor center.

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical park, Woodstock, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3368, ext. 2. caMelS huMP hike: Stunning views of autumn's vibrant colors reward hikers on a moderate trek to the summit. Contact trip leader for details. Camel's Hump State park, Duxbury, 9 a.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 355-7181, philhazen@comcast.net. fall foliage Walk: A stroll led by the Winooski Valley park District addresses the seasonal behaviors of area wildlife amid a backdrop of changing leaves and mountain vistas. Muddy Brook Wetland Reserve, South Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 863-5744.

harveSt run/Walk for SuStainaBility: Families make strides on 1K and 5K romps through farm fields and dirt roads. proceeds benefit the Sustainability Academy. Intervale Center, Burlington, 9 a.m.-noon. $5-15; $30 per family. Info, 658-3296.

sports

caMBridge area rotary 5k fun run & Walk: Area residents and businesses come together at an all-ages event benefitting community service projects throughout Lamoille County. 9:30 a.m. $10-20.

Info, 644-6600, swlvt@together.net.

PeoPle'S united Bank Milk BoWl: See SAT.4.

theater

'coMedy of errorS': See FRI.3, 7 p.m.

'la traviata': See FRI.3, 2-4:30 p.m.

r.i.P.P.e.d.: See WED.1.

'the MuSic Man': See THU.2, 2-5 p.m.

kids

national theatre live: A broadcast production of Tennessee Williams' pulitzer prize-winning drama A Streetcar Named Desire stars Gillian Anderson, Ben Foster and Vanessa Kirby. paramount Theatre, Rutland, 2 p.m. $17. Info, 775-0903. 'the PriMa donetteS': See THU.2, 2 p.m. 'the SPitfire grill': See THU.2, 2-4:30 p.m.

words

davorka goSto: A Mother's Journey Through War recounts the author's struggle to keep her family intact during the Bosnian War. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 338-4633.

Sharon WeBSter: poetry and visual art fill the pages of Everyone Lives Here. Davis Studio, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5217.

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agriculture

Backyard coMPoSting WorkShoP: A hands-on demonstration breaks down the steps of transforming food leftovers and yard debris into viable soil. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 872-8111.

art

life draWing: Artists bring their own materials and interpret the poses of a live model. BCA Center, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $6-8. Info, 865-7166.

community

heart SPeak oPening circle: Like-minded attendees create a safe space for open expression.

Sacred Mountain Studio, Burlington, 5:45-7:45 p.m.

Free. Info, 922-3724.

Milton route 7 tranSPortation Study: Area residents identify ways to improve walking, biking, traffic and overall safety along the major roadway.

Milton Town Offices, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-1794.

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.

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verMont aStronoMical Society: aStronoMy gadget & tool night: VAS members delight sky gazers with a show-and-tell session of devices for viewing celestial wonders. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

fairs & festivals

killington hay feStival: See WED.1, 8 a.m.

games

Bridge cluB: See WED.1, 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.

health & fitness

avoid fallS With iMProved StaBility: See FRI.3.

Beginner tai chi for health & Balance: A weekly 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. foot-care clinic: Nurses from Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice help folks care for their

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.1, 5-8 p.m.

PreSchool Story tiMe: See THU.2. 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

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Beginning Piano leSSon: Guided by Kim Hewitt, students of all ages try their hand at the blackand-white keys. Compass Music and Arts Center, Brandon, 3:30-5 p.m. $15; preregister for 30minute time slot. Info, 989-1694.

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.1, the Edge Sports & Fitness Essex, 7-9 p.m. $5; equipment provided.

Info, gbfloorhockey@gmail.com.

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talks

laurence WohlerS: The Ambassador to the Central African Republic discusses conflicts in and around the region. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516.

words

dan hazeWSki: The financial advisor offers practical advice in Exit Right: Avoiding Detours and Roadblocks Along the Baby Boomer Highway. College of St. Joseph, Rutland, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 776-5215.

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MuSt-read Monday: M.L. Stedman's The Light Between Oceans inspires conversation among bibliophiles. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:307:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

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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SHOW DATES:

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September 25-October 12 Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m.

Sundays at 2 p.m.

'vikingS froM the BritiSh MuSeuM': Art lovers enter a world of warriors and seafarers in a broadcast of the "Vikings: Life and Legend" exhibit. palace 9 Cinemas, South Burlington, 7 p.m. $12.50. Info, 660-9300.

community

Making StrideS againSt BreaSt cancer teaM Meeting: Attendees learn about the annual event that supports breast-cancer survivors and victims with every step. American Cancer Society, Williston, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-6776.

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coed floor hockey: See WED.1, Montpelier Recreation Department, 3-6 p.m. $5. Info, bmfloorhockey@gmail.com.

'kiSS Me, kate': See THU.2, 2 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.

'into the WoodS': See WED.1, 5 p.m.

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WoMen'S ride: autuMn colorS: pedal pushers cruise along South Burlington's bike paths, then explore Wheeler park. Dorset park, South Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, andynanne@burlington telecom.net.

living Strong grouP: See FRI.3, 2:30-3:30 p.m.

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Medicinal Plant Walk: Clinical herbalist Rebecca Dalgin helps folks identify the healing properties of local flora. Meet outside the Wild Heart Wellness office. Goddard College, plainfield, 1 p.m. $12. Info, 552-0727, rebecca.dalgin@gmail.com.

tootsies. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 1-4 p.m. $15; preregister for a 15-minute time slot. Info, 2232518, msac@montpelier-vt.org.

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fungi friendS: tree identification for MuShrooM foragerS: Nature lovers seek out Hen of the Wood and other cap-and-stem varieties.

Green Mountain Audubon Center, Huntington, 1-3 p.m. $15-20; preregister. Info, 434-3068.

firSt Sunday Salon SerieS: Members of the Bristol Gateway players perform one-act plays

by David Ives for an adult audience. A discussion follows. WalkOver Gallery & Concert Room, Bristol, 7 p.m. Donations. Info, 453-5060.

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Champlain Valley Quilt Guild meetinG: Author and award-winning quilter Colleen Wise presents "Creating the Illusion of Depth" to members and guests. Essex Alliance Church, 7-9 p.m. $5; free for members. Info, programs@cvqgvt.org.

dance

intro to tribal belly danCe: Ancient traditions from diverse cultures define this moving meditation that celebrates creative energy. Comfortable clothing required. Sacred Mountain Studio, Burlington, 6:45 p.m. $12. Info, piper.c.emily@gmail.com.

SwinG & latin danCe: Instructor Samir Elabd helps students break down basic steps into fancy footwork. Union Elementary School, Montpelier, swing, 6-7 p.m.; Latin, 7-8 p.m. $12-14. Info, 2258699 or 223-2921.

JohnSon FarmerS marKet: From kale to handcrafted spoons, shoppers fill their totes at this open-air affair featuring meats, herbs, baked goods and dining areas. Johnson Village Green, 4-7 p.m.

Free. Info, johnsonfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

Story time For 3- to 5-year-oldS: preschoolers stretch their reading skills through activities involving puppets and books. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

old north end FarmerS marKet: Locavores snatch up breads, juices, ethnic foods and more from neighborhood vendors. Integrated Arts Academy, H.O. Wheeler Elementary School, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 324-3073, oldnorthendfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

games

SwinG danCe praCtiCe SeSSion: Twinkle-toed dancers learn steps for the lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Indoor shoes required. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.

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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.

GeShe thubten Soepa: The dharma practitioner offers insights on joy, peace and compassion.

Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. Free.

Info, 223-3338.

world muSiC Choir: See WED.1.

theater

muSiC with mr. ChriS: See THU.2. 10-10:30 a.m.

language

barnartS teen tourinG Company: Budding thespians work on improvisation and character and script development at this weekly meetup. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, Woodstock, 6-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 332-6020. 'into the woodS': See WED.1.

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.

drop-in hatha yoGa: Betty Molnar leads a gentle practice of mindful stretching and relaxation. personal mat required. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

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.

Gentle yoGa with Jill lanG: Students get their stretch on with the yoga certification candidate. personal mat required. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

music

KniGhtS oF the myStiC moVie Club: Cinema hounds screen campy flicks at this ode to offbeat productions. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 356-2776.

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'loVe bomb: a Journey From Fear to loVe': Former World Trade Center employee Rhea Zimmerman finds a renewed purpose by becoming a chiropractor in this eye-opening documentary. proceeds benefit the patriot project and the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf. A Q&A follows.

Merrill's Roxy Cinema, Burlington, 7 p.m. $10; preregister; donations of nonperishable food items accepted. Info, 578-0342.

intro to yoGa: Newcomers discover the benefits of aligning breath and body. Fusion Studio Yoga & Body Therapy, Montpelier, 4-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 272-8923. nia with Suzy: See FRI.3, North End Studio B, Burlington, 7-8 a.m. $13. Info, 522-3691. publiC Flu CliniC: Registered nurses administer immunizations to those looking to avoid the ailment. Swanton School Apartments, 9-10:30 a.m.

Free. Info, 527-7531.

kids

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.

FairFax Story hour: 'FolK taleS': Good listeners up to age 6 are rewarded with stories, crafts and activities. Fairfax Community Library, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

Champlain Valley SCore roundtable SerieS: Matthew Graf and Darcy Carter share their knowledge in "Setting Up a New Business: Do You Have What It Takes?" New England Federal Credit Union, Williston, 5:30-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 951-6762.

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.

danCinG throuGh preGnanCy: Mothers-to-be prepare for birth in an open class based on the Nia Technique. North End Studio B, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $13. Info, 522-3691.

'bella ViSta': Vera Brunner-Sung presents her film about a struggling English-language instructor whose students ultimately help her adapt and belong. Room 101, Cheray Science Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2795.

boGaC erGene: The UVM professor of history details how the Ottomans' definition of political corruption relates to present-day attitudes about the Middle East. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, UVM, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 656-3166.

tabletop Game niGht: players ages 5 and up and their parents bond over board games. Fairfax Community Library, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420.

tea & Formal GardenS tour: See THU.2.

'ameriCan promiSe': Joe Brewster and Michele Stephenson's documentary tracks two African American boys from kindergarten to high school graduation at the predominantly white Dalton School.

Merrill's Roxy Cinema, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 863-2345, ext. 6.

talks

Community mediCal SChool: Nutritionist Rachel Johnson lends her expertise to "No Sugar Added: How to Reduce Health Risks and Keep Life Sweet." A Q&A follows. Carpenter Auditorium, Given Medical Building, UVM, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 847-2886.

Chair yoGa with Jill lanG: Yogis limber up with modified poses. personal mat required. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1-2 p.m. Free.

Info, 878-4918.

film

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.

loS lonely boyS: The Grammy Award-winning trio of brothers present "Texican" rock-and-roll stylings from Rockpango. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 7:30 p.m. $32-54. Info, 603-448-0400. me2/ChoruS worKShop: people living with mental illness and their supporters explore a wide range of popular choral music, from the Beatles to Bernstein and beyond. Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, South Burlington, 7-8:45 p.m. Free. Info, 238-8369. noontime ConCert SerieS: Vermont Virtuosi interpret works by Gabriel Fauré, David Gunn and others in "Fall Reflections." St. paul's Cathedral, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free; bring a bag lunch.

Info, 864-0471.

seminars

aarp driVer SaFety ClaSS: See WED.1, Heineberg Community & Senior Center, Burlington, 12:15-4:30 p.m. $15-20. Info, 863-3982.

'muCh ado about nothinG': The American Shakespeare Center presents the bard's comedy about a series of calamities caused by a pair of young lovers. Recital Hall, McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2390.

words

bill SChubart: The author and VpR commentator explores how a sense of place permeates literature and remembrance in Photographic Memory. Bear pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.

Jim douGlaS: Vermont's former governor muses on his lengthy political career in his memoir The Vermont Way. A Q&A, book signing and reception follow. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7 p.m. Free.

Info, 382-9222.

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mediCare & you: an introduCtion to mediCare: An informational session helps newcomers get acquainted with health care coverage.

Rochester Town Office, 3-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 479-0531.

crafts

KnitterS & needleworKerS: See WED.1.

October Special Events!

A warm musical invitation to Tenors & Basses!

The Vermont Philharmonic Chorus is expanding and seeking Tenors & Basses with singing experience.

The VPC, conducted by Lisa Jablow, serves primarily as the symphonic chorus for the Vermont Philharmonic, joining the orchestra in all concerts in which chorus is required.

The VPC also partners with other groups such as the Vermont Symphonic Winds and performs concerts on its own. Performances are in a variety of venues including The Barre Opera House.

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Story explorerS: leaF JumperS: A foliage celebration explores the magic of changing and falling leaves. 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.

Fiz blood driVe: Healthy humans part with life-sustaining pints. Roy Event Room, Dion Family Student Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, noon-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2390.

KillinGton hay FeStiVal: See WED.1, 8 a.m.

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hiGhGate Story hour: See WED.1.

beneFit baKe: pizza lovers dine on slices in support of Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity. partial proceeds from each flatbread sold are donated. American Flatbread Burlington Hearth, 5-9 p.m. prices vary. Info, 862-2771.

GaminG For teenS & adultS: Tabletop games entertain players of all skill levels. Kids 13 and under require a legal guardian or parental permission to attend. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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Waltz & Fox trot: Twinkle-toed participants get familiar with the basics of ballroom dancing.

Colchester Parks & Recreation Department, 6-7 p.m. $12.50; $23 per couple. Info, 264-5642.

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.

education

toastmasters oF greater Burlington: Folks looking to strengthen their speaking and leadership skills learn more. Holiday Inn, South Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 989-3250.

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tech tutor Program: Local teens answer questions about computers and devices during oneon-one sessions. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30-8 p.m. Free; preregister for a time slot. Info, 878-4918.

fairs & festivals

Killington hay Festival: See WED.1, 8 a.m.

film

community cinema: 'maKers: Women Who maKe america': Trailblazers in the U.S. space program inspire the next generation of female engineers, mathematicians and astronauts in this PBS series. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

'Film as FolK art: the home-movie aesthetic': Cinephiles connect over home movies, experimental animation and other film ephemera. AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, N.H., 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 785-4118.

food & drink

coFFee tasting: See WED.1. middleBury Farmers marKet: See WED.1. neWPort Farmers marKet: See WED.1.

Wednesday Wine doWn: See WED.1.

Wine tasting: austrian grüner veltliner: Sips of new releases from the Wagram, Kamptal and Wachau regions please discerning palates.

Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, 4-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 253-5742.

Bridge cluB: See WED.1.

acuPressure to cool doWn menoPause: Acupuncturist Joshua Singer demonstrates Chinese medicine techniques for managing the physical and emotional challenges brought on by "the change." Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

montréal-style acro yoga: See WED.1. r.i.P.P.e.d.: See WED.1. yoga For veterans: See WED.1.

BaBy & toddler time: Tykes up to age 3 get a kick out of literacy-building rhymes, songs and playtime. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

intermediate/advanced english as a second language class: See WED.1.

lgbtq

PuBlic deBate: 'lgBtQ' or 'sexual minorities': Coming Out Week, Free 2 Be and the Lawrence Debate Union examine the current language used to refer to the queer community.

Billings Student Center, UVM, Burlington, 7-9 p.m.

Free. Info, 777-4517.

music

michael arnoWitt: The celebrated jazz pianist premieres West Side Story Suite in the capital city.

Montpelier City Hall Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. $20.

Info, 229-0492. richard goode: See SUN.5, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $17-50. Info, 603-646-2422.

seminars

astrology class: Suzan St. John leads an exploration of the relationship between astronomical happenings and the human experience. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 985-5124 or 399-2327.

Financial WorKshoP: See WED.1.

sports

coed Floor hocKey: See WED.1.

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hoWard coFFin: Vermont's contribution to the Civil War comes to light, courtesy of the author and historian. Montgomery Town Hall, 7-8:30 p.m. Free.

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Joel greenBerg: Fans of feathered fliers join the naturalist for "The Echoes of Their Wings: The Life and Legacy of the Passenger Pigeon." Lafayette Hall, UVM, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. $5-15 suggested donation. Info, 434-2167, gmas@greenmountain audubon.org. osher liFelong learning lecture: Vermont Secretary of Education Rebecca Holcombe reflects on her career as a teacher and administrator.

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Twinfield Union School, Plainfield, 7 p.m. $10 suggested donation; preregister. Info, 454-1298.

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'vanya and sonia and masha and sPiKe': The hilarious interplay between three middle-aged siblings in Christopher Durang's Tony Awardwinning adaptation of Chekhov themes comes to life in this Vermont Stage Company production.

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FranK Bryan: The UVM professor emeritus discusses the impact of I-91 on the Upper Valley.

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diane nash: At the annual Peace Pledge Ceremony, the award-winning nonviolent educator presents "Gandhi's Nonviolence: A Legacy for Now." McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2795.

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art FALL COLORS PLEIN AIR PAINTING: Enjoy the crisp weather and the beautiful colors of fall while honing your artistic skills. Bring your easel and medium of choice (paints, pastels, pencils, etc.) We’ll meet at the center, then go set up at Battery Park for an afternoon of plein air painting. Taught by Ashlee Rubinstein. Oct. 12, noon-3 p.m.; rain date Oct. 19, same time.

Cost: $40/3-hour class; $30 for members; $60 for couples.

Location: ONE Arts Center, 72 N. Champlain St., Burlington.

Info: Becca McHale, 338-0028, oneartscollective@gmail.com, oneartscenter.com.

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JOURNEY TO THE SOUL: Take the time to open the window to your creative side. Go wild with color, texture, movement or sound and your creative process!

Registration required. Led by Jennie. Weekly on Tue., Sep. 30-Nov. 4, 6:30-9 p.m. Cost: $40/ session. Location: Journeyworks, 1205 North Ave., Burlington. Info: 860-6203, journeyworks@hotmail.com, journeyworksvt.com.

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.

UNLOCK YOUR CREATIVE GENIUS: Complimentary workshop where you can learn specific tools and approaches that you can use right away to increase access to your creativity. We will also learn how you can shift deep-rooted patterns that hold you stuck in ruts like self-doubt, procrastination and low self-esteem. Sun., Oct. 12, 2-4 p.m. Location: Laurel Water’s Studio Gallery , 694 Church Hill Rd., Charlotte. Info: Golden Beam of Light, Rosine Kushnick, 845399-2436, rosine@ goldenbeamoflight.com, goldenbeamoflight.com.

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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.

Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

BREAK IT, MAKE IT: Bring a few old toys and come out with something new! Learn basic maker skills while building totally cool DIY creations. All decorative materials provided.

Students are encouraged to bring some of their own old toys and junk to add to the laboratory. Ages 8-12. Instructor: Rachel Hooper. Oct. 18, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cost: $25/person; $22.50/ BCA members. Location: BCA Center & Generator, 135 Church St., Burlington.

CLAY: SGRAFFITO: An introduction to sgraffito, a timeless method of surface decoration.

Along with class discussion, demonstrations will be given on using colored slip, carving the surface with a variety of tools to achieve a variety of effects, burnishing the clay surface, and deciding how to choose your clay body and when to carve it. Oct. 12, 2-4 p.m. Cost: $25/person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

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.

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.

DIY DESIGN: LEATHER CUFFS AND EARRINGS: Join co-owner of New Duds and advanced crafter Tessa Valyou at this one-night 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. Ages 6-12.

Instructor: Kim O’Brien. Oct. 18, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cost: $25/person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

INTRO TO ARDUINO: This class is designed to teach newcomers basic programing and electronics by learning to use an Arduino.

The Arduino is a pocket-size computer (also called a “microcontroller”) that you can program and use to control circuits. It interacts with the outside world through sensors, LEDs, motors, speakers and even the internet!

Prerequisite: General computer skills. Instructor: Rachel Hooper.

Weekly on Mon., Oct. 20-Nov. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $160/ person; $144/BCA members.

Location: Generator, 250 Main St., Burlington.

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.

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.

MONOPRINT: Create unique, painterly images using a variety of tools and materials in this introductory monoprint class.

Learn the studio’s equipment and materials while practicing proper inking techniques, print registration and Chine-collé (thin colored paper that is glued to the print paper in the process of printing). Instructor: Susan Smereka. Weekly on Tue., Nov. 4-Dec. 16, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $210/ person; $189/BCA members.

Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

PHOTO: BLACK AND WHITE DARKROOM: Explore the analog darkroom! Learn how to properly expose black and white film with your manual 35mm or medium format camera, process film into negatives, and make prints from those negatives. Cost includes a darkroom membership for outside-of-class printing and processing and all materials.

Bring a manual film camera to the first class. No experience

necessary. Instructor: Rebecca Babbitt. Weekly on Mon., Oct. 20-Dec. 15, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $240/person; $216/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

PHOTO: ADOBE LIGHTROOM: Upload, organize, edit and print your digital photographs in this comprehensive class using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

Importing images, using RAW files and more, plus archival 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.

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.

SCHOOL BREAK: BREAK IT, MAKE IT: Here’s a chance to make frankentoys, race DIY

vehicles and more out of electronics and old toys. Learn basic electronics while building totally cool DIY creations. Students are encouraged to bring some of their own old toys and junk to add to the laboratory.

Materials are provided. Ages 6-12. Instructors: Rachel Hooper and Alissa Faber. Pair with School Break: DIY Halloween Costumes. Oct. 17, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Cost: $87.50/person; $78.75/BCA members. Location: BCA Center & Generator, 135 Church St., Burlington.

SCHOOL BREAK: DIY HALLOWEEN COSTUMES: Create cool DIY costumes and props for Halloween during school break.

Create one-of-a-kind costumes that will blow away those store-bought costumes. Basic materials are provided; please bring two ideas of what you want to dress up as, and any material or old clothes to help create your costume. Ages 6-12. Instructor: Rachel Hooper. Pair with School Break: Break it, Make it. Oct. 16, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $87.50/person; $78.75/BCA members. Location: BCA Center & Generator, 135 Church St., Burlington.

SILKSCREENING: Torrey Valyou, local silkscreen legend and owner of New Duds, will show you how to design and print T-shirts, posters, fine art and more! Students will learn a variety of techniques for transferring and printing images using handdrawn, photographic or borrowed

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imagery. No experience necessary. Instructor: Torrey Valyou.

Weekly on Thu., Oct. 23-Dec. 18, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $280/person; $252/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main 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 experience necessary. Instructor: Renee lauzon. Weekly on Mon., Nov. 3-17, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $90/person; $81/BCA members.

Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

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.

Photo: night PhotogrAPhy: learn how to take successful night exposures!

Demonstrations, hands-on photo shoots and critique will be included. Bring your film or digital slR, a small notebook, flashlight, cable release and a tripod. Prerequisite: Intro to slR camera or equivalent experience. Instructor: Gary Hall. Weekly on Thu., Oct. 9-23, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $150/person; $137.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

business PerSonAL FinAnciAL emPoWerment: learn to navigate your personal finances in a safe, understanding, objective

environment with the support of your peers! From personal financial statements to investment and retirement products and practices, this class is tailored to the unique circumstances of women, the entrepreneurialminded and your individual needs. Find hope and clarity in your personal financial reality, whatever it may be! Weekly on Tue. Oct. 7-Nov. 11, 6-9 p.m.

Location: Mercy Connections, 255 S. Champlain St., Burlington.

Info: Women’s Small Business Program, Gwen Pokalo, 8467338, gpokalo@mercyconnections.org, wsbp.org.

dance beginning eASt coASt SWing: learn to swing dance in a friendly, supportive, noncompetitive group environment!

This 4-week class will cover the basics of swing dancing to get you going on the dance floor! No partner necessary! Bring clean, smooth-soled shoes separate from your street shoes to preserve our beautiful dance floor!

Weekly on Tue., Oct. 7, 14, 21 & 28,

6:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $40/4-week class. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Info: Vermont Swings, Jim Condon, 475-2349, jscondon@mac.com, vermontswings.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, 8:15-9:15 p.m.

Cost: $10/1-hour. 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.

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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: 9994255, 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!

Location: Capital City Grange, 6612 Route 12, Berlin. Info: 9994255, classes@burlingtontaiko. org, burlingtontaiko.org.

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EXPLORING DOWSING: What can you do with dowsing? What can you not do? Using two books written by T. Edward Ross, The Divining Mind and The Healing Mind, we will explore dowsing in depth. Students should purchase the books in advance and have read them before class begins and come prepared with questions. Led by Rachel Chevalier, professional dowser.

Weekly on Mon., Oct. 20 & 27, 7-8:30 p.m. Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover La., Waterbury.

Info: Sue, 244-7909.

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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.

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TRAINING YOUR INNER DRAGON: A POCKET GUIDE TO ACHIEVING PEACE AND HARMONY: This workshop offers simple, effective tools for realigning your inner compass, via a series of exercises, discuss and slideshows. Minimum number of participants: 3. Led by Susan Ackerman, MAT, M.Ed. who lives her belief that life is for increasing our sense of happiness and gratitude every day. Oct. 11, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $35/person.

Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover La., Waterbury. Info: 244-7909.

family PRINTMAKING FOR FAMILIES: Exploring how to make your own printing blocks from a variety of household materials: Jell-o prints, sponge stamps, even food packaging. Using ink and paint, participants will print images and patterns on many types of paper. Explore, experiment and create art to take home! Taught

by Alissa Faber. Sat., Oct. 18, 1-3 p.m. Cost: $30/2-hour class; $25 for members. Covers 1 adult & 1 child. Add another adult or child for $10. Recommended for children ages 7-12; families encouraged; dropping off your child is fine. Location: ONE Arts Center, 72 N. Champlain St., Burlington.

Info: Becca McHale, 338-0028, oneartscollective@gmail.com, oneartscenter.com.

healing arts NATIVE AMERICAN MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS WISDOM CIRCLE: All Indigenous mental health workers/clinicians are invited to come together to share learnings and teachings.

We have some tentative questions: What is your experience as a Native clinician? What values and teachings guide your practice? How do you work with other Indigenous people. with nonNatives? We hope you will gather with us, bringing your questions, experiences, and expertise to share. Oct. 2, 9-10:30 a.m..

Location: Silver Dove Institute, Lakewood Commons, East O’Lake House, 1233 Shelburne Rd., South Burlington. Info: Carol, 865-2600 x1, info@ silverdoveinstitute.org.

REIKI AND SHAMANIC HEALING: Share Reiki, both for self and others, by giving and receiving Reiki from each other at Reiki Share.

Learn advanced Reiki work using three of the major symbols at Reiki II. Reiki Share, Oct. 15, Nov. 12 & Dec. 17, 6:30-9 p.m. By donation; Reiki/Shamanic Healing Clinic, Oct. 16, Nov. 6, Dec. 18, 6-8 p.m. By donation. Reiki II, Oct. 10, 6:30-9 p.m. & Oct. 11, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $175. Location: Journeyworks, 1205 North Ave., Burlington. Info: 860-6203, journeyworks@hotmail.com, journeyworksvt.com.

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CORNUCOPIA WILLOW WEAVING: Join us for a fun day of willow weaving as we celebrate the abundant fall harvest and make a traditional cornucopia for your autumn centerpiece.

Sat., Oct. 11, 9:30-4:30 p.m. Cost: $120/person; $95/members.

Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Info: 2538358, 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.

EXPRESSIONS IN PAINT WITH CLAIRE DESJARDINS: Deepen your understanding of the acrylic medium as you learn innovative mark-making techniques, experiment with larger brushes and explore color theory. Focus is on planning and getting started, choosing color combinations and achieving desired overall effect.

View work by other contemporary artists, explore color field paintings and discuss negative and positive space as well as collage techniques. Oct. 11 & 12, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $200/person; $175/members. Location: Helen Day Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. Info: 253-8358, education@helenday.com, helenday.com.

herbs COMMUNITY HERBALISM WORKSHOPS: Lyme Disease: Herbs and Resources to Help Regain and Maintain Health and Vitality with Kimberly Hotelling: Wed., Oct. 8, 6-8 p.m. Herbal Support with HIV Drug Therapy with Vilde Chaya: Mon., Oct. 13 6-8 p.m. Herbal Adjuncts in Alcohol Over-use with Robin Daylee: Wed., Oct. 22, 6-8 p.m.

Cost: $12/person; $10/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.

history TURMOIL IN THE MODERN WORLD: A survey of the major forms of turmoil that the world has experienced in the 20th and 21st centuries, including political as well as nonpolitical forms of turmoil, like the Great Depression and the Great Recession. The focus of the course is on what we might learn from history so as to minimize or lessen world turmoil in the future. Led by Sue Mehrtens.

Oct. 21, Nov. 4, 11, 18 & 25, & Dec. 2, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $75/person.

Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover La., Waterbury. Info: Sue, 244-7909.

language BONJOUR! FRENCH CLASSES FOR ALL AGES: Toddler/Pre-k FRART!, after-school youth and adult evening. Learn French in beautiful atelier with the supportive, fun, hands-on teaching of Madame Maggie.

Experienced educator, fluent speaker, lived/worked in France, West Africa. Next time someone asks, “Parlez-vous francais?” you can say, Oui! Allons-y! Fall class schedule starts Oct. 1. Location: wingspan Studio, 4A Howard St., Burlington. Info: 233-7676, maggiestandley@gmail.com, wingspanpaintingstudio.com.

JAPANESE LANGUAGE CLASSES: The Japan-America Society of Vermont (JASV) is offering beginning Japanese language classes, Levels 1 and 2. Textbooks: 1. Japanese for Busy People I: romanized Version, revised 3rd edition (incl.

CD), Association for Japanese Language Teaching, Kodansha International; 2. Remembering the Kana, James W. Heisig, University of Hawaii Press. This ad is supported by the Japan Foundation, Center for Global Partnership. 10 Wed. beginning Oct. 15, 6:30-8 p.m. Location: St. Michael’s College, 1 Winooski Pl., Colchester. Info: Linda Sukop (teacher), linda.sukop@gmail. com, jasv.org/language.

LEARN SPANISH & OPEN NEW DOORS: Connect with a new world. We provide high-quality, affordable instruction in the Spanish language for adults, students and children. 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.

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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 towards learning quickly and well. Weekly on Tue., 7-9 p.m.; Fri., 6-8 p.m.; & Sat., 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 1-hour classes; pay by the mo. 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.

meditation CONTENTMENT IN EVERYDAY LIFE: Contentment in Everyday Life trains us to develop gentleness, precision appreciation and steadiness. Practicing these qualities leads to contentment, which helps us extend our mindfulness practice into everyday awake action. This course is open to beginners and includes meditation instruction and practice, talks on the Shambhala teachings, group discussions and dialogue. Weekly on Tue., Oct. 7-Nov. 4, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington.

Info: Tracy Suchocki, 658-6795, tracy@cpro.cc.

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

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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.

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nature MEDICINE WHEEL TEACHINGS: The Medicine Wheel, a map of life’s seasons, is central to many Native American cultures and to Deep Ecology. Join us to explore some of the core teachings from the Wheel. Learn to connect deeply with Nature and to find more balance and ease in your life. Registration required. Sat., Oct. 4, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Cost: $40/4-hour class. Location: JourneyWorks, 1205 North Ave., Burlington. Info: Michael Watson, 860-6203, mwatsonlcmhc@hotmail. com, journeyworksvt.com.

spirituality THE AFTERLIFE JOURNEY OF THE SOUL: Where do we go after we leave the physical plane? Carl Jung and a wide variety of spiritual traditions are clear that the soul’s journey does not end at death. Learn why Jung felt it is essential to have a sense of what to expect after we die. Led by Sue Mehrtens. Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $60/person. Location: Jungian Center for the Spiritual Sciences, 55 Clover La., Waterbury. Info: 244-7909.

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well-being JIKIDEN REIKI SEMINAR: Jikiden Reiki Shoden & Okuden (Level 1 & 2) Seminar presents the original Reiki entirely free of Western influence. Its roots go back almost to the discovery of Reiki itself. Taught by an authorized teacher of the Jikiden Reiki Institute of Japan. Your certificate comes directly from Japan. Thu., Oct. 30-Mon. Nov. 3, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $750/ person (Shoden $350, Okuden $400). Location: Hyatt Place Malta/Saratoga, N.Y., 20 State Farm Pl., Malta. Info: LightWorks Reiki, Luci Carpenter, 518-572-6427, lightworksreiki@gmail.com, lightworks-jikidenreiki.com.

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,

women WOMEN IN TRANSITION: New group forming for women searching for authenticity and fulfillment. Wondering what is next? How you got where you are or who you are? Afraid you’ve missed opportunities or the life you hoped for is passing by?

Graduating from college? Issues of faith, midlife, divorce? We will look together at the inevitability of change and how to navigate through sometimes unthinkable circumstances. A chance to ask questions openly and explore who you are and what you really love. Wed. beginning Oct. 8, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $500/10-week group (or $65/session). Location: BTR Psychotherapy, 35 King St., suite 7, Burlington. Info: Lyn Taylor Hale, 999-1283, lthale@ btrpsychotherapy.com, btrpsychotherapy.com.

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Location: North End Studio B, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington.

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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.

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.

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From Restorative to Heated Vinyasa Flow, Yoga Roots aims to clarify your mind, strengthen your body and ignite your joyful spirit! Coming up: NIA: Oct. 5, 10-11 a.m.; Birth That’s Right For You: Oct. 18, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Chakra Workshop: Oct. 25, noon5 p.m. Location: Yoga Roots, 6221 Shelburne Rd., Shelburne Green Business Park. Info: 985-0090, yogarootsvt.com.

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o many records, so little time. Seven Days gets more album submissions than we know what to do with. And, given the ease of record making these days, it’s difficult to keep up. Still, we try to get to every local release that comes across the music desk, no matter how obscure or far out.

To that end, here are four albums that likely flew under the radar of your average local music fan. In some cases, they represent the outermost boundaries of local music. Others simply slipped through the cracks. But each is worth a listen.

Chad Farrell, What the Fire Didn’t Burn and the Rain Couldn’t Wash Away

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Rutland’s Chad Farrell has been active in the Vermont music scene for decades, most recently with the rock band Crackwhore. He’s not a household name, even by local standards. But he does have more than 15 albums to his credit, including last year’s oddly charming “greatest hits” album, Famous Secrets.

Farrell is back with an album of new material, What the Fire Didn’t Burn and the Rain Couldn’t Wash Away. In a recent message he writes that the record was an effort to baldly and boldly describe the realities of marriage, for better or worse. He adds that he was sonically inspired by the works of Kimya Dawson and Daniel Johnston. He succeeds on all counts.

The album is not an easy listen. But it offers rewards for those willing to brave its lo-fi grit. Opener “Bucket & Rag” is a dark, sinewy cut that sounds like an outtake from Tom Waits’ Real Gone. “We’re Gonna Call It Love” is brutally honest rumination on the mechanics of maintaining a lifelong relationship. Other songs twist and turn between moments of unbridled passion and frustrating insecurity that resonate, sometimes uncomfortably, with anyone who has ever had a long-term partner.

To order What the Fire Didn’t Burn and the Rain Couldn’t Wash Away, email Chad Farrell at drewdeskim@yahoo.com.

Though they may be unfamiliar to audiences outside of the Northeast Kingdom, the Evansville Transit Authority have been rocking Green Mountain juke joints for some 12 years. Their recently released selftitled record is the band’s full-length debut, and their first recording to feature exclusively original material.

A consummate bar band, ETA are rooted in that time-honored cocktail of blues and classic rock, ingredients found in abundance on this recording The quartet doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but the record does offer some pleasant surprises. Opener “A Way to Say Goodbye” recalls the driving alt-rock of early Cracker. “No One to Turn To” features searing licks from lead guitarist Kyle Chadburn that Stevie Ray Vaughn fans would cheer. “Burn” is rough-andtumble punkabilly. “Cheap Motels” is sturdy country rock in a Tom Petty vein. Hell, there’s a even a lighterworthy power ballad, “Asleep at the Wheel.” All in all, it’s a strong debut. evansvilletransitauthority.com

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Hovey Otis, Standing Alone (SELF-RELEASED, CD, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD)

Hovey Otis is a project helmed by local singersongwriter Tim Davis. Armed with a batch of songs, Davis journeyed to Portland, Ore., earlier this year to record with producer and engineer Rob Stroup. Davis credits Stroup with helping to unearth the essence of his nascent material and produce the five-song suite that became Hovey Otis’ recently released debut, Standing Alone.

Davis is a talented songwriter and vocalist whose catchy tunes fit snugly within folk-pop archetypes.

What sets him apart is a sly lyrical bent that puts a

fresh spin on time-honored topics of love, life and traveling. For his part, Stroup’s orchestration, from the pedal-steel-laced opener “Standing Alone” to the syncopated Southwest groove of “New Mexico” to the vast sonic expanse of “Your Story,” makes Davis’ debut more than just another record from a white dude with a guitar. It’s a promising start. hoveyotis.com

Pete’s Posse, Pete’s Posse (EPACT MUSIC, CD)

In the folk scene of northern Vermont, all roads lead to Pete Sutherland. Whether with his own bands, such as the Clayfoot Strutters, jamming on Sunday afternoon old-time sessions with Tim Stickle at Radio Bean, or instilling appreciation for traditional music in younger generations of players and singers, the fiddler is something of a folk-music sage, and has been for some 40 years. But he’s not above learning a new trick or two.

Sutherland’s latest project is Pete’s Posse, a multigenerational collaboration alongside young multi-instrumentalists Tristan Henderson and Oliver Scanlon. The album is composed of original and traditional material. But what’s fascinating is that far more contemporary elements are insinuated into that familiar mix. For instance, Scanlon’s “Free the Fisher” wouldn’t seem out of place on a Punch Brothers album. There are moments that seem to wink at progressive bluegrass hidden amid reels and shanties.

Hell, there’s electric guitar and melodica alongside more trad instruments such as mandolin, fiddle and bodhran. All of which suggests Sutherland’s talented protégés likely imparted a little knowledge of their own. petespossevt.com

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There are bad days. And there’s the day DErEk AND thE DEmoNS guitarist kiEl AlArcoN endured last year.

Last July, Alarcon and his best friend BrENDAN DANGElo, a cofounder of Windsor-based sorta-label and collective What Doth Life, were hiking nearby Mt. Ascutney, a 3,000-foot peak.

Alarcon, by all accounts, was at the time a guy in fantastic physical shape.

For example, as part of a 2012 National Bike Challenge, he biked to work from Windsor to Hanover, N.H. — a 50-mile round trip — every day for a year. He logged more miles than anyone else in the country who took that challenge. So Dangelo didn’t think much of it when Alarcon showed up for the hike without a water bottle and didn’t have a drop to drink from base to summit.

“He is a badass,” wrote Dangelo in a recent email to Seven Days.

Clearly.

Three days later, Alarcon was biking to work and began to feel dizzy.

He collapsed on the side of the road.

He was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance, where the consensus seemed to be that the dizziness was the result of stress, perhaps due to dehydration — even badasses need water. He went home, but still didn’t feel quite right. Worse, he began feeling numb all over his body. A second opinion and a battery of tests revealed an M&M-size tumor on his spine.

The tumor had ruptured and begun to bleed, which caused his dizziness and numbness. Doctors decided a complicated, delicate surgery was needed.

That, however, was not Alarcon’s bad day.

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FINNIGAN'S PUB: Craig Mitchell (funk), 10 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: The Tenderbellies (acoustic), 8 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Sticky Souls (rock), 9 p.m., free.

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WDL is accepting submissions for the compilation until October 20. If you’re an artist or band interested in submitting music and making Kiel Alarcon’s day, you can email Dangelo at danbrendan@gmail.com.

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I don’t know if we can yet call this a trend on par with, say, album-tribute nights, but BTV-centric remixes seem to be quite in vogue in the Queen City of late. Last week, we had SWALE’s Direct Inbreds remix record that accompanied their new album, The Next Instead. And this week sees the debut of a new remix series, dubbed Queen City Bootlegs,

from local producer SASQUATCH through newbie imprint Section Sign Records.

The first installment of the maybemonthly series dropped on Tuesday, September 30, and features two reimagined cuts from recent local releases: “Island Would” by NYIKO and “Lose My Mind” from HELOISE & THE SAVOIR FAIRE. Sasquatch typically trades in danceable house and hiphop-influenced fare, so both Nyiko and Heloise, two artists who can bang out frenzied electro pop with the best of ’em, are solid choices.

“Island Would,” laced with steeldrum synth and the fleeting sound of crashing waves, takes on a breezy beach feel. On “Lose My Mind,” Sasquatch accelerates HELOISE WILLIAMS’ vocals to mind-altering speeds over a classic house beat. Think ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS meets JUNGLE BROTHERS. And I mean that in a good way.

If QCB Vol. 1 is any indication, this should be an entertaining series.

Welcome back, SETH GALLANT! Once upon a time, Gallant was one of my favorite local performers to watch as the dynamic front man for pop-punk heroes IN MEMORY OF PLUTO. After that, he logged time in the alt-country outfit GREAT WESTERN, before moving to Maine. He’s still there and is apparently spending his time holed up in the woods, writing and recording nifty little country-rock tunes in the vein of GRAM PARSONS, with just a touch of early BOBBY BARE JR. Gallant swings through town this Friday, October 3, opening for songwriter CHARLIE PARR at the Monkey House in Winooski. (See the spotlight on page 76.)

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ZEN LOUNGE: Salsa Night with Jah Red, 8 p.m., $5. Salsa Night with Jah Red, 8 p.m., $5. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $5. Feel Good Friday with D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

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barre/montpelier CHARLIE O'S: Live Music, 10 p.m., free.

NUTTY STEPH'S: Latin Friday with Rauli Fernandez and Friends, 6 p.m., free.

POSITIVE PIE (MONTPELIER): Afinque (Latin), 10:30 p.m., $8.

SWEET MELISSA'S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5 p.m., free. Hi-Way 5 (rock), 9 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: The Hubcats (blues), 7:30 p.m., donation.

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RED SQUARE: Underwater Sounds (rock), 7 p.m., $5.

Mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul (salsa), 6 p.m., free.

RUBEN JAMES: Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Ian Fitzgerald (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

ZEN LOUNGE: “The He & She Show: A Standup Comedy Date NIght”, 8 p.m., $5. DJ Atak (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $5.

chittenden county HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: MC Chris, Mc Lars, Spose (hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., $12/15. AA.

THE MONKEY HOUSE: Wet Brain, Rukut, Gorgon, Astrocat (sludge punk), 9 p.m., $5/10. 18+.

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Radio Flyer (rock), 9 p.m., free.

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FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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SWEET MELISSA'S: Andy Pitt (folk), 5 p.m., free. Vigil & Thieves, John Daly Trio (folk rock), 7:30 p.m., free.

MOOG'S PLACE: Lesley Grant & Friends (country), 6 p.m., free.

The Pizza Tapes (rock), 9 p.m., free.

WHAMMY BAR: Mary Go Round (eclectic accordion), 7 p.m., free.

RUSTY NAIL BAR & GRILLE: The Aerolites (rock), 9 p.m., $6.

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SEE PAGE MANHATTAN PIZZA9& PUB: Dirty Boost (rock), 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR'S: Close to Nowhere (acoustic rock), 7 p.m., free.

Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Michelle Sarah Band (funk, rock), 9 p.m., $5.

RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Acoustic Brunch with Shannon Hawley (folk), noon, free.

Wilhouse Music: Jet City Jazz (solo piano), 2 p.m., free. Less Digital More Manual: Record Club with Disco Phantom, 3 p.m.,

THE BEE'S KNEES: Steve Morabito (jazz), 7:30 p.m., donation.

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free. Zak Smith (Americana), 7 p.m., free. Jake Brennan (rock), 8 p.m., free. Dan Johnson and the Expert Sidemen (folk rock), 9 p.m., free. Y Naught? (rock), 10:30 p.m., free. Gnomedad (psych rock, jam), midnight, free.

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hooks at all. Each of the album’s 17 cuts is based solely on verses, with no identifiable

middlebury area

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

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Aaron Audet Band (rock), 10 p.m., $3.

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Just Another Guru (Americana), 8 p.m., free.

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You Know Ono, a Monkton-based quartet formerly — and amusingly — known as Bible Camp Sleepovers, might just be the next Vermont basement band that makes it big. With their debut EP, Goes to Sweden, the band unveils a sound that — unlike some amateur college outfits — is polished and tight, not scruffy and sprawling. If anything, the five-track EP is understated. You won’t hear experimental sounds, but you will likely nod your head and play it again.

Like many a budding garage band, You Know Ono are made up of former schoolmates. Willoughby Morse — yes, like the lake — and Erin Cassels-Brown both play guitar and split lead vocals. Tom Shahan pulls double duty on bass and drums, and Grayson Webb contributes additional guitar and bass. The four have been playing Burlington shows since February 2012, frequently at Radio Bean, and also opened for MGMT at the

University of Vermont’s SpringFest last year.

Their debut effort is like a sloweddown outtake of the Strokes’ 2001 EP, The Modern Age.. It’s upbeat but not too fast, bold at times but not too wild.

The lyrics are not particularly inventive or thought-provoking, but that’s forgivable, given that You Know Ono seem not to be trying to be inventive or provocative. They’re simply trying to give a perky voice to the trials and tribulations of youth.

Take, for example, “Coast to Coast,” a well-executed, speedy ska track. CasselsBrown muses, “I wanna swim from the coast / cross the ocean back to home / I wanna see my girl and not be so alone. / I wanna see my band. / I miss those basement notes.” On the equally fast number “No Tomorrow,” Morse sings, “She’s got legs like / no tomorrow / no tomorrow/ whoa oh oh / and all the things I wanna say / I think I’ll / wait till tomorrow / wait till tomorrow / whoa o / oh.” It’s no sonnet, but it’s still an ampedup lovesick jam fit for moshing.

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While those who prefer their indie rock with a side of snark might scoff at Goes to Sweden’s peppy neatness, You Know Ono’s seamless arrangements and youthful energy will certainly endear them to the college bar crowd.

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Prior to forming the duo, Zack and Sam DuPont endured a family crisis in which they nearly lost an older brother. Those emotional burdens, as well as musings on death and love both lost and found, inform much of their writing together. But, remarkably, these songs feel anything but burdensome.

On their self-titled 2013 debut EP, the DuPonts surrounded themselves with a formidable backing band whose nuanced talents transformed that work into something like a local answer to Nick Drake’s Bryter Layter. On Heavy as Lead, the duo favors a spare approach, employing little more than voices and acoustic guitars. The Drake influence remains — particularly on songs such as “Antique Watch” and “Ride” — though it’s more of a subtle accent now. The DuPont Brothers have found their voice, quite literally. In many instances, they blend so well, it’s hard to discern who is singing what. And that symmetry manifests in every aspect of the recording.

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NECTAR'S: Vt comedy club Presents: What a Joke! comedy open mic (standup comedy), 7 p.m., free. DALY, Paper castles, Disco Phantom (indie), 9:30 p.m., free/$5.

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John Abair (folk), 9 p.m., free. Honky tonk tuesday with Brett Hughes & Friends, 10 p.m., $3.

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Pete Sutherland & tim Stickle's old time Session, 1 p.m., free. michael Iula (singer-songwriter), 4 p.m., free.

Andy moroz (jazz), 7 p.m., free. The Fog (acoustic), 9 p.m., free. Social club: the Return with Yellow crocs & turkey P (downtempo), 10 p.m., free.

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FRANNY O'S: Standup comedy cage match, 8 p.m., free.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Family Night (rock), 10:30 p.m., free.

JP'S PUB: Dance Video Request Night with melody, 10 p.m., free.

NECTAR'S: Live music, 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Wilhouse music: Jet city Jazz (solo piano), 7 p.m., free. open mic, 9 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch Scramble, noon, $5-10 donation.

Fat Laughs at the Skinny Pancake (improv comedy), 7 p.m., $3.

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

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HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Periphery, the contortionist, Intervals, toothgrinder (metal), 6:30 p.m., $16/19. aa.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: open mic with Wylie, 7 p.m., free.

BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke/open mic, 8 p.m., free.

THE MONKEY HOUSE: American Echoes (rock), 9 p.m., free.

PENALTY BOX: trivia With a twist, 4 p.m., free.

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BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Eric Friedman and Gretchen Doilon (folk), 11 a.m., donation.

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

THE MONKEY HOUSE: Spencer Allen Patrick (rock), 9 p.m., free.

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

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RED SQUARE: craig mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.

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THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Josh Panda's Acoustic Soul Night, 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: toKImoNStA, made in Heights (electronic), 8:30 p.m., $12/15. aa.

ZEN LOUNGE: Dsantos Vt Kizomba class & Social, 7 p.m., free. Zensday with DJ Kyle Proman (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

THE MONKEY HOUSE: Jason Lee & Anastasia markov (folk), 9 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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CHARLIE O'S: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

THE MONKEY HOUSE: craig mitchell & Fattie B: motown at the monkey, 9 p.m., free.

SOUTH SIDE TAVERN: open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Pine Street Jazz, 7 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA'S: tim Sullivan (folk), 5 p.m., free.

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BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Saige King (pop), 6 p.m., donation.

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

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

middlebury area

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

SWEET MELISSA'S: Wine Down with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. Live music, 7 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.

MOOG'S PLACE: Lesley Grant & Friends (country), 8 p.m., free.

THE BEE'S KNEES: Fred Brauer (blues), 7:30 p.m., donation.

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CLUB METRONOME: Dead Set with cats Under the Stars (Grateful Dead tribute), 9 p.m., free/$5.

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

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

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. open mic, 9 p.m., free.

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BAYSIDE PAVILION: Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 6:30 p.m., free.

Saturday October 25

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THE PARKER PIE CO.: trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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MONOPOLE: open mic, 10 p.m., free.

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ZEN LOUNGE: Karaoke with Emcee callanova, 9 p.m., free.

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RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Eastern mountian time (alt-country), 6 p.m., free. SWF (rock), 7 p.m., free. Hana Zara (indie folk), 8 p.m., free. Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., free.

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W.10.1: DSANTOS VT KIZOMBA SOCIAL 7PM ZENSDAY with DJ KYLE PROMAN 10PM

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SWEET MELISSA'S: mass Appeal (standup comedy), 7 p.m., $5.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: DJ tricky Pat & Guests (D&B), 10 p.m., free.

FRANNY O'S: Kyle Stevens Happiest Hour of music (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. Vermont's Next Star, 8 p.m., free.

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

recording Barnswallow reveals, along with his previous 10 records, the ghosts of America’s dusty musical past live on in Parr’s take on American roots music. Parr plays the Monkey House in Winooski this Friday, October 3.

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BagiToS, 28 Main St., Montpelier, 229-9212 CharLiE o’S, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 223-6820 ESprESSo BUEno, 248 N. Main St., Barre, 479-0896 grEEn moUnTain TaVErn, 10 Keith Ave., Barre, 522-2935 gUSTo’S, 28 Prospect St., Barre, 476-7919 kiSmET, 52 State St., Montpelier, 223-8646 mULLigan’S iriSh pUB, 9 Maple Ave., Barre, 479-5545 norTh Brahn Café, 41 State St., Montpelier, 552-8105 nUTTY STEph’S, 961C Rt. 2, Middlesex, 229-2090 poSiTiVE piE, 20 State St., Montpelier, 229-0453 rED hEn BakErY + Café, 961 US Route 2, Middlesex, 223-5200 ThE SkinnY panCakE, 89 Main St., Montpelier, 262-2253 SoUTh SiDE TaVErn, 107 S. Main St., Barre, 476-3637 SwEET mELiSSa’S, 4 Langdon St., Montpelier, 225-6012 VErmonT ThrUSh rESTaUranT, 107 State St., Montpelier, 225-6166 whammY Bar, 31 W. County Rd., Calais, 229-4329

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Bedtime Stories

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“STATIONS, a cycle of 14 sculptural paintings,” Fran Bull

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ran Bull presents the night life of humanity in her new work “STATIONS, a cycle of 14 sculptural paintings.” These are monumental, dimensional, figurative works. On them, figures emerge from the picture plane and reach for each other — and the viewer. Collectively the paintings do not present a linear narrative, but each tells a story.

And each describes something that happens in bed.

The Brandon-based artist’s use of the word “stations” is loaded with import. Stations are places to stop and anticipate, to arrive and to depart; places where things may happen and strangers watch strangers. But Bull’s tableaux are private activities. Each of her stations is the size of a queen bed, its figures human size and swathed in bedclothes. They read, laugh, sleep and dream. Lovers approach each other. The stories are intimate, but a viewer can’t help but look.

In her artist statement, Bull, who is also a poet, writes:

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Night is intimate, Night is full of secrets.

Bed is sacrosanct.

Bed is a place for betrayals and for the sealing of covenants.

Bed is the holiest altar, the most profane rack.

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Bed is a stage set for a play improvised by fools.

My people, the ones you see here, arrived unbidden I don’t know from where.

They formed under my hands.

They asked for eyes and hair and teeth.

Bull apparently gave her “people” what they asked for, then draped linens over them and provided some of them with infants who join them in bed, or an ancestor hovering at a shoulder. In STATION 4, titled “but then a journey begins in my head,” a sleeping figure dreams of his childhood, and Bull paints his hobbyhorse dream.

Each station is titled with a line of poetry, that sets a context for the viewer. Bull wrote many of the poems associated in this way with the exhibit. In addition, she drew inspiration from other poets — James Agee, Rumi, Shakespeare, Derek Walcott, Pablo Neruda — and sometimes incorporated their words in her titles. For example, STATION 7, “what is your substance and whereof are you made,” uses Shakespeare’s words to describe an exhausted gargoyle who has abandoned his post holding up a roof and landed in a bed, wings unfurled, surrounded by a feast of fruit and vegetables.

Over two years, Bull created the individuals in the stations. In an interview, she talks about the surprise and edginess of creating dimensional work that emerges from a flat surface. She refers to the delight of opening a pop-up

book and the unsettling experience of seeing an image jumping the predictable barrier of the picture plane.

Bull posits that, since childhood, she has created images that scare her a little, and in “STATIONS,” she exploits that margin between wonder and fear.

It’s not just the dimensional quality that is unsettling here; it’s the figures themselves. They are peculiar; their eyes bulge, their fingers reach, their toes are long. Some show their teeth. Still, they seem friendly enough: They laugh, talk and carry on. Some appear to be singing. Draped in cloth, covered with plaster and paint, Bull’s figures bid the viewer to come closer but also to keep some distance; they’re sociable, but like strangers from another time.

Asked about her artistic influences, Bull acknowledges a fascination with ancient sculpture and Renaissance painting, particularly the representation of drapery and clothing. “The Renaissance masters certainly had a bead on the fashions of the gods and saints, which they had to have borrowed from the Romans and Greeks,” she says.

“I love the Vesuvius castings, too — horrific and beautiful at the same time. Egyptian mummies carry a powerful charge in a similar way.”

A Greek bust at the Metropolitan Museum of Art inspired the hairdo on one of Bull’s figures. The sculptural vocabulary she uses reveals the influences of antiquity and the Renaissance, even in its rough and contemporary execution.

The stations carry a powerful charge, each presenting a fantastical event captured in time: a childbirth, a gargoyle’s adventure, a choir of songsters that includes a lion, a woman in bed with a flute, and a reading man.

Bull’s white-wrapped figures are rather like castings from Mount Vesuvius’ eruption. Like dreams, they are eerie and nonsensical. They have volcanic energy but are frozen in still frames.

The scope of “STATIONS” has brought about an unprecedented collaboration in Rutland. Three galleries are involved in showing Bull’s sculptural paintings: They’re on view at the Castleton Downtown Gallery and the Chaffee Downtown, and Don Ross’ photographs of the works can be seen at the Christine Price Gallery of Castleton College until mid-October. His view of the project is striking — Bull’s cycle seen in detail through another artist’s lens.

Rutland’s Paramount Theatre is involved, as well.

While the galleries each held opening receptions last Friday, Bull will give an artist talk at the theater on Wednesday, October 15, discussing the development of “STATIONS” and her previous work.

VICTORIA CRAIN

IT’S NOT JUST THE DIMENSIONAL “QUALITY THAT IS UNSETTLING HERE;

IT’S THE FIGURES THEMSELVES.

INFO “STATIONS, a cycle of 14 sculptural paintings,” by Fran Bull.

Castleton Downtown Gallery and Chaffee Downtown, Rutland, through October 25. Artist talk, Wednesday, October 15, 7 p.m., at the Paramount Theatre in Rutland. castleton.edu/arts/ art-galleries, chaffeeartcenter.org, paramountvt.org

Art ShowS

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f ‘ART OF HORROR’: A juried group show celebrat-

ing “the beautiful side of decay.” Guest curated by Sarah Vogelsang-Card and Beth Robinson. Opening reception and party (costumes highly encouraged): Friday, October 3, 5-11 p.m. October 3-31. Info, 578-2515. S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington.

f ANzI JAcObS: “Chasing Italy’s Beauty: A Photographic Exhibit,” a show of digital images of Northwest Italy’s people, landscapes and towns.

Reception: Wednesday, October 1, 5-7:30 p.m.

October 1-31. Info, 985-3930. MARTIN bOcK: “Healing Art,” sculptures and paintings of shamanic objects by the Burlington author and artist. October 1-November 30. Info, 865-7211. Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. f ‘cRAdlE & All’: A contemporary exhibit with works by Nissa Kauppila, Leslie Fry, Alexandra Heller and Susan Smereka. Opening reception: Thursday, October 2, 5:30-7:30 p.m. October 2-November 29. Info, 865-5839. Vermont Metro Gallery, BCA Center, in Burlington. f GRAcE cOTHAlIS: Assemblages, mandalas and pastels, plus handmade booklets and one-of-a-kind cards. Reception: Friday, October 3, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

October 3-November 29. Info, 862-2233. Vintage Jewelers in Burlington. f IRENE lEdERER lAcROIx: “Form and Figure,” intri-

cate pottery and abstract ceramic sculptures by the gallery’s October featured artist. Reception: Thursday, October 2, 6-8 p.m. October 1-31. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center in Burlington.

f JOHN GONTER: Abstract and impressionist paintings. Reception: Friday, October 3, 5-8 p.m.

October 3-November 4. Info, 355-5418. Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace in Burlington. f KATHERINE TAylOR-McbROOM: “Spectral

Evidence: Dreams and Visions,” mixed-media work inspired by paranormal phenomena. Reception: Friday, October 3, 6-10 p.m. October 3-31. Info, 578-2512. Studio 266 in Burlington.

f NANcy TOMczAK: Watercolor paintings of birds. Reception: Friday, October 3, 4-6 p.m. October 3-November 2. oneartscollective@gmail.com. Info, 863-6713. North End Studios in Burlington.

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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. October 1-December 31. Info, 658-2739.

The ArtSpace at the Magic Hat Artifactory in South Burlington.

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5-7 p.m. October 1-31. f TOM duNNE: Hand-turned woodcarvings. Demonstration: Saturday, October 11, time TBA. October 1-31. f vcEvy STREKAlOvSKy: Plein air paintings in oil and watercolor. En plein air painting demonstration: Saturday, October 25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. October 1-31. Info, 458-0098. Edgewater Gallery in Middlebury.

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f dIANE lEIFHEIT & bARRy lObdEll: Paintings, pastels and photographs by two Saranac Lake artists. Reception: Friday, October 3, 5-8 p.m. October 3-November 1. Info, 518-563-1604. Strand Center for the Performing Arts in Plattsburgh, N.Y.

f bEN PEbERdy: New collages by the Vermont artist. Reception: Friday, October 17, 4-8 p.m.

October 3-November 21. Info, 552-8620. gallery SIX in Montpelier.

f lES cOSGROvE: “Love Your Mother,” artwork by the upstate New York artist. Reception: Saturday, October 4, 4-6 p.m. October 4-November 30. Info, 518-962-4449. Depot Theatre in Westport, N.Y.

cHRIS STEARNS: Landscape photographs from the founder of 21mm Photography. October 1-31. Info, 223-1151. Fresh Tracks Farm Vineyard & Winery in Montpelier.

ART EvENTS

f EMIly MITcHEll: “In the Moment,” abstract paint-

ings inspired by nature, music and play. Reception: Friday, October 17, 4-8 p.m. October 2-31. Info, curator@ capitolgrounds.com. Info, 223-7800. The Green Bean Art Gallery at Capitol Grounds in Montpelier.

f MARy ANNA AbuzAHRA: An exhibit that tells

the story of the artist’s relationship with India.

Reception: Friday, October 17, 4-8 p.m. October 1-31.

Info, 223-1431. Tulsi Tea Room in Montpelier.

f W. dAvId POWEll: “Everything Must Go 3.0,” large paintings, prints, mixed-media and woven pieces by the Vermont artist. Reception: Friday, October 17, 5-7 p.m. October 1-December 31. Info, 828-0749. Vermont Supreme Court Lobby in Montpelier.

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‘EldER ART ExHIbIT’: A show of artwork from members of the Johnson, Sterling View and Morrisville Elder Art Groups. October 4-November 2.

Info, 888-1261. River Arts Center in Morrisville.

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f ‘7 WOMEN PAINTERS’: Paintings in various styles

by Renee Bouchard, Margaret Lampe Kannenstine, Ying Li, Celia Reisman, Laurie Sverdlove, Nancy H. Taplin and Jessica Nissen. Reception: Saturday, October 11, 5-7 p.m. October 8-November 22. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester.

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f ANNE cAdy: “Imagining My Way to What Is True,” new, colorful paintings of Vermont landscapes by the noted local artist. Reception: Friday, October 10,

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‘OPENING dOORS: cONSERvATION OF TIbETAN TANGKAS FROM THE MEAd ART MuSEuM’: Camille Myers Breeze, director and head conservator of Museum Textile Services in Andover, Mass., gives an illustrated lecture that discusses her work cleaning, stabilizing, and repairing the fragile Tibetan scroll paintings on view in the current exhibit “Picturing Enlightenment.”

Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, Wednesday, October 1, 4:30 p.m. Info, 443-5007. ‘vAN GOGH’S INFluENcE’: Art historian Carol Berry gives a talk on 19th-century painter Vincent van Gogh and his impact on 20th-century art.

Part of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays lecture series. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, Wednesday, October 1, 7 p.m. Info, 262-1354.

FIRST FRIdAy ART: Dozens of galleries and other venues around the city open their doors to pedestrian art viewers in this monthly event. See Art Map Burlington for participating locations.

Burlington, first Friday of every month, 5-8 p.m.

Info, 264-4839.

‘OFF THE WAll: vISuAl WEIMAR’: Professor of German Bettina Matthias leads visitors through the museum’s current exhibit, which she curated with students in a spring 2014 class. Enjoy further conversation over a light lunch in the lobby. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, Friday, October 3, 12:15 p.m. $5 donation.

Info, 443-5007. vERMONT cElEbRATES AMERIcAN cRAFT WEEK: More than 30 special events, festivals and exhibits feature works by more than 100 Vermont

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craftspeople. Visit americancraftweek.com/ vermont for details. Various locations statewide, Vermont, October 3-12. Info, 258-3992.

WESTON ANTIquE SHOW: An antiques show for serious collectors as well as blossoming antiques enthusiasts, featuring dealers from around the country. Weston Playhouse, Friday, October 3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $10. Info, 824-5288.

‘24-HOuR cOMIcS dAy’: Create a 24-page comic book in 24 hours with fellow comic lovers. Artists’ Mediums, Williston, Saturday, October 4, 10 a.m.

Info, 879-1236. bcA SuMMER ARTIST MARKET: A juried market featuring handcrafted, original fine art and crafts by local artists. Burlington City Hall Park, Saturdays, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Info, 865-7166.

SAbRA FIEld: Iconic Vermont printmaker Sabra Field presents her latest works as part of the gallery’s “Meet the Artist” series; signed copies of Field’s book In Sight are free with purchase of a print.

Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center, Burlington, Saturday, October 4, 1-5 p.m. Info, 863-6458. cHRISTIE ScHEElE: Meet the abstract landscape painter known for her minimalist touch. Treats from the Breadloaf Bakery. Edgewater Gallery, Middlebury, Sunday, October 5, noon-2 p.m. Info, 458-0098. cOllEcTORS SHOW: Browse a wide range of small antiques, collectibles and ephemera for sale by multiple vendors. Compass Music and Arts Center, Brandon, Sunday, October 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Info, 247-4295. cAMERON vISITING ARTIST: MElANIE IdE, ENvISIONING culTuRE: In this illustrated lecture, Ide discusses her work in museum planning and exhibition design, including the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College, Wednesday, October 8, 4:30 p.m.

‘IlluMINATING THE PRESENT, IMAGINING THE FuTuRE’: A public talk by Chicago-based landscape photographer Judy Natal, whose work is part of the ongoing “Of Land and Local” exhibit at venues around Vermont. Room 301, Williams Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, Wednesday, October 8, 7 p.m. Info, 656-2014.

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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.

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.

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f dAN HIGGINS: “Posted in Winooski,” new photographs by the longtime local photographer, inspired by posts on Front Porch Forum. Reception: Thursday, October 9, 5-7 p.m. October 1-31. Info, 3735150. The Block Gallery & Coffeehouse in Winooski.

f lORRAINE MANlEy & KATHlEEN MANlEy: Landscapes by two cousins: oil paintings by Kathleen, from Massachusetts, and acrylics by Lorraine, from Vermont. Reception: Sunday, October 12, 1-4 p.m. October 3-November 9. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

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‘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.

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 of the battlefield but of the construction of the railroad, Chinese workers in the West, the Great Chicago Fire and more. East 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, 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, University of Vermont, in Burlington.

‘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 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.

‘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.

David Tanych Sculpture: The fine woodworker and metal sculptor exhibits big and bold works outdoors on Pine Street for the South End Art Hop and beyond. Through October 15. Info, 777-7002.

Curtis Lumber Burlington.

f Ellen Powell: Photographs of Acadia National Park and Chittenden County by the local jazz bassist and photographer. Reception: Thursday, October 9, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Through October 31. Info, 660-9005. The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington.

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.

‘On Purpose’: Upcycled, recycled and repurposed art by more than 10 Vermont artists. Through October 19. Info, oneartscollective@gmail.com, 863-2337. Burlington Beer Company in Williston.

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‘A Flatlander’s Journey to Nepal’: UVM undergraduate Julie Howk exhibits photographs from her travels to central Nepal to the upper Mustang Valley that explore globalization and cultural preservation. Through October 10, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Info, 656-7990. Center for Cultural Pluralism, University of Vermont, 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.

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.

Julie A. Davis: New works by the Vermont landscape painter. Through October 30. Info, 862-1001. Left Bank Home & Garden 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.

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.

Through October 29. Info, 363-4746. Flynndog Gallery in Burlington.

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.

American Craft Week Vermonters know they live in a crafty

place, but this year there’s even more reason to check out the potters, woodcutters and glassblowers in your area. The Green Mountain State has signed on as a major sponsor of American Craft Week, a national event that celebrates craftspeople in all 50 states.

In Vermont, the occasion is marked by two big craft festivals, in Stowe and Manchester, special events and studio tours at all five state craft centers, the statewide Fall Open Studio Weekend and more. For a complete list of American Craft Week events and locations in Vermont, check out americancraftweek.com/vermont. For a list of studios participating in the Fall Open Studio Weekend, visit vermontcrafts.com/links/openfall.html. October 3-12. Pictured: Jeff Troy of Hubbardton Forge.

‘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, University of Vermont, in Burlington.

Robert Chamberlin: Burlington-inspired images by the local painter, curated by the ONE Arts Collective. Through November 2. Info, 660-9346,

oneartscollective@gmail.com. Radio Bean Coffeehouse in Burlington.

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

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.

‘Wheels’: A juried photography exhibit celebrating all things that roll. Through October 5. Info, 777-3686. Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction.

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‘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.

f ‘Al- Mutanabbi Street Starts Here’: A traveling group show of book art inspired by a 2007 car bombing in a historic book-selling district of Baghdad. Closing reception: Sunday, October 5, 10 a.m.-noon. Through October 13. Info, 454-8311. Eliot D. Pratt Library, Goddard College, in Plainfield.

‘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,”

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Third Floor Gallery. Through november 1. info, 479-7069. studio place Arts in Barre.

Diana Mara Henry: Black-and-white photographs of one-room schoolhouses in Vermont by the famed photojournalist, with text by middlebury college sociology professor margaret nelson.

Through october 15. info, 828-2291. Vermont history museum 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 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. ‘oF lanD anD loCal’: Calais: A multidisciplinary exhibition in multiple statewide locations is designed to foster conversations on issues impacting the Vermont landscape. info, 865-5355. f ‘reFleCtions’: more than 30 Vermont artists focus on literal and contemplative reflection with sculpture, paintings, photography, textiles and mixed media. closing reception: sunday, october 5, 3-6 p.m. Through october 5. info, 223-6613 or 828-3051. The Kent Tavern museum in calais. 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.

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f CHris JorDan: “midway,” photographs from the midway Atoll of baby albatross killed by discarded human consumer goods. Artist talk: Thursday, october 16, 3-5 p.m. Through october 25. info, 635-1408. Julian scott memorial Gallery, Johnson state college.

JenniFer HubbarD: large-scale landscape and portrait paintings. Through november 2. info, 888-1261. River Arts center in morrisville. ‘kiCk anD gliDe: verMont’s norDiC ski legaCy’: An exhibit celebrating all aspects of the sport, including classic and skate skiing, nordic combined, biathlon, ski jumping, telemark and backcountry skiing. Through october 13. info, 253-9911. Vermont ski and snowboard museum in stowe. ‘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. ‘lanDsCape traDitions’: The new wing of the gallery presents contemporary landscape works by nine regional artists. Through January 1, 2015. paul sCHWieDer, DunCan JoHnson & 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. 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.

mad river valley/waterbury

24tH annual art in tHe rounD barn: A juried exhibit of local and regional artists coordinated by the Green mountain cultural center and the inn at the Round Barn. Through october 14. info, 5832558. inn at the Round Barn Farm in waitsfield. peter sCHuMann: paintings and sculpture by the Bread and puppet Theater founder, exhibited alongside puppets, masks and banners from past performances. Through october 4. info, 767-9670.

BigTown Gallery in Rochester. susan bull riley: oil and watercolor paintings of Vermont’s botany, birds and landscapes by the east montpelier artist. Through december 31. info, 4966682. Vermont Festival of the Arts Gallery in waitsfield.

middlebury area

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 noon with executive director.

Bill Brooks. Through november 9. info, 388-2117. henry sheldon museum of Vermont history in middlebury. eMily MCManaMy: “hitting the mat,” a documentary exhibition featuring semiprofessional wrestlers in st. Albans, with photo, audio and video components. Through october 4. info, 388-4964.

Vermont Folklife center in middlebury.

FreDeriCk “Fritz” Jaeger: A selection of work from the longtime local artist and teacher. Through october 31. info, 989-7500. eastView at middlebury. kate griDley: “passing Through,” an exhibit of oil paintings and sound portraits of emerging adults.

Through october 26. info, 443-5258. Jackson Gallery, Town hall Theater, in middlebury. ‘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.

rutland area

‘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. autuMn all MeMber exHibit: All members are invited to exhibit up to three pieces each in this annual show. Through october 17. info, 775-0356. chaffee Art center in Rutland.

Fran bull: “sTATions,” mixed-media 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. ‘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. f 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. Artist talk: saturday, october 11, 1 p.m.

Through october 26. info, 438-2097. The carving studio in west Rutland.

Mareva MillarC: “Absolutely Abstract,” paintings in oil, ink, acrylic and mixed media by the middletown springs artist. Through october 3. info, 468-6052. christine price Gallery, castleton state college. ‘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.

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.

champlain islands/northwest ColD HolloW sCulpture park: sculptor david stromeyer opened to the public his property on which 50 large-scale outdoor metal sculptures are sited. Free, self-guided tours wednesdays through saturdays, noon to 6 p.m. Visit website for directions. Through october 11. info, 512-333-2119. cold hollow sculpture park in enosburg Falls. chAmplAin islAnds/noRThwesT shows

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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.

‘exposeD’ outDoor sCulpture exHibition: on the gallery lawn, along the recreation path and throughout downtown, curator Rachel moore has sited 20 outdoor sculptures in a variety of mediums. The 16 artists hail from new england, new York, chicago and mexico city. in addition, writing by david Budbill, Ariel henley and Jennifer Rickards appears on vinyl in store windows.

Through october 15. ‘unrest: art, aCtivisM & revolution’: An exhibit of artwork by national and international contributors who 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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‘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.

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gisele mac harg: “children: A hooked Rug Art exhibit,” featuring images based on famous works of art depicting children. Through october 4. info, 763-7094. Royalton memorial library in south Royalton.

‘The hale sTreeT gang: PorTraiTs in WriTing’: Jack Rowell’s 12 black-and-white, larger-than-life photographs capture the elderly members of a Randolph writing group led by sara Tucker. Through october 10. info, 885-3061. PhiliP godenschWager: cartoon imagery and interactive sculpture as social and political commentary.

Through october 10. info, 885-3061. The Great hall in springfield. ‘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.

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‘old friends, neW Work’: Recent paintings by old friends Judith pettingell and deborah Frankel Reese. Through november 19. info, peggyadams@ coolidge.com. info, 295-3118. Zollikofer Gallery at hotel coolidge in white River Junction.

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‘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.

of the year, “Exquisite City.” A selection of

sculPTure fesT 2014: The annual outdoor sculpture exhibit, this year featuring Richmond artist Bruce hathaway, is on view at 509 prosper Road and on King Farm. Through october 15. info, 457-1178, charletdavenport01@gmail.com. Various locations, woodstock.

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‘sTaTues of liberTy’: A sesquicentennial exhibit commemorates the 1864 signing, by Abraham lincoln, of congressman Justin morrill’s Act creating a national statuary hall. on view are photographs and interpretive descriptions of the sculptures’ notable figures, including life-size images of the statues of Abraham lincoln, ethan Allen, daniel webster and Rosa parks.

Through october 13. info, 765-4288. Justin morrill homestead in strafford. 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.

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Free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Bess Malson-Huddle at the UVM President’s Office: (802) 656-0462 or Elizabeth.Malson-Huddle@uvm.edu or visit uvm.edu/president/marsh/

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‘of land and local’: WoodsTock: A multidisciplinary exhibition in multiple statewide locations designed to foster conversations on issues impacting the Vermont landscape. Through october 13. info, 865-5355. marsh-Billings-Rockefeller national historical park in woodstock.

Tunbridge grouP shoW: pastel artwork by 10 Upper Valley artists. Through october 4. info, 889-9404. Tunbridge public library.

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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

for the cover art and packaging of Case’s Middle Cyclone album. Judge has also designed posters for the likes of Mumford video for Guster. In 2009, she curated one of the Chicago Tribune’s top five exhibits Judge’s drawings and prints is displayed at the Catamount Arts Gallery Annex at Dylan’s Café in St. Johnsbury (owned “Waves.” “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 massachusetts artist, whose art is informed by her struggles with autism. Through october 26. info, 257-0124. Brattleboro museum & Art center.

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gayleen aiken: “inside/outside,” oil paintings and mixed-media drawings made between 1952 and 2000 that explore the outsider artist’s fascination with Vermont architecture and landscape, her own home in Barre, and the granite industry.

Through october 16. info, 472-6857. GRAce in hardwick. 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. vanessa comPTon: “The Frontier is my home,” surrealist landscapes by a Vermont artist. Through october 14. info, 525-3366. The parker pie co. in west Glover.

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call to artists annual Gift show: call for art: 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. call to artists for BurlinGton Beer: ONE Arts is seeking work for the October show at Burlington Beer Company! Work that has a secret or something hidden beneath, that quietly sits in a darker place or a place of dreams. We are also interested in performance work for our opening event on October 25. Please email three to five images of your work, plus titles, medium and year made along with an artist bio/statement to oneartscollective@gmail.com If accepted, a $25 hanging fee will apply. Deadline: October 7. Burlington Beer Company, Williston. Info, oneartscollective@gmail.com.

call to crafters: We’re looking for artisans for our Craft Fair on November 29, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. If interested in renting a table, contact Andrea Milne at 578-8043 or curandvt@yahoo.com.

Ascension Church, Georgia, through October 29. ‘celeBrate’ call to artists: Artist members of SPA are invited to share their work in this annual celebration of local art during the holiday season. A diverse selection of fine art and crafts will be displayed on all three floors from November 12 to December 27. Deadline: October 10. Info: studioplacearts.com. Studio Place Arts, Barre. creatiVe competition: For this monthly artist competition and exhibit, artists may drop off one display-ready piece in any medium and size to Backspace Gallery, 266 Pine Street in Burlington, between noon and 6 p.m. on Wednesday, October 1, and Thursday, October 2, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, October 3. Entry $8. During the First Friday reception, 5 to 9 p.m., viewers can vote on their favorite work; the winning artist takes home the collective entry money. The work remains on view for the duration of the exhibit. More info at spacegalleryvt.com. creatiVe expressions for power-filled liVinG: call for art supplies: Volunteer artist seeking art-supply donations for upcoming art therapy class.

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‘faBulous faBerGé, Jeweller to the czars’: The most important collection outside of Russia includes some 240 precious decorative objects designed for czars Alexander III and Nicholas II by the jeweler Carl Fabergé. Through October 5. Info, 514-285-2000. ‘remarkaBle contemporary Jewellery’: Thirty Québec and international designers showcase works that illustrate new approaches and techniques to this wearable art form. Through November 30. Info, 514-285-1600.

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21. ‘witness: art and ciVil riGhts in the MY sixties’: More than 100 works of photography, painting, sculpture and graphic art by 66 artists CY who merged art and activism for the civil-rights CMY movement. Through December 14. Info, 603-6462095. allan houser: Five sculptures by one of the best-known Native American artists are K installed outside the museum in the Maffei Arts Plaza, representing his 3-D work from 1986-1992.

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t seems like only yesterday I closed my review of Roger Donaldson’s lame Taken rip-off The November Man with these words: “It doubtless won’t be long before the next aging star decides to get his Neeson on ... Who knows, maybe as soon as December.” Maybe as soon as December?

How about later that month!

I reviewed The November Man on September 3. The Equalizer hit theaters on September 26. This whole career-reinvigoration-by-means-of-a-lame-Taken-rip-off thing has gotten so out of hand, we can’t go a month without a new one popping up. Am I the only one who finds this trend pathetic?

Not to mention monotonous?

To the list of Liam wannabes (Mel Gibson, Nicolas Cage, Kevin Costner and Pierce Brosnan, to name but a few), we now add Denzel Washington. He’s 60 — and, apparently, it’s the law. He must play a former CIA superagent who takes on a gang of Eastern European sex traffickers employing his very particular set of skills — along with, in this case, an assortment of home and garden products.

That’s because Washington plays Robert McCall, a mild-mannered Boston Home Mart worker who sells mulch by day and

spends his nights reading The Old Man and the Sea in a diner straight out of Edward Hopper. One of his fellow nighthawks is a young Russian prostitute (Chloë Grace Moretz) who befriends McCall by discussing her dream of becoming a pop singer. That’s a dream, by the way, that she shares with Taken’s daughter-in-distress character. See if you can guess what the bad guys do to her.

Its enough to put the young woman in the ICU and, more importantly, to put McCall back in action. The next thing we know, he’s inexplicably infiltrated the sex ring’s secret headquarters and wiped out the entire crew using only his ninja-like reflexes and a corkscrew. This prompts the head of the syndicate (Vladimir Kulich) to dispatch his most cold-blooded enforcer to settle the score.

That enforcer, Teddy, played by Marton Csokas, is the biggest problem in a picture with nothing but problems. Where the other gangsters were tattoo-covered clichés, Teddy is nothing short of a cartoon — a fleshand-blood Boris Badenov.

The actor doesn’t have a subtle bone in his body. As he hunts down Washington’s character, offing dirty cops on the Russian payroll and strangling the occasional prostitute for no apparent reason, he wears a per-

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manent sneer. Csokas probably thought it made him look scary, but it really just makes him look constipated.

From its derivative premise to its soover-the-top-it’s-almost-funny finale, The Equalizer ranks with THE FECALIZER The Oscar winner does some serious movie history’s most slumming in this lame Taken rip-off from the oncepromising Antoine Fuqua. monumental missteps.

That’s especially regrettable since it reunites the director of YOUR SCAN THIS PAGE 2001’s Training Day — Antoine Fuqua — with stopped. Even when they’re played by Oscar the star of that film, as WITH harrowing and origi- winners.

TEXT LAYAR When Danny Glover uttered the immornal as this one is hackneyed. Training Day HERE SEE 9 tal line, “I’m getting too old for this shit!” earned Washington his Best PAGE Actor Oscar.

Fuqua’s work has gone downhill in the years in 1987’s Lethal Weapon, he was, believe it since that collaboration, and here it hits an or not, just 40. Glover is now in his sixties, which, according to the topsy-turvy logic of all-time artistic low. Three takeaways: The only thing worse than a tedious, the lame Taken rip-off, means he just might pointless film is an interminable tedious, be up next. All these years later, he’s exactly pointless film. There was absolutely no rea- the right age for this shit. son for this thing to run two hours and 11 RI C K KI S O N AK minutes.

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The Boxtrolls ★★★★

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he stop-motion creations of animation studio Laika bristle with adorable grotesquerie. Its films are full of things you want to pet, and other things that look like they might bite you. Even critters that turn out to be friendly, such as the box-wearing gremlins of this film, are never cute in a pandering way — they live by their own inscrutable rules.

As in Laika’s previous efforts, Coraline and ParaNorman, that aura of strangeness makes the animated landscape of The Boxtrolls inviting to viewers both young and old.

With this film, directed by Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi, the studio cements its reputation for creating uncommonly smart, emotionally compelling family fare. It may not be Pixar, but it does its own thing with great skill.

Loosely based on Alan Snow’s steampunk kids’ fantasy Here Be Monsters!, The Boxtrolls tosses us into a world that is both absurd and rule bound. The vapid Lord Portley-Rind (voiced by Jared Harris) presides over the vertiginous town of Cheesebridge, where folks barricade their homes nightly against the Boxtrolls. After these scurrying mischief-makers steal and reportedly devour an infant, Archibald Snatcher (Ben Kingsley) offers to exterminate every last one. His price: He wants to wear a fluffy white hat, like the town’s elite, and taste fine cheeses at the lord’s table.

CREATURE TEACHER A boy is shocked to learn he was adopted into his greenskinned, cavern-dwelling family in the latest animation from the makers of Coraline.

Snatcher’s aspiration may seem bizarre to us — What’s so special about the sillylooking hat? Why is everyone obsessed with cheese? — but to him, it makes perfect sense.

He’s not the only one with a skewed perspective. Deep beneath the town, in the Boxtrolls’ cavern lair, lives a human boy named Eggs (Isaac Hempstead Wright) who thinks he is a Boxtroll. Where the townspeople see bloodthirsty monsters, he sees his family.

We soon learn that the Boxtrolls are nonviolent inventors and tinkerers who speak a private gabble and harbor a pathological attachment to the scavenged cardboard boxes they wear like turtle shells. As Snatcher’s anti-Boxtroll campaign accelerates, claiming Eggs’ loved ones, the boy realizes he can

“pass as human.” He sets out to spy on the enemy in the upper world.

The Boxtrolls promotes familiar kid-flick messages about tolerance for others and believing in yourself. But it’s never cloying, largely because it gives its villains sympathy and shadings. Snatcher, who sees himself as a man with a dream, exhibits more human folly than evil. Meanwhile, two of his henchmen, Pickles and Trout (Richard Ayoade and Nick Frost), offer running commentary of almost Shakespearean drollery, assessing their own moral status. (They also star in a very cool mid-credits coda.)

The film’s visual world, a mishmash of costumes and technology from several centuries, is consistently absorbing and often

beautiful, for all its Dickensian exaggeration.

The human figures sport pear-shaped torsos and spidery limbs, yet there’s a painterly quality to the shading of their faces, seldom seen in the stark world of computer animation.

The Boxtrolls combines heart with a streak of Roald Dahl’s perversity. It will have special appeal for viewers who get British humor and aren’t put off by characters such as a cherubic, ringleted little girl (Elle Fanning) who fantasizes about watching Boxtrolls eat her neglectful parents. But the movie isn’t odd just for the sake of being odd. The rigid absurdity of Cheesebridge, like that of Willy Wonka’s factory or Alice’s Wonderland, may remind older viewers how it felt to be a kid navigating the adult world — so many rules, so few readily apparent reasons for them.

The Boxtrolls themselves make kids laugh because they belong to a world of antic, preverbal play — a world without age, gender or social distinctions — similar to the ever-popular Minions in the Despicable Me films. But sooner or later, we grow up and leave that world, and the movie dramatizes that sometimes-painful transition with pathos and charm.

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new in theaters ANNABelle: Remember the demonic doll 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. Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount) tHe DisAppeARANce oF eleANoR RigBY: tHem: lauded at cannes, the debut feature from writer-director ned benson chronicles a young married couple’s reluctant separation from each of their perspectives. Vermont native brad coolidge exec-produced. (123 min, R. Roxy) goNe giRl: 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. capitol, Essex, Majestic, Palace) leFt BeHiND: Originally filmed with Kirk cameron in the lead, the christian best-seller about survivors seeking redemption after the Rapture gets a reboot starring nicolas cage. with lea Thompson, cassi Thomson and chad Michael Murray. famed stunt coordinator Vic armstrong directed. (110 min, Pg-13. Essex, Majestic) mY olD lADY: a cash-strapped fellow (Kevin Kline) inherits a Paris apartment only to discover that he can’t sell it until the demise of the elderly current resident (Maggie Smith) in this comedy-drama written and directed by Israel horovitz, based on his play. (107 min, Pg-13. Roxy)

now playing 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)

cAlvARYHHHHH brendan gleeson plays a priest who receives a mysterious death threat during confession in this award-winning drama from writer-director John Michael Mcdonagh (The Guard). with chris O’dowd and Kelly Reilly. (100 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 9/10)

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tHe HUNDReD-Foot JoURNeYHH1/2 The owner of an elite french restaurant (helen Mirren) can’t tolerate the advent of her new neighbor, a familyowned Indian eatery, in this drama from director lasse hallström (Safe Haven). with Om Puri and Manish dayal. (122 min, Pg; reviewed by M.h. 8/13) iF i stAYH a girl who finds herself in a coma after a car accident must decide if she really wants to wake up in this adaptation of gayle forman’s best-selling ya novel, starring chloë grace Moretz, Mireille Enos and Jamie blackley. R.J. cutler directed. (106 min, Pg-13; reviewed by R.K. 8/27) let’s Be copsH1/2 Jake Johnson and damon wayans Jr. play buddies who dress as cops for a costume party and suddenly find themselves tangling with real-life criminals in this comedy from writer-director luke greenfield (The Girl Next Door). (104 min, R) love is stRANgeHHHH a longtime couple (alfred Molina and John lithgow) finally tie the knot, only to experience repercussions that lead to losing their new york apartment, in this indie drama from Ira Sachs. (98 min, R) tHe mANHAttAN sHoRt Film FestivAl: after watching this curated showcase of 10 short films from around the world, audiences can vote for their favorite. More info at manhattanshort.com. (127 min, nR) No gooD DeeD 1/2H Idris Elba plays an escaped convict who terrorizes a suburban mom (taraji P. henson) in this thriller from director Sam Miller (“luther”). with leslie bibb. (84 min, Pg-13; reviewed by R.K. 9/17) tHe NovemBeR mANH1/2 Pierce brosnan plays a cIa agent brought back from retirement for a mission involving his former protégé in this thriller.

Roger donaldson (The Bank Job) directed. (108 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 9/3) tHe skeletoN tWiNsHHH1/2 Kristen wiig and bill hader play estranged twins who try to mend their relationship after they both nearly die on the same day, in this drama from director craig Johnson (True Adolescents). (93 min, R) teeNAge mUtANt NiNJA tURtlesH1/2 director Jonathan liebesman (Wrath of the Titans) and producer Michael bay reboot the ’90s comic-based film series about four mutant brothers from the sewers who go up against an urban super-criminal.

(101 min, Pg-13) tHis is WHeRe i leAve YoUHH1/2 Jason bateman, tina fey, adam driver and corey Stoll play siblings who find themselves sitting shiva with their mom (Jane fonda) after their dad dies.

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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)

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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)

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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 longtime surrogate mom at the aquarium. with ashley Judd, nathan gamble and Morgan freeman. charles Martin Smith again directs. (107 min, Pg)

tHe DRopHHH a brooklyn bartender (tom hardy) finds himself at the center of an ill-fated criminal scheme in this drama scripted by dennis lehane and directed by Michaël R. Roskam (Bullhead). with noomi Rapace and James gandolfini. (106 min, R; reviewed by M.h. 9/17)

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tHE tRip to itAlYHHHHH British comics Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon return in this sequel to their improv road comedy The Trip; this time around, the two friends are sampling restaurants on the Boot. (115 min, NR; reviewed by R.K. 9/24) A WAlK AmoNG tHE tomBStoNESHHH Liam Neeson plays an ex-cop-turned-PI who agrees to find a drug dealer’s kidnapped wife in this adaptation of Lawrence Block’s novel. With Dan Stevens and Boyd Holbrook. (113 min, R) WHEN tHE GAmE StANDS tAllHH Jim Caviezel plays high school football coach Bob Ladouceur, who took his team on a record-breaking winning streak in the 1990s, in this sports bio. Thomas Carter (Coach Carter) directed. (115 min, PG)

cHEFHHHH1/2 Foodie film alert! Jon Favreau wrote, directed and starred in this comedy about a fine-dining chef who reinvents himself by opening a food truck. (115 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 5/28) tHiRD pERSoN — Paul Haggis (Crash) wrote and directed this drama that traces three interlocking love stories in three cities. With Liam Neeson, Mila Kunis, Adrien Brody, Maria Bello and Olivia Wilde.

(137 min, R; reviewed by R.K. 7/16) tRANSFoRmERS: AGE oF EXtiNctioN — The fourth film in the toy-based saga of giant shapeshifting anthropomorphized robots introduces a new human cast. Michael Bay again directed. (165 min, PG-13; reviewed by R.K. 7/2)

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Plagued by repeated recalls, General Motors directed its engineers to avoid using 69 words when discussing GM automobiles. Among them: asphyxiating, deathtrap, disemboweling, genocide, grenade-like and powder keg.

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Muted Message

The women’s advocacy group UltraViolet responded to the National Football League’s handling of recent domestic violence cases by having an airplane fly a banner during an Atlanta Falcons home game calling for the resignation of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell: “ULTRAVIOLET: GOODEL MUST GO.” Besides misspelling Goodell’s name, the message was delivered above Atlanta’s new Georgia Dome, whose roof prevented spectators from seeing the banner. (Atlanta’s WXIA-TV)

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India’s state television channel Doordarshan fired a news anchor who referred to Chinese President Xi Jinping as “Eleven Jinping,” confusing Xi’s name with the Roman numerals XI. “It is an unpardonable mistake,” a Doordarshan senior official said. (Reuters) KTVA-TV news reporter Charlo Greene concluded her report on the Alaska Cannabis Club by revealing on air that she was the owner of the Anchorage medical marijuana business. She announced she would “be dedicating all of my energy toward fighting for freedom and fairness, which begins with legalizing marijuana here in Alaska,” and informed viewers, “And as for this job, well, not that I have a choice but, fuck it, I quit.” Then she walked off camera. (Anchorage Daily News)

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Police forces in England and Wales have begun asking crime victims to carry out their own investigations after having their car stolen or property damaged, according to a report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabu-

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lary. The watchdog agency found that police instructed victims to look out for potential fingerprint evidence, check for witnesses and search secondhand websites for their stolen property. The HMIC also said that 37 of the 43 forces investigated dealt with cases over the phone without victims ever meeting a police officer. “They’re the cops,” HMIC inspector Roger Baker said, “and we expect the cops to catch people.” (Britain’s Independent)

Casting the First Stone

While Doug Wilkey, 61, spent two years asking the city of Dunedin, Fla., to shut down the lemonade stand run by his 12-year-old neighbor, T.J. Guerrero, news reports of Wilkey’s efforts brought an outpouring of donations for the boy from as far away as Canada, ranging from $5 to $250. Meanwhile, acting on an anonymous tip, city officials began investigating Wilkey for possibly running a business out of his home without a license, subjecting him to daily fines of $250 until he complies with ordinances governing home-based businesses. (Tampa Bay Times)

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Wesleyan University’s two on-campus fraternities must start accepting women, according to a ruling by the Connecticut school’s board of trustees. The decision was made “with equality and inclusion in mind,” school president Michael Roth and trustee chairman Joshua Boger told students. “Our residential Greek organizations inspire loyalty, community and independence.

That’s why all our students should be eligible to join them.” (Washington Times) Mills College became the first all-female college to admit men, provided they were “assigned to the female sex at birth” and have legally changed their gender to male. The California school’s admission policy on “transgender or gender questioning applicants” is believed to be the first of its kind among the nation’s 119 single-sex colleges. (Washington Times)

a news anchor in india was fired for referring to chinese president xi jinping as

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory canceled plans for a six-week course in “Southern accent reduction” after workers complained. The east Tennessee facility employs more than 4,000 people.

The class promised to give employees “a more-neutral American accent, and be remembered for what you say and not how you say it.” The class was canceled within hours of its announcement, according to the lab’s communications director, David Keim. “Given the number of staff here who have Southern accents, this was clearly not received well,” Keim said. “We’ve offered accent reduction training to foreign nationals for years, but this one obviously surprised some folks.” (Knoxville News Sentinel)

Show or Go

Eleutherios Spirou, who has worked at a pizzeria in Quincy, Mass., since 1989, risks deportation because of exaggerated claims made on his visa application. The owners of Copeland Pizza declared that Spirou was able to “exercise showmanship in preparation of food, such as tossing pizza in the air to lighten the texture.” Spirou later admitted to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that he doesn’t actually throw the dough and was denied his visa. “Even accepting Copeland’s definition of the term ‘showmanship’ would require Spirou to perform his duties in a dramatic manner,” U.S. District Court judge Denise Casper ruled, upholding the federal agency’s deportation order. (Boston Herald)

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When Jimmy Fallon was a senior in high school, he received a weird graduation gift: a troll doll, one of those plastic figurines with frizzy, brightly colored hair. Around the same time, his mother urged him to enter an upcoming comedy contest at a nearby club. Jimmy decided that would be fun. He worked up a routine in which he imitated various celebrities auditioning to become a spokesperson for troll dolls. With the doll by his side, he won the contest, launching his career as a comedian. I foresee the possibility of a comparable development in your life: an odd blessing or unexpected gift that inspires you to express one of your talents on a higher level.

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gemiNi (May 21-June 20): The journey that awaits you is succinct but epic. It will last a relatively short time but take months to fully understand. you may feel natural and ordinary as you go through it, even as you are being rather heroic. Prepare as best as you can, but keep in mind that no amount of preparation will get you completely ready for the spontaneous moves you’ll be called on to perform. Don’t be nervous! I bet you will receive help from an unexpected source. feelings of déjà vu may crop up and provide a sense of familiarity — even though none of what occurs will have any precedents. caNceR

(June 21-July 22): In the wild, very few oysters produce pearls — about one in every 10,000. Most commercial pearls come from farmed oysters whose pearls have been induced by human intervention. As you might expect, the natural jewel is regarded as far more precious. Let’s use these facts as metaphors while we speculate about your fate in the next eight months. I believe you will acquire or generate a beautiful new source of value for yourself. There’s a small chance you will stumble upon a treasure equivalent to the wild pearl. but I suggest you take the more secure route: working hard to create a treasure that’s like a cultivated pearl.

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sagittaRiUs (nov. 22-Dec. 21): tomatoes are a staple of Italian cuisine now, but there weren’t any tomatoes in europe until the 16th century, when spanish explorers brought them from Central and south America. Likewise, Malaysia has become a major producer of rubber, but it had no rubber trees until seeds were smuggled out of brazil in the 19th century. And bananas are currently a major crop in ecuador thanks to 16th-century

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Pisces (feb. 19-March 20): your oracle is built around the epigrams of conceptual artist Jenny Holzer. from her hundreds of pithy quotes, I have selected six that offer the exact wisdom you need most right now. your job is to weave them all together into a symphonic whole. 1. “It’s crucial to have an active fantasy life.” 2. “ensure that your life stays in flux.” 3. “I have every kind of thought, and that is no embarrassment.” 4. “Animalism is perfectly healthy.” 5. “finding extreme pleasure will make you a better person if you’re careful about what thrills you.” 6. “Listen when your body talks.”

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caPRicoRN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): years ago, you experienced an event that was so overwhelming you could not fully deal with it, let alone understand it. All this time it has been simmering and smoldering in the depths of your unconscious mind, emitting ghostly steam and smoke even as it has remained difficult for you to integrate. but I predict that will change in the coming months. you will finally find a way to bring it into your conscious awareness and explore it with courage and grace. of course it will be scary for you to do so. but I assure you that the fear is a residue from your old confusion, not a sign of real danger. to achieve maximum liberation, begin your quest soon.

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the wilderness at dusk, the crickets always seem to be humming in the distance. no matter where I go, their sound is farther off, never right up close to me. How can that be?

Do they move away from me as I approach?

I doubt it. I sense no leaping insects in the underbrush. Here’s how this pertains to you: My relationship with the crickets’ song is similar to a certain mystery in your life.

There’s an experience that calls to you but forever seems just out of reach. you think you’re drawing nearer, about to touch it and be in its midst, but it inevitably eludes you. now here’s the good news: A change

you will comprehend truths about yourself and your life that you don’t have the capacity to grasp now. by then, past events that have been confusing to you will make sense. you’ll know what their purpose was and why they occurred. Can you wait that long? If you’d rather not, I have an idea: Do a meditation in which you visualize yourself as you will be three years from today. Imagine asking your future self to tell you what he or she has discovered.

The revelations may take a while to start rolling in, but I predict that a whole series of insights will have arrived by this time next week.

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Hmm. Conflicted is right, girl. I mean, it’s clear you know he’s not good for you and has done little for you, and you’re on a healthy and happy path without him.

Yet he still gnaws at you. And a part of you thinks you can make a difference. Are you sure you don’t have some feelings for him? It’s OK if you do; it’s not easy to wipe the heart completely clean of someone after a breakup, no matter how trying the relationship may have been. Old loves, like old habits, die hard.

Regardless of what you feel for him, though, it will not do you any good to try and help him sort out his mess. You’re not his mom or sister or bestie. You don’t need him, and who cares whether he needs you? He’s trouble.

What’s behind your lingering sense of responsibility, anyway? Is it your ego? Don’t be so foolish as to believe you can have any lasting effect on this guy. He needs professional counseling. Is it some sort of maternal instinct? Get a dog. Are you a drama seeker? Start a relationship with “Scandal” or “Revenge.” Do you feel badly, or even guilty, that after all the help you gave him, he’s fallen off the wagon? If so, you’re wasting your time. You were a healthy and positive influence then, but he is a challenged person and perhaps always will be. Maybe that sounds cold — it’s hard to see someone you care about self-destruct.

But he is no longer your problem.

My advice: Stay away. You don’t need the drama, heartache or disappointment. You don’t need to feel responsible — resist the urge to fix things. Focus on yourself, on the results you want in life. And give yourself permission to let go.

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