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he Burlington School District has been looking for a leader since major financial problems prompted former superintendent Jeanne Collins to take a buyout last spring. An interim administrative team stepped in, only to resign en masse a few months later because it couldn’t get along with the school board. Interim superintendent Howard Smith has been ably holding down the fort until board members could find a permanent replacement. Last week, they sealed the deal with Yaw Obeng, as Alicia Freese reported last on Seven Days’ Off Message blog last Thursday. The Ghana native, who oversees 12 schools in Ontario, Canada, will become Burlington’s new super on July 1 — the fourth individual to hold the job in a year and a half. Obeng was 6 when he arrived in United States. Like many of the students

in Burlington, he began his schooling as an English Language Learner. Said school board chair Patrick Halladay: “His personal narrative will resonate very strongly with the needs and changing demographics of the district.” Obeng emerged from a field of 60 applicants and was one of two candidates introduced to the community. He quickly became the strong favorite. School board members cheered and hugged once they voted to hire him. Introduced to reporters last week over Skype, Obeng noted that the law in Ontario prohibits him from running a budget deficit. Obeng’s salary will be $153,000 — a figure that prompted one board member, Scot Shumski, to vote against his hiring — even though he supported the candidate. Obeng has to get a work visa and a Vermont superintendent’s license. Said Halladay, “We’re confident that will be able to be achieved.”

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lawsuit, which is still in its early stages and could take years to resolve. James Dumont, the plaintiffs’ attorney, said Winooski would be a welcome addition to the case. The city would not be on the hook for any additional payments, Dumont said. Debate about the F-35s and the noise they generate has dominated the Winooski Front Porch Forum for months. Last week, 41 local clergy members held a press conference in the city, urging Vermont’s political leaders to reconsider the basing decision. “Now that this matter is going to be adjudicated in a court of law, we urge you to reconsider your support for what is a highly questionable endangerment of Vermonters and the imposition of financial hardship on the most economically and socially vulnerable of our neighbors living in the flight path of these yet-to-be-fully-tested fighter-bombers,” they wrote in a letter. Rabbi Joshua Chasan said they hope to persuade Winooski voters to join the lawsuit. As for Norful and Leonard? Winooski’s mayoral candidates have refrained from discussing the issue on their campaign websites, and have responded to questions from the media with lengthy, complicated answers. Norful said he does not support joining the lawsuit, viewing it as an unnecessary expense. But he said he would carry out the wishes of the majority of voters if they support it. “Functionally, it’s more than just advisory,” Norful said. “I’m going to consider it a mandate.” He said he would rather try to persuade Vermont’s congressional delegation to force the military to conduct a new environmental review. Leonard refused to declare a position on the referendum, though he and the rest of the council voted unanimously against the planes in 2013. He said he had questions about the Air Force’s plans, but declined to say how he would vote on the ballot article or whether he would support joining the lawsuit as mayor if voters approve the article. He was more focused, he said, on uniting the diverse city. “I believe Seth is a person who isn’t tied to one agenda or group,” said Kelner. “There’s so many different segments of Winooski … he wants to move forward.” m

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though, the city got two clean audits, according to Winooski officials. Leonard said he led the council’s effort to bring the city treasurer position under its purview instead of the city manager’s. The bureaucratic shuffling will help ensure that the treasurer is independent of other city hall employees and gives unvarnished information to councilors, Leonard said. The next mayor should be devoted, he said, to an effort that has been quietly percolating in city hall for months: planning for future development along the three gateways to the city. Officials essentially plan to tear up existing zoning regulations and replace them with more flexible guidelines to encourage development while regulating the physical appearance of projects. The effort targets areas that have languished while the downtown surged. Though he did not offer specific policy proposals, Leonard displayed a wonkish enthusiasm for the various commissions that have been assembled to help guide the process. He is running as a bridge-builder who could unite the city’s diverse constituencies behind a common vision. In his campaign literature, he refers to his governing philosophy as “ONE Winooski.” “You’ve got to do a lot of listening, and that’s a strength of mine,” Leonard said. “I don’t just hear, I listen.” He may listen, but he and his opponent aren’t saying much about an issue that’s front and center in Winooski — the Pentagon’s decision to base F-35 fighter jets at Burlington International Airport in 2020. In a nonbinding referendum that will be on the ballot March 3, residents will be asked whether they want to join a lawsuit fighting the move. An anti-F-35 group petitioned to put the question on the ballot. Seven local residents, including four from Winooski, sued the U.S. Air Force in federal court last year, seeking to prevent the planes from coming to Vermont. They claim the military failed to perform required environmental reviews. Activists had fought for years to block the jets, citing the noise levels caused by their takeoffs and landings. The F-35s’ so-called “noise zone,” will affect 6,600 local residents, including many in Winooski. The article urges the council, which has the authority to make the final decision, to join the plaintiffs in the lawsuit and to contribute $7,500 — roughly $1 per resident — for legal bills. No other communities are currently a part of the

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he Burlington School District appears to be regaining its balance after a turbulent 12 months of leadership conflicts and fiscal disorder. Former critics have begun to praise the school board and interim superintendent Howard Smith for his efforts in the last three months to mend relationships and clean up the books. But last year’s drama did not escape the attention of a foundation that funds a multimillion-dollar project in the Burlington and Winooski school systems. When the two districts applied for a second round of funding in the fall, the Massachusettsbased Nellie Mae Education Foundation postponed a decision “because of the absence of a permanent superintendent of schools and the imminent changes to the makeup of the Burlington School Board,” according to a statement emailed to Seven Days. “Stable and supportive leadership at multiple levels is a critical component of the … initiative and is a major factor in our decision to fund work in school districts,” warned Nellie Mae senior program officer Jessica Spohn. In other words, Burlington and Winooski could both lose out on the next $1.5 million installment of a $5.25 million grant that was meant to last six years. It’s not an idle threat — Nellie Mae put the brakes on a similar initiative at the Sanford School District in Maine, after deciding its superintendent was unreceptive. The Bangor Daily News reported that a group called Maine Parents for Transparent Education Policy objected to the initial grant in 2012 on the grounds that it pushed an “agenda” without sufficient input from parents. Founded in 1990, Nellie Mae is a philanthropic organization whose stated mission is to “stimulate transformative change of public education systems across New England.” Here in Chittenden County, the foundation’s threat has turned an education initiative into a political hot potato. The people who administer the grant have raised some eyebrows by turning their education efforts to voters — and elected school officials — in advance of Town Meeting Day. The Partnership for Change launched in 2012 with an initial $3.75 million Nellie Mae grant that the two school districts won together. Now Burlington High School and the Winooski middle and high schools are three years into the project, which aims to remodel the way kids are educated. The end goals: to give students more control

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over their course work and evaluate them in a more meaningful way. A chunk of the change was used to “buy time” for teachers who want to test-run new methods. During the first two years, that meant sabbaticals for educators to rethink their approaches. Faculty had to apply to be “fellows,” and most who passed muster seemed to be on the young side and eager to try new ideas. This year, the partnership funds nine “partner teachers” in Burlington and 13 in Winooski to maintain their regular teaching schedule — minus one class. They use the extra time to redesign their courses, and meet regularly to share ideas about how to give students more autonomy and to ensure that they all master certain essential skills, regardless of ability level. At the iLab in Winooski, students lead independent projects, which have ranged from recording hip-hop albums to writing self-help books. At BHS, students take a two-week course at the end of year on subjects that have included computer game design and farming. The partnership also works with different organizations to get parents and community members more engaged with the schools. For instance, it developed a “family-friendly” report card with the Parents and Youth for Change to make it easier for New American families to understand their children’s progress. Colorcoded visuals show how close students are to college readiness. It’s not uncommon for New American teenagers — and their parents — to arrive in the United States without being able to read or write. Even within their daily

English Language Learner classes, the range of literacy is huge. Partner teachers Suzy King and Beth Evans, who teach ELL at BHS, noticed many students were coping by copying classmates instead of getting the help they needed to catch up. So the two teachers created a class called Excell (Excellence for English Language Learners). The newly arrived students spend 90 minutes each day learning “survival English” and adjusting to an American style of schooling.

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In an Excell class last week, Joseph Mwali, who arrived from Congo in November, and Cho Lwin, who came to Burlington from Thailand in September, practiced talking about the weather. At first the word “blizzard” tripped them up, but after googling photos of the word, they got it. Sharing an iPad, they recorded a video in which they took turns saying, “This is blizzard. I don’t like blizzard,” and then emailed it across the room to King. At a nearby table, Shahed Kudaier, 16, and her older sister Moj, 19, carried on a halting conversation. They arrived from Iraq just five months ago.

This class — which includes mindfulness exercises and other less traditional approaches — helps make refugee kids feel comfortable in a foreign academic setting, according to Evans. (Mindfulness, which involves focusing on the current moment through meditation or other techniques, is meant to help people concentrate and regulate emotions.) Once they master 11 categories of conversation — which include weather, shapes, alphabet and introductions — they move on. Evans and King also visit students in their homes to meet their families and learn about their needs. Without the extra time provided by the partnership, the two women said, that would be impossible. Similar principles of “proficiency-based learning” apply in a ninth-grade humanities class co-taught by partner teachers Nadya Bech-Conger and Jocelyn Fletcher. If a student fails a vocabulary quiz, instead of moving on to the next assignment, the student signs up for a “callback” to try again until he or she passes. In other words, the teacher never gives up on a student. In the same spirit, the class is integrated — meaning would-be honors students learn alongside less advanced students. BechConger and Fletcher have designed an “embedded honors” system, in which the high schoolers can go above and beyond without being segregated into different classrooms. A few students were drinking cartons of chocolate milk as Fletcher projected pie charts on a screen that showed how many students were “proficient” in certain skills such as annotation and vocabulary. “I’m pretty psyched about the growth I’m seeing,” she told the class. During the early years, it was the teachers who needed cajoling, recalled the partnership’s director, Hal Colston, one of three staffers who administer the Nellie Mae grant. “There was a lot of effort to be a partnership with a capital ‘P’ and to brand ourselves,” said Colston, who founded the Good News Garage. As a result, the “teachers reacted as if we were this third-party entity, helicoptering in.” Now, though? “I believe that both districts are owning this work,” Colston said. “There is so much passion and excitement because they have the space and time to practice their teaching.” Participating teachers agree. At first, Fletcher said, “A lot of it felt really pie-inthe-sky and philosophical. We had no idea how that was supposed to translate into the classrooms.” But this year, she noted, “There’s been a huge momentum shift.”

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When Burlington’s Rough Francis opened for proto-punk legends Death last Friday at the Flynn, founding guitarist Dylan Giambatista wasn’t there. “I saw enough theatrics at the Statehouse this week,” he says. Now chief of staff to House Speaker Shap Smith (D-Morristown), the 28-yearold Wallingford native has long since traded his musical aspirations for political ones. “I want to be in a job where I’m serving the public,” he says. “I truly am bought into that.” On the surface, Giambatista fits the mold of the up-and-coming political aide: clean-cut, polite and a touch overeager. He even bears a striking resemblance to his boss, which prompted Smith to introduce him at a Democratic caucus last December as his “doppelgänger.” But in the Vermont Statehouse, Giambatista’s background is anything but ordinary. He dropped out of high school in 10th grade, couchsurfed for years, toured with a band he describes as “quasi-straightedge hardcore” and has more than a few tattoos. “I’m not a big fan of tattoos,” the speaker says. “So I really don’t want to know those kinds of things.” From the start, Giambatista says, he was “a pretty inquisitive kid” but “didn’t learn in a traditional fashion.” After years of skipping school, he decided to call it quits in his second year at North Clarendon’s Mill River Union High School. “It wasn’t sparking success for me,” he says. “I didn’t have a fully developed sense of what I wanted, but I knew it wasn’t that.” As he spun his wheels, Giambatista played in a succession of bands, including the Teenage Mothers, which he describes as “an obscene,

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Up to 42 retail marijuana stores could open in the Green Mountain State, where Vermonters who have reached age 21 could buy an ounce of pot. Other legal customers might prefer to belly up to the bar at a marijuana lounge. That’s what legalized recreational marijuana use could look like here, as two legislators envision it. Sen. David Zuckerman (P/D-Chittenden) introduced S.95 Wednesday, and Rep. Chris Pearson (P-Burlington) said he will introduce an identical bill in the House. They’re hoping their coordinated plan will bring new focus to the debate. That it might do, though their bills are unlikely to get very far this year. Key state leaders have said they want to wait for more information about how fledgling legalization laws are working in Colorado and other states. Earlier this year, Senate Judiciary

Committee chair Dick Sears (D-Bennington) indicated legalization wouldn’t make it onto his agenda: “I don’t expect it to come up this session,” he said. The sponsors want marijuana to be regulated much like alcohol is. The bill’s 43 pages detail a possible weed bureaucracy. The bill includes lessons learned from Colorado, where retail sales became legal last year, Pearson said. Unlike in Colorado, the number of stores would be limited to no more than 42. “We don’t want them on every street corner,” Pearson said. And regulators would determine how strong a single-serving marijuana product could be. That’s meant to avoid problems seen in Colorado with over-consumption of marijuana edibles. Other highlights of the bills include regulations for Vermont nonprofits or public-benefit corporations to get into the business, to keep the money local; proposed fee and tax structures; and a paid Marijuana Control Board, appointed by the governor, to set rules.

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angsty, youth punk band,” and Class Clown, which achieved fleeting success when it won the VH1/School of Rock Battle of the Bands. Giambatista says “something clicked” for him after an uncomfortable encounter in Virginia while touring with the band From the Ground Up. He decided to return to school and worked his way through community college as a manager at Leonardo’s Pizza. In 2008, From the Ground Up bandmate Julian Hackney and his brothers, Urian and Bobby Jr., discovered Death, the long-forgotten 1970s punk band founded by their father, Bobby Sr., and uncles David and Dannis. The younger generation of Hackneys formed Rough Francis to pick up where Death left off and invited Giambatista to play guitar. “He was a big part of the group,” Bobby Jr. says. “He has this onstage energy that’s pretty awesome. He’s just very energetic, very interactive with the crowd.” Giambatista played with Rough Francis on and off for several years, eventually parting ways to focus on school and politics. He enrolled at Johnson State College and was introduced to the Statehouse by his professor, Sen. Bill Doyle Dylan Giambatista (R-Washington). An internship with the at SXSW in 2013 Vermont State Employees Association led to a job as Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. Donovan’s driver when he ran for attorney general in 2012. Following Donovan’s loss, Giambatista worked in communications on state Treasurer Beth Pearce’s campaign. After graduating from Johnson, Giambatista landed a job as Pearce’s executive assistant, which he held until moving to the speaker’s office last fall. “I really enjoyed the work that we did together and appreciated his perceptive skills and policy development,” Pearce says. “I have not seen his punk rock. But I will tell you, he has a pretty big obsession with the eighth president of the United States.” That’s Martin Van Buren, in case you were wondering. While Giambatista’s title is chief of staff, that staff consists of just two interns. “The position requires you to do everything from engaging in high-level negotiations to answering the phones,” Smith explains. Says Giambatista, “The hardest thing I do, truly, is maintain [Smith’s] schedule. That is a full-time gig.” According to the speaker, Giambatista’s unconventional life story “actually made me think more about hiring him than I might have otherwise.” Giambatista credits it with his success. “I am very proud of my nontraditional background,” he says. “And I’m very proud of the work I do. If I wasn’t a high school dropout, I couldn’t do it as well as I do. And if I wasn’t in a band with my friends, I would lack a lot of the skills I use on a daily basis here.” COURTESY OF JEFF HOWLETT

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Dov Stucker and Benjamin Roesch got involved early on as fellows, but they were frustrated at first. “‘Student-centered learning’ was a catchphrase getting thrown around,” Stucker said. They responded by starting an elective called the School Innovation Seminar in which students study different learning techniques. That might sound abstract, but students rave about it, and it’s spawned other projects. Xander Long, a senior who took the class last year, said it inspired him to create another class, in which he and several peers act as “student consultants” and try to improve the way BHS works. Long is analyzing alternative discipline methods. Stucker acknowledged that “initiative fatigue is very real” among his peers. But he also thinks that in terms of getting teachers to embrace the partnership’s goals, “We are past the tipping point.” When Nellie Mae issued its ultimatum, the partnership staff decided to get involved — not just in the search for a permanent superintendent, which came to an end last week when the board appointed Yaw Obeng to the post. Colston, who served on the search committee, was effusive about the choice. “I feel amazingly good about this.” Asked for his stance on the partnership, Obeng, who’s currently a superintendent in Ontario, Canada, responded by email: “I have heard only good things about the project. I anticipate giving a positive endorsement as soon as I receive some details.” The partnership’s efforts to secure support on the Burlington School Board have been less successful. In fact, they’ve made some members question their motives. In particular, school board members have bristled at the partnership’s decision to play a role in the upcoming school board elections on March 3. Partnership staff helped plan the candidate forums aired on Channel 17, and in the process, made sure each candidate took a public stand on the partnership. The partnership also put together a voter guide in English, French, Nepali and Vietnamese. That cost $135 and was paid for with foundation funds. Last Friday, the partnership published online Q&As with the candidates, asking them their opinions about issues such as the budget, diversity and the partnership. “This is an important moment for us to be involved,” Colston explained, no doubt referring to Nellie Mae’s concern about “imminent changes to the makeup of the Burlington School Board.” He emphasized that they’re committed to remaining neutral and won’t endorse one candidate over another, regardless of their responses. “People’s jobs are on the line,” is how school board member Brian Cina, the board’s liaison with the partnership, put it. Although he’s been a cheerleader for the project, he noted in an interview last week: “I have concerns about their recent efforts

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Burlington is a city without enough housing, and it needs to grow [“Way to Grow,” February 11; Off Message: “Burlington College Sells Off Much of Its Land,” February 3]. Green space is good, but it is not the only thing. Burlington should be a place that is open and welcoming to all, unafraid of change or new ideas. In the Old North End, recent development has brought new experiences and opportunities. Instead of being welcoming, interesting and dynamic, the Burlington College property, and the diocese land before it, has been a static, barren, boring wasteland. With the right mix of housing, business and open space, development can turn it into real urban space that brings opportunities, new people and new experiences. The lack of housing is a crisis that has been avoided for far too long. It drives up taxes for homeowners and makes it impossible for people to move here unless they have money. It drives low-income people out of the city as new residents with more money take over what used to be affordable neighborhoods. With the lake and parks to the north and south, Burlington does not need more open space. If you cross North Avenue from the Burlington College property and look east, you will see a vast open space called the Intervale. It offers trees, grass, farms and open vistas, yet it is part of Burlington. Burlington College needs an opportunity to grow and thrive as well. Its plan will add to the urban environment and create a new, interesting and livable space for all of us. I hope it happens.

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Mayor Miro Weinberger’s suggestion in “Way to Grow” [February 11] that his administration is paying attention to other Burlingtonians besides its poorest sounds rather arrogant, to say the least. His subsequent belief that increasing the overpriced housing market will somehow become less expensive if his developer friends build more dwellings for the young professionals he wants to attract defies history. Unless there are rent controls, it doesn’t matter how many apartments and condos are built — the cost will always be high. The free market does not create affordable rentals. However, it does provide profits for those who end up with the rent.

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Vermont’s Independent Voice? Why do you allow an American Apparel ad on the back page that is child pornography? Not cool, “Independent Voice.” margaret clerkin

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I know this isn’t the first time Seven Days has received feedback regarding American Apparel ads. Last week’s ad in particular features a girl who barely looks 12, lying seductively in her underwear and training bra. I realize the model is 18 years old, hopefully, but we all know that she was chosen because she looks much younger. Really, Seven Days? Really? How socially responsible is it to perpetuate the sexualization of young girls? Do you need the advertising money that badly to sell out like this? As a woman, and mother of a young girl, I am furious that you find this acceptable. Annemarie Lavalette

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I often look forward to reading your progressive publication, but I was surprised and disappointed to see last week’s full-page ad of what looked to me to be a child in her underwear in a position that was sexually suggestive. I am all for the freedom of the press and expression; however, this ad really pushes for the continued sexualization of girls. I’m the father of a preteen girl and boy, and a social worker who works with many young women and men struggling to develop positive healthy relationships with their bodies. That includes boys formulating the way they think about girls and women. Publishing this type of ad undermines healthy images and ideas. Is it really worth the money to continue the sexual objectification of not only women, but to actually move the focus onto girls? I look forward to hearing your response and, most importantly, to seeing you act responsibly and remove this ad. John Grimm

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will be essential. It was never envisioned as a project with a start and end date — to influence the election, and I have chal- the whole point is for schools to continue lenged them about this repeatedly.” the work even after the grant money goes When the North District candidates — away, integrating these new approaches current board member Scot Shumski and into all classrooms. challenger Mark Barlow — were asked Colston estimated that it could take 10 on Channel 17 whether they supported years to make that happen. And it might inthe Partnership for Change, Shumski clude making some controversial changes responded with a question of his own: — a total shift to proficiency-based learn“Are you just an educational initiative or a ing, for instance, might mean that some political initiative?” students who are slower to master certain Only eight of the 16 candidates par- skills would stay in high school longer. ticipated in the Q&As. An earlier attempt Cina said the board will need to build by the partnership to the partnership’s goals design a job description into its budget. “That’s for school board memthe way to sustain this,” bers — without inviting he said. “It can’t just be the sitting board to this appendage that we weigh in — also ruffled keep alive.” feathers. Some people, like Despite the aggresCurry, contend that sive outreach, others doesn’t have to cost say they still don’t more. Others aren’t so understand what the sure. Shumski, who partnership actually also emphasized that does. Mark Porter, who he supports the work joined the school board the partnership has in June, said, “They are done in classrooms, not very transparent to said he’s concerned the board.” about the “expectation Cina disputed that we will spend our this observation — he own funds” once the said partnership staff grant ends. For him frequently attend to feel comfortable board meetings and ponying up, Shumski have made repeated wants to see proof that attempts to keep memthe partnership’s work bers in the loop. has actually made a Je s s i c a sp o h n, “Having this grant difference. ne lli e M a e e d u c ati o n F o u nd ati o n has put us ahead of There’s no such the curve,” said board hand-wringing on member Liz Curry, the other side of who pointed out that the Winooski River, it’s helping Burlington to meet new state where Onion City school officials say mandates, such as the requirement that they are fully committed to the endeavor. students develop “personalized learning Superintendent Sean McMannon said plans.” But in stark contrast to the part- his district is at a point “where there’s ner teachers’ perspective, Curry said that no turning back.” They are making plans during the last year, “My sense is that it’s to mainstream practices such as the iLab lost some momentum.” She attributes and mindfulness training. The five school that to the turnover at the top — former board members have proven “incredible superintendent Jeanne Collins was shown advocates” for the effort, he added. the door last summer, and up until last Winooski underwent some tumultuous week the district didn’t have a permanent times several years ago, but these days its leader. board is the picture of unity. In 2014, it won Even so, Curry and Cina both expressed the Vermont School Boards Association’s confidence that Obeng would effectively annual Award for Exceptional School fill that void and that the rest of the board Board Leadership. How do they feel about will rally behind the initiative. Despite potentially suffering the fallout of the the concerns he and others have raised, neighboring district’s dysfunction? Cina said, “There has been a misconcep“We’ll be patient with our friends next tion that the board doesn’t understand or door, and whatever happens, happens,” doesn’t care or doesn’t support it, but ac- said board chair Michael Decarreau. “I’m tually I think the board as whole supports not normally an optimist, but everything the real work of the partnership and sup- will work out.” Colston said he expects ports the work of empowering teachers to the foundation will make the final, postdo innovative work in the classroom.” election funding decision this spring. m If the partnership is going to be more than a six-year experiment, that support Contact: alicia@sevendaysvt.com

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Bernice West Atwood, 87, a longtime resident of Woodstock, died January 30, 2015, at Mount Ascutney Hospital in Windsor. She passed peacefully with family by her side after an illness of lung cancer. She was born October 21, 1927, in Rutland, the daughter of Ruth Curtis and Lester West. Bernice had five siblings, who all predeceased her: Barbara Stevens of Bridgewater; Richard West, Beverly Burnett and Charles West, all of Woodstock; and Wayne West of Rogue River, Ore. Bernice graduated from Rogue River High School in 1946. Bernice met her husband Elmer G. Atwood Sr. of Woodstock while working for the local phone company as a telephone operator. The two eloped and were married in White River Junction on July 2, 1949, and went to Lake Memphremagog for their honeymoon. They lived in Montpelier for a short time but later resided in Prosper for the majority of their married life. Together Bernice and Elmer had five children. Bernice was predeceased by Elmer on March 3, 1971. Bernice worked for the Woodstock Union High School as a cook feeding and caring for all the children of the Woodstock area. She worked 25 years until retiring at 68. Bernice was a dedicated and loving mother who taught her boys how to hunt, fish and drive. She was a

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Harry F. Ehret, 69, passed away on Thursday, February 12, 2015, at his home in Essex, surrounded by his loving family. Visiting hours were held on Sunday February 15, 2015, at A.W. Rich Funeral Home, 57 Main St. Essex Jct. A memorial service was held on Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church, Essex Jct., with Reverend Daniel Ames officiating. Interment will be private and at the convenience of the family. Memorial contributions in Harry’s memory may be made to a charity of one’s choice. The family invites you to view further information and share your memories by visiting awrfh.com.

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Friday, February 20, 2015, and a Memorial Service will be held at the North Pomfret United Church of Christ in North Pomfret at 2 p.m. on February 21, 2015. A committal service will be held in the spring. At your preference, in lieu of flowers the family requests that contributions in Bernice’s memory may be made to: The Homestead, 73 River St., Woodstock, VT 05091; The North Pomfret United Church of Christ, PO Box 308, North Pomfret, VT 05053; or the Thompson Senior Citizen Center, 99 Senior Lane, Woodstock, VT 05091.

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on to take over. She came to the United States in 1960 and was proud when she became a U.S. citizen on December 6, 1965. In 1971, she married Dezsoe Rottler. They enjoyed many years together, traveling, gardening, renovating their home, socializing and raising their son. Connie was a master quilter and longtime member of the Champlain Valley Quilt Guild. She was awarded ribbons of all colors for her work, with a blue ribbon for her very first submitted quilt. She was a talented seamstress, knitter, crafter, baker, cook and gardener. When she was a student, she crafted nursing hats to help pay the bills. Living close to the hospital, she would frequently pull double shifts to help out colleagues trapped by the snow, or whatever the need might be. She will be remembered most for her joy, selflessness, openness, kindness and her gentle mischievousness. She reached out to those whom others would ignore. Connie lived to ease the suffering of others. She is missed beyond words. If you knew her, you know her love, and her spirit is with you. Connie is survived by her husband, Dezi; son Christopher; daughter-in-law Michele Choiniere; granddaughter Isabella; brother Henk Wagenaar and wife Fenna; sisters-in-law Mia Wagenaar and Titia Wagenaar, and their families; stepdaughter Maria Cornell; stepgranddaughter Jennifer Washburn; and her many friends who became family. She is predeceased by her parents and her brothers Antheunis (Ton) Wagenaar, Aarnout (Nout) Wagenaar and Arnold Wagenaar. A Christian and Interfaith service and celebration will be held at the Burlington Unitarian Church on Saturday, February 21, at 11 a.m. Donations in lieu of flowers in Connie Rottler’s name can

member of the Eastern Stars in Woodstock and enjoyed cooking for the Booster’s Club of Woodstock to serve food to the community during sports games. She was a dedicated and loyal fan of the Woodstock Sports and both the Red Sox and Patriot Teams. Bernice always looked forward to spending time with family, kids, grandkids and friends! After retirement Bernice remained active in participating at the local Senior Citizen Center and playing double king pede. She was a loyal member of the North Pomfret United Church of Christ, where she attended services regularly. Most recently, Bernice enjoyed the company of many of her lifelong friends at the Homestead in Woodstock. A lover of music, in her younger years Bernice sang and played the mandolin. She loved the community of Woodstock and particularly enjoyed watching the seasons change from her apartment window. Bernice is survived by her children: Marilyn Bradshaw and David of Chelsea; Elmer Atwood and Jeri-Lynn of Hinsdale, N.H.; Harry Atwood and Rosemarie of Pembroke, N.H.; Richard (Rick) Atwood and Tina Graham of Perkinsville; and David Atwood of San Antonio, Texas. Bernice had eight grandchildren: Michael and Terry Bradshaw, Kaitlyn and Hillary Atwood: Jonathan and Jessica Atwood, Weston and Hayley Atwood; four stepgrandsons: Shaun Graham, Michael Loyer, and Alan and James Anocibar; two greatgrandkids, Alice and Izic; and step-great-great-granddaughter Saedi; and many nieces and nephews. The family wishes to thank the staff of the Homestead of Woodstock, DHMC Palliative Care, the Mount Ascutney Hospital and Health Center for their Hospice Care and the North Pomfret United Church of Christ for all their extraordinary care, kindness and enormous compassion. Calling hours will be held at Cabot’s Funeral Home in Woodstock from 6 to 8 p.m., on

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Cornelia Bastiana Rottler (nee Wagenaar) passed on into spirit on February 12, 2015, at the Starr Farm Nursing Center in Burlington, Vermont after a long fight with Alzheimer’s disease. Her son, Chris, was at her bedside. Connie was born June 27, 1931, in Halsteren, the Netherlands, to parents Johanna Leijnse and Hendrik Wagenaar. She was the second of five children and the only girl. A registered nurse, Connie studied at Vrederust in Halsteren and at Utrecht University and Hospital in the Netherlands, as well as at the Jeanne Mance School of Nursing in Burlington. She worked at the Degoesbriand and Fletcher Allen Hospitals for 36 years, caring for thousands of ailing Vermonters with love and grace. She nursed patients in oncology, psychiatry and clinical research among other areas. She was Maria von Trapp’s preferred nurse. When patients were especially difficult, Connie would be called

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now-defunct Vermont Film Commission, was meant to broaden the commission’s mission beyond just attracting film productions to Vermont. It was initially headed by the VFC’s then-executive director, Joe Bookchin, which helps explain the office’s

early emphasis on filmmaking and other visual arts. Shortly before Gosselin took her post in 2013, she says, the OCE was moved into the economic development department so it could focus more on “economic drivers” File: Jeb Wallace-Brodeur

echnically speaking, Vermont’s Office of the Creative Economy isn’t going away. It just won’t be staffed anymore. That’s the word from Lisa Gosselin, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Economic Development, who confirms that the one-person office — “It’s really just a cubicle,” she notes — will remain unoccupied owing to state budget constraints. The OCE director’s position has sat vacant since October 2014, when its last director, Lars Hasselblad Torres, resigned to become executive director of the Burlington-based maker space Generator. “Our goal is to continue the good work Lars started,” Gosselin says. “But there’s a challenge, too, in that ‘creative economy’ means a lot of different things to different people.” Indeed, the definition of that term has morphed in the four-year life of the OCE. The office was launched in 2011 with the goal of creating jobs and stimulating economic activity among Vermont’s “knowledge workers,” who produce everything from music to video games to documentary films. The office, born out of the

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— that is, businesses with greater growth and hiring potential than filmmaking, such as software design, gaming, information technology and media development. After Bookchin resigned in February 2013, he was replaced by Torres, then a 42-year-old entrepreneur with solid tech credentials. “Lars did a fabulous job bridging both those areas and really helped grow a network,” Gosselin adds. The OCE will still exercise all its existing functions on a “limited basis,” she says, including state sponsorship of technologyrelated events such as the Vermont Tech Jam employment fair and HackVT, a 24hour app-creating hackathon. The DED’s current staff of 18 will take on other OCE functions. “We absolutely believe in the emerging creative industries in this state,” Gosselin emphasizes, “and this in no way means that we are not going to continue to celebrate, support and mentor those industries. I can’t say that loudly and clearly enough.” She points to Vermont 2020, a statewide comprehensive economic development strategy announced last June that identifies 12 “priority sectors” — including

Vermont Lantern Parades Punctuate the Darkness, Illuminate Community Spirit B y etha n d e S e i fe

own by town, Gowri Savoor is lighting up Vermont — literally. Since 2010, the Vermont artist has been one of the guiding lights behind Waterbury’s annual River of Light parade, a winter event in which residents promenade through town carrying illuminated homemade lanterns. The project is part sculpture, part performance and wholly community based, and it’s catching on. This year, Savoor will lead similar community events in Montpelier, Burlington, Ferrisburgh and Randolph — with parades in the first two towns coming up this week. Skilled in painting and drawing as well as sculpture, Savoor specializes in an unusual field: lanterns. She’s currently in residence at Montpelier’s Union Elementary School, where she teaches students to craft lanterns from various materials. Kindergarteners and first graders work with balloons, yarn and coffee filters, grades two and three with vellum and watercolors, and grades four and five with willow branches and coffee filters,

the latter donated by Waterbury-based Keurig Green Mountain. Savoor, 42, describes herself as “a teaching artist,” and her involvement with the lantern parades has educational as much as artistic motives. A resident of Barre Town, she collaborates on her lantern projects with her husband, sculptor and Norwich University art professor Angelo Arnold; and with her friend MK Monley, also an artist and teacher. Monley, an instructor at Waterbury’s Thatcher Brook Primary School, conceived of the first River of Light in 2009 and sought out artists for the project. Lantern parades originated in the United Kingdom,

and Savoor, who’s from Manchester, England, had prior experience working on such events. She jumped at the chance. The lanterns that Savoor and her students make take many forms. Some are figurative artworks shaped like birds or dragons; others are more geometrical or fanciful. Once illuminated from within and carried in procession, they call to mind a fairy-tale celebration. The notion of making art accessible runs through Savoor’s practice. “I’ve grown up in a tradition where people should not have to pay for art,” she says in a phone conversation with Seven Days. “It should not be exclusive to those with money.”

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With support from arts grants, Savoor leads free, public lantern-craft workshops in each town that holds a parade. Three such workshops held on January weekends at Burlington City Arts were “overfilled,” says BCA education director Melissa Steady. Steady was delighted that more than 60 people turned out for the daylong craft workshops. Once fitted with LEDs, many of the lanterns created there, she hopes, will be featured in Burlington’s inaugural lantern parade this Saturday, which commemorates the 150th anniversary of the city’s incorporation. “I think [lantern making] is a wonderful way to connect a broad audience of participants to actually mak[ing] something and hav[ing] it have a purpose,” Steady says. “And a parade is such a wonderful way to gather people.” Kristina Kane, the visual art teacher at Union Elementary with whom Savoor has been leading workshops, attended Waterbury’s River of Light parade in 2014 and was inspired to contact Savoor about a residency. By its conclusion, all 485 students

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Cool. easier for arts nonprofits, which are only marginally funded and taxed on the tickets they sell. “I had several brainstorming sessions with Lars Torres,” Craven says. “I liked Lars, and he meant well, but he had no real budget, no real authority and no real portfolio to make things happen. Without these, the best anyone could do is be a cheerleader.” Torres strikes a similar note. “I didn’t feel authentic engaging Vermont’s creatives and saying, ‘Tell me what you need,’ and then not being able to deliver anything but networking,” he says. “Networking is fine. It’s important. But it can’t be the bulk of a state employee’s, much less an appointee’s, job. We need to deliver real benefits.” When asked about the OCE’s lasting achievements, Gosselin was reluctant to give credit to her department. “Our role is to encourage an ecosystem,” she says. “We’re a little like the gardener who pours the water to make sure the plants are protected and growing. But they’re the ones doing the growing.” m

arts and culture, food systems, and biotech and freelance workforce. By contrast, he and software development — as prime tar- characterizes the state’s vision of creative economy as looking more like a standard gets for state resources. Torres isn’t convinced. Though he read- 40-hour-workweek job with salary and ily admits that some of his remarks might benefits in a bricks-and-mortar setting. Torres says discussions of how the state be interpreted as “sour grapes,” he says he doesn’t believe the OCE ever got the sup- might broaden that definition never gained traction. “There simply wasn’t the right port it deserved from the administration. political climate to go out “I do feel that there was on that limb,” he adds. “At a much, much bigger opa time of tough budgets and portunity than the governor ever got a chance to hear, or new leadership, when the [than] was ever communigovernor was singlehandedly focused on health care cated to him,” he says. l ARS HASSEl bl Ad reform, there was a lot of Torres, who ran the T ORRES reason to be risk averse.” office for about a year and a half on a $30,000 budget, Jay craven, cofounder of suggests that his vision of Vermont’s 21st- Kingdom county Productions, agrees. The century creative economy — as “essentially Barnet filmmaker suggests there’s a “huge a freelance economy” — didn’t jibe with unexplored and undeveloped potential the Agency of Commerce & Community for Vermont’s creative economy,” and that Development’s more traditional notion of state government should play a bigger economic activity. role. Craven recognizes that Vermont can’t Freelancing is an arena Torres knows compete with neighboring Massachusetts well as the creator of LocaL 64, a cowork- and New York, which contribute 25 pering and community events space in cent and 30 percent, respectively, toward downtown Montpelier that caters in large budgets of films shot in those states. Still, part to the capital region’s nontraditional he says that Vermont could make things

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Fragile as they are, Savoor’s and her students’ lanterns can last a long time. But the artist also specializes in a more ephemeral art form. Rangoli is an Indian folk art in which materials such as colored sand and grains are used to create geometric patterns on a floor; the finished works resemble Tibetan mandalas. Savoor has completed two Vermont residencies in rangoli: one in 2014 at Burlington’s Integrated Arts Academy at H.O. Wheeler, and the other in 2013 at Essex Middle School.

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will have had two lantern-making sessions, and they will carry their finished works in Montpelier’s upcoming parade. It, too, celebrates an anniversary: the school’s 75th. Referring to last year’s parade in Waterbury, Kane voices sentiments that echo Steady’s. “It was such a unique experience to be walking through the nighttime with hundreds of people carrying lights,” she says. “It was just magical to see so many people come together for this celebration of art and community. It was pretty powerful.”

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The lantern parades themselves are ephemeral, lasting for just minutes. Savoor is drawn to such impermanence, saying viewers who are physically present at such events bear witness to their artistic power. “A feast for the senses,” she calls them in an email. More than that, Savoor continues, “It’s also empowering for young people, having the opportunity to proceed through the streets at night, feeling a tremendous sense of ownership while celebrating with friends, family and strangers in a safe, supportive environment.” Ever the teacher, Savoor sees the lanterns as a kind of “gateway” project. After a student builds one of the willow-andcoffee-filter “pyramid lanterns,” she says, “they can build anything. The pyramid is just a beginning. Once people start to grasp that, the possibilities are really exciting.” m

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n a subfreezing afternoon in early February, Ben Eine stepped down from a tall ladder inside Middlebury College’s MAHANEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, where he’d been painting the indoor entrance to the school’s art museum with his signature colorful typography. A UK native who currently resides in San Francisco, Eine is “one of the street art movement’s most established names,” as a critic for the Guardian put it last year. Eine got his start as a graffiti artist more than 20 years ago, “tagging things and generally being a little vandal,” he said. But, along with a handful of other international street artists, he has launched a career that’s brought him all the way to the walls of contemporary art galleries and museums. “The stuff I produce now is far more thoughtful and far less selfish,” Eine reflected. “Graffiti takes something away, for the most part, and street art and the stuff that I do adds something, I feel.” Eine regularly circles the globe painting walls on commission, and he makes sculptural objets d’art and prints. He catapulted to international fame when British Prime Minister David Cameron gave one of his paintings to the Obamas during a visit in 2010. Eine also spent five years working with the better-known and more subversive English street artist Banksy. The occasion for Eine’s stop in Middlebury was the museum’s major spring exhibition “Outside In: Art of the Street,” cocurated by chief curator EMMIE DONADIO and museum preparator CHRIS

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MURRAY. The exhibit runs through April 19 and features works by 16 internationally recognized street artists or artist teams, including Banksy, JR, Bäst, Blu, Faile, Shepard Fairey, Swoon and Judith Supine, along with documentary photographs by Henry Chalfant. Most of the works are on loan from private collectors, but a few pieces have been acquired for the museum’s permanent collection. “They’ve just torn down all of the parameters of what it means to be an artist,” said Donadio of the participants, as she gave Seven Days a sneak preview of the show. “That’s why I think it’s fascinating.”

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Why exhibit street art in a New England college museum? “We thought it was important to do a show about a contemporary development [in the art world],” Donadio said. “And many of the artists shown have the same social ethos as our students. They want to stop global warming. They see themselves as against the system, but it’s a very interesting phenomenon, because they’ve been completely absorbed by the system. And that’s just the complexity of the art world.”

“Right now, the street art movement is one of the biggest movements in the world of art,” Murray added. “There are so many artists out there. A lot of people walk around with blinders on, but whether or not you realize it, you see it. Even in Middlebury, you can walk down the street and, if you look, you’ll see stickers on signs. People don’t realize it, but they’re walking by a work of art.” The journey of street art from the “outside in” is, Murray noted, currently a hot topic. In this context, “in” means a position on gallery and museum walls, and the broader achievement of art-world legitimacy. And the artists themselves, Donadio pointed out, “all have a different take on it.” “Some of them have really been appropriated, and some enjoy that,” she said. “Some of them use their fame, perhaps, to advance the causes they believe in. There’s a gamut of authenticity involved.” The exhibit includes prints and paintings. There’s also an actual wall covered in wheatpaste posters rescued from Brooklyn, which Murray transported himself from the studios of Faile and Swoon; and the indoor wall that Eine painted specifically for this exhibit, titled “Andy Warhol’s BAD.” This was Eine’s first trip to Vermont. Normally, he’s commissioned to do work in urban centers, he said. The day after he completed his wall at Middlebury, he would head home to San Francisco for a brief rest, then to Dubai. Then London. Then Chicago. Then London again. Eine said he wasn’t quite sure where Vermont was before he arrived at the height of a

midwinter blizzard, but he claimed to be “happy to be here.” “Luckily, we’re here at a really cold time,” he deadpanned. “We get to see extremes, which is good. If we came and it was just another winter somewhere, it’d just be like…” he trailed off with a shrug. “But if we get here and it’s like, Fuck! It’s the coldest place I’ve been to! it all makes it better. Oh, and I’ve got a cold! I’ve got the complete Vermont experience.” The indoor wall Eine was commissioned to paint presented other challenges. His first thoughts on seeing it, he admitted with a laugh, were, Those windows are big, and can we get rid of that television? Eine had originally planned to do a pixelated Andy Warhol portrait. But after encountering the wall, he reverted to his signature typography. “One of the things that street artists and graffiti artists do very well is, we think on our feet, and kind of work out what’s best for the situation and the wall and the people that are going to look at it,” he said. What should the colorful wall convey to Vermonters? “A little bit of happiness, a little burst of color, a ray of sunshine,” Eine said. Contact: xian@sevendaysvt.com

INFO “Outside In: Art of the Street,” through April 19 at the Middlebury College Museum of Art. Opening and talk by cocurators Emmie Donadio and Chris Murray on Thursday, February 19, 4:30 p.m. museum.middlebury.edu

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offers enough multicultural language and references to convince the reader this is a cosmopolitan family without throwing a monolingual reader off the chase. There is a hiccup in the pacing at the end of the novel, where the writer seems to think we need to know everything that transpired in the final years of Anna’s life. A more leisurely stroll through her final days and hours would have been less jarring, as we have come to expect a closer, more revealing relationship with Coffey’s protagonist. Still, this is a novel that convincingly explores our role as self-examiners of the minutiae that wrinkle our gray matter, and maybe even our souls. I don’t know whether Hysterical will make readers more likely to sign up for psychoanalysis or to run away. In either case, upon finishing this book, expect to have a personal reaction to the words with which Freud customarily closed a session: “We have tunneled deeply today.”

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psychoanalysis can sometimes get things very right. We experience the stark contrasts of a household in which the matriarch is so depressed she can’t get out of bed, while father and daughter take delight in Jewish humor (the book is sprinkled with jokes that typically enhance the themes). And we wonder if, in fact, there is a rapist living in the Freud home — or a victim of rape. All this plays out while Anna tries to resolve her relationships with her father, her siblings, her sexuality and her future as the one chosen to advance her father’s work. Further complications are Anna’s debilitating “hysteria” and her father’s refusal to accept her sexual preferences. Narrating the book in first person, Anna conveys a forceful desire to please her father — even in analysis. “I lay there aghast at my apparent instinct for self-destruction,” she says of a session in which she has given her father a response he finds unacceptable. “The last thing in the world I actually needed that very night was an analytic session even more unpredictable than this entire set had so far proven to be.” Hysterical earns high points for its clever and realistic dialogue. Coffey also

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a novel of psychological drama (quite literally) from the perspective of Anna Freud, the youngest daughter of the father of psychoanalysis. Hysterical: Anna Freud’s Story is fiction framed as a memoir that Anna has passed down to her maid of 57 years, asking her not to unveil it until Anna’s passing. In reality, Coffey tells us in her introduction, the Sigmund Freud Archives may have such a document — but, if so, the private foundation with loyalties to Freud has elected to keep it under wraps. But that’s OK, because Coffey, a Vermont Public Radio commentator and contributor to magazines such as Scientific American, grounds her tale in research, as attested in three pages of bibliography. Hysterical is an engaging story of Anna’s struggle to become herself despite the machinations of her controlling father, complete with a convincing recreation of the Freud household and its tensions. Coffey suggests that, despite Sigmund Freud’s fame and the economic comforts he gave his offspring, this family went through hell. Much of it was the patriarch’s doing. Early in the book, in a scene set in Anna’s adult years, she receives a warning about her father from Otto Gross (1877-1920), a psychiatrist living in Munich who believes bisexuality is our normal condition and “nudity is the ultimate self-expression.” At a meeting in a café, he tries to dispel Anna’s feelings of being sexually perverted, calling her father the pervert. But Gross’ cautionary words, like those of Homer’s Philoctetes, go tragically unheeded. The reader follows Anna and her siblings through their early days as happy, adventurous children into various conflicts as their father gains prominence as a man of letters and a luminary in the new field of psychoanalysis. At first, Anna listens at the door where Sigmund does his work, and then, to her peril, she is invited in to be psychoanalyzed herself. She can’t resist. It’s here that the drama of the book plays out. In that now-famous room, full of the curiosities and antiques Freud saw as symbols, readers see something of Freud’s famed relationship with Carl Jung play out in a sparring match between the two as they psychoanalyze each other. We learn that there may be no honesty in psychoanalysis, as both the analysand and the therapist have agendas — and we’re given reason to believe that, nonetheless,

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Roger That McKee’s. As usual, Roger came out in less than two minutes (which I appreciated). Dropping into the seat beside me, he said, “I forgot to ask, but could we stop at McDonald’s on the way out there? I’m frickin’ famished, and the girlfriend wants me to pick up food for her also.” This I hate to do as a matter of policy, so I paused before replying. Fast food isn’t necessarily all that fast, and although I could charge waiting time, stopping along the way for any significant period is a money loser for me. I make money when the transmission is in drive, not park. But it wasn’t a very busy night, and the guy was, at this point, a bona fide regular, so… “Sure, we could make a stop at Mickey D’s,” I said. We sped along Route 15, passing the Fort before hitting a red light at Susie Wilson Road. For years, I told customers that the street was named after the woman who, back in the day, operated a brothel just past the corner of Kellogg Road. (This was the local received wisdom.) Oh, the embellishments I came up with on each retelling! That is, until some Seven Days reporter did a story about the real Susie Wilson that revealed the brothel tale to be a fanciful myth. Phooey, I thought as I read the article, reluctantly absorbing the debunking. A guy only has so many colorful tales in his quiver. We pulled into the McDonald’s across from the fairgrounds. I asked, “Drivethru, or are ya going in?”

“I’m going in,” Roger replied, and I grabbed a parking spot. I didn’t see him again for more than 10 minutes, or half the third quarter of the Celtics game playing on the radio. So, semifast food. As we took off for the short hop to Brickyard Road, Roger asked, “Did I give you enough?” “You mean money? Actually, you didn’t pay me yet.” “What are you talking about? I put the money in the drink holder, like I always do. Twenty-five bucks.” “No, I don’t think you did, brother.” I turned to see Roger’s face contort. He looked nearly unrecognizable. “You’re trying to rob me!” he screamed. “Call the fucking Essex police! Right now, call the cops.” “Roger, relax, man. Let me count my money. I know I had 93 dollars before I picked you up.” I pulled over, my mind doing flipflops. Had he paid me? I’m well into middle age; the gray matter is grayer than it once was. Maybe I’d just spaced out? I quickly counted the money. Ninety-three it was. “Listen, I don’t think you paid me, Roger. I know you usually pay me when you get into the cab, but you just didn’t this time.” “Call the cops!” he reiterated. “I paid you the goddamn money!” At that moment, my course of action was clear: de-escalate. I had never seen this side of the man, but I intuited he was

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just confused, and not actually trying to scam me out of the fare. Not that his reaction wasn’t disturbing. “Roger, don’t worry about it,” I said. “I don’t think you paid me, but we’re not gonna fight about it. Let me just drive you to Brickyard.” My customer fumed for the five-minute ride, still convinced that I had tried to double-charge him. He stormed out when we reached his girlfriend’s place. I didn’t hear from him again until he called a month later. “Jernigan, this is Roger. There’s a guy here at Murray’s — you know, the bar across from the train station. He needs a ride into town. Can you come get him?” “Sure, thanks for the referral. I’ll be there in 20. And, listen — you know you can still call me, right? We just had a misunderstanding last month, that’s all.” “Oh, sure. No problem. I’ve just been out of work for about a month. That’s why I haven’t called you — I haven’t been going out. Don’t got the green.” I could easily have dropped this guy from my roster, but I trust my instincts. I think that incident at McDonald’s was just Roger having a bad night. One thing, though: The days of cup-holder payments are over. m All these stories are true, though names and locations may be altered to protect privacy.

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ey, Jernigan — could you pick me up in Winooski and take me to my girlfriend’s condo in Essex? I’m at McKee’s.” “Roger, Roger,” I replied. “I should be there in about 10.” Roger was a new regular customer of mine, and I can’t tell you how much pleasure I took from assenting to his ride requests with “Roger, Roger.” He’d been using me for about six months, at least once or twice a week, to shuttle between bars and clubs. He was employed in the skilled trades, mostly carpentry and painting, from the evidence of his work clothes. Like many a seasoned construction worker, he told me that, if called on, he could adequately perform most any job on the site. And he was a drinker — still young enough to pull off the dayworking/night-boozing thing without totally breaking down. One of Roger’s quirks had to do with how he paid me the fare. My protocol with all my customers — regular or random — is just what you’d expect: Payment is expected when we arrive at the destination. For some reason, Roger liked to pay up as soon as he settled into the cab’s shotgun seat. And he wouldn’t hand the cash to me; rather, wordlessly, he’d place rolled-up bills in the cup holder between the seats. This always evoked for me the way a john leaves money for a hooker on the desk or nightstand — a discreet act, as if to hide the essential commercial nature of the transaction. In any event, I’m nothing if not flexible; if that was the way the guy wanted to pay me, why not? I pulled around the Winooski traffic circle and came to a stop in front of

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I’ve been waiting for autonomous cars to become a reality. But I’m wondering how much revenue will be lost when there are no more speeding tickets, traffic violations, parking violations or probably quite a few other kinds of fines that I haven’t even considered. How much money will state and local governments lose when traffic tickets become a thing of the past? Jeff Grippe, White Plains, N.Y. states and municipalities — the NYPD’s recent hissy-fit strike against Mayor de Blasio cost the city $10 million a week in parking-ticket money. It’s hard to find an ironclad nationwide total for ticket-fine revenue, but (for example) Virginia raked in roughly $97 million on speeding tickets in 2010; scale that up to a population of 320 million and you get a national figure of about $3.7 billion. If autonomous cars make that sum just go away, budget committees are likely to notice. Google, the apparent frontrunner in the race to driverless cars, claims their increased efficiency (in part because they can travel in a tightly spaced convoy, reducing drag) will ultimately cut commuting waste by 90 percent. Forbes works the annual savings out as 1.9 billion gallons of gas and 4.8 billion commuting hours, for a total value of $101 billion. I’m not sure I completely buy the details where Google is concerned — two of the last five times I trusted Google Maps I spent a

lot longer in Indiana than I’d intended — but undoubtedly the government would lose some money here, too. The current federal tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents a gallon, and the average state tax is 23.5 cents a gallon, so 1.9 billion gallons saved means a $350 million annual loss in federal tax revenue and a loss of $447 million for the states. On the other hand, the total yearly economic cost of all U.S. motor vehicle accidents dwarfs both these figures — in 2010 it was $277 billion. Driverless cars would probably have the occasional accident as well, but the most dangerous factors could be eliminated — crucially, drunk driving. Of the roughly 33,000 traffic fatalities each year in the U.S., about 10,000 result from alcohol impairment. On a pure dollars-and-cents level, that’s a total loss of something like $19 billion in future earnings that the government won’t get to collect taxes on. Additionally, the government savings on public transportation would be huge. The Chicago Transit Authority system gets about $700 million in annual public subsidies; much of this could be eliminated if bus service, which runs up major labor costs, were replaced by privately operated fleets of driverless minivans. Other pluses on the balance sheet: the disabled and elderly would have greater taxable earnings potential because transportation would

be easier, and fewer Medicaid and Medicare dollars would be spent on those involved in car accidents. The journey from a Google engineer’s wet dream to reality is a long one, of course, and we’ve still got a ways to go before any of these considerations become relevant. Some don’t think we’ll ever get there: Elon Musk, founder of Tesla, is working on a driverless car, too, but he doesn’t think the human element can be totally eliminated — his version would be more of an autopilot feature. Google’s autonomous car has covered 700,000 miles without incident in and around the Bay Area, but the programmers have fed it tons of data specific to local roads — it wouldn’t work if you dropped it in the

middle of Tokyo. Google has preempted one obvious objection by saying it should be liable for any tickets its cars incur, but plenty of unresolved questions remain: How will the car choose in a no-win situation — say, when it has to hit either a jaywalker or another car? Is there a cheat code to get the car to drive faster? Or can you trick the software into speeding by telling it your wife’s in labor? But if you’re asking whether driverless cars are, on balance, actually worth pursuing, the answer is: Duh. It’ll surely take a while for it all to play out, but if this thing winds up being half the big deal it could be, the change in traffic-ticket revenue is going to look like a rounding error.

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WATER WARRIOR Lake Champlain’s loudest advocate is also its most divisive

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year ago, Governor Peter Shumlin shocked Vermont — and the nation — by devoting his entire State of the State address to Vermont’s opiate epidemic. This year, he picked another problem that has reached crisis proportions: the poor water quality in Lake Champlain. Despite significant investments, the governor conceded that Vermont’s signature attraction is threatened by unchecked pollution. Thick blue-green algae blooms, sometimes containing toxic cyanobacteria, choke the most impaired bays and shorelines in warmer months. As politicians will do, the governor included good news with the bad, rattling off a long list of water-quality champions: Friends of Northern Lake Champlain, the Lewis Creek Association, the Franklin Watershed Committee for Lake Carmi, business owners, farmers and the “Saint of Lake Champlain” — Sen. Patrick Leahy. Notably missing from the list? James Ehlers of Lake Champlain International, a nonprofit devoted to promoting “swimmable, drinkable, fishable” water in Vermont’s largest lake. Under Ehlers’ leadership, LCI has grown from an annual fishing derby into a formidable mouthpiece for waterquality reform. Ehlers is a different breed of environmental advocate, purporting to speak for Vermonters who live downstream from the Montpelier “suits.” He commands a mailing list of some 24,000 anglers, sportsmen and other concerned citizens, and uses it to great effect. After a recent leak at the U.S. Coast Guard station in Burlington sent as much as 100 gallons of sewage into Burlington Bay a few days before the popular Penguin Plunge, Ehlers sent an email to his list with the eye-grabbing headline: “Burlington ‘Penguins’ Plunge ... Into Poop?” To his admirers, Ehlers is a fearless crusader for water quality, willing to speak truth to power — even if that pisses off political officials and establishment environmental groups in the process. To his detractors, Ehlers is, at best, a

bombastic ideologue. Some doubt his motivations, wondering privately if he’s fueled more by ego than environmentalism. Several clean-water advocates refused to speak on the record about Ehlers and his work, fearing retribution from Ehlers or his supporters for publicly criticizing his approach. For plenty of his peers in the political world, though, Ehlers is all of the above: a tireless advocate and a showman; a master of press and politics, who is alternately Machiavellian and tone deaf. “The water-quality crisis in Lake Champlain is beyond the cure of hollow political speech,” said Patrick Berry, the former commissioner of the Department of Fish & Wildlife, “and James has the courage to say the things that need to be said — even if they’re hard to hear because of the way he might say them.”

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Divisive as he can be, Ehlers is in a sweet spot. The cause he’s championed so stridently is seemingly, at long last, front and center in Montpelier. Politicians know they have no choice but to buckle down on water-quality measures; a 2008 lawsuit from the Conservation Law Foundation goaded the Environmental Protection Agency into reexamining Vermont’s plan for Lake Champlain. Now the feds are holding the state’s feet to the fire. The EPA says Vermont needs to cut phosphorus pollution, which fuels bluegreen algal growth in warmer months, by 36 percent — and way more than that in some portions of the lake. The agency said last fall that Vermont’s plan to curb that pollution, crafted over months, didn’t go far enough. The EPA aside, higher-ups in state government have to answer for the fact that the lake isn’t any better off despite years of spending and political rhetoric. Last summer on Lake Carmi, the small and relatively shallow lake not far from Missisquoi Bay, residents watched helplessly as thick, green sludge persisted on the lake into October. In Franklin County, St. Albans

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James Ehlers testifies before the House Committee on Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources.

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While Ehlers’ testimony ran long, members of the Vermont Citizens Advisory Committee on Lake Champlain’s Future, on which Ehlers sits, were clocking some face time with Shumlin in the governor’s ceremonial office. Ehlers dashed in at the last moment, egregiously late. After just a few minutes, Shumlin and his aides came sweeping out of the office and down the nearby staircase, looking as if they were in a hurry. Back out in the hall, Ehlers sidled up to a colleague, his blue eyes popping with their usual intensity. Sotto voce, he explained what went on in there — how the governor sought him out for a handshake and positioned himself next to Ehlers for the group photo. That’s when the governor reportedly whispered in his ear: “We need to get you back on the reservation.” Ehlers looked almost proud of the thinly veiled scold, which acknowledged both his importance and his rogue status. What makes Ehlers so controversial? For starters, his kind of big-picture thinking — which is “bigger than big picture,” according to Kim Greenwood, the water program director and staff scientist at Vermont Natural Resources Council — doesn’t jibe particularly well with the political landscape in which legislators and water-quality

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of two major water-quality bills under and converting phosphorus into energy consideration this session. with a series of community digester sysIn its current form, the bill is sprawling. tems. He envisioned floating, man-made Large sections focus on agriculture: defin- islands on Lake Champlain’s impaired ing the ways farmers should behave to curb bays that could convert phosphorus in the phosphorus runoff, and, for the time being, water into plant matter. threatening expulsion from the tax break Then, just as ardently, Ehlers veered commonly known as “current use,” which into the territory of the libertarian, arguing taxes farmland on its agricultural value in favor of public-private partnerships and rather than as developed land. Other sec- against handing any more responsibility or tions drill down into stormwater permits, resources over to the existing bureaucrabasin planning and timber harvesting. cies charged with enforcing water-quality The bill also proposes standards: the agencies of agriculture and natural the creation of the Clean resources. Water Fund — though no one knows how it would “Personally, I would be funded since comlike to adopt his ideas mittee members struck pretty much lock, stock and barrel,” said Shumlin’s recommendation for an additional fee committee vice chair James McCullough on fertilizers. Ehlers spent much of (D-Williston), although the hearing going page by he conceded that some BO B F IS C H E R of them might be too farpage through the bill, recreaching to be feasible. ommending tweaks to the “I’m hearing it from left and right, language and various line items. He also had plenty of big-picture suggestions: Require Republican and Democrat,” Ehlers told the use of so-called “best management the committee members. “People are just practices” on farms statewide. Mandate fed up. This issue has been in the hands of stormwater retrofits on existing commer- an agency that denied there was a problem cial properties of a half-acre or more. Don’t before a lawsuit … There have been gross just limit the spreading of liquid manure on government failures. “Missisquoi Bay is burning,” he said. farm fields; ban it outright. As his testimony went on, you could “St. Albans Bay is burning. Lake Carmi is see why Ehlers is viewed as a political out- burning.” It’s a metaphor he’s used repeatedly sider. Like a dyed-in-the-wool hippie, he extolled the virtues of composting toilets. in recent weeks: The state of Vermont is He spoke about the possibility of capturing facing the equivalent of a house fire, and

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Ehlers had to leave Colchester early last Thursday morning to make it to the Statehouse in time to testify. “There’s a lot of political intrigue right now of me being boxed out of the debate,” he said while barreling down Interstate 89 in his blue Jeep, which he describes as a “piece of shit.” File folders jammed with paper shared the backseat with ice-fishing equipment. “I didn’t get into this to be politically popular,” he said, squinting in the glaring sunshine of a cold February morning. “I do what I do to make a difference, not to make friends.” Once in Montpelier, he maneuvered the Jeep into a prime parking spot reserved for Associated Industries of Vermont — Ehlers serves on the pro-growth group’s forestry committee and calls them “friends.” He gathered up his files — and nicked his barn jacket on the razor-sharp edge of an icefishing auger — and clomped his way into the Statehouse. Even in Vermont’s casual capitol, he stuck out like a sore thumb in faded Carhartt jeans, a flannel shirt and Sorels. He headed up a narrow flight of stairs to the House Committee on Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources, where for the next hour and a half he’d weigh in on H.35, one

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selectboard member Bruce Cheeseman told the St. Albans Messenger, “This is a drum that can’t stop beating.” One resident with a camp on St. Albans Bay wrote to the newspaper saying the algal blooms were at “crisis level, and should be treated as such. Not unlike a hurricane, we need emergency management.” The fact of the matter is that after all the meetings, draft proposals and number crunching, Vermont doesn’t have a strategy to clean up the most impaired sections of the lake. The EPA estimates Vermont needs to cut phosphorous pollution into the Missisquoi Bay by 75 percent in order to restore the bay’s health. When a staff scientist from the Department of Environmental Conservation spoke to a local conservation group in 2013, he concluded his talk with a cartoon showing two mathematicians in front of a blackboard. Scrawled midway through a complex equation was the phrase, “Then a miracle occurs.” The cartoon was captioned, “I think you should be more explicit here in step two.” It’s a point that Ehlers has been harping on for months. When other environmental advocates lined up at a Statehouse press conference to throw their weight behind Shumlin’s plan, as unveiled in his address, Ehlers wasn’t present; he believes he purposefully wasn’t invited. Instead, he turned to the press, where in an op-ed in the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus he chided the chief executive for choosing politics over science. “We need and want his plan to succeed,” wrote Ehlers of Shumlin’s latest raft of proposals. “But, sadly, it won’t.”

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advocates analyze the minutia of “accepted agricultural practices” and buffer zones. “I tend to work very deeply on specifics,” said Greenwood, an engineer by training. Ehlers’ approach, she said, doesn’t necessarily align with “where we’re all trying to get to. I’ve said to him, ‘You’ve got some great ideas, but let’s hear you get specific.’ It’s not his nature.” And then there’s his demeanor. “He’s a big, big personality,” said Anthony Iarrapino, formerly a senior staff attorney with CLF, one of a small number of organizations Ehlers said he admires for its work on environmental issues. “It’s hard to be a big personality in a small state and not have detractors over time.” “James is all about shock and awe on behalf of the environment,” acknowledged Bob Fischer, amiably. Fischer serves alongside Ehlers on the CAC, and is the chief operator at Montpelier’s wastewater treatment facility. Ehlers’ almost obsessive focus on sewage and wastewater overflows irks some plant operators, Fischer said, but most know that he’s not pointing the finger at technicians; he’s talking about a bigger problem of funding, accountability and infrastructure. That said, “We don’t always agree on his methods,” said Fischer. But Iarrapino, and Ehlers’ other admirers, believe that Ehlers’ approach is an important one in the advocacy world. The clean-water community, Iarrapino said, has never lacked for centrists; it’s the agitators on the flank who can, at their best, pull those centrists toward more ambitious reform. “The skunk-at-the-tea-party niche is not the best way to get invited to a lot of the fun tea parties,” said Iarrapino, “but if that’s the role you have to play, that’s the role you have to play. I’ve respected James for doing that, when he might have had a politically easier time if he were less ardent and vocal and public.” It’s a role that could assist mainstream environmentalists — if they’re willing to learn how to wrangle a skunk. “The advocacy community has often struggled with recognizing the strategic value of each other’s respective roles,” said Berry, who now works at the Vermont Community Foundation. “If you consider your position to be more ‘moderate’ than James and LCI, then you should use his work as a tremendous value in pulling the conversation in your direction.”

rural. His maternal grandmother took over much of the child rearing after his parents separated, and Ehlers and his brothers spent many summers at her cabin in rural Big Indian, N.Y., hunting and fishing and bushwhacking in the woods. The boys would collect pillowcases full of snakes and hunt bats by night. “All of these things are highly illegal, right?” he recalled with a chuckle. As a teenager, Ehlers spent summers at a U.S. Coast Guard station on the Maine coast. That led to a naval scholarship to attend Villanova University. The first in his family

he started a guiding service using a nickname he’d earned on the ski slopes: Uncle Jammers. In 1997, Ehlers earned the guide of the year award from the Vermont Outdoor Guide Association. The plaque still hangs in the man cave in his unfinished basement — a spot he calls the “Rabbit Hole.” Meanwhile, he had started contributing stories to Vermont Outdoors magazine, and found he had a knack for writing. He took over as editor at the publication in 1998. It was around this time that Ehlers started working with Lake Champlain

$636,832 in revenue and paid him $83,569 in 2012, the most recent year for which tax documents for LCI are available. Under his leadership, the organization has branched out well beyond the derby — which has grown fourfold to attract 6,000 anglers a year — to advocate for dam removals and stream restoration, sponsor fishing mentorship programs for at-risk kids, and provide grants to after-school programs to introduce more kids to fishing. Picking up on Vermont’s locavore movement, Ehlers single-handedly jump-started a conversation about Lake Champlain as a source of food; now he’s working with the Vermont Fresh Network to get more chefs excited about cooking fish from the lake. Another idea — for a “watershed-friendly” certification program for properties akin to LEED certification for efficiency, or Energy Star for appliances — spun off into a separate for-profit company. Ehlers has made a name for himself calling out wastewater and sewage overflows, which he does religiously through the LCI e-newsletter. And he’s become the go-to guy for Vermonters who might otherwise be wary of reporting waterquality violations themselves. He relays complaints directly to the Agency of Agriculture Food & Markets, which is charged with enforcing water-quality rules on farms. He’ll clue the agency in on any number of potentially problematic situations: among them, cows in streams, manure piled near James Ehlers in the “Rabbit Hole” water or farmers spreading manure irresponsibly. Laura DiPietro, the deputy director of agricultural resource management at the agency of ag, doesn’t mind the intervention: “He’s always been Patr ic k B e r ry straight to the point, which, frankly, I appreciate.” to attend college, Ehlers had to scrap his International, doing some contract and volFor many years, Ehlers worked the first choice of majors — physics — because unteer work. The nonprofit got its start in equivalent of two full-time jobs: running the Navy wouldn’t pay for a five-year course the ’80s advocating for cold-water fisheries LCI and editing Vermont Outdoors. He of studies. Instead, he studied political sci- in Lake Champlain, but by the time Ehlers stepped away from the editorship in 2005 ence and, upon graduating, went into active got involved, LCI was almost entirely fo- — but not before he used his considerable duty. cused on its popular Father’s Day fishing influence at Vermont Outdoors to rile up “I was going into the service because I derby. “The derby became so successful some of the same environmentalists with thought it was a great way to make a differ- that it eclipsed everything else,” said Ehlers. whom he hobnobs today. The issue was ence,” he said. Instead, he had what he deBut in late 1998, two years after Ehlers the Champion Lands deal, in which the scribed as an “unglamorous experience.” started volunteering with the group, behind- state acquired a broad swath of northern Disillusioned, he left the service at 25 and the-scenes drama prompted the longtime forestland from a former paper company. headed north — first to Pennsylvania, then organizers to walk away. In early 1999, the Ehlers led the charge among sportsmen to Vermont. former organizers handed over the group’s who were unhappy with the terms of the deal. A series of odd jobs followed. Ehlers mailing list and trade name, and Ehlers and Press accounts from the era quote Ehlers worked as a logger until an accident badly a few supporters set up a new nonprofit. He as railing against “egocentric Chittenden injured a friend. He tried his hand at organic scrambled that spring to pull off the annual County elitists” and environmental groups vegetable farming, and failed. “It’s impos- fishing derby. The plan was to spend a few he dismissed as “emotional bobos.” sible to make money growing vegetables in years building the organization back up, “Ehlers was a huge pain in the ass,” this state unless you have a trust fund,” he then hand it off to the next director. said Kevin Ellis, who lobbied at the time declared. He taught for a while in a middleBut in the years since, Ehlers’ work at for a coalition of conservation groups. In school science classroom. LCI has grown from a volunteer, temporary the years since, Ellis noted, “It seems he’s Determined to have his own business, gig into an all-consuming job that generated changed his spots.”

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The battle was an ugly one, and Ehlers, by most accounts, was vicious and unyielding. But to his credit, many of his staunchest opponents from that era — including Steve Wright, a former Fish & Wildlife commissioner and the New England regional organizer for the National Wildlife Federation during the Champion Lands debate — say he’s mellowed in recent years, and now speak admiringly of his work. “My experience with James was that he was fearless,” said Wright. Now, he said, “I am pleased, as a water advocate, that James has ended up where he ended up.”

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A day after his appearance in Montpelier, wearing the same flannel and jeans, Ehlers was sitting comfortably among mounted heads of moose and deer in his Rabbit Hole. Stacked around him was enough fishing and hunting gear to stock an outdoor store. Piled up, too, were the leftover lawn signs from elections past — more proof of Ehlers’ stubborn refusal against easy categorization. He’s stumped for traditional Republicans and ponytailed Progressives, for wild-haired Sen. Bernie Sanders and good ol’ boy Lt. Gov. Phil Scott. Ask him to define his politics, and he answers, “Catholic.” So Catholic, in fact, that Ehlers proposed to his second wife, Elizabeth, in the middle of mass, slipping a ring onto her finger as he took her hand during the traditional sign of the peace. He thought it was a fitting way to honor the role faith played in their relationship. The priest wasn’t amused; what to Ehlers had been an earnest gesture — one he and Elizabeth remember fondly each week at mass — seemed irreverent and disrespectful to JAmE S the monsignor. The penchant for irreverence carries over into social media, where Ehlers is a prolific poster of Facebook updates and commentaries. On his personal page, he rotates among political discussion, off-color comedy and inspirational quotes PhotoShopped over images — like the one he posted on February 3, of Martin Luther King Jr., bearing the inscription, “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.” Ehlers’ commentary read, “Let’s get it done, folks!” His wife tagged him on an image that read, “I’m not an asshole. I’m actually one of the nicest people you will ever meet. You are just pissed because I can see through your bullshit.” Ehlers responded, “Thank you for the encouragement, Elizabeth!” “I feel like there’s this perception about me that I enjoy not being agreeable,” said Ehlers. He insisted it’s not true, and talks about his work as “building bridges.” Two years ago LCI introduced the Blue Resolution Coalition; today, the coalition has 46 signatories, ranging from private

businesses to faith organizations and mainstream environmental groups. Ehlers considers his advocacy a “moral obligation.” Left to his own devices, he’d rather retreat to his camp in Ferdinand to hunt moose and teach his kids to fish. His two oldest children — 6-year-old Lillian and 4-year-old Edward — proved good shots in this year’s Yankee Sportsman’s Classic. The couple also has a young toddler and a fourth child is due in July. Sitting in a shabby, old armchair, Ehlers scrolled wistfully through Facebook photos from a fall hunting expedition. He queued up a video, in which he — clad in camo and wearing a thick beard streaked with gray hairs — bellowed out into the northern woods, enticing a moose toward a small band of merry huntsmen. It takes patience to bag a wild animal. It’ll take a lot more than that to clean up Lake Champlain. Ehlers is holding off on passing judgment on the proposed legislation, though he’s still stumping for a more ambitious solution than the ones being bandied about in Montpelier. He’ll keep touting phosphorus capture and conversion and talking up his floating islands. And he understands the game: If you want regulations on acre-sized parcels, ask for half-acres. If you want to tax Vermonters $1 a week for a clean water fund, ask for $2. “They’re building algaepowered buildings in Germany,” said Ehlers. “You flush the toilet, and your urine and feces keep the lights on.” If we could pledge to land on the moon in the 1960s, having no idea at the time how to get there, Ehlers would like to believe we can clean up our water. EhlErS But whether he has a seat at mission control may have more to do with the politics of Montpelier than the issue of water quality. Asked about the governor’s remark to Ehlers — “We need to get you back on the reservation” — Shumlin spokesman Scott Coriell said he wasn’t in the room and didn’t hear it, but “such a comment wouldn’t surprise me.” “While there are different views on how to achieve the shared goal of cleaning up Lake Champlain, there is a broad coalition working together in an unprecedented way to secure the plan and funding to make a real start on the effort,” wrote Coriell in an email. “James is a true believer in the work to clean up Lake Champlain, but he needs to decide whether he wants to be part of the progress, even if he doesn’t agree with every part of the proposal.” If he’s being cut out of meetings, as he suspects, for his contrarian views, Ehlers takes that as a compliment. “Thank you for acknowledging that I’m not willing to go along to get along,” said Ehlers. In his mind, at least, the lake deserves more. m

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creenwriter John Fusco’s surname is an anagram of “focus” — an apt coincidence for someone who’s been in the movie business for more than 30 years. Back in the 1980s, while still a New York University screenwriting student, Fusco twice won the now-defunct FOCUS (Films of College and University Students) Award. At the 1984 ceremony, where he accepted the award for the screenplay that would become the 1986 film Crossroads, master of ceremonies Rob Reiner commented on the auspicious anagram. Vermont-based Fusco recently switched his focus to the next wave of film delivery: online streaming. He’s the creator and showrunner of Netflix’s epic series “Marco Polo.” With Bob and Harvey Weinstein, among others, Fusco is also one of the show’s executive producers; he was closely involved with its fight choreography and wrote or cowrote the first season’s episodes. Fusco has apparently found a winning formula, as “Marco Polo” was renewed last month for a second 10-episode season; he just finished writing the pilot. The show is now one of Netflix’s tentpoles, as the company continues to develop original programming and upset traditional media distribution. In a recent interview with Seven Days, Fusco couldn’t help jesting that the show’s global reach evokes Polo’s own global expeditions in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. The first season, which cost a reported $90 million and was shot in the high-resolution 4K format, is a visual feast. Shot in Italy, Malaysia and Kazakhstan, the episodes burst with gorgeous imagery: the throne room of Kublai Khan, expansive steppes, medieval Chinese palaces. Fusco is currently writing several film projects, but he was especially excited to discuss “Marco Polo,” which brings together several of his longstanding interests. In fact, Fusco admitted he identifies with his titular hero, not least because, in researching the show, he traveled some of the very roads on which Polo journeyed. Fusco lives in Lamoille County on a hill too steep to accommodate a reporter’s poky little rental car. When Seven Days visited, he offered hot green tea and a seat in a comfy fireside chair. His writing

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room — all dark wood, overstuffed bookshelves and historical artifacts — feels like a 19th-century gentleman’s parlor. Friends jokingly call him “the Taoist monk on the mountain,” Fusco said. It’s a sobriquet he relishes. He clearly prizes his time at home, in part because he was far afield for 15 straight months during production of “Marco Polo.” Fusco has an abiding interest in Asian culture. When he was growing up in Connecticut, he related, his father, a Korean War vet, told him about the incredible martial-arts ability of an old man who used to hang around the army base. Fascinated, the boy took up martial arts himself, which led to an interest in Shaolin kung fu and the philosophy that underpins it. Fusco’s now proficient in that and jeet kune do, the martial art founded by Bruce Lee. “I would go off to catechism, sit at the corner bus stop and read the teachings of Lao Tzu,” said Fusco. “And then I would go to catechism, and it was just not connecting.” He found himself drawn toward Chinese culture more than Christianity. “The astrology, the

herbal medicine, elixirs of immortality and the science of qigong — it was all so fascinating to me,” Fusco said. The same was true of Marco Polo. “I loved the idea that there was this young Italian kid who had traveled farther into China than any [westerner] before him,” Fusco said. “He went there with some prejudice and was a dyed-in-the-wool Christian, and the experience opened his eyes. He became the first bridge between east and west, and I felt this affinity with this young Italian traveler.” That affinity never disappeared, but it did take a backseat as Fusco’s screenwriting career took off in the 1980s. After Crossroads, he penned the neotraditional western Young Guns and its sequel. An avid horseman and founder of a conservancy for rare horse breeds, he also scripted two equine-themed films, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and Hidalgo. More recently, Fusco revisited his passion for martial arts and Chinese history in the screenplay for The Forbidden Kingdom (the first cinematic meeting of martial arts titans Jackie Chan and Jet Li); and in Crouching

Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend, the forthcoming sequel to the Oscarwinning martial-arts drama. While Fusco was on location in China for The Forbidden Kingdom, his son reminded him about his longstanding promise of a father-son horseback trek across Mongolia. Realizing there was no better time, the two found a guide and set off. “As my son was having all these conversations with our guide about the Mongol Empire, the name ‘Marco Polo’ would continue to come up,” said Fusco. “And I realized that, in Asia, the jury was never out on the veracity of his accounts, like it is here.” The writer described “a perfect storm” of happenstance: the rekindling of his own fascination with Polo, a producer asking him if he had any material about westerners in China and his own growing interest in writing for television. For Fusco, the story of Polo’s travels was a natural for a long-form TV series. “It’s so vast, because he was in China for 17 years. Marco was sent on myriad missions by Kublai Khan, and there’s a rich, multicultural world with potential

multiple storylines,” Fusco explained. Given Polo’s death-bed pronouncement that he hadn’t recounted half of what he’d seen, Fusco also appreciated his tale’s “latitude for creativity,” which allowed the story to progress down various “tributaries.” Originally slated to run on the Starz network, “Marco Polo” found a home on Netflix, where it is now viewable in all of North and South America and much of western Europe. And Fusco was right: It’s hard not to see parallels between Polo’s globe-trotting and the show’s hemispheric reach. The episodes were shot in order, starting in Venice, in the home country of lead actor Lorenzo Richelmy. “This unknown Italian kid who was cast as Marco started in Venice, in his comfort zone, speaking his native tongue,” Fusco described. Once the production moved to central Asia, Richelmy’s growing astonishment reminded the show’s creator of that which Polo himself must have experienced. The show is notable for its visual beauty, which Fusco said was a consideration right from the start. The idea was to show “this big, sumptuous world

of Kublai Khan through the eyes of this Venetian traveler,” he said. The show’s locations, costumes and textures are appealing in an almost otherworldly way, the better to evoke Polo’s astonishment at what he found. For a large and multifaceted show, “Marco Polo” had a remarkably brief shooting schedule: March to August 2014. By December, all 10 episodes were available online. But the shoot was not without JohN difficulties. An entire studio was constructed ex nihilo for the production in the jungles of Malaysia — no small feat. Several crew members, as well as Fusco’s son, contracted dengue fever and had to be treated in one of three triage wards. And Malaysia’s dearth of horses proved tricky for a show set in the equine culture of the Mongol empire. Fusco recounted how one of the show’s horse wranglers had to round up “forgotten” and mistreated animals and gradually train them to be camera-ready.

At times, production of the series in central Asia was halted by fierce windstorms that damaged sets and camera equipment. Out on the steppes, the show’s caterers occasionally had to butcher sheep to feed cast and crew. A far more serious setback occurred when the show’s assistant martial-arts choreographer, Ju Kun, went down with the rest of the passengers on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which crashed in the Indian Ocean. F uS c o “Our crew was just devastated,” recalled Fusco. The series’ second episode is dedicated to Ju’s memory. Fusco told a story about the chilly reception that Marco; his father, Niccolò; and his uncle Maffeo received upon returning to Venice after 17 years abroad. As the story goes, he said, “They smelled; they were dressed like Mongols; they’d forgotten how to speak Italian; nobody recognized them.” The writer finds in this tale another parallel between Marco’s life and his

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own. “You go off to make a show like this, and you’re in this bubble; it’s very unrealistic,” he said. “Your world is suspended in this fiction, and the real world doesn’t wait for you. People die and life changes.” Indeed, while Fusco was on that 15-month shoot, his old dog went deaf, his most cherished horse had to be put down and, most tragically, his younger brother died unexpectedly. “You come home, and it’s like, Hey, wait a minute — what happened? And I felt a little like the Polos,” he said. Fusco’s passion for the explorer’s story is so strong that he visited the set even during his occasional days off, he recalled. For him, the show doesn’t just tell the explorer’s story; it’s a way to resuscitate Polo’s legacy. It’s also a deeply personal tale for Fusco. As he put it, “I hit on a story world that speaks to so much of the stuff I love that I could keep doing it and doing it.” m Contact: ethan@sevendaysvt.com

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he Queen City’s clocks have yet to strike 6 a.m. on a recent weekday. But Brian Loeffler is bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, setting out a maze of soccer balls and orange cones in the group fitness room at the OnTrack health and physical therapy center in Main Street Landing. I’m making my first foray into Cardio Sport, which Loeffler describes as “a really high-intensity cardio strength workout.” Michael Dabbs of Burlington has a different way of summing up the class that he’s been attending regularly since it kicked off at OnTrack this winter. “It feels like being in PE,” he says, “without the adolescent drama.” Gossiping may be out, but there’s plenty of blood, sweat and tears as instructor Erika Ekstrom turns up the Offspring and leads a half-dozen of us through a “bear crawl” on all fours through the compact labyrinth. Just when I’m getting used to the movement, we switch to running, grapevining and executing jumping jacks with soccer balls in hand. It’s exactly what Loeffler has promised — “a lot of exercises you wouldn’t do without someone standing there with a whistle.” And that’s precisely the point of Cardio Sport, a 55-minute workout born from soccer drills, sprints and the mind of an out-of-shape athlete named John Duffy. Duffy devised Cardio Sport in Massachusetts in 2006, but it didn’t become a national franchise until 2014, explains Hilary Hartman, the company’s vice president of brand development. OnTrack is the first gym in Vermont to offer the classes, which are a mashup of sports-related compound movements designed to jack up the heart rate in a fun setting. “This style is more complementary to sports and to real, day-to-day life activity than pushing weights back and forth and isolating individual muscle groups,” explains Loeffler. As a physical therapist, he says, he was also drawn to the dynamic workouts’ potential for preventing injury. “You need to be able to move laterally and backwards, and have balance and coordination; it’s the first class that made me feel like I was back in high school training for a sport, not just training for the sake of training.” Coordination has never been my strong suit, and I’m certainly feeling as awkward as I did in high school as I attempt to mimic the patterns that Ekstrom is expertly leading all over the room. Part of Cardio Sport’s premise is scalability; Hartman says that everyone from teenagers to septuagenarians can participate, given that regular pauses are not only permitted but encouraged. “Look up, listen and listen to your body,” Ekstrom reminds us. “Your heart rate will go up — be careful of that.” In Cardio Sport, über-fit athletes can opt to follow the instructor’s every footstep, while off-the-couch potatoes can pause for a breath and a sip of water whenever they damn well please. “I’ve taught nothing like this class!” Ekstrom tells me after our session. “Never in my years have I told people that they must step out and take 20 to 30 breaks because of the high pace. But everyone takes it at their own level; you’re in competition with yourself, not the dude next to you.”

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The “dude” next to me happens to be Jessica Smith of Huntington, a 27-year-old whose bright-pink T-shirt has me seeing red as I frantically try to keep up. “I know it’s working,” she says later of Cardio Sport’s fitness benefits. “My upper body is sore — and I think the class has gotten a little bit easier.” Fellow classmate Chantal Bonneau, 33, also says that her endurance has grown “drastically” since she started Cardio Sport, and that “each class gets easier and easier.” Ha! After trying to weave a soccer ball rapidly in and out of my legs, I find myself on the floor pumping my legs in a move known as “mountain climbers.” Next I’m performing push-ups — on the damn soccer ball — and then holding a squat position for, oh, eternity while holding, you guessed it, that same soccer ball. The program we’re following today is called Gridiron, one of a variety of Cardio Sport options. The hardest part for me is trying to do “toe taps” on the soccer ball while imagining myself tumbling backward into strategically placed cones. “There are lots of times

when cones are flying everywhere, or a ball goes out of control,” Loeffler admits. “But that’s all part of the class.” By the time we’re doing “suicide relays” — sprinting back and forth and high-fiving each other for the entire three minutes of Green Day’s “Basket Case” — my fear has turned into fun. I’ve forgotten about my innate inability to follow fancy footwork, and am actually happy to pick up the soccer ball for bouncing squats and “fast feet” shuffling set to “Africa” by Toto. The workout is already getting easier, and it’s equally easy to imagine how much more fun Cardio Sport would be outdoors, which Loeffler promises will happen come summertime. Right now, OnTrack offers Cardio Sport six times per week, with a $10 drop-in fee for nonmembers of the fitness facility. “You don’t need to prepare for this class,” Loeffler says to the Cardio Sport curious. “Just bring a water bottle, running shoes or court shoes, and get ready to have some fun and really see a transformation in your fitness.” And maybe even a transformation in your feelings about PE class. Ekstrom reports that one class member describes the workout’s awkward bear crawls using a more colorful metaphor from the education world — albeit after a few cocktails: “It reminds me of being on Church Street in college.” m

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ermont psychologist Polly Young-Eisendrath remembers all the questions she aimed at her husband: Why had he racked up some $70,000 in unexplained credit card bills; written another $57,000 in checks to himself from their joint account; and, most disturbingly, anxiously defied her repeated call for answers? “The bottom has dropped out of everything that promised security in my life,” she recalls thinking. “I no longer can count on marriage, finances and any vestiges of control over my circumstances.” Then Young-Eisendrath learned that her husband, Ed Epstein, had early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. For some, the brain ailment is simply a plot point in dramas such as Still Alice, the current film in which Oscar front-runner Julianne Moore portrays a fiftysomething professor losing her memory. But for an estimated 200,000 Americans, depictions of that impairment hit painfully close to home. “We knew something was seriously wrong, but when you’re in your fifties, you don’t want to think of that,” YoungEisendrath says in an interview. “The day he was diagnosed, I had to revise all

my plans for the future. I said to myself, Everything has changed. There’s no way to fix it. What can I do now?” Like many clients blindsided by a death, divorce or layoff, the Worcester therapist and writer faced a tidal wave of emotions. She nevertheless found reason to stay with every terrifying yet teachable moment. “As long as I don’t deny my feelings,” she remembers telling herself, “I can investigate with a gentle awareness what my life is now presenting me.” A longtime proponent of mindfulness, Young-Eisendrath has trained herself and others to respond to stressful situations with curiosity and matter-of-fact acceptance. The University of Vermont associate professor of psychiatry elaborates on this practice in her new book, The Present Heart: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Discovery. She reveals how “profound losses are also an opportunity” and intimate relationships can be both “the source of our greatest pain” and “our path to spiritual enlightenment.” Now promoting her work on a national speaking tour, Young-Eisendrath is sharing a personal story that proves truth can be stranger than fiction. Ask the author how

she met the object of her affection, and she rewinds to 1969. A 21-year-old Ohio University student at the time, she eyed a fellow young passenger — tall, slender, “his thick black hair rippled down to his shoulders” — on a flight to New York City. “I noticed you looking at me,” he said to her. She was mulling a marriage proposal from a philosophy professor 15 years her senior, she replied. “Don’t marry that man,” he said upon hearing the details. “He’s too old for you.” Young-Eisendrath felt attracted to her seatmate, but she nonetheless went off and wed — first the professor and then, after divorcing him five years later, a graduate school instructor. Fast-forward to 1981, when she was teaching at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. For six months, she sat across from a balding, middle-aged student named Ed. Then, while dreaming one night, the Jungian analyst had an epiphany: He was that suitor on the plane all those years ago. The two reconnected. Epstein ended his relationship with another woman and told his teacher, “You are the person I want to spend my life with.” Struggling with her

second marriage, Young-Eisendrath felt extremely conflicted about seeking another divorce. Then she heard Katharine Hepburn speak at the school’s commencement. Questioned about her three-decade affair with actor Spencer Tracy, the legendary film star declared, “I have tried to live without regret.” Taking those words as a mantra, YoungEisendrath divorced her second husband and married Epstein in 1985. “The conditions in which Ed and I came to love each other are highly imperfect, even offensive to some,” she writes in her book. “Of course, in later years, as the richness of our relationship became evident to our friends and family and was witnessed even by strangers, we loved to tell the story of how we met and then lost and then found each other.” For the next 25 years, “Ed was the love of my life,” she says, “and we had intimacy on all levels,” as well as a blended family of children from their previous relationships. Then, in 2001, 53-year-old Epstein began forgetting things such as appointments, paying bills and putting the cap on the gas tank. One day, Young-Eisendrath relates, she offered to prepare her husband a tunasalad sandwich. “I can make it myself!” she recalls him insisting. He told her, step by step, exactly how he’d do it. But he couldn’t follow through. Frustrated, Epstein broke down and cried. It was another seven years before a neurologist at New Hampshire’s DartmouthHitchcock Medical Center pinpointed the problem as “advanced Alzheimer’s-type dementia.” “I was simultaneously terrified and relieved,” Young-Eisendrath says of the 2008 diagnosis. “It wasn’t a matter of forgiving Ed for the unbelievable difficulties he’d caused. It was more a matter of becoming conscious.” The doctor wasn’t the only one with sobering news. A lawyer, reviewing the couple’s shredded finances, advised her to divorce Epstein (to ensure he’d receive Medicaid and she wouldn’t be liable for his debts), file for personal bankruptcy and sell their secluded home eight miles north of the Vermont capital. It all gave Young-Eisendrath pause — meaning, in her case, she took the deliberate act of stopping and sitting still that she has practiced for nearly 45 years, since taking Buddhist vows in 1971. “My meditation practice has taught me both the means and the value of embracing

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the book names only as Richard, and a surprising revelation. Her first husband, too, had descended into dementia. “I am overwhelmed with Ed’s care and making a living,” she recalls saying. “I can help, but Richard cannot stay here.” Yet Young-Eisendrath knew she was the most equipped to deal with memory loss, Medicaid and the reams of related paperwork. Soon she found herself overseeing two ex-husbands — even taking them both out for dinners that she likens to the Mad Tea Party in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Young-Eisendrath’s memoir is as much an exploration of the question “What is love?” as a recollection of the events that caused her to ask. But, like just about everything else in her life, her response may surprise people. “It’s hard to convey exactly why my life continues to feel like such a satisfying adventure even though I watch over two [former] husbands,” she writes. “Before knowing Ed, I did not know that such a love was possible; and now, after living

with him for decades, I do not want to live without it.” That’s why the devoted wife began a long-distance romance with a colleague she identifies simply as Deon — 8,000 miles away in South Africa. She met him at a conference after his wife died of cancer. “I awoke during the night and involuntarily mulled over the problem of what has been missing in the last five years,” she began one email included in the book. “Really, it’s been the lack of witnessing that has been so hard. Ed rarely knows where I am, what I’m doing, what is going on in my physical or mental being.” Young-Eisendrath exchanged 2,000 such messages over two years with Deon before she met the man who is now her partner, a New York City psychiatrist whose name she reveals only as Robert. “I wrestle with myself about the perils of seeking a new beloved,” she confides in her memoir. “Frankly, though, losing Ed has sharpened my desire for love and life and my sense of their impermanence.” Young-Eisendrath is not alone. Sharing her feelings at a recent reading at Manchester’s Northshire Bookstore, she drew knowing nods from other caregivers of partners with dementia. “Nobody talks about any of this,” she told the audience. “There’s a loneliness in those moments of tragedy.” Skeptics may question YoungEisendrath’s positive perspective, but by the end of her book, it’s clear this Polly is no Pollyanna. Hard-hit by reality, she chooses with firm conviction to break open rather than apart. And so she’s telling her story to audiences from Northfield to New York to Nashville. She still oversees care for her exhusband Richard. And she still expresses her love for Ed, though the 66-year-old died on October 15, 2014, just as her memoir began to roll off the press. “He was in decline, but he was still able to smile and laugh,” Young-Eisendrath says. “He said many times, ‘This disease is my spiritual teaching.’” And it is hers.

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my immediate experience for what it teaches, and to accept change — even unwelcome change — as the fundamental ground of my life,” Young-Eisendrath says. “What I came to recognize is, if you can deeply accept that, you can take any kind of tragedy as a teaching.” Many family members and friends worried that her “Zen attitude” was a way to avoid reality. But the counselor was following decades of dharma study as well as her own instructions to clients: People facing adversity need to move forward, step by step, rather than wallowing in past regrets or future worries. “Recognize you have a precious human life, and it goes by quickly,” she says. “The moment-to-moment appreciation of it is your job. Say to yourself, What’s arising now? What’s possible now? Then make use of the resources that are available.” So Young-Eisendrath settled until she could clearly see her answer: End her marriage, work to keep her house and devote herself to finding the right care for Epstein. “After unwelcome change, there is a necessity to tell the event story up to a point,” she notes in a handout she distributes on her speaking tour. “That point is at the horizon of when we need to reengage in our lives and change our life story.” While that’s far easier said than done, the therapist advises people to drop thoughts of perfection and instead, with self-compassion and patience, seek a clearheaded view of reality. Young-Eisendrath projects a calm and collected demeanor, but she has endured a flood of wrenching emotions. She details many of them in emails and diary pages excerpted throughout her book. “Sometimes I feel tremendous anger and resentment about all that is demanded of me,” reads an entry from April 24, 2008. “I can hardly allow my feelings to make their way through me; they are so physical. My heart and my throat move in all directions and hurt me in indescribable ways.” Three months later, the tremors shook even deeper: “My life has lately seemed very stark, poignant and something else — I don’t know, maybe final,” she noted. “I have turned over every rock in terms of being ‘Ed’s wife’ and I am weary of it.” By 2009, Young-Eisendrath had to move her spouse to a nearby care center when he required more support than she could provide. But her responsibilities only grew when, a year later, she opened her door to find her 36-year-old son delivering his 77-year-old father, the retired professor

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and wound each other. Many scenes take advantage of Ruth’s inability to see or hear Elvira, with Charles taking liberties as translator and shifting his alliances freely in what amounts to a spectral love triangle. In Northern Stage’s production, a brisk tempo and the assured precision of skilled actors get the conceit off the ground easily, and once aloft, this comedy simply glides. Coward’s wit endures, nearly 75 years after the play’s premiere in London during the bombings of World War II. It was a diversion in a grim time then, but remains a silky joy. Director Lillian King, working with a wide and well-appointed set, moves the actors so gracefully that their poise is always uppermost. This allows for a few nice moments when equilibrium is ruptured: Charles briefly darts into hiding behind the divan on first seeing the ghost of Elvira, and Ruth sneaks a cigarette when she’s left alone to worry about besting her ethereal rival. But the norm is stylish, complacent movement, always pretty as a picture.

King and the actors construct smart but unchanging characterizations of each role. Madame Arcati (an effective Amelia White) is ever the eager, curious spiritualist; no matter what the setback, she remains happy and hopeful. She moves a bit like a large, friendly dog, and even roams the room sniffing for the telltale scent of ectoplasm. Without showboating, White displays Arcati’s eccentricities like a genial grandmother handing round grandkid snapshots. As Charles, Sam Gregory is the picture of cheer and complaisance. He seems just as serene with one wife, two or none. Gregory brings the lithe step of Fred Astaire to his portrayal, and his lovely full-body recoil on each morsel of bad news is beautiful, especially paired with the prompt, adorable recovery that pulls him upright again. With twinkling eyes beneath brows arched in mild perplexity, Gregory knows just how to convey comic urgency while retaining all his character’s breeding.

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n 2011, chef Kevin Lasko made international news when he prepared a deceptively simple dish of venison in tahini and date syrup. Topped with pine nuts and pomegranate seeds, his creation had an air of luxury enhanced by the dishes on which it was served: gold-plated china looted from Saddam Hussein’s palace. Lasko whipped up that dish at Park Avenue, the New York City restaurant where he switched not only menus but also concepts and the décor each season. His shifting moods, topicality and love of heritage table settings may seem tailor-made for the city’s dining scene. Yet nearly a year ago, Lasko and partner Katie Stiles pulled up stakes and relocated to Pittsfield, Vt., where they now own the Original General Store. Early this month, Lasko pulled out another set of historical plates — from the original Waldorf Astoria — to christen the couple’s new weekend-only restaurant, the Backroom. With seating for no more than 20, it

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The first step was to apply their unerring eyes to decorating the small space. The dining room has wooden doors so massive they appear at first to be walls, creating a secretive, speakeasy atmosphere. A forest of bare light bulbs hangs on long, black wires over each of the two tables, while music plays from an iPod through a tinny gramophone speaker. Even the bathrooms have style to spare. Stiles and Lasko wallpapered the rooms themselves with paper from England that depicts kitchen tools such as pepper mills, scales and tongs. It’s a stark contrast to the traditional interior of the general store, with its dark wood and barrels of penny candy. Lasko and Stiles still sell cat food, DVDs of “Home Improvement” and other staples to locals who rely on the store as a community hub, but they’ve put their stamp on that business, too. Since taking over ownership last March, the couple has transformed the store’s perishable stock. Breads

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But the main event is the sweet stuff. With her expansion into the store, Cunningham will make the transition from three countertop fryers in her home to an industrial one that cooks 36 rounds at a time. Her days of making a maximum of 700 doughnuts in a weekend — and knowing she could have sold more — will soon be over. “And my house won’t smell like doughnuts anymore,” she says. Doughnut Dilemma has gained a reputation for uncommon flavors, including Rice Krispies treat and s’mores. Toasted coconut and maple-glazed are among the most popular varieties, Cunningham says. When the store opens, Cunningham will debut new options — a pineapple upside-down-cake doughnut is in the works. She may also heed requests from the farmers market patrons who’ve expressed their yen to taste bacon in her maple doughnuts. The menu will change weekly, with special additions for holidays. At last Saturday’s Valentine’s Day farmers market, for instance, Cunningham incorporated fresh raspberries into cake

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to be a lot more work than we were prepared for.” The endeavor might not have been all-consuming for another couple, but Spartans Stiles and Lasko clearly don’t have the word “half-assed” in their vocabularies. While retaining everything charming about the circa-1888 store, they revamped it to showcase local brands. The certified-organic farm just across the street, Sweet Georgia P’s at Amee Farm, provides produce — and every egg in the breakfast sandwiches. Stiles and Lasko live above the store’s historic building and are rarely anywhere else. “We’re basically here from 6 a.m. to eight or nine at night every day,” Stiles admitted. Last summer their already-packed schedule included catering more than 20 weddings, most of them at Amee

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One of the couple’s stated goals in opening the Backroom was to “make friends.” At the intimate tables, it was impossible not to. Meghan Sheradin, executive director of the Vermont Fresh Network, said she engaged in several unexpected conversations that night with her tablemates, who included De Sena. “Sitting in a community-type meal can sometimes be scary for people, but once the conversation takes off, it just goes all over the place and you have an experience that’s so much more than dinner. The question is, are you up for it?” Sheradin said. Lasko himself spawned conversation with “the main event,” a porcinibraised short rib over Nitty Gritty Grain Company of Vermont polenta. The entrée came with a side of kale amandine for the table. “Can anyone guess what the secret ingredient is?” Lasko asked. At the end of the course, he returned to see if anyone could name what made the braised green unique. No one figured out that its round, umami taste came from anchovy paste. By the time dessert rolled around, diners did indeed feel like old friends, both with one another and with the Backroom’s owners. There didn’t need to be as much dark chocolate mousse as there was. But, dotted with intensely orange-flavored mascarpone, it was an irresistible take on an orange Milano cookie that everyone devoured. Even once the bowls were cleared, guests seemed less than eager to leave. Many had a long way to go, having come from Montpelier or Burlington. Sheradin surmised that the Backroom will carve out its niche among just such demanding diners. “It’s an amazing thing that this chef now lives in Vermont and has a restaurant that is definitely a destination,” she said. “For a lot of people, you’re definitely going to have to drive out of your way to get there.” Destination or not, the Backroom is sure to retain special appeal for those who discover the treasure hidden in the back of a classic Vermont general store. Some may even like its friendly atmosphere enough to stay in town for a breakfast sandwich the next day. They just shouldn’t expect to see it on storied china. m

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or Riverside Farm. So why did Stiles and Lasko give their business a third prong — the restaurant — after less than a year? Stiles explained their reasoning: “Kevin’s a trained chef; why not let him cook a little bit of what he’s trained to do?” The new venture seems destined to be busy, too: On the Backroom’s first Saturday of dinner service, the small space sold out. Server and general store employee Jill McGrath greeted guests with glasses of sparkling wine. Lasko held court in his small kitchen — really just a slate counter facing stoves and a pantry stocked with delicacies such as quince vinegar and Italian fish sauce. Over Thistle Hill Farm Farmstead Tarentaise fondue, diners perused the drink menu. Stiles and McGrath prepared the tipples from a well-stocked bar hidden in what looked like a coatcheck area. Lasko said he’d insisted that his favorite drink — a Negroni — be included on the menu. His version includes Barr Hill’s barrel-aged Tom Cat gin and a blood-orange twist. The other cocktails were concocted by Stiles, who had restaurant jobs in college before her career in culinary marketing. One of her drinks, A Fine Mes, combined mezcal and Sugar Bob’s Smoked Maple Syrup. The drink’s sweet headrush promised to leave drinkers feeling just as its name assured. The Backroom served four-course dinners in its first week, but Stiles said the couple would experiment with three for the next few weekly menus. “We’d like to evolve and do five or six courses with a different price point, then ramp it up from there,” she said. After the fondue and drinks, diners tried a BLT salad featuring hydroponically grown lettuce and tomatoes with Jasper Hill Farm’s Bayley Hazen Blue and homemade English-muffin croutons. Though the salad was topped with a flavorful Green Goddess dressing and served on the Waldorf Astoria plates, it didn’t prepare diners for the boldness of the next dish. Lasko had deconstructed his favorite bagel sandwich from New York’s Russ & Daughters in the form of slippery chitarra pasta. Cold curls of salmon gave the warm, creamy pasta a slight puff of smoke. Dill-flecked crème fraîche took obvious inspiration from cream cheese on a bagel. But the cream was studded with tiny tobiko that popped with wasabi like spicy, fishy fireworks. It was a welcome shock that made the room vibrate with excitement.

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mong Vermont’s new wave of ciders, many are trending toward desert dryness, dialing the sweetness down to nearly zero. But one subset of the local cider revolution is embracing the apple’s natural sugar. Ice cider, made with juice concentrated through an elaborate process of freezing and melting, is created, packaged, priced and sold as a dessert wine. Unlike hard cider, which enjoys a long and rich tradition, this apple drink is a more recent phenomenon. The first ice ciders emerged from Québec in the early 2000s, pressed from apples that were left to hang and freeze on the trees and harvested in winter. This side of the border, ice cider makers do things a little differently. Apples are picked in autumn and pressed right away. But instead of fermenting the liquid then and there, cider makers store it in cube-shaped plastic tanks, leaving those outside to freeze during the winter. Later, they melt the juice under controlled conditions. Sugar falls out of solution first, creating the concentrated super-juice (about 20 percent of the original liquid) that cider makers use as their base. Because of the high initial sugar levels, they stop fermentation before the yeast eats up all of it. When alcohol and sugar reach just the right balance, the result is a sweet, appleforward drink. “For us, it’s about the flavor of the apples,” Eden Ice Cider co-owner Eleanor Leger told Seven Days in Burlington last week. “We’re excited about apples, and we want to showcase that flavor.” Leger was in town, along with folks from Shoreham’s Shacksbury Cider and Websterville’s Vermont Creamery, among others, to celebrate winning a 2015 Good Food Award. That nationwide competition recognizes products with exceptional flavor and producers who embrace socially and environmentally responsible practices. Founded in 2007, Eden is Vermont’s biggest, best-known ice cider producer. With a cidery at Newport’s Northeast Kingdom Tasting Center and an orchard in West Charleston, Eden makes ciders that are available in 18 states around the

country. They’ve earned space on wine lists at Michelin-starred restaurants such as New York’s Gramercy Tavern and Del Posto. As the product gains recognition, more Vermont orchardists are turning to ice cider for an additional income stream. “We have more ice cider producers in Vermont than any other state,” Leger said. “And you don’t have to say ‘per capita’ after it. So it should be our thing.” With fewer than a dozen producers, ice cider represents a small fraction of

the state’s cider output. But for farmers and small-business owners, a big draw is the fact that ice cider can be made in micro batches and sold at a decent profit margin. Unlike hard cider, which is consumed like beer and must be sold at a similar price point, ice cider plies the dessert wine crowd, who are accustomed to dropping $20 to $30 on a 350-milliliter bottle. Leger and her husband (and Eden cofounder and winemaker), Albert Leger, first encountered ice cider in 2006, on a trip to Montréal to visit his family. That

first taste was a Goldilocks moment: Ice cider seemed to fill a hole in the puzzle that the couple was piecing together. At the time, the Legers were in the process of buying a 150-acre abandoned farm near Lake Willoughby. They hoped to use the land for something productive. “We loved apples and [were] thinking, OK, we’ll plant some trees; that’ll

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KELLEY MARKETING MEETING: Marketing, advertising, communications, social media and design professionals brainstorm ideas for local nonprofits over breakfast. Room 217, Ireland Building, Champlain College, Burlington, 7:45-9 a.m. Free. Info, 865-6495.

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COMIC RELIEF: A BENEFIT FOR COTS: Jokesters dole out gut-busting material at this annual benefit for Burlington's Committee on Temporary Shelter. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8-10 p.m. $5-14. Info, 540-0406.

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COMMUNITY DINNER: Diners get to know their neighbors at a low-key, buffet-style meal organized by the Winooski Coalition. O'Brien Community Center, Winooski, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult; transportation available for seniors. Info, 655-4565. KING STREET CENTER GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION: Locals check out the organization's new home. King Street Center, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free. Info, 862-6736. PEER SUPPORT CIRCLE: A confidential space allows participants to converse freely without giving advice or solving problems. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 777-8602.

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SAGE BAGNATO: The founder of the Vermont Day School reimagines traditional education models in "21st-Century Learning: Teaching Children to Think, Innovate and Collaborate." Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: Healthy donors give the gift of life. See redcrossblood.org for details. Various locations statewide. Free. Info, 800-733-2767. TECH HELP WITH CLIF: Folks develop skill sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and more. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955. TECH TUTOR PROGRAM: Teens answer questions about computers and devices during one-onone sessions. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister for a time slot. Info, 878-4918. VALLEY NIGHT FEATURING THE RAGGED COMPANY: Locals gather for this weekly bash of craft ales, movies and live music. Big Picture Theater and Café, Waitsfield, 8 p.m. $5 suggested donation; $2 drafts. Info, 496-8994.

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FROG HOLLOW WINTER FILM SERIES: 'HERB & DOROTHY': Art lovers feast their eyes on Megumi Sasaki's acclaimed documentary about art collectors Herb and Dorothy Vogel. A panel discussion with Mark Waskow follows. Feldman's Bagels, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 863-6458.

Every year, Montréal en Lumière transforms the city’s downtown into one of the world’s largest winter festivals. With annual attendance topping 900,000, this frozen fête cures cabin fever with 11 days of fine dining, film, theater, comedy, live music and visual art. A wide array of indoor and outdoor venues host more than 200 events, catering to festivalgoers of all ages and tastes. Speaking of tastes, culinary creations from top international chefs fuel the festivities and give foodies reason to travel north of the border. This nonstop revelry caps off with Nuit Blanche, an awe-inspiring night of light installations, exhibitions, concerts and dancing.

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CASTLEROCK PUB BEER DINNER: Craft brews from Bennington's Northshire Brewery complement seasonal fare at a four-course meal. Castlerock Pub at Sugarbush, Warren, 6-9 p.m. $60; preregister. Info, 800-537-8427. COFFEE TASTING: Sips of Counter Culture Coffee prompt side-by-side comparisons of different regional blends. Maglianero Café, Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 617-331-1276, corey@maglianero.com. CORNBREAD SOCIAL: Foodies share their favorite recipes at this mouthwatering meet-up. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 302.

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Going Downhill Fast There are ski races, and then there’s the Stowe Derby. Now in its 70th year, this legendary race from the top of Mount Mansfield to the village of Stowe is done exclusively on cross-country skis. Athletes must combine Alpine and Nordic disciplines on a harrowing 12.5-mile course that drops more than 2,600 feet in elevation. A true test of mental and physical stamina, the competition attracts hundreds of skiers from around the country, who summon strength, skill and luck to make it through unscathed. New this year, fat-bike riders navigate the snow-covered terrain on two wheels, cheered on by hordes of spectators.

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Vocalist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, cultural ambassador — Herbert Kinobe is all of these and more. Known onstage as Kinobe, the Ugandan native tours the world, introducing audiences to a unique mix of African, international and roots music. A gifted performer, he incorporates koras, kalimbas and other traditional African instruments into a varied acoustic repertoire. Dedicated to sharing his country’s rich musical heritage, Kinobe takes time to explain each instrument’s social and historical context. The resulting concert experience is one that sparks curiosity and highlights music’s ability to transcend boundaries and facilitate lasting multicultural connections.

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Bridge Club: Strategic thinkers have fun with the popular card game. Burlington Bridge Club, Williston, 9:15 a.m. $6 includes refreshments. Info, 651-0700. Tabletop Game Night: Players ages 14 and up sit down to friendly bouts of Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride and more. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 5:30-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

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Fitness Boot Camp: Participants improve strength, agility, endurance and cardiovascular fitness with interval training. Holley Hall, Bristol, 6:15-7:15 p.m. $10. Info, ginger54@sover.net. Insight Meditation: A supportive environment allows for a deeper understanding of Buddhist principles and practices. Wellspring Mental Health and Wellness Center, Hardwick, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 472-6694. Prenatal Yoga & Barre: Moms-to-be prepare their bodies for labor and birth. Prenatal Method Studio, Burlington, 12:15-1:15 & 5-6 p.m. $15. Info, 829-0211. 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. TangoFlow!: Creator Cathy Salmons leads students in a customized blend of Argentine tango, ballet, modern dance and body awareness. North End Studio A, Burlington, 7 p.m. $15. Info, 345-6687.

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Current Events Conversation: An informal open discussion delves into newsworthy subjects. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. Nathaniel Nesmith: As part of the Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series, the Middlebury College instructor presents "Oral History: Contributions and Connections of Theater to the Civil Rights Movement." Room 103, Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. OSHER Lifelong Learning Lecture: Author, artist and musician Tim Brookes ponders the influence of the digital age in "Disappearing Alphabets and the Future of the Written Word." Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 1:30-3 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 223-2518. Tyrone B. Hayes: The UC Berkeley professor of biology explains the effects of herbicide on male frogs in "From Silent Spring to Silent Night: A Tale of Toads and Men." McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury College, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5710.

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'Blithe Spirit': An author holds a séance that unexpectedly rouses his ex-wife from montréal the dead in Noel Coward's classic 'Forever Plaid': Directed by Roger comedy, presented by Northern Peace, thespians meld humor and Stage. Briggs Opera House, White harmonies in a musical of classic River Junction, 7:30 p.m. $20-55. hits from the 1950s. See segalcenInfo, 296-7000. tre.org for details. Segal Centre The MET Live in HD Series: A for Performing Arts, Montréal, double bill brings Tchaikovsky's $32-50. Info, 514-739-7944. fairy tale Iolanta and Béla Bartók's psychological thriller Bluebeard's f No music rt Castle to the big screen. Palace 9 he r n Stag e Big Heavy World SXSW: Waylon Cinemas, South Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Speed, Lowell Thompson and other local $18-24. Info, 660-9300. bands headed to the famed SXSW music festival 'Much Ado About Nothing': The UVM in Austin, Texas, put on a preview concert. Black Department of Theatre stages the Bard's comedy Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts about a series of calamities caused by a pair Center, Burlington, 7-10:30 p.m. $25-100. Info, of young lovers. Royall Tyler Theatre, UVM, 863-5966. Burlington, 7:30-10 p.m. $15-22. Info, 656-2094. Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy: Melding music, song and dance, the master words fiddlers celebrate French, Celtic, bluegrass and Creative Writing Workshop: Lit lovers Cajun musical traditions. Flynn MainStage, analyze works-in-progress penned by Burlington Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15-48. Info, 863-5966. Writers Workshop members. Studio 266, Song Circle: Singers and musicians congregate Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at burlingfor an acoustic session of popular folk tunes. tonwritersworkshop.com. Info, 383-8104. Godnick Adult Center, Rutland, 7:15-9:15 p.m. Free; Unfiltered: Wine & Poetry: Locally made donations accepted. Info, 775-1182. vino pairs perfectly with verse by Vermont poets. Shelburne Vineyard, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 985-8222. o

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Franklin County Chamber of Commerce Mixer: Bookseller Donna Howard invites members of the business community to mingle amid the stacks at an event catered by Evelyne's Bakery and As the Crow Flies. The Eloquent Page, St. Albans, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $5-8; preregister. Info, 524-2444, info@fcrccvt.com. Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce Mixer: Area professionals catch up at a networking event. Shearer Chevrolet, South Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $12-20; preregister. Info, 863-3489.

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English as a Second Language Class: Beginners better 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/Advanced English as a Second Language Class: Students sharpen grammar and conversational skills. Administration Office, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

politics

Burlington Mayoral Candidate Debate: Miro Weinberger, Steve Goodkind and Greg Guma address questions submitted by community members. Champlain Elementary School, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 859-9222.

seminars

Create Your Own Natural Perfume or Cologne: Lauren Andrews of AroMed Aromatherapy helps participants create personalized scents with wild-harvested essential oils. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. $6-8; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

business

Night Rider Series: Skiers and riders compete for prizes in illuminated terrain parks. Bolton Valley Ski Resort, 5:30-8 p.m. $15; lift ticket required. Info, 434-6804. Premier Floor Hockey League: Experienced players take shots in a competitive game. The Edge Sports & Fitness, Essex, 7-10 p.m. $80; preregister. Info, 355-4588. Women's Pickup Basketball: Drive to the hoop! Ladies hit the court for a weekly game. Hunt Middle School, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free; limited space. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.

After-School Tutoring: Students in grades K through 8 get homework help from St. Michael's College volunteers. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Free; preregister for a 30-minute time slot. Info, 878-6956. 'All in the Family' Film Series: Themed movies provide age-appropriate entertainment. Call for details. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. ChampFest: Families celebrate Lake Champlain's mythical monster with the "Believer or Skeptic" program and other themed activities. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center/Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free with admission, $9.50-12.50. Info, 877-324-6386. 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. Kids Pizza & Movie Night: Youngsters ages 4 through 12 chow down on slices of pie while screening entertaining flicks. The Schoolhouse, Sugarbush Resort, Warren, 5:30 p.m. $30; preregister. Info, 800-537-8427. Meet Rockin' Ron the Friendly Pirate: Aargh, matey! Kiddos channel the hooligans of the sea during music, games and activities. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810. Middle School Book Club: Voracious readers discuss thought-provoking publications. Call for details. Albert D. Lawton Intermediate School, Essex Junction, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. Moving & Grooving With Christine: Two- to 5-year-olds jam out to rock-and-roll and worldbeat tunes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

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Music Makers: Song-based activities help increase children's vocabulary and phonological awareness. Richmond Free Library, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 434-3036. One-on-One Tutoring: Students in grades 1 through 6 get extra help in reading, math and science. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. Pajama Story Time: Tykes cuddle up in PJs for captivating tales, cookies and milk. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5664. Story Time & Playgroup: Engaging narratives pave the way for art, nature and cooking projects. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. 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. Toddler Time: Parents chat over coffee while tykes burn off energy in a supervised environment that encourages artistic expression. ONE Arts Center, Burlington, 9 a.m.-noon. $8. Info, oneartscollective@gmail.com.

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Transition Town: Sjon Welters: From seeds to thriving paddies, the Cabot resident shares his experience growing rice in central Vermont. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

Annual Soup Supper: Savory broths, salads and dessert give way to musical guests Gigi Weisman and Robert Resnick at this benefit for the Sara Holbrook Community Center. Robert Miller Community & Recreation Center, Burlington, 5:30-8 p.m. $30; free for kids under 14 with adult. Info, 862-6342. Efficiency Vermont Community Forum: A moderated public conversation examines the quality and direction of the organization's work for the near future. Neshobe School, Brandon, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 888-921-5990. Games & Game Design Mixer: Gaming enthusiasts network while previewing works-in-progess. Generator, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0761. Generator Membership Orientation: A guided tour of Burlington's newest maker space highlights facilities, equipment, tools and more. Generator, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10; preregister; limited space. Info, info@generatorvt.com. HomeShare Vermont Information Session: Locals interested in homesharing programs meet with staff to learn more. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, noon-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-5625.

conferences

Apathy and Action: Exploring YouthDriven Movements: A student-designed gathering welcomes nationally recognized speakers, who address various aspects of activism and social justice. Middlebury College, 12:15-10 p.m. Free. Info, 443-5652.

dance

Square Dance With Kick ’em Jenny: Swing your partner ’round! Live tunes from the string band enliven the Dare to be Square series. American Legion Post 03, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, katietrautz@yahoo.com.

environment

'This Changes Everything' Book Club: See WED.18, Feldman's Bagels, Burlington, 8-9 a.m. Free. Info, sanschagrins@gmail.com.

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AARP Tax Prep Assistance: Tax counselors straighten up financial affairs for low- and middle-income taxpayers, with special attention to those ages 60 and up. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9:15, 10, 10:45 & 11:30 a.m. Free; preregister for a time slot. Info, 878-6955. American Red Cross Blood Drive: See WED.18. Bacon Thursday: Piano jazz from Andric Severance entertains costumed attendees, who nosh on bacon and creative dipping sauces at this weekly gathering. Nutty Steph's, Middlesex, 6 p.m.-midnight. Cost of food; cash bar. Info, 229-2090. Mount Mansfield Scale Modelers: Hobbyists break out the superglue and sweat the small stuff at a miniature construction skill swap. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 879-0765.

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'The AmericAn nurse': Carolyn Jones' gripping 2014 documentary examines war, poverty, aging and health care through the eyes of five nurses. A Q&A follows. Black Box Theater, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 6-9:30 p.m. $10. Info, 651-8886. 'GrAzinG The sky': Filmed on location in 11 countries, Horacio Alcalá's documentary follows eight acrobats as they pursue their passion for circus arts. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $12. Info, 760-4634. uVm Film series: 'iF....': Malcolm Macdowell stars in Lindsay Anderson's 1968 cult classic about a group of British students who plan a revolt at their oppressive private school. BillingsIra Allen Lecture Hall, UVM, Burlington, discussion, 6 p.m.; film, 6:45 p.m. $4-10. Info, 656-4455.

food & drink

cookinG BAsics: PAns & oils: Budding chefs learn the secrets to culinary success with Greg Giasson, who dishes out tips and techniques while preparing a tasty meal. Edmunds Middle School, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $5-10; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9700. homeBrew FesT: DeeP winTer: Beer geeks get their hops on with samples of locally made suds. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7-11:30 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0406. wine TAsTinG: Newly released Tuscan chiantis are the star of the show at a sipping session hosted by Robert Boehme of Vermont Wine Merchants Company. Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, 4-6 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 253-5742. wine TAsTinG: PAul's BouTique ABroAD PArT 2: sicily: Volcanic soil, old vines and legendary winemakers make for world-famous vintages. Dedalus Wine Shop, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2368.

health & fitness

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montréal

'ForeVer PlAiD': See WED.18. monTréAl en lumière: Performing arts, fine dining and family activities combine for one of the world's largest winter festivals. See montrealenlumiere.com for details. See calendar spotlight. Downtown Montréal. Prices vary. Info, 514-288-9955.

music

eiGhT 02: An evening of jazz fusion tunes raises funds for the group's trip to the Jazz Over the Volga festival in Russia. North End Studio A, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Info, 863-6713. GreGory PorTer: Blessed with a set of powerful pipes, the Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist belts out soulful songs. See calendar spotlight. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15-45. Info, 863-5966.

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DowsinG BAsics: Participants experiment with rods and pendulums in a workshop led by Fearn Lickfield of the Green Mountain School of Druidry. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $5-7; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

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‘A cAll To inDiA’: St. Michael’s College students share stories from their service trip to Kolkata, India, where they worked with street children and groups that help women escape the red-light district. Carpenter-Carse Library, Hinesburg, 7 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, 482-2878 John mcleoD & sTePhen kreDell: Referencing their community-based design/build program in Maine, the architects present "Moving Toward Architecture for All." Room 304, Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. lois Price: The Champlain College professor hits all the right notes in "The Music of Guiseppe Verdi." South Burlington Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 652-7080. lunch & leArn: Beekeeper Bill Mares creates a buzz on honey production and more in "To Bee or Not to Bee." Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, noon. Free; donations accepted. Info, 863-4214. m.A.G.i.c.: mAsculiniTy AnD GenDer iDenTiTy conVersATion: Open sharing encourages attendees to find common ground. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218.

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chAmPFesT: See WED.18. kniTTinG For kiDs: Youngsters use looms to create colorful hats for winter. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. leGo cluB: Brightly colored interlocking blocks inspire budding builders. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. miDDleBury Preschool sTory Time: Little learners master early-literacy skills through tales, rhymes and songs. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

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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, 6:30-7:30 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243. imProVe heArT heAlTh: Janet and Edwards Smith describe the ways Transcendental Meditation lowers blood pressure and increases longevity. Vermont Transcendental Meditation Center, Williston, 7-8:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 923-6248. JAzzercise liTe: Adults ages 50 and up break a sweat in a supportive environment. Essex Junction Senior Center, 11 a.m.-noon. $3-3.50. Info, 876-5087. PosTnATAl core: Babies are welcome at a class for new moms aimed at strengthening glutes, abdominals and the pelvic floor. Prenatal Method Studio, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. $15. Info, 829-0211. PrenATAl yoGA & BArre: See WED.18, 12:151:15 & 4:30-5:30 p.m. winTer ADulT yoGA: YogaFit instructor Jessica Frost leads a series of postures aimed at aligning the body and mind. Cafeteria, Highgate Elementary School, 6 p.m. $7; preregister. Info, 868-3970.

music wiTh Derek: Kiddos up to age 8 shake out their sillies to toe-tapping tunes. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. Preschool sTory Time: Wee ones ages 2 through 5 discover the magic of literature. Cutler Memorial Library, Plainfield, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 454-8504. Preschool sTory Time: Tales, crafts and activities arrest the attention of tykes ages 3 through 6. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:3011 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. reAD To A DoG: Lit lovers take advantage of quality time with a friendly, fuzzy therapy pooch. Fairfax Community Library, 3:15-4:15 p.m. Free; preregister for a time slot. Info, 849-2420. sPAnish musicAl kiDs & PoTluck lATin lunch: Amigos ages 1 to 5 share Latin American songs, games and food with Constancia Gómez, a native Argentinian. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. yoGA wiTh DAnielle: Toddlers and preschoolers strike a pose, then share stories and songs. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810.

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A NEW BEGINNING: THE HOLISTIC CONCEPT OF THROUGHPUT: As part of the Transition Town series, a discussion delves into the dynamics of energy and resource use and how they shape the world. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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CHARLIE NARDOZZI: From peas to peppers, the master gardener presents seed-saving techniques for preserving heirloom crops. Jericho Town Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 899-4686.

community

HIGHGATE FIRE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY BUILD IT NIGHT: Neighbors get acquainted with local firefighters at a chili cook-off. Highgate Volunteer Fire Department, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 868-3970. HOME SHARE NOW INFORMATION SESSION: Locals get up-to-date details on home-sharing opportunities in central Vermont. Home Share Now, Barre, noon. Free. Info, 479-8544.

conferences

APATHY AND ACTION: EXPLORING YOUTHDRIVEN MOVEMENTS: See THU.19, 12:15-7:15 p.m.

VILLAGE HARMONY WINTER WEEKEND: Stunning scenery provides an ideal backdrop for an in-depth study of world music traditions. See villageharmony.org for details. Hulbert Outdoor Center, Fairlee. $175-320; preregister. Info, 436-3210.

food & drink

FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: Senior citizens and their guests catch up over a shared meal. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, noon-1 p.m. $7-9; preregister. Info, 262-6288. WING NIGHT: A smorgasbord of this favorite finger food features flavor variations that please every palate. Essex Junction VFW Post, 5:30-7 p.m. $4-7. Info, 878-0700.

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AXIS AND ALLIES: WAR AT SEA: Teens put their strategic skills to the test and maneuver battleships, submarines and air fleets in the World War II-era game. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:30-5 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.18, 10 a.m.

health & fitness

AVOID FALLS WITH IMPROVED STABILITY: A personal trainer demonstrates daily exercises for seniors concerned about their balance. Pines Senior Living Community, South Burlington, 10-11 a.m. $5-6. Info, 658-7477. COMMUNITY VINYASA WITH CANDACE: Students of all skill levels deepen the body-mind-breath connection. South End Studio, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. $6. Info, 683-4918. INTRODUCTION TO KUNDALINI YOGA: Following a brief lecture, Laura Manfred leads warm-up exercises, postures and a meditation. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; donations accepted; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202. 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.

kids

CHAMPFEST: See WED.18. EARLY BIRD MATH: One plus one equals fun! Youngsters and their caregivers gain exposure to mathematics through books, songs and games. Richmond Free Library, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 434-3036.

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AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: See WED.18. COUPON QUEEN DARBY MAYVILLE: Savvy savers swap circular clippings. Main Reading Room, Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. OPEN MIC: Local performers share songs, poetry, jokes and more. The Wellness Co-op, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 309. SNOW FARM WINE DOWN: Folks welcome the weekend with live music and local beer and wine in a pastoral setting. See snowfarm.com for details. Snow Farm Vineyard, South Hero, 6 p.m. Cost of drinks. Info, 372-9463.

GREG DELANTY: The celebrated Irish poet delights lit lovers with verse from Book Seventeen. St. Edmund's Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2795. ORAL STORYTELLING WORKSHOP: Wordsmiths join Burlington Writers Workshop members in a Moth-style exploration of telling tales live onstage. Studio 266, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 383-8104. ROBERT MELLO: The Vermont Superior Court judge lets his love of history shine in Moses Robinson and the Founding of Vermont. Phoenix Books, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350. THIRD THURSDAY POETRY SLAM: Pizza fuels poets for a stanza extravaganza. Main Reading Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 324-9538.

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'THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD EARNS HER WHISTLE': Preschoolers through second graders learn about the power of hard work, determination and friendship in ArtsPower's adaptation of Watty Piper's timeless tale. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 10 a.m. $6. Info, 728-6464. 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 ROBERT: Sing-alongs with Robert Resnik entertain music lovers. Daycare programs welcome with one caregiver for every two children. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; groups must preregister. Info, 865-7216. 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. STORIES WITH MEGAN: Engaging narratives enthrall budding bookworms ages 2 through 5. Robert Miller Community & Recreation F Center, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. JA SO NM Info, 865-7216. ER RT

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BALLROOM & LATIN DANCING: EAST COAST SWING: Samir Elabd leads choreographed steps for singles and couples. No partner or experience is required. Williston Jazzercise Fitness Center, introductory lesson, 7-8 p.m.; dance social, 8-9:30 p.m. $10-14. Info, 862-2269. ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE: Amy Englesberg, Sarah Babbitt Spaeth, Corey Walters and Rylee Wrenner provide live music for newcomers and experienced movers alike. All dances are called and taught. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, introductory workshop, 7-7:30 p.m.; dance, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $10. Info, 899-2378.

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'BLITHE SPIRIT': See WED.18, 2 & 7:30 p.m. 'CHESS' AUDITION: Stowe Theatre Guild holds tryouts for its summer production of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' Cold War-era musical about two chess masters who fight over the same woman. Akeley Memorial Building, Stowe, 7 p.m. Free; preregister for a time slot. Info, sksydnor@gmail.com. THE MET LIVE IN HD SERIES: See WED.18, 1 p.m. 'MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING': See WED.18. NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: 'JOHN': A broadcast production of DV8 Physical Theatre's raw dance piece employs movement and spoken word to depict a harrowing real-life story. For adults only. Loew Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $23. Info, 603-646-2422. NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: 'TREASURE ISLAND': Murder and mayhem on the high seas are broadcast to the big screen in Bryony Lavery's adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's tale. For ages 10 and up. Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 7:30-10 p.m. $12-20. Info, 457-3981. PARISH PLAYERS 10-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL: Curated from playwrights around the country, seven condensed works prove that less is more. Eclipse Grange Theater, Thetford, 7-8:45 p.m. $1015. Info, 785-4344.

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DARTMOUTH COLLEGE WIND ENSEMBLE: Matthew Marsit conducts student musicians in "An Evening in Metropolis," inspired by the famed 1927 silent film, Metropolis. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $9-10. Info, 603-646-2422. FAURÉ QUARTETT: A visionary approach and knack for experimentation inform the awardwinning foursome's interpretation of works by Mahler, Fauré and Brahms. UVM Recital Hall, Redstone Campus, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10-25. Info, 863-5966. KINOBE: The gifted Ugandan vocalist, composer and multi-instrumentalist leads a performance that travels from African roots to global fusion music. See calendar spotlight. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 8 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. LONESTAR: Big vocals and infectious hooks enliven an appearance by the award-winning country stars behind "Amazed" and other crossover hits. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 8 p.m. $39.75-49.75. Info, 775-0903. SIERRA LEONE'S REFUGEE ALL STARS WITH SAYON CAMARA & THE LANDAYA ENSEMBLE: The internationally acclaimed band born out of West African refugee camps lifts spirits with passionate world music and messages of hope. Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $10-24. Info, 457-3981. TURNMUSIC: Area musicians put a contemporary spin on classical chamber music. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8-10:30 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0406.

politics

LEGISLATIVE BUS TRIP: A day trip to the Vermont Statehouse in Montpelier grants attendees exposure to political leaders and legislature in action. Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce Office, 7 a.m. $20; preregister. Info, 773-2747.

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ELDER EDUCATION ENRICHMENT SERIES: UVM professor of political science Michele Commercio lends her expertise to "Women's Activism in Kyrgyzstan." Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516.

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'BLITHE SPIRIT': See WED.18.

'CHESS' AUDITION: See THU.19. 'DO ELEPHANTS DREAM OF ECLECTIC SHEEP?': Tabletop puppetry, shadow images and an original score propel Amanda Maddock's depiction of a gentle giant's slumber. Sandglass Theater, Putney, 7:30 p.m. $13-16; preregister; limited space. Info, 387-4051. 'EMERITUS': Retired college employees make for hilarious subjects in Ann Tracy's academic comedy, presented by SUNY Plattsburgh faculty and staff. Krinovitz Recital Hall, Hawkins Hall, SUNY Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. $2-5. Info, 518-564-3095. 'MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING': See WED.18. PARISH PLAYERS 10-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL: See THU.19. 'ROMEO AND JULIET': A Dartmouth College production goes beyond romance to capture the political, religious and familial dynamics of Shakespeare's iconic tragedy. Moore Theater, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 8 p.m. $5-12. Info, 603-646-2422.

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BROWN BAG BOOK CLUB: Bibliophiles voice opinions about Malala Yousafzai's I Am Malala. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: See WED.18, 10:30 a.m. 'IMMERSE YOURSELF: PLACE-BASED STORYTELLING': Vermont author Bill Schubart and New York Times Magazine columnist Rosie Schaap excerpt recent works, then discuss their approach to writing. Vermont Folklife Center, Middlebury, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4964.

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'CONVERSATIONS FROM THE WORKING LANDSCAPE': Dairy farmer Jackie Folsom joins Leslie and Jeremy Michaud of the Kingdom Creamery to discuss the marketing of Vermont farm products. Willey Memorial Hall, Cabot, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 563-3338.

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CALLIGRAPHY WORKSHOP: In celebration of the Chinese New Year, Ellie Hayes helps folks put pen to paper and learn basic strokes and characters. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 10-11:30 a.m. $5; preregister; limited space. Info, 223-2518. FEBRUARY PHOTO WALK: BRADFORD IN BLACK & WHITE: Photogs snap pics of the local landscape for the "A Year in Bradford" exhibit. Bradford Public Library, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 222-4536.

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ENTREPRENEUR YOGA: Business owners hit the mat for poses designed to strengthen the body-mind connection and break down selfimposed barriers to success. Laughing River Yoga, Burlington, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 318-7654.

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BENEFIT DINNER & CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION: Diners sit down to a five-course gourmet meal that supports the National Life Cancer Center's acupuncture program. Central Vermont Medical Center, Barre, 6-8 p.m. $50; preregister; limited space. Info, 223-0954. CALCUTTA & AUCTION: Live entertainment and local brews entertain attendees, who bid on donated items and vie for the grand prize of $5,000. Proceeds benefit Purple Hearts Reunited. 14th Star Brewing Co., St. Albans, 1-4 p.m. $100; preregister. Info, 933-6700. GENERATOR MEMBERSHIP ORIENTATION: See THU.19, 4-5 p.m.

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Neighbors for healthy CommuNities of barre towN beNefit DiNNer: A family-friendly gathering serves up tasty fare, live music and a silent auction. Old Labor Hall, Barre, 5-8 p.m. $610; preregister. Info, 476-3710.

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CroChet workshop: Fiber fans create one-ofa-kind winter hats. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $1012; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

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'but i CaN’t DaNCe!': Green Mountain Cabaret's Callista Rugo helps dancers push past personal limits and focus on movements that target the hips, legs and feet. ONE Arts Center, Burlington, 1-3 p.m. $15-17; $30 per couple. Info, oneartscollective@gmail.com. shaNtala shivaliNgappa: The master of the classic Indian dance kuchipudi elevates her craft to visual storytelling. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $15-40. Info, 863-5966. usa DaNCe vermoNt ballroom soCial: Twinkle-toed movers take steps in a relaxed setting that celebrates the art of dance from the foxtrot to Argentine tango. Elley-Long Music Center, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7-11 p.m. $10-15. Info, usadancevt@gmail.com.

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fitNess boot Camp: Participants improve strength, agility, endurance and cardiovascular fitness with interval training. Middlebury Municipal Gym, 7:30-8:30 a.m. $10. Info, 343-7160. preNatal yoga & barre: See WED.18, 10:3011:30 a.m. r.i.p.p.e.D.: See WED.18, 9-10 a.m.

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burliNgtoN saturDay story time: Little ones and their caregivers listen to entertaining tales. Phoenix Books, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 448-3350. Champfest: See WED.18. Drop-iN story time: Music and books inspire a love of the arts in youngsters. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. family make & take series: make a moviNg eyes mask: Tykes ages 3 and up and their caregivers prep for Mardi Gras with a hands-on activity. Fairfax Community Library, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 849-2420. SAT.21

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aDiroNDaCk DreamiNg: South African kayaker Steve Fisher presents a film showcase that pays tribute to the history and natural wonders of the Adirondacks. Lake Placid Center for the Arts, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $15-20. Info, 518-523-9258. 'little Jerusalem': Archival images and interviews with their descendants tell the story of Lithuanian Jews who settled in Burlington during the late 19th century. A discussion follows. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

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burke wiNe & art sNowCase: The best of both worlds collide when grape varietals and gourmet hors d'oeuvres pair up with live music and local artwork. Moore Community Room, Lyndon State College, 6-9 p.m. $35-40; $60-70 per couple. Info, 626-4124. Capital City wiNter farmers market: Root veggies, honey, maple syrup and more change hands at an off-season celebration of locally grown food. Cafeteria, Montpelier High School, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 223-2958. Chili Cook-off: Home cooks serve up different variations of this one-pot meal that sets tastebuds ablaze. Proceeds benefit the Grand Isle volunteer fire department. Grand Isle School, 12-2:30 p.m. $5. Info, 372-5906. ChoColate tastiNg: Chocoholics sample confections and discover the six steps involved in evaluating flavor profiles. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 448-5507. f!#k wiNter party: Local mead and tasty fare lift late-winter spirits. Groennfell Meadery, Colchester, noon-6 p.m. Free. Info, 497-2345. miDDlesex ChoColate tastiNg: Sweets lovers snack on treats while learning how cocoa is grown and produced. Nutty Steph's, Middlesex, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 229-2090. rutlaND wiNter farmers market: More than 50 vendors offer produce, cheese, homemade bread and other made-in-Vermont products at the bustling indoor venue. Vermont Farmers Food Center, Rutland, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 753-7269. ski vermoNt speCialty fooD tour: Skiers and riders take a break from the slopes and sample products from local food producers. Quechee Ski Area, Hartford, 9 a.m. Cost of lift tickets. Info, 223-2439. wiNe tastiNg: Oenophiles raise a glass to new releases of Australian cabernet shiraz. Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, 4-6 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 253-5742. wiNe tastiNg: beauJolais: Natural mooD booster: Vintages from Jean-Paul Brun, Guy Breton and Jean Foillard reflect a dedication to honoring nature with minimal intervention winemaking. Dedalus Wine Shop, Burlington, 1-5 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2368.

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'seNegalese womeN: a ChalleNge to strife': Santis Productions' latest film explores the role women play in promoting peace and prosperity, despite rampant terrorism in neighboring countries. Craftsbury Public Library, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 586-9683.

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Manga Club Meeting: Fans of Japanese comics in grades 6 and up bond over their common interest. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. Middlebury Saturday Story Time: Captivating narratives entertain little ones. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. One-on-One Tutoring: See WED.18, 9:30 a.m.3 p.m. Play Date! Farm & Food Fun: Tots ages 2 through 5 and their guardians set their own pace and schedule with themed indoor activities. McClure Education Center, Shelburne Farms, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $3-5. Info, 985-8686. Story Explorers: Champ: Does the famed lake monster really exist? Children learn about the kid-friendly mythical creature. 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.

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Genealogy Seminar: Ancestry enthusiasts test out tools and resources available on vtgenlib. org. Vermont Genealogy Library, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester, 10:30 a.m.-noon. $5. Info, 310-9285.

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'Blithe Spirit': See WED.18. 'Chess' Audition: See THU.19, noon. 'Do Elephants Dream of Eclectic Sheep?': See FRI.20, 4 & 7:30 p.m. 'Much Ado About Nothing': See WED.18, 2-4:30 & 7:30-10 p.m. Parish Players 10-Minute Play Festival: See THU.19, 7-8:45 p.m. 'Romeo and Juliet': See FRI.20. 'The Tempest': Christopher Plummer stars in a broadcast production of Shakespeare's tale of revenge and love, staged by the Stratford Festival. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. $12. Info, 760-4634.

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Liz Conforti: The author of Kitchen Wisdom Gluten Free imparts her culinary smarts at book signing and Q&A session. Sweet Clover Market, Essex Junction, noon-3 p.m. Free. Info, 872-8288. Debbie Bookchin: The award-winning journalist presents The Next Revolution: Popular Assemblies & the Promise of Direct Democracy, a collection of essays by her late father, Murray Bookchin. Phoenix Books, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Info, 448-3350.

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Night Parlor Performance Slam: Folks take the stage with brief works of poetry, prose, comedy, dance and music. Proceeds benefit the Burlington Performance Support Project. ONE Arts Center, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $8-10; free for members. Info, oneartscollective@gmail.com.

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Dimanches French Conversation: Parlezvous 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.

Academy Awards Party: Black-tie attire is encouraged at a red carpet affair complete with stretch limos, mock paparazzi and a screening of the 87th annual Oscars. montréal Revolution, White River Junction, 'Forever Plaid': See WED.18. 7-11 p.m. Free; cash bar. Info, Montréal en Lumière: See 295-6487. THU.19. American Red Cross Blood f M on Drive: See WED.18. tr éa l music e n L u m iè r e Mount Ellen Birthday Celebration: Coney Island Rock & Roll Roadshow: A See SAT.21, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. vaudevillian adventure brings burlesque babes, Pets, Love & Fashion Show: Models strut sideshow stunts and shenanigans to the stage. down the runway at this fundraiser for the ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7 p.m. $8. Info, 540-0406. MVUHS Gay Straight Alliance and the Franklin Faculty Scholarship Recital: A showcase County Humane Society. Missisquoi Valley Union of music and dance by UVM faculty raises funds Middle & High School, Swanton, 2 p.m. $3-10. Info, for the cost of private instruction for UVM music 868-6553. majors. UVM Recital Hall, Redstone Campus, Burlington, 2-3:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 656-7776. fairs & festivals Shtreiml: The Montréal-based duo delivers an Village Harmony Winter Weekend: See afternoon of blues-infused Eastern European FRI.20. tunes. The Jewish Community of Greater Stowe, 4 p.m. $8-10 per adult; free for kids under 5. Info, food & drink 253-1800. Chinese New Year Celebration: Foodies ring in the Year of the Sheep with a traditional eightoutdoors course feast benefiting the Flynn Center for the Catamount Trail Day: Skiers get off the beaten Performing Arts. A Single Pebble, Burlington, 6 path when learning point-to-point backcountry p.m.-midnight. $100; preregister; limited space. touring. See catamounttrail.org for details. Nordic Info, 652-4507. Center, Bolton Valley Ski Resort, 9:15 a.m.-2 p.m. Secrets of Baking Gluten-Free Bread: Anna Prices vary. Info, 864-5794. Mays helps foodies create a customized flour Sleigh Rides: See SAT.21. blend for Brazilian cheese rolls, focaccia bread and other tasty treats. McClure Multigenerational sports Center, Burlington, 12:30-2:30 p.m. $5-10; preregStowe Derby: Cross-country skiers and fat-bike ister; limited space. Info, 861-9700. riders tackle 12.5 miles of challenging terrain from Ski Vermont Specialty Food Tour: See the top of Mount Mansfield to Stowe village. See SAT.21, Pico Mountain, Killington, 9 a.m. Cost of stowederby.com for details. See calendar spotlift tickets. Info, 223-2439. light. Stowe Mountain Resort, 8:30 a.m. $35-90; Sunday Breakfast: Rise and shine! Pancakes, preregister. Info, 253-7704, ext. 22. scrambled eggs, corned beef hash, sausage gravy and biscuits await. Proceeds benefit veterans and theater their families. VFW Post 309, Peru, N.Y., 9 a.m.'Blithe Spirit': See WED.18, 5 p.m. noon. $8. Info, 518-643-4580. 'Much Ado About Nothing': See WED.18, 2-4:30 & 7:30-10 p.m. health & fitness Parish Players 10-Minute Play Festival: Create a Happy Heart: Janet and Edwards See THU.19, 3-4:45 p.m. Smith introduce the ways Transcendental Meditation can release stress while fostering 'Romeo and Juliet': See FRI.20, 2 p.m. joy and fulfillment. Vermont Transcendental Meditation Center, Williston, 1-2:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 923-6248. Nia With Linda: Drawing from martial arts, dance arts and healing arts, sensory-based community movements inspire participants to explore their Hartford Town Meeting: Community mempotential. South End Studio, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. bers convene for budget and candidates night. $14. Info, 522-3691. Auditorium. Hartford High School, 7-9 p.m. Free. Sunday Sangha: Community Ashtanga Info, 295-2965. Yoga: Students of all ages and skill levels hit the Susan Flatow Savage Reading Corner mat to breathe through a series of poses. Grateful Dedication: Library patrons tour an updated Yoga, Montpelier, 5:40-7 p.m. $1-20 suggested nook complete with new artwork, a mural and donation. Info, 224-6183. more. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, noon-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. kids o

Bird Monitoring Walk: Nature lovers break out the binoculars and trek through diverse habitat to gather information for the Vermont e-Bird database. Meet at the Stephen J. Young Marsh parking lot on Tabor Road. Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, Swanton, 8-10 a.m. Free. Info, 868-4781. Brian Bill Memorial Challenge: Participants ages 18 and up test their mental and physical stamina on a five-mile military obstacle course that climbs 2,000 feet in elevation. Proceeds benefit the Brian R. Bill Memorial Scholarship. Norwich University, Northfield, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $4550; preregister. Info, 485-2886. Sleigh Rides: Giddyap! Horses trot folks over snow-covered open fields. Rides leave every half hour; seats are first come, first served. Call to confirm. Shelburne Farms, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $8-10; free for kids 2 and under. Info, 985-8442.

Coffee Talk With the Crow Sisters: Likeminded locals discuss awakening consciousness and psychic goodness. Espresso Bueno, Barre, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 479-0896. David Budbill: The local poet and playwright presents "From Selma to Ferguson: Some Comments on Race in Vermont." A discussion follows. Varnum Memorial Library, Jeffersonville, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, 644-2117. 'Growing Up In the Queen City': Native residents of all ages reminisce about their childhoods as part of Burlington's 150th anniversary celebration. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. Vince Feeney: The historian highlights lesserknown players in the Queen City's past in "Movers and Shakers in Burlington's History." Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

NorthWest Family Foods Fundraiser: Locals convene in support of the food shelf serving Franklin and Grand Isle counties. VFW Post 758, St. Albans, 1-7 p.m. Donations. Info, 527-7392. OK ABC Practice: A: Who am I? B: What do I want to be? C: How can I change the world? An open meeting explores these inquiries. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4:45-6 p.m. Free. Info, 989-9684.

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Kids Cooking Class: Exploring Tropical Fruits: Wee ones ages 4 and up tempt their tastebuds with creative preparations of bananas, pineapple, coconut and more. City Market/Onion River Co-op, Burlington, 9:30-10:30 a.m. $5-10; preregister; limited space. Info, 861-9700. Kids Yoga: Strength and balance exercises encourage focus and relaxation in yogis ages 3 through 7. Grateful Yoga, Montpelier, 4:15-5:15 p.m. $12. Info, 224-6183. Russian Playtime 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.

The Dupont Brothers: Vocal harmonies and intricate guitar stylings propel the siblings' signature Vermont-made Americana. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $15; $35 includes dinner package; preregister. Info, 247-4295. Great Green Mountain Bob Dylan Wannabe Contest: Area musicians grab guitars and harmonicas and do their best to channel the iconic folk star. Proceeds benefit Vermontivate. U-32 High School, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $15. Info, ginny@ vermontivate.com. Midwinter Musical Feast: Tasty fare and craft brews complement first-class vocals from Maple Jam, Front Porch Foursome and the Vermont Choral Union, among others. North End Studio A, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. $20 suggested donation; cash bar. Info, 863-6713. Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars With Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate: See FRI.20, Middlebury Town Hall Theater, 7:30 p.m. $25-30. Info, 388-4277. TURNmusic: See FRI.20, Green Mountain Club Headquarters, Waterbury Center, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $12. Info, 244-7037. A Wonderful Cavalcade of Music: An evening of rock, transgressive and artsy tunes entertains music lovers. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 8 p.m. $2-20 suggested donation. Info, 356-2776.

Bolton After Dark: When the sun sets, skiers and riders explore Vermont's most extensive night-skiing terrain, then unwind with ski and snowboard films. Bolton Valley Ski Resort, 4 p.m. $19 lift tickets; cash bar. Info, 434-3444. Downhill for Diabetes: Winter athletes hit the slopes to raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Pico Mountain, Killington, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Donations; preregister. Info, 325-3257. Unconventional Terrain Competition: Skiers test their skills as they navigate steeps, cliffs, jumps, and rocks on the first leg of the Triple Crown Competition Series. Mad River Glen, Waitsfield, registration, 8-9 a.m.; competition, 11 a.m. $45; preregister; limited space. Info, 496-3551.

Montpelier Antiques Market: The past comes alive with offerings of furniture, artwork, jewelry and more at this ephemera extravaganza. Canadian Club, Barre Town, 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $2-5. Info, 751-6138.

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VCAM Orientation: Video-production hounds learn basic concepts and nomenclature at an overview of VCAM facilities, policies and procedures. VCAM Studio, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 651-9692.

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Bead a Bracelet: Folks transform beads and wire into eye-catching wrist adornments. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-7:45 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

samBatucada! Open rehearsal: New faces are invited to pitch in as Burlington's samba street-percussion band sharpens its tunes. Experience and instruments are not required. 8 Space Studio Collective, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5017.

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GreeninG Our reliGiOns: Lecturers offer an interfaith response to the environmental crisis as part of a series of eye-opening discussions. See burlington.shambhala.org for details. Shambhala Meditation Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 862-8866.

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american red crOss BlOOd drive: See WED.18. tech help With clif: See WED.18, 6-7 p.m.

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BridGe cluB: See WED.18, 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.

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intrO tO faceBOOk fOr seniOrs: An overview of social media helps participants ages 50 and up stay connected in the digital age. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 865-7217. thinGs that mattered: A weekly class with Bob Mayer highlights artifacts that changed the world in unusual ways and contributed to major developments in human history. Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 5:45-7 p.m. $15-25. Info, 864-0218.

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cOed flOOr hOckey: Men and women aim for the goal in a friendly league setting. The Edge Sports & Fitness, Essex, 7-9 p.m. $5; equipment provided; preregister; limited space. Info, gbfloorhockey@gmail.com.

avOid falls With imprOved staBility: See FRI.20. intrOductiOn tO tai chi: Instructor Ellie Hayes demonstrates the moving meditation passed down through generations. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202. neurOscience Of mindfulness: A study led by Matthew Williams touches on biological and emotional aspects of the brain-body relationship. Living Room: Center of Positivity, Essex Junction, 4:30-5:30 p.m. $8-10. Info, 999-6131, triumstudio@gmail.com. prenatal yOGa & Barre: See WED.18. r.i.p.p.e.d.: See WED.18.

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creative WritinG WOrkshOp: See WED.18. 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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mad river chOrale Open rehearsal: The community chorus welcomes newcomers in preparation for its June concert, "I Hear America Singing." Chorus Room, Harwood Union High School, South Duxbury, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 496-4781.

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BurlinGtOn Garden cluB meetinG: Master gardener Kathy Gentry imparts her knowledge in "Growing Beautiful Houseplants." Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 1:15 p.m. Free. Info, 372-4058.

business

supercharGe yOur marketinG in 2015: George Schildge of Matrix Marketing Group advises area professionals as part of the Vermontrepreneur Collective Summit Series. The Essex Culinary Resort & Spa, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 318-7654.

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parentinG GrOup: Moms and dads bond over shared experiences and troubleshoot common frustrations. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. tuesday vOlunteer niGhts: Folks pitch in around the shop by organizing parts, moving bikes and tackling other projects. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-9687.

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alice in nOOdleland: Tykes 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. champfest: See WED.18. interGeneratiOnal dessert BOOk discussiOn: Readers in grades 6 and up consider Hillary Jordan's When She Woke over sweet treats. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660, jmuse@ colchestervt.gov. kids yOGa: A fun-filled class for students ages 8 through 12 encourages focus, creativity and teamwork. Grateful Yoga, Montpelier, 4:15-5:15 p.m. $12. Info, 224-6183. music With peter: Preschoolers up to age 5 bust out song-and-dance moves to traditional and original folk tunes. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m. Free; limited to one session per week per family. Info, 878-4918. One-On-One tutOrinG: See WED.18. preschOOl stOry time: See THU.19. stOries With meGan: See FRI.20, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

david haWard Bain: In "Joseph Battell: A Centennial Appreciation," the author outlines the life and legacy of the environmentalist, philanthropist and eccentric. Abernethy Reading Room, Axinn Center, Starr Library, Middlebury College, 4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-2117. elder educatiOn enrichment series: Poet and Champlain College professor Nancy Nahra examines one woman's rise to American royalty in "Jacqueline Bouvier Becomes Jackie Kennedy." Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 2 p.m. $5. Info, 864-3516.

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Ecstatic DancE: A free-form movement experience encourages a union between body, mind and music. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 7:15-8:45 p.m. $3-5 suggested donation. Info, 540-8300. intErnational Folk DancE: Movers and groovers take traditional steps. Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. intro to tribal bElly DancE: Ancient traditions define this moving meditation that celebrates creative energy. Comfortable clothing required. Sacred Mountain Studio, Burlington, 6:45 p.m. $13. Info, piper.c.emily@gmail.com. swing DancE PracticE sEssion: Twinkletoed dancers get familiar with the lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Indoor shoes required. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930. tango PracticE sEssion: Dancers looking to master the Argentine tradition focus on their footwork in a weekly class. New City Galerie, Burlington, 7-10 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Info, 617-780-7701, maya@newcitygalerie.org.

environment

solar PowEr & HEating worksHoP: A SunCommon representative details ways to utilize the sun's energy and avoid fossil-fuel dependence. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202.

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amErican rED cross blooD DrivE: See WED.18.

film

'HigH siErra': Humphrey Bogart stars in the 1941 gangster movie about a legendary thief who gets released from prison only to mastermind an elaborate robbery. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free; first come, first served. Info, 864-7999.

food & drink

FEast togEtHEr or FEast to go: See FRI.20.

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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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gEntlE DroP-in yoga: Yogis hit the mat for a Hatha class led by Betty Molnar. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. 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. JazzErcisE litE: See THU.19, 8-9 a.m. PEE-wEE PilatEs: Moms bond with their babies in a whole-body workout. Prenatal Method Studio, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. $15. Info, 829-0211. PrEnatal yoga & barrE: See WED.18, 12:151:15 & 4:30-5:30 p.m.

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baby & toDDlEr story timE: A Mother Goosebased morning features rhymes, songs and stories. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10:15-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. cHamPFEst: See WED.18. Fancy nancy tEa Party: Preschoolers dress to impress at a special story hour dedicated to the Fancy Nancy children's book series. Fairfax Community Library, 9:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 849-2420. 3v-StMikesGrad020415.indd 1

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FriEnDsHiP story & craFt: Kiddos ages 4 through 7 listen to an engaging tale, then settle in for themed handicrafts. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. HigHgatE story Hour: See WED.18. music witH mr. cHris: Singer, storyteller and puppeteer Chris Dorman entertains wee ones and their parents. Buttered Noodles, Williston, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 764-1810. PrEscHool music: Kids ages 3 through 5 sing and dance the morning away. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 11:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 264-5660. story ExPlorErs: cHamP: See SAT.21. toDDlEr story timE: Tykes up to 3 years old have fun with music, rhymes, snacks and captivating tales. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. vacation wEEk DroP-in makEr activity: Tinkerers experiment with squishy circuits and littleBits electronics kits. Adult companion required for kids 8 and under. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. youtH mEDia lab: Aspiring Spielbergs learn about moviemaking with television experts. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095.

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'la causEriE' FrEncH convErsation: Native speakers are welcomed to pipe in at an unstructured conversational practice for students. El Gato Cantina, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195. PausE-caFé FrEncH convErsation: French students of varying levels engage in dialogue en français. Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 6:308 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2431.

montréal

montréal En lumièrE: See THU.19.

seminars

vErmont govErnmEnt FinancE oFFicErs' organization wintEr worksHoP: Participants focus on the methodology and philosophy behind Lean Process Improvement. Lake Morey Resort, Fairlee, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $50-65; preregister. Info, 229-9111.

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Hank kaEstnEr: Attendees flock to "Birding in Kazakhstan: A Birding Frontier," a detailed account of the lecturer's avian adventures. Pierson Library, Shelburne, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, gmas@ greenmountainaudubon.org.

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'blitHE sPirit': See WED.18.

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book Discussion: Bibliophiles analyze Carol Rifka Brunt's Tell the Wolves I'm Home. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. 'nEr out louD': Middlebury College students lend their voices to original prose and poetry from the New England Review. A reception follows. Concert Hall, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 443-3168. 'writing about vErmont History' autHor PanEl: Chris Klyza, Gary Shattuck and Michelle Arnosky Sherburne deconstruct their craft. A Q&A and book signing follow. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7-8:15 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.

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WED.25 ThE CarToonisT VETEran ProjECT: The Center for Cartoon Studies launches a collaboration with area veterans aimed at capturing the experience of war on the page. Room 103, Building 44, White River Junction VA Medical Center, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 295-3319.

lEgo CrEaTions: Budding builders ages 4 and up construct unique structures with brightly colored pieces. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. mEET roCKin' ron ThE FriEnDly PiraTE: See WED.18. moVing & grooVing WiTh ChrisTinE: See WED.18. onE-on-onE TuToring: See WED.18.

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PEEr suPPorT CirClE: See WED.18.

crafts

KniTTErs & nEEDlEWorKErs: See WED.18.

dance

israEli FolK DanCing: All ages and skill levels convene for circle and line dances, which are taught, reviewed and prompted. No partner necessary, but clean, soft-soled shoes are required. Socials Room, Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $2; free first session. Info, 730-2174.

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OT T 'To lighT a CanDlE': Screened as part of the Education is Not a Crime campaign, Maziar Bahari's 2014 documentary sheds light on the plight of the Baha'is, Iran's largest religious minority. A moderated discussion follows. Sugar Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, UVM, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, ejtorres@uvm.edu.

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English as a sEConD languagE Class: See WED.18. inTErmEDiaTE/aDVanCED English as a sEConD languagE Class: See WED.18. iTalian ConVErsaTion grouP: Parla Italiano? A native speaker leads a language practice for all ages and abilities. Room 101, St. Edmund's Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 899-3869.

montréal

monTréal En lumièrE: See THU.19.

music

CéCilE mClorin salVanT: The celebrated jazz vocalist melds big sound with rhythmic poise. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 7 p.m. $17-30. Info, 603-646-2422. FarmErs' nighT ConCErT sEriEs: sEVEn TimEs salT: From English consorts to songs of liberty and taxation, the acclaimed ensemble presents an evening of early music. Vermont Statehouse, Montpelier, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 470-8519.

sports

PrEmiEr Floor hoCKEy lEaguE: See WED.18. WomEn's PiCKuP BasKETBall: See WED.18.

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CrEaTiVE WriTing WorKshoP: See WED.18. nEW EnglanD ramBlE DinE & DisCuss: Readers join Ed Cashman for a shared meal and conversation about Frederick Matthew Wiseman's The Voice of Dawn. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6-8 p.m. Free; bring a dish inspired by the book. Info, 878-6955. m

future recycling/solid waste facility. The Request for Proposals (RFP) package is available at www.cvswmd.org. For more information, call 802229-9383, x110 or email cathleeng@cvswmd.org. Send in sealed envelope to: Materials & Market Analysis Proposal, CVSWMD 137 Barre Street, Montpelier, VT 05602 Request for Proposals to provide Architectural and Engineering Professional Services in the Development of a Recycling/Solid Waste Facility

DATE ISSUED: Feb 11, 2015; PROPOSALS DUE: March 13, 2015 CVSWMD is accepting proposals to provide architectural and engineering services for a future solid recycling/solid waste facility. The RFP package is available at www.cvswmd.org. For more information, call 802-229-9383, extension 110 or email cathleeng@cvswmd.org. Send in sealed envelope to: Architectural & Engineering Services Proposal, CVSWMD 137 Barre Street, Montpelier, VT 05602

Request for Proposals RFP-Financial Auditor:

DATE ISSUED: Jan 21, 2015; PROPOSALS DUE: March 13, 2015

CVSWMD is accepting proposals for an audit of its financial statements for the fiscal year periods ending June 30, 2015, 2016, and 2017. The complete RFP can be found at www.cvswmd.org. Please direct any questions to Leesa Stewart, generalmanager@cvswmd.org. Send in sealed envelope to: Financial Auditor Proposal, CVSWMD, 137 Barre Street, Montpelier, VT 05602 or e-mail generalmanager@cvswmd.org. Request for Qualifications for “Build to Suit” Development Proposals in the Development of a Recycling/Solid Waste Facility DATE ISSUED: Feb 11, 2015; PROPOSALS DUE: July 15, 2015

CVSWMD is seeking proposals from development partners for a design build/build to suit development package for a recycling/solid waste facility. The RFQ package is available at www.cvswmd.org. For more information, call 802-229-9383, x110 or email cathleeng@cvswmd.org. Send in sealed envelope to: RFQ, Build to Suit, CVSWMD 137 Barre Street, Montpelier, VT 05602

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ChamPFEsT: See WED.18. highgaTE sTory hour: See WED.18.

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DATE ISSUED: Feb 11, 2015; PROPOSALS DUE: March 13, 2015 The Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District (CVSWMD) is accepting proposals to complete a materials and market analysis for a

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'BliThE sPiriT': See WED.18. 'King lEar': Colm Feore plays the title role in a broadcast production of Shakespeare's tale about a ruler's descent into madness, staged by the famed Stratford Festival. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 p.m. $16-20. Info, 748-2600. KrisTina Wong: Combining personal narrative with economic theory, the humorist examines global poverty in The Wong Street Journal. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $21-25. Info, 863-5966.

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FiTnEss BooT CamP: See WED.18. insighT mEDiTaTion: See WED.18. luxuriously hEalThy hair: simPlE hairCarE rECiPEs: Joann Darling of Green Sylk Soap Co. introduces herbs, essential oils and other natural remedies for soft, shiny locks. Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, 6-8 p.m. $15-17; preregister. Info, 224-7100. managing joinT Pain naTurally WiTh ChinEsE mEDiCinE: Acupuncturist Jennifer Etheridge presents acupressure and herbal approaches for managing discomfort. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-8000, ext. 202. PrEnaTal yoga & BarrE: See WED.18. r.i.P.P.E.D.: See WED.18. TangoFloW!: See WED.18.

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FuTurE oF ThE CrEaTiVE inDusTriEs PanEl DisCussion: Leaders in the fields of art, music, innovation and business engage in a dialogue about their professions. Alumni Auditorium, Champlain College, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-6432. soryu Forall: Drawing from years of extensive training, the Buddhist monk presents "Modern Mindfulness: Teaching Mindfulness to young People Using Technology." Room 102, St. Edmund's Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 5-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 654-2795.

CoFFEE TasTing: See WED.18. 'TEas oF ThE WorlD' TEa sEriEs: See WED.18. WEDnEsDay WinE DoWn: See WED.18. WinE TasTing: Oenophiles uncork bottles of newly released Spanish reds with Laura Thompson of Artisanal Cellars. Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, 4-6 p.m. $20; preregister. Info, 253-5742.

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art BEGINNING WATERCOLOR: Explore color mixing and theory, washes and watery effects! All basic watercolor techniques are taught using the three primary colors. Materials: There will be a kit of supplies available for purchase for about $40. Weekly on Mon., Mar. 9-30. Cost: $120/nonmembers; $80/ members. Location: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, 322 S. Prospect St., Burlington. Info: 656-2085, uvmolli@uvm. edu, learn.uvm.edu/osherlife-long-learning/olli-at-uvm/ olli-on-campus-courses.

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SCHOOL BREAK: DIY WONDERLAND: Jump down the rabbit hole with us and create whimsical costumes, one-of-kind hats and headbands, wacky ties, edible art creations, and more. The day will include silly games and a mad hatter tea party. All materials provided. Registration required. Ages 6-12. Instructors: Alissa Faber and Rachel Hooper. Wed., Mar. 27, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $85/person; $76.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington. WRITING ABOUT YOUR ARTWORK: Your artist’s statement is an opportunity to communicate what you investigate,

coaching COLLAB FACILITATOR TRAINING: Join us for this cohort-based training intensive where we will explore how communication and power affect relationships at all levels of society, and learn to transition this knowledge and awareness into practical, organizational application through studying the innovative set of operational practices we call Collab. Mar. 7-8: 2-day retreat opening weekend; Mar. 11-May 27: 12 weekly sessions on Wed., 5-8 p.m.; May 30-31: 2-day retreat closing weekend. VSAC nondegree grant, scholarships or work trade avail. Location: TBD, Burlington & Montpelier. Info: Round Sky Solutions, Daniel Little, 552-0122, daniel@ roundskysolutions.com, roundskysolutions.com.

craft LOTIONS, SALVES & LIP BALM: Participants will learn basic formulas to make lotions, salves, lip balms and other self-care products, learn about garden herbs that can be used in these formulas, and get recipes to use at home. In class we will

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ADULT: ADVANCED METAL: Come learn from Master Goldsmith Matthew Taylor of Matthew Taylor Designs at the Shelburne Craft School. Fabricate a beautiful piece of jewelry from a pendant to a ring. Techniques include, but are not limited to, soldering, piercing, light forging and more. Students will discuss with Matt what their projects may entail and he will be there to guide and answer questions. Weekly on Tue., Apr. 14-May 12, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $345/ nonmembers; $316/members; incl. $55 materials fee. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. ADULT: JEWELRY: Instructor: Sarah Sprague. This class will focus on jewelry design, small sculpture or functional art. Each student will complete a series of practice pieces before designing and creating a wearable finished piece out of sterling silver. Every week there will be several demonstrations including sawing, drilling, piercing, annealing, texturing, jump rings, forming, and soldering techniques. Weekly on Wed., Apr. 8-Jun. 3, 5:30-8 p.m. Cost: $335/nonmembers; $306/ members; incl. $45 materials fee. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. ADULT: SHAKER HALL TABLE: A comprehensive introduction to woodworking, this course explores the basic principles of lumber selection, hand tool and machinery usage, milling, joinery and finishing. Students will build their own Shaker-style hall table, taking the project from blueprint through completion, learning to both organize and conceptualize a furniture project, and gain familiarity with the woodshop environment. Weekly on Mon., Apr. 13-Jun. 15, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $450/nonmembers; $413.50/ members; incl. $85 materials fee. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

ADULT:HAND-BUILDING: Instructor: Alex Costantino. This hand-building class will focus on creating sculptural and functional pieces using slabs, extrusions, solid building and coils. Students explore texture and surface using multiple techniques. If you already have an idea or some inspirational images (sculptural or functional), bring them to the first class. Weekly on Fri., Apr. 24-Jun. 19, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Cost: $371.25/nonmember; $338.63/ members; incl. $45 materials fee. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne. WORKSHOP: STAINED GLASS: Instructor: Chris Jeffrey. In this a one-day stained glass workshop, beginners will learn the Louis Comfort Tiffany copper foil method of constructing stained glass. Learn to select glass colors, cut glass, apply copper foil, solder and finish a small colorful glass piece for your window. All materials will be supplied for this workshop. Bring a brown bag lunch. Feb. 24, Tue., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost: $155/nonmembers; $143.50/ members; incl. $40 materials fee. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne.

culinary SEASONAL CSA COOKING: WINTER: Basic introductory classes taught by an amateur home cook, Andrea Todd. Over a series of four sessions you will be guided through a different kitchen technique for cooking and preserving winter vegetables each week: boiling, roasting, sauteing, freezing. Hands-on learning. Come prepared to cook. Materials provided. Weekly on Tue. 6-7 p.m., Feb. 17-Mar. 10. Cost: $20/1-hour class. Location: McClure Multigenerational Center, 241 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Andrea Todd, 865-9244, andreatodd77@yahoo. com.

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PHOTO: BLACK AND WHITE DARKROOM: Explore the analog darkroom! Learn how to properly expose black and white film with your manual 35mm or mediumformat camera, process film into negatives, and make prints from those negatives. Cost includes a darkroom membership for the duration of the class and all supplies. Bring your manual film camera to the first class. No experience necessary. Instructor: Rebecca Babbitt. Weekly on Mon., Mar. 23-May 18 (no class Apr. 20), 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $240/person; $216/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington.

SCHOOL BREAK: LEGO ANIMATION: Create stopmotion animations using Legos! Students will create pieces from start to finish, creating storyboards, photographing frames and editing in iMovie. Films will be screened at the end of class. All materials provided. Registration required. Ages 8-12. Instructor: Kristen Watson. Wed., Feb. 25, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $85/ person; $76.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington.

ABSTRACT PAINTING: Students will explore the exciting possibilities of abstract painting. Students can choose their own paint medium (water-soluble oils, acrylics or watercolor) and should bring in some ideas or reference materials to use as a starting place. BCA provides glass palettes, easels, painting trays and drying racks. Material list online. Instructor: Linda Jones. Weekly on Tue., Mar. 31May 19, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $210/ person; $189/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

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ADULT: WATERCOLOR: Instructor: Jackie Mangione. Boost your creativity with this six-week class designed to hone your watercolor skills. Beginners or students in previous classes are welcome. Each two-hour session includes a live demonstration that will guide you through the lesson. We will cover a broad array of painting fundamentals with color and value relationships, wet and dry watercolor techniques and design principles that will help you build strong paintings. Weekly on Tue., Apr. 14-May 19, 5-7 p.m. Cost: $174/ nonmembers; $156.50/members. Location: Shelburne Craft School, 64 Harbor Rd., Shelburne Craft School.

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CLAY: GLAZING TECHNIQUES: Glazing a large, intricate or particularly meaningful piece of pottery can be a challenging (at times stressful) experience. In this lecture style class, Chris will demonstrate a range of glaze application processes aimed at getting the anticipated results. Instructor: Chris Vaughn. Sun., Mar. 15, 1:30-3 p.m. Cost: $25/ person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

JEWELRY: MIXED-LEVEL JEWELRY: This is a less structured class for students who would like to work on a specific project, brush up on their techniques, or learn some new techniques with the aid of an instructor to coach them. Open to all skill levels, but some experience is helpful for this open-style class. Pair with Bangles or Chasing and Repousee. Instructor: Rebecca Macomber. Weekly on Tue., Mar. 24-Apr. 28, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $140/person; $126/BCA members. Location: Generator, 250 Main St. (Memorial Auditorium), Burlington.

PRINT: DRYPOINT PORTRAITS: In this class, students will learn the basic fundamentals of portraiture in addition to learning to print from plates using the printing press. Using their own unique style, students will work from photographs and real life. After learning the basics, additional printing techniques to add color will be covered. No printmaking experience necessary. Instructor: Katie Loesel. Weekly on Mon., Mar. 30-May 18, 6-8:30 p.m. Cost: $280/person; $252/BCA members. Location: BCA Print Studio, 250 Main St., Burlington.

YOUTH: POTTERY WHEEL: Come play with clay on the potter’s wheel and learn how to make cups, bowls and more in our BCA clay studio. Price includes one fired and glazed piece per participant. All materials provided. Registration required. Ages 6-12. Instructor: Kim O’Brien. Sat., Mar. 7, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cost: $25/ person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Clay Studio, Burlington.

demonstrate and make several versatile products for everyone who attends. Class size 15. Mar. 3, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $20/person. Location: Gardener’s Supply Burlington, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: 660-3505.

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DESIGN: ADOBE INDESIGN: Learn the basics of Adobe InDesign, a creative computer program used for magazine and book layout, for designing text and for preparing digital and print publications. Students will explore a variety of software techniques and will create projects suited to their own interests. Bring a Mac-compatible flash drive to the first class. No experience necessary. Instructor: Rachel Hooper. Mon., Mar. 30-May 4, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $205/person; $184.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, 135 Church St., Burlington.

PREPARING YOUR WORK FOR EXHIBITION AND SALES: Are you ready to hang your work in an exhibition but unsure of how to prepare it for installation and sales? Learn the basics of professionally presenting your work with curator and editor Jessica Dyer. Matting, framing, glass choices, wiring, pricing and other professional presentation concerns will be covered. Mon., Mar. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $25/ person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington.

observe or want to express with your art by informing the audience about your specific motives and processes. In this lecturebased workshop, learn tips for writing a successful statement from curator and editor, Jessica Dyer. Participants are invited to bring samples of artist statements to be reviewed. Tue., Mar. 24, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $25/ person; $22.50/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington.

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COLLABORATION WITH COLLAGE: Sign up with a friend, spouse or relative for these fun workshops creating with a partner using collage. Lily Hinrichsen and Janet Fredericks will demonstrate how to use a variety of materials in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. All materials included. Ages 16 and up. Sat., Feb. 21 &/or Sat., Feb. 28, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $80/5-hour class w/ lunch break. Location: ARTSight Studios (Feb. 21) & Living Room: Center of Positivity (Feb. 28), 6 South St. & 8 Railroad Ave., Bristol & Essex Jct. Info: Lily Hinrichsen, 5788231, lilyhinrichsen@gmail.com, lilyhinrichsen.com, janetfredericks.com.

DIY DESIGN: LEATHER CASES: Join co-owner of New Duds and advanced crafter Tessa Valyou at this one night class where you’ll create your own leather cases for phones, accessories and more. Learn simple ways to make one-of-a-kind cases that you’ll want to use and give as gifts. All materials provided. Registration is required. Mar. 12, 6-8 p.m. Cost: $28/person; $25.20/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington.

of Adobe Photoshop in this two-night intensive workshop. Uploading and saving images for print and the web, navigating the workspace, adjustment layers, and basic editing tools will be covered. Bring images on your camera or on a Mac-compatible flash drive to class. No experience required. Instructor: Dan Lovell. Thu., Mar. 19 & 26, 6-9 p.m. Cost: $90/person; $81/BCA members. Location: BCA Center, Burlington.

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Here’s your chance to get in shape and have fun while raising money to save lives, Moms in your community are coming together with their kids to exercise their power over cancer by training for a walk/run event with Moms In Training! You can even train with your baby in a stroller. That’s how easy it is. Get in shape. Meet moms. Fight cancer.

Stop by on your lunch break for some brown-bag local politics. Steve Goodkind, Greg Guma, Loyal Ploof and Mayor Miro Weinberger get specific about their plans to run Burlington. This debate will be moderated by Mark Johnson of WDEV and Alicia Freese of Seven Days.

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THE LOCAL TRAP LOCAL FOOD SYST: Over the past decade the localvore movement has emerged as an effective social and economic driver of Vermont food system change. For many consumers and producers engaged in food system localization, local is inherently better. Sat., Mar. 21. Cost: $25/ nonmembers; $15/members. Location: OLLI at UVM, 322 S. Prospect St., Burlington. Info: 656-2085, uvmolli@uvm. edu, learn.uvm.edu/osherlife-long-learning/olli-at-uvm/ olli-on-campus-courses.org.

dance 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.

TAIKO DRUMMING IN BURLINGTON!: Come study Japanese drumming with Stuart Paton of Burlington Taiko! Beginner/Recreational Class on Tue., 5:30-6:20 p.m. Accelerated Taiko Program for Beginners on Mon., 7-8:20 p.m. Taiko Training Class for Beginners on Wed., 5:30-6:50 p.m. Kids and Parents Class on Tue., 4:30-5:20 p.m. Register online or come directly to the first class! Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3G, Burlington.Info: 999-4255, classes@burlingtontaiko.org, burlingtontaiko.org. TAIKO DRUMMING IN MONTPELIER: Learn Taiko in Montpelier! Weekly on Thu., Montpelier Beginning Taiko class, 5:30-6:50 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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fitness BARRE AND MAT PILATES CLASSES: Specializing in barre and mat Pilates classes for all ages, all fitness levels, all the time, seven days a week, in our beautiful Studio 208. Professional instruction, monthly specials and fun challenges help motivate! 7 days a week, morning, noon & night. Cost: $15/1-hour class. Location: Studio 208, 208 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: Kathy Brunette, 862-8686, deb@studio208vt@ gmail.com, studio208vt.com.

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CONTEMPORARY DANCE: LOOKING DEEPER: This intensive is designed to support and strengthen the skills and community of practicing contemporary dancers and dance-makers in our region. Each intensive will focus on different aspects of the skills at the core of strong and compelling performers and performances. The aim will be to use improvisational structures to strengthen our capacity to be fully awake, aware and able to respond to our constantly changing “world,” be it the studio, the stage, a specific site or our community. Instructor: Tzveta Kassabova. Adults & teens 16+. Sun., Feb. 22, 1-4 p.m. Cost: $30/ person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington.Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

BUSINESS OF BEING AN ARTIST: This free forum is a new series of conversations around the business of making a living as a performing artist. Join this gathering of artists, professionals and arts organizations to examine the realities of achieving success in the arts. This month’s topic is taxes for artists. Bring a notebook, a pen and your thorniest tax questions, and learn how you can lead a creative life and set yourself up for success! Adults & teens 16+, Feb. 27, 5:45 p.m. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4548. EXPLORING CONNECTIONS: UPPER-LOWER CONNECTIVITY: The Exploring Connections workshop series uses movement and metaphor to explore the expressive body, incorporating movement fundamentals as well as drawing and writing to explore the relationship between movement and personal expression. Our goal will be to facilitate a lively interplay between inner connectivity and outer expressivity to enrich your movement potential, change ineffective neuromuscular movement patterns, and encourage new ways of moving and embodying your inner self. Mar. 6, 5:45-7:45 p.m. Cost: $22/person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington. Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

CREATE GARDEN TO WORK FOR YOU: Dig deeper into horticulture and landscape design concepts, focusing on fresh ways to use trees, shrubs, and perennials successfully in home landscapes. Plants for both shade and sun will be covered. Note: This class qualifies for Master Gardener continuing education hours. Weekly Tue., March 10-24. Cost: $70/nonmembers; $45/members. Location: OLLI at UVM, 322 S. Prospect St., Burlington. Info: 656-2085, uvmolli@uvm. edu, learn.uvm.edu/osherlife-long-learning/olli-at-uvm/ olli-on-campus-courses. DISH/FAIRY GARDEN WORKSHOP: Transform a pot and a collection of small-scale plants into an enchanting landscape. Class size 8. Feb. 26, 5-7 p.m. Cost: $45/person, incl. container, soil & $20 gift card for plants & deco items; call to register. Location: Gardener’s Supply Burlington, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington.Info: 660-3505.

healing arts HEALING UNRESOLVED GRIEF WITH MINDFULNESS & MOVEMENT: This series includes weekly explorations of mindfulness practices to explore your grief from a fresh perspective. We will use an approach that appeals to body, mind and heart that may unlock the freeze of unresolved grief and provide skillful means to integrate it. Weekly on Tue., Feb. 24-Apr. 7, 7-9 p.m. Cost: $170/7-week series. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Therapy, 75 San Remo Dr., suite 204, So. Burlington. Info: Joey Corcoran, 654-7600-4, joey@ mindfulrest.com, vtcit.com.

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ASSEMBLING OUR IDENTITIES; MIXED MEDIA WORKSHOP: Explore Mixed Media collage, painting and sculpture with a conceptual focus on contemporary artists who use collage and found objects in their work. Bring a collection of personal objects

MIXED MEDIA DRAWING: Build your drawing skills with new materials, techniques and media beyond the pencil. Use pen and ink, ink and watercolor washes and line to add depth and detail to your drawings. Weekly on Tue., Mar. 17-Apr. 14, 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $125/person; $100/members. Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info: 253-8358, education@helenday.com, helenday.com. WATERCOLOR: PAINTING DOORS & WINDOWS W/ ROBERT O’BRIEN: Learn composition, painting light and shadow, and how to render the unique beauty of doors and windows in a realistic manner. This class is for all levels of painting ability, with some drawing experience. Sat., Feb. 21, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost: $100/person; $75/members. Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info: 253-8358, education@helenday.com, helenday. com.

herbs COMMUNITY HERBALISM WORKSHOPS: Tree Medicine for the Earth with Fearn Lickfield, Green Mountain School of Druidry, Wed., Mar. 4 6-8 p.m. Best Medicinal Garden Plants with Heather Irvine, Giving Tree Botanicals, Wed., Mar. 11 6-8 p.m. ($3 materials fee). Techniques and Tips for Successful Plant Propagation with Joann Darling, Gardens of Seven Gables, Wed., Apr. 1 6-8 p.m. See description. Cost: $12/person; $10/members + materials fee where indicated; preregistration required. Location: Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, 252 Main St., Montpelier. Info: 224-7100, info@vtherbcenter.org, vtherbcenter.org. VERMONT SCHOOL OF HERBAL STUDIES: Foundations of Herbalism Apprenticeship 2015 offers plant identification, wildcrafting, herb walks, tea formulation, aromatherapy, tinctures, herbal oils and salves, first aid, materia medica, elixirs and much more. Space limited. Gift certificates available. 7 Sun., Apr. to Oct. Cost: $825/person. Location: Vermont School of Herbal Studies, Greensboro. Info: 533-2344. WISDOM OF THE HERBS SCHOOL: Now interviewing for our eight-month Wisdom of the Herbs 2015, a unique experiential program embracing the HERBS

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DANCE MASTERCLASS WITH BRYCE DANCE COMPANY: CREATING COMMUNITY: MAKING COLLABORATIVE DANCES: Bryce Dance Company

DANCE MASTERCLASS WITH TOBY MACNUTT: FINDING THE FLOOR: As dancers, we almost always work across a floor of some kind. What happens when we embrace that relationship and treat the floor as a partner rather than as a mere work surface? Dance looks different, close down, and floor-based work also allows for different approaches to adaptive choreography. Bring your kneepads and explore your connection to the ground! Adults & teens 16+ (open level). Fri., Feb. 20, 7-8:30 p.m. Cost: $15/ person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington.Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

COMPOSTING: Ideal for Soil 101 attendees. Learn how to make compost the right way. Your plants will thank you for it. Instructor: Mike Ather. Feb. 21, 9:30-11 a.m. Cost: $12.50/ person. Location: Gardener’s Supply Burlington, 128 Intervale Rd., Burlington. Info: 660-3505, gardeners.com.

to deconstruct or replicate in your art. Mar. 7 & 14, 1-4 p.m. Cost: $100/person; $75/members. Location: Helen Day Art Center, Stowe. Info: 253-8358, education@helenday.com, helenday.com.

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MOTHERS/DAUGHTERS: COMING OF AGE: This workshop provides mothers and daughters (age 11-14) a fun, creative forum to explore their changing relationships as daughters make their transition from the realm of childhood into the circle of women. Bond, play, dance, storytell, make art together with other mothers and daughters in a celebration of our lives. 6 sessions over 7 mos., Sun., 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Mar. 22, Apr. 12, May 17, Jun. 14, Aug. 30, Sep. 13. Cost: $270/ mother/daughter pair; $250 if you register by Mar. 8; preregistration required. Location: Expressive Arts Burlington, 200 Main St., suite 9, Burlington. Info: Topaz Weis, 862-5302,

HOME EXCHANGE LOW COST TRAVEL: Learn about the process of home exchange and ways of traveling economically: lower cost airfare, B&Bs, cottage rentals, etc. Swapping your home with someone far away is a great way to travel! Class emphasis is on Britain, but the skills apply anywhere. Thu., Mar. 26 & Apr. 2. Cost: $45/nonmembers; $30/ members. Location: OLLI at UVM, 322 S. Prospect St., Burlington. Info: 656-2085, uvmolli@uvm. edu, learn.uvm.edu/osherlife-long-learning/olli-at-uvm/ olli-on-campus-courses.

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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.

DJEMBE IN BURLINGTON AND MONTPELIER!: Learn drumming technique and music on West African drums! Burlington Beginners Djembe class is on Wed., 7-8:20 p.m. Djembes are provided. Montpelier Beginners Djembe class is on Thu., 7-8:20 p.m. $22/drop-in. Please register online or come directly to the first class! Location: Taiko Space & Capitol City Grange, 208 Flynn Ave., suite 3G, Burlington & 6612 Route 12, Montpelier. Info: 9994255, classes@burlingtontaiko. org, burlingtontaiko.org.

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artistic director Heather Bryce, along with company members, will lead participants through the structures we utilize to create collaborative dances with community members. The tools provided will help participants to expand the ways in which they develop choreography or experiment with developing choreography for the first time. Adults & teens 16+ (open level). Sun., Feb. 22, 4:15-6:15 p.m. Cost: $20/person. Location: Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, 153 Main St., Burlington.Info: 652-4548, flynnarts.org.

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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.

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local herbaceous plants, trees and shrubs, holistic health, and sustainable living skills, valuable tools for living on the Earth in these changing times. Apr. 2526, May 23-24, Jun. 27-28, Jul. 25-26, Aug. 22-23, Sep. 26-27, Oct. 24-25 and Nov. 7-8, 2015. Tuition $1,750. VSAC non-degree grants available, please apply soon. Location: Wisdom of the Herbs School, Woodbury. Info: 456-8122, annie@ wisdomoftheherbsschool.com, wisdomoftheherbsschool.com.

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kids CRAFTSBURY FAMILY CAMP: Spend a memorable week retreating to the Northeast Kingdom with the whole family! Join your guides, Jennifer Canfield, Lisa Mase and Prem Prakash for a peaceful, creative and delightful experience. From biking and boating to cooking and yoga, this will be the experience of a lifetime. Aug. 17-20. Cost: $350/person; rates vary depending on the number of people in your group. Location: The Camp at Hosmer Point, 535 Lost Nation Rd., Craftsbury Common. Info: Harmonized Cookery, Lisa Mase, 598-9206, lisa@harmonizedcookery.com, harmonizedcookery.com.

language ALLIANCE FRANCAISE SPRING SESSION: CONTINUONS!: Eleven-week French classes for adults starting on March 9. New: Evening and morning sessions available! Twelve French classes offered, serving the entire range of students from true beginners to those already comfortable conversing in French. Descriptions and signup at aflcr.org. We also offer private and small group tutoring. Cost: $245/course; $220.50/AFLCR members. Location: Alliance Francaise of Lake Champlain Region, Colchester & Montpelier. Info: Micheline Tremblay, 8818826, michelineatremblay@ gmail.com.

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literature LIFT EV’RY VOICE AND SING READING: Read and discuss a sampling of poets on the American experience that will provide a context to compose your own poems on what it means to be American in the

21st century. For many, America is still a dream yet to be totally achieved. From the beginning of our literary history, poets have voiced what such ideas and ideals should mean for all America’s peoples, and not solely for those who arrived here from Europe looking for freedom of religion and freedom to pursue economic opportunity. Weekly on Mon. Mar. 9-30. Cost: $80/nonmembers; $60/members. Location: OLLI at UVM, 322 S. Prospect St., Burlington. Info: 656-2085, uvmolli@uvm.edu, learn.uvm. edu/osher-life-long-learning. READING WORKSHOP: Read and discuss a set of renowned and inspiring short stories. Examine how they convey their meanings and learn about their authors: Chekhov, Munro, Joyce, Trevor, Baldwin, Proulx, Paley, Saunders. Readings will be provided a week ahead of each class. Weekly on Thu., Mar. 12-Apr. 2. Cost: $90/ nonmembers; $60/members. Location: OLLI at UVM, 322 S. Prospect St., Burlington. Info: 656-2085, uvmolli@uvm. edu, learn.uvm.edu/osherlife-long-learning/olli-at-uvm/ olli-on-campus-courses.

martial arts VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Classes for men, women and children. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu enhances strength, flexibility, balance, coordination and cardio-respiratory fitness. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training builds and helps to instill courage and selfconfidence. We offer a legitimate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu martial arts program in a friendly, safe and positive environment. Accept no imitations. Learn from one of the world’s best, Julio “Foca” Fernandez, CBJJ and IBJJF certified 6th Degree Black Belt, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr., teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A 5-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu National Featherweight Champion and 3-time Rio de Janeiro State Champion, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mon.-Fri., 6-9 p.m., & Sat., 10 a.m. 1st class is free. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 660-4072, julio@bjjusa.com, vermontbjj.com.

massage ASIAN BODYWORK THERAPY PROGRAM: This program teaches two forms of massage,

Amma and Shiatsu. We will explore Oriental medicine theory and diagnosis as well as the body’s meridian system, acupressure points, Yin Yang and 5-Element Theory. Additionally, 100 hours of Western anatomy and physiology will be taught. VSAC nondegree grants are available. NCBTMB-assigned school. Begins September 2015. Cost: $5,000/500-hour program. Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, suite 109, Essex Jct.. Info: Scott Moylan, 288-8160, elementsofhealing@verizon.net, elementsofhealing.net.

meditation LEARN TO MEDITATE: Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be, as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom. Shambhala Cafe (meditation and discussions) meets the first Saturday of each month, 9 a.m.-noon. An open house (intro to the center, short dharma talk and socializing) is held on the third Friday of each month, 7-9 p.m. Instruction: Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appt. Sessions: Tue. & Thu., noon-1 p.m., & Mon.-Thu., 6-7 p.m. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org.

performing arts AUDITIONS FOR THE VT MUSICAL THEATRE ACADEMY: The Vermont Musical Theatre Academy is open to students between the ages of 10 and 19 and will provide an integrated and comprehensive program for the development of speech, acting, singing technique, song interpretation, musical theater dance and audition preparation. For more information and to audition, please contact Sally Olson, managing director. Auditions: Mar. 8 & 22. Spring session: Weekly on Sat., Apr. 4-May 30, 1-4 p.m. Cost: $360/ person. Location: Spotlight Vermont, 50 San Remo Dr., S. Burlington. Info: Sally Olson, admin@billreedvoicestudio.com, billreedvoicestudio.com.

pets DOG TRAINING: Dog/puppy essentials: Basic Training and Social Skills (six-week course) and Beyond Basics (five-week course) are being offered by Gold Star Dog Training in two locations. Please visit website

for schedule information. St. Albans location: stalbansrec. com, 524-1500 ext. 266 or ext. 268; South Burlington location: sburlrecdept.com, 846-4108. Class descriptions available at goldstardog.com. Location: St. Albans & S. Burlington.

photography ESSENTIAL DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY: In this handson class, discuss the basics to help you improve your digital photography skills. Are you new to digital photography, or have you been using a digital camera and want to know more about how to take advantage of all its features? Weekly on Wed., Mar. 11-April 1. Cost: $90/ nonmembers; $60/members. Location: OLLI at UVM, 322 S. Prospect St., Burlington. Info: 656-2085, uvmolli@uvm. edu, learn.uvm.edu/osherlife-long-learning/olli-at-uvm/ olli-on-campus-courses.

pregnancy/ childbirth PRENATAL METHOD STUDIO: Prenatal and postnatal yoga and fitness classes blending Yoga, Barre and Pilates. Childbirth Education class series and weekend intensives. Yoga Alliance Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training Program. Book groups, new mom playgroups, pregnancy circle teas. Supporting women and their partners in the management and journey of pregnancy and childbirth. Every day: lunchtimes, evenings & weekends. Cost: $15/1-hour prenatal or postnatal yoga class. Location: Prenatal Method Studio, 1 Mill St., suite 236, at the Chace Mill, Burlington. Info: 829-0211, beth@ prenatalmethod.com, prenatalmethod.com.

religion THREE MONOTHEISMS UNITY: Discuss the basics of the relationships among Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Christianity began as a Jewish sect, and the earliest Muslim community prayed toward Jerusalem. All three purport to worship the same God, but each has its own interpretation of that God’s activity in the world. The class will explore historic roots with an eye toward better understanding our contemporary world. Tue., Mar. 24. Cost: $30/nonmembers; $20/members. Location: OLLI at UVM, 322 S. Prospect St., Burlington. Info: 656-2085, uvmolli@uvm. edu, learn.uvm.edu/osherlife-long-learning/olli-at-uvm/ olli-on-campus-courses.

spirituality BRIDGING SPIRIT LIFE AFTER DEATH: Using Dr. Eben Alexander’s book Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey Into the Afterlife as a reference, we will consider the broader evidence for the lifeafter-death phenomenon. This is the true story of a sciencetrained medical doctor who had a profound near-death experience. Wed., Mar. 11-Apr. 1. Cost: $90/nonmembers; $60/ members. Location: OLLI at UVM, 322 S. Prospect St., Burlington. Info: 656-2085, uvmolli@uvm. edu, learn.uvm.edu/osherlife-long-learning/olli-at-uvm/ olli-on-campus-courses.

tai chi 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. TAI CHI, MONTPELIER: Green Dragon Wakes from Hibernation and Stretches its Claws. Learn this and other evocative movements in the Hwa Yu tai chi form, an early form of tai chi in the Liuhebafa lineage. Enhance physical and spiritual wellbeing. Mixed-level class maximizes mentoring potential. Weekly on Mon. starting Mar. 2, 5-6 p.m. Cost: $80/9-week semester. Location: Montpelier Shambhala Center, 46 Barre St. (call to confirm venue), Montpelier. Info: Ellie Hayes, 456-1983, grhayes1956@comcast.net.

yoga BEGINNING YOGA: This class serves as an introduction to yoga and is specifically designed for beginners over age 50. Taught in a gentle and light-hearted way, it is easily accessible to any level of fitness. This series introduces participants to the basics of yoga. Weekly on Mon., Mar. 9-30. Cost: $60/nonmember; $40/ members. Location: OLLI at UVM, 322 S. Prospect St., Burlington. Info: 656-2085, uvmolli@uvm. edu, learn.uvm.edu/osherlife-long-learning/olli-at-uvm/ olli-on-campus-courses. BURLINGTON HOT YOGA: TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT!: Really different, hot yoga with far infrared heating panels. We offer creative, vinyasa-style yoga

classes featuring Prana Flow Hot Yoga in a 93-degree studio with balanced humidity, accompanied by eclectic music in our newly remodeled studio. Come try this unique heat which has many healing benefits. Classes daily. Ahh, to be warm on a cold day, a flowing practice, a cool stone meditation and a chilled orange scented towel to complete your spa yoga experience. Location: North End Studio B, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 999-9963. EVOLUTION YOGA: Evolution Yoga and Physical Therapy offers a variety of classes in a supportive atmosphere: Beginner, advanced, kids, babies, post- and pre-natal, community classes and workshops. Vinyasa, Kripalu, Core, Therapeutics and Alignment classes. Become part of our yoga community. You are welcome here. Cost: $15/class, $130/class card, $5-10/community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20 Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 864-9642, evolutionvt.com. HONEST YOGA, THE ONLY DEDICATED HOT YOGA FLOW CENTER: Honest Yoga offers practice for all levels. Brand new beginners’ courses include two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily classes in Essentials, Flow and Core Flow with alignment constancy. We hold teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels. Daily classes & workshops. $25/new student 1st week unlimited, $15/class or $130/10-class card, $12/ class for student or senior or $100/10-class punch card. Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Sport Shoe Center, S. Burlington. Info: 497-0136, honestyogastudio@ gmail.com, honestyogacenter.com. YOGA ROOTS: Yoga Roots provides a daily schedule of yoga classes for all ages and abilities. We aim to clarify your mind, strengthen your body and ignite your joyful spirit through classes such as Prenatal Yoga, Gentle Yoga, Anusura-inspired all levels, Restorative and Heated Vinyasa Flow! New on our winter schedule: Sacred Space w/ Pam, Sun., 7:45-9 a.m., and Therapeutic Restorative yoga w/ Heidi, Mon., 10:30-11:45 a.m. Winter series: Feldenkrais with Uwe Mester, 2/19-3/26, Absolute Beginner Level II, 3/12-4/16, Teen Yoga free class 3/3, 4:30-5:30 and ongoing series 3/10-4/14. Location: Yoga Roots, 120 Graham Way, Shelburne Green Business Park behind Folino’s. Info: 985-0090, yogarootsvt.com.

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Jamie Lee Thurston on modern country, his rocker dad and not-quite-stardom

hen a young Jamie Lee Thurston left his Vermont home for Los Angeles, and later Nashville, in 1999, local fans believed the singer was bound for country-music glory. But a funny thing happened on the way to the Grand Ole Opry: He didn’t get there. That’s not to say that Thurston, a Waterbury native and son of wily rocker Jimmy T. Thurston, has been a failure. Far from it. He’s written songs for country stars such as Trace Adkins, Montgomery Gentry and Rodney Atkins — ironically, the last charted on a Thurston tune titled “15 Minutes.” He’s flirted with major labels, including Warner Bros., with whom he briefly had a record deal in 2003. He has eight full-length albums to his credit and another due out this year, which he believes will be his finest to date. Armed with a six-string guitar and a distinctive, gravelly growl, Thurston has carved out a modest career in mainstream country. But the stardom many had assumed for him — and which, by his own admission, he still craves — has proved elusive. At least for now. For more than 15 years, Thurston has clawed his way through an unforgiving music industry at a time when its future has been uncertain. “Leave it to me to get into the music business right when it’s going in the tank,” he says. Still, despite the ups and downs, Thurston remains resolute in his dream. This Friday, February 20, Thurston will play a homecoming gig at the Rusty Nail in Stowe, flanked by

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don’t know how else to describe it except to say that I was fucking crushed.

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SD: But then Rodney Atkins did one of your songs, “15 Minutes.”

JAMIE LEE THURSTON: Cold, man. I mean, it’s pansy cold, probably in the teens or something. But it’s cold.

SD: Dude, it’s in the negative teens here right now… JLT: Jesus. I can’t deal with the negative numbers anymore. I’ll take pansy cold.

SD: I don’t blame you. So, one of the turning points of your career was that you had a deal with Warner Bros. but it fell through. It seemed like it was in the bag, so what happened? JLT: Well, it was a paper bag and the bag was wet. What happened was that I had a song that had come in as a “Hot Shot” on Billboard, which is a big deal. So they offered me a deal. But right at the same time, Asylum [Records, a WB subsidiary label] closed and they had to absorb all of those artists. So no more deal for me. But the head of A&R told me, “Trust me. You don’t want to be here right now.” She was probably right.

SD: That must have been cold comfort, though.

JLT: Yeah. It’s a much longer story. But that’s the gist. I

JLT: Yup. That one raced to, like, No. 16, which was his fastest-rising single to date. And he had just come off four straight No. 1s or something. But it got to 16 and his management decided it wasn’t a good song for his image. So they basically dropped it, and then it fell like a brick.

SD: Still, charting that high is pretty cool. But was it bittersweet to have someone else chart with one of your songs? JLT: I’ve never really thought about it. It was a nobrainer to do and it is what it is. It kept me around and surviving.

SD: You’ve certainly been through the ringer. In your darker moments, have you been tempted to just walk away?

JLT: To cut to the chase, I don’t know what else I would do. You definitely get tired of it, but it’s all I’ve ever done. What’s my fallback plan? I don’t have one. But there have been times when I would think, I’m just gonna tell them all to go fuck themselves, move to Florida and play in a tiki bar for the rest of my life. But it’s just something I have to THURSTIN’ FOR MORE

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the Green Mountains home. The other three, however, might be a bit of a mystery to most of you. So just who the hell are these folks? Glad you asked! Zero Circle are a Burlington altrock band fronted by tYlEr GurwicZ, a profoundly talented vocalist perhaps best known for his time in the urGENcY, a Vermont pop-punk band that had a cup of coffee with Island/Def Jam about five years back. Urgency fans will likely dig ZC, too, though the latter band’s melodic pop-punk inclinations are tempered by a harder instrumental edge. Angsty teenage me loves this shit. (Even-keeled thirtysomething me thinks it’s pretty good, too.) Not to delve into the sausage-making process too deeply, but two things the BHW panel collectively agreed were important in making our decisions were to look beyond Burlington and to find representation from the state’s hardcore/punk scene. Rutland’s Get a Grip, likely the reigning kings of local hardcore, were a natural choice, fitting both designations. Also, they rawk wikkid hahd. That brings us to my favorite selection of the bunch: Brattleboro indie-rockers the Snaz. If that name sounds familiar, it could be because you heard them when they were finalists in the NPR Studio 360 Battle of the High

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SD: You’re working on a new record. What can you tell me about it?

JLT: I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever done. I grew up on ’70s pop and AC/DC and Judas Priest and Johnny Cash and Buck Owens. So you kinda sew all that together and that’s basically where I’ve landed with this record. It’s over budget and it’s cost me a ton of money, but it’s what I really wanted to do.

SD: So it’s almost as much a rock record as a country record?

JLT: Sort of. I’m a country singer, so anything I do will sound country. But there is some really heavy, hard shit on this record.

SD: Modern country music is in an interesting place, where so much of it is barely distinguishable from Top 40 pop. To quote Waylon, “Are you sure Hank done it this way?”

JLT: Some of it is so fucking bad. It really is. Some people might hear me say that and think, sour grapes. But I want everything to be great. I want to turn on the radio and go “Fuck yeah!” But for the most part, I turn on the radio and go “Fuck. Really?”

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SD: Are you sure you really want to be a part of that?

JLT: Well, I look at this way. If you’ve been a carpenter for 20 years, chances are you can build a pretty damn good house. I know I’m good. And it’s not because I’m “cool,” because I’m not. But I’ve logged the time and worked hard. So maybe there is still a place for wellcrafted music on the radio. I had a friend who told me 98 percent of the people who try to become stars don’t make it. But that means that somebody has to be part of that 2 percent. So why not me?

SD: Your dad is quite a character. What was it like growing up with Jimmy T. as your dad?

JLT: That’s one way to put it. [Laughs.] You have no idea. I don’t know how much of that would be printable. But my dad is awesome. He’s a great dude. I learned how to be an entertainer from watching him, and I learned so much other stuff from people in his bands, who were just nice to this skinny punk kid. I graduated high school and went on the road with his band. I was a roadie at 15 in the summers. So I experienced every level, from setting up the stage to playing on it. I owe everything I am, whatever I am, to him.

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ARTSRIOT: Kathleen Kanz presents Comic Relief (standup comedy), 8 p.m., $5/10/14. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Wildlife Wednesday (trap, house), 9:30 p.m. Aquatic Underground DJs (house), 10 p.m., free. JP'S PUB: Pub Quiz with Dave, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke with Melody, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Taylor Haskins Quartet (jazz), 8 p.m., free. LEUNIG'S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Dwight Richter (blues), 7 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR'S: VT Comedy Club Presents: What a Joke! Comedy Open Mic (standup comedy), 7 p.m., free. Kalob Griffin Band (bluegrass), 9:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+. RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Ensemble V (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Irish Sessions, 9 p.m., free.

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RED SQUARE: DJ Jack Bandit (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Sturgill Simpson, Anderson East (country), 7:30 p.m., $15/17. AA. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Cam Meekins, Stirling DuBois (hip-hop), 8 p.m., $12/15. AA. THE MONKEY HOUSE: Bison (rock), 8:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

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BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Papa GreyBeard (blues), 6 p.m., donation. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (MONTPELIER): Cajun Jam with Jay Ekis, Lee Blackwell, Alec Ellsworth & Katie Trautz, 6 p.m., $5-10 donation. SWEET MELISSA'S: Wine Down with D. Davis (acoustic), 5 p.m., free. Open Blues Jam hosted by Jason Jack, 8 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Heady Topper Happy Hour with David Langevin (piano), 5 p.m., free. MOOG'S PLACE: Rudy Dauth (blues), 8 p.m., free. PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

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THE STAGE: Open Mic, 6 p.m., free.

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MONOPOLE: Open Mic, 10 p.m., free. OLIVE RIDLEY'S: So You Want to Be a DJ?, 10 p.m., free.

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Jazz Sessions with Julian Chobot, 6:30 p.m., free. Sarah Griffin (folk), 7 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Kat Wright & the Indomitable Soul Band (soul), 11:30 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE: D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Tytanium (EDM), 10 p.m., free. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Mashtodon (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Right Coast Leftovers (honky tonk), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation.

chittenden county HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, Homeboy Sandman (hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., $18/20. AA.

FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Sinkane, Cookies (world music, pop), 8:30 p.m., $12/15. AA.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Half & Half Comedy (standup), 8 p.m., free. The Harder They Come (EDM), 10:30 p.m., free.

THE MONKEY HOUSE: Bless the Child, A2VT, Enemy Self, Question tha Emcee (hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., $3.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Julian Chobot Jazz Trio, 8 p.m., free.

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Shellhouse (rock), 7 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Tar Iguana (rock), 9 p.m., free.

PENALTY BOX: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

NECTAR'S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free. Bluegrass Thursday: the Tenderbellies, North and South Dakotas, 9:30 p.m., $2/5. 18+.

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PIZZA BARRIO: Busk & Rye (bluegrass), 6 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE:

BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Tim Berry & Chanon Bernstein (roots), 6 p.m., free.

CHARLIE-O'S WORLD FAMOUS: Brave the Vertigo, DJ Crucible (metal), 9 p.m., free.

NUTTY STEPH'S: Bacon Thursday: Andric Severance (jazz), 7 p.m., free. SWEET MELISSA'S: BYOV Thursdays, 3 p.m., free. Emma Beck (folk), 7:30 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Papa GreyBeard (blues), 7:30 p.m., donation. MOOG'S PLACE: Open Mic, 8 p.m., free. RUSTY NAIL: Aprés Ski: Matthew Szlachetka (singersongwriter), 4 p.m., free.

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51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE: Paul Asbell Jazz Group, 8 p.m., free. CITY LIMITS: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: 3rd Thursday Comedy Night: Ryan Kenyon (standup comedy), 7 p.m., free. Jam Man Entertainment (dance party), 10 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom THE STAGE: Autumn Attic Groove (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

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Moving on, one of the most pleasant surprises at last summer’s Precipice music festival was ARGONAUT&WASP, a newish Burlington act that delivered a solid set of super-tight, innately danceable tunes rooted in a mix of indie

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I’ve spilled a fair amount of ink championing the brilliance of local vagabond/songwriter CAROLINE ROSE. So I’ll spare you further ramblings and direct you instead to our arts blog, Live Culture. There you’ll find a video Rose and pedal steel player BRETT LANIER whipped up just for 7D to preview the band’s show at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge this Saturday, February 21, with Waylon Speed. Rose and Lanier recorded a brand new song “Casino,” from the road in North Carolina. In a bathroom. Really. And you wonder why I love Caroline Rose so much.

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I’ve only had my hands on the EP for about a week now, but on cursory listens, I’d say a&w make good on their self-described fusion of indie, funk and dance music. There’s a sly mix of PBR&B baby-makin’ music, catchy house production and just a hint of guitar-fueled psychedelia. Also, as evidenced by the EP’s lead single, “In the Drown,” band architects/producers THEO KLEIN and TREY SCHIBLI know their way around a slinky hook. Also of note, a&w are slated to play SXSW this year, too. Serendipity.

Last but not least, earlier this month, American songwriter JOE DRISCOLL and Guinea native and kora master SEKOU KOUYATE were forced to cancel their scheduled appearance at ArtsRiot in Burlington, due to some really stupid weirdness involving Kouyate and the Department of Homeland Security that I’d rather not get into lest I end up on a watch list. Seriously, it was ridiculous. Anyhoo, it seems whatever issues prevented the duo from playing that show have been resolved. While the ArtsRiot show itself has not been rescheduled, you can catch Joe and Sekou at Middlebury’s Town Hall Theater with fellow Cumbancha label mates SIERRA LEONE’S REFUGEE ALL STARS this Saturday, February 21. And I think you should go becau[REDACTED BY U.S. DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY. HAVE A NICE DAY.]

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ARTSRIOT: TURNmusic (contemporary chamber music), 7:30 p.m., $10. BENTO: Open Improvisation Jam, 10 p.m., free. BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Jake Whitesell (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. CLUB METRONOME: Tom Maxwell & the Minor Drag, Abbie Morin (swing), 6 p.m., $10/15. 18+. Back to the Future Friday (’90s/2000s dance party), 9 p.m., $5. FINNIGAN'S PUB: DJ Jon Demus (reggae), 10 p.m., free.

HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Josh Dobbs (live experimental), 7 p.m., free. Bonjour Hi (trap), 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Aaron Flinn (rock), 8:30 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Dan Ryan Express (jazz), 8 p.m., free. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: The Wondermics (rock), 9 p.m., free.

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NECTAR'S: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. NEKTones, Learic, Ill Doots, Thirty Seven & Louis Mackey (hip-hop), 9 p.m., $5. RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids music), 11 a.m., free. Shay Gestal (singer-songwriter), 5:30 p.m., free. The Endorsements (electro-Americana), 7 p.m., free. Paul Boffa & Michelle J. Rodriguez (roots), 8 p.m., free. Kurt Van Hook (folk pop), 9 p.m., free. Sundown Hollow (Americana, rock), 10 p.m., free. The Wee Folkestra's 4th Annual Red & Black Ball (folk rock), 11:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Max Garcia Conover (folk), 4 p.m., free. Collin Craig Continuum (jazz, funk), 7 p.m., $5. DJ Craig Mitchell (house), 11 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Con Yay (EDM), 9 p.m., $5. RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Supersounds DJ (top 40), 10 p.m., free. RUBEN JAMES: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Nemes (rock), 8 p.m., $5-10 donation. ZEN LOUNGE: Salsa Night with Jah Red, 8 p.m., $5. D Jay Baron (hip-hop), 10 p.m., $5.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Acoustic Happy Hour, 5 p.m., free. Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free.

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HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Shpongle, Phutureprimitive (psychedelic), 9 p.m., $22/25. AA. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Alpenglow, And the Kids, the Sun Parade (indie), 8 p.m., $10/12. AA.

JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Frost Heave Highway with Morgan Hevrin (folk), 7:30 p.m., free. THE MONKEY HOUSE: About Time Vermont Band (jazz, funk), 5:30 p.m., free. Swillbillie, Crazyhearse (punkabilly), 9 p.m., $3/5. 18+. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: King Me (acoustic rock), 5 p.m., free. A House on Fire (rock), 9 p.m., free.

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BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Eric Fernald (folk), 6 p.m., free. CHARLIE-O'S WORLD FAMOUS: Abby Jenne (rock), 7 p.m., free. Green Mountain Playboys (cajun), 10 p.m., free. ESPRESSO BUENO: Stroke Yer Joke! Comedy Open Mic (standup comedy), 8 p.m., free.

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BENTO: Selah Sounds, 10 p.m., free. BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Queen City Quartet (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. CLUB METRONOME: Green Mountain Cabaret: Tassle Awards (burlesque), 7 p.m., $10/15. 18+. Retronome with DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5. FINNIGAN'S PUB: Revibe (rock), 10 p.m., free. FRANNY O'S: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. HALFLOUNGE SPEAKEASY: Bob Levinson (singer-songwriter), 8 p.m., free. Sploosh with DJs QDO & Phatrix (house), 10 p.m., free. JP'S PUB: Karaoke with Megan, 10 p.m., free.

GUSTO'S: Killin Time (country), 10 p.m., $5.

JUNIPER: Cynthia Braren Trio (jazz), 9 p.m., free.

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LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Rocket Erotic (pop up shop), 1 p.m., free. Nadir Jazz Trio, 8 p.m., free.

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POSITIVE PIE (MONTPELIER): Binger (jam), 10 p.m., $5. SWEET MELISSA'S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5 p.m., free. Seth Yacovone Band (blues), 9 p.m., $5.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Cooie Sings (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., donation. MATTERHORN: The House Rockers (rock), 9 p.m., $5. MOOG'S PLACE: Abby Sherman (folk), 6 p.m., free. Cloud People (rock), 9 p.m., free. RIMROCK'S MOUNTAIN TAVERN: DJ Rekkon #FridayNightFrequencies (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. RUSTY NAIL: Aprés Ski: From the Heartland (roots rock), 4 p.m., free. Jame Lee Thurston with Jimmy T. Thurston and "Uncle" Mike Woodard (country), 9 p.m., $15/20.

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MONOPOLE: The B-Sides (rock), 10 p.m., free. MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free.

for the powerful yet delicate interweaving of lyrical imagery, the stirring vocals and the haunting chamber-folk arrangements — the record achieves something close to divine.

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barre/montpelier BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation. Small Axe (roots), 6 p.m., free.

CHARLIE-O'S WORLD FAMOUS: Dan Zura (acoustic), 7 p.m., free. Vicious Gift, the Law Abiders (rock), 10 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA'S: Penny Arcade (folk), 5 p.m., free. Coquette (rock), 9 p.m., free.

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RUBEN JAMES: Craig Mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE: Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 6 p.m., $3. DJ Dizzle (hip-hop, top 40), 10 p.m., free.

THE STAGE: Comedy Night, 7 p.m., free. Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

Then Came the Morning, the second album by Brooklyn’s the Lone Bellow, has a spiritual

quality. Produced by Aaron Dessner of the National, the album was recorded in the

NUTTY STEPH'S: Cooie & Friends (folk, blues), 7 p.m., free.

SIGNAL KITCHEN: argonaut&wasp, Madaila, Disco Phantom (electro, indie pop), 8:30 p.m., $10. 18+.

PHAT KATS TAVERN: Raized on Radio (rock), 9:30 p.m., free.

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RÍ RÁ IRISH PUB & WHISKEY ROOM: Kenny Mehler Band (rock), 10 p.m., free.

CITY LIMITS: City Limits Dance Party with Top Hat Entertainment (Top 40), 9:30 p.m., free.

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FRANNY O'S: The Hitmen (rock), 9 p.m., free.

JAMES MOORE TAVERN: Zach Nugent (rock), 8 p.m., free.

BACKSTAGE PUB: Justice (rock), 9 p.m., free. GOOD TIMES CAFÉ: Pete's Posse (folk), 8:30 p.m., $12/15. HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Caroline Rose, Waylon Speed (rock), 8:30 p.m., $10/12. AA. JAMES MOORE TAVERN: Lenny Noel (rock), 8 p.m., free. THE MONKEY HOUSE: The Luxury, Nemes (rock), 9 p.m., $3. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Two Count (rock), 5 p.m., free. High Rollers (rock), 9 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Clare Byrne (folk), 11 a.m., donation. Nate Perham (singer-songwriter), 7:30 p.m., donation.

MATTERHORN: Slant Sixx (rock), 9 p.m., free.

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THE PARKER PIE CO.: The Kingdom Tribute Revue: Sublime, 8 p.m., NA.

THE STAGE: Shatterbx (rock), 6 p.m., free. Cobalt Blue (rock), 8 p.m., free. THE TAMARACK GRILL AT BURKE MOUNTAIN: Starline Rhythm Boys (rockabilly), 3 p.m., free.

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

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MOOG'S PLACE: Bacon & Eggs (rock), 9 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Sundae Soundclash (house), 9 p.m., free.

RUSTY NAIL: Dark Side of the Mountain (Pink Floyd tribute), 9 p.m., $15/20. 18+.

FRANNY O'S: Kyle Stevens' Happiest Hour of Music (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. Vermont's Next Star, 8 p.m., free.

mad river valley/ waterbury CASTLEROCK PUB: Michelle Sarah Band (rock, 9 p.m., free.

THE RESERVOIR RESTAURANT & TAP ROOM: Invisible Homes (rock), 10 p.m., free.

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

THE MONKEY HOUSE: WW Presents: 'Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?' (indie), 8 p.m., $2. 18+. PENALTY BOX: Trivia With a Twist, 4 p.m., free.

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

stowe/smuggs area THE BEE'S KNEES: Howard Ring Guitar Brunch, 11 a.m., donation.

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Vermont indie-folk band Alpenglow left the Green Mountains for Brooklyn last year, despite the explicit, but perhaps tonguein-cheek, advice of Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy not to do so. Really, the move was a natural and obvious one. Few local groups have ever ascended so swiftly as the Middlebury College-born quintet, who were among the state’s most buzzed-about bands even before their 2013 debut, Solitude EP, began garnering national attention. But as much as it was a logical career move — it’s just easier to be a touring band based in Brooklyn than in Vermont — it was also artistically motivated. The lone flaw of Solitude was that its influences were sometimes too clearly evident — most obviously, the haunting isolation of the Low Anthem. It’s fair to assume some of that sound stemmed from the haunting isolation of Vermont itself. As cofounder Graeme Daubert put it in a 2014 interview with Seven Days, “Context is so important in terms of the music we make.” As the band members began to nurture their own sound, it was natural that they

sought a change of context — and scenery. Indeed, Daubert revealed that Brooklyn has inspired a new musical direction for Alpenglow. We won’t know what form that will take until the band releases its next album, presumably later this year. In the meantime, Alpenglow have put out a new recording, Chapel EP,, that should sate erstwhile fans and turns the page on the band’s Vermont chapter. Chapel is in some ways an extension of Solitude. For one thing, it was recorded in the same sessions as that debut. But Chapel is a more assured and fully realized recording than its predecessor. Credit for that belongs, to some degree, with Jesse Lauter, who mixed the EP — and, not coincidentally, produced and engineered two Low Anthem records. Chapel EP has the same expansive quality that was evident on Solitude, but it’s brought into sharper, almost cinematic focus here. In particular, the contrast between Daubert’s wide, pure-toned vocals and the intricate instrumental interplay behind him creates a mood that’s both starkly chilling and serenely comforting. The best example of this is “Old Country.” The song begins with Daubert singing unaccompanied, his hollow tenor

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album, “Reign of the Bowfin” showcases Maddox’s fine electric guitar chops. At less than two minutes, it’s a swirling, pulsing track with global influences. “Longley Bridge” is an unhurried study of the sweetly strummed dulcimer. Closer “The Fathers of the Year” is a long, strange, distorted electric guitar solo that imagines the breadth and depth of Vermont’s waters and the creatures that inhabit them. SCAN THIS PAGE Standing alone, Guitar in the Shallows WITH LAYAR is a well-crafted collection of guitar-driven SEE PAGE 9 songs. When paired with high-quality videos of grumpy-looking largemouth bass, bewhiskered brown bullheads, or flighty chain pickerel, it’s a curiously meditative and chill journey. For best listening, throw the DVD on the big screen, crack a beer, and let the unique hybrid of interests and aesthetics take you away. Part ecological education, part instrumental experimentation — and, in a way, part performance art — Guitar in the Shallows is no normal listening experience. Guitar in the Shallows is available at iseefishpeople.bandcamp.com.

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If a fish sings underwater, does it make a sound? If it did, Ben Maddox, formerly of the Enosburg Falls-based folk-rock trio Farm, would probably be there to hear it. As Seven Days reported in 2012, Farm began producing a web series of HD underwater videos, documenting various fish found in Vermont’s lakes and ponds and setting the creatures’ movements to the band’s instrumental tunes. Outfitted in scuba gear and toting waterproof video equipment, Maddox and company would drop into the water and camp out, capturing interactions among the aquatic critters and, later, pairing the video with their experimental rock. Dubbed I See Fish People, the series is now in its third season. Though Farm are no longer recording, Maddox finds musical backing for the

series by continuing to produce his own songs and recruiting others — including fellow former Farm hand Jedd Kettler — to help out. In December 2014, Maddox released a collection of 11 new fish songs, Guitar in the Shallows. Kettler and Maddox, who now perform together in the Mountain Says No, appear on the second number, “Trout River.” However, most of the album credit goes to Maddox, who contributed all but one track, “Burette’s Green River.” Burette is Burette Douglas of Burlington expats the Cush, BTW. His reverberating, shimmering guitar suggests sunlight gleaming through muddy waters. With the exceptions of “Night Fish” and “Through the Ice,” which push the edges of psychedelic rock, the album concentrates on isolated spots of nature’s night sounds or relaxed guitar segments. Built on a simple guitar line and faint, pleasing birdcalls, “Berlin Pond” exudes a jangly, hanging-out-at-the-cabin vibe. Though it’s a noticeable departure from the rest of the

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BAGITOS BAGEL & BURRITO CAFÉ: The People's café (poetry), 6 p.m., donation.

RADIO BEAN COFFEEHOUSE: Stephen callahan trio (jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. crazyhearse (acoustic shredabilly), 9 p.m., free. Honky tonk tuesday with Brett Hughes & Friends, 10 p.m., $3. RED SQUARE: craig mitchell (house), 10 p.m., free.

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SOUTH SIDE TAVERN: open mic with John Lackard, 9 p.m., free.

NECTAR'S: Vt comedy club Presents: What a Joke! comedy open mic (standup comedy), 7 p.m., free. Kalob Griffin Band (Americana), 9:30 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

stowe/smuggs area

NECTAR'S: Gubbulidis (jam), 8 p.m., free/$5. 18+. Juliana Reed Band (funk, soul), 9 p.m., free/$5. 18+.

Wednesday (trap, house), 9:30 p.m. Wildlife music collective (house), 10 p.m., free.

CHARLIE-O'S WORLD FAMOUS: Karaoke, 8 p.m., free.

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Paint, Paper, Pigments, Prints and More From Nature is a cookbook-style guide to wildcrafting art supplies, ranging from simple charcoal sticks to natural inks. “I love drawing and painting and I love wilderness skills,” Neddo explained. “Something happened in the past few years where I got tired of compromising one or the other of these two large passions in my life.” So five years ago, Neddo challenged himself to an experiment: He would create art materials using only ancient tools. He

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or most painters, making art begins when brush is put to canvas. But for Nick Neddo, a wilderness skills instructor and artist living in Montpelier, the creative process begins with the paint itself. For the past five years, the Vermont native has made his own art supplies from foraged roots, clay, sticks and stones. “There’s already hours and hours and hours of work before the ink even touches the paper,” said Neddo, who’s in his midthirties. “By the time I finish a piece of art with materials that I’ve wildcrafted, there’s a much bigger context around it.” On a bright morning in early February, Neddo, clad in a leather shirt he’d tanned and sewn himself, invited a reporter into his studio. It’s located on a mountainous, unpaved road just a 15-minute drive from the Vermont Arts Council’s Spotlight Gallery, where an exhibit of Neddo’s paintings and drawings is on display this month. A quick look around the loft-style workspace revealed his handiness: stacks of handmade woven baskets, leather bags and not-yet-transformed furry hides. Then there was the artwork. The walls were hung with Neddo’s graceful drawings and paintings of trees, flora and wildlife; his desk was covered with surprisingly elegant handmade paints, brushes, charcoal sticks, pencils and paper. Downstairs in the kitchen, sumac leaves simmered in a Crock-Pot, turning into ink; Neddo’s current project was a drawing of sumac plants made with materials he’d sustainably harvested. “This is the first time I’ve used sumac ink, so I have no idea how it’s going to behave,” the artist said. “So I’m unlocking some of its secrets. It’s still luring me in, you know?” Neddo shares some of the secrets of natural materials that he has already “unlocked” in his recently published first book. The Organic Artist: Make Your Own

Nick Neddo with his handmade art supplies

BY THE TIME I FINISH A PIECE OF ART WITH MATERIALS THAT I’VE WILDCRAFTED,

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researched and tested extensively, then shared his initial findings with a weeklong class for young adults at central Vermont’s ROOTS School. In 2013, Neddo got a call from an editor at Quarry Books who’d seen his work on the wilderness program’s website. Having recently emerged from 18 months of intensive writing and illustrating — “It’s amazing I still have a place to live, and a girlfriend,” he quipped — Neddo sat down with Seven Days to talk creativity, the stone age and human survival. SEVEN DAYS: What’s the value of making art with handmade supplies? NICK NEDDO: I think that’s yet to be determined. For me, I can say that it’s more valuable than what I was doing before I was making my art supplies. I was using just modern, mechanical pens and doing, like, nice little drawings with crosshatching. When I had the idea to start getting into my own art supplies, I was kind of reluctant at first. It seemed messy and cumbersome and, like, redundant. But when I started making my own pens from turkey feathers and my own ink

from, you know, pine soot and other stuff … I realized that before I even put the pen onto the paper, the art project had started long ago. SD: Does that inform what you draw or paint? NN: It can. I go back in my mind to that place in the forest where I found that pine stump, or got the source to make the ink. For me, the value is increased just because I feel more connected to the process, and to the landscape, which is kind of my whole goal. SD: Does that connection inspire you? Is the landscape your muse? NN: I dedicated my book to the muse, whoever she is. I personify the muse as, like, creativity embodied ... And I’ve learned to recognize, “Am I inspired? Oh, yeah? OK, nothing else matters right now!” Which also causes problems, because I might be inspired all night; I might be inspired for two days straight. But creativity is a gift. I think it’s a gift to our species. It’s like one of our superpowers.

art shows

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f Michael Zebrowski: ‘Otwieraç,” sculpture that explores art, architecture and science through the lens of material culture, by the JSC assistant professor of art. Artist talk: Thursday, March 5, 3 p.m. February 23-April 3. Info, 635-1469. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College.

middlebury area

Painting in Water-Based Media: An exhibit of watercolor, gouache, acrylic and ink works by students of visiting professor Jenny Kemp. February 19-24. Info, 443-3168. Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College. Peter Fried: The visual artist invites visitors to his new gallery and working studio to observe his process in various media. Works are available for purchase. February 20-December 31. Info, peterdfried@gmail.com. Peter Fried Art in Vergennes.

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f Bill Ramage & Bob Johnson: “Death and

a Chair,” a dual exhibit by the artist and Castleton College philosophy professor. Reception: Friday, February 27, 6 p.m. February 25-March 27.Info, 468-6052. Castleton Downtown Gallery in Rutland.

f Russell Serrianne: “Natural Line,”

The Organic Artist: Make Your Own Paint, Paper, Pigments, Prints and More From Nature by Nick Neddo, Quarry Books, 160 pages. $24.99.

‘Moving Toward Architecture for All’: Architects John McLeod and Stephen Kredell speak about their work, their teaching, their communitybased design/build program in Maine, and their latest thinking about the role of architects and architecture. Johnson Memorial Building, Middlebury College, Thursday, February 19, 7 p.m. Info, 443-3168. Figure Drawing: Practice figure drawing with a live model. ONE Arts Center, Burlington, Tuesday, February 24, 6-9 p.m. $15-16. Info, oneartscollective@gmail.com. Peter Vinton: The Vermont graphic designer gives a talk about his new book, Monitors. Bradford Public Library, Wednesday, February 25, 6 p.m. Info, 222-4536.

ONGOING Shows burlington

‘Animal Power’: Paintings of horse-powered transportation and agriculture in Vermont by multiple artists. Through February 28. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Flynn Center, in Burlington.

Howard Center Arts Collective: Vibrant works by local artists who receive and provide services through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Branch of the Howard Center. Through February 28. Info, 363-4746. Flynndog Gallery in Burlington. Innovation Center Group Show: Works by Ashley Veselis, James Vogler, Jamie Townsend, Kathryn Jarvis, Longina Smolinski, Lori Arner, Robert Green, and Scott Nelson on the first floor; Jean Cherouny, Jeanne Amato, Laurel Waters, Lyna Lou Nordstrom, Michael Pitts and Tom Merwin on the second floor; and Camilla Roberts, Chance McNiff, Janet Bonneau, Krista Cheney, Laura Winn Kane and Wendy James on the third floor. Curated by SEABA. Through February 28. Info, 859-9222. The Innovation Center of Vermont in Burlington. James Vogler & Carolyn Crotty: Abstract paintings by Vogler and mixed media by Crotty. Curated by SEABA. Through February 28. Info, 859-9222. VCAM Studio in Burlington.

f Jennifer Koch, Susan Smereka & Elise Whittemore: “1 x 3,” monoprints by the local artists. Meet the Artist event: Saturday, February 28, 6-8 p.m. Through March 24. Info, 735-2542. New City Galerie in Burlington. Julie A. Davis: “A New World,” a series of 18 oil paintings that reflect the frenetic energy and obsessive work that sometimes follow a period of trauma, by the Burlington artist. Through February 28. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington. Katlin Parenteau: “Rouge Authenticity,” acrylic paintings by the Northeast Kingdom artist. Through February 28. Info, 859-8909. Red Square in Burlington. Leah Van Rees: Paintings inspired by the natural world. Curated by Burlington City Arts. Through February 28. Info, 865-7166. Courtyard Marriott Burlington Harbor. Linda Smith: Storybook-style paintings by the former elementary-school teacher. Curated by SEABA. Through February 28. Info, 859-9222. Speeder & Earl’s: Pine Street in Burlington.

Megan J. Humphrey: “Surrounded By Love,” vintage Valentines collage by the Burlington artist. Through February 28. Info, 355-5418. Vintage Inspired Lifestyle Marketplace in Burlington. Nancy H. Taplin & Ethan Bond-Watts: “In Motion,” abstract paintings by Taplin and glass sculptures by Bond-Watts that capture the “kinetic energy of color and light.” Through March 7. Info, 865-5355. Vermont Metro Gallery, BCA Center, in Burlington. Nancy Tomczak: Watercolor paintings of birds and watercolor collages in the dining room. Through February 28. Info, 862-9647. The Daily Planet in Burlington. Sally Hughes & Carol Shallow: ‘Our Favorite Things,” plein-air watercolor paintings by two friends. Through March 29. Info, 660-9005. The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington. Sally Linder: “Within the Circle,” paintings created from the Burlington artist’s experiences in Greenland, Svalbard, Iceland and Nunavut, Canada. Open weekdays by appointment. Through March 16. Info, 860-2733. Freeman Hall Conference Room, Champlain College, in Burlington. ‘SEABA Folio 2003 Project’: Original prints by 22 of Vermont’s finest artists. Through February 28. Info, 859-9222. The Pine Street Deli in Burlington. ‘Spatial Intuitions’: Works by Vermont artists Brooke Monte and Marilyn Maddison and out-of-state artists Kristi Arnold and James Lentz that explore perspective, depth and pattern in several mediums. Through March 13. Info, oneartscollective@gmail.com. L/L Gallery, UVM, in Burlington. ‘Taking Pictures’: An exhibit of works past and present from artists in the Pictures Generation of the 1970s that explores appropriation and the influence of mass media. Through April 4. Info, 865-5355. BCA Center in Burlington. Tom Waters: Acrylic paintings inspired by the beauty of Vermont, by the Essex artist. Through March 28. Info, 658-6400. American Red Cross Blood Donor Center in Burlington. UVM Medical Center Group Show: Art by Michael Sipe, Cameron Schmitz, David Griggs, Michael Farnsworth, Phil Laughlin and Jane Ann Kantor. Curated by Burlington City Arts. Through April 30. Info, 865-7166. UVM Medical Center in Burlington. Vermont Artisans: Frame shop owners Alex and Jeremy Dostie have been collecting artwork since opening in 2011. A selection of those pieces is on view, featuring some 20 Vermont artists. Through March 30. Info, 660-9005. Dostie Bros. Frame Shop in Burlington. Winnie Looby: Art created on an iPad during sleepless nights by the Burlington artist. Through February 28. Info, 863-6713. North End Studio A in Burlington. Zoe Bishop & Adam Forguites: New works in oil by the local artists. Through March 29. Info, 861-2067. Nunyuns Bakery & Café in Burlington. chittenden county shows

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“Digging for Roots,” wildcrafted drawings by Nick Neddo, is on view at Spotlight Gallery, Vermont Arts Council, in Montpelier through February 28. vermontartscouncil.org, nickneddo.com

‘New Research on Demoiselles d’Avignon’: Fleming curator Janie Cohen shares her soonto-be-published research findings that examine the influence of colonial photography in Africa on Picasso’s seminal painting, in conjunction with a current exhibit. Fleming Museum, UVM, Burlington, Wednesday, February 18, noon. Info, 656-0750.

‘Craftucation II’: Works by Shelburne Craft School instructors Rik Rolla, Sage Tucker-Ketcham, Chris Ramos, Gered Williams, Evelyn McFarlane and Matthew Taylor. Through February 28. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center in Burlington.

Maureen O’Leary: “Honey Lane,” an exhibit of new paintings by the New York artist. Through February 28. Info, oneartscollective@gmail.com. ONE Arts Center in Burlington.

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Nancy Dwyer, Louise Lawler & Laurie Simmons Talk: The Mollie Ruprecht Fund for Visual Art presents a conversation with the three artists, in association with BCA Center’s current “Taking Pictures” exhibit. Williams Hall, UVM, Burlington, Wednesday, February 18, 5:30 p.m. Info, 656-3131.

‘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. f ‘Staring Back: The Creation and Legacy of Picasso’s Demoiselles d’Avignon’: The exhibit explores the origins and influence of the seminal cubist painting through a selection of American, African and European contemporary art, as well as new technologies. Through June 21. ‘Travelers in Postwar Europe’: Black-and-white photographs of Germany, Paris, London and Venice by Burlington doctor H.A. Durfee Jr. between 1951 and 1953. Through June 28. Info, 656-8582. Fleming Museum, UVM, in Burlington.

Maltex Group Show: Art by Steve Diffenderfer, Nissa Kauppila, Carol Boucher, John Snell, Tracy Vartenigian Burhans, Krista Cheney, Amy Hannum and Kimberly Bombard. Curated by Burlington City Arts. Through April 30. Info, 865-7166. The Maltex Building in Burlington.

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Christy Mitchell: “Turn the Tables,” collages employing LP covers and sheet music that explore the artist’s “innate feminine strength” after a series of life-altering events, and depict her journey. Through February 28. Info, 578-2512. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington.

Lynne Reed: “EdgeWalker Paintings,” an exhibit of Japanese Enso-inspired paintings by the Burlington artist. Through March 6. Info, 233-6811. Revolution Kitchen in Burlington.

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SD: Do you think we all have that superpower? NN: I do. I think that’s one of our defining characteristics as people. I think every animal or creature has its superpower, if you will, that’s really well adapted for its environment. For humans, our environment is all over the place because we’re innately adaptable. We learned how to sew and make clothing so we could move away from the equator. To me, adaptability and creativity are one and the same. You need to be creative in order to be adaptable, and without that we wouldn’t be here. I’m convinced. Our species would not have made it 200,000 years. And I don’t think we’ll make it another 200 years without adapting more. I think that’s crucial, so I’m kind of tooting the horn of creativity, like, “Hey, people! Creativity is fun!” It’s one of the ways we feel alive in the world, being creative and engaged, making stuff and solving problems and innovating things and bringing those things to life. m

landscapes made from clipped vines by the Glens Falls, N.Y., artist. Reception: Tuesday, March 10, 12:30 p.m. February 23-March 27. Info, 468-6052. Christine Price Gallery, Castleton State College.

Art’s Alive 2nd Annual Open Photography Exhibition: Thirty-six Vermont photographers who answered an open call to artists show more than 100 photographs. Through March 29. Info, 660-9005. Art’s Alive Gallery in Burlington.

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f ‘Chronograph: a photo Exhibition’: A group show with images that represent the facets and dichotomies of time. Juried by Johan HallbergCampbell. Closing reception: Sunday, February 22, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Through February 22. Info, 777-3686. Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction. KEith tatarCzuK: Drawings in graphite and charcoal, watercolors, and mixed-media works by the local artist. Through March 31. Info, 658-2739. Magic Hat Artifactory in S. Burlington. MiChEllE Ennis JaCKson: Watercolor paintings of nature and the changing seasons by the Essex Junction artist. Through February 28. Info, 985-8222. Shelburne Vineyard.

f ‘natural bEautiEs: JEwElry FroM art nouvEau to now’: Nearly 300 works from the likes of Tiffany & Co., Harry Winston, Cartier and others illustrate the fascination with nature, and our evolving relationship to it, in jewelry design. Panel discussion: Saturday, February 21, 2 p.m. Through March 8. nathan bEnn: “Kodachrome Memory: American Pictures 1972-1990,” featuring evocative color images by the acclaimed National Geographic photographer. Through May 25. Info, 985-3346. Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education, Shelburne Museum. studEnt darKrooM photography show: Photographs by Mount Mansfield Union High School students. Through February 28. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

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‘1865, out oF thE ashEs: assassination, rEConstruCtion & hEaling thE nation’: Historical artifacts that commemorate the Civil War’s 150th anniversary. Through July 31. Info, 485-2886. Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University, in Northfield.

‘Subtle, Not Subtle: Evocative Nuance’ A new exhibit at Stowe’s West Branch Gallery &

Sculpture Park bids viewers to appreciate the “delicate complexity” in the works of four accomplished artists. Gorgeous and evocative abstract landscapes by Helen Shulman, Janis Pozzi-Johnson and Marc Civitarese are accompanied by Jonathan Prince’s steel

‘art oF plaCE’: A group exhibit of works inspired by the artists’ interactions with the spaces they inhabit. Through March 8. John snEll: “This Is Why I Live Here,” photographs of central Vermont by the Montpelier artist. Lower Gallery. Through March 7. Info, 728-6464. Chandler Gallery in Randolph.

sculptures. “These artists invite the viewer to join them in the act of contemplation and to explore nuance and subtlety in artwork,”

august burns: “The Eyes Have It: Portraits and Figures,” an expressive collection of paintings and drawings of men and women by the accomplished portraitist. Through March 31. Info, 828-3131. Vermont Supreme Court Lobby in Montpelier.

daniEl barlow & sCott baEr: “Green Mountain Graveyards,” a photography exhibit that explores the evolution of historic gravestones and funerary art in Vermont. Through April 1. Info, 479-8519. Vermont History Museum in Montpelier.

writes cocurator Ric Kasini Kadour. The result, he adds, is “a powerful experience — emotional earthquakes that are anything but subtle.” Through June 3, with an artist’s reception on Saturday, February 28, 6-8:30 p.m. Pictured: “Preserve” by Shulman. glEn Coburn hutChEson: Artwork by the gallerySIX founder. Through March 31. Info, 262-2253. The Skinny Pancake (Montpelier).

JaCKiE sMith: Photographs of flowers, vegetables, fire, water and abandoned objects taken through a heart-shaped lens. Through February 28. Info, 223-2317. The Cheshire Cat in Montpelier.

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‘aMoré’: More than 20 local artists interpret themes of love and passion with paintings, sculptures, prints and assemblages. Main Floor Gallery. ann young: “Autumn Pond Abstract,” paintings. CECElia KanE: “How Am I Feeling Today?” portraits of vintage hankies. Second Floor Gallery. Through February 21. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre.

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Michael T. JerMyn: “New American Impressionism,” images by the montpelier photographer. Through April 30. Info, 223-1570. Chill gelato in montpelier. Mollie S. Burke: magical-realist paintings. Through February 27. Info, 828-3131. Vermont statehouse in montpelier. nick neddo: “Digging for Roots,” wild-crafted drawings by the montpelier artist, who creates his own mediums with foraged berries, mud and sticks. Through February 28. Info, 828-3291. spotlight gallery in montpelier. nikki eddy: “You and the Night,” abstract acrylic paintings by the Vermont artist. Through February 28. Info, 479-0896. espresso Bueno in Barre. nina and craig line: The father and daughter photographers exhibit images of the Kent museum as well as landscapes and portraits from Vermont and across the u.s., south America, the former soviet union, europe and Nepal. Through march 31. Info, 223-2518. montpelier senior Activity Center. ray Brown: Recent abstract oil paintings inspired by the Vermont artist’s travels in Florida and Italy. Through march 31. Info, 552-8620. gallery sIX in montpelier.

stowe/smuggs area

f “SuBTle, noT SuBTle: evocaTive

nuance”: Delicate and complex paintings by marc Civitarese, Janis pozzi-Johnson and helen shulman; and sculptures by Jonathan prince. Reception: saturday, February 28, 6-8:30 p.m. Through June 3. f ‘endleSS BeginningS: nonrepreSenTaTional arT Today’: paintings and sculptures by 12 regional artists. Reception:

saturday, February 28, 6-8:30 p.m. Through April 19. f ‘Menagerie: aniMalS in arT’: paintings and sculptures by 11 artists depict an array of domestic and wild creatures. Reception: saturday, February 28, 6-8:30 p.m. Through march 29. Info, 253-8943. west Branch gallery & sculpture park in stowe. ‘Through our lenS’: photographs by young adults participating in the Big picture project. Maria anghelache: “Tropical Abstract/ Abstractions,” colorful paintings by the Romanianborn Vermont artist. Through march 2. Info, 888-1261. River Arts in morrisville.

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his year marked the 20th anniversary of Burlington’s “Winter Is a Drag Ball.” Last Saturday, scantily clad Vermonters of all persuasions came out of hibernation to strut their stuff at Higher Ground, and Seven Days staff photographer Matthew Thorsen was there to capture it all. Hosted by the gender-bending babes of the House of LeMay, this year’s event saw the return of Cherie Tartt and Yolanda of public-access fame. Proceeds benefited the Vermont People With AIDS Coalition.

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MarieluiSe huTchinSon: New landscape paintings by the regional artist. Through march 31. Info, 253-1818. green mountain Fine Art gallery in stowe. ‘play’: National and regional artists display work in various mediums inspired by play. Also, an ongoing collaborative art project by hundreds of local elementary school students. Through April 12. w. david powell & peTer ThoMaShow: mixedmedia collages and sculptures by the Vermont artists. Through February 22. Info, 253-8358. helen Day Art Center in stowe.

f ‘roMancing The garden’: paintings of flowers, fauna, farms, gardens, buds and blossoms from more than 50 artists, main gallery. Also, piper strong, middle Room, and the 2014-2015 Legacy Collection, east gallery. Talk with gardening expert Charlie Nardozzi: sunday, February 22, 2 p.m. Through march 29. Info, 644-5100. Bryan memorial gallery in Jeffersonville. sTowe/smuggs AReA shows

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‘Slope Style’: Thirty-five fully accessorized vintage ski outfits, with a special section of the exhibit dedicated to Vermont ski brands. Through October 31. Info, 253-9911. Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum in Stowe.

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mad river valley/waterbury

Arthur Zorn: “Line Dances,” abstract-impressionist paintings by the Barre artist and musician. Through February 22. Info, 244-8581. Waterbury Congregational Church.

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Ben FrAnk MoSS & VArujAn BoghoSiAn: “Collage, Drawing, Painting,” works by the abstract and collage artists. Through March 31. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester. Bonnie BArneS: “Blanc et Noir,” new photography inspired by rural life and frontiers by the Waitsfield artist. Through February 28. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frameshop in Waterbury. ‘hooked in the VAlley’: Thirteen area artists display 36 hooked-rug pieces in a variety of styles. Through March 28. Info, 496-6682. Festival Gallery in Waitsfield.

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CAleB kennA: “Elemental Vermont,” photographs in the natural world by the Brandon artist. Through April 1. Info, 388-3300. American Flatbread (Middlebury Hearth).

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‘Andy WArhol printS’: “Recent Gifts From the Andy Warhol Foundation”: 10 vivid prints by the late pop artist including portraits of Chairman Mao, Goethe, Sitting Bull, Ingrid Bergman and Queen Ntombi of Swaziland. f ‘outSide in: Art oF the Street’: Graphic works by 19 street artists and urban legends who are now exhibiting in museums and galleries internationally. Gallery talk with co-curators Chris Murray and Emmie Donadio: Thursday, February 19, 4:30 p.m. Through April 19. Info, 443-3168. Middlebury College Museum of Art. SuSAn AlAnCrAig: “Unexpected Journeys: Life, Illness and Loss,” photographic portraits, accompanied by audio and written excerpts of interviews given by women with metastatic cancer and their family caregivers. Through May 9. Info, 388-4964. Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury.

rutland area

Bill rAMAge: An 11.5-by-43-foot photo illustration of downtown Rutland by the local artist and Castleton professor is on view by appointment. Through February 28. Info, 468-6052. 104 Merchants Row in Rutland. Student Art ShoW: An energetic assortment of art by students at Barstow Memorial, Leicester Central, Lothrop Elementary, Neshobe, Proctor Elementary, Sudbury Country, Whiting Elementary and Otter Valley high and middle schools. Through March 3. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild. Winter Art MArt: Winter-inspired art in many mediums by local artists including Gayl M. Braisted, Andrew David Christie, Lyn DuMoulin, Stu Hall, Maurie Harrington, Tom Merwin, Jim Samler and Judith Reilly. Through March 29. Info, 247-4295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon.

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call to artists cityWide Fair Housing Project: ONE Arts is calling for artists to show work, and venues to host shows and events, for a fair housing creative initiative. It will focus on the theme of home and inclusive communities and take place throughout and beyond Burlington. We’re seeking diverse perspectives on community and personal reflections on home to suggest panels, events or classes. Info: oneartscollective@gmail. com. Deadline: March 1. ONE Arts Center, Burlington, csartuV 2015 season: CSArtUV calls for artists of all disciplines who live and work in the Upper Valley region of Vermont and New Hampshire to apply for its 2015 season. Selected artists receive a stipend to produce

25 pieces to be sold as “shares” to patrons, enthusiasts and collectors. Application at info@csartuppervalley.com. Deadline: February 28. CSArt Upper Valley, Hartland. Info, 280-5214. ‘Feed tHe arts’: Submit your work to this evening of performances, culinary creations and arts and crafts. The opening act will be junior performers, followed by an intermission at which artists of all types can sell their work. The closing act will include adult performers. Proceeds of event will go to participating artists. Old Labor Hall, Barre, Through March 10. Info, 622-0481, rentalartist@ gmail.com. sHelburne Pond studios: Shelburne Pond Studio invites local artists, crafters, musicians and food vendors to participate in the Vermont Craft Council’s Open Studio Weekend at its location. Deadline for submissions: April

champlain islands/northwest jason brunault & micHael Perron: Wood creations by the two local artists. Through February 28. Info, 933-2545. Artist in Residence Cooperative Gallery in Enosburg Falls.

upper valley

brenna colt: “Sheered Wit,” an exhibit of photographs, paintings and drawings. Through March 18. Info, 295-3118. Hotel Coolidge in White River Junction.

‘Fibrations!’: Fiber creations by more than a dozen renowned New England artists. Through March 30. Info, 885-3061. The Great Hall in Springfield. jeanette Fournier: Watercolor paintings inspired by wildlife and nature. Through March 31. Info, 359-5001. VINS Nature Center in Hartford.

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liz gutH & gisèle mcHarg: Hooked rugs by the local artists. Through March 15. Info, 889-9404. Tunbridge Public Library. tom scHulten: Vivid works by the renowned Dutch painter of consensusism. Through December 31. Info, 457-7199. Artemis Global Art in Woodstock.

‘get out oF tHis one: broken snoW remoVal deVices oF tHe nek’: A “brief celebration of futility” in the form of an exhibit about the rigors of snow removal in Vermont winters. Through May 31. Info, claredol@sover.net. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover. james Frase-WHite: “Flights of Fancy,” stained glass and paper art inspired by nature and fantasy. Through February 28. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

martHa elmes: “Art Teacher Repurposed: Crazy Paper Cuts,” acrylic and cut-paper assemblages by the local artist. Through March 9. Info, 535-3939. Grindstone Café in Lyndonville.

f matt brackett: “Dark Waters/Grateful

Daughters,” paintings by the Boston artist. Reception: Friday, February 20, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Through March 22. Info, 748-2600. Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury.

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‘Poseidon and tHe sea: mytH, cult & daily liFe’: Art and artifacts that illustrate how ancient societies in the Mediterranean world worshipped the powerful Greek god. Through March 15. Info, 603-646-2095. allan Houser: Five sculptures by one of the best-known Native American artists are installed outside the museum in the Maffei Arts Plaza, representing his 3D work from 1986-1992. Through May 11. Info, 603-635-7423. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H. amy cHeng: “Breathing Lessons,” intricate mandala paintings by the nationally acclaimed artist. Through February 18. Info, 518-564-2474. Plattsburgh State Art Museum, N.Y. ‘marVels and mirages oF orientalism: From sPain to morocco, benjamin-constant in His time’: Six iconic aspects of orientalism are explored in Canada’s first museum exhibition dedicated to the genre, featuring recently rediscovered works by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, a seminal figure in the movement. Through March 31. ‘WarHol mania’: Fifty posters and a selection of magazine illustrations by Andy Warhol offer a brand-new look at his commercial-art background. Through March 15. Info, 514-285-1600. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. ‘stone Palette’: Thirty-one lithograph prints from 19th-century France. Through March 15. ‘Wild nature: masterWorks From tHe adirondack museum’: Sixty-two paintings, photographs and prints from the permanent collection of the Adirondack Museum, dating from 1821 to 2001, including work by Hudson River School masters. Through April 19. Info, 518-7921761. The Hyde Museum in Glens Falls, N.Y. susan WHiteman & dan Hausner: “Tread Softly, Travel Lightly,” paintings by Whiteman, Main Gallery; “Moments and Places,” photographs and handcrafted frames by Hausner, Community Gallery. Through March 13. Info, 518-563-1604. Strand Center for the Performing Arts in Plattsburgh, N.Y. m

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