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A Richmond man was sentenced last week to four years in prison for providing the fentanyl that killed two Vermont brothers in 2015. Robert Robidoux, 38, pleaded guilty to two felonies, including dispensing a drug with death resulting. That charge stems from the deaths of Sean and Dennis Thibault, who fatally overdosed on fentanyl in a Burlington home in June of 2015. At his sentencing last week, the brothers’ mother, Penny Thibault, said she hoped the conviction would send a message that people who deal drugs will be held accountable for “the devastation that they leave in their paths.” “Sean and Dennis cannot have died in vain. We need for their deaths to make a difference in this crisis,” she said in a prepared statement. “We need to do what we can to prevent even a single family from experiencing this unimaginable, tragic loss.” At the sentencing, Robidoux apologized for the brothers’ deaths and said he missed them, according to court documents. Penny Thibault said afterward that she considered his remarks untruthful and his apology insincere. The sentencing ends her seven-year effort to hold Robidoux responsible for her sons’ deaths, first documented in a 2016 Seven Days cover story.

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The opioid epidemic has only intensified since then. Last year, 210 people succumbed to accidental drug overdoses in Vermont — the most since the state started tracking the figure — and all but 14 had fentanyl in their systems. Charges against dealers connected to fatal overdoses are still somewhat rare, though. The cases can be difficult to prove, and some prosecutors have philosophical qualms about seeking enhanced charges against low-level dealers who often are battling addiction themselves. Robidoux could have faced more than 20 years in prison, but state prosecutors agreed to recommend a lighter sentence in exchange for his plea. Thibault told Seven Days that she had wanted Robidoux to receive a harsher prison sentence — at least seven years, since that is how long it has taken for him to admit to providing the drugs to her sons. Still, the case’s conclusion will bring her family some peace. A box containing her sons’ ashes has sat on a chair in her bedroom for years. She had vowed to keep them there until Robidoux was sent to prison. She and her husband now plan to scatter the ashes somewhere — likely in a place the brothers enjoyed as children. “‘Closure’ is a word that implies an ending,” she said. “This will never end for us. But this chapter is done now.” Read Colin Flanders’ full story at sevendaysvt.com.

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The city of Barre was very different when Kris Hunt attended Spaulding High School about 15 years ago. Back then, many LGBTQ people weren’t open about their identities. “There was a lot of negativity around it,” said Hunt, who is a transgender man. But Hunt, who works as a bike mechanic at Vermont Bicycle Shop, sees signs of modest change in his hometown. Pride Rides, a Barrebased LGBTQ mountain bike club that he leads, meets up all over the state. And Barre’s holding a drag ball in honor of Pride Month in June — something it’s done since 2015. In the latest sign of improving conditions, a local group has created the Rainbow Bridge

Community Center in a downtown Barre storefront to serve as a meeting place for LGBTQ youths and adults. The space, which opens on Saturday, June 4, sports a lounge with couches, an air hockey table, a kitchen, a computer room and a wall that will be turned into an art gallery. The center is a nonprofit, supported by grants and donations, with a seven-person board. It will provide free mental health counseling, social programs and event space. “It’s for anybody who is willing to accept all the different colors of the rainbow,” founder Gregg Forbis said. Rainbow Bridge got its start after Forbis decided to learn more about the city he’s lived in for 20 years. He enlisted some local parents whose LGBTQ children were struggling to find

a sense of belonging. He also recruited 2018 gubernatorial candidate Christine Hallquist as a board member, saying that her political and business experience will be an asset to the fledgling group. Hallquist, a transgender woman, said she has mentored LGBTQ youth in rural Vermont and has advised them to move to Burlington to find community. “There’s tremendous support in Chittenden County,” Hallquist said. But she noted that Barre has changed in the last few years. “There are young families moving in, and a community center like this helps,” she said. “Young people today are looking for welcoming communities.” ANNE WALLACE ALLEN SEVEN DAYS JUNE 1-8, 2022

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Last week’s “Gowntown Development” article was excellent. But “coeds”? Really? That term was offensive when coined and remains so. Just say “students.” Eloise Boyle

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I read with interest Sasha Goldstein’s piece regarding campaign finance in Vermont’s hotly contested election for the open seat in the U.S. House [“In Vermont’s U.S. House Race, D.C. Insiders, Lobbyists Sign Up for Team Molly Gray,” May 18]. It seems to me that, while the focus was on fundraising by the Molly Gray campaign, the most important fact in the story is that all three leading candidates have nearly the same percentage of donations from out of state. While the report included lesser mention of money donated to the campaigns of state Sens. Becca Balint and Kesha Ram Hinsdale, it could have been more balanced by paying similar attention to contributions to those two candidates. To me, the fact that Gray has drawn support from the camps of Sen. Patrick Leahy and U.S. Rep. Peter Welch is a plus for her; each has a long legacy of effective service to Vermont. Bridget Conry

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While it is unfortunate that you no longer host reader comments online, it is also completely understandable. Over the past several years, I have had works published in the Wall Street Journal, Market Watch, Forbes, the Charlotte Observer, EdSurge and Education Week. I write to advocate for those with diagnosed learning differences and to support better understanding of these conditions — in order to lessen the unfortunate, baseless stigma associated with such diagnoses. I have learned to expect hateful, mannerless commentary by the internet trolls, who seemingly enjoy being boorish and unlearned, flaunting their incivility and ignorance.

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AFTER A LONG FLIGHT

I doubt God would have created potatoes and pronouns, if They didn’t want me standing in line at Al’s French Frys in Burlington, Vermont. Close to the airport, my first stop when I fly home to my Green Mountain State. Where I doubt many tourists know in the back room they keep a can of Fancy Grade A syrup. You can ask for. To pour over your fries. If you can show them your license, even if you’re not a native Vermonter. Someone who was born a doubter. Who could swear God poured gold out of those leaf-painted trees. When, in March, the temperature rises and falls overnight creating the best sap run. A sweet maple water to boil off into clouds of Christ. I doubt you’ll believe me when I tell you

one cloud looked so much like Him, like They, I wanted to call a priest to verify this. To believe what I was seeing. Even though I wouldn’t say, too, I see God in everything thing I can. After a long flight. In every pronoun. In the potato the ground carved into the face of God. The pleasure I feel standing in Al’s long line. At home at last. Smothering my fries in my state’s kingdom of dripping gold. No matter what the doctors nearby at the Medical Center tell me is good for me or not. No matter how much doubt there is in the world. Gary Margolis

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While I deplore Gov. Phil Scott’s overall lack of meaningful action on climate issues and don’t agree with his reasons for vetoing, I had other concerns about the Clean Heat Standard bill [“House Fails to Override Governor’s Veto of Clean Heat Measure,” May 10, online] — primarily, that it includes biofuels and gas as “clean” alternatives to fossil fuels. In reality, biofuel production often is carbon-intensive, harms essential ecosystems and diverts resources from food production. Similarly, any proposal that includes “renewable” natural gas supports an industry of pipelines, pollution, human health impacts and Indigenous rights infringement.

Testimony to the Vermont Senate last month by local Indigenous leaders and other experts spoke powerfully to many of these issues, and an amendment to the CHS bill introduced by Sens. Kesha Ram Hinsdale and Anthony Pollina would have capped biofuels at 10 percent of alternative energy sources, but that amendment was defeated. I completely support the principle of a framework to regulate fuel dealers and direct the crucial transition away from fossil fuels. But I don’t see us attaining resilience and sustainability by simply replacing our dependence on out-of-state fossil fuels with a dependence on out-ofstate biofuels. I want to see a Clean Heat Standard that would prioritize weatherization, heat pumps and other energy conservation measures, along with incentives for in-state sources of energy like community solar. Doing so would reduce our consumption, keep our energy dollars in Vermont and strengthen our communities for the climate challenges ahead. Marisa Keller

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FOOD+ DRINK 36 Into the Thicket of It Sampling bramble’s wood-fired fare at the Essex Experience

Meals for Myanmar

Burlington church congregants cook to benefit their Southeast Asian homeland

Age of Asparagus Planting for the future links us to the past

After four years of turmoil and transition, the Flynn enters a new era

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ARTS+CULTURE 42 Arias for All

Vermont’s two opera companies are all about edgy updates

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Follow the Beat

Candidates Love a Parade

Democratic rivals for U.S. House seat shake hands and pet dogs at Memorial Day events

‘Prudence or ... Panic?’

Legal worries prompt a Randolph school to take down a Black Lives Matter flag

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Vermont’s robust primary contests take shape

Seven shows not to miss at the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival

Trail Mix

A new bridge marks a milestone for a greenway spanning Vermont

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Huge, immersive art destination planned for Essex

Our Stories, Ourselves

Families and self-advocates to share experiences at a Vermont Family Network storytelling event

Eva Sollberger asked viewers to choose the SUPPORTED BY: subject of Stuck in Vermont episode 666. The resounding answer: Vermont’s “Ghost-Master General,” author Joe Citro. Eva traveled to Woodstock with cinematographer Michael Fisher to meet up with Joe and get a tour of some of his favorite spooky spots.

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The 73rd annual St. Johnsbury Pet Parade fills the town’s streets with costumed furry friends and their families. Kicking off at Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium and ending at Four Seasons Park, the parade lets animals strut their stuff while their people raise funds for Kingdom Animal Shelter. At the post-procession festivities, pooches win prizes in categories including largest, smallest and best dressed.

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Let It Bee Ballet Vermont celebrates nature’s most beneficial insects with Bees & Friends, a vivid performance set to Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, at Isham Family Farm in Williston. Before the show, picnickers are invited to a host of family-friendly, pollinator-themed activities, including science lessons from Audubon Vermont, garden tips from the Vermont Garden Network and mini dance classes taught by the performers. SEE CALENDAR LISTING ON PAGE 65

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What’s for Dinner Margery Irvine and Annaliese Jakimides — two contributors to Breaking Bread: Essays From New England on Food, Hunger and Family — stop by Norwich Bookstore to celebrate the anthology’s launch. On the menu are discussions of grief, love, race, class and how these things impact what’s on our plates. Proceeds from the anthology benefit Blue Angel, a nonprofit combating food insecurity.

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Brooklyn-born vibrophonist and composer Nikara Warren stops by Burlington City Arts’ Twilight Series for two nights of infectious vibes and postmodern grooves. The granddaughter of legendary jazz pianist Kenny Barron, Warren fills the air at Burlington City Hall Park with fearlessly genre-blending bops from her debut album, NIKARA Presents Black Wall Street. Local pop-rock outfit Galacticats open Saturday’s show.

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Another Man’s Treasure Brandon Artists Guild presents Warren Kimble’s “Artful Assemblages,” an exhibition of sculptures crafted from Kimble’s personal collection of vintage ephemera. Toys, furniture and obscure kitchen utensils come together to form cityscapes, stage sets and scenic tableaux that burst with color, character and classic charm. SEE GALLERY LISTING ON PAGE 53

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Critical Coverage I have a special relationship with the Flynn — my first postcollege employer and the subject of this week’s cover story. When I first stepped inside the Burlington building’s art deco lobby, in 1983, a small group of people was hard at work, transforming the former vaudeville movie house into a first-rate performing arts center. I had two bosses there who didn’t always get along. General manager Tony Micocci was in charge of bookings — negotiating the rentals and eventually curating a season of shows the Flynn could call its own. Executive director Andrea Rogers had to find the money to make that and everything else happen, including a painstaking renovation of the historic property. I was a full-time paid intern with big responsibilities in the fledgling membership, education and marketing departments. I learned a ton about the business and found myriad ways to make myself useful in hopes that I could parlay the yearlong position into a permanent one. It worked. In my teens, I had planned to be a professional ballet dancer. Instead I found myself working on the other side of the curtain

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so that others would have an opportunity to dance — and, equally important, so that audiences could see them. My favorite part of the job was writing the press releases that described the acts the Flynn presented. The goal was to generate favorable press coverage, preferably in advance of a show, to turbocharge ticket sales. But there weren’t a lot of local arts journalists to pitch in the 1980s. And those who listened didn’t necessarily respond with meaningful coverage. Eventually, I decided to become an arts reporter myself. After writing dance reviews and a few features for Vermont’s now-defunct alt-weekly Vanguard Press, I somehow convinced the daily Burlington Free Press to hire me. The paper was just launching its “Weekend” section, so the timing was ideal. I went from working at the Flynn to covering it — and all the other arts orgs in town, too. Incestuous as it sounds, the arrangement worked; my familiarity with the scene helped me see stories that assignment editors might have missed. One was glaringly obvious: The Flynn, Burlington City Arts and company were revitalizing downtown Burlington — you

could see the economic impact on Church Street every night there was a show. Eager to get in on the act, citizens in rural Vermont started organizing to restore opera houses in places like Randolph, Vergennes, Barre and Rutland. It turned out that I was much more comfortable in journalism than in marketing. During my tenure and for a few years after, the Freeps devoted significant resources to local arts and culture — a subject that the paper had historically ignored or trivialized. Not every story was glowing. I wrote about the turf battle between the University of Vermont’s Lane Series and the Flynn, for example, much to Rogers’ horror. I firmly believed that the paper’s readers — and both organizations’ donors — deserved to be aware of the behind-the-scenes forces shaping what wound up on stage. At their best, journalists reveal what powerful people would prefer to keep hidden from view and, in so doing, hold them accountable. That applies to elected officials, of course, but also to the stewards of our hospitals, universities and arts organizations. Community assets large and small should welcome scrutiny from the local media — as a proxy for the public — and the opportunity to explain themselves to the people they serve. That approach is not always well received in Vermont, a small state that prefers boosterism to journalism. People who want to dodge hard questions conveniently ignore the second meaning of “critical” coverage — that is, “essential.” Vermonters have a right to know what is happening at the local institutions they love, support and depend on. That’s what prompted the creation of Seven Days, with its strong cultural bent, 27 years ago. And it’s the reason for this week’s cover story on the Flynn. Vermont’s premier performing arts facility was managing a serious — and largely undisclosed — leadership crisis when it went dark in March 2020. That exacerbated the pandemic’s financial and staffing challenges, resulting in almost nonstop internal drama at 153 Main Street for the past two and a half years. Despite tight-lipped sources and nondisclosure agreements, Seven Days culture coeditor Dan Bolles finally got the story.

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Democratic rivals for U.S. House seat shake hands and pet dogs at Memorial Day events B Y CH E L SEA ED GAR • chelsea@sevendaysvt.com

ecca Balint zipped up and down the sidelines of Middlebury’s Memorial Day parade, pausing every few feet to commune with spectators. “I love that dress!” she said to a girl in a blue-and-red gingham frock. “Did you get it special for today?” The girl’s mother replied that the dress was a hand-me-down. “A hand-me-down! I understand!” Balint enthused. “I was the youngest. I always had hand-me-downs.” Balint, a former schoolteacher and now the president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate, is one of two leading candidates for the Congressional seat held for 15 years by Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), who announced last fall that he would run to replace retiring Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). By noon on Memorial Day, Balint and her top rival for the Democratic ticket, Lt. Gov. Molly Gray, had marched in three parades in 48 hours — first in Essex on Saturday, followed by Middlebury and Vergennes on Monday, a cumulative four-ish miles of walking, fist-bumping and small-talking with the general public. 14

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The parades, an annual rite for many politicians, marked a new phase in the state’s most closely watched campaign season in years. Vermont is the only state in the country that has not sent a woman to Congress, and either Balint or Gray is widely expected to change that. With less than a month to go before early voting starts and a little over two months before the August 9 primary, the candidates have a relatively short window in which to woo voters. Gray and Balint have similar policy priorities: Both have promised to protect abortion rights, expand paid family leave, tackle the climate emergency and address Vermont’s housing crisis. But for the two candidates, and the throng of other local and state hopefuls who marched with them, the Memorial Day parades were less about educating prospective voters on their platforms than about making a first impression. The parades coincided with a momentous shift in the race: Last Friday, another contender for the U.S. House seat, state

Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale (D-Chittenden), dropped out and endorsed Balint, a major shake-up in a contest that had previously looked like a close three-way split. Ram Hinsdale and Balint had both been vying for the progressive-leaning electorate, and Ram Hinsdale’s announcement signaled to her supporters that Balint would be their champion. On Saturday in Essex, Ram Hinsdale marched in the rain with Balint. She later tweeted a photo of the two of them, drenched and smiling, the ultimate visual metaphor for their new coalition. “Rain or shine, Vermont, we will be there fighting for you,” Ram Hinsdale wrote. Balint, the first woman and the first openly gay legislator to lead the state Senate, has served since 2015. In the Congressional campaign, she has positioned herself as an experienced lawmaker with a track record of supporting progressive reforms. Gray, who was a prosecutor in the criminal division of the state CANDIDATES LOVE A PARADE

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Don Sinex has sold the CityPlace Burlington project to his three local business partners in a move that the developers say will allow them to finally redevelop the downtown “pit.” In a deal finalized last Friday, the partners — Dave Farrington, Al Senecal and Scott Ireland — purchased the three-acre lot for an undisclosed price. Previously, Sinex had 50 percent ownership of the land. The partners are also in talks to settle the remaining lawsuit against the project, which Farrington said would be “the final roadblock” to obtaining financing for construction — a milestone that long eluded Sinex. Farrington said he, Senecal and Ireland were growing frustrated with the project delays, particularly as a key deadline approaches: If they don’t start building by September, a development agreement with the city says they have to pay the cost of rebuilding two streets that were severed by the former mall. Otherwise, tax increment financing funds would reimburse the cost. “It was a mutual decision, and everybody [was] thinking about what’s best for the project, “ Farrington said of the sale. “We are all wicked pumped that this is going to happen now.” Last Friday’s announcements are the most substantial updates on CityPlace Burlington since Farrington, Senecal and Ireland joined the project team in fall 2020. Mayor Miro Weinberger said the change in ownership represents a “major step” toward creating jobs and housing and growing the city’s tax base. Eight years ago, Sinex unveiled his grand plans to redevelop the aging Burlington Town Center mall into a 14story shopper’s paradise with hundreds of apartments, a convention center and a rooftop park. But none of that has come to fruition. The site has been vacant since Sinex demolished the old mall in 2017, earning the derisive nickname “the pit.” Farrington said the project team will share more about the construction timeline and project financing in the coming weeks. Once built, CityPlace will offer nearly 430 homes — with 80-plus affordable units developed in partnership with the Champlain Housing Trust — and 40,000 square feet of shops, restaurants and public space, he said. “We’re going to work,” Farrington said. “Burlington’s going to see some action down there.” m

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he Black Lives Matter flag flew in front of Randolph Union High School for three years, but an administrator abruptly had it taken down last month over legal concerns. On May 2, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Boston had discriminated when it refused to raise the banner of a Christian group on a city flagpole. That case has clear-cut ramifications for schools if they allow one flag — and not another — to fly on campus, said Layne Millington, superintendent of Vermont's Orange Southwest School District. On May 16, the Orange Southwest school board adopted a policy that allows its schools to fly only the American and Vermont flags. Those who were instrumental in raising the Black Lives Matter flag back in 2019 say its swift, unceremonious removal is a demoralizing blow after years of work to make the school a better place for marginalized students. The flag was “a symbolic representation that our school wasn’t standing for any hate,” 2020 graduate Emily Baker said. The Black Lives Matter flag has spurred a long-running controversy in the district, pitting those who believe the community must reckon with incidents of racism against others who consider the flag divisive. Other Vermont school districts have adopted flag policies in recent years that outline processes for students to request special flags to fly on campus. The differing approaches raise the question of whether the stance of Orange Southwest is overly cautious. Special educator Dana Decker, a 12-year district veteran, began co-teaching a Racial Justice Alliance class at the high school in the fall of 2018. The elective was created after several students hung the Black Lives Matter flag outside Randolph Union High School the previous March without permission. Then-principal Elijah Hawkes removed it and told the students that if they wanted it back up, they’d have to first learn more about and engage the community around issues of race. About 10 students took the first class.

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They studied the history of racial injustice, as well as the civil rights and Black Lives Matter movements. They, in turn, taught small groups of fellow students and faculty members about what they had learned. Sam McIntyre, who graduated from Randolph Union High School last year, enrolled in the elective two years in a row. He said the class was a safe and accepting space in a school environment that could feel hostile. As a Black student in a district that is more than 94 percent white, McIntyre said he was sometimes targeted. In middle school, a fellow student called him the N-word after McIntyre told him to be quiet during a fire drill. It was the first time McIntyre had ever heard the word spoken.

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In January 2019, members of the Racial Justice Alliance sought permission to raise the Black Lives Matter flag as “an important step in creating a more just school.” Principal Hawkes approved the request, and the flag was hoisted during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day assembly. Soon afterward, a community member at a school board meeting questioned whether students of color had actually experienced racism or fabricated their concerns in order to get the flag raised. In response, Hawkes penned a letter, published in the White River Valley Herald, that detailed recent incidents in the school community: a comment in the hallway comparing a student of color’s family to monkeys, a student using the N-word in gym class, a swastika carved on a tray in the cafeteria. In recent months, superintendent Millington has spoken publicly about intolerant parents, including one who 'PRUDENCE OR ... PANIC?'

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Randolph Union High School students raising the Black Lives Matter flag in 2019

'Prudence or ... Panic?' « P.15 yelled slurs at a transgender student and another who threatened violence against a teacher of color, who later quit. Last fall, the Black Lives Matter flag was stolen. The flag issue flared again this spring, after Millington canceled a baseball team fundraiser at Chick-fil-A based on complaints that the company supported anti-LGBTQ groups. Community members mobilized to protest that decision and the Black Lives Matter flag at an April school board meeting. Speakers included John Klar, a former Republican gubernatorial candidate and conservative commentator who is now running for Vermont Senate in Orange County; and Northfield Police Chief John Helfant, an Orange Southwest parent. While the Black Lives Matter flag had been allowed to fly, Helfant said, students wearing apparel depicting guns and “Don’t Tread on Me,” “Only Two Genders” and Trump 2020 slogans had been made to remove the clothes or cover them up. Klar, a lawyer, accused Millington of violating federal law by flying the Black Lives Matter flag and said the school district had the duty to remove “an overtly partisan, ideological flag.” 16

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At the next board meeting, on May 11, Helfant spoke again, urging the board to adopt a policy that would allow the public display of the U.S. and Vermont flags only. Helfant cited the Shurtleff v. Boston decision, which faulted the city for not hoisting a Christian flag after letting other banners fly. “Once you allow one flag other than those governmental flags to fly, you have to allow all different flags to fly — otherwise we face serious litigation,” Helfant said. “You either got to open it all up or shut it all the way down.” Millington offered the board members his interpretation of the Supreme Court decision, which hewed closely to Helfant’s. After the meeting, Helfant emailed Millington and board members, calling on them to remove the Black Lives Matter flag immediately and instead fly the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag through the summer. He also requested that the “Thin Blue Line” flag be flown for the first 30 days of the next school year in support of police officers. The following morning, Millington directed staff to remove the Black Lives Matter flag. Five days later, the school board approved a policy that only allows the American and Vermont flags to fly. In a resolution preceding the vote, the board

acknowledged that the district needs to do more to create “a safe and inclusive learning environment for all students.” Decker will switch school districts to work in the White River Valley Supervisory Union next year, largely because of the hostility she feels in Randolph. She said she didn’t understand the urgency to pass the restrictive flag policy and was disappointed that her students weren’t consulted before the decision was made. When the flag came down, Decker hung it in her classroom. But after several community members complained last week, Millington ordered her to remove it. Failure to do so, he wrote to her in an email, would be considered an act of insubordination. When Decker at first refused, she said, Millington told her, through a union representative, to leave the school grounds for the remainder of the day, which she did. Hawkes, who is now director of school leadership programs at the Upper Valley Educators Institute, contrasted the thoughtful process of raising the flag with the hasty one of taking it down. “If … members of the community feel like it’s important that the flag come down, there’s an opportunity there for school and

district leadership to engage in the same kind of extensive dialogue and learning that we did when the flag [went] up,” Hawkes said. “That seems to have been … missing in the latest decision, which some might see as a prudent decision made in light of a recent Supreme Court ruling. But I have to wonder, was it prudence or was it panic?” Jay Diaz, general counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont, suggested the latter. Diaz believes that Shurtleff v. Boston is only tangentially related to schools. That’s because courts typically give schools more leeway than municipalities in restricting speech when it is deemed disruptive or hostile to an educational environment, Diaz said. He believes there’s a strong case to be made that “Don’t Tread on Me” or “Blue Lives Matter” flags are associated with the exclusion of students of color and therefore would be disruptive to their education. Further, Boston was faulted for lacking a written flag policy, Diaz said. School districts should have clear policies for approving flag requests, he said, but barring all but Vermont and American flags “feels like an overreaction.” In an email to Seven Days, Klar wrote that he agrees with Diaz that schools have

Ad paid for by BHAKTA Spirits more legal latitude to restrict speech than municipalities do. But he echoed Helfant’s belief that if schools exclude one flag that bears a particular message, they should restrict all flags with messages. Flying only the U.S. and state flags allows Vermont schools, which Klar characterized as “social justiceobsessed,” to focus on “core learning skills rather than become hotbeds of social strife,” he wrote. At least one other Vermont school district appears to agree. Windham Northeast Supervisory Union has drafted a policy that would only allow American and Vermont flags. The policy, which the board will vote on this month, was prompted by a student’s request in March to fly the Black Lives Matter flag at Bellows Falls Union High School. Other school districts have taken a different approach. For several years, Essex Westford and Champlain Valley school districts, the two largest in Vermont, have had policies allowing students to request that special flags be flown. Black Lives Matter flags fly in both districts. In early May, the Maple Run Unified School District in St. Albans passed a similar policy. It also says flags must represent ideas that support the school district’s mission and values. On May 18, the school board voted 9-0 to raise the Black Lives Matter flag after the Bellows Free Academy-St. Albans Social Justice Club submitted a request. In a survey of 400 students, staff and community members, the group found that 78 percent of respondents were in favor of raising the flag. Before the vote, board member Reier Erickson, who is Black, spoke about dropping off his two children at the elementary school the previous Friday and seeing the N-word written in chalk in front of an outdoor classroom entrance. He also brought up the racially motivated shooting rampage at a grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y. Raising the Black Lives Matter flag “is such a buoy for me,” Erickson said. “As a person who has children at these schools, it just means so much to me.” BFA-St. Albans senior Elio Haag said it was important to the Social Justice Club that a majority of the school community approved of the flag. To Haag, who is transgender, the flag represents a challenge to the school community. “It’s a symbol for taking steps to preserve kindness in a world where kindness is not always present,” Haag said. Maple Run has ordered Black Lives Matter flags for every school in the district. They will be raised during a ceremony this week. m

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Vermont’s Gun Control Record Scrutinized After Massacres in Texas and New York B Y K E VI N M C C AL L U M kevin@sevendaysvt.com

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Gov. Phil Scott signing gun control bills in 2018 Lt. Gov. Molly Gray

But since 2018, some Vermont lawmakers and gun safety advocates note, Scott has vetoed further measures to close the so-called "Charleston loophole" and establish a waiting period for purchases. The state could do more, they say. Over the objections of many gun owners, Scott signed into law what he characterized at the time as “the most comprehensive gun safety measures in our state’s history": raising the purchase age to 21, requiring universal background checks, prohibiting the purchase of bump stocks and highcapacity magazines, and keeping guns out of the hands of those deemed an “extreme risk” to themselves or others. Following the May 24 shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in which an 18-year-old gunman used a legally purchased, assault-style rifle to kill 19 fourth graders and two teachers, Scott called on Congress to follow Vermont’s lead. “In Vermont, we showed you can take meaningful action on commonsense gun safety measures to protect our citizens — upholding both their safety and their rights,” he said. The Texas massacre occurred just 10 days after an 18-year-old white gunman killed 10 people at a grocery store in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo, N.Y., in an attack that authorities say was fueled by racial hatred. An 18-year-old can’t purchase weapons in Vermont. But a 21-year-old can, with few restrictions, Sen. Phil Baruth (D/P-Chittenden) said last Thursday. “None of us is off the hook,” Baruth said. “What we’ve done should not be used as an excuse to turn away from further safety measures.” m

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Candidates Love a Parade « P.14 Attorney General’s Office before she was elected lieutenant governor in 2020, has campaigned on that statewide electoral success as proof that she can unite — and represent — a broad swath of Vermonters. Amid the highly choreographed pageantry of the Memorial Day parades — the flags, the fire engines, the pickup trucks, the fife players, the war reenactors, the spectators in lawn chairs, the puppies, the babies crying at the ceremonial gunshots — Balint and Gray became part of the spectacle. In Middlebury, Balint stopped to hug a woman in a T-shirt bearing the logo for Moms Demand Action, a national grassroots organization that advocates for legislation aimed at preventing gun violence. “This week has just been so bad for me as a mom, dropping my kids off at school,” Balint said afterward, alluding to the May 24 massacre of 19 children at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. “Maybe, finally, just maybe, we’ll see something at the federal level.” A few blocks later, she introduced herself to a German shepherd. “I think he liked me!” she reported afterward. “He gave me a lean!” Then, to the owners of an enormous black Newfoundland lolling in the shade near the town green: “I once dog-sat for a Newfoundland!” Gray, who grew up on a farm in Newbury and worked as an aide for Welch

before she earned her degree at Vermont Law School in 2014, likes to signal that she’s in touch with the practical concerns of working Vermonters. “My brothers will be the first to say that you can’t tow anything with a Prius on the farm,” she said during a recent press conference in which she unveiled her climate policy agenda. In contrast to Balint, who wore her blueand-yellow campaign T-shirt, jeans, and pink New Balance sneakers to the Memorial Day festivities, Gray dressed in gray slacks and a sleeveless cream-colored blouse, likely in anticipation of delivering brief remarks in her capacity as lieutenant governor following the parade in Middlebury. After that three-minute speech on the steps of Town Hall Theater, in which she noted that she was the proud daughter and sister of two service members, Gray and her campaign team marched in Vergennes, blasting Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA” and Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” on repeat through a portable speaker. (“This was all Molly’s doing!” Spencer Dole, Gray’s field director, said of the playlist.) Gray worked the sidelines, offering handshakes and fist bumps. She thanked people in uniform for their service and gave KitKat bars to children. “Thanks for being here today,” she said to person after person. Several dozen yards ahead, Balint jogged with a box of Milk-Bones, having settled upon a caninefirst public relations strategy.

One onlooker in Vergennes, Jim Payea, said he wasn’t convinced that either Gray or Balint would lead Vermont “in the right direction,” which, in his estimation, is the opposite of where the state and the country have been heading since President Joe Biden took office. Another spectator, Terri Thomsen, an addiction counselor who lives in Bristol, said she didn’t yet know enough about Gray or Balint to say which one she’d support. “I care about women’s rights — I’m prochoice — and I also care about safe schools. And better health care is top of the line for me, too,” Thomsen said. “I guess I want what everyone else wants — to feel like our country is working for us, not against us. Isn’t that the American dream?” With the legislative session in recess, the candidates will dedicate themselves to the full-time pursuit of undecided voters such as Thomsen. Gray will hold a rally at Hula in Burlington on Wednesday, June 1, featuring former governor Howard Dean, who endorsed her in the race; Balint will attend a Pride-themed event on Saturday, June 4, in Montpelier. Both have forums and appearances scheduled for the next several weeks. Then, in a little more than a month, Gray and Balint will again smile and wave up and down Main Streets across Vermont for another American summer tradition: parades on the Fourth of July. m

he cast of characters planning to run for state office began firming up last week as election officials pored over the last-minute deluge of petitions filed by candidates seeking slots on the August 9 primary ballot. This year’s huge number of retirements from public office — federal, statewide and legislative — has turned 2022 into one of the most consequential Vermont election cycles in memory. The list of qualified candidates won’t be finalized until later this week; election officials must confirm who submitted sufficient signatures by last Thursday's deadline. But in broad strokes, the state’s big races have become much clearer.

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U.S. Rep. PETER WELCH (D-Vt.) and former U.S. attorney for Vermont CHRISTINA NOLAN of Burlington, a Republican, remain the most prominent names in the race to replace U.S. Sen. PATRICK LEAHY (D-Vt.). Welch will have Democratic primary competition from NIKI THRAN of Warren and ISAAC EVANS-FRANTZ of Brattleboro, while Nolan faces GERALD MALLOY of Weathersfield and MYERS MERMEL of Manchester in the GOP contest.

There’s a lively contest for secretary of state, a race to watch as elections themselves increasingly come under attack. The Democratic nomination remains a threeway contest, with deputy secretary of state CHRIS WINTERS of Berlin, Rep. SARAH COPELAND HANZAS (D-Bradford) and Montpelier City Clerk JOHN ODUM vying for the job. Only perennial candidate H. BROOKE PAIGE of Washington, who also filed for three other contests, sought the GOP nomination. If he agreed to step down, the party could nominate somebody in his place for any of those races later this year. ROBERT MILLAR of Winooski filed for the Progressive nomination.

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Nothing in the new batch of filings topped last Friday morning’s blockbuster news that Sen. KESHA RAM HINSDALE (D-Chittenden), a top contender for Vermont’s lone U.S. House seat, dropped out of the Democratic primary and endorsed her colleague and former rival, Senate President Pro Tempore BECCA BALINT (D-Windham). Ram Hinsdale will instead seek to keep a Senate seat. The surprise development upended the race and gave Balint a huge boost as she squares off against Lt. Gov. MOLLY GRAY of Burlington. Also running in the Democratic primary are political neophyte SIANAY CHASE CLIFFORD of Essex and physician LOUIS MEYERS of South Burlington. The Republican field includes ERICKA BUNDY REDIC of Burlington and ANYA TYNIO of Charleston; a third candidate, LIAM MADDEN of Bellows Falls, who is an independent, also filed papers to seek the Republican spot. BARBARA NOLFI filed to represent Progressives; she said she’s one of several placeholder candidates on Progressive primary ballots who could drop out if a serious candidate came forward.

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In the treasurer’s race, MIKE PIECIAK of Winooski, the former commissioner of the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation, has no opponent in the Democratic primary. Republicans thought they had a strong candidate in newcomer KEVIN DIVNEY, a financial analyst from Londonderry who has appeared on Bloomberg TV and CNBC. But Divney dropped out on Tuesday after publicity of his arrest on a driving-under-theinfluence charge last month. DON SCHRAMM, cofounder of Burlington Co-housing, is on the ballot to be the Progressive Party nominee; Paige filed to run for the GOP.

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Former Vermont Progressive Party chair MARTHA ABBOTT of Burlington filed signatures to run on that party’s line.

Former legislator SUSAN HATCH DAVIS of Washington is seeking the Progressive nomination.

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In the governor’s race, incumbent Republican PHIL SCOTT appears to have a couple of primary challengers: landscaping contractor STEPHEN BELLOWS of Grand Isle and former Underhill Selectboard member PETER DUVAL . Duval was removed last year from the selectboard by a 570-23 recall vote. On the Democratic side, BRENDA SIEGEL has no primary opponent, meaning she’ll have the party nod in November. Siegel, a drug reform and housing advocate from Newfane, has criticized Scott’s positions on homelessness and drug policy, and her activism helped lead to an extension of the pandemic-era practice of putting homeless Vermonters up in motels. She made unsuccessful bids for governor in 2018 and lieutenant governor in 2020.

The lieutenant gubernatorial race is a vigorous contest. Though the position has little power, it’s been a proven launchpad for political careers. Democrats will have several candidates to choose from: former lieutenant governor DAVID ZUCKERMAN of Hinesburg, former Danville representative KITTY TOLL, Rep. CHARLIE KIMBELL (D-Woodstock) and newcomer PATRICIA PRESTON of Burlington, the head of an international exchange nonprofit. On the Republican side, Sen. JOE BENNING (R-Caledonia) will face GREGORY THAYER, a former Rutland County GOP chair and conservative who proudly attended the January 6, 2021, rally in Washington, D.C. Former Enosburg Falls representative CINDY WEED is running for the Progressive nomination.

Incumbent Vermont auditor DOUG HOFFER of Burlington is unopposed in

the Democratic primary for that office. Progressives filed to get Rutland’s MARIELLE BLAIS on the ballot; Paige filed for the GOP.

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CHARITY CLARK of Williston and RORY THIBAULT of Cabot will face off for the

Democratic line for attorney general; ELIJAH BERGMAN of Pawlet filed to run as a Prog. And for the GOP? Paige again.

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The number of lawmakers not seeking reelection increased slightly from the 52 that Seven Days confirmed last week. Also heading for the door are Reps. ROB LACLAIR (R-Barre), JOHN PALASIK (R-Milton) and CURT MCCORMACK (D-Burlington). Meantime, one representative who planned on retiring, JOHN ARRISON (D-Weathersfield), decided to run again after all. m SEVEN DAYS JUNE 1-8, 2022

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[Re “Berth to Death,” April 27; Feedback: “Save Our Ship,” May 11]: Ever since the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum made the decision to retire the Lois McClure, I’ve wrestled with that decision. I was one of the cofounders of the Buffalo Maritime Center, now a vibrant organization that, almost from the beginning, has had boats in the water. Now I volunteer at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. I’ve known about the museum almost from the beginning, and what set it apart was its focus on building and operating historic replicas of boats that were key to the history of this region. Hands-on! Interactive! If the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum’s plans were carried out, the Lois McClure would be taken apart, and sections would become a static exhibit. There would be no replica boats on the water or on the ways. It’s building and campaigning historic replica boats that created the museum and is part of its DNA. The 200-year anniversary of the opening of the Erie Canal could be a great programmatic opportunity for the Lois McClure to continue educating, even if only floating at the dock. Can’t the museum use this time to build support for the next project while keeping Lois afloat? Maybe the boat has to be retired at some point, but does that have to be the end of large boatbuilding at the museum? What lurks at the bottom of the lake that needs to be re-created and brought to life while bringing new life to the museum and connecting more visitors to our history? Richard Butz

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JULY 25, 1949-MAY 27, 2022 BURLINGTON, VT. James McGinniss was born on July 25, 1949, to Jerry and Sis McGinniss in Burlington, Vt. He had the idyllic and sometimes difficult experience of being the child of a small-town Vermont doctor. His childhood was filled with the wonder of rivers, words, trees, the night sky, hunting and science. His mother instilled in him a love for good food, pleasure and fairness. He had a fierce love for and loyalty to his siblings, Kitty, Matthew, Mary and Bridget, that lasted his whole life. After stints in Long Island, Arkansas, and Dorset, Vt., the family resettled on Brookes Avenue in Burlington in 1962. At Rice Memorial High School in Burlington, Jim made lifelong friends, excelled at writing and music, and failed at many other things. Jim started his higher education at St. Anselm’s College, continued it at the University of Vermont and got his master’s degree in English from the University of British Columbia. There he wrote a lot of poetry, drank a lot of red wine and ate excellent food. Upon his return to Vermont, he was arrested for his refusal to serve in the Vietnam War and sent to prison for 12 weeks. His mother liked to remind him of this every Thanksgiving and Christmas, hoping that he would never miss a holiday again. He did not. Jim was a sensitive and articulate poet, musician and songwriter. Shortly after leaving prison, he began playing music again with his childhood friend, Tim McKenzie — a collaboration that would birth the legendary Vermont bluegrass band Pine Island. Jim worked in construction and played every weekend during those years, writing some of Pine Island’s crowd favorites. He also loved rock and roll and played with the N-Zones, the Mercuries and the Spiders in the 1970s and

’80s, returning to acoustic music with Wild Branch, Jim Daniels and Salt Lick in the ’90s and the aughts. He continued to write extraordinary songs, exploring genres and pushing musical boundaries while maintaining his distinctive voice. Though he preferred singing his own songs, they were covered and recorded by many musicians in Vermont and beyond. In 1978 he met Anna Blackmer at a poetry reading and subsequently fell in love with her, her poetry and her child, Misa. Jim’s role as stepfather was difficult, beautiful and, according to him, the most meaningful job he ever held. In 1983, Misa’s sister, Meara, was born. As a parent, Jim was exceptional. He told his daughters they were smart, strong and beautiful — often. He stood up for them in the face of ignorant, racist and small-minded people. He was protective to a fault but also encouraged them to be wild, outspoken and free. They swam in rivers naked, shot bows and guns, read too many books, had tangled hair and homemade haircuts, learned the names of plants and animals, played the fiddle, and were encouraged to follow their passions. Most importantly, he supported their decisions as adults. Misa and Meara’s happiness was paramount to him. In 1997, Jim fell in love again — with Clare Doyle, his darling companion for the next 25 years. Jim wrote Clare many poems and songs; his love for her

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is made plain. Clare and Jim lived a beautiful life together, playing Irish music, eating green chili, being in nature and having fires. They were very devoted to each other and very happy. Jim’s dedication to children didn’t stop with his own — he had meaningful and long relationships with Clare’s children and their spouses: Isaiah and Meghan; Naomi and Micah; and Mikaela and Caleb. He deeply loved his nieces and nephews, Owen, Willy, Molly, Patrick, Eamon and Sean, and their partners and children. Jim had a special way of meeting the many young people in his life right where they were. He was a great teacher and loved passing on his knowledge of the natural world, woodworking, clocks, guns, instruments and poetry. Jim was a very good listener. He was especially supportive when young people he loved were struggling — with being artists, learning disabilities, substance abuse, coming out, learning music, abusive relationships and death. He was an exceptional writing teacher. As an adjunct professor and teacher of writing at the Pine Ridge School, Johnson State College, UVM, Burlington College and Champlain College, he told many people for the first time that they were good writers. His relationships with his grandchildren were like his relationship with the moon. He couldn’t have loved Mikaela Lucy, Val, Jaylee, Elijah, Renzo, Orion, Asher, Arden and Marion any more than he did. He was in awe. They will always feel his keen attention and the love that he had for them. Jim was able to articulate his feelings in ways that very few can. His lyrics, melodies and poems are lasting evidence of this, but many of us felt it in everyday conversations. He leaves all of us as he was — deeply loved, not always easy, looking at the stars, smelling the lilacs and bearing witness.

JANUARY 19, 1926-MAY 26, 2022 BURLINGTON, VT. Nancy O’Neill Albarelli of Burlington, Vt., died on May 26, 2022. She was 96. Nancy was born in Burlington on January 19, 1926, to Hester “Rusty” (née Spaulding) and J. Howard “Red” O’Neill. Also a redhead, with gorgeous strawberry-blond hair, she grew up on Pine Street. She was a proud Vermonter with an encyclopedic memory of distant familial relations and local connections. Nancy attended Cathedral High School and was a consistent honor student, graduating third in her class. She attended Girls State. She was a member of the drill team traveling throughout New England and was still an adept baton twirler 40 years later. Attending college was her plan, but World War II changed that. She and Hank Albarelli decided to marry while her mother, terminally ill, was still alive and before Hank was shipped overseas. It was a time when everyone knew the chances of coming home were unsure. She often shared memories of their high school classmates who didn’t make it home. Although an only child, Nancy wanted a family of six kids. It is likely she didn’t know quite what she was getting into. At age 18, with her mother recently deceased and her new husband overseas, she gave birth to their first child. She raised young Nancy alone until the war ended and Hank returned from Saipan. She often said, “You really should have one to practice on. I don’t know how your sister turned out as well as she did.” She and Hank raised five children in Burlington, with a brief stint in Washington, D.C., in the 1950s when Hank was called back into the military at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. While in D.C., she made sure the family took advantage of the many museums, parks and concerts near the Capitol. She was less thrilled with the tone of neighbors who tried to inform her of some of the “rules” in the South. She made it quite clear she would offer a car ride to whomever she wanted and they would be entertaining any couples they liked. As soon as Hank was done with his military commitment, Nancy wanted to move their family back to Vermont.

Nancy was a full-time mom and homemaker. She did work part time in medical records at the hospital but arranged her schedule so that she worked nights, after her youngest children had gone to bed. With three of their five children grown, Nancy returned to Trinity College, earning a bachelor of arts in American studies. At dinner, she’d happily share interesting facts from her classes. When she squeezed in time to study was a mystery. It fit into times that didn’t affect the family, though sometimes she was seen studying in the kitchen before everyone was awake. A civic-minded Vermonter, she was a longtime Election Day volunteer. She also volunteered with the Red Cross, helped move books from the Fletcher when it had to relocate to Memorial Auditorium and volunteered in various roles, from an AAU timer to a hospice volunteer. For all of her life, Nancy had a love of books and reading. Her children and grandchildren, especially those who grew up in Vermont, have fond memories of the many hours she spent reading to them. Grandkids would enter the house at 780 South Prospect Street and ask, “Where are the new books?,” knowing that Grandmother got 10 new books at the library each week. “Don’t I get a hello first?,” she’d say as they snuggled in a chair to read. Nancy was adept at mothering many of the people who came into their home. A teenage friend of her children once remarked, “She feeds you cookies and wants to know what you’re up to.” She wrote letters to many and always had stashes of newspaper clippings to mail or save for someone’s visit. Nancy was predeceased by her husband, Henry P. Albarelli Sr., in 2010, and by her eldest son, Henry P. Albarelli Jr., in 2019. She is survived by her four children, Nancy Gardner of Jericho; Michael of Alexandria, Va.; Dean of Northampton, Mass.; and Beth Lane of Westford; and by 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The Albarelli family gratefully acknowledges the excellent care Nancy received from the extraordinary staff at Mansfield Place in Essex Junction, as well as the excellent staff of Bayada Hospice Care, all of whom undoubtedly contributed to her remarkable longevity. There will be a funeral mass on Thursday, June 2, 11 a.m., at Holy Family Church in Essex.

IN MEMORIAM Richard A. Wilbert Sr. 1937-2022

Richard A. Wilbert Sr. of Burlington, Vt., passed on May 21, 2022. Funeral to be held at St. Joseph’s Cemetery on June 10, 2022, at 1 p.m. Please view his full obituary at gregorycremation.com.

OBITUARIES Jen Nesson

SEPTEMBER 5, 1972-MAY 15, 2022 ESSEX JUNCTION, VT. With profound sadness, we share the loss of Jen Nesson, age 49, of Essex Junction, Vt., on May 15, 2022. She was the cherished daughter of Margie and Peter Nesson; best friend and wife of Eric Hoffman; and mother of their treasured daughters, Ruby and Nina. She was also the dedicated sister to LauraSue Nesson Steinman; auntie to Max and Jeremy; daughter-in-law of April Hoffman and Mike Figliola; joyful parent to her dogs, Echo and Luna; devoted friend to her special Julies and countless others; and beloved teacher to countless children and coworkers, who felt her bursting love for education. Jen loved fiercely, laughed freely and expressed herself candidly. She was never shy; her openness and generosity were her contagious gifts. A fanatical lover of music, including the Grateful Dead, Michael Franti and innumerable jam bands, Jen never missed a chance to see live music. “All the freaky people make the beauty of the world” was one of her favorite Michael Franti lyrics,

Phillip B.P. Gullion

SEPTEMBER 10, 1948-MAY 22, 2022 COLCHESTER, VT. Phil Gullion, 73, passed away at home with his family on May 22, 2022, after a long period of health challenges. Phil was born in Washington, D.C., on September 10, 1948, to Doris Guthrie Gullion and Phillip B.P. Gullion Sr. A child of a State Department family, he grew up in Europe and Asia, attending American schools, sometimes by correspondence. Phil graduated from high school in El Paso, Texas, and attended the University of Kentucky. While attending UK, Phil married Vickie Goff and had a son, Phillip. During the war in Vietnam, Phil was a conscientious objector and completed his alternative service at what is now Dartmouth Hitchcock hospital. Later, he graduated from Johnson State College in Vermont and attended graduate school at Syracuse University in New York. In the late 1970s, Phil moved to Vermont. He married Sally Follett in Burlington in 1983, and they had two children, Sarah and Steve. They lived in Bristol, Vergennes and, finally, Colchester. Phil had many occupations. He was a musician, carpenter, teacher, IT specialist,

and she shared this worldview to accept and include people exactly as they came. A lively and uncompromising advocate for feminism and human rights, Jen never accepted authority unless she agreed with it absolutely. Jen was independent to a fault, and she would not have had it any other way. She remains a shining light whom we will always see in her husband, children, family, abundant friends, former students and colleagues. We are indescribably grateful to her bicoastal friends who supported and loved Jen and her family in ways beyond description. Jen was a graduate of Framingham High, George Washington University and Tufts. A private celebration of life will take place in July. A GoFundMe drive is available on Facebook. Whenever the moon shines, ocean waves sparkle and Vermont swimming holes flow with summer’s warm waters, Jen will be there. Just look, and you will see her. Arrangements are in care of the Cremation Society of Chittenden County in Burlington, Vt. To send online condolences to her family, please visit cremationsocietycc.com.

cook, librarian, lifeguard, swim instructor, residential adviser, psychiatric aide and journalist. He dove deeply into his hobbies: fly-fishing and fly-tying; swimming, sailing and scuba; fiddle, guitar and accordion playing; boat and home repair; and acting. He was an avid reader, poet and singer-songwriter. In his forties, he learned to downhill and cross-country ski. As his health began to decline, Phil retired from Vermont Student Assistance Corporation (IT) and Middlebury College (library). Phil is survived by his wife, Sally, of Colchester, Vt.; his children, Phillip J. Gullion (Li-Ann Kuan) of Norfolk, Va., Sarah Gullion of Sterling, Mass., and Stephen Gullion, of Newburyport, Mass.; and granddaughters, Kaitlyn and Meghan Barrett-Gullion. He is also survived by his brother, Guthrie Gullion, and sister Samm Reardon. He was predeceased by his parents and sister Ruth Winfrey. Phil was a member of the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington. In Phil’s honor, please consider taking a boat ride or learning a new skill or sport. Or make a donation to FUUSB or the Chittenden County Humane Society. A celebration of Phil’s life will be held at the convenience of the family.

Helen Emma Salvas

JUNE 2, 1931FEBRUARY 4, 2022 SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT. “Children are wise and sometimes their wisdom gets ahead of them.” “I didn’t want them (foster family) to feel sad. I knew what sadness was; that was sort of my life. I was always careful not to hurt anybody’s feelings, or make anyone sad.” “I think the best wisdom to pass on to anyone growing up, is to really think before you do things. Also, think about what the results are going to be. Always respect your elders; your mom and your dad. Stay with them as long as they’ll let you. Let them guide you and help you grow up to be a useful citizen.” Helen Emma Salvas, 90, passed away on February 4, 2022, at Allen Harbor. Helen was born on June 2, 1931, in Burlington, Vt., the daughter of Walter Stoddard and Bertha (Miller). Helen taught elementary grades in the Burlington School District. Most of her time with the BSD was at the C.P. Smith Elementary School, the Ira Allen School and the Champlain School. She retired from the BED in 1991. Helen had an unwavering commitment to her love for God and to her faith. Helen lived her faith daily. Helen loved to attend weekly church services, and one of her greatest joys was a trip to the Holy Land, where she was

baptized in the Jordan River and reborn as a result. Helen also traveled to many places in retirement, visiting, among others, England, Denmark, Sweden and Guatemala. She came out of retirement to teach at the Christian school formed by her church, Church of the Rock in St. Albans, Vt. She loved spending her summers in her camper, which was located at the Maple Grove Campground in Fairfax, Vt., entertaining friends and family. In the winter, she would travel to Lincoln City in Oregon, where she had a condo to spend time with her daughter, Crystal, and her grandchildren. Helen had a love of geology and astronomy, which brought her to places like Carlsbad Caverns, Yellowstone National Park and Cape Canaveral. She also loved to hike in the Green Mountains and the White Mountains of New Hampshire. She was absolutely fascinated by the Apollo project to bring a man to the moon. When man first landed on the moon, she was ecstatic. She always made

sure there was time for some study of the celestial bodies for her elementary school students. Helen loved her family fiercely and was an amazing great-grandmother. She also loved the schoolchildren she taught for decades. She was always thrilled when she was unexpectedly approached by an adult, who had previously been her student, with the greeting, “Mrs. Salvas, Mrs. Salvas!” Helen’s bright blue eyes and beautiful smile always lit up a room and brought joy to all who knew her. Helen’s adventurous, independent and loving spirit lives on in all who had the honor, and privilege, of knowing her. She is survived by her child Crystal Salvas-Yenycich of Oregon; her grandchildren, Brydie Cleveland and Arien Salvas; her great-grandchildren, Makayla, James, Joseph, CJ, Maria and Lexi; and her great-great-grandson, Mason. She is predeceased by her parents, Walter Stoddard and Bertha Inez Miller Stoddard; son, Wayne Salvas, and daughter-in-law, Suzanne Salvas; grandson Cyrus Salvas; and sister Betty Martin. Helen was also predeceased by several family dogs, for whom she had a special place in her heart. A celebration of Helen’s life will be held at the Church of the Rock, located on Route 104 in St. Albans, Vt., at 11 a.m. on June 4, 2022. Memorial donations in Helen’s name may be made to the animal rescue of your choice.

IN MEMORIAM Arturo “Arthur” Torres 1976-2021

In October 2021, the world lost our beloved Arthur, the unofficial “mayor of Burlington.” On June 11, we will gather at Foam Brewers, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., to toast and celebrate our good friend. We welcome all friends and community members who would like to share their stories of and love for Arthur to join us. Please RSVP to 802-331-5535 and share your tale.

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The Next Stage After four years of turmoil and transition, the Flynn enters a new era S TO RY BY D AN BO L L E S • P H O TO S BY L UK E AW TRY

he press conference for the 2022 Burlington Discover Jazz Festival opened on a late April afternoon in City Hall Park. Framed by budding trees, local arts administrators, sponsors and city officials offered earnest remarks and corny jokes. A local high school jazz band played an endearing version of “Misty.” Someone heckled the mayor. In other words: It was just like old times. Mostly. More than two years into a global pandemic, nothing is coming back precisely the same as it used to be. The 39-year-old jazz festival is finding its feet once again, adjusting its programming to the circumstances of difficult bookings and uncertain audiences. It still has star power in the likes of blues musician Bobby Rush and funk pioneer George Clinton — just not quite as much of it. The festival’s tentative recovery might serve as a metaphor for its primary sponsor, the Flynn. Burlington’s preeminent cultural institution is emerging from two years of oft-darkened halls and, less obvious to the theatergoing public, four years of drama behind the scenes. The organization is on its third executive director since 2018, following

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a 37-year span in which it had just two. A staff mutiny hastened the departure of one of those leaders. Then, in the 13 months between March 2021 and April 2022, a dozen key employees in administrative and managerial positions willingly quit the Flynn, includ-

performing arts center’s annual income dropped to $3 million in 2020. The 2021 operating budget was adjusted to $3.5 million. That budget has rebounded to $6.5 million this year, and while precise revenue figures aren’t yet available, the nonprofit

Only the most wide-eyed optimist could look at all the Flynn had endured in the previous three years and see stability. ing several senior staff. Among them was artistic director Steve MacQueen, who left under circumstances that required him to sign a nondisclosure agreement. Financially, the Flynn has taken hits, as well, largely due to the pandemic. With its Main Stage and Flynn Space theaters closed and educational programming shuttered for the first 18 months of COVID-19, earned revenue plummeted. From roughly $7 million a year, the

expects to end the fiscal year in the black. But the Flynn still lacks an artistic director and a head of marketing, and it has only recently begun filling many other vacant positions. Programming and marketing have been largely outsourced to companies in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. For the first time, the Flynn’s big announcement about its upcoming season did not highlight a mix of genres but instead trumpeted five

well-known Broadway musicals guaranteed to fill seats and coffers, if not expand artistic horizons. There are signs of hope, though, including the jazz festival lineup. While programming is still nowhere near pre-pandemic levels, little by little the Flynn is starting to resemble itself again, at least in front of the big red curtain. In late October, the Flynn held a reopening celebration highlighted by Afro-pop singer Angélique Kidjo — the first of 25 performances at the theater in 2021. The gala also included performances by some new members of the Flynn team: creative chair Daniel Bernard Roumain and Flynn fellows Dwight Ritcher and Nicole Nelson of local blues rock band Dwight + Nicole. In the past few weeks, icons ranging from violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman to singers Bonnie Raitt and Diana Krall to pop satirist “Weird Al” Yankovic have performed at the Flynn to eager crowds. And with a new education director on board, classes and summer camps are ramping back up, too. It adds up to high expectations for Jay Wahl, the executive director the Flynn board hired early last year, choosing him unanimously from a field of more than 100 candidates. Formerly the producing

The Flynn’s Main Street marquee during the pandemic

and adapting to the fickle comfort levels of theatergoers hesitant to return as the stubborn pandemic hangs on. At the jazz festival press conference, Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger turned philosophical as he addressed the crowd. “We shouldn’t take these things for granted,” he said, referring to the jazz festival and, more broadly, the performing arts. He could just as easily have been talking about the Flynn. “If the last two years have taught us anything,” he went on, “it’s that there’s a lot that’s more fragile than we think it is.”

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John Killacky on the night of his retirement party in 2018

artistic director at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, Wahl has a track record of creative programming, including performances that reach beyond the theater walls and into public spaces. “We were looking for someone who has vision, and he has vision,” longtime Flynn board member Staige Davis said. “It’s been an amazing year,” Wahl said.

“It’s been hard,” he conceded, “but hard isn’t bad. Hard means you care; hard means the work is important.” Wahl will need every bit of his vision and creativity as he leads the Flynn into a new and uncertain era. Significant challenges remain, from rebuilding the staff to revamping both the Flynn’s artistic and educational programming, to assessing

On June 26, 2018, the Flynn threw a blowout celebration for outgoing executive director John Killacky. The old art deco house was packed. The evening was almost more of a spectacle than a retirement party, with performances by an array of local artists, including a Cher impersonator. It was the kind of party thrown by a stable, successful arts organization confident of its future. And Flynn supporters had reasons for that confidence. Since its transformation from decaying vaudevillehall-turned-movie-house in the early 1980s, the theater had grown into a cultural powerhouse with a $10 million endowment, a $7 million annual budget, a 350-performance season, and a robust education and student matinee program. In its first 37 years, the Flynn had had only two executive directors: Andrea

Rogers, widely credited with building the organization over 29 years; and Killacky, now a state representative, whose eight-year tenure grew the endowment, expanded the Flynn’s connections to other arts groups, and made the theater known for its commitment to accessibility and inclusion. He had also expanded Flynn programs created under Rogers that provided discounted tickets to social services agencies and schools, arranging for 38,000 schoolchildren to attend Flynn shows every year, more than 7,000 of those for free. The theater generated $30,000 a year for scholarships to performing arts classes and camps. The Flynn had enjoyed stability with its artistic programmers, too. Its first general manager, Tony Micocci, whose responsibilities included programing, served five years under Rogers. His replacement, Tom Dunn, lasted only a year. But each of the subsequent artistic directors, Philip Bither, Arnie Malina and MacQueen, served for at least a decade. Each built on his predecessors’ work, balancing bankable shows that kept the theater financially solvent with more challenging fare that aligned with the Flynn’s stated mission to “encourage the enjoyment, understanding, and development of the performing arts in Vermont through diverse and engaging artistic experiences.” As former jazz festival managing director Chelsea Lafayette put it, “The Flynn really does present avant-garde performing arts, which is really rare in a market this size.” From profits to programming, the Flynn had never been on surer footing, inside or out, as Killacky passed the torch to his successor, Anna Marie Gewirtz, that night in June 2018. Madeline Bell, then programming manager, recalled a moment of reflection with her colleagues at Killacky’s retirement party. “We looked around and we were like, This is a really strong team of people with a wide array of skills — people who love this work,” she said. “And we were ready for change. We could see the groundbreaking work that happened under John, especially with the accessibility work, and we were ready to grow. We were ready to do more.”

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Sixteen months later, the Flynn’s board of directors had a mutiny on its hands. In a November 2019 letter to the board obtained by Seven Days, more than 20 members of the Flynn staff expressed serious concerns about leadership. They asserted that during her tenure, Gewirtz had “responded to honest and respectful THE NEXT STAGE SEVEN DAYS JUNE 1-8, 2022

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The Next Stage « P.27 feedback with retaliation and threats.” Following what they termed the “sudden firing” of chief financial officer Andrea Bergeron, employees no longer felt “safe or secure in our current working environment,” they wrote. “We ask for your prompt assistance in resolving this conflict internally,” the letter continued. “We have asked the Executive Director, and now we ask the Board, to please bring in an outside professional to assist with conflict mediation.” The letter capped a year of dissension within the Flynn that was largely invisible to theatergoers. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a number of former employees described an oppressive and unsupportive working environment. “It was a constant state of conflict,” said Ryan Addario, who was one of half a dozen teaching artists who left the organization in the summer of 2019 after the resignation of Amy Riley, the producing artistic director of Flynn Youth Theater. “The upstairsdownstairs dynamic there is pronounced,” Addario said. “I’m surprised we didn’t lose more people,” said Lafayette, the former Burlington Discover Jazz Festival director, who departed in 2021. The November 2019 letter cited a performance evaluation of Gewirtz conducted in June 2019. It was a “360 review,” which means that both the board’s executive committee and Flynn employees working under Gewirtz were asked to assess her performance. Sources familiar with the report said the results from the Flynn staff were largely negative. “At that time we were told our feedback would be taken seriously,” the letter read. “Currently we do not know who has received or reviewed this feedback and what next steps will be taken based on the concerns raised by the staff.” Flynn board chair Paul Ode confirmed that the letter was sent to the board. He said that, as a result, consultants were brought in to assist with communication between the board and staff. He added that 360 reviews are part of the Flynn’s performance evaluation process. Gewirtz officially resigned on January 17, 2020, after 18 months on the job. She cited “family reasons” in a press statement to explain her abrupt departure. She is now the director of major gifts at the Grossman School of Business at the University of Vermont. Reached for comment, she said she wasn’t aware of the letter sent by staff to the board about her. Addressing reports of the widespread staff discontent, she said, “When you have a payroll of [hundreds of ] individuals, 28

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John Cameron Mitchell as Hedwig, March 2022

many of whom have been there a long time, and there’s any kind of change going on within the organization, there’s bound to be some individuals who are not happy sometimes. “I think we had a pretty incredible team, and we accomplished a lot in a pretty short time,” Gewirtz continued, citing expansions in community programming, recordbreaking ticket sales and strong fundraising as highlights of her tenure. She also rebranded the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts as “the Flynn.” “I certainly learned a lot working there,” she said. “We wanted it to be successful,” Bell said of Gewirtz’s tenure. “But we could see coming in that there was a disconnect … And it became evident very quickly that it was not the right fit, and it affected morale quite deeply.” But as that old showbiz saw goes: The show must go on. And it did. The fall 2019 season was hailed as a success, headlined by Main Stage performances by singer Elvis Costello, comedian Nick Kroll and a production of Swan Lake, along with robust avant-garde programming at the Flynn Space. However, cracks had begun to show in the façade. The Flynn ended the 2017-18 fiscal year with a $1.8 million surplus. The following year, under Gewirtz, the organization still showed a profit of $600,000, but contributions and grants had slipped by $1.2 million.

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THE TEMPEST

Charlie Smith, a former KeyBank vice president, stepped in as interim executive director on January 31, 2020. Having served as secretary of the Vermont Agency on Human Services as well as an interim director at Vermont PBS, Vermont Symphony Orchestra and Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, he had a reputation as an administrative handyman, the guy you call when your organization springs a leak. His role at the Flynn, as board member Davis put it at the time, was “not a visionary job” but that of a caretaker, someone to keep the organization afloat until a new leader could be found. Smith’s first act was

going through the Flynn department by department and interviewing staff about their jobs and experiences over the previous 18 months. “I think we were all hopeful,” Bell said. “Charlie was also rooted in the community. And he understood that his role was not to reinvent the wheel but to really figure out how he could help strengthen us in this transition.” But no amount of strengthening could protect the Flynn from the disaster that loomed. Along with nearly everything else in Vermont, the Flynn closed on Friday, March 13, 2020, just six weeks after he took over. “I think it was probably before he even got to see a show,” Bell noted. Between

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the sudden leadership transition and COVID-19, she continued, “It was a perfect storm.” The Flynn’s initial strategy, like many organizations’ in the early days of the pandemic, was to batten down the hatches. One week after the shutdown, 12 full-time employees were laid off or furloughed as the remainder of the Flynn’s 2019-20 season was canceled, along with classes and camps. The box office, which had long

sold tickets to regional events in addition to Flynn fare as an additional revenue stream, was shuttered. With no artistic or educational programming to produce or sell, a long list of part-timers, teaching artists and independent contractors was cut loose. “There were no shows, so there was nothing for people to do,” Davis, the board member, said. After holding out faint hope that the pandemic might go away in a couple of

months — remember those days? — in mid-April the Flynn canceled the 2020 Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. It was replaced that year by a streaming version, the Burlington ReDiscover Jazz Festival, largely composed of recordings of previous jazz fest sets — about the only streaming programming the Flynn attempted during the pandemic. “It was really scary,” Flynn board chair Ode said. “We were in survival mode,” Davis said. It’s a good thing they had the corporate equivalent of a survivalist at the helm in Smith. “In some ways, we lucked out,” Lafayette said. “We needed a line to the banks, and the board hired a former banker.” Assuming the Flynn would run a deficit, Smith negotiated a $5 million line of credit. The organization didn’t end up using it, Davis explained, thanks to “extremely generous” donors, nearly $1 million in since-forgiven federal Paycheck Protection Program loans, and emergency grants — including a $2.9 million federal Save Our Stages grant last year. However, none of those lifelines was in clear view at the start of the pandemic. At its nadir, the Flynn’s staff dropped to a total of 13 employees. For context, according to tax filings, in 2019 the organization employed 278 people, including full-time salaried and hourly employees, parttimers and production crew. That mass exit, combined with the events that preceded the pandemic, took a real toll on staff. “We were all exhausted before COVID hit,” Lafayette said. “And once it did, it just became really tough.”

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White smoke didn’t billow from the chimney at the Flynn when Jay Wahl was announced as the Flynn’s next executive director in December 2020. But there was a palpable, if not quite papal, sense of relief and optimism around his hiring. “We’re delighted,” an enthusiastic Davis told Seven Days shortly after Wahl was announced. Wahl had spent the previous 11 years as the producing artistic director at the second-largest performing arts center in the country. In Philly, he’d developed a reputation as an imaginative and ambitious programmer whose forte was bringing art to the audience, rather than relying on audiences to come to the theater. He especially excelled at producing work in public spaces and served as artistic director of citywide biennial event the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, which brought music, dance and theater

productions to neighborhoods across the city. “We felt that his experience and his creativity were far and above the rest of the candidates,” Davis said. The admiration was mutual. “These are smart, deep-hearted, brave people,” Wahl said of the Flynn staff in a January 2021 interview with Seven Days. “So I think the goal is to jump in and be part of that and help everybody feel proud of that work.” Addressing the recent turnover at the top of the organization, he said, “I think leadership at the Flynn has been very strong for a very long time. The executive director is an important person, perhaps, but one of a big team. And the team has been very stable and very loyal. I feel like I’m joining a stable organization.” Perhaps Wahl really did feel that way, or maybe he just hadn’t been around long enough to know any better. But only the most wide-eyed optimist could look at all the Flynn had endured in the previous three years and see stability. And the job would get harder before it got any easier. In January 2021, eight previously furloughed staffers rejoined the 13, and the Flynn counted a total of 21 employees — but only briefly, as it turned out. Another transition to a new executive with a new style finished what the pandemic began: wearing out employees from conflict and crisis to the point where they opted to leave. Lafayette, who had applied for the executive director position, said she fully supported Wahl and advocated for him in the final round of hiring. But she left that March, citing burnout — the first of 15 Flynn staffers who would quit the organization over the next 13 months. The exodus included longtime senior staff members such as director of marketing and communications Kevin Titterton, director of production Jon Bearclaw Hart, artistic director MacQueen, and Bell, who was associate director of programming when she departed in February 2022. People in key management positions also left, including manager of grants and corporate giving Amy Kirschner, membership coordinator Jenna Giguere, class and camp manager Sarah Caliendo, marketing production manager Tracey Dengler, and comptroller Ann Reading. Three box office agents also left. MacQueen, now the executive artistic director of Circus Smirkus, declined to discuss his departure, citing his nondisclosure agreement. Asked to describe his relationship with the former artistic director, Wahl replied simply, “Good,” and THE NEXT STAGE SEVEN DAYS JUNE 1-8, 2022

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The Next Stage « P.29 denied that the two clashed during their time together. Davis, the board member, was a bit more forthcoming. He praised MacQueen’s creativity and risk-taking. “He brought things to the Flynn I don’t think we would have seen otherwise,” he said. But Davis also acknowledged that because of Wahl’s programming background, he and MacQueen had overlapping skill sets. “So there was some redundancy there,” he said. The Flynn is still advertising for a new marketing director, whose expanded duties will also include oversight of the box office, which has reopened but no longer sells tickets to non-Flynn events. In the meantime, Wahl has outsourced marketing to a Philadelphia firm called Slice Communications. The theater is also relying on outside help with programming while it searches for a new artistic director. According to Wahl, who said he is taking on some programming responsibilities in the interim — the Broadway shows were a collaboration with MacQueen, he noted — a North Carolina firm called Midwood Entertainment is helping to fill gaps in the calendar. Certainly, some of the Flynn’s staffing woes can be attributed to pandemic burnout, or the so-called Great Resignation. But it’s fair to wonder whether Wahl’s lack of previous executive director experience might have exacerbated, inadvertently or otherwise, what was a fragile situation among the staff he inherited. Kyla Waldron worked at the Flynn for five years in a variety of capacities until she left the organization in March as the associate director of produced events. She recalled an early meeting with Wahl in which she encouraged him to learn more about what had happened before the pandemic. “I told him that I wanted him to succeed — and I still do. But I told him that if we were dating, we as Flynn employees are coming with a lot of baggage and that it would behoove him to learn about what we went through and learn and grow with us in that way,” Waldron said. “And he immediately shut that down. He said, ‘That’s the past. We’re gonna move through it.’ “My thing is,” she went on, “why is he the only one who gets to do that?”

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them here in depths of winter. That’s when Wahl and his husband arrived in Burlington from Philadelphia last year. “I thought I had winter jackets,” Wahl said during a walk and conversation on the city waterfront in early May. “But it turned out I had cute coats,” he quipped. “Now I have winter jackets.” Small in stature, with flecks of gray dotting his dark, short-cropped beard, Wahl still moves like the competitive figure skater he was in his youth. In conversation, he is prone to bursts of excitement, and digressions, often gesticulating as if he simply can’t contain himself. That energy has helped him face an endless run of challenges, professional and otherwise, in his new job. These range from the unprecedented — reviving a beloved local institution hobbled by a global pandemic — to the more mundane learning curve of adjusting to life in Vermont. “I haven’t owned a car in 20 years,” Wahl said as he talked about his commute from St. George, where he and his husband recently bought a house. If nothing else, that daily drive has likely given him time

to figure out which holes he needs to plug next at the Flynn. “My sense is that he’s had to spend a lot of time putting his finger in the dike,” said Rogers, the original Flynn executive director. “The whole thing had to shut down, and everybody expects you’re going to turn the spigot and it’s all just going to come back. But it’s a different time, a different place.” So whether by necessity, desire or both, Wahl has pressed forward. And so has the Flynn. “We’re moving on,” Davis said. “Jay is a great agent for change. And a new leader should make changes.” A number of those changes have been small. Visitors to the Flynn might notice that a smoother flow of traffic by the concession stands has replaced the chaotic cluster pre-pandemic — though some might be annoyed that they can no longer pay with cash. Inside the old theater, they’ll notice QR codes on the backs of each seat, which can be scanned with a smartphone to find the evening’s program online, in lieu of printed programs.

The volunteer ushers — formerly called “Spirits” — who used to distribute those playbills got a surprise, too, when assistant general manager Amy Harting, whom Wahl brought with him from Philly, asked them to formally reapply for their positions and await a call to be interviewed. According to general manager Megan Zinner, everyone who reapplied was interviewed and most volunteers were brought back. But some of the older ushers said they weren’t contacted until they were urgently needed to staff the shows. Other changes have been bigger. Last summer, with MacQueen, Waldron and others, the Flynn produced a Burlington Discover Jazz Festival unlike any other. Over 10 days in June, more than 100 local performers played 60 events at 11 locations throughout the city. Nearly every event was free and held outdoors. The 2021 festival was inspired in part by Hurly Burly, the free, pop-up performance series held in various Burlington parks that MacQueen and his programming team developed in the fall of 2020. The DNA of that series and the 2021 jazz

festival can be seen in this year’s jazz fest, as well. Curated by New York City musicians Michael Mwenso and Jono Gasparro, it features an array of free and unconventional programming celebrating Black music, along with ticketed shows boasting some of the star power that audiences recall from pre-pandemic years. (See page 32.) Wahl is also rebooting the Flynn’s youth and education programs, which were gutted in the pandemic. Student matinees returned this spring, with more planned for the next school year. And in late April, the Flynn produced one of its first events under new education

who teaches a theater camp called New Cardboardia later this month. The three other teaching artists are from Philadelphia. Wahl is relentless in putting a positive spin on things. Asked about the impact of longtime employees leaving within his first year on the job, he acknowledged the difficulty of that situation. “It’s very hard for every organization that’s dealing with it,” he said, alluding to the fact that the Flynn is hardly alone in navigating staff turnover in the pandemic. “Some folks did amazing things with the Flynn for a long time. And I’m grateful they built such a strong

THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING

Many of Wahl’s and the Flynn’s challenges and opportunities are obvious to anyone who’s lived through the last couple of years, and they’re hardly unique to the Flynn. Chief among them: What is the appetite of audiences to return to indoor spaces to see shows? But that question begets larger, more fundamental questions about the role of the performing arts in public life, particularly following — or, more accurately, still in the midst of — a time of collective trauma. As Flynn board member Leslie McCrorey Wells said in her remarks at the

Vermont schoolchildren in the theater during a recent student matinee

director Jennifer Skinder, who is tasked with rebuilding the programs. As part of the Vermont Youth Lobby’s Rally for the Planet in Montpelier, Flynn fellows Dwight + Nicole performed for hundreds of students rallying in support of climate legislation at the Statehouse. “We’re working with youth in a public way,” Wahl said, “which I hope honors all the different ways the Flynn has always served the community.” A smattering of summer camps returned last year — though, by Wahl’s admission, attendance was sparse. This summer features a more robust selection of camps and classes, most offered on a “pay what you can” sliding scale. Wahl has reassembled a stable of 10 teaching artists. Seven are from Vermont, including jazz pianist Tom Cleary, storyteller Ferene Paris Meyer and Cardboard Teck Instantute founder Ben t. Matchstick,

organization where people feel deeply connected and proud of it.” Then, walking by the Waterfront Park site where next week the Flynn will host a free jazz fest performance by George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, he noted that he’s drastically increased the size of the Flynn’s staff since he arrived. The Flynn had 121 people on its most recent payroll. That included a core staff of about 30 people and another 90 in part-time or contract capacities. “I think change has been healthy,” he said. “There’s a lot of exciting opportunities there.” Asked about the biggest challenges facing the organization as it moves forward, he similarly pivoted to a silver lining. “Challenges are wrapped up into the opportunities,” he said. “It’s a cliché,” he conceded. “But some clichés are worth saying if they’re true.”

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival press conference, “The Flynn raises our spirits, and its marquee lights our night.” After two-plus years of pandemic darkness, how will that twinkling red-and-yellow marquee illuminate the way? “I think this is an opportunity, artistically, for arts organizations in general to think about what a community is, what are they going through,” Wahl said. “The arts, I really feel, are a container for dialogue. It’s fundamentally what they are,” he went on. “So the questions are: How do the arts create context where people can work through questions they have about themselves, about their lives, about their memories and future, their families and their identities? How do you allow that dialogue? “In that sense, we are the great empathy machine. We really are the thing in society that creates empathy,” he continued. “That’s our job.”

One might wonder how snappy Broadway hits like Chicago, Legally Blonde and The Book of Mormon further dialogue around identity or create empathy. But Wahl said he views programming as a larger tapestry. “I’m not really looking at work in the sense of ‘Is this cutting edge or is this commercial?’” he explained. “It’s ‘Who will find meaning in this work? Who will have a moment with their grandparent or their neighbor or their date?’ That’s how I really think about the programming.” Given the dark period from which both the Flynn and the world at large are trying to emerge, perhaps there’s something to be said for hiring an optimist and philosopher. Flynn board member Christal Brown is an associate professor of dance at Middlebury College. She said Wahl separated himself from other candidates with his ideas and energy. With most of the other candidates, “the perspective was still kind of business as usual,” she said. “The arts cannot evolve with business as usual.” The pandemic exposed and exacerbated a whole host of societal issues, Brown noted, particularly around accessibility and equity. The arts were no exception. Arts organizations of all shapes and sizes throughout the country have grappled with how to more equitably serve their communities and reach those with limited means and access. “One of the challenges, and this is not new, is making the invitation into our doors more open, more honest, more warm,” Brown said. “I want to use the word ‘equitable,’ but I mean: Meeting people where they are and letting them choose to be and see what they want.” In Philadelphia, Wahl built a career out of meeting people where they are by presenting art in public and transforming spaces. In addition to his time at the Kimmel Center, he was the cofounder of a company called Hidden City Philadelphia. The group specialized in going into underutilized or inaccessible spaces and bringing in artists from a range of disciplines to perform. For those wondering what kind of creativity Wahl might eventually bring to the Flynn, he shared one example of a show he produced at the Royal Theater, a movie house in a historically Black Philadelphia neighborhood that had been closed for 60 years. When Wahl approached the city about producing a show there, he was told he couldn’t because the building wasn’t safe — it was a hard-hat area. Wahl asked whether he could do the show if the audience wore the proper safety gear. “They thought I was kidding,” he said. “But I put 150 people in that room watching a show in hard hats.” m

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‘THE SOUND OF (BLACK) MUSIC’

Friday, June 3, 8 p.m., at the Flynn Main Stage in Burlington. $10-50.

Mwenso and company remix the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music, infusing it with blues, jazz, gospel, R&B and hip-hop. Brianna Thomas, Charenée Wade, Vuyo Sotashe and others join Mwenso to create an Afrofuturistic performance that highlights the storied tradition of Black music in American history. “Taking a show with history like this and infusing it with this powerful, ancestral music — the effect is really unique,” Mwenso said. Considering Vermont’s ties to The Sound of Music through the von Trapp family, this reimagining is a must-see.

MARQUISE KNOX

Marquise Knox

Friday, June 3, 9 p.m., at Nectar’s in Burlington. $12-15.

St. Louis bluesman Marquise Knox is carrying the flag for blues guitar into the 21st century. The singer and guitarist represents a new generation of Black musicians Michael Mwenso reclaiming blues, along with guitarists such as Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Jontavious Williams. Mentored at a young age by famed blues musician Henry James Townsend, Knox has established himself as an artist with one foot deep in blues traditions and the other blazing forward with his own sound. Since cutting his first record, Man Child, at the tender age of 16, Knox has toured the world, sharing stages with B.B. King and ZZ Top and catching the ears of famous blues icons such as Hubert Sumlin and Pinetop Perkins.

NIKARA PRESENTS ‘BLACK WALL STREET’

Friday, June 3, 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, June 4, 6:30 p.m., at Burlington City Hall Park. Free.

Brooklyn’s Nikara Warren is a vibraphonist, composer and arranger with serious musical pedigree. The granddaughter of jazz pianist Kenny Barron, Warren creates a modern blend of hip-hop, jazz, ambient soundscapes and Afro Caribbean rhythms — not to mention virtuoso vibraphone playing — to produce a unique sound as forward-looking as it is steeped in the past. On her debut album, Nikara Presents Black Wall Street, named after an affluent Black suburb burned to the ground in Tulsa, Okla., in 1921, Warren took every influence she could muster and made a record that’s thoughtprovoking and danceable. Burlington funk-jazz combo Galacticats open the Saturday show.

Nikara Warren

THE GREAT UNKNOWN: BIG JOE’S AT THE VERMONT COMEDY CLUB Years before there was a Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, the stage at R.W. Hunt Mill & Mining — or as it was better known, Hunt’s — was the music hot spot in the Queen City for legendary local acts such as the N-Zones, Pine Island, and Big Joe Burrell & the Unknown Blues Band. These days, the nightclub in the old Armory building on the corner of Main and Pine streets hosts the likes of standups Kyle Kinane and Nicole Byer. But during jazz fest, the Vermont Comedy Club transforms into a speakeasy of sorts called Big Joe’s. The nightly tribute to the Queen City’s most beloved saxophonist, Big Joe Burrell, will host great shows and jam sessions featuring many of the performers scheduled to play the fest. “I wanted there to be a place that could capture the energy of something like Ronnie Scott’s,” Mwenso said, referring to the famous jazz club in London. “After the shows all finish, the musicians can come hang out at Big Joe’s, talk, and vibe and jam.” Opening night on Friday, June 3, features the Jon Thomas Trio with English saxophonist Ruben Fox and vibraphonist Jalen Baker playing the music and discussing the legacy of Duke Ellington. On other nights,

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he 2022 Burlington Discover Jazz Festival has a different vibe from that of past years. The annual 10-day celebration of jazz in the Green Mountains kicks off this Friday, June 3. It’s guest curated by musician Michael Mwenso, along with his Electric Root creative partner, Jono Gasparro. Together, the two strive to make the festival one that celebrates the “holistic experience of immersing oneself into Black music,” according to Mwenso. “A festival can be more than one thing,” said Jay Wahl, executive director of the festival’s parent organization, the Flynn. “We want it to be a fun, musical experience for the whole family. But we also want to use the music to educate on not only the amazing history of jazz and roots music but the future we see, as well. Michael is the perfect person to do just that.” To that end, the festival features elder statespeople and masters — such as funk pioneer George Clinton, blues legend Bobby Rush and gospel vocal group the Legendary Ingramettes — representing the traditions and history of Black roots music, in addition to some of the genre’s biggest stars and up-and-comers. “There needs to be a dialogue,” Mwenso said. “I wanted all these artists, these deep ones who are part of the legacy of Black music, to be part of this alongside some of the younger artists, the ones carrying the tradition onwards, like Caylen Bryant and Lakecia Benjamin. It’s about delivering the entire experience to people: the past and the future.” One way Mwenso aims to accomplish that goal is by having artists pop up at other events during the festival. For example, in the Ancestral Communal Listening sessions at the Flynn’s Amy E. Tarrant Gallery, Burlington Records and the BCA Center, vocalist Brianna Thomas, vibraphonist Jalen Baker and Mwenso himself will pair acoustic performances with deep dives into the history of Black roots music. To accommodate the festival’s goals, activities are spread out like never before. While most of the action takes place in downtown Burlington, festival locations include Starr Farm, Leddy and Schmanska parks in Burlington and the Clemmons Family Farm in Charlotte. There’s something for everyone at this 39th annual jazz fest. Read on for seven shows not to miss, as well some unconventional programming at the Vermont Comedy Club and Burlington City Arts’ Jazz Lab.

performers and jammers include trumpeter Tony Glausi, sax legend Gary Bartz and the Sean Mason Trio. “Hopefully there will be some impromptu jamming,” Mwenso added. “We’re going to invite musicians up onstage, as well.” The comedy club transforms into Big Joe’s nightly at 10 p.m. and stays open until 2 a.m., functioning as the festival after-party. There are a few earlier performances at the club, too, including a Sunday, June 5, set from Burrell’s longtime backing band, the Unknown Blues Band. Jalen Baker

‘X-VOTIVE’

LAKECIA BENJAMIN & SOUL SQUAD

Vermont filmmaker and artist Trish Denton has cocreated a visual album with Acqua Mossa vocalist Stephanie Lynn Wilson that promises to dazzle the eyes as well as the ears. Part experimental film, part live-action music video, X-Votive features Acqua Mossa playing a live set while four screens show footage shot by Denton and her crew that tells the story of a time traveler (played by Wilson) searching for six magical relics. Attendees will stand in the middle of the screens — the “time chamber,” as Denton calls it — to experience the sounds and sights. The story changes depending on which screen you start with, lending the installation a “Choose Your Own Adventure” vibe. Described by the artists as a “love-letter to our ancestors and the future of planet earth,” X-Votive calls to mind experimental X-Votive music films such as Sun Ra’s Space Is the Place.

Representing a new voice in jazz, Lakecia Benjamin is one of the most talented saxophonists in music today, having played with artists such as the Roots, Alicia Keys and Anita Baker. New York City-born Benjamin leads her band, the Soul Squad, through a tour of jazz and R&B masters, adding hip-hop and dance grooves to classic soul sounds from the likes of Maceo Parker and the Meters. Her latest record, Pursuance, is a tribute to John and Alice Coltrane and features some of the best contemporary bandleaders around, including Reggie Workman, Meshell Ndegeocello and fellow alto saxophonist Steve Wilson. For those attending the free George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic show on the waterfront, get there early for Benjamin’s opening set. You’ll have seen one of the best Lakecia Benjamin sax players around and gotten a good spot for P-Funk. Win-win!

Saturday, June 4, hourly from 3 to 8 p.m., at Burlington City Hall Auditorium. Free.

VUYO SOTASHE & CHRIS PATTISHALL

Thursday, June 9, 8:30 p.m., at the Flynn Space in Burlington. $25.

South African vocalist Vuyo Sotashe and North Carolina jazz pianist Chris Pattishall team up for a collaboration that draws as much from the Great American Songbook as from Xhosa hymns. Sotashe is considered one of the best up-and-coming jazz singers and is also a talented theater performer. He arrived in New York City as a Fulbright scholar in 2013, won the audience prize award at the Shure Montreux Jazz Voice Competition in 2015 and acted in the off-Broadway production of Black Light in 2018. He performs a series of duets with Pattishall, highly regarded for his skill in improvisation. In 2021, Pattishall released his debut Vuyo Sotashe album, Zodiac, a reimagining of composer Mary Lou Williams’ Zodiac Suite. Sotashe and Pattishall’s selections span from the earliest hints of jazz in African music to works by more contemporary masters, such as Stevie Wonder.

Friday, June 10, 7 p.m., at the Burlington waterfront. Free.

THE LEGENDARY INGRAMETTES

Sunday, June 12, 11 a.m., at the Clemmons Family Farm in Charlotte. Free.

A living link to a true icon of gospel music closes the jazz fest this year. Maggie Ingram, known as the Gospel Queen of Richmond, Va., formed Maggie Ingram and the Ingramettes in 1961, performing and recording up until her death in 2015. The Legendary Ingramettes — a trio fronted by Ingram’s daughter, Rev. Almeta IngramMiller — celebrate six decades of gospel music history. Lined with funk and R&B underpinnings, the group delivers an ecclesiastic, h i g h - e n e rg y p e r f o r m a n c e centered on the three women’s powerful voices in the spirit of a Sunday service. The Legendary Ingramettes also perform on Saturday, June 11, at Burlington’s Waterfront Park. m

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For the first time since 2014, the Jazz Lab returns to the jazz fest. Burlington City Arts, in conjunction with festival cocurators Mwenso and Gasparro, has revived the series, which features panels, films, art installations and plenty of musical performances at the BCA Center. “This is the 39th jazz fest,” said BCA executive director Doreen Kraft. “I’ve been here since the beginning, and to see the effect it’s had on the musicians and the community here, it’s really like nothing else. Kids who grew up coming to [the festival] are playing it now! So there’s just so much history, and we felt like we needed to acknowledge that.” Astral Projector Orchestra Some of that history is reflected in a photo exhibit, “From the Archives: Burlington’s Discover Jazz Festival,” which features images of

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the fest throughout the years. History is also a focus of a panel discussion on Thursday, June 9: “Jazz in the Green Mountains: Local Legends and the Growth of Jazz in Vermont” features guitarist Paul Asbell, saxophonist Rich Davidian, bassist and mandolin player Will Patton, pianist Rob Guerrina, and jazz singer Jenni Johnson. The Jazz Lab hosts some of the most interesting performances of the festival. Jazz pianist ELEW will live-score the Smithsonian’s documentary about Yellowstone Park, Fire and Ice, on Thursday, June 9, in City Hall Park. On Friday, June 10, Astral Projector Orchestra, featuring local musicians Xander Naylor, Dan Ryan and Randal Pierce, score three surrealist films: Emak-Bakia (1926), Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), and Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel’s Un Chien Andalou (1929). “Jazz Lab is a way to augment the festival, a fest within the fest,” Kraft said. “It’s all about the intersection of this incredible music with art and with community.”

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Trail Mix

A new bridge marks a milestone for a greenway spanning Vermont B Y S TEV E GOL D ST EIN • sgoldstein@sevendaysvt.com

e were rolling on a lovely spring day, riding our bikes eastward on Stone Cutter’s Way from downtown Montpelier. Railroad tracks were to our left as we continued past the Central Vermont Memorial Civic Center, then bore right on an old railbed that leads to the hydroelectric dam. The Winooski River rushed downstream away from us as we pushed uphill. We spotted a Bobcat — the machine kind, that is — scooting to and fro, filling low spots. A last scramble up a rutted incline delivered us to a most excellent sight for sore thighs: the 200-foot-long steel-andwood edifice of the new bridge over the river, a $2 million diamond in the necklace of linked byways forging the Cross Vermont Trail. Is this what Rose Paul envisioned in the fall of 1990 when she moved to Plainfield Village? Schooled in botany and environmental studies, she discovered an old railbed running through town being freely used for biking and walking despite its private ownership. Paul followed the trail for many miles east into the Groton State Forest, and her own wheels started turning: What if? “I just thought it could be very exciting to work on formalizing this as a trail,” recalled Paul, who has just recently eased off full-time duties after a long stint with the Nature Conservancy. “I knew that we would have to work with many private landowners,” she went on. “I also thought, If you’re gonna go big, go really big, because that’s the way to get attention and funding.” Big, she went. On Saturday, June 4, Montpelier Mayor Anne Watson; state Forests, Parks and Recreation Commissioner Michael Snyder; and assorted other pooh-bahs will gather to dedicate the bridge, a potent symbol of Paul’s big idea of a multiuse trail stretching from Lake Champlain to the Connecticut River. Imagine a linear jigsaw puzzle, much assembly required. But the route makes it accessible to thousands of Vermonters. “A beauty of the Cross Vermont Trail is that we go through a lot of villages, past schools and state parks,” Paul noted. “So it goes through places that people live, and they can get on the trail and get out into nature.” Greg Western will be cutting the ceremonial ribbon at the bridge. Rose Paul supplied the idea; Western executed 34

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it. A biblically bearded veteran of trail management, Western began working on the Cross Vermont Trail in 2006. In 2013, he was named executive director of the Cross Vermont Trail Association, the organization charged with overseeing the many moving parts of the project. “Ultimately, the work of the Cross Vermont Trail Association is to promote and help improve local trails and figure out how to connect them together to form larger networks with the dream of forming a complete off-road route from Lake Champlain to the Connecticut River,” Western explained. “Much of the old railroad is private and not a trail at this time, and some of it is physically gone for various reasons,” he went on. “But by working with landowners incrementally over time, our goal is to re-create a trail on the railbed in some places and in other places build new trail that approximates the old railbed.” The Cross Vermont Trail — advocates call it a “community-building project” — is coming together through donations of private land and disused railbeds, federal grants to the state, and purchases. In late March, Gov. Phil Scott awarded several million dollars to trail projects in Groton,

Greg Western smoothing out fresh trailbed material

Cabot and the City of Montpelier. The grants were made by the Vermont Outdoor Recreation Economic Collaborative, a consortium of businesses and nonprofits promoting outdoor recreation. Progress thus far is due to Paul’s determination not to let her vision fade. “In 1992,” she told Seven Days, “I was working as a natural resources planner at

the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. I started talking about it with people there, and I actually got permission to spend a little work time on it. And, really, that’s where the initial capacity came from.” By 1996, “we had gained a little momentum and followers, but we weren’t anything official,” Paul added. Some lobbying and friends in the Statehouse produced

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funding to hire a part-time coordinator, who was housed at the Vermont Agency of Transportation. On May 21, 1996, the Cross Vermont Trail was designated by governor Howard Dean as a part of the Vermont Trails System. The CVTA was registered as a private nonprofit corporation in 1999. Because the statewide route is a patchwork of many different pieces, Western explained, the CVTA works with a wide variety of partners — including private landowners who choose to allow a trail on their land, as well as many local towns, and state and federal agencies. As outlined on the CVTA website, the 90-mile multiuse trail runs from Oakledge Park in Burlington and “generally parallels the Winooski River through Waterbury and Montpelier to the town of Marshfield, where it crosses out of the Winooski watershed in Groton State Forest.” In the forest, the trail meets the headwaters of the Wells River and continues along the river “through the villages

of Groton, South Ryegate, and Wells River to the east end at the Connecticut River.” Another way to visualize the route, Western said, is to trace a line on a Vermont highway map that generally parallels Routes 2, 232 and 302. Paul saw a possibility and wanted to go big — but big takes time. “Maybe we’ve been lucky in that the pace of development isn’t fast here in central and eastern Vermont,” she said. “Things change slowly. So, we’ve been very fortunate that most of the railbed has not been taken up as private driveway.” Back on the trail, we marveled at the bridge for some time, admiring how neatly it fit into the landscape. The route beyond was marked but unfinished. Still, the promise of the Cross Vermont Trail was tangible, a 30-year dream much closer to reality. m

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Into the Thicket of It Sampling bramble’s wood-fired fare at the Essex Experience B Y J O R D AN BAR RY • jbarry@sevendaysvt.com

he first big, juicy tomato of the summer is the headliner of Vermont’s local produce season. But for me, the real delights are the opening acts — the rhubarb, radishes, asparagus, peas and spring greens filling our plates right now. They get the party started after a long winter, before the more brazen summer vegetables steal the spotlight. When I sat down at bramble, the newest restaurant in the Essex Experience, those early arrivals jumped out at me from all over the menu: spring pea and ricotta pizza; a salad of early lettuces; roasted radishes; pickled rhubarb; and asparagus and fiddleheads served under an impressive slab of slow-roasted Vermont pork shoulder. Colleen Hunt and Shawn Hyer moved back to Vermont to open bramble after years of cooking at, working at and developing restaurants all over the country — most recently in Napa, Calif. The 90-seat spot is the first restaurant they’ve called their own. It opened quietly in the former Orvis outlet on April 14, replacing displays of fly-fishing gear with a custom-built wood-fired oven, farmhouse tables and pantry-style shelves

that are quickly filling with jars of preserved produce from local farms. Hunt’s ever-changing menu is what the couple calls “micro-seasonal,” with ingredients, accoutrements and whole dishes dictated by what’s available each week or day — and, in the future, by what the pair can put up and store in the restaurant’s extensive larder. From the start, bramble has worked closely with a lengthy list of local producers, such as Dandelion Farm, a vegetable and fruit operation that Amanda Adams and Mike Bickley operate on just under two acres of Adams Turkey Farm in Westford.

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Shortly after bramble opened, Adams and Bickley were set to bring 10 pounds of ramps from their sugar bush to the restaurant. “We woke up in the morning, and there were five inches of snow on the ground,” Hyer recalled. “We were like, ‘Oh no! We’re not going to see our ramps today.’ We were so psyched” about having them, she said. But two hours later, Bickley arrived with the ramps. “You don’t get that elsewhere,” Hyer said, referring to both the spring dumping and the direct relationship they’ve created with the farm. “We’re here because of the small producers and the seasonality of the food,” he added. They’re also here because they want to be close to family. Hyer, who helms the front

of the house, tells customers that the restaurant’s name is an homage to the deep-rooted, sometimes invasive nature of a backyard bramblebush. “They’re very difficult to get rid of,” he said. “Our roots in Vermont run super deep, too, and we were always coming home.” More specifically, the name nods to a bramble patch on the far side of the 25-acre Cooper Hill Inn property in East Dover, where Hunt grew up. Early in the nowmarried couple’s relationship, Hunt and Hyer were visiting for a family event. All of the bedrooms were taken, so they pitched a tent in a clearing in the center of the massive bramble patch. INTO THE THICKET OF IT

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announced the closure, Labare and Russett were working together. “I said, ‘Wait, we can do this!’” Russett recalled. When they approached their boss, “She was really excited we wanted to keep it going,” Labare said. “Without hesitation, I said yes!” Trudell said. “Matt makes the cupcakes every day. If anybody’s going to be able to run it, it’s those two.” For the immediate future, the business partners will focus on stocking both CITY MARKET, ONION RIVER CO-OP locations and HEALTHY LIVING MARKET & CAFÉ’s two Vermont locations while they gear up for the busy wedding season. Regarding a new storefront, they hope to find a production baking kitchen with a small retail space for takeout sales. “We are looking for a new home, but not necessarily in Burlington,” Labare said. m

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Last year, when the First Baptist Church on St. Paul Street in Burlington held a takeout meal fundraiser, the options were either Italian-style spaghetti or Burmesestyle noodles. The latter were prepared mostly by cooks from the congregation’s roughly 40 families with roots in Myanmar, the Southeast Asian country also called Burma. Of the 120 meals ordered that year, few were for the spaghetti, said Sarah Dopp, a longtime congregant and event volunteer. The Burmese dish of noodles tossed with richly seasoned, stir-fried vegetables and optional chicken proved to be a hit. For this year’s June 11 benefit dinner, it’s all Burmese noodles. The to-go meals have no set price. Diners order ahead for a specific pickup time and pay by donation. All proceeds will help people in Myanmar who have endured decades of civil war. Since a February 2021 military coup overthrew the democratically elected government, the country has been in heightened turmoil. The two cooks leading food preparation, Thalei Paw and Kee Lar, are sisters-in-law who live with their families in Winooski and work together in the kitchen of Tiny Thai Restaurant. The pair chatted with Seven Days in the church kitchen after services on Sunday. Their children and husbands popped in and out of the conversation. Everyone wore brightly embroidered, traditional clothing, as they do for church every week. The families are members of an ethnic group in Myanmar known as the Karen people, some of whom became Baptist due to American missionary efforts in the 1800s. After Sunday morning worship in English, First Baptist holds a noon service in the Karen language. Several times a year, the services are combined, and the fundraiser engages church members of all backgrounds. Paw, 33, and Lar, 38, arrived in Vermont in 2013 and 2017, respectively, after spending years in Thai refugee camps. “We cannot stay there,” Paw said simply, referring to Myanmar. “It is a better place for us here in the U.S. We are so lucky.” For friends and family members still in Myanmar, Paw said, “It’s a really bad situation. They have to leave the village and their houses and stay in the forest. They are scared of the Burmese soldiers.” Last year, First Baptist’s event raised more than $2,000. “We are happy to help each other,” Paw said. Paw and Lar will enlist family and other church members to prepare the food, especially to chop all of the vegetables,

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The inn is also where Hunt first learned to garden, forage and cook, along with her siblings. Her mother, Marilyn, “did all of the cooking for the guests — until we were old enough,” Hunt said. Some of the family’s go-to recipes are now on the bramble menu, including Marilyn’s rhubarb and buttermilk cake, which Hunt dresses up for dessert with strawberry compote, crème fraîche and a sprinkle of hibiscus powder. Despite being a former outlet store, bramble captures an inn-like feel. Each table has coordinated yet mismatched plates; the space is filled with highbacked wooden chairs, antique furniture — including bureaus, sewing tables and buffets — and paintings on loan from neighboring ArtHound Gallery. The top portions of the walls sport well-worn wood left over from the reassemblage of the historic barn that is now a stage on the Essex Experience green, visible just past the site of bramble’s future outdoor patio. The effect is relaxed and homey, which is exactly what Hunt and Hyer were going for. “We wanted it to feel like we’re inviting somebody into our home

to share and eat Colleen’s food,” Hyer said. “Just with a much bigger kitchen.” There’s even a cozy fire — though it isn’t just for ambience, cranking out a large portion of the restaurant’s food. Wood-fired pizza is having a moment in Vermont. While those pies have been a staple for years, bramble is at least the third new spot to open since November that anchors its menu — and its space — around an impressive hearth. It’s not a surprising trend, since pizza is a crowd-pleaser that’s easily adaptable to takeout, a solid business decision in pandemic times. On the night I visited, bramble offered seven pizza options priced between $16 and $18. The pies that floated past our table were perfectly blistered and loaded with toppings — some classic, like the Knickerbocker’s Italian pepperoni, and some less expected, such as the Iberian Ruler, with a combo of boquerones (white anchovies), roasted red peppers, fresh garlic, parsley, and Mahón and manchego cheeses. “We want people to know they can bring their kids, and it can be warm and familiar,” Hyer said. “But at the same time, we didn’t want to compromise on the type of food and flavors we wanted to get out there.” The objective, he added, “is to get people to trust us.”

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When I was growing up, asparagus meant one thing: must be May. Once the tender green shoots started popping through the soil, they were on the plate at every meal for a month — roasted, grilled, sautéed, chopped into a casserole, shaved in a salad, pickled or puréed. My late parents were both teachers, and they spent their summers playing in the dirt. On May 27, 1990, they started the growing season — and the following 30 growing seasons — by planting an asparagus patch in an out-of-the-way corner of their extensive vegetable garden. I was only 3 years old at the time, but I’m sure of the date. My dad kept detailed garden “lab notebooks” that tracked the variables of weather, pests, seed orders, successes and failures from his annual garden experiments on our southern Vermont hillside. On the precise, intricately labeled drawing of the 1990 garden, he crossed out “tomatoes,” “peppers” and “decorative gourds” and added “asparagus 5/27, 25 crowns.” He wrote it in pencil, but it was the most permanent thing on the page. Asparagus are perennial, and they don’t like to be moved. In the patch’s third season — the first year it was fully harvestable, since the plants take several years to establish — he started to note when the earliest spears appeared: May 4 in 1992, May 1 in 1993, April 29 in 1994 with a note that the first meal on May 7 was “AWESOME!!!” He wasn’t always so effusive. “Poor” was his way of noting failure — usually of onions

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and broccoli — along with “chipmunks enjoyed.” He had a soft spot for asparagus and its early spring reliability. The old patch was a jungle of ferns when my brother and I sold the house in late summer of 2020. On my last stroll through the garden gate, the wispy leaves reached over my head and tickled my bare arm, like they had for 30 summers. As I set out to plant my own patch this spring, I realized how much work had gone into that 1990 project. I’d ordered 50 asparagus crowns from Fedco Trees in Clinton, Maine, back in January. It’s an excessive amount, but I envisioned that as they grew tall and feathery, they’d form a long, skinny row along the back fence. When they arrived in late April, the crowns looked more like washed-up sea creatures than future vegetables. A few days later, I hired someone with a tractor to dig an 18-inch-deep trench in the heavy Vergennes clay. I spent the next several days hauling wheelbarrows full of compost and fresh topsoil across the yard to backfill the 60-foot ditch. By the time I thumped the 10th load in, I was questioning whether I even liked asparagus and reminding myself of the long game. After a wine-fueled planting session with friends — laying out the crowns nose-to-tail — they were in the ground. Ten days later, I noticed the first spears poking up. It will be at least two years before I can harvest a meal, but I already know what I’ll write in my own garden lab notebook. m

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Besides the pizzas, the menu offers plenty of family-style snacks, salads, entrées and sides that are ideally sized and priced for diners looking to try something new. So many, in fact, that my dining companion and I decided to skip the pizza altogether. We started with a round of Fiddler’s Cove oysters ($16 for six), which were immaculately cleaned and served with tobiko and housemade horseradish. I was tempted to keep the fish-egg thing going with an order of Tsar Nicoulai caviar ($35), but we opted to save that — and its accompanying blini — for a return trip for Sunday lunch. The roasted spring radishes ($10) were a standout, hot out of the wood fire with brown butter, honey, chile flakes and thinly shaved raw radish. The radish tops found their way into braised greens served with a roasted New York strip steak. “A chef around here showed me a cool technique for roasting radishes a long time ago,” Hunt said. “We threw these in the oven, tasted them and tried to figure out which supplemental flavors go best.” We also snacked on the citrusy, lightly

spicy country-pickled shrimp ($10), which came in a small blue mason jar. The plump, briny shrimp were a nice sign of pickled things to come as the team fills the larder. So was the pickled rhubarb in the baby spinach and beet salad ($12). Next, we explored the “hearty from the hearth” and “from the fire” sections of the menu, ordering a wood-fired medley of mushrooms with smoked-onion miso ($16); slow-roasted Vermont pork shoulder ($28) with creamy white beans; and whole roasted beef marrow bones ($14) with herb salad, capers, grilled bread, horseradish and housemade mustard. The rich fat of the bone marrow was cut perfectly by the herby and bright elements served alongside the long, stuffed bone, and the bread was just right for swiping through the mixture to capture any bits I’d missed. The no-fuss plating — and the encouragement from our outstanding server, Mishka Lord — had us diving right into what can seem like an intimidating dish. As we slowed down and sipped on our well-made, classic cocktails, we eavesdropped on snippets of conversation about the oven-warmed olives and goings-on about town. Bramble is remarkably well soundproofed for a big restaurant, but many of the diners surrounding us seemed to happen to know one another, in classic Vermont fashion. Hunt witnessed similar mingling on a recent Sunday, she said, when an entire corner of the bar was filled with unrelated kids eating pizza. With a little trust and culinary adventurousness, maybe someday they’ll be in the same spot slurping up bone marrow. m

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his year, Vermont’s two opera companies, Barn Opera in Brandon and the Opera Company of Middlebury, offer summer seasons that diverge in just about every way — except in their impresarios’ shared goal to get people to love opera. Under the artistic direction of founder Doug Anderson, OCM, now in its 19th season, will present live performances starting this Friday, June 3, of Jacques Offenbach’s Orphée aux enfers (Orpheus in the Underworld), a lark of an operetta that makes wild fun of the Greek myth. Meanwhile, Barn Opera founder and artistic director Joshua Collier chose to pivot away from live performance this summer after many of the 5-year-old company’s regular fans expressed fears of COVID-19. Instead, Collier, a tenor, is filming the two operas he had planned to present, Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni and Il tabarro by Giacomo Puccini. Both are heartrending one-act tragedies that end with body counts. Both directors hope to fight the perception of the art form as snooty and to update its stories for modern audiences. In Anderson’s Orphée, the underworld is Las Vegas, and at least one scene takes place in a sports bar. In the past, the director has updated Jules Massenet’s Cendrillon (1899) with a ukulele-playing prince and a Cinderella who wears thrift-store finds. Offenbach’s send-up of the Greek myth, which premiered in 1858, is still funny. Orpheus and Eurydice aren’t the myth’s famously loving pair, separated by Eurydice’s death. Instead, they despise each other, and Eurydice is thrilled to escape to hell. Orpheus heads to the underworld to retrieve her only because a character named Public Opinion pressures him to. Meanwhile, Anderson said by phone, “The gods are bored out of their minds and sick of drinking ambrosia. When Jupiter says he’s going to hell to help out Orpheus, everyone says, ‘Take us!’ They have a wonderful time down there.” Offenbach’s music, which Anderson called “effervescent and tuneful and giddy,” constitutes a large part of the fun. Everyone’s doing the can-can in hell — to a cabaret melody that audiences are sure to recognize. Atlanta-based soprano Bevin Hill, who sings Eurydice, has performed in six 42

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previous OCM operas; Connecticut-based baritone Joshua Jeremiah, who plays Jupiter, has done five. Vermont couple Allison and Cameron Steinmetz, a soprano and tenor, play lesser gods. Guest conductor Clinton Smith will lead an orchestra of Vermont musicians. Reached by phone at the start of rehearsals, Hill said that working with Anderson is “like playtime. I feel so guilty because it’s like a paid vacation. Doug is all about wanting to entertain this audience. He has such a fresh perspective on these operas.” Jeremiah has sung tragic roles such as Macbeth and Rigoletto around the U.S., including with Houston Grand Opera. Jupiter is a new role for him and one he’s enjoying. “You get to see me transform into a fly and buzz around the stage,” he promised. The baritone added that Orphée is “not often done in the States because it’s almost a French musical theater piece” with a lot of French spoken dialogue — which will have English supertitles. “It’s very silly, and [our production] will be as close to that kind of French cabaret farce as we can get away with.” For the first time, OCM is offering free tickets to anyone under 26. “This is a great gateway opera: full orchestra, fabulous singers and a supergood time,” Anderson said. “Any of your preconceptions are going to be smashed in the first five minutes.” Meanwhile, Collier of Barn Opera hopes film is the way into the hearts of potential opera fans. “I love the opera and the theater and the film medium, and I think that [film is] the point at which all my loves intersect,” he said. “There are people who think opera is not for them, and with my evangelism, this is a way to say, ‘Yes, this is for you.’” Using their scheduled rehearsal time, the cast recorded Cavalleria rusticana and Il tabarro in two days inside the company’s rehabilitated barn to piano accompaniment by assistant music director Felix Jarrar. Music director Cailin Marcel Manson conducted. Then, over the next three days, they filmed Cavalleria on location in Salisbury, Brandon and Pittsford, with the singers lip-synching to the recording played from a speaker on set. Currently being edited, Cavalleria will be released at the end of the summer. Il tabarro will be filmed in late July in New York City — most likely in a gritty riverside locale filled with graffiti, Collier said, that fits his film-noir conception of the opera. Between the release of Cavalleria and the filming of Il tabarro, Collier will launch Castellopera, a summer training program

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idur Rai spends his days knocking on doors, checking to see if someone on the other side might need his help. He’s a family support consultant for the Vermont Family Network, an organization that supports children, youth and families, especially those with disabilities or health needs. Rai works primarily with non-English speakers, translating at medical appointments and assisting with benefits applications and other paperwork. But when he immigrated to the Green Mountain State as a Bhutanese refugee in 2015, Rai said, many in his community couldn’t imagine him in this type of role. At the time, Rai used a wheelchair due to lingering sports injuries that put pressure on his spine, affecting his ability to walk or stand without assistance. People said he was not fit to hold a job and urged him to apply for Supplemental Security Income, the federal program designed to help aged, blind and disabled people with little or no income. 44

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“I told them that I can read, I can write, I can let someone understand. I can understand by myself. I can speak this language,” Rai said. “Let me get some type of job so that I can make money by working.” He now walks without a cane, he’s been working for six years, and his family recently purchased a home in Burlington.

produced by the Vermont Family Network. The in-person event, at the Film House at Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center in Burlington, will also be broadcast via livestream. Rai’s belief in his potential to make positive contributions has been central to his story. At the refugee camp where he

MY HOPE ALWAYS FOR STORYTELLING EVENTS ...

IS THAT SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE IS MOVED BY SOMETHING THAT THEY HEAR. S US ANNE S C H MID T

He is confident that he wouldn’t have reached this stage if he had listened to the stories others told him about himself. On Friday, June 3, Rai will share his journey alongside seven other self-advocates and families of children with disabilities at Voices of Our Network, a storytelling event

had lived in Nepal, he kept busy. He was a teacher and youth counselor, he earned an English degree, and he ran a grocery store and canteen until his health began to interfere. By 2016, the year after he arrived in Vermont, his health had improved enough

that he was able to work as a cashier at a University of Vermont dining hall. In 2018, he learned about a job opening at the Vermont Family Network, which had helped find childcare for his daughter when he first arrived. He was excited by the idea of work that would make a positive impact, particularly for other refugees facing language barriers. So, even though the organization helping him with his job search told him he didn’t have enough experience or the right type of education, Rai asked one of his doctors to help him apply. He’s been working for the network ever since. Storytelling is integral to many of the Vermont Family Network’s offerings, said Jenny Norris, a family support consultant for the organization. Its Family Faculty program allows parents to share their experiences with students studying education, medicine and other health-related disciplines. “One of the things that really motivated me about this event was [that] once a nursing student asked a storyteller at one of our parent panels, ‘What do you do for self-care?’ And the parent replied, ‘I do this. This is what I do. I tell my story,’” Norris said. “And that comment really impacted me.” She realized that storytelling not only empowers self-advocates and families, it provides a way for them to find support. Speakers wanted to learn how to share their messages more effectively, so Norris organized several workshops with storytelling coach Susanne Schmidt. The sessions were so well received that the organization applied for a grant from the Vermont Arts Council to bring Schmidt back and host a community storytelling event, Voices of Our Network. Erika Smith, a nurse and mom of two from East Montpelier, has previously spoken to students and professionals about her 6.5-year-old son, Rowen, who has a severe brain malformation that prevents him from speaking or walking. The prospect of connecting with a wider audience immediately piqued her interest. “This is a little different because it’s really telling my story and not his, and that’s something I haven’t experienced before — kind of my experience as being his mom,” Smith explained. “And so it’s been a little scary, and it’s been a pretty emotional journey — really sitting down and writing

Erika Smith with her sons Slade, 14, and Rowen, 6, at their home in East Montpelier

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and going over exactly what the story is that I want to tell.” At the mic, Smith hopes to capture both the challenges and the celebrations of raising two little boys whose needs differ. Though those celebratory moments might look different for other families, Smith said the commonalities matter just as much. Rowen’s hopes and desires are similar to those of many kids his age, she said. He’s excited about making friends and going to school. The experiences that will be shared on Friday are diverse and important to absorb, Smith continued, especially for people who have not faced similar challenges themselves. “I’ve learned so much from speaking to [them] and hearing the stories that the other storytellers are preparing,” Smith said. The participants began working with Schmidt, the storytelling coach and event coproducer, in March to hone their stories for the stage. The speakers have been encouraged to share their experiences in whatever way feels most comfortable, she said. For example, one storyteller who has

a visual impairment has opted to use an audio recording rather than speak live onstage. The lights in the venue will dim to bring the audience “closer to the experience that she has in the world,” Schmidt said.

“I guess my hope always for storytelling events, but certainly for this event, is that someone in the audience is moved by something that they hear,” she said. “That maybe they come in with some particular set of expectations, or something they

think they know about a particular person or the world in general, and that the story they hear changes their perspective for the better.” Rai’s goal is to broadcast “positive vibes’’ with his story, which was prerecorded for Friday’s event. Though there’s no way to encapsulate his entire journey in just eight minutes, he hopes to get an important message across: that life is precious and surviving is worth it. “Losing hope is one thing, and giving up is another thing. Never give up … You can sense yourself. So, don’t be thinking about if someone says, ‘You are like that. You did this. You did that,’” Rai said. “You have your own power. You have your own right to describe your life.”

INFO Voices of our Network, Friday, June 3, 7 to 9 p.m., at the Film House at Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center in Burlington, or online via livestream. Free. Masks and proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 test result required. Advance registration requested. For accessibility accommodations, contact jenny.norris@vtfn.org. Learn more at vermontfamilynetwork.org.

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THEATER

Shakesqueer Vermont’s Romeo & Juliet plays with gender and sexuality

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he Plainfield Friends Meeting house buzzed with activity as the cast and crew of Shakesqueer Vermont’s production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet arrived for an evening rehearsal. Shakesqueer Vermont’s Outside the building, cast members drilled fight chore- rehearsal of Romeo & Juliet ography on an old stone wall beside the Winooski River, at the Plainfield Opera House surrounded by trees and a sea of violets and forget-me-nots. As more people arrived, they greeted each other with bear hugs, then engaged in boisterous chitchat as they scarfed came from the Tucson chapter and was involved with its down quick dinners. Children scampered around like wood debut production of Twelfth Night in 2017. He has lived in nymphs from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Familiarity and Vermont on and off and worked with Bread and Puppet affinity practically gushed through the air. Theater. Shakesqueer Vermont is a new DIY theater group “The idea was to challenge the straight narratives inspired by a similarly named outfit in Tucson, Ariz. A 2011 around Shakespeare,” Reinhardt said of the Tucson group’s book by Madhavi Menon, Shakesqueer: A Queer Companion origin. “There’s queerness in that world that isn’t really to the Complete Works of Shakespeare, also uses the port- talked about.” manteau term. Before returning to her home state of Vermont, Veterans of the Arizona group are among the group of Engstrom was set to play Romeo in Shakesqueer Tucson’s friends who, after working together on various perfor- March 2020 production of Romeo and Juliet when the mance art and theater projects, set out to form the Vermont pandemic hit. The two productions share not just team chapter of Shakesqueer. Composed of “lapsed theater members but props. The Tucson group loaned its stage nerds” — as the show’s director, Mollie McElroy, said before swords to the Vermont group. rehearsal — the majority LGBTQ ensemble came together “It’s just been very small-town magic,” Ruster said. in 2022 to have fun, foster queer community and get back to Aside from queering the main story line and re-gendera pursuit many in the group hadn’t engaged ing many of the characters, the upcoming in since they were kids. production reimagines several aspects of the “At our first rehearsal, [I asked], ‘How show. The story takes place in an alternate, many folks have not done theater since pre-apocalyptic reality. high school?’ Most of us raised our hands,” McElroy stressed that the show’s world McElroy said. is not simply a near-future version of our Shakesqueer Vermont’s Romeo & Juliet own. “In creating an apocalypse hellscape runs the weekends of June 3 and 10, with live with a majority white-presenting group, performances at several locations in central is that really the … future that we want to Vermont, as well as a streaming version on present?” she said. “This is one alternate LESLI E R US TE R Twitch. The group will also make an appearuniverse. We recognize the limitations of ance at Central Vermont Drag Ball on Saturday, June 11, at this group being majority white and that the future is Barre’s Old Labor Hall. not a white space.” Most of the story is the same: Star-crossed lovers Romeo While keeping the traditional setting of Verona, Italy, and Juliet, played by Elsa Engstrom and Natalie Wheeler, Shakesqueer Vermont presents it as a city deeply divided respectively, fight to stay together amid their families’ by class. The Capulets have the best of everything, while ongoing clash. But theirs is a lesbian relationship that the Montagues struggle to survive. queers the script, highlighting marginalized identities. Finding support for those choices in Shakespeare’s text, “It’s really cool to be taking something that’s in the Ruster pointed out that it’s the Capulets who throw the public domain and saying, ‘What would it be like if we could lavish ball during which the lovers meet. Engstrom noted imagine this in a different world?’” McElroy pondered. “It’s a passage that describes Romeo’s means as small compared very affirming to see Romeo and Juliet as a queer, lesbian to Juliet’s. love story.” “I don’t feel like it’s a big stretch to get there,” Engstrom McElroy, who’s also codirector of the collaborative said. Central Vermont Playback Theatre, is part of the core group Audiences should expect some major changes to the that formed Shakesqueer, along with Leslie Ruster, an play’s well-known story beats. All pronouns and gendered Extempo storytelling champion who plays Lady Capulet; language have been updated. The term “gentlethem” and Engstrom, a Shakesqueer Tucson veteran. replaces the oft-used “gentleman.” Lighting and sound designer Jeff Reinhardt also “The intention [was] to completely gender-neutralize

all of the characters at the beginning and allow the actors to choose their gender presentation,” McElroy said. For instance, Lisa Scanlon portrays the traditionally male Paris, Juliet’s intended, as female. This Paris is an Instagram influencer and vapid socialite encircled by a paparazzi mob. “I’m playing with Paris as Paris Hilton,” Scanlon said. “Shakespeare messed with gender all the time,” McElroy said, noting that, in the Bard’s day, men played both male and female roles. Emily Thibodeau, literary director of the Vermont group Foul Contending Rebels Theatre, made similar choices in a 2021 production of Hamlet. In her collective’s vision of the tragedy, the play’s Danish kingdom became a queendom, in which the roles of King Claudius and Queen Gertrude were reversed. The show also featured flexibly gendered casting. “Gender in Shakespeare’s writing is fantastically fluid,” Thibodeau wrote by email. “When we re-gender Shakespeare, we’re reminding our audience that women and queer people are human, too.” Though the show mainly sticks to Shakespeare’s text and its Elizabethan English, at the show’s end cast members read selections by queer poets Andrea Gibson, adrienne maree brown, Rachel McKibbens and Mary Oliver, diverging from the script into what McElroy called a “dreamscape.” Audiences should expect other revisions, as well. “Do we really want to do a show about queer teen suicide?” McElroy said, referring to conversations the group held during conceptual stages. Though the team members preferred that Seven Days not divulge the new ending, they noted that their version avoids the trap of focusing on queer suffering, often depicted in Hollywood films such as Boys Don’t Cry. “Actually, the tragedy is the families that don’t support [Romeo and Juliet],” Ruster said. m

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FIBER ARTS

Nelly Wolf of Black Cat Judaica in Peacham

Threads of Tradition A Northeast Kingdom weaver handcrafts Jewish prayer shawls B Y M E L I SSA PASANEN • pasanen@sevendaysvt.com

ow did a Vermonter who grew up atheist come to weave Jewish prayer shawls sold to customers as far away as San Francisco, Denmark and Australia? The multifaceted answer includes falling in love with an observant Jew, said weaver Nelly Wolf, owner of Black Cat Judaica. On a recent afternoon, Wolf, 29, chatted with Seven Days in the upper floor of a historic Peacham barn where she works on her two large 18th-century wooden looms. Each held a partially completed prayer shawl bearing stripes of different colors and varied widths woven from blended wool and silk into a white wool background. Bands in shades of ebony, sable and garnet revealed complex detail work forming tiny flowers and stars. The handwoven fabric will become sacred garments that many Jews wear during worship. They’re called tallitot (plural) or tallit (singular) in Hebrew. Each custom order takes Wolf two days to weave and another several hours to finish with hand-sewn corner and neckband pieces 48

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and four hand-spun, hand-tied corner upbringing in Guilford, her husband grew fringes. up in a Modern Orthodox family in ManhatSince Wolf launched Black Cat Judaica tan. At 17, Ira left city life for the countryside in December 2020, she estimates she’s of Vermont and eventually attended the sold about 75 tallitot for between $100 University of Vermont. He remains deeply and $700. The sliding scale is connected to Judaism and based on the size and shape his community, his wife said, of the shawl, as well as the though he no longer follows customer’s means. Wolf has orthodox practices. spread the word largely via her The pair met through folk business Instagram account, dancing in 2018. Wolf had generating orders from all over studied textile anthropology the U.S. and beyond. at Sterling College in CraftsMany tallitot are the first bury Common and was workspecial prayer shawls given to ing at the Marshfield School C AR O L D IC K S O N of Weaving. youngsters for their bar or bat mitzvah, the traditional Jewish “I taught Ira how to weave coming-of-age ceremony. Others, such as because, you know, we were flirting,” Wolf a pure snow-white tallit with intricate said with a smile. “It was a way to spend white-on-white twill patterning, are for time together.” weddings. When she asked what he’d like to make, Nelly and Ira Wolf did not wear he suggested a prayer shawl. The weaving wedding tallitot at their marriage celebra- school had recently hosted a tallitot class tion in October 2021 because it’s not the with a weaver from a local synagogue. custom in his family’s Jewish tradition. Building from there, Wolf researched and In sharp contrast to Wolf’s nonreligious experimented. “There’s a lot of tradition,

NELLY FOUND A NICHE THAT NEEDED FILLING.

a lot of cultural expectations that people have for a prayer shawl, but there’s not actually a lot of halakhah,” she said, referring to Jewish religious law. Among the basic requirements, the garment must have four corners, each anchored with specially tied fringes called tzitzit made from fiber crafted specifically for tallitot. Wolf hoped to meet the requirements while flexing her creativity to offer a wider range of colors and personalization than is customary. The idea of creating and selling these culturally important garments intrigued Wolf for several reasons. She believes deeply in the value of traditionally crafted items, as well as making them affordable. For her senior project at Sterling, Wolf made a Scottish arisaid, a historic woven garment also called a “woman’s plaid.” She did everything by hand: from carding and spinning the wool to growing plants to dye the weaving fibers. In her final paper, subtitled “How to Weave the Hard Way, and Why You Should Try It Some Time,” Wolf acknowledged, “Economically, it makes no sense to make an arisaid.” But, she continued, engaging in such labor-intensive handcrafts can help people “gain more diverse perspectives, and consequently more open minds, about the communities, cultures and environments in which they might otherwise not be involved.” Sterling faculty member Carol Dickson said Wolf distinguished herself as a student — and continues to do so — not only for “her skills, passion, and love of weaving and traditional craft but also her level of thoughtfulness. She’s learning, and she’s teaching us through her weaving. She’s maintaining and enhancing cultural traditions.” With Black Cat Judaica, “Nelly found a niche that needed filling,” Dickson said. “She has connected to people all over the world.” Wolf’s entwined spiritual and professional destiny was seeded long before she met Ira, she recalled. During childhood, she bonded with her family’s neighbor and her mother’s best friend, Carol Schnabel, a professional weaver who is Jewish. “She was my other mother [and] a mentor in a lot of ways,” Wolf said. Wolf spent a lot of time in Schnabel’s weaving studio and remembers clearly when Schnabel visited her first-grade class. “She helped us make these little looms out of Popsicle sticks,” Wolf said. Schnabel also shared her cultural and religious background. “I always say I had this Jewish-adjacent upbringing,” Wolf said with a chuckle. “I always wanted to know why different people thought different things,” she recalled. “I would have little metaphysical conversations with Carol, like, ‘Am I a bad

person for doing this bad thing?’ And she said, ‘No, everybody does bad things. You just have to then make up for it.’” When Wolf met her future husband, it became evident how much Jewish philosophy she had absorbed. “We bonded over this way of looking at the world,” Wolf said. By the time the couple married, she had converted to Judaism. Black Cat Judaica’s sliding-price scale and flexible payment plans exemplify that worldview. Encouraging people to pay what they can afford, Wolf explained, is a form of tzedakah, a pillar of Judaism. The word is sometimes translated as “charity,” but she interprets it as justice or reciprocity, even mutual aid. Wolf believes everyone, not just those with money, deserves access to beautiful, handmade tallitot. “It is part of the larger goal of making a better world,” she said. “You don’t do it because you’re nice. You do it because it’s right.” Even so, Wolf makes a living through Black Cat Judaica. Between those who pay the minimum and those who pay the maximum, “It works out for the most part,” she said.

Jewish prayer shawl made by Nelly Wolf

Her husband is a paraeducator in the St. Johnsbury school system. The couple lives in a yurt in Barnet and is gradually renovating the 1840s-era house on the property. This month Wolf will move her looms into the first finished room,

enabling her to weave year-round. She has been weaving in the unheated Peacham barn from roughly late April through November. Black Cat Judaica customer D’vorah Grenn is a spiritual leader, teacher and

Imagination Station « P.43 Babaroosa’s site. The Davises are also in the process of raising $10.8 million in investor equity. They declined to specify how much they have secured so far but said that Roxanne Scully, who cofounded Burlington’s Hula with her husband, Russ Scully, has been a “very generous seed funder.” South Burlington electric aircraft pioneer Beta Technologies has also contributed funding for two prototypes built in shipping containers. Dubbed “Flow” and “Mushroom Forest,” they’re examples of what Babaroosa visitors will experience in the projected average visit time of two to three hours at about $36 per person, or $26 for students and seniors. Teresa said “Flow” is primarily visual, “a color bath experience with really just a lot of flowing energy.” “Mushroom Forest” is more tactile with many different textures and layers, she said. Neither is currently open to the public. The couple said they were motivated to create Babaroosa after witnessing the power of immersive art to engage people of all ages and to positively impact health and well-being. “As an art educator and artist, I have had a long-term interest in installation and immersive art,” Teresa said. When Davis Studio was located on Pine Street, her team created two small, immersive experiences for the South End Art Hop in 2015 and 2106. “Typically, when someone says ‘art,’ you think of a picture in a frame on a wall or a sculpture on a pedestal,” Teresa explained. Immersive art, by contrast, “is like walking inside of a piece of art. The art will cover the floor, cascade from the ceiling. You are surrounded by the art in a way that you can become part of the art and,

Babaroosa cofounder Teresa Davis and creative collaborator Rob Hunter

in some cases, you can interact with the art,” Teresa said. “It moves you along the continuum from being a spectator to being more of a participant.” The Davises also believe that Babaroosa has the potential to deliver more than entertainment. Robert has a vivid recollection from the couple’s first visit to Meow Wolf in Santa Fe in early 2017. Looking around at fellow guests, the medical researcher

founding director of the San Franciscobased Lilith Institute, a center for feminist spirituality. She discovered Wolf’s work via Instagram and ordered a tallit katan, a poncho-like form of prayer shawl. Grenn had previously bought tallitot from Israel, where many are made, and was excited to support a woman-owned business in the U.S., she wrote by email. “Folks weaving these garments on their own looms in this country is, I believe, a rarity,” Grenn wrote. “Nelly worked with me on my personal preferences while holding to her own practice with integrity — all of which gives the garment more meaning.” The flexible pricing was also important to Grenn. She said she has been investing heavily in her own business, though she did ultimately pay more than she had budgeted. “I saw Nelly’s devotion to this sacred work and I wanted to honor that,” Grenn wrote. “It’s all too rare in an automated Amazon economy.”

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said, “If I could have done an MRI scan of their brain at this moment, we would [have seen] some cool stuff going on. People had this blissed-out look, whether they were 80 years old or 8 years old — and everybody in between.” Research has documented, Robert said, how “just plain old art museums” can help people with chronic pain, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder. “I saw it through the lens of, like, Wow, this is an experience that is not just entertainment.” In addition to Meow Wolf’s original Santa Fe site, the company has launched two more in Las Vegas, Nev., and Denver in 2021. In a September 24, 2021, New York Times review of the 90,000-square-foot Denver Meow Wolf, art critic Ray Mark Rinaldi wrote, “Anyone looking to get their mind blown, and then blown again, will deem Meow Wolf a thrilling fun house.” “While Meow Wolf is our inspiration,” Teresa said, “I would say we have a different sensibility and aesthetic.” Karen Mittelman, executive director of the nonprofit Vermont Arts Council, emphasized that Babaroosa is a very ambitious endeavor. She also believes it will invigorate the arts community and spark broad economic and cultural vitality in the state. “It’s a huge, audacious, stunning project,” Mittelman said. Mittelman, familiar with national art trends, underscored that Meow Wolf has been “a pretty spectacular success.” But, she added, “You can’t take a cultural attraction from elsewhere and plop it down in Vermont. Babaroosa is really built with Vermont communities and artists and creatives in mind. That matters.”

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Steady Hand In “Living Color,” Bonnie Acker’s paintings offer solace S TORY & PHOT OS B Y PAMEL A POLSTON • ppolston@sevendaysvt.com

rural scenes with barns, but I’ve enjoyed those because of the setting — places that help to give Vermont its character. My illustration work over 50 years has mostly used people, and I’ve certainly gotten more diverse, [featuring] different cultures. I added a hijab to one of the figures on [a recent poster]. My work as an illustrator of people has become more expansive and descriptive. "A Distance Drawing Us"

tanding in a gallery surrounded by paintings by Bonnie Acker is highly recommended. You may find you want nothing more than to lay on the floor and soak it all in. “It,” in this case, is a roomful of natural beauty — floral and landscape paintings that gently invite you to breathe and calm the heck down. This is artwork as meditation. This is, at least momentarily, a reprieve from the unrelenting horrors of the world. That is exactly Acker’s aim. In her current solo exhibition at Shelburne’s Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, the Burlington artist and activist offers 17 large and small works — oils on paper or linen — that soothe the soul. Most are abstracted landscapes with beckoning mountains; a few depict soft-focus clusters of exuberant poppies or pointy purple lupines. Yet these images are not merely decorative. Acker is a masterful colorist, and the layered hues that define ground and sky in her scenes fairly crackle with energy. You can spend long moments engaged with the playful textures in her clouds or diving into an expanse of luminous aquamarine. There’s a reason her show is titled “Living Color.” Acker moved to Burlington with her husband, John Davis, in 1986. He’s a cofounder of Burlington Associates in Community Development and a leader

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in the community land trust movement. She’s the artist behind zillions of posters, donated paintings for auctions and book illustrations in support of her favorite nonprofits. In addition to Champlain Housing Trust, these include the Intervale Community Farm and the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont. If her paintings offer escape, her activist artworks promote engagement and problem-solving. Acker has also lent her green thumb to flower gardens around Burlington, including at the downtown City Market, Onion River Co-op and Fletcher Free Library. On November 4, 2013, the City of Burlington acknowledged her community service in a declaration of Bonnie Acker Day. Now approaching 74, Acker says that the gratitude she receives for her artworks helps to keep her own distress at bay. In a phone conversation, she shared her thoughts about color, holding steady and letting go. In your artist statement, you note that after more than 50 years as an illustrator and 35 as a painter, you’ve been able to find your voice. What is that voice saying? I think that artists play a pivotal role in connecting despair and hope. Many people can do this, but I think artists have a unique voice in addressing despair and saying we can do better than we’re doing. I’m so grateful I’ve been one of the people who can be a bridge.

Why do you love the color turquoise so much? Everyone has an innate tendency for favorite colors, music, foods and so on. When I see turquoise, it makes me content; it makes my heart happy. I love that color, too. But it’s not exactly native, so to speak, in Vermont. Sometimes it’s true in a distant mountain or a really clear stream. Or you can just use your imagination! Really, you seem to have a way with all the colors. I just use what makes me feel content — anything but a picnic-table green. And I don’t use much black. Are there other artists, other colorists that you particularly admire or have learned from? Good question. I have an interesting perspective: When I have an opportunity to do art with kids, that’s who I learn from. They are so fresh with their ideas about what colors to use. It’s always magical with young people. All of your paintings — or at least the ones on exhibit at Furchgott Sourdiffe — are of the natural world. I know that your collages and illustrations are generally figurative, but have you ever painted people or the built environment? I’ve never painted people. I have painted

In a conversation we had years ago, you said you painted scenes from memory. Do you ever paint en plein air? Not really. Thirty years ago, I would do pastels outside because they’re dusty and toxic. When I moved to oil paintings, they have to be done in a dust-free environment, so I paint at my kitchen table and from memory. I can walk or drive by and see a scene, and it’s just in my mind. You surely draw inspiration from flower gardens, and yet your images seem to be out in the wild, no? There are paintings [in the exhibition] of lupines and poppies — I love them; they’re so transitory. They encourage me to look at them for more than just a moment. Is it fair to say you’re more interested in color and composition than capturing a specific place? I think that’s true. And I have evolved the paintings over the last 10 years. I used to be more [focused] on a specific meadow and looking at specific mountains. I’ve evolved to making the scenes more universal. Your landscape paintings seem to follow a kind of formula for conveying foreground, middle distance, horizon, sky. I don’t mean “formula” in a pejorative way, but I’m wondering if that’s a technique you learned or if you’re just following what your eye sees. In every scene, there is one line — the horizon — and above that there is the limitless sky. And then I try to draw in what I see in the middle distance and

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LIZ LE SERVIGET: “Tracking Time Through COVID,” a solo show of small watercolor paintings made every day since mid-March 2020 by the Montpelier artist. June 3-August 5. Info, 595-5252. Center for Arts and Learning in Montpelier.

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something closer. Your question is so interesting because that is how I see my life as an artist-activist. I’m always thinking about the goals and the future, thinking about what is successful for organizing.

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I THINK ARTISTS HAVE A UNIQUE VOICE IN ADDRESSING DESPAIR

AND SAYING WE CAN DO BETTER THAN WE’RE DOING. BONNI E ACKER

You’ve already alluded to this, but how do you hope viewers will respond to your work? Over 50 years with illustrations, I hoped that messages for grassroots groups would help them be successful. With the paintings — I originally didn’t intend for them to have any use, or even for people to see them. They were for me to experiment. But in the last few years, I hope people will see a landscape from me and feel steadied, because things in the world are just horrific. If a painting of mine makes people feel that way, that is such a gift for me. How do you respond to your work? How does it make you feel when you’ve completed a piece? Once I finish a landscape, I have started the process of letting it sail out into the world. When it’s done and I scratch my name into it, I let a painting go, then I can go on to the next one. It’s the same with the illustrations for organizations. I have to let go of them, too. m This interview was edited and condensed for clarity and length.

INFO “The Giving Land”

“Living Color,” paintings by Bonnie Acker, is on view through July 9 at Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne. A reception is June 17, 5 to 6:30 p.m. fsgallery.com

FIGURE DRAWING SOCIAL: Bring your own supplies and draw a live model. Proof of vaccination required. RSVP at wishbonecollectivevt.com. Wishbone Collective, Winooski, Wednesday, June 1, 6-8 p.m. $15. Info, 662-3050. ‘GETTING TO KNOW YOU’: The public is invited to view artwork by members and friends of the congregation. Brandon Congregational Church, Sunday, June 5, 11:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Free. Info, 779-7909. OPEN STUDIO: The Howard Center Arts Collective offers an opportunity for art-making every Monday this summer. Art supplies provided. Adult artists who have lived experience with mental health challenges or substance-use disorder are welcome to join. Expressive Arts Burlington, Monday, June 6, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Free. Info, artscollective@ howardcenter.org.

36TH ANNUAL QUILT EXHIBITION: “Piecing the Past to the Present,” a juried display of works from Windsor County quilters, as well as a pair of historical quilts from the museum’s collection. June 4-July 10. Info, 457-2355. Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock.

OPEN STUDIO FRIDAYS: Wind down from your week with a self-initiated project or activity — from art to writing to reading — in the companionable company of others online. Details at poartry.org. Online, Friday, June 3, 6-8 p.m. Free, donations appreciated. Info, poartryproject@gmail. com.

f ANNIVERSARY AUCTION: An exhibition and silent auction of donated artworks to celebrate the gallery’s first year of existence. See @kishka.auction on Instagram to bid. Opening reception: Friday, June 3, 5-9 p.m. June 3-26. Info, 347-264-4808. Kishka Gallery & Library in White River Junction.

‘PAINTING WITH WORDS: POETIC EXPRESSION AND FINE ART’: Poet, children’s book author, photographer, journalist, radio producer and writing teacher Rick Agran teaches participants the art of ekphrastic poetry and creativity to write about art. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, Sunday, June 5, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 644-5100.

f JEAN GERBER: “River Travel,” paintings inspired by trips to Alaska, the Yukon and Maine. Reception: Friday, June 3, 5-8 p.m. June 1-August 31. Info, 2954567. Long River Gallery in White River Junction.

ONGOING SHOWS

northeast kingdom

f ‘COMING CLEAN’: An exhibition that considers bathing practices throughout time and across cultures, including religious immersion and ritual purification, bathing as health cure, methods of washing in extreme environments and much more. All kinds of bathing and scrubbing implements are on display. Opening celebration: Saturday, June 4, 1-6 p.m., with live music and refreshments June 4-April 30, 2023. Info, 626-4409. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover.

outside vermont

f JORDAN KING: “Blurred Lines,” paintings distorted with the use of tape. Reception: Friday, June 3, 5-8 p.m. June 3-24. Info, 518-563-1604. Strand Center for the Arts in Plattsburgh, N.Y. ‘VIEWS OF WITHIN: PICTURING THE SPACES WE INHABIT’: More than 60 paintings, photographs, prints, installations and textile works from the museum’s collection that present one or more evocations of interior space. June 1-30. Info, 514-235-2044. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts.

ART EVENTS ART WALK: Pedestrian visitors experience art, meet local artists, and explore downtown shops, restaurants and galleries. Various Montpelier locations, Friday, June 3, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-9604. ARTISAN MARKET: An outdoor marketplace featuring arts, crafts, specialty foods and other handmade items. Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, Saturday, June 4, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Info, 775-0356. BTV MARKET: An expansion of the former BCA Artist Market includes arts, crafts and other wares, as well as food and live music. Burlington City Hall Park, Saturday, June 4, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Info, 865-7166. CREATIVE AGING CELEBRATION: A community event featuring creative work by participants in the CVCOA Creative Care Kit project, artwork by older artists in the community and creative aging activities. Masks are encouraged, or required for anyone not fully vaccinated. College Hall Gallery, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, Friday, June 3, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 479-1953.

burlington

ART AT THE HOSPITAL: Acrylic paintings of Haiti by Pievy Polyte (Main Street Connector, ACC 3); hand-cut paper artworks by Adrienne Ginter (Main Street Connector and BCC); oil paintings of nature by Nancy Chapman (Main Street Connector and McClure 4); acrylic paintings by Lisa Balfour (Pathology Hallway, EP2); and oil paintings of nature by Joy Huckins-Noss (BCC, EP2). Through September 19. Info, 865-7296. University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. DOUGLAS BIKLEN: Abstract fine-art photographs by the Vermont-based artist and author, Lorraine B. Good Room. Through June 15. ERIC AHO: “Headwater,” monumental paintings that capture the Vermont artist’s sensory experience of nature reconstructed through memory and invention. Through June 5. SARAH TRAD: “What Still Remains,” an exploration of personal and cultural identity using single- and multi-channel video and textile installations by the Philadelphia-based Lebanese American artist. Through June 5. Info, 865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington. KELLY HOLT: “Streetstyle,” mixed-media urban photography by the Burlington artist. Through June 30. Info, 540-0406. ArtsRiot in Burlington. MALTEX ARTISTS: New works by James Vogler, Myles Moran, Kathleen Grant, Nancy Tomczak, Kristina Pentek and Bear Cieri, in the hallways. Through August 31. Info, 865-7296. The Maltex Building in Burlington.

chittenden county

‘100+ FACES OF WINOOSKI’: Daniel Schechner of Wishbone Collective photographed more than 150 residents in conjunction with the Winooski Centennial Celebration. The collection can also be viewed online. Info, legacy@winooskivt.gov. ‘MILL TO MALL: HISTORIC SPACE REIMAGINED’: An exhibition that tells the story of the public-private partnership that enabled the preservation and rebirth of a formerly derelict industrial building into a shopping center. Visitors are encouraged to add personal memories of the space to the community recollections. Through July 29. Free. Info, 355-9937. Heritage Winooski Mill Museum.

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notebook and invites passersby to drop in and share what they’re thinking about. Through July 31. Info, 224-6827. Montpelier City Hall.

f BONNIE ACKER: “Living Color,” oil paintings by the Burlington artist. Reception: Friday, June 17, 5-6:30 p.m. Through July 9. Info, 985-3848. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne.

SUSAN CALZA: “Bubbles and the Big Head: a meditation on plastic,” mixed-media installation. Through July 24. Info, 224-6827. Susan Calza Gallery in Montpelier.

‘EYESIGHT & INSIGHT: LENS ON AMERICAN ART’: An exhibition of artworks that illuminates creative responses to perceptions of vision; four sections explore themes ranging from 18th-century optical technologies to the social and historical connotations of eyeglasses in portraiture from the 19th century to the present. Through October 16. ‘IN PLAIN SIGHT: REDISCOVERING CHARLES SUMNER BUNN’S DECOYS’: An online exhibition of shorebird decoys carved by the member of the ShinnecockMontauk Tribes, based on extensive research and resolving historic controversy. Through October 5. ‘OUR COLLECTION: ELECTRA HAVEMEYER WEBB, EDITH HALPERT AND FOLK ART’: A virtual exhibition that celebrates the friendship between the museum founder and her longtime art dealer, featuring archival photographs and ephemera, a voice recording from Halpert, and quotations pulled from the women’s extensive correspondences. Through February 9, 2023. NANCY WINSHIP MILLIKEN: “Varied and Alive,” four monumental outdoor sculptures set in a pollinator meadow that embody the museum’s commitment to environmental stewardship and feature natural materials intrinsic to the region. Through October 16. Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum. FAIR HOUSING EXHIBITION: A group show featuring works by artists who responded to the prompt, “What makes a thriving, inclusive community?” Presented by Arts So Wonderful and CVOEO’s Fair Housing Project. Through June 30. Arts So Wonderful Gallery in South Burlington. HOWARD CENTER ARTS COLLECTIVE: Sixteen members of the collective address the theme “Arrival and Departure” in a variety of mediums. Skyway. SAM MACY: Shadow box wood constructions. Gates 1-8. Through June 1. Info, 865-7296. Burlington International Airport in South Burlington. LISA BALFOUR & KELLY O’NEAL: Acrylic paintings (Merrill Community Room) and photographs exploring place (Pierson Room), respectively. Curated by Burlington City Arts. Through June 15. Info, 865-7296. Pierson Library in Shelburne. PEGGY REYNOLDS: “What Happens When No One Is Looking?” an exhibition of self-portraits, a visual diary of passing thoughts, impressions and reactions, by the Vermont photographer. Through June 11. Info, 238 2647. Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction. ROSS SHEEHAN: “A Different Place, Altogether,” mixedmedia works that investigate changing and forgotten physical environments, memories and dreams of and about South Burlington, seeking meaning in the city’s thresholds. Through June 30. Info, 775-303-8863. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall. ‘TUCKED IN: RESILIENCE IN SMALL MOMENTS’: Artwork created during the pandemic lockdown by Leslie Roth, Dianne Shullenberger and Elizabeth Fram. Through June 19. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

barre/montpelier

‘IN THE LIGHT OF SPRING’: Artworks in a variety of mediums by 32 members of the Art Resource Association, a Montpelier organization that supports visual artists through exhibition opportunities and workshops. Through June 27. Info, 229-6206. North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier. JEROME LIPANI: “Visual Fugue,” analytical abstractions and assemblages of found materials, conceived as scores for music and dance improvisation. Through September 30. Info, jeromelipani@gmail.com. Plainfield Co-op.

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‘VOICES OF ST. JOSEPH’S ORPHANAGE’: An exhibition documenting the abuse of children who lived at the former Catholic Diocese-run orphanage in Burlington, and the stories of former orphans that led to changes in child-protection laws. Through July 30. Info, 479-8500. Vermont History Museum in Montpelier. ‘THE WORLD THROUGH THEIR EYES’: Watercolors and drawings by 19th-century Norwich alumni William Brenton Boggs and Truman Seymour, depicting scenes in North and South America, Asia, Europe and Africa. Through December 16. Info, 485-2886. Sullivan Museum & History Center, Norwich University, in Northfield.

stowe/smuggs

‘TELL US A STORY’: A group exhibit in which artists were invited to convey a narrative in three pieces of work each. Through June 19. 2022 LEGACY COLLECTION: An exhibit of works by 16 distinguished New England landscape artists plus a selection of works by Alden Bryan and Mary Bryan. Through December 24. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville.

Dan Gottsegen Something elusive inhabits Dan Gottsegen’s paintings,

like movement you catch in your peripheral vision or the sense of a spectral presence. Currents of energy seem to zip through his landscapes, sometimes fractalizing the scene into just-discernible planes or striating and distorting the image altogether. In his poetically titled exhibition at River Arts in Morrisville, “I Give You Mountains and Rivers Without End,” Gottsegen reveals a deeply held relationship to nature. In an artist statement he writes, “Based on my active engagement with the wilderness, my work is influenced by week or longer, completely solitary hikes in the high Sierra, the deep forests of Vermont and the Adirondacks, and other wild places.” He further explains that some of his paintings merge stills from videos he shoots on these trips, as well as from memory. “I explore different modes of ‘seeing’ and expressing the fact and feelings of the world,” he notes. “I combine and overlap images, often improvisationally.” The result is lush, luminous symphonies of color — and perhaps glimpses into a secret realm. Gottsegen’s paintings are on view through July 9. Pictured: “Vernal Pool.”

f ‘LOCAL PERSPECTIVES’: An exhibit by members of the Central Hub of the Vermont Pastel Society. f ‘THE PRINTMAKING INVITATIONAL 2022’: An exhibition of works by Vermont artists Janet Cathey, Lynn Newcomb and Michael Roosevelt, curated by Phillip Robertson. Reception: Friday, June 3, 4-8 p.m. Through July 8. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier. ‘NOW YOU SEE IT’: A group exhibit involving illusion art that plays with perception of space and depth through paintings, sculptures and other works. Main Floor Gallery. Through June 25. MAGGIE NEALE: “Vibrations: Dance of Color and Form,” paintings. Third Floor Gallery. Through June 25. SILENT ART AUCTION: Artworks and crafts in a variety of mediums; sales benefit SPA programs. Second Floor Gallery. Online catalog available. Bidding at SPA and Morse Block Deli. Through June 17. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre.

VISUAL ART IN SEVEN DAYS:

MARK GRASSO: Pastels, in originals and prints, of the natural world: lakesides, landscapes and seascapes. Through June 28. Info, 479-0896. Espresso Bueno in Barre. MICHAEL HEFFERNAN: “Toying With It,” paintings that feature playthings. Curated by Studio Place Arts. Through June 11. Info, 479-7069. AR Market in Barre.

‘ART IN A TIME OF CRISIS’: Works in a variety of mediums by Rebecca Schwarz, Caroline Loftus, Kate Arslambakova and Martha Dunbar that address the question: “How does the changing climate affect artists and their practices?” DAN GOTTSEGEN: “I Give You Mountains and Rivers Without End,” abstracted landscape paintings in which patterned bands of color depict music. Through July 9. Info, 888-1261. River Arts in Morrisville. ‘THE ART OF THE GRAPHIC’: Eight displays of snowboards that let viewers see the design process from initial conception to final product; featuring artists Scott Lenhardt, Mark Gonzalez, Mikey Welsh, Mishel Schwartz and more. Through October 31. Info, 253-9911. Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum in Stowe.

f MAGGIE NOWINKSI & ALICIA RENADETTE: “Exquisite Variants,” drawings and prints of animal/ botanical hybrid specimens, and sculptures that mimic ecosystems in states of flux, respectively. Closing reception and gallery talk: Friday, July 1, 6-7:30 p.m. Through July 1. Info, 635-2727. Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, in Johnson. RENÉE LAUZON: “The Break Up,” a solo exhibition by the painter and sonic artist. Through July 3. Info, kyle.minemagallery@gmail.com. Minema Gallery in Johnson.

mad river valley/waterbury

f KASEY LOYER: Recent nature-inspired abstract paintings by the South Burlington artist. Reception: Friday, June 17, 6-8 p.m. Through June 18. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Frame Shop & Gallery in Waterbury.

middlebury area

‘SUMMER SUITE’: Paintings by Jill Matthews and Katie Runde. Through July 27. HANNAH BUREAU: “Open Air,” new abstracted landscape paintings. Through June 1. Info, 989-7419. Edgewater Gallery at Middlebury Falls.

MICHAEL T. JERMYN: Photographs by the Montpelier artist. Through June 2. Info, 223-1570. Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin.

PRINDLE WISSLER: “It Runs With the Territory,” a retrospective exhibit of paintings and prints by the late local artist. Through June 30. Info, 388-1436. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in Middlebury.

PAUL GRUHLER: “Harmonics,” geometric abstract paintings by the Vermont artist. Through June 30. Info, 279-5558. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier.

‘SENSE OF RELIEF’: A group exhibition celebrating the art of relief printing with 2D prints, book arts and mixed media by more than 20 artists. Through July 10. Info, 989-7225. Sparrow Art Supply in Middlebury.

‘RED OCULUS’: A hut-like installation by Susan Calza, sited outside city hall, houses a tape recorder and a

SUSAN ABBOTT & MOLLY DOE WENSBERG: “Town and Country,” paintings of New England landscape

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from two very different perspectives. Through June 26. Info, 989-7419. Edgewater Gallery on the Green in Middlebury.

rutland/killington

ALEYNA FEINBERG: “Gesture of something like home,” artwork in the windows that communicates a relationship to landscape that is about memory, otherness, and feelings of belonging and not belonging. Through June 4. Info, bmiller@77art.org. 77ART in Rutland. BILL RAMAGE: “A Lamentation for a Lost Lexicon,” paper, canvas and installation works à la Jackson Pollock that address the CIA’s involvement with abstract expressionist art during the Cold War. On view by appointment only. Through June 30. Info, bramage93@gmail.com. B&G Gallery in Rutland. ‘IMAGINATION GROWS ON MAIN STREET’: An exhibition of student artwork in a variety of mediums from six local schools. Through June 12. Info, stonevalleyartscenter@gmail.com. Stone Valley Arts in Poultney. ‘VERMONT: IN THE COUNTRY’: The second of three all-member shows in all mediums celebrating our favorite state, from rolling farmland to lake scenes. Through July 10. WARREN KIMBLE: “Artful Assemblages,” tableaux created from found objects by the renowned artist and Brandon resident. Through July 9. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild. ‘WE’RE ALL AT A PARTY CALLED LIFE ON EARTH!’: An installation by Frobertan (partners Fran Bull and Robert Black) of painted figurative sculptures, architectural structures and works on paper that are inspired by commedia dell’arte and celebrate human diversity. Through June 11. Info, 247-4295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon.

champlain islands/northwest f SALLY LINDER: “Love Is,” new paintings by the

Burlington artist that show us the many forms of love and ask us to meditate on its meaning. Reception: Friday, June 10, 5-7 p.m. Through July 27. Info, 355-2150. GreenTARA Space in North Hero.

upper valley

MARGARET LAMPE KANNENSTINE: Paintings focused on the Ottauquechee River by the Vermont artist. Through June 30. Info, 359-3194. Vermont Institute of Natural Science in Quechee. ‘MATHEMATICIANS MADE VISIBLE’: A series of block-print portraits of contemporary mathematicians, promoting a more diverse population in the field of math. Learn more about the educational mission at kitchentableprinter.com. Through June 1. Info, 295-4567. Long River Gallery in White River Junction. ‘MENDING THE SPACES BETWEEN: REFLECTIONS AND CONTEMPLATIONS’: Prompted by a vandalized Bible, 22 artists and poets respond to questions about how we can mend our world, find ways to listen and work together. Through November 30. Info, 649-0124. Norwich Historical Society and Community Center.

f ‘SPRING INTO SUMMER’: The annual members show featuring prints in a variety of styles and techniques. Reception: Friday, June 3, 5-8 p.m. Through June 26. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction. STACY HOPKINS: “Shapeshifter,” linoleum prints of ravens by the gallery owner and jewelry artisan. Through July 31. Info, 603-443-3017. Scavenger Gallery in White River Junction.

northeast kingdom

ANN YOUNG: “Now, You Tell the Story,” oil paintings of people by the Vermont artist. Through June 5. Info, 533-2000. Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro. ‘MATERIAL DRAWING REDUX: DRAWN TO TOUCH’: Works by Audrey Goldstein, Michelle Samour, Julia Shepley and Debra Weisberg, who have been in conversation with each other for more than 15 years about their individual drawing practices. KATA HULL: “Thin Ice,” paintings and mixed-media works

on paper, part of an ongoing series exploring global warming and its consequences. Through June 11. Info, 748-2600. Catamount Arts Center in St. Johnsbury. LYNNE BERARD: “Dream Journey,” paintings in vibrant colors of harmony and gratitude. Through June 28. Info, 525-3366. The Parker Pie Company in West Glover. NICK PILIERO: “Flying Colors,” lively paintings by the local artist. Through June 4. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild Backroom Gallery in St. Johnsbury.

brattleboro/okemo valley

ANNE SPALTER: “The Wonder of It All,” the museum’s first-ever exhibition of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), featuring themes of travel, exploration, outer space and the unconscious mind by the pioneering digital artist. Through June 12. LOUISA CHASE: “Fantasy Worlds,” a survey of the late artist’s work, including sculpture, drawing, painting and prints from her 40-year career. Curated by Elissa Watters. Through June 12. M. CARMEN LANE: “(í:se) Be Our Guest/ Stolen,” new experimental silkscreen prints based

CALL TO ARTISTS 2022 PHOTOGRAPHY SHOOT-OUT: The theme for this year’s competition is “Reflections.” First-place winner gets a solo show at Axel’s in 2023. Two entries per photographer. Rules and details at axelsgallery.com/news. Axel’s Frame Shop & Gallery, Waterbury. Through October 8. $20. Info, 244-7801. CHELSEA ARTS ON THE GREEN FESTIVAL: Artists, artisans and food vendors are welcome to apply to this Labor Day weekend event. Deadline: August 1. Details at chelseavt-arts.com. Online. Info, chelseaartscollective@gmail.com. ‘EXPOSED’: Artists are invited to submit proposals for participation in the annual outdoor sculpture show. The 2022 theme is “dreams.” Any medium acceptable that can endure four months in the elements. Deadline: June 4. The Current, Stowe. Info, submissions@thecurrentnow.org. FAIRY HOUSE SUBMISSIONS: HCA is looking for artists to join our whimsical fairy house trail exhibition opening on July 9. Artwork will be displayed outside for the duration of the summer, so should be able to withstand the weather. Fairy house creations should fit within a 2-by-2-foot base. Delivery date: June 22. Compensation includes admission to the Fairy Festival on July 9 and two complimentary tickets to a future HCA performance. Highland Center for the Arts, Greensboro. Info, boxoffice@highlandartsvt.org. LADYBROAD LEDGER: Vermont’s free femme alt comics newspaper seeks submissions from Vermont-based ladyidentifying, lady-presenting or lady-adjacent cartoonists for the September issue. All subjects welcome, including fiction, nonfiction and autobio. Find submission info at ladybroadledger. com. Deadline: June 1. Online. LOCAL ARTISTS AT VNRC: We’re seeking Vermont artists for three-month exhibitions starting as early as July 1. We are particularly interested in artists whose work connects with or complements our mission to protect and enhance the natural environments and wildlife, vibrant communities, productive working landscapes, rural character and a unique sense of place. To find out more, contact Alex Connizzo at aconnizzo@vnrc.org or 223-2328, ext. 126. Vermont Natural Resources Council, Montpelier. Through July 1. Free. MAKERS’ MARKET: We’re looking for makers whose works aren’t usually represented in the farmers and craft markets. If you lurk in dimly lit garages, creating mad masterpieces, if your work has never or rarely been exhibited, apply to be a vendor at art7871.wixsite.com/makersmarketvt. Deadline: July 29. Vermont Clothing Company, St. Albans. Free. Info, makersmarketvt@gmail.com.

on the personal histories of displacement and dispossession in the African American and Native artist’s family. Curated by Mildred Beltré Martinez. Through June 12. MILDRED BELTRÉ MARTINEZ: “Between Starshine and Clay,” a diverse selection of work including drawing, textile and installation that speaks to the complexity of a Black, ethnic, gendered experience. Curated by Mara Williams. Through June 12. OASA DUVERNEY: “Black Power Wave,” a window installation of drawings by the Brooklyn artist, inspired by images of Chinese Fu dogs, the cross and the Yoruba deity Èsù. Through May 6. ROBERT VISANI: “Form/Reform,” digitally modeled DIY cardboard slave kits that reexamine art historical imagery depicting the institution of American chattel slavery. Curated by David Rios Ferreira. Through June 12. SACHIKO AKIYAMA: “Through Lines,” wall reliefs and mixed-media figurative sculptures invoking a variety of cultural traditions. Curated by Mara Williams. Through June 12. YVETTE MOLINA: “Big Bang Votive,” egg tempera paintings of objects that have brought people delight, such as cake, a bicycle, a tent, based on listening to their stories. Curated by Sarah Freeman. Through June 12. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

PLAINFIELD CO-OP 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: Submit proposals for visual work and/or performance for a November group show. We aim to honor folks who have shown or performed here over the last 50 years while also welcoming those new to the scene. We want to feature your art, poetry, music, dance, films, videos and memorabilia, as well as educational/community events and classes. Deadline: September 1. Plainfield Co-op. Info, contact Alexis Smith at vtpieco@gmail.com. REACT!: Across Roads Center for the Arts presents an EcoArt Call to Action: Recycle, repurpose, reuse, repeat. An exhibit (August 11 to October 16) will encompass art, activities and education on the theme of eco-art and celebrate the 10th anniversary of Vermont’s Universal Recycling Law. Events will include an “Iron Artist” challenge, workshops and auction fundraiser. Application deadline: June 26. Grange Hall Cultural Center, Waterbury Center. Free. Info, info.acrossroads@gmail.com. SEEKING NEW ARTIST-MEMBERS: The Front gallery is seeking artists of all backgrounds interested in provoking curiosity, exchanging ideas, and promoting engagement with the visual arts. We feature members’ work in six group exhibitions alternating with six solo shows annually. Members can use the gallery for talks, performances, movies and critiques. Find application at thefrontvt.com. The Front, Montpelier, Through June 15. Free. Info, 552-0877. SEEKING ORIGINAL ART: The curator for the City of South Burlington is seeking artists interested in showing work in the public gallery at the public library and city hall. To learn more and submit interest, fill out this form: forms. gle/QH7kcLA33n1frF8N7. Online. Through June 30. Info, gallery@southburlingtonvt.gov. ‘THE STORY’: Photographers are invited to submit images that tell a story or visual narrative evoking an emotional or visceral response from the viewer. May be digital or analog and can integrate documentary, fantastical or surreal, forced perspective, time lapse, candid, photojournalistic or long exposure. Open to artists 18 and older within the U.S. and Canada. Juried exhibit will be August 5 to September 11. Details at stonevalleyarts.org. Deadline: June 15. Stone Valley Arts at Fox Hill, Poultney. $25 for up to 3 entries. Info, erikaschmidt.sva@gmail.com. SUMMER MEMBERS SHOW: The annual exhibition is open to all artists whose memberships are valid through August 1. All mediums accepted; 2D work must be ready to hang. All work must be labeled. Drop-off June 15 to 24. Details and contract at strandcenter.org or at the gallery. Strand Center for the Arts, Plattsburgh, N.Y. Free. Info, 518-563-1604.

LEON GOLUB: Nearly 70 expressive figurative paintings that explore man’s relationship with the dynamics of power, spanning the American artist’s career from 1947 to 2002. LOIS DODD: A survey of some 50 paintings by the American artist from the late 1950s through last year that depict places she lives and works, from rural Maine to New York City. Through November 27. Info, vermont@hallartfoun dation.org. Hall Art Foundation in Reading. LYDIA KERN: “Passages,” a multimedia exhibition including wall pieces, video and sculptural installations in doorways. Through June 25. Info, jamie. mohr78@gmail.com. Epsilon Spires in Brattleboro. NATHAN SHEPARD & MEGAN BUCHANAN: Oil and gouache paintings and poetry, respectively. Through August 12. Info, 387-0102. Next Stage Arts Project in Putney.

manchester/bennington

f ‘EXHALE: A MULTISENSORY ART EXPERIENCE’: Works in a variety of mediums by Brian C. O’Malley, Sophia Ainslie, Steven Subotnick, Lauren Mantecón, Daniel O’Neill, Joseph Fortune and John DeVault that aim to immerse viewers in the present moment. Closing reception: Saturday, June 11, 2-4 p.m. Through June 11. Info, 362-1405. Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester. ‘PARKS AND RECREATION’: An exhibition of paintings past and present that explores the history and artistic depictions of Vermont’s state parks and other formally designated natural areas. Contemporary works on loan from the Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. Through November 6. MARION HUSE: “Picturing Pownal,” paintings and silk-screen prints by the artist (1896-1967) whose successful career spanned 40 years and who maintained a studio in Pownal. Through June 22. THE STUDENT ART SHOW: Artwork in a variety of mediums by students at Mt. Anthony Union High School, Southwest Tech, Grace Christian School, the Vermont School for Girls, Hoosac School and Hoosick Falls Central High School. Through June 5. Info, 447-1571. Bennington Museum.

randolph/royalton

JULIA PAVONE: “Abstractions,” a solo exhibition of nonrepresentational paintings in oil, acrylic and encaustic. Through June 18. Info, 889-9404. Tunbridge Public Library.

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ADAM PENDLETON: “These Things We’ve Done Together,” the first solo show in Canada of the New York-based artist, whose work explores the relationships between Blackness, abstraction and the avant-garde. Through July 10. NICOLAS PARTY: “L’heure mauve” (“Mauve Twilight”), a dreamlike exhibition of paintings, sculptures and installation in the Swiss-born artist’s signature saturated colors. Online reservations required. Through October 16. Info, 514-285-2000. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. ‘IN THE MOMENT: RECENT WORK BY LOUISE HAMLIN’: Paintings and works on paper by the former Dartmouth College studio art professor and print maker. Through September 3. ‘THIS LAND: AMERICAN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NATURAL WORLD’: Drawn from the permanent collection, the museum’s first major installation of traditional and contemporary Native American art set alongside early-to-contemporary art by African American, Asian American, Euro-American and Latin American artists, representing a broader perspective on “American” art. Through July 23. Info, 603-646-2808. Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, in Hanover, N.H. JOHN DOUGLAS: Twenty-eight framed photographs of unconventional street scenes, portraits and landscapes, in the library’s Ledyard Gallery. Through June 1. Info, flyingsquirrelgraphics@gmail.com. Howe Library in Hanover, N.H. SAMANTHA M. ECKERT, CECELIA KANE & TARA WRAY: Solo exhibitions in different disciplines by the Vermont artists, each informed by interests in ancestry, family lore, identity, mapping time and memory. Through June 4. Info, 603-448-3117. AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H. m

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All That Jazz There used to be an unofficial Soundbites tradition in which the music editors rarely, if ever, discussed the behemoth that is the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival in the column those weeks. The thought was, Hey, the fest is all over the rest of the paper. Let’s give those not as psyched by the jazz takeover of the city a little respite. In general, I support this idea. I was definitely one of the Burlington musicians who used to get an outsize chip on my shoulder during the 10 days of jazz domination every summer. I’d be mumbling about people wearing socks with their sandals and the number of balding dudes with ponytails clogging up all the restaurants in town. As I’ve written before in this very column, eventually I learned to stop worrying and love the jazz fest. Yes, I got older, and I’m sure that had something to do with it — may we all outgrow the rigidity of the musical tastes of our youth. But the fact of the matter is: The BDJF has gotten progressively weirder and bolder in its bookings. 54

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Exhibit A is the Flynn’s hiring of

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partner, JONO GASPARRO, to guest curate this year’s lineup. The result, as you can read about in this week’s issue — here and on page 32 — is a wonderfully diverse, musically eclectic and vibrant collection of performers who are here to shake asses across Chittenden County, as well as drop a heap of lore and history about the origins of jazz and other Black roots music. One thing I didn’t want to slip between the cracks — and the main reason I’m breaking with tradition to write a jazz fest-themed Soundbites — is that, once again, our local jazz scene is coming through big time in this year’s iteration of the fest. Last year’s BDJF was in many ways a referendum on the strength of the local jazz scene: The stripped-down event was leaner than in previous years and relied more heavily on local musicians than on the big names we usually see. For those who missed out: Vermont’s jazz scene delivered a gloriously cathartic party that the city needed like never before. So, with the return of major

headliners such as GEORGE CLINTON and

JOSHUA REDMAN, I want to use this space

to remind everyone where our talented local jazz musicians will be popping up throughout the fest. There are a metric fuck-ton of them, though, so be sure to check the full list of performers over at flynnvt.org, as well as in the Seven Days club dates on page 56. The 126, always a hotbed of local jazz, features great music throughout the festival. The College Street club hosts some of the best local jazz, from DUSK QUARTET kicking things off on Friday, June 3, all the way to the closing night on Saturday, June 11, by the DAN RYAN EXPRESS. In between, catch sets from the likes of ALEX STEWART, TOM PEARO, CONNOR YOUNG, MICHAEL-LOUIS SMITH and many others. It’s hard to beat the authenticity of the jazz experience at the 126. It’s where you’ll find the classic dark nightclub vibe, complete with fancy cocktails and smooth jazz. Foam Brewers also has quite a lineup. Burlington’s BRICKDROP get things going on Friday, June 3, with a set of jazz-rock fusion. Canadian instrumental act APOLLO SUNS follow on Saturday, June 4. Indie electro-pop act WILLVERINE, fusion masters BREATHWORK and Montréal LGBTQ+ indie group FLEECE are highlights, as well, rounding out an edgy, off-the-beatenpath lineup. It would be weird if Radio Bean didn’t get in on the action, right? No club in the city hosts as much music as the venue on

North Winooski Avenue, and the Bean will indeed feature plenty of jazz and jazz-adjacent stuff during the festival, as will its next-door sister club, the Light Club Lamp Shop. In addition to marquee BDJF shows such as New Jersey rockjazz fusion pianist ELEW on Wednesday, June 8, and MWENSO AND THE SHAKES on Friday, June 10, Radio Bean has an embarrassment of local music riches to share. Whether it’s Latin dance band MAL MAÏZ, MICHAEL-LOUIS SMITH AND BROOKLYN CIRCLE, or singer-songwriter MYRA FLYNN, some of the area’s best and brightest are taking the stage. (For those needing a jazz break, have no fear. Radio Bean still has indie rock shows with the DEAD SHAKERS, GUY FERRARI and others booked during the fest, as well as the ever-popular Honky Tonk Tuesday.) Hotel Vermont is always a good destination for jazz in Burlington. The hotel hosts an assortment of jazz-themed nights during the festival’s 10 days, starting with RAY VEGA’S LATIN JAZZ BAND on Friday, June 3, followed by the ALEX STEWART QUARTET on Saturday, June 4. The UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT JAZZ COLLECTIVE, composed of members of the school’s jazz faculty, perform a night of modern jazz on Wednesday, June 8, rounding out a rather academic (in a good way) collection of performers. Of course, Red Square and Nectar’s both feature plenty of local talent as well as touring artists. Then there are all the bands playing on the Church Street Marketplace, in City Hall Park, and in Schmanska, Leddy and Starr Farm parks. We’re about to be utterly surrounded by music, people. It reminds me of something Burlington City Arts executive director DOREEN KRAFT told me last week when I spoke to her about jazz fest. Kraft was there at the beginning and had a hand in putting together the first BDJF, 40 years ago. “The local jazz musicians came to us and basically asked us to help them,” Kraft told me. “They were worried their music was going to be forgotten, that jazz was slipping away as an art from. They wanted to show everyone how great the jazz up here is.” Well, 39 festivals later, I think it’s safe to say that mission has been accomplished. From Mwenso to Jazz Generation chief operating officer ROB DUGUAY to former LOU REED saxophonist and recent Vermont newcomer MARTY FOGEL, I’ve heard musician after musician

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marvel at how robust the jazz scene is in Burlington. You have to believe that one of the biggest reasons for that is the existence of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival.

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Composer and artist BENJAMIN MAYOCK has partnered with fellow Vermont ambient composer JOHN P. HASTINGS to create a new album called Songs Crystals Drone. The two musicians have made a showcase for the steel-string acoustic guitar in all its forms, featuring delicate fingerpicking and open-tuned drones played with electric toothbrushes on the strings. The album is one part of a multimedia project Mayock and Hastings are working on called “The Former World,” which is based on writer JOHN MCPHEE’s geologic history Annals of the Former World. “It’s somewhere between RY COODER and LA MONTE YOUNG,” Mayock wrote in an email about the new project. “It’s all held together by a just-intonation tuning of the guitars and, additionally, the great mastering work by STEPHAN MATHIEU.” The album drops on Friday, June 3, and is being released by COMMUNITY OF SOUND, the Burlington music coop and label. Catch the release event for the album and the accompanying

photo book at Community of Sound on Thursday, June 2.

Feeling Festive

A few festival announcements hit right as we went to press last week, which was a bummer, as I had just finished previewing summer fests! So, let’s update the list. The Nightshade Festival returns this year on August 27 for a day of some of Vermont’s best indie music. Hosted at the Red Barn Gardens in Williston, the food and music extravaganza boasts a lineup full of local talent, including Brattleboro’s THUS LOVE, indie rockers LILY SEABIRD, ROOST.WORLD, DJ TAKA, IVAMAE, WILLVERINE and more. Nightshade Kitchen will provide all sorts of fresh, farm-grown food, STEVEN YARDLEY returns with Sonic Steve’s Jammbulance, and there will be plenty of local beer, wine and cider. The second annual Maple Roots Festival has expanded to a second day and will now run Friday and Saturday, July 22 and 23, at Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks in Montpelier. The festival has announced its initial lineup, featuring MICHAEL CHORNEY’s instrumental psych rock supergroup FREEWAY CLYDE, funk fusionists BARIKA and New York City-based pianist JOE DAVIDIAN, as well as assorted projects from the founders of the festival, DAN RYAN, Michael-Louis Smith and ROB MORSE.

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WED.1

Bluegrass & BBQ (bluegrass) at Four Quarters Brewing, Winooski, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Big Joe’s at VCC (jazz) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

Courtyard Music Series (blues, jazz, rock) at Halvorson’s, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Brickdrop (jazz) at Foam Brewers, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

Courtyard Music Series: Steve Hartman (benefiting Sail Beyond Cancer) (singer-songwriter) at Halvorson’s, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Brooklyn Circle (jazz) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free. Burlington Discover Jazz Festival Presents: Marquise Knox with All Night Boogie Band (jazz, blues) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 8 p.m. $12/$15.

Irish Sessions (Celtic) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Jazz Night with Ray Vega (jazz) at Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free.

Danny & the Parts (Americana) at Stone’s Throw Pizza, Richmond, 6 p.m. Free.

Jazz Sessions with Randal Pierce (jazz open mic) at the 126, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free.

Dusk Quartet and Colin Lenox Trio (jazz) at the 126, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

Singer-Songwriter Sessions (singer-songwriters) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 8:45 p.m. Free.

Eric George (folk) at Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 4 p.m. Free.

Troy Millette Presents: Sample Sets (singer-songwriter) at 14th Star Brewing, St. Albans, 6 p.m. Free. The Wailers with the Reflexions (reggae) at Higher Ground Ballroom, South Burlington, 8 p.m. $25/$30. Wednesday Night Dead (Grateful Dead covers) at Zenbarn, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $5.

THU.2

Acoustic Thursdays with Zach Nugent (singer-songwriter) at Red Square, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free. Andriana Chobot (indie pop) at the Wallflower Collective, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Benjamin Mayock and John P. Hastings Album Release (drone, experimental) at Community of Sound, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Breathwork (jazz) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 10:30 p.m. $10. Dave O (singer-songwriter) at Filling Station, Middlesex, 6 p.m. Free.

Full Melt Productions Presents: Beat Voyagers (electronic) at Orlando’s Bar & Lounge, Burlington, 9:30 p.m. Free.

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Grupo 2.0 (funk, jazz) at Red Square, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

Big Shoes In the days of Burlington yore, some of the city’s best musicians held court at a beloved local jazz

and blues club called R.W. Hunt Mill & Mining Co. — or Hunt’s, for short. None shone brighter than the late saxophonist

Big Joe Burrell and the UNKNOWN BLUES BAND. The group disbanded in 2005 after Burrell died, but it’s reforming for this year’s Burlington Discover Jazz Festival along with Atlanta-based trumpeter JOEY SOMMERVILLE to play one more night in the space it once called home — now the site of the Vermont Comedy Club. The Unknown Blues Band turn back the clock for one night only on Sunday, June 5, as the VCC turns into a jazz club called Big Joe’s at the Vermont Comedy Club. Dick Richard with Assorted Fruit (rock) at Monkey House, Winooski, 8:30 p.m. $5.

Evelyn Gray (singer-songwriter) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free.

John Lackard Blues JAM (blues) at Bent Nails Bistro, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free.

Roots Night Bluegrass Jam (bluegrass) at Zenbarn, Waterbury, 7 p.m. Free.

Eleanor Buckland and Honey & Soul (singer-songwriter) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 8 p.m. $10.

John Geno (covers) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 6 p.m. Free.

Robert Gagnon Quartet (jazz) at Foam Brewers, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

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Academy Blues Project (rock) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. $10.

Guy Ferrari with Rockin’ Worms, Court Etiquette, the Musical Chairs (indie rock) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10. Javier Rosario Trio (jazz) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 4:30 p.m. $10. Painted Birds (Americana) at Monopole, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10 p.m. Free. Phil Abair Band (covers) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 9 p.m. Free. She Was Right (covers) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 5 p.m. Free. Will C Solo Art Show featuring Transplante and DJ Kanga (art opening, DJ) at Green Door Studio, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

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14th Star Parking Lot Party (music, food, craft beer) at 14th Star Brewing, St. Albans, 11 a.m. Free. Apollo Suns (jazz) at Foam Brewers, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

Moroz, Carr, Morse Trio (jazz) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 9 p.m. $10. Mowgli Giannitti Quartet and the Hagen/Snyder Duo (jazz) at the 126, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

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Dan & Grace (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

Big Joe’s at VCC (jazz) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

The Myra Flynn Band (singersongwriter) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10.

Brooklyn Circle (jazz) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free.

Sean Mason (jazz) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

DJ CRE8 (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 11 p.m. Free.

Dark Star Project (Grateful Dead tribute) at Monkey House, Winooski, 8:30 p.m. $5.

TUE.7

DJ Steal Wool (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 5 p.m. Free.

Dawna Hammers (jazz) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 3:30 p.m. Free. The Dead Shakers with Nonhorse and Casperelectronics (indie rock) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 9 p.m. $10. Deb Cavanaugh (singer-songwriter) at ArtsRiot, Burlington, noon. Free. Giant Panda (reggae, dub) at Zenbarn, Waterbury, 9 p.m. $20/$25. John McBride Quartet and Connor Young Quartet (jazz) at the 126, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free. Lazy Bird with Funny You Should Ask (funk, jam) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 8 p.m. $10. Left Eye Jump (blues) at Red Square, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free. Live Mural Painting by Charlie Hudson featuring Brooklyn Circle, DJ Pato (mural painting, jazz) at Foam Brewers, Burlington, noon. Free. Marcus Rezak (jazz) at Red Square, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Mitch & Devon (covers) at On Tap Bar & Grill, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Redford Suns (rock) at Monopole, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 10 p.m. Free. Ryan Osswald Trio (jazz) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 12:30 p.m. Free. We Love Mary with the Jon Thomas Trio, Jalen Baker and Ruben Fox (jazz) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

SUN.5

Apollo Suns (jazz) at Red Square, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Big Joe’s at VCC (jazz) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

Ben Bivins Quartet (jazz) at Red Square, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Big Joe’s at VCC (jazz) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 10 & 11:55 p.m. Free. Dead Set (Grateful Dead tribute) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 7 p.m. $10. Greg Rothwell Swungtet (jazz) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. Hannah Marks (jazz) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Honky Tonk Tuesday featuring Pony Hustle (country) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 9 p.m. $5. Small Change and the Conner Young Quartet (Tom Waits tribute, jazz) at the 126, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free. Sneakers Jazz Band (jazz) at Club Metronome, Burlington, 5 & 8 p.m. $17.50/$20.

WED.8

Andrew Richards & Company (jazz) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 9 p.m. $10. Big Joe’s at VCC (jazz) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 10 & 11:55 p.m. Free. Black Market: A Tribute to Weather Report with Breathwork (Weather Report tribute) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $10. Bluegrass & BBQ (bluegrass) at Four Quarters Brewing, Winooski, 6:30 p.m. Free. Burial in the Sky, No Soul, Keepsake, Komodo VT (metal, hardcore) at Monkey House, Winooski, 8 p.m. $10. Courtyard Music Series (blues, jazz, rock) at Halvorson’s, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Jaded Ravins (Americana) at 14th Star Brewing, St. Albans, noon. Free.

The Discussions (jazz, fusion) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 11 p.m. $10.

Jim Branca & Co (jazz) at Red Square, Burlington, 2 p.m. Free.

ELEW (jazz, rock) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

The Most Wanted (experimental) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $5.

Jazz Night with Ray Vega (jazz) at Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free.

Sunday Brunch Tunes (singersongwriter) at Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Taylor Haskins’ Undercover Quartet (jazz) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 9 p.m. $10.

DJ Chia (DJ) at ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free.

THU.2

DJ Baron (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free. DJ CRE8 (DJ) at Red Square Blue Room, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

FRI.3

ATAK (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free. Ben Blanchard (DJ) at Red Square Blue Room, Burlington, 9 p.m. Free. Classy Boss (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. DJ Craig Mitchell (DJ) at Red Square Blue Room, Burlington, 11 p.m. Free. DJ Taka (DJ) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 11 p.m. $10. Lemonade: A Pop Dance Party with Two Sev & Malachi (DJ) at Club Metronome, Burlington, 10 p.m. $5.

Open Mic with D Davis (open mic) at Bent Nails Bistro, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free.

Reign One (DJ) at Red Square Blue Room, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free. Smash the Dance with Aquatic Underground (DJ) at Club Metronome, Burlington, 10 p.m. $5.

SUN.5

DJ Two Sev (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 11 p.m. Free.

Mothra! A Storytelling/Improv Comedy Show (comedy) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10.

FRI.3

Comedy Open Mic (comedy) at the 126, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

WED.8

Second Wednesday Comedy Jam Live! (comedy) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free.

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Trivia (trivia) at Jericho Café & Tavern, 6 p.m. Free. Trivia & Nachos (trivia) at Four Quarters Brewing, Winooski, 6 p.m. Free.

Jazz Sessions with Randal Pierce (jazz open mic) at the 126, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. Free.

Mo’ Monday with DJs Craig Mitchell and Fattie B (soul, R&B) at Monkey House, Winooski, 7 p.m. Free.

Trivia Night (trivia) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free.

Mob Barber (jazz) at Light Club Lamp Shop, Burlington, 7 p.m. $10.

TUE.7

DJ A-Ra$ (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

Miss Sassy Cabaret Hour (cabaret) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 7 p.m. $20.

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Willverine (electronic) at Foam Brewers, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free.

Wednesday Night Dead (Grateful Dead covers) at Zenbarn, Waterbury, 7 p.m. $5.

Men of Distinction (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

Yes, Ma’am with Tasche & the Psychedelic Roses (indie rock) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 11 p.m. Free.

DJ CRE8 (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

SAT.4

Trivia with Brian & Ian (trivia) at Charlie-O’s World Famous, Montpelier, 8:30 p.m. Free.

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Karaoke with DJ Party Bear (karaoke) at Charlie-O’s World Famous, Montpelier, 9:30 p.m. Free.

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DJ Colby Stiltz (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

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DJ Taka (DJ) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 11 p.m. $10.

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DJ A-Ra$ (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 10 p.m. Free.

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WED.8

Scandy Rain (house) at Monkey House, Winooski, 9 p.m. $5.

Troy Millette Presents: Sample Sets (singer-songwriter) at 14th Star Brewing, St. Albans, 6 p.m. Free.

Matt Dolliver Quartet (jazz) at Red Square, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free.

Lit Club (poetry open mic) at Radio Bean, Burlington, 7 p.m. Free.

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TUE.7

Molly Mood (DJ) at Red Square, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

The Unknown Blues Band featuring Joey Sommerville (blues) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20.

Big Joe’s at VCC (jazz) at Vermont Comedy Club, Burlington, 10:30 p.m. Free.

tip/toe + Lip Synch Contest (lip synch contest) at ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $10.

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Queen City Bones (jazz) at ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7 p.m. $5.

MON.6

Red Brick Coffee House (open mic) at Red Brick Meeting House, Westford, 7 a.m. Free.

Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJ Big Dog (reggae and dancehall) at Nectar’s, Burlington, 9:30 p.m. Free.

Tom Pearo (ambient) at the 126, Burlington, 8 p.m. Free.

Xenia Rubinos (funk) at ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8 p.m. $16.

FRI.3

Trivia Night (trivia) at the Depot, St. Albans, 7 p.m. Free.

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REVIEW this Clover Koval, Me and the Animals

jazz-inflected indie rock, quiet ballads and surging power-pop. In addition to guitar, bass and synth, she also plays the trumpet, unlike many of her ilk. Koval has a way with words. Throughout the album’s 10 tracks, she frequently sharpens her confessional lyrics with a comedic edge. She’s a bit self-deprecating, and when she takes

others down she does so gently and with a magnanimous touch. For instance, on the mid-tempo “You Smell,” she starts with a frank analysis: “I love you, but you smell really bad.” She draws out the last word and repeats it over a nearly whispered tick of programmed drums and sheets of softly filtered lead and rhythm guitar. By the short song’s end, she decides, “It’s kind of cute / So I’m really not that mad.” On the jaunty “I Wonder (Apocalypse Jam),” Koval puts herself in the crosshairs. She opens the tune with, “I wonder every night when I go to bed / If I’m going to hell for using so much plastic.” Over lightly shuffled drums and springy acoustic guitars, she contemplates end-of-the-world scenarios that conclude with “a billionaire-funded flight” — presumably to Mars on a SpaceX rocket. The song perfectly encapsulates Koval’s headspace. On Bandcamp, she writes that her work exemplifies the Gen

Z experience, particularly feelings of depression, climate-change anxiety and existential confusion. Those are hardly new topics for singer-songwriters. But Koval centers them without obfuscating, as do many twentysomething artists. The final cut, “Adrenaline Junkie,” stands out. Its brash guitars and kinetic drums symbolize the story Koval tells. “You’re getting off on the risk of it all / There’s nothing more climactic than a free fall,” she sings with burning energy. The person she describes is dangerous — she needs to “sign a waiver just to go out with” them. She closes with the perfect punch line: “Risking living fast and dying young / Sounds like way too much fun for me.” Koval is one of the sharpest new voices in Vermont’s music scene. She mines fertile territory, presenting a range of emotional ore that shines in daylight and glows in the dark. Me and the Animals is available at chloekoval.bandcamp.com.

Nothing Feels Right is the indie bedroom pop of Frankie Cosmos meets the lyrical commentary of the Juno soundtrack (Kimya Dawson of the Moldy Peaches) meets the lo-fi vibe of Kurt Vile and the Velvet Underground. Gruen’s music is stripped-down and blunt, a stream of consciousness

expressed over simple (which is not to say unskilled), catchy guitar riffs and complemented by light percussion, piano melodies and bouncy bass lines. It’s unclear whether the music is a vehicle for her thoughts or the other way around, which speaks to the strength of both music and lyrics. Each sound is efficient and serves a purpose, evidence of how well the tracks are mixed and mastered. According to a U-32 Chronicle article, when 5-year-old Gruen, now a junior in high school, was asked what role she would play in a band, she responded, “I’d be the writer.” Her lyrics are a strength of the EP. She sings of thoughts and feelings in such an explicit way that her lyrics almost feel metaphorical, not unlike those of Courtney Barnett. It’s surprisingly difficult to use the exact words you mean, especially

in song. Yet Gruen does so artfully. A small sample of my favorite lyrics: “Another little song / of how I don’t belong,” she sings in “Magazine.” In “Nostalgia” she sings, “When I’m sad my friends tell me I look pretty.” From “Stereotype,” a highlight of the record: “Is my life just a stereotype waiting for the school bell to ring / they say it’s all in my head so I guess I’ll dye my hair green.” Similar to my belief in spirit ages, I believe that chronological age doesn’t dictate talent. Feelings and art and the skill to express them in beautiful ways don’t hinge on how old you are, which Gruen makes abundantly clear with her authentic, impressive first EP. Nothing Feels Right is available on all major streaming platforms. Gruen plays an album release show on Thursday, June 23, at the Christ Church courtyard in Montpelier.

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Of all the Vermont-based acts to perform at this year’s Waking Windows music and arts festival, Clover Koval was among my top picks. I’d never seen her play, but I remembered digging her 2019 EP, Spatial Awareness, and was eager to put a face to the voice on the record. But then I caught the plague two days before the fest and couldn’t go. It was a dark weekend for me. It was also a huge bummer not to hear the material from Koval’s recently released debut full-length album, Me and the Animals, in person. The Burlington singer-songwriter composes with a charming outlook full of wry humor and frankness. There’s a bit of the legendary Jenny Lewis in her work. Koval brings her songs to life with dynamic arrangements while zigzagging through

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I’m a strong believer in spirit ages. Your spirit age is how old you feel, not how old you are according to the calendar. I think this is important information to know about others, and I highly recommend asking your loved ones about their spirit age. Mine is 17. As a 17-year-old, spiritually speaking, I’d say Nothing Feels Right hits. This six-song EP by Jasmine Gruen, aka Junes, is her first release. Gruen captures sentiments of everyday teenage life both in her lyrics and in her lackadaisical, melodic instrumentation. She has natural talent, and it is no surprise to learn that music runs in her family. Her father is singer-songwriter Kris Gruen, and her grandfather, Bob Gruen, is a music photographer.

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When 18-year-old Conrad Roy (Colton Ryan) dies by suicide, his close-knit family in a Massachusetts fishing town is devastated, particularly his mother, Lynn (Chloë Sevigny). In Conrad’s room, Lynn finds a farewell note addressed to a girlfriend she didn’t even know he had — Michelle Carter (Elle Fanning), who lives 30 miles away. Though the two teens met only a few times, they carried on an intense relationship by text. Michelle inserts herself into the lives of the grieving family, organizing a fundraiser in Conrad’s honor. Meanwhile, detectives read the teens’ text correspondence and discover that Michelle knew about Conrad’s plans and enabled, encouraged and finally even incited his death — all via phone. The real Michelle Carter was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2017. The drama series retells the story using a dual narrative structure, alternating between the events that preceded and followed the suicide.

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The source material of “The Girl From Plainville” is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the thousands of text messages between the teens are a sort of ur-script that the writers were able to quote directly, using the principals’ own words to offer a window into their troubled entanglement. 60

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s an obsession with true crime ruining our society? I see this claim regularly, often paired with the observation that streaming services are creating more and more drama series based on lurid stories of wrongdoing. “What happened to original fiction?” these commentators ask. Why are stars such as Renée Zellweger (“The Thing About Pam”) and Colin Firth (“The Staircase”) participating in these glorified crime reenactments? Are we all just a bunch of voyeurs? Well … guilty as charged. When court cases capture the public imagination, that’s because they come with stories that touch a nerve. Such is certainly true of Hulu’s recently released eight-episode series “The Girl From Plainville,” created by Liz Hannah (The Post) and Patrick Macmanus. It’s based on Jesse Barron’s Esquire article about how “speech alone” was enough to convict a young woman of involuntary manslaughter.

TV REVIEW Fanning gives a mesmerizing performance as a young woman accused of committing manslaughter via phone.

On the other hand, two teens staring at their phones isn’t exactly riveting drama. The show’s creators handle this problem by periodically leaving the domain of strict realism for what might be called the twilight theater of teen angst. When Conrad and Michelle text, we initially see only one side of the conversation — Conrad sitting by a backyard firepit, for instance. Soon, however, Fanning joins Ryan in the scene, and the two actors speak aloud as if actually conversing. In these scenes, the actors alternate between interacting and gazing down at their phones, with occasional telltale moments — a side view when we would expect a reverse shot, for instance — reminding us that the characters aren’t actually together. Thus the series cleverly replicates the phantom intimacy of online interaction, in which people can convince each other they’re on the same page when they’re actually volumes apart. Michelle is depicted as being so wrapped up in her own imaginary drama that she doesn’t realize how little she actually understands the problems of her supposed boyfriend until it’s too late. The real Carter was fixated on “Glee” and quoted the TV show’s dialogue in her text messages. Here,

as Michelle tries desperately to romanticize what happened to Conrad, she imagines the two of them expressing their love in a “Glee”-style musical number. But the ugly truth soon emerges. The series won’t appeal to viewers who want to see Michelle depicted as a heartless narcissist, as she was in much early coverage of her trial. Here, as in Barron’s account, both Conrad and Michelle struggle with depression, loneliness and social anxiety. Their texting has aspects of an ongoing power struggle and a folie à deux. At the same time, “The Girl From Plainville” rejects the defense’s argument that Carter wasn’t responsible for her own actions at the time of Roy’s death. Both principals and Sevigny give stellar performances, but the crux of the drama is a moment when we read a fatal shift of attitude — a decision — on Michelle’s face. With immense subtlety, Fanning lets us see through the cracks in the character’s guarded, faux-adult self-presentation to the adolescent delusions beneath. “The Girl From Plainville” suffers from a common malady of streaming series: Longer than it needs to be, it sometimes drags, especially since its main focus is the day-to-day monotony of depression

and grief. By sidestepping sensationalism, however, the series brings the deeper resonance of its story home to the viewer, reminding us why we get so obsessed with these dark tales in the first place. MARGO T HARRI S O N margot@sevendaysvt.com

IF YOU LIKE THIS, TRY… “I LOVE YOU, NOW DIE: THE COMMONWEALTH V. MICHELLE CARTER” (2019; HBO Max, rent-

able): Erin Lee Carr’s docuseries on the Carter case offers a multifaceted account of the facts behind the tabloid headlines. (2022; Hulu): If you like stories about the misbehavior of blond women with icy stares, this fact-based series about Elizabeth Holmes and her biotech scam is probably a must, though its portrayal of its subject doesn’t always feel coherent. “THE DROPOUT”

“THE STAIRCASE” (2022; HBO Max): Colin Firth and Toni Collette star in a drama series based on the much-debated death of North Carolina businesswoman Kathleen Peterson. Like “The Girl From Plainville,” this series has a restrained, art-house style, with Antonio Campos (The Devil All the Time) at the helm.

NEW IN THEATERS CRIMES OF THE FUTURE: David Cronenberg returns with a new body horror film in which Viggo Mortensen and Léa Seydoux play performance artists who regale audiences with new mutations of the human body. With Kristen Stewart. (107 min, R. Roxy, Savoy) FREAKSCENE: THE STORY OF DINOSAUR JR.: Philipp Virus directed this documentary about the East Coast grunge band. (82 min, NR. Essex)

CURRENTLY PLAYING ANEK: Ayushmann Khurrana plays an undercover cop in this Hindi-language political action thriller from India, directed by Anubhav Sinha. (147 min, NR. Majestic) THE BAD GUYSHHH A crew of animal outlaws tries to convince the world they’ve reformed in this animated comedy from director Pierre Perifel, featuring Sam Rockwell and Awkwafina. (100 min, PG. Essex, Majestic) THE BOB’S BURGERS MOVIEHHHH The Belcher family faces an existential threat to its burger-joint livelihood in this big-screen adaptation of the Emmy Award-winning animated sitcom. Loren Bouchard and Bernard Derriman directed. (102 min, PG-13. Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Sunset)

TOP GUN: MAVERICKHHHH Thirty-six years after the original action hit, Tom Cruise’s daredevil Navy pilot character is older but still flying test flights in this sequel directed by Joseph Kosinski (Oblivion). With Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller and Val Kilmer. (131 min, PG-13. Big Picture, Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Paramount, Roxy, Star, Stowe, Sunset, Welden)

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DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESSHHH Benedict Cumberbatch returns as the magic-using Marvel hero, whose life gets a lot more complicated when he opens a doorway to alternate realities. Sam Raimi directed. (126 min, PG-13. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Roxy, Star, Stowe, Sunset, Welden)

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DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERAHHH In 1928, members of the Crawley family find themselves exploring a recently inherited villa in the south of France. Simon Curtis directed this sequel to the 2019 film based on the TV series. (125 min, PG. Big Picture, Bijou, Capitol, Essex, Majestic, Playhouse, Roxy, Savoy, Star, Welden)

ESSEX CINEMAS & T-REX THEATER: 21 Essex Way, Suite 300, Essex, 879-6543, essexcinemas.com

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCEHHHHH Michelle Yeoh plays a woman who must travel the multiverse — including her own alternate lives — to save the world in a surreal adventure comedy from Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Swiss Army Man). With Stephanie Hsu. (139 min, R. Majestic, Marquis, Roxy, Stowe; reviewed 4/13)

*MERRILL’S ROXY CINEMAS: 222 College St., Burlington, 864-3456, merrilltheatres.net

MENHHHH Jessie Buckley plays a young widow who gets more than she bargained for when she rents a vacation getaway in the English countryside in this folk-horror flick written and directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina). With Rory Kinnear and Paapa Essiedu. (100 min, R. Majestic, Roxy, Savoy; reviewed 5/25)

SAVOY THEATER: 26 Main St., Montpelier, 229-0598, savoytheater.com

THE TALE OF KING CRABHHH1/2 This art-house adventure from Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis follows the legendary figure of a 19th-century exile from Italy (Gabriele Silli) who seeks a mythical treasure in Argentina. (105 min, NR. Savoy)

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BIPOC BUSINESS ROUNDTABLES: The Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity invites business owners of color to discuss recommendations to the State of Vermont on how best to support POC business development. 7-8 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 254-2972. CENTRAL VERMONT JOB FAIR: Job seekers meet employers, learn about career opportunities and even apply for positions on the spot. Barre City Auditorium, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 223-4654.

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See what’s playing at local theaters in the On Screen section. ‘AMAZON ADVENTURE 3D’: Viewers experience 19th century explorer Henry Bates’ journey through the Amazon rainforest. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30 a.m., 12:30, 2:30 & 4:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $11.50-14.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. ‘BACKYARD WILDERNESS 3D’: Cameras positioned in nests, underwater and along the forest floor capture a year’s worth of critters coming and going. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30 a.m., 12:30, 2:30 & 4:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission,

‘DONBASS’: Vermont International Film Foundation’s virtual cinema screens a darkly satirical 2018 drama lampooning the Russian separatist movement in Ukraine. $6-12; VTIFF members benefits apply. Info, 660-2600. ‘JURASSIC PARK’: Life finds a way in Steven Spielberg’s heart-pounding, groundshaking 1993 action adventure classic. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2600. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: A tenacious mammalian matriarch fights to protect her family in a desolate environment. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30 a.m., 12:30, 2:30 & 4:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $11.50-14.50; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848. ‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS’: Sparkling graphics take viewers on a mind-bending journey from the beginning of time through the mysteries of the universe. Northfield Savings Bank 3D Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 10:30 a.m., 12:30, 2:30 & 4:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $14.50-18; admission free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 864-1848.

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DE MAISON IMPORTS FRENCH WINE-TASTING DINNER: Gather around the table to experience a très spécial wine-pairing menu from Edson Hill chef Jerome Picca and De Maison Imports’ Andrea Fullbright. Edson Hill, Stowe, 6-9 p.m. $150. Info, 253-7371. DEDALUS FREE WEEKLY WINE TASTINGS: Themed in-store tastings take oenophiles on an adventure through a wine region, grape variety, style of wine or producer’s offerings. Dedalus Wine Shop, Market & Wine Bar, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2368.

games

MAH-JONGG CLUB: Tile traders of all experience levels gather for a game. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 888-3853.

health & fitness

ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION EXERCISE PROGRAM: Those in need of an easy-on-the-joints workout experience an hour of calming, low-impact movement. United Community Church, St. Johnsbury, 1:302:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 751-0431. AYURVEDA: Maryellen Crangle and Dorothy Alling Memorial Library host a seven-week introduction to this ancient Indian and Nepalese healing and lifestyle tradition. 2-3:30 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, programs@damlvt.org. BONE BUILDERS/ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION EXERCISE PROGRAM: Folks of all ages ward off osteoporosis in an exercise and prevention

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class hosted by Twin Valley Senior Center. Online, 7:30 a.m.; Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322. CHAIR YOGA: Waterbury Public Library instructor Diana Whitney leads at-home participants in gentle stretches supported by seats. 10 a.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

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every week. Red Wagon Plants, Hinesburg, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 482-4060.

business

HIRING2DAYVT VIRTUAL JOB FAIR: The Vermont Department of Labor gives job seekers a chance to meet with employers from around the state. 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 828-4000.

ELL CLASSES: ENGLISH FOR BEGINNERS & INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS: Learners of all abilities practice written and spoken English with trained instructors. Presented by Fletcher Free Library. 6:30-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, bshatara@ burlingtonvt.gov.

IDEA TO ACTION: YOUR THREE-WEEK ROADMAP TO SELF-EMPLOYMENT: Mercy Connections helps entrepreneurial workshop attendees become their own bosses. 1-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 846-7063.

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HOUSING BREAKFAST: Vital Communities and Twin Pines Housing host a morning meal focused on inspiring ideas, solutions and action regarding the regional housing market. Hilton Garden Inn, Lebanon, N.H., breakfast buffet, 7:30 a.m.; presentations from housing leaders, 8-9 a.m. $25 suggested donation; preregister. Info, 291-9100, ext. 107.

MICHAEL MWENSO’S ANCESTRAL COMMUNAL LISTENING EXPERIENCE: The Burlington Jazz Fest curator shepherds audiences through the history of Black music and discusses the intergenerational influence of the great gospel, blues and jazz artists. Livestream available. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 760-4634.

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WILD WOODS SONG CIRCLE: Singers and acoustic instrumentalists gather for an evening of music making. Zoom option available. Godnick Adult Center, Rutland, 7:15-9:15 p.m. Free. Info, 775-1182.

SHORT-TERM RENTAL CONFERENCE & TRADE SHOW: Vermont’s short-term rental hosts connect with vendors and national experts. Capitol Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, Montpelier, 1-6 p.m. $105-155; preregister. Info, 829-4024.

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DEVELOPING SELF: Participants reflect on their experiences and reconnect with their values in order to address life’s challenges. Mercy Connections, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 846-7063. U.S. CITIZENSHIP TEST PREPARATION: Adult learners study English, history, government and geography with personal tutors. Virtual options available. Mercy Connections, Burlington, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 846-7063.

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‘THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT’: A determined young fact checker squares off against a famous author in a comedic, highstakes showdown. Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $31.0538.50. Info, 862-1497.

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GARDEN LIKE A FARMER: TOMATOES: Amateur agriculturalists learn everything they need to know about selecting, transplanting, pruning and fertilizing their summertime fruit plants. Intervale Center, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 660-0440. THURSDAYS IN THE GARDEN: Horticulturalist Chad Donovan helps home gardeners upgrade their game with a new lesson

NEEDLEPOINT GET-TOGETHERS: Embroidery enthusiasts bring their needles and threads to stitch together and encourage each other. Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, programs@ normanwilliams.org. THURSDAY ZOOM KNITTERS: The Norman Williams Public Library fiber arts club meets virtually for conversation and crafting. 2-3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, programs@normanwilliams.org.

education

PJC BOOK CLUB: ALEX SHEVRIN VENET: The teacher and author of EquityCentered Trauma-Informed Education joins the Peace & Justice Center for a virtual reading. 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-2345.

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MUSIC ON THE FARM: RACHEL CLEMENTE: Farm-fresh foods and Celtic tunes are on the menu at a pastoral party. Fable Farm Fermentory, Barnard, food and bar service, 5:30 p.m.; music, 6 p.m. $5-20; preregister; limited space. Info, 234-1645. NIGHT OWL CLUB: Astronomers and space exploration experts discuss the latest in extraterrestrial news with curious attendees. Presented by Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium. 7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-2372.

‘THIS IS US’ CHAT: Norwich Public Library hosts a discussion circle for viewers sobbing along to the drama’s final season. 6:30-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, lisa.milchman@ norwichlibrary.org.

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VERMONT DAIRY FESTIVAL: Lactose lovers and cream cravers have a cow over pageants, baking contests, fun runs, Texas Hold ’Em, milking competitions and much more. See vermontdairy festival.com for full schedule. Various Enosburg Falls locations, 6-10 p.m. Prices vary. Info, 933-4134.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the On Screen section. ‘AMAZON ADVENTURE 3D’: See WED.1. ‘BACKYARD WILDERNESS 3D’: See WED.1. ‘DONBASS’: See WED.1. ‘LISTEN UP!’: The original musical based on the true stories of Vermont teens aims to destigmatize tough topics. Q&A follows. Bellows Falls Opera House, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 357-4616. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.1. ‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS’: See WED.1.

food & drink

SUP CON GUSTO TAKEOUT SUPPER SERIES: Philly transplants Randy Camacho and Gina Cocchiaro serve up three-course and à la carte menus shaped by seasonal Vermont ingredients. See supcongustovt.com to preorder. Richmond Community Kitchen, 5-8 p.m. Various prices. Info, gustogastronomics@gmail.com.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: A lively group plays a classic, tricky game in pairs. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, morrisvillebridge@ outlook.com. WHIST CARD GAME CLUB: Players of all experience levels congregate for some friendly competition. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 12:30-3 p.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

health & fitness

CHAIR YOGA WITH LINDA: Every week is a new adventure in movement and mindfulness at this Morristown Centennial Library virtual class. 10:15-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

lgbtq

POP-UP HAPPY HOUR: Locals connect over drinks at a speakeasy-style bar. Hosted by OUT in the 802. Lincolns, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.

music

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Check out these family-friendly events for parents, caregivers and kids of all ages. • Plan ahead at sevendaysvt.com/family-fun. • Post your event at sevendaysvt.com/postevent.

WED.1

ONLINE PRENATAL YOGA: Mothers-to-be build strength, stamina and a stronger connection to their baby. 5:45-6:45 p.m. $5-15. Info, 899-0339.

burlington

CRAFTERNOON: Weaving, knitting, embroidery and paper crafting supplies take over the Teen Space. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403. ECHO SUMMER MUSIC SERIES: Local musicians put on a waterfront show for families. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Pay what you can; cash bar. Info, 864-1848. STEAM SPACE: Kids explore science, technology, engineering, art and math activities. Ages 5 through 11. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

chittenden county

AFTERSCHOOL LEGO TIME & BOARD GAMES: Blocks and boards make for a fun, creative afternoon. Kindergarten and up. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. BABYTIME: Teeny-tiny library patrons enjoy a gentle, slow story time featuring songs, rhymes and lap play. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 846-4140. LEGO BUILDERS: Elementary-age imagineers explore, create and participate in challenges after school. Ages 8 and up, or ages 6 and up with an adult helper. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140. SEA LIFE SCAVENGER HUNT: Little marine biologists who find all the sea life posters around the library get a prize. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.8 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

barre/montpelier

GOATING AROUND: Nature educator Nicky Auerbach teaches kids how to groom, milk and hike around with goats. Ages 8 through 13. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 2:30-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 426-3581.

stowe/smuggs

MORRISVILLE ADVENTURE CLUB: Little locals learn more about their town during an exploratory activity. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 3:304:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-3853. TEEN ADVISORY BOARD MEETING: Teenagers snack on free food and take an active role in their local library. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, youth services@centenniallibrary.org.

FAMILY FUN

WEDNESDAY CRAFTERNOON: A new project is on the docket each week, from puppets to knitting to decoupage. Ages 7 and up. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, youthservices@centennial library.org.

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mad river valley/ waterbury

THU.2

JESSE Q. SUTANTO: Phoenix Books launches the author’s middle grade novel, Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit, which follows a Chinese American boy who unexpectedly inherits a magical animal companion. 7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 448-3350. ONLINE PRENATAL YOGA: See WED.1, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

chittenden county

LEGO CLUB: Children of all ages get crafty with Legos. Adult supervision is required for kids under 10. Winooski Memorial Library, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-6424. MUSIC & MOVEMENT WITH MISS EMMA!: The star of “Music for Sprouts” and “Mr. Chris and Friends” leads little ones 5 and younger in singing, scarf play and movement. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 846-4140. PRESCHOOL MUSIC WITH LINDA BASSICK: The singer and storyteller extraordinaire leads little ones in indoor music and movement. Birth through age 5. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 878-4918. READ TO A DOG: Little ones get a 10-minute time slot to tell stories to Lola the pup. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918. SEA LIFE SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.1, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. STORY TIME: Babies, toddlers and preschoolers take part in reading, singing and dancing. Winooski Memorial Library, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 655-6424.

barre/montpelier

GOATING AROUND: See WED.1. PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Energetic youngsters join Miss Meliss for stories, songs and lots of silliness. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

stowe/smuggs

BABY & TODDLER MEETUP: Tiny tots and their caregivers come together for playtime, puzzles and picture books. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

SEA LIFE SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.1, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

barre/montpelier ‘ILLUMINATED’: See FRI.3.

stowe/smuggs

LEGO CHALLENGE CLUB: Kids engage in a fun-filled hour of building, then leave their creations on display in the library all month long. Ages 6 through 8. Waterbury Public Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036. QUEER READS: LGTBQIA+ and allied youth get together each month to read and discuss ideas around gender, sexuality and identity. Waterbury Public Library, 6-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 244-7036.

fun breathing and movement activities. Kamalika-K, Essex Junction, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Donations. Info, 871-5085.

STUFFIE SLEEP OVER: See FRI.3, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

SUN.5

ONLINE PRENATAL YOGA: See WED.1, 10:15-11:15 a.m.

All Greens Necessary Every Friday afternoon this summer, the Richmond Farmers Market proves that it’s more than a farmers market — it’s a funfilled experience for the whole family. Volunteers Green is packed with a record-breaking number of vendors selling everything from strawberries to pickles to rare mushrooms. Every month, entrepreneurial kids who have come up with an unbeatable brownie recipe or a fresh lemonade concoction can apply to sell their wares at the Youth Booth. And each week features a new local band and eclectic events including goat mowing, electric vehicle demonstrations and racial justice activities.

RICHMOND FARMERS MARKET Friday, June 3, 3-6:30 p.m., at Volunteers Green in Richmond. See website for future dates. Free. Info, 881-1249, richmond-farmers-market.square.site.

upper valley

TODDLER STORY TIME: Toddling tykes 20 months through 3.5 years hear a few stories related to the theme of the week. Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 457-2295.

FRI.3

ONLINE PRENATAL YOGA: See WED.1, 12:30-1:15 p.m.

burlington

SPLASH DANCE: Kids soak up some summer fun in the fountain while DJs spin family-friendly tracks. Burlington City Hall Park, 4-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.

chittenden county

FRIDAY MOVIES: Little film buffs congregate in the library’s Katie O’Brien Activity Room for an afterschool screening of a G-rated movie. See southburlington library.org for each week’s title. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 3-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140. RICHMOND FARMERS MARKET: An open-air marketplace featuring live music connects cultivators and freshfood browsers. See calendar spotlight. Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 881-1249. SEA LIFE SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.1.

barre/montpelier

‘ILLUMINATED’: Moving Light Dance presents a family-friendly story

featuring puppets, local performers and imaginative costumes. Peck Farm Orchard, East Montpelier, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $12-22. Info, 595-3606. STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: Participants ages 6 and under hear stories, sing songs and eat tasty treats between outdoor activities. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581.

stowe/smuggs

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Players ages 9 through 13 go on a fantasy adventure with dungeon master Andy. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 3:304:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 888-3853. STUFFIE SLEEP OVER: Kiddos drop their plushy friends off at the library on Friday, then receive a photo album of all the fun they had the next day. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 10 a.m.5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

SAT.4

burlington

FAMILY PLAYSHOP: Kids from birth through age 5 learn and play at this school readiness program. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:15-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 863-3403. SPLASH DANCE: See FRI.3, 1-3 p.m.

chittenden county

KARMA KIDZ YOGA OPEN STUDIO SATURDAYS: Young yogis of all ages and their caregivers drop in for some

barre/montpelier ‘ILLUMINATED’: See FRI.3.

brattleboro/okemo valley

NAULAKHA ESTATE & RHODODENDRON TOUR: Families take a self-guided tour of the house where Rudyard Kipling wrote The Jungle Book, including the spectacular flower tunnel. Naulakha, Dummerston, 2-5 p.m. $25. Info, 245-6868.

outside vermont

SUZUKI SHOWCASE: Mini musicians ages 3 through 18 display what they’ve learned this year on the violin, viola and cello. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 3 p.m. Free. Info, 603-448-0400.

MON.6

ONLINE PRENATAL YOGA: See WED.1.

burlington

STORIES WITH MEGAN: Bookworms ages 2 through 5 enjoy fun-filled reading time. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

chittenden county

INDOOR PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Small groups enjoy a cozy session of reading, rhyming and singing. Birth through age 5. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 878-4918. SEA LIFE SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.1, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. TEEN NIGHT: ANTI-STRESS PUTTY: Crafty kids in grades 7 and up make squishy stress toys with fun colors, glitter and scents. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

mad river valley/ waterbury

BABY/TODDLER STORY TIME WITH MS. CYNTHIA: Tiny tykes have fun, hear stories and meet new friends in the children’s section. Waterbury Public Library, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 244-7036.

brattleboro/okemo valley

NAULAKHA ESTATE & RHODODENDRON TOUR: See SUN.5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

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The funk-fusion outfit delivers groovy beats. The New Deal food cart serves up nosh; 10 percent of bar sales benefit MENTOR Vermont. Shelburne Vineyard, 6-8:45 p.m. Free; cash bar. Info, 985-8222.

politics

2022 VCV & VNRC CONGRESSIONAL FORUM: Vermont Conservation Voters and Vermont Natural Resources Council host a meet-and-greet so voters can ask candidates about their priorities. Chapel, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, 5:30 p.m. $20 suggested donation; preregister. Info, 223-2328. GREAT DECISIONS: MYANMAR & ASEAN: Curious locals learn about and discuss the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ attempts to stop the violence in Myanmar. Virtual option available. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 846-4140. THOUGHT CLUB: Artists and activists convene to engage with Burlington‘s rich tradition of radical thought and envision its future. Democracy Creative, Burlington, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, tevan@democracycreative.com.

FRI.3

conferences

SHORT-TERM RENTAL CONFERENCE & TRADE SHOW: See THU.2, 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

fairs & festivals

‘AMAZON ADVENTURE 3D’: See WED.1.

‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.1. ‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS’: See WED.1.

food & drink

U.S. CITIZENSHIP TEST PREPARATION: See WED.1.

sports

games

TRUE CRIME: BURLINGTON: Author Thea Lewis indulges true crime curiosity on a walking tour of the Queen City. 199 Main St., Burlington, 7 p.m. $25. Info, 324-5467.

theater

‘THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT’: See WED.1.

words

CHRIS BOHJALIAN: RESCHEDULED. The author celebrates the launch of his new suspense novel, The Lioness, in which a Hollywood starlet’s safari goes terribly wrong. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 649-1114. MYSTERY READERS BOOK CLUB: True crime buffs and amateur sleuths gather to discuss their favorite mystery books. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 3 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 223-6954.

MAH-JONGG: Tile traders of all experience levels gather for a game session. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

health & fitness

ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION EXERCISE PROGRAM: See WED.1. BONE BUILDERS/ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION EXERCISE PROGRAM: See WED.1. ONLINE GUIDED MEDITATION: Dorothy Alling Memorial Library invites attendees to relax on their lunch breaks and reconnect with their bodies. Noon-12:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, programs@ damlvt.org. QIGONG WITH GERRY SANDWEISS: Beginners learn this ancient Chinese practice of meditative movement. Presented by Norman Williams Public Library. 8:30-9:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, programs@ normanwilliams.org. SUN STYLE TAI CHI: A sequence of slow, controlled motions aids in strength and balance. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 229-1549.

lgbtq

MONTPELIER PRIDE FEST: The Capital City overflows with a full spectrum of fun for the LGBTQ community, including film screenings, live music, theater and other festivities. See calendar spotlight. Various Montpelier locations,

SEVEN DAYS JUNE 1-8, 2022

‘VOICES OF OUR NETWORK’: The Vermont Family Network hosts a live, Moth-style storytelling slam. Film House, Main Street Landing Performing Arts Center, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $5-15 suggested donation; preregister. Info, 876-5315.

ANNUAL MCL FRIENDS PLANT SALE: Gardeners are on hand to answer any questions about the plethora of perennials and houseplants for sale. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

See what’s playing at local theaters in the On Screen section.

‘DONBASS’: See WED.1.

words

agriculture

film

‘BACKYARD WILDERNESS 3D’: See WED.1.

presents Jacques Offenbach’s satirical take on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $55-80. Info, 382-9222.

SAT.4

VERMONT DAIRY FESTIVAL: See THU.2, 4-9 p.m.

seminars

talks

JUN. 3-5 & 7 | LGBTQ

VETERANS SUMMIT: Veterans and their families connect with each other and with advocates for housing, health care and other benefits. Northern Vermont University-Lyndon, Lyndonville, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, veterans. summit.vt@gmail.com.

ARTSRIOT TRUCK STOP: Mobile kitchens dish out mouthwatering meals and libations. Live DJs and outdoor entertainment add to the fun. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 4:30-9 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 540-0406.

VERMONT LAKE MONSTERS: Spectators buy some peanuts and Cracker Jack to watch the Green Mountain State’s own Futures Collegiate Baseball League team face off against new opponents each night. Centennial Field, Burlington, 6:35 p.m. $6-25; $125-418 for season passes. Info, 655-4200.

THU.2

Rainbow Connection The Capital City marks the start of Pride Month with a riotously joyful four-day celebration of the LGBTQ community. Programming hosted by Kellogg-Hubbard Library, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the Savoy Theater and others means that there’s something for everyone, including a community bike ride, Shakesqueer Vermont’s production of Romeo & Juliet, a party at Barr Hill, a selection of chamber music by queer composers, and screenings of Moonlight, But I’m a Cheerleader and Ma Vie en Rose. Don’t miss the festival on the Statehouse lawn, featuring live music, games and unmissable opportunities for togetherness.

MONTPELIER PRIDE FEST Friday, June 3, 4-9 p.m.; Saturday, June 4, noon-5 p.m.; Sunday, June 5, 1-8 p.m.; and Tuesday, June 7, 5:45 p.m., at various Montpelier locations. Free. Info, elaineballvt@gmail.com, pridecentervt.org. 4-9 p.m. Free. Info, elaineballvt@ gmail.com. ‘ROMEO & JULIET’: Shakesqueer Vermont shakes up the classic tragedy with a sapphic love story and a post-apocalyptic setting. Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, 7 p.m. Free; donations accepted. Info, lanepikefury@gmail.com.

outdoors

SPRING BIRDING: Folks of all interests and experience levels seek out feathered friends in flight. All supplies provided. North Branch Cascades Trail, Worcester, 7-9 a.m. Free. Info, 229-6206.

music

BEN & JERRY’S CONCERTS ON THE GREEN: THE HEAD AND THE HEART: SOLD OUT. Infectious indie folk-rock rhythms get toes tapping. Shelburne Museum, 6:30 p.m. $89. Info, 652-0777. BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: A stellar lineup of jazz musicians hits Queen City streets in a celebration of the genre. See flynnvt.org for full schedule. Various downtown Burlington locations. Free. Info, 863-5966. STRING QUARTET CONCERT: The Vermont Symphony Orchestra ensemble celebrates the start of Pride Month with a program of music by LGBTQ composers. Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-5741. TWILIGHT SERIES: NIKARA WARREN: The born-and-raised Brooklyn vibraphonist debuts the genre-blending vibes of her album NIKARA Presents Black Wall Street. Burlington City Hall Park, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.

FOMO? Find even more local events in this newspaper and online:

art Find visual art exhibits and events in the Art section and at sevendaysvt.com/art.

film See what’s playing at theaters in the On Screen section.

music + nightlife Find club dates at local venues in the Music + Nightlife section online at sevendaysvt.com/ music. Learn more about highlighted listings in the Magnificent 7 on page 11.

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seminars

SELF-ADVOCACY: BEING BRAVE, STRONG & KIND: Life coach Deb Chisholm teaches women how to stand up for their needs and desires in any situation. Presented by Women Business Owners Network Vermont. 8:30-10 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 503-0219.

sports

VERMONT LAKE MONSTERS: See THU.2.

theater

‘A... MY NAME IS ALICE’: The Artistree Community Players present an uproarious musical revue featuring a smorgasbord of sketches and songs by some of Broadway’s best composers. The Grange Theatre, South Pomfret, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $30-40. Info, 457-3500. ‘GENTLY UNHINGED’: NECCA students explore the beauty of imperfection in a show inspired by the Japanese art of kintsukuroi, meaning “to repair with gold.” New England Center for Circus Arts, Brattleboro, . $12-25. Info, 254-9780. ‘THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT’: See WED.1. ‘ORPHÉE AUX ENFERS’: The Opera Company of Middlebury, accompanied by a full orchestra,

COOPERATIVE EXTENSION MASTER GARDENERS’ ANNUAL PLANT SALE: Green thumbs go gaga over flora for the home and garden. Master gardeners are on site to answer all questions. Clinton County Fair, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 9 a.m.-noon. $6-30. Info, 518-561-7450. RHODODENDRON WALK & TALK: The Friends of the Horticulture Farm lead an informative tour of their blooming bushes, which are decades old and some of the largest specimens in Vermont. University of Vermont Horticulture Research Center, South Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, info@friends ofthehortfarm.org.

dance

THE DANCE COLLECTIVE SPRING RECITAL 2022: Students of the longtime Upper Valley dance school put on a joyful show. Lebanon Opera House, N.H., 5 p.m. $12-15. Info, 603-448-0400. ‘EARTH TOMES: A BUTOH DANCE PROJECT’: Choreographer Joan Laage presents a three-person exploration of the body using butoh, a type of dance that combines European surrealism and Japanese theater. Grange Hall Cultural Center, Waterbury Center, 7:30-9 p.m. $20. Info, 244-4161. MONTPELIER CONTRA DANCE: To tunes by the Turning Stile and gender-neutral calling by Will Mentor, dancers balance, shadow and do-si-do the night away. Newcomers lesson, 7:40 p.m. Capital City Grange, Berlin, 8-11 p.m. $5-20. Info, 225-8921. QUEEN CITY WEST COAST SWING SOCIAL: 802 Westie Collective and two hopping DJs celebrate all things West Coast Swing. Champlain Club, Burlington, all-levels dance lesson, 7-8 p.m.; social dance, 8-11 p.m. $15. Info, 802westiecollective@gmail.com.

etc.

SHAMBHALA CAFÉ: Refreshments are served as attendees meditate and discuss Buddhist texts. Shambhala Meditation Center, Burlington,

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9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, lungta108@gmail.com. ST. JOHNSBURY PET PARADE: Man’s best friends strut their stuff during a day of friendly competition, fun for all species and fundraising for Kingdom Animal Shelter. Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free; donations accepted; preregister. Info, stjpetparade@gmail.com.

fairs & festivals

12TH ANNUAL RHUBARB FESTIVAL: Springtime citizens pucker up for pies, crisps, plants, seedlings, books and other sweet-and-sour merchandise. Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, Middlebury, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 388-8080. ADAMANT BLACKFLY FESTIVAL: If you can’t shoo ’em, join ’em! Adamant’s infamous fest celebrates the little buggers with traditional music, grilled eats and a bake sale featuring blackflyinspired delights. See calendar spotlight. Adamant Co-op, 11 a.m.3 p.m. Free. Info, 223-5760. SUGARBUSH BREW GRASS FESTIVAL: Craft suds from more than 20 local fermenters, live jams and tasty treats help beer lovers kick off the summer. Sugarbush Resort, Warren, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $95; preregister; limited space. Info, 552-4007. VERMONT DAIRY FESTIVAL: See THU.2, 9 a.m.-9:30 p.m.

film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the On Screen section. ‘AMAZON ADVENTURE 3D’: See WED.1. ‘BACKYARD WILDERNESS 3D’: See WED.1. ‘DONBASS’: See WED.1. ‘HAMLET’: Neil Armfield directs the Metropolitan Opera premiere of Australian composer Brett Dean’s modern, musical take on Shakespeare’s masterpiece. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 12:55 p.m. $16-25. Info, 748-2600. Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1 p.m. $10-22. Info, 603-646-2422. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 1 p.m. $10-24. Info, 382-9222. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.1. ‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS’: See WED.1.

food & drink

BURLINGTON FARMERS MARKET: Dozens of stands overflow with seasonal produce, flowers, artisanal wares and prepared foods. Burlington Farmers Market, 345 Pine St., 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 560-5904. CAPITAL CITY FARMERS MARKET: Meats and cheeses join farm-fresh produce, baked goods, locally made arts and crafts, and live music. 133 State St., Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, montpelierfarmersmarket@ gmail.com.

ROOTS: Cheers! This zero-waste tent party pleases palates with natural wines, local beers and ciders, and bites from area restaurants and producers. Proceeds support the Vermont Foodbank. Strawberry Hill Farm, Stowe, 5-9 p.m. $150 general admission; fundraising goals vary. Info, 760-6143.

games

BEGINNER DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Waterbury Public Library game master Evan Hoffman gathers novices and veterans alike for an afternoon of virtual adventuring. Teens and adults welcome. Noon-4 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036. GAME ARENA: Board game expert Vinni Yasi leads an epic drop-in day of strategy and fun. Games include Catan and Betrayal at the House on the Hill. Teens and adults welcome. Waterbury Public Library, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 244-7036. MECHANICAL BULL RIDES: Aspiring cowpokes hang on for dear life for the chance to win cash prizes. Ages 21 and up. The Depot, St. Albans, 7-11 p.m. $7. Info, 443-798-5380.

health & fitness

outdoors

ANNUAL SEASON OPENER: Locals celebrate the start of sailing season with food, wine, yoga on the deck and $5 boat tours on the lake. Community Sailing Center, Burlington, noon-7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-2499. NATIONAL TRAILS DAY: Visitors celebrate forests and trails with a day outdoors, featuring fairy hunts and live demonstrations from guest artist Kathleen H. Peters. Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Quechee, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission, $15-18; free for members and kids 3 and under. Info, 359-5000. SUBURBAN BIRDING: Birders learn just how much avian diversity is present in the burbs during an accessible walk through a deciduous woodland. Farrell Park, South Burlington, 7-9 a.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, gmas@greenmountain audubon.org.

sports

WEEKLY EVENT: Racers tear up the track in pursuit of the title. Devil’s Bowl Speedway, West Haven, 7 p.m. $5-20; drive-in free for kids 12 and under. Info, 265-3112.

SUN-STYLE TAI CHI FOR FALL PREVENTION: Seniors boost their strength and balance through gentle, flowing movements. Father Lively Center, St. Johnsbury, 10-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 751-0431.

theater

lgbtq

words

GRAND OPENING: Volunteers and community members cut the ribbon on Central Vermont’s brand new LGBTQ center, followed by an open house. Rainbow Bridge Community Center, Barre, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 622-0692. MONTPELIER PRIDE FEST: See FRI.3, noon-5 p.m. ‘ROMEO & JULIET’: See FRI.3.

music

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: See FRI.3. CANTABILE WOMEN’S CHORUS: Here comes treble! The ensemble celebrates its 20th anniversary with a stunning show that includes a newly commissioned work by composer Philip Silvey. Norwich Congregational Church, 4 p.m. $5-15; free for kids 12 and under. Info, info@cantabile women.org. CARSIE BLANTON: The Nina Simone-inspired singer belts out songs full of moxie and mischief. Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, 7 p.m. $10-50. Info, 728-9878. TWILIGHT SERIES: NIKARA WARREN: See FRI.3. Galacticats open. WILL PATTON ENSEMBLE: Bakersfield’s own multiinstrumentalist and his band bring Brazilian jazz and bebop tunes to town. Burnham Hall, Lincoln, 7:30-10 p.m. $15-25. Info, 388-9782.

‘A... MY NAME IS ALICE’: See FRI.3. ‘GENTLY UNHINGED’: See FRI.3. ‘THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT’: See WED.1, 2 & 7:30 p.m.

BOOK SALE & BENEFIT: Live music underscores a staggering selection of books for sale and a raffle benefiting North Country Honor Flight and Island Arts’ youth scholarships. Island Arts, North Hero, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 372-8889. FRIENDS OF ILSLEY LIBRARY USED BOOK SALE: Books of all genres for all ages go on sale, largely for $2 or less, and all proceeds fund library programming. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. WORDS IN THE WOODS: Morristown Centennial Library staff lead a gentle stroll in the Morristown Town Forest while pausing periodically to read pieces about the beauty of nature. Beaver Meadow Trailhead, Morristown, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

SUN.5 dance

‘BEES AND FRIENDS’: Ballet Vermont celebrates nature’s most beneficial bugs in a vivid performance set to Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. Family-friendly activities, 3 p.m. Isham Family Farm, Williston, 5-6:30 p.m. $1035; free for kids 16 and under in need of financial assistance. Info, 222-6894. ‘COPPÉLIA’: Stowe & Mad River Dance Academies present a

classic ballet about a couple who get tangled up with an eccentric inventor and his magical doll. Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Stowe Mountain Resort, 1 & 5 p.m. $16-25. Info, 760-4634.

donations accepted; preregister. Info, 800-366-5379.

outdoors

GARDEN STROLL AT THE BRICK HOUSE: Revelers get their garden party on with teatime treats, drinks and a tour of the grounds. Shelburne Museum, 3 p.m. $3545; preregister. Info, 985-3346.

EARLY BIRDER MORNING WALKS: An experienced birder leads a walk to discover who’s singing, calling, nesting or flying around the grounds. BYO binoculars and wear good walking shoes. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 7-8:30 a.m. Free; donations accepted; preregister. Info, 434-2167.

fairs & festivals

theater

film

‘GENTLY UNHINGED’: See FRI.3.

etc.

VERMONT DAIRY FESTIVAL: See THU.2, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

See what’s playing at local theaters in the On Screen section. ‘AMAZON ADVENTURE 3D’: See WED.1. ‘BACKYARD WILDERNESS 3D’: See WED.1.

and veggies for folks experiencing food insecurity. BYO water and gloves, and wear long pants and close-toed shoes. Intervale Center, Burlington, 4-6:30 p.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, info@citymarket.coop. PLANT SWAP: From fruits to flowers, cultivators exchange garden starters at a horticultural happening hosted by the Swap Sisters. Caledonia Grange, East Hardwick, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, swapsisters@gmail.com.

business

‘A... MY NAME IS ALICE’: See FRI.3, 2-4 p.m. ‘THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT’: See WED.1, 2 p.m. ‘ORPHÉE AUX ENFERS’: See FRI.3, 2 p.m.

VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Employment seekers drop in for tips on résumé writing, applying for jobs, and training. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 9:30 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 888-3853.

community

MON.6 film

‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.1.

See what’s playing at local theaters in the On Screen section.

CURRENT EVENTS DISCUSSION GROUP: Brownell Library hosts a virtual roundtable for neighbors to pause and reflect on the news cycle. 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS’: See WED.1.

‘AMAZON ADVENTURE 3D’: See WED.1.

dance

health & fitness

‘BACKYARD WILDERNESS 3D’: See WED.1.

‘DONBASS’: See WED.1. ‘HAMLET’: See SAT.4. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 12:55 p.m. $23. Info, 775-0903.

COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS PRACTICE: New and experienced meditators are always welcome to join this weekly practice in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hahn. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 6:30-8:15 p.m. Free. Info, newleafsangha@gmail.com. SUNDAY MORNING MEDITATION: Mindful folks experience sitting and walking meditation in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Shambhala Meditation Center, Burlington, 9 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, lungta108@gmail.com.

lgbtq

MONTPELIER PRIDE FEST: See FRI.3, 1-8 p.m. ‘ROMEO & JULIET’: See FRI.3. Hubbard Park, Montpelier, 2 p.m.

music

BEN & JERRY’S CONCERTS ON THE GREEN: LAKE STREET DIVE: SOLD OUT. The four-piece Brooklyn-based band delivers its signature mix of soul, R&B and rock and roll. Shelburne Museum, 7 p.m. $99. Info, 652-0777. BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: See FRI.3. CANTABILE WOMEN’S CHORUS: See SAT.4. First Congregational Church, Lebanon, N.H., 4 p.m. MARQUISE KNOX & SETH WALKER: The Next Stage Bandwagon Summer Series presents a twin bill featuring a double dose of deep blues, roots and rhythm. Living Memorial Park, Brattleboro, 5 p.m. $20-25; free for kids under 12. Info, 387-0102. MISSISSIPPI JOHNNY RAWLS & DAVE KELLER: Two veteran performers — one Yankee and one Mississippian — make beautiful music together. Mt Foolery, Charlotte, 5-9 p.m. Free;

‘DONBASS’: See WED.1. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.1. ‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS’: See WED.1.

film

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See THU.2, 1-2 p.m.

health & fitness

ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION EXERCISE PROGRAM: See WED.1. BONE BUILDERS/ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION EXERCISE PROGRAM: See WED.1.

music

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: See FRI.3. GOOSE: The cult favorite band displays its trademark combo of stunning improvisations, head-spinning hooks and technical fireworks. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. $39.50; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 652-0777.

seminars

DEVELOPING SELF: See WED.1. U.S. CITIZENSHIP TEST PREPARATION: See WED.1, noon1:30 & 3:30-4:45 p.m.

agriculture

CROP MOB AT THE PEOPLE’S FARM: Volunteers grow fruits

See what’s playing at local theaters in the On Screen section. ‘AMAZON ADVENTURE 3D’: See WED.1. ‘BACKYARD WILDERNESS 3D’: See WED.1. ‘DONBASS’: See WED.1.

WEEKLY CHAIR YOGA: Those with mobility challenges or who are new to yoga practice balance and build strength through gentle, supported movements. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 3 p.m. Free; preregister; donations accepted. Info, 223-3322.

TUE.7

SWING DANCING: Local Lindy hoppers and jitterbuggers convene at Vermont Swings’ weekly boogie-down. Bring clean shoes. Beginner lessons, 6:30 p.m. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:309 p.m. $5. Info, 864-8382.

‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.1. ‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS’: See WED.1.

games

PLAY CHESS & BACKGAMMON!: Everyone — beginners and experts, seniors and youngsters — is welcome at this weekly board game night. Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 457-2295.

health & fitness

SUN STYLE TAI CHI: See FRI.3.

language

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING & ACADEMIC TUTORING: Students improve their reading, writing, math and ELL skills through one-on-one time with experienced tutors. Mercy Connections, Burlington, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 846-7063. LET’S SPEAK ARABIC!: Beginners learn crucial words and grammar in a fun, casual environment facilitated by local Arabic speaker Mona Tolba. Winooski Memorial Library, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 655-6424.

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PAUSE-CAFÉ IN-PERSON FRENCH CONVERSATION: Francophones and French-language learners meet pour parler la belle langue. Burlington Bay Market & Café, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, pause-cafe+owner@groups.io.

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lgbtq

MONTPELIER PRIDE FEST: See FRI.3, 5:45 p.m.

music

BEN & JERRY’S CONCERTS ON THE GREEN: FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS & ST. PAUL AND THE BROKEN BONES: Two unbeatably original indie pop outfits rock out. Shelburne Museum, 6 p.m. $54129; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 652-0777.

Saturday, June 4, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., at Adamant Co-op. Free. Info, 223-5760, adamantcoop.org.

language

ELL CLASSES: ENGLISH FOR BEGINNERS & INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS: See WED.1.

seminars

Find even more local events in this newspaper and online:

art Find visual art exhibits and events in the Art section and at sevendaysvt.com/art.

film See what’s playing at theaters in the On Screen section.

music + nightlife Find club dates at local venues in the Music + Nightlife section online at sevendaysvt.com/ music. Learn more about highlighted listings in the Magnificent 7 on page 11.

DIGITAL ACCESS: KEY ELEMENTS FOR INCLUSION OF DISABLED PEOPLE: Inclusive Arts Vermont and the Vermont Arts Council partner up for a series of seminars on creating more accessible arts programming. See vermontarts council.org for full schedule. 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 828-3291. MAP!: MAKE AN ACTION PLAN: Guest speakers and the Mercy Connections team help students plan how to live their best post-pandemic lives. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 846-7063.

sports

VERMONT LAKE MONSTERS: See THU.2.

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MARGERY IRVINE & ANNALIESE JAKIMIDES: Two contributors to the new essay collection Breaking Bread: Essays From New England on Food, Hunger and Family talk about eating and community. Norwich Bookstore, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 649-1114. WORK IN PROGRESS: Members of this writing group motivate each other to put pen to paper for at least an hour, then debrief together. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 5-7 p.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

WED.8 film

See what’s playing at local theaters in the On Screen section.

and songs. Williston Town Green, 1010:30 a.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. SEA LIFE SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.1, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

ONLINE PRENATAL YOGA: See WED.1, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

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PLAYGROUP & FAMILY SUPPORT: Families with children under age 5 play and connect with others in the community. Winooski Memorial Library, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 655-6424. PRESCHOOL STORY TIME ON THE GREEN: Dorothy Alling Memorial Library leads half an hour of stories, rhymes

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‘BACKYARD WILDERNESS 3D’: See WED.1. ‘DONBASS’: See WED.1. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.1. ‘SPACE: UNRAVELING THE COSMOS’: See WED.1.

food & drink

DEDALUS FREE WEEKLY WINE TASTINGS: See WED.1.

games

MAH-JONGG CLUB: See WED.1.

health & fitness

ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION EXERCISE PROGRAM: See WED.1.

ACTING & IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP: Thespians in training ages 8 through 13 gain essential drama skills with Dirt Road Theater cofounder Maren Langdon. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 2:30-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 426-3581. PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: See THU.2. ROBIN’S NEST NATURE PLAYGROUP: Outdoor pursuits through fields and forests captivate little ones up to age 5 and their parents. North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 229-6206.

BON IVER: The iconic indie folk band jams on the lawn. Bonny Light Horseman open. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. $75; free for kids 12 and under. Info, 652-0777. BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: See FRI.3. SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: ANDRIANA CHOBOT: The expressive alto immerses listeners in a multigenre soundscape combining pop, folk, rock and jazz. Burlington City Hall Park, 12:301:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7166.

seminars

BONE BUILDERS/ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION EXERCISE PROGRAM: See WED.1.

U.S. CITIZENSHIP TEST PREPARATION: See WED.1.

CHAIR YOGA: See WED.1.

stowe/smuggs

CRAFTERNOON: Librarians lead little ones in hands-on craft time; supplies included. Ages 7 and up. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 3:304:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, youth services@centenniallibrary.org. PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: Kiddos 5 and younger share in stories, crafts and rhymes. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 888-3853. STEAM AFTERSCHOOL: Kids learn art, science and math through games and crafts, including paper airplane races, Lego competitions and origami. Ages 6 and up. Morristown Centennial Library, Morrisville, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-3853.

upper valley

music

AYURVEDA: See WED.1.

‘AMAZON ADVENTURE 3D’: See WED.1.

TUE.7

SING-ALONG WITH LINDA BASSICK: Babies, toddlers and preschoolers sing, dance and wiggle along with Linda. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1111:30 a.m. Free. Info, 863-3403.

words

TODDLERTIME: Kids ages 1 through 3 and their caregivers join Miss Kelly and her puppets Bainbow and La-La for story time. South Burlington Public Library & City Hall, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 846-4140.

MON.6

With the Adamant Blackfly Festival, the village of Adamant throws its annual ironic celebration of that undeniable harbinger of summer in Vermont. Locals and visitors from far and wide buzz about town between family-friendly activities. Musicians serenade the crowds with traditional Swedish and Celtic music. Bakers serve up blackfly-inspired delights. Emissaries from the Vermont Entomological Society present their finest buggy specimens. And papier-mâché creatures populate the story time tent, where kids can read, listen and even take home books of their own.

ADAMANT BLACKFLY FESTIVAL

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: See FRI.3.

FOMO?

Shoo, Fly

BABY STORY TIME: Librarians and finger-puppet friends introduce babies 20 months and younger to the joy of reading. Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 457-2295.

DEVELOPING SELF: See WED.1.

sports

VERMONT LAKE MONSTERS: See THU.2.

brattleboro/okemo valley

NAULAKHA ESTATE & RHODODENDRON TOUR: See SUN.5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

randolph/royalton

YOUTH EMPOWERMENT & ACTION: Activists ages 14 through 18 discuss community service, climate action, LGBTQ rights and social justice. BALE Community Space, South Royalton, 3:30 p.m. Free. Info, 498-8438.

WED.8

ONLINE PRENATAL YOGA: See WED.1.

burlington

CRAFTERNOON: See WED.1. ECHO SUMMER MUSIC SERIES: See WED.1. STEAM SPACE: See WED.1.

chittenden county BABYTIME: See WED.1.

theater

‘THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT’: See WED.1.

words

AFTER HOURS BOOK CLUB: Patrons discuss Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know by Adam Grant, a psychology guide for those who want to become more open-minded. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. FFL BOOK CLUB: Lit lovers break down Catherine Adel West’s tale of tragedy striking a Black Chicago family, Saving Ruby King. Hosted by Fletcher Free Library. 6:30-8 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, bshatara@ burlingtonvt.gov. SO YOU HAVE A MANUSCRIPT, NOW WHAT?: RACHEL HADAS: The prolific poet explains the publication process to wordsmiths who are ready to get their collections out there. Presented by St. Johnsbury Athenaeum. 7-8:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 748-8291. m

COMICS CLUB!: Graphic novel and manga fans in third through sixth grades meet to discuss current reads and do fun activities together. Hosted by Brownell Library. Essex Teen Center, Essex Junction, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. LEGO BUILDERS: See WED.1. PARACHUTE FUN!: Little ones frolic under the rainbow ‘chute and play with hula hoops. Grades K and up. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 2-3 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918. SEA LIFE SCAVENGER HUNT: See WED.1.

barre/montpelier ACTING & IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP: See TUE.7.

stowe/smuggs

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craft FELTED BAG RETREAT: Local needle-felting artist Kathy Giroux will lead participants in creating a felted bag. With Kathy’s assistance, participants will design, sew and line a

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FOR RENT BURLINGTON 3-BR HOUSE Avail. Jul. 1. Dead-end street, near UVM, hospital. 1,655 sq.ft., 1 BA, deck, porch, garage, yard, parking, gas heat. $2,500/mo. without utils. 1st mo. + sec. dep. due w/ 1-year lease. NS/ pets. Open showing Jun. 4, 11 a.m.-noon. maggieseverance@ gmail.com. TAFT FARM SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY 10 Tyler Way, Williston, independent senior living. Newly remodeled 2-BR unit on main floor avail., $1,445/mo. incl. utils. & cable. NS/pets.

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HOUSEMATES MILTON ROOM W/ PRIVATE BA Milton: Share tidy home w/ senior woman who enjoys word puzzles. Seeking cat-friendly housemate to prep few meals/week & help around house. $250/mo. Private BA. 802-863-5625 or homesharevermont. org for application. Interview, refs., background checks req. EHO. CHARLOTTE HOMESHARE Senior couple who enjoys plants & gardening seeking housemate to lend hand w/ gardening & snow removal, cook twice/ week. $200/mo. Shared BA. 802-863-5625, homesharevermont. org for application. Interview, refs., background checks req. EHO.

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OFFICE/RETAIL SPACE AT MAIN STREET LANDING on Burlington’s waterfront. Beautiful, healthy, affordable spaces for your business. Visit mainstreetlanding.com & click on space avail. Melinda, 864-7999.

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HEALTH/ WELLNESS MASSAGE FOR MEN BY SERGIO Spring is finally here. Brush off the coldweather blues. Call me & make an appt.: 802324-7539, sacllunas@ gmail.com. PSYCHIC COUNSELING Psychic counseling, channeling w/ Bernice Kelman, Underhill. 30+ years’ experience. Also energy healing, chakra balancing, Reiki, rebirthing, other lives, classes & more. 802-899-3542, kelman.b@juno.com.

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PSYCHOTHERAPY OFFICE SPACE Dolan House Psychotherapy Practice open to additional therapists. 156 College St., 1 block from Church St. Handicapped accessible. Offices from $475-525/mo. + electric/shared office expenses. Carolyn, 802-657-3647.

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GARAGE/ESTATE SALES CASTLETON BIG MOVING SALE Sat., Jun. 4, & Sun., Jun. 5, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Wool, tables, sofa, desks, dressers, bed & more. 2568 S. Street Ext., Castleton. EXTRAORDINARY ESTATE SALE Quality household goods & furniture + fabulous artworks: primitive masks, artifacts, paintings, ceramics, sculpture & lots more. Jun. 3-5; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. Off Chelsea Rd. in Vershire; follow the signs.

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1. ZPW-22-62; 187 Pearl Street FD6, Ward 3C) 187 Pearl Street LLC / Chris Mason Request for alternate compliance under form code to restore historic masonry openings and install three windows abutting alleyway.

Dated at Colchester in the County of Chittenden this 3rd day of June 2022.

2. ZAP-22-1; 77 Pine Street (FD6, Ward 3C) Nedde Bank LLC / Liam Murphy Appeal of adverse determination regarding compliance with inclusionary zoning requirements of condition 4, ZP #20-0453CA, for payment in lieu for inclusionary housing units.

Geri Barrows Charlotte Gardner Angela MacDonald Listers of the Town of Colchester NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS

3. ZP-21-800; 501 Pine Street (E-LM, Ward 5S) KS Pine LLC / Kurt Schueler Establish a food truck/container kitchen café.

Agreeably to the provisions of Title 32, Vermont Statues Annotated, Section 4111, notice is hereby given that the undersigned Listers within and for the Town of Colchester have this day completed the abstract of individual lists of persons, co-partnerships, associations and corporations owning taxable property in said town on the first day of April, 2022; that they have this day lodged the same in the office of the clerk of said town

4. ZP-22-199; 51 Elmwood Avenue (RH, Ward 3C) City DPW / Samantha Dunn Establish temporary emergency shelter including 30 shelter pods, community resource center, and bathhouse. Continued hearing rescheduled from July 5, 2022.

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COLCHESTER LISTER’S RECORD OF NOTICE We hereby certify that the Notices to Taxpayers of the time and place of holding the Grievance Meeting for 2022 and in the form as set forth on the opposite page were signed by us this day duly posted in the Town Clerk’s Office and in four other public places in said Town of Colchester to wit:

Dated this May 24, 2022.

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83225696227? pwd=SGQ0bTdnS000Wkc3c2J4WWw1dzMxUT09

For more information contact Stephanie H. Monaghan at the address or telephone number below.

BURLINGTON DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 2022, 5:00 PM PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Remote Meeting

No hearing will be held and a permit will be issued unless, on or before June 13, 2022, a party notifies the District 4 Commission in writing of an issue requiring a hearing, or the Commission sets the matter for a hearing on its own motion. Any person as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1) may request a hearing. Any hearing request must be in writing, must state the criteria or sub criteria at issue, why a hearing is required, and what additional evidence will be presented at the hearing. Any hearing request by an adjoining property owner or other person eligible for party status under 10 V.S.A. § 6085(c)(1)(E) must include a petition for party status under the Act 250 Rules. To request party status and a hearing, fill out the Party Status Petition Form on the Board’s website: https://nrb. vermont.gov/documents/party-status-petitionform, and email it to the District 4 Office at: NRB. Act250Essex@vermont.gov. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law may not be prepared unless the Commission holds a public hearing.

Plans may be viewed upon request by contacting the Department of Permitting & Inspections between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Participation in the DRB proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal. Please note that ANYTHING submitted to the Zoning office is considered public and cannot be kept confidential. This may not be the final order in which items will be heard. Please view final Agenda, at www.burlingtonvt.gov/dpi/drb/agendas or the office notice board, one week before the hearing for the order in which items will be heard.

This application can be viewed online by visiting the Act 250 Database: (https://anrweb.vt.gov/ANR/Act250/Details. aspx?Num=4C0515-18).

By: /s/Stephanie H. Monaghan Stephanie H. Monaghan District Coordinator 111 West Street Essex Junction, VT 05452 802-879-5662 Stephanie.Monaghan@vermont.gov

ACT 250 NOTICE MINOR APPLICATION 4C0515-18 10 V.S.A. §§ 6001 - 6111 On April 21, 2022, Champlain College, Incorporated, 163 South Willard Street, Burlington, VT 054020670 filed application number 4C0515-18 for a project generally described as renovations to Champlain College’s McDonald Hall including repairs to masonry, windows, gutters and awnings, and construction of new ramps and HVAC equipment. The project is located at 225 South Willard Street in Burlington, Vermont. The application was deemed complete on May 18, 2022 after the receipt of supplemental evidence.

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PLACE AN AFFORDABLE NOTICE AT: SEVENDAYSVT.COM/LEGAL-NOTICES OR CALL 802-865-1020, EXT. 110. for the inspection of taxpayers; that on the 17th day of June, at _9:00_o’clock in the fore noon, the undersigned Listers, to hear grievances of person, copartnerships, associations and corporations aggrieved by any of their appraisals or by the acts of such Listers, whose objections thereto in writing shall have been filed with them as prescribed by statute, and to make such corrections in said abstract as shall upon hearing or otherwise be determined by them; and that unless cause to the contrary be shown, the contents of said abstract will, for the year 2022 become the grand list of said town and of each person, copartnership, association or corporation therein named. Given under our hands at Colchester, in the County of Chittenden, this 3th day of June 2022. Geri Barrows Charlotte Gardner Angela MacDonald Listers of the Town of Colchester NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO BROWNFIELDS REUSE AND ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY LIMITATION ACT PROGRAM Please take notice that Bird Fort, LLC whose mailing address is 460 Ring Road, Waterbury Center, VT, is applying to the Vermont Brownfields Reuse and Environmental Liability Limitation Program (10 V.S.A §6641 et seq.) in connection with the redevelopment of property known as 279 Ethan Allen Ave in the town of Colchester, VT. A copy of the application, which contains a preliminary environmental assessment and a description of the proposed redevelopment project is available for public review at the Colchester Town Clerk’s Office and at the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation offices in Montpelier. Comments concerning the application and/or the above referenced documents may be directed to at or at Sarah Bartlette, DEC Project Manager at (802) 249-5641 or at sarah.bartlett@vermont. gov. Comments may also be submitted by mail to the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, Waste Management Division, 1 National Life Drive – Davis 1, Montpelier, VT 05620; attention: Sarah Barlette, DEC Project Manager. NOTICE OF SELF STORAGE LIEN SALE, JERICHO MINI STORAGE 25 North Main Street, Jericho, VT 05465. The contents of the following self storage units will be sold at public auction, by sealed bid, on June 13, 2022 at 12:00 PM. Heather Hubbs #211 Robert Chausse #115 Units will be opened for viewing for auction, sale by sealed bid to the highest bidder, cash only. Contents of entire storage unit will be sold as one lot. PRIVATE AUCTION OF STORAGE UNIT CONTENTS James Lafountain, last known address of 52 Deer Crossing Ln #2 Jeffersonville, VT 05464 has a past due balance of $386.00 owed to Champlain Valley Self Storage, LLC since 2/28/22. To cover this debt, per lease dated 6/30/19 the contents of unit #014 will be sold at private auction on, or after 6/18/22. Maurice Kelley, last known address of 235 Pearl St Apt 304 Essex, VT 05452 has a past due balance of $306.00 owed to Champlain Valley Self Storage, LLC since 2/28/22. To cover this debt, per lease dated 6/21/20 the contents of unit #411 will be sold at private auction on, or after 6/18/22. Nick Aikey, last known address of 1 Pleasant Valley Road Underhill, VT 05489 has a past due balance of $394.00 owed to Champlain Valley Self Storage, LLC since 3/31/22. To cover this debt, per lease dated 5/30/20 the contents of unit #877 will be sold at private auction on, or after 6/18/22. Lisa Friedman, last known address of 21 Carmichael Street #104 Essex, VT 05452 has a past due balance of $1,488.00 owed to Champlain Valley Self Storage, LLC since 2/28/22. To cover this debt, per leases dated 8/29/20, and 9/30/21 the contents of units #662, #663 and #968 will be sold at private auction on, or after 6/18/22.

Auction pre-registration is required, email info@ champlainvalleyselfstorage.com to register. PROPOSED STATE RULES By law, public notice of proposed rules must be given by publication in newspapers of record. The purpose of these notices is to give the public a chance to respond to the proposals. The public notices for administrative rules are now also available online at https://secure.vermont.gov/ SOS/rules/ . The law requires an agency to hold a public hearing on a proposed rule, if requested to do so in writing by 25 persons or an association having at least 25 members. To make special arrangements for individuals with disabilities or special needs please call or write the contact person listed below as soon as possible. To obtain further information concerning any scheduled hearing(s), obtain copies of proposed rule(s) or submit comments regarding proposed rule(s), please call or write the contact person listed below. You may also submit comments in writing to the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules, State House, Montpelier, Vermont 05602 (802-828-2231). ——————————————————————————— Vermont Water Quality Standards. Vermont Proposed Rule: 22P009 AGENCY: Agency of Natural Resources CONCISE SUMMARY: The Vermont Water Quality Standards (WQS) are being amended to clarify applicability of the Standards, reflect updates to policy related to streamflow and stream processes, update water quality criteria for consistency with federal standards, and reflect changes enacted under Act 32 of 2021. Amendments to the Rule include: 1. Language regarding the application of the Standards to wetlands; 2. Language articulating the requirements of state certifications issued pursuant to Section 401 of the CWA; 3. Update to aquatic biota-based criteria clarifying that 30Q10 flows apply for chronic criteria that utilize a 30-day average; 4. Updates to methodology associated with determining hydrology criteria; 5. Updates to methodology associated with numeric biological indices and aquatic habitat assessments; 6. Updates to the Management Objectives and Criteria; 7. Reclassification of three A(1) streams in the Lower Otter Creek Watershed; 8. Changes to Appendix C, including updates to aluminum and copper criteria. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Bethany Sargent, DEC Monitoring and Assessment Program, Agency of Natural Resources 1 National Life Drive, Davis 3, Montpelier, VT 05620-3522 Tel: 802-4906131 Fax: 802-828-1544 Email: bethany.sargent@ vermont.gov URL: https://dec.vermont.gov/ watershed/. FOR COPIES: Hannah Smith, Agency of Natural Resources 1 National Life Drive, Davis 2, Montpelier, VT 05620-3522 Tel: 802-461-8187 Fax: 802-8281544 Email: hannah.smith@vermont.gov. —————————————————————————— Rule 2.000 Rules of Practice. Vermont Proposed Rule: 22P010 AGENCY: Public Utility Commission CONCISE SUMMARY: The Commission has not comprehensively revised its rules of practice in many years. The proposed rule will update the Commission’s rules of practice to, among other things, (1) reflect the implementation of the Commission’s electronic filing system, (2) more clearly identify the portions of the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure that apply in Commission proceedings, (3) better facilitate public participation by non-lawyers in Commission proceedings by incorporating all rules of procedure into a single source and clarifying their meaning and application, making it easier for public participants to understand what rules apply, and (4) incorporate certain procedural changes that were made on an emergency basis during the COVID-19 pandemic, including clarifying that the Commission may hold status conferences and hearings remotely (and allow remote participation even at in-person hearings) and that parties may file documents without notarization. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Kyle Landis-Marinello, Esq. Vermont Public Utility Commission 112 State Street, 4th Fl., Montpelier, VT 05602 Tel: 802-828-1158 Fax: 802-828-3352 Email: kyle.landis-marinello@vermont.gov URL: https:// epuc.vermont.gov/?q=node/64/151626.

FOR COPIES: John Cotter, Esq. Vermont Public Utility Commission 112 State Street, 4th Fl., Montpelier, VT 05602 Tel: 802-828-1161 Fax: 802-828-3352 Email: john.cotter@vermont.gov. PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF WINOOSKI UNIFIED LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS In accordance with 24 V.S.A §4441 and §4444, the City of Winooski’s Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday, June 23, 2022 beginning at 6:30 p.m. This hearing will be held by electronic means only using Zoom Webinar. Use https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86117708535 to join by computer or 646.558.8656 to join by telephone (toll charges may apply). If prompted, the webinar ID for this meeting is 861 1770 8535. Amendments to the Unified Land Use and Development Regulations • Section 2.4 – Land Use Table • Section 4.12 – Parking, Loading, and Service Areas • Section 5.14 – Incentives for Priority Housing • Article IX – Definitions Statement of Purpose: The purpose of these amendments are as follows: Section 2.4 – Updates to the use table to permit multi-unit dwellings in the residential zoning districts under specific circumstances. Section 4.12 – Amends the minimum parking requirements for non-residential zoning districts. Section 5.14 – Establishes a new section related to priority housing projects. Article IX – Adds new definitions related to specific terms used in Section 5.14 Geographic Area Affected: The proposed amendments will apply to the entire City including all zoning districts. Section Headings Impacted: The following specific updates are included with these amendments: Section 2.4 – Includes two footnotes and associated references for two-unit dwellings and multi-unit dwellings in the Residential A, Residential B, and Residential C Zoning Districts as part of Planned Unit Developments. Section 4.12 – Removes the requirement for an additional .5 parking spaces for dwelling units with three or more bedrooms when developed in a non-residential zoning district. Section 5.14 – Adds a new section to Article V to provide incentives for priority housing as identified by the City of Winooski. This includes developing multi-unit buildings in the residential zoning districts, reduced parking requirements for specific dwelling units, and density bonuses for specific dwelling units. This section also provides standards for affordable dwelling units to be eligible for the incentives.

REAL ESTATE • VEHICLES • PERSONAL PROPERTY • COMMERCIAL Online Closes Thurs., June 2 @ 10AM John Matusz Welded Steel Antiques & Collectibles, Noank, CT and Stone Sculpture Friday, June 3 @ 9AM Online Closing Simulcast Public Auto Auction, Tuesday, June 7 @ 6PM Williston, VT Online Closes Fri., June 3 @ 10AM Auto. Tools & Equip., Rutland, VT Online Closes Mon., June 6 @ 10AM Advertising & Collectibles, N. Troy, VT Preview: Wed., June 1, 12PM-2PM Tuesday, June 7 @ 1PM Foreclosure: 3BR/2BA Mfd. Home, Milton, VT Register & Inspect from 12PM Online Closes Tues., June 7 @ 6PM John Matusz Welded Steel and Stone Sculpture, Williston, VT Preview: M-F 8AM-3PM Online Closes Wed., June 8 @ 6PM Wood Stone Pizza Oven, Williston, VT Preview: By Appt. Friday, June 10 @ 9AM Simulcast Public Auto Auction, Williston, VT Online Closes Mon., June 20 @ 10AM Tools, Machinery, and Firearms, N. Clarendon, VT Preview: Thurs., June 16, 11AM-1PM Tuesday, June 21 @ 11AM 2BR/1BA Newport Center Bungalow, Newport Center, VT Open House: Thurs., June 2, 11AM-1PM Thursday, June 23 @ 11AM Foreclosure: 3BR/1BA Mod. Home, Springfield, VT Open House: Wed., June 8, 11AM-1PM

Albans, Vermont. Do not throw this paper away. It is an official paper that affects your rights.

The full text of these amendments is available at the Winooski City Hall, 27 West Allen Street, during normal business hours or by contacting Eric Vorwald, AICP, City of Winooski Planning & Zoning Manager by calling 802.655.6410 or evorwald@ winooskivt.gov.

2. PLAINTIFF’S CLAIM. Plaintiff’s claim is for a judicial determination that it has marketable title to the property located at 44 New Street in Swanton, Vermont and the mortgage to United Companies Lending Corp. encumbering the Plaintiff’s property is discharged and released.

AFFIDAVIT SUMMONS AND ORDER OF PUBLICATION THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO UNITED COMPANIES LENDING CORPORATION 1. YOU ARE NAMED AS A PARTY IN A DECLARATORY JUDGMENT ACTION. The Plaintiff has started a declaratory judgment action naming you as a party. A copy of the Plaintiff’s Complaint is on file and may be obtained at the office of the clerk of this court, Vermont Superior Court, Civil Division, Franklin Unit, located at 17 Church Street, St.

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Article IX – Adds new definitions for affordable housing, HUD Area Median Family Income, and priority housing.

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3. YOU MUST REPLY WITHIN 41 DAYS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. You must give or mail the Plaintiff a written response called an Answer within 49 days after the date on which this Summons was first published, which is June 1, 2022. You must send a copy of your Answer to the Plaintiff’s attorney: Chad V. Bonanni; 34 Pearl Street, PO Box 174, Essex Junction, VT 05453; cbonanni@bpflegal.com. You must also give or mail your Answer to the Court located at: 17 Church Street, St. Albans, VT 05478. 4. YOU MUST RESPOND TO EACH CLAIM. The Answer is your written response to the Plaintiff’s Complaint. In your Answer you must state whether you agree or disagree with each paragraph of the Complaint. If you believe the Plaintiff should not be given everything asked for in the Complaint, you must say so in your Answer. 5. JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT. If you do not send the Plaintiff your Answer within 49 days after the date on which this Summons was first published and

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file it with the Court, the Court may grant the relief requested by the Plaintiff. You will not get to tell your side of the story, and the Court may decide against you and award the Plaintiff everything asked for in the Complaint. 6. YOU MUST MAKE ANY CLAIMS AGAINST THE PLAINTIFF IN YOUR REPLY. Your Answer must state any related legal claims you have against the Plaintiff. Your claims against the Plaintiff are called Counterclaims. If you do not make your Counterclaims in writing in your Answer, you may not be able to bring them up at all. Even if you have insurance and the insurance company will defend you, you must still file any Counterclaims you may have. 7. LEGAL ASSISTANCE. You may wish to get legal help from a lawyer. If you cannot afford a lawyer, you should ask the court clerk for information about places where you can get free legal help. Even if you cannot get legal help, you must still give the court a written Answer to protect your rights or you may lose the case. ORDER This matter involves Plaintiff’s request for a judicial determination of title to property located at 44 New Street in Swanton, Vermont. The affidavit,

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Legal Notices [CONTINUED] motion and exhibits filed in this action shows that service cannot be made with due diligence by any of the methods provided in Rule 4(d)-(f), (k), or (l) of the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that service of the summons set forth above shall be made upon the Respondent, United Companies Lending Corporation, by publication as provided in Rule 4(g) of those Rules. This order shall be published once a week for 3 weeks beginning on or before June 1, 2022, in the Seven Days, a newspaper of general circulation in Franklin County, and a copy of this summons and order as published shall be mailed to the United Companies Lending Corp., if an address is known. Dated at St. Albans, Vermont, this 11th day of May, 2022. /s/ Honorable David A. Barra Judge of the Superior Court, Civil Division, Franklin Unit STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT PROBATE DIVISION CHITTENDEN UNIT DOCKET NO.: 22-PR-02803 In re ESTATE of Joann Peterson NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of: Joann Peterson, late of South Burlington. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the date of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the Court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period. Dated: May 25, 2022 Signature of Fiduciary: /s/ Launa L. Slater Executor/Administrator: /s/ Gloria Healy, c/o Launa L. Slater, Wiener & Slater, PLLC, 110 Main Street, Suite 4F, Burlington, VT 05401 (802) 863-1836 launa@wsvtlaw.com Name of Publication: Seven Days Publication Date: 6/1/22 Name of Probate Court: Chittenden Probate Court Address of Probate Court: PO Box 511, Burlington, VT 05402-0511 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT PROBATE DIVISION CHITTENDEN UNIT DOCKET NO.: 22-PR-05354 In re ESTATE of Karen Ploof NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of: Karen Ploof, late of Burlington. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the date of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the Court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period. Dated: May 27, 2022 Signature of Fiduciary: /s/ Launa L. Slater Executor/Administrator: /s/ Nancy Lenke, c/o Launa L. Slater, Wiener & Slater, PLLC, 110 Main Street, Suite 4F, Burlington, VT 05401 (802) 863-1836 launa@wsvtlaw.com Name of Publication: Seven Days Publication Date: 6/1/22 Name of Probate Court: Chittenden Probate Court Address of Probate Court: PO Box 511, Burlington, VT 05402-0511

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STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT PROBATE DIVISION LAMOILLE UNIT DOCKET NO.: 22-PR-02981 In re ESTATE of Deanna Trupp NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of: Deanna Trupp, late of Jeffersonville, VT. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the date of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the Court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period. Dated: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 Signature of Fiduciary: /s/ Christopher Trupp Executor/Administrator: /s/ Christopher Trupp, 467 Chestnut Tree Hill Road Street Southbury, CT 06488 203-895-9957 Name of Publication: Seven Days Publication Date: 6/1/22 Name of Probate Court: Vermont Superior Court, Lamoille Unit Probate Division Address of Probate Court: 154 Main St, Hyde Park VT 05655 STATE OF VERMONT VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT LAMOILLE UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO: 21-CV-02745 BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST v. ANDREW H. MONTROLL, ESQ., ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF HERBERT A. EMERSON JR. AND SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT OCCUPANTS OF: 963 Pinewood Estates, Morrisville VT MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER 12 V.S.A. sec 4952 et seq. In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered March 28, 2022, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by the late Herbert A. Emerson Jr. and the late Muriel V. Emerson to Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation, dated August 16, 2007 and recorded in Book 144 Page 192 of the land records of the Town of Morristown, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of the following Assignments of Mortgage: (1) Assignment of Mortgage from Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Financial Freedom Acquisition LLC dated September 25, 2009 and recorded in Book 149 Page 522; (2) Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Financial Freedom Acquisition LLC to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee for Mortgage Assets Management Series I Trust dated July 18, 2019 and recorded in Book 266 Page 251; and (3) Assignment of Mortgage from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee for Mortgage Assets Management Series I Trust to Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee for Mortgage Assets Management Series I Trust dated October 22, 2019 and recorded in Book 270 Page 240, all of the land records of the Town of Morristown for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 963 Pinewood Estates, Morrisville, Vermont on June

13, 2022 at 10:30 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Herbert Andrew Emerson, Jr. and Muriel V. Emerson by Quit Claim Deed of Franklin Lamoille Bank, Trustee dated April, 1987 and recorded May 1, 1987 in Volume 86, Page 491 of the Town of Morristown Land Records. Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Franklin Lamoille Bank, Trustee by Quit Claim Deed of Hebert Emerson and Muriel Emerson dated October 2, 1986 and recorded October 17, 1986 in Volume 86, Page 213 of the Town of Morristown Land Records. Being all and the same land and premises conveyed to Hebert Emerson and Muriel Emerson by Warranty Deed of Willis G. Hicks and Lillian Hicks dated April 28, 1979 and recorded in Volume 73, Page 425 of the Town of Morristown Land Records. This property has benefit of the following: 1. 1/9th interest in a water system, as referenced in Volume 73, Page 425. 2. 1/6th interest a lot with a pond, referenced in Volume 78, Page 84. Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description. Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a bank wire, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date the Confirmation Order is entered by the Court. All checks should be made payable to “Bendett & McHugh, PC, as Trustee”. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. DATED : May 5, 2022 By: /s/ Rachel K. Ljunggren Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032 STATE OF VERMONT VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT WASHINGTON COUNTY UNIT, CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO: 517-9-19 WNCV THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR ASSET BACKED FUNDING CORPORATION, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-HE1 v. ROGER M. ANDREY AND TODD N. SEYMOUR OCCUPANTS OF: 1227 Roxbury Mountain Road, Warren VT

ABFC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-HE1, dated July 6, 2009 and recorded in Book 201 Page 544; (3) Corrective Assignment of Mortgage from Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for ABFC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-HE1 to JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Trustee for ABFC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-HE1, dated December 16, 2009 and recorded in Book 205 Page 115; (4) Assignment of Mortgage from JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Trustee for ABFC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-HE1 to The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee for ABFC 2005-HE1 Trust, ABFC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-HE1, dated April 20, 2011 and recorded in Book 211 Page 64; and (5) Assignment of Mortgage from The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee for ABFC 2005-HE1 Trust, ABFC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-HE1 to The Bank of New York Mellon, f/k/a The Bank of New York as Successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Trustee for Asset Backed Funding Corporation, Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2005-HE1, dated May 28, 2015 and recorded in Book 234 Page 302, all of the land records of the Town of Warren, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 1227 Roxbury Mountain Road, Warren, Vermont on June 28, 2022 at 10:00 AM all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, To wit: Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Roger M. Andrey by Quit Claim Deed dated April 20, 2000 and October 2, 2000 and recorded at Book 134, Page 486 of the Town of Warren land Records. Being all and the same lands and premises conveyed to Roger M. Andrey by Warranty Deed of Papani Realty Trust dated September 5, 1986 and recorded in Book 79, Page 550 of the Town of Warren Land Records. Said lands and premises may be otherwise described as being Lot 18 of the Roth Farm Subdivision consisting of 3.5 acres, more or less, together with improvements thereon. Reference is hereby made to the above instruments and to the records and references contained therein in further aid of this description. Terms of sale: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid by a certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid by a bank wire, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within sixty (60) days after the date the Confirmation Order is entered by the Court. All checks should be made payable to “Bendett & McHugh, PC, as Trustee”. The mortgagor is entitled to redeem the premises at any time prior to the sale by paying the full amount due under the mortgage, including the costs and expenses of the sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale.

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DATED : May 25, 2022 By: /s/ Rachel K. Ljunggren Rachel K. Ljunggren, Esq. Bendett and McHugh, PC 270 Farmington Ave., Ste. 151 Farmington, CT 06032

In accordance with the Judgment Order and Decree of Foreclosure entered January 6, 2020, in the above captioned action brought to foreclose that certain mortgage given by Roger M. Andrey to Option One Mortgage Corporation, dated December 16, 2004 and recorded in Book 170 Page 798 of the land records of the Town of Warren, of which mortgage the Plaintiff is the present holder, by virtue of the following Assignments of Mortgage: Assignment of Mortgage from Option One Mortgage Corporation to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for ABFC Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-HE1, dated June 6, 2008 and recorded in Book 196 Page 1; (2) Assignment of Mortgage from Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as Trustee for ABFC AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2005-HE1 to JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Trustee for

TOWN OF RICHMOND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD AGENDA June, 8, 2022 at 7:00 PM Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 81115438175?pwd=K1JOVjhRNWJlNkVOSTBMWnZ WbitxZz09 Meeting ID: 811 15438175 Passcode: 376237 Call-in: +19292056099 US (New York) Application materials may be view at http://www. richmondvt.gov/boards-minutes/developmentreview-board/ one week before the meeting. Please call Tyler Machia, Zoning Administrator, at 802-434-2420 or email tmachia@richmondvt.gov with any questions. Public Hearing

CU2022-05 J Hutchins INC Parcel ID #RG0088 A proposed expansion of a conditionally approved use of a business yard inside of the Special Flood Hazard Overlay District. Proposed expansion consist of a 2-story addition which will be connected on the north side of the existing office/ shop building. The dimensions are 30 feet wide, 40 feet long and new roof peak is 26 feet and existing roof peak is 30 feet high. Application will also make a technical correction and amend the use from a Contractor Yard to a Business Yard. Other Business: Approve minutes from April 13, 2022 and May 11, 2022 DRB meetings

CITY OF BURLINGTON: IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY TWO, A REGULATION IN RELATION TO RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION— SECTION 29, NO PARKING EXCEPT FOR THE USE OF CAR SHARE VEHICLES Sponsor(s): Department of Public Works Action: Approved Date: 5/18/2022 Attestation of Adoption: Phillip Peterson, EI Public Works Engineer, Technical Services Published: 06/01/22 Effective: 06/22/22 It is hereby Ordained by the Public Works Commission of the City of Burlington as follows: That Appendix C, Rules and Regulations of the Traffic Commission, Section 29: No parking except for the use of car share vehicles, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington is hereby amended as follows: Section 29: No parking except for the use of car share vehicles. (a) As written. (b) Spaces designated as no parking at all times except for the use of car share vehicles only: (b)(1) On the north side of North Street in the first space west of North Union Street. On the east side of Drew Street in the first space north of North Street. (b)(2)-(b)(7) As written. (b)(8) On the east side of Hyde Street in the first space north of North Street. ** Material stricken out deleted. *** Material underlined added. REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL – TOWN OF COLCHESTER, VT: SMITH CREEK STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT The Town of Colchester is requesting proposals from engineering firms (Consultants) for design engineering services for the proposed Smith Creek Stormwater Improvements project. The project will involve the further evaluation of stormwater recommendations contained within the Malletts Bay Transportation & Stormwater Scoping project, and preparation of conceptual plans, final plans, and cost estimates for the improvements within three distinct watershed sub‐basins draining to Smith Creek. The improvements that were identified during the scoping process were done at a watershed planning level and the Consultant will need to determine if they fully maximize pollutant reduction opportunities. The Town is willing to consider alternatives to the improvements that were recommended as part of the scoping study so long as improvements maximize pollutant reduction, meet the needs of the neighborhood given the site’s existing conditions, utility and Right‐of‐Way constraints, existing infrastructure networks, soils, continuing erosion issues, consideration of the post‐construction maintenance requirements, and other project characteristics. The Town is seeking qualified candidates with expertise in designing, engineering, and permitting a project as outlined in the Request for Proposal. We are seeking a detailed scope of work and cost proposal for each of the three project areas at this time. Proposals will be received at the Town of Colchester Department of Public Works, 781 Blakely Road, Colchester, VT until July 1, 2022 at 4:00 PM. For the complete Request for Proposal, please visit the Town website at: http://www. colchestervt.gov/bids.aspx

Support Groups VISIT SEVENDAYSVT.COM TO VIEW A FULL LIST OF SUPPORT GROUPS A CIRCLE OF PARENTS FOR MOTHERS OF COLOR Please join our parent-led online support group designed to share our questions, concerns & struggles, as well as our resources & successes! Contribute to our discussion of the unique but shared experience of parenting. We will be meeting weekly on Wed., 10-11 a.m. For more info or to register, please contact Heather at hniquette@pcavt.org, 802-498-0607, pcavt.org/family-support-programs. A CIRCLE OF PARENTS FOR SINGLE MOTHERS Please join our parent-led online support group designed to share our questions, concerns & struggles, as well as our resources & successes! Contribute to our discussion of the unique but shared experience of parenting. We will be meeting weekly on Fri., 10-11 a.m. For more info or to register, please contact Heather at hniquette@pcavt.org, 802-498-0607, pcavt.org/family-support-programs. A CIRCLE OF PARENTS W/ LGBTQ+ CHILDREN Please join our parent-led online support group designed to share our questions, concerns & struggles, as well as our resources & successes! Contribute to our discussion of the unique but shared experience of parenting. We will be meeting weekly on Mon., 10-11 a.m. For more info or to register, please contact Heather at hniquette@pcavt.org, 802-498-0607, pcavt.org/family-support-programs. AL-ANON For families & friends of alcoholics. Phone meetings, electronic meetings (Zoom), & an al-Anon blog are avail. online at the Al-Anon website. For meeting info, go to vermontalanonalateen.org or call 866-972-5266. ALATEEN GROUP Alateen group in Burlington on Sun. 5-6 p.m. at the UU building at the top of Church St. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Daily meetings in various locations. Free. Info, 864-1212. Want to overcome a drinking problem? Take the 1st step of 12 & join a group in your area. ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUPS Support groups meet to provide assistance & info on Alzheimer’s disease & related dementias. They emphasize shared experiences, emotional support & coping techniques in care for a person living w/ Alzheimer’s or a related dementia. Meetings are free & open to the public. Families, caregivers & friends may attend. Please call in advance to confirm date & time. Four options: 1st Mon. of every mo., 2-3 p.m., at the Residence at Shelburne Bay, 185 Pine Haven Shores, Shelburne; 4th Tue. of every mo., 10-11 a.m., at the Residence at Quarry Hill, 465 Quarry Hill Rd., South Burlington; 2nd Tue. of every mo., 5-6:30 p.m., at the Alzheimer’s Association Main Office, 300 Cornerstone Drive, Suite 130, Williston; 2nd Mon. of every mo., 6-7:30 p.m., at Milton Public Library, 39 Bombardier Rd., Milton. For questions or additional support group listings, call 800-272-3900.

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CELEBRATE RECOVERY Overcome any hurt, habit or hang-up in your life w/ this confidential 12-step, Christ-centered recovery program. We offer multiple support groups for both men & women, such as chemical dependency, codependency, sexual addiction & pornography, food issues, & overcoming abuse. All 18+ are welcome; sorry, no childcare. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; we begin at 7 p.m. Essex Alliance Church, 37 Old Stage Rd., Essex Junction. Info: recovery@ essexalliance.org, 878-8213. CELEBRATE RECOVERY Celebrate Recovery meetings are for anyone struggling w/ hurt, habits & hang ups, which include everyone in some way. We welcome everyone at Cornerstone Church in Milton, which meets every Fri. at 7-9 p.m. We’d love to have you join us & discover how your life can start to change. Info: 893-0530, Julie@mccartycreations. com. CENTRAL VERMONT CELIAC SUPPORT GROUP Last Thu. of every mo., 7:30 p.m. in Montpelier. Please contact Lisa Mase for location: lisa@harmonizecookery. com. CEREBRAL PALSY GUIDANCE Cerebral Palsy Guidance is a very comprehensive informational website broadly covering the topic of cerebral palsy & associated medical conditions. Its mission is to provide the best possible info to parents of children living w/ the complex condition of cerebral palsy. cerebralpalsyguidance.com/cerebral-palsy. CIRCLE Online on Thu., 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Continues through Jun. 23. Circle is a supportive online experience, led by Sister Ann Duhaime, where people reflect on peace, hope & healing. Participants find renewal & gain strength as they listen to & talk about experiences & insights. Take this special time to feel part of a nurturing community & imagine new possibilities! Free. 802-8467063, hgilbert@mercyconnections. org, mercyconnections.org/programs/ schedule. CODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS CoDA is a 12-step fellowship for people whose common purpose is to develop healthy & fulfilling relationships. By actively working the program of Codependents Anonymous, we can realize a new joy, acceptance & serenity in our lives. Meets Sun. at noon at the Turning Point Center, 179 S. Winooski Ave., Suite 301, Burlington. Tom, 238-3587, coda.org. DECLUTTERERS SUPPORT GROUP Are you ready to make improvements but find it overwhelming? Maybe 2 or 3 of us can get together to help each other simplify. 989-3234, 425-3612. DISCOVER THE POWER OF CHOICE! SMART Recovery welcomes anyone, including family & friends, affected by any kind of substance or activity addiction. It is a science-based program that encourages abstinence. Specially trained volunteer facilitators provide leadership. Sun. at 5 p.m. The meeting has moved to Zoom: smartrecovery. zoom.us/j/92925275515. Volunteer

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Executive Director CAREGIVERS $3000 SIGN-ON BONUS The Residence at Quarry Hill is seeking compassionate caregivers and the location is great! Call the community at 802-652-4114 to set up an interview. Or apply online and receive a free gift card on the spot at time of interview: bit.ly/ResQuarryHillRCA Interested in becoming a Medication Technician? We can train you. • Full and Part-time shifts available • Competitive pay • Shift & Weekend Differentials • Attendance and shift pick-up giveaways • Paid Time Off • Travel Stipend • Flexible Scheduling COME JOIN OUR FANTASTIC TEAM

THE WORLD LEADING CHOCOLATE MANUFACTURER! For a list of open positions go to: barrycallebaut.com and click on careers. • Location: St. Albans • $3,000 Relocation Reimbursement Program • $2,000 NEW HIRE BONUS 400 Industrial Park Road St. Albans, VT 05478. 802-528-3359 Scan QR code to view open positions:

Rural Community Transportation is looking for our next Executive Director to lead our public transportation non-profit organization to the next level by fostering a collaborative work culture, forging community partnerships, providing strong financial management and strategic leadership, and inspiring and leading an experienced and passionate team of dedicated staff and volunteers. Our staff and volunteers are the driving force, inspiration, and foundation of our amazing organization. This position offers a unique and exciting opportunity for an individual with effective communication skills, nonprofit experience, and organizational skills to guide the continuing growth and development of this dynamic organization. Learn more at riderct.org/EDSearch. Apply by July 1, 2022 at EDSearch@riderct.org.

NORTHEASTERN VERMONT REGIONAL HOSPITAL has exciting opportunities!

DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES Harwood Unified Union School District I Start Date: July 1, 2022 The Harwood Unified Union School District (HUUSD), is seeking a Director of Student Support Services to begin on July 1, 2022. HUUSD is a PreK-12 school system comprised of 1,900 students, seven schools, and approximately 350 faculty and staff. As the Director of Student Support Services, you will oversee the special education, guidance, health, and psychological services of the district. You will be responsible for collaborating closely with building administrators, educators, support staff, and families to help meet the needs of each and every student through academics, behavior, and social-emotional learning (SEL) interventions. Salary and benefits are competitive. To apply, go to huusd.org/jobs or go to schoolspring.com and search Job ID# 3890306. Positions open until filled. E.O.E.

NVRH is looking for dedicated and compassionate RNs, LPNs and LNAs to join our team and provide high quality care to the communities we serve. NVRH provides a fair and compassionate workplace where all persons are valued by the organization and each other, providing ongoing growth opportunities. FT and PT employees are eligible for excellent benefits including student loan repayment, generous paid time off, health/dental/vision, 401k with company match and much more!

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IT COORDINATOR CROISSANT PRODUCTION/ BAKER

Conservation Program Manager

Full time position responsible for croissant production: mixing doughs, lamination, cutting and rolling croissants, making biscuits, rolling and crimping pie shells, tarts, and some cookie making.

• Two weeks paid vacation • Matching retirement fund.

Stowe Land Trust, a local land conservation nonprofit serving the Stowe, Vermont area, is hiring a Conservation Program Manager to manage SLT’s Stewardship Program and its portfolio of conservation easements and fee lands. The Program Manager also plays a central role with completing new land protection projects and assists with program-related outreach and events. Stowe Land Trust is committed to creating a supportive work environment defined by a culture of responsibility, integrity, and inclusion. We strongly encourage people of color, indigenous, immigrants and refugees, LGBTQ+ and people with disabilities to apply. This position reports to the Executive Director and works closely with all other staff.

Send resumes to: info@mirabellesbakery.com

Please visit stowelandtrust.org for a full job description and how to apply. Open until filled.

We are looking for someone that has had some experience with laminated doughs, works well with others and is self motivated.

Full Time

Seasonal resort on Lake Champlain is looking for a self-starter and strong collaborator to join our team as the IT Coordinator. This position requires high energy and drive to meet the needs of a demanding hospitality environment. This position is ideal for a person looking to take technology theory into practice. The Basin Harbor family combines a century-old tradition of exceptional hospitality and the natural beauty of Lake Champlain with the talents of our team, to enliven the senses and create memorable experiences. Our staff is a big part of our success. We work hard and we play hard, and the 700-acre property never falls short of fun. We offer free meals and housing. Compensation based upon experience, range: $17-$19/hr, full-time with overtime potential. Seasonal benefits list: basinharbor.com/jobs. Apply: basinharbor.applicantstack.com/x/detail/a2nm985n5odw

Director of Digital Media Vermont Tent Company is currently accepting applications for the following positions for immediate employment, and future summer/fall employment starting in May. Full time, part time, after school and weekend hours available for each position. Pay rates vary by position with minimum starting wage ranging from $17-$21/hour depending on job skills and experience. We also offer retention and referral bonuses.

• Tent Installation

• Warehouse Team – Event Division

Vermont PBS + VPR is seeking a Director of Digital Media to join our team and develop a forward-thinking On Demand programming strategy. Reporting to the Sr VP of Audience + Community, this position will oversee digital efforts across the organization, setting a vision for how to reach our new and existing audiences in new and emerging platforms. This position will work within the Audience and Community team as well as cross-departmentally to distribute content with a specific focus on existing and emerging digital media. This position also works closely with IT to pursue the continuous enhancement of technical infrastructure to meet the evolving needs of the organization, identify areas of opportunity, and plan for the future of on-demand experiences. Read the full job description at VPR.org/careers. We offer compensation of $90-100,000 per year, 5+ weeks of paid time off, paid FMLA, life insurance, 401K, health, dental & vision plans. VPR/Vermont PBS is a proud equal opportunity employer

• Linen Team

• Inventory Maintenance Team – Warehouse • Load Crew Team

• Tent Maintenance Team Interested candidates should submit an application online at vttent.com/employment. No phone calls, please.

Join University of Vermont Medical Center’s LNA Training Program! The LNA training program prepares eligible candidates to practice as nursing assistants in providing direct patient care. The course consists of a combination of classroom, lab and clinical practice in an acute medical/surgical setting. High School Diploma or GED is required for eligibility. Learn more and apply: uvmhealth.org/medcenter/health-careers/nursingcareers/areas-of-focus/lna-training

Water & Wastewater Operator

Now Hiring!

Meaningful Work Competitive Pay

The Town of Hinesburg, Vermont seeks qualified applicants for the position of Water and Wastewater Operator. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the position will remain open until filled. Materials should be submitted electronically to todit@hinesburg.org.

• Drivers/Delivery

LNA TRAINING PROGRAM

The position requires a State of Vermont Class III Public Water System Operator Certificate and a State of Vermont Grade 2 DM Pollution Abatement Facility Operator Certificate. The Town offers a comprehensive benefits package and the hourly rate of pay is dependent upon qualifications and experience. A full job description and application can be found under: about/employment at www.Hinesburg.org. The Town of Hinesburg is an Equal Opportunity Employer and women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

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HOMELESS SHELTER STAFF

THE CHAMPLAIN INN

• Evenings & Overnight • Per Diem | Starting pay $18/hr • Health Insurance Stipend, PTO benefits for staff working 20+/week *Our mission is to provide a holistic continuum of services for the homeless, centered in love and dignity, that foster growth, cultivate community engagement, and provide tools for lifelong change so that each person may start anew. Apply online: anewplacevt.org/employment.html

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School Psychologist RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER Manage client expectations, project budgets, and construction schedules; support the Lead Carpenter in the field; and work in tandem toward a mission of efficient execution, smooth processes, and a happy client throughout the build. This is a client-facing, dynamic position. Applicant must be: • A proven, problem-solving builder with several years of experience in residential construction • Experienced in construction cost estimating and scheduling • Capable of managing relationships with architects and clients with clear communication, humility, and a spirit of cooperation • Simultaneously manage 2-3 large, high-end residential projects, in addition to a few smaller jobs, and develop supporting documentation to execute them.

RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ANALYST Part of the client-facing team that facilitates all details and processes from project concept to completion. Daily workload generally consists of but is not limited to: • Estimating (material takeoffs, material & labor allowances, subcontractor pricing) • Selections (plumbing & electrical fixtures, paint, countertops, finish surfaces) • Procurement (material cost tracking/sourcing, order processing, lead time tracking) • Communications (meeting participation/follow up/correspondence with clients, architects, designers, subs, staff)

If you have a Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate discipline plus three years of community service experience; supervisory experience; strong planning, organizational and problem-solving skills; basic counseling skills; knowledge of public assistance programs and local social service resources; effective verbal and written communication skills, bilingual abilities are a plus; and a valid driver’s license we would like to hear from you!

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We offer a generous benefits package, casual work environment, and a diverse and inclusive culture. Starting salary $60,000/year. To apply, please visit www.cvoeo.org/careers and include a cover letter and resume with your application. CVOEO is interested in candidates who can contribute to our diversity and excellence. Applicants are encouraged to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal.

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Executive Director

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LINE OPERATORS: Pay $16 to $24 BATTER MAKERS: Pay $18.50+ WAREHOUSE SUPPORT: $18.50-22.00

The Vermont Bar Association is seeking candidates for the position of Executive Director. This is a policy leadership and administrative position responsible for leading, managing and executing the affairs of the 2,270 member Vermont Bar Association under the direction of the President and Board of Bar Managers.The ideal candidate will have a JD degree (preferred but not required), and have administrative, personnel and budget management experience. Prior experience with the legislative process is desirable, as the Executive Director is the VBA’s voice in the legislature as well as with the other branches of Vermont state government.The ability to liaison with other professional organizations, county bar associations, civil legal service delivery agencies and the Vermont Supreme Court is required. The Mission and History of the Association are found at vtbar.org/mission-and-history/.

You won’t believe our incredible benefits, perks, and culture.

A complete description of the role and duties of the position can be found at bit.ly/VTBarED2022.

Apply at: rhinofoods.com/about-rhino-foods/ jobs-and-careers

Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience, and is accompanied by an excellent benefits package. Interested candidates should submit a letter expressing in detail why they are interested in the position.The letter should be accompanied by a current resume and the names of (and contact information for) three references. Materials should be submitted electronically to VBA President-Elect Andrew Manitsky, amanitsky@lynnlawvt.com. Candidates with questions about the position or the process may send them to Andrew at the same email address. Please apply by no later than June 15, 2022.

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Our culture thrives by bridging gaps and building futures. The Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) seeks an individual to assist the Community Action Network Director with the planning, implementation and evaluation of activities of the Community Action program. They will collaborate with area partners; raise community awareness of services offered; supervise community action staff; work as part of a Community Action Network team with the Chittenden and Franklin/Grand Isle County offices; and provide direct service to individuals and families with low incomes related to emergency and basic needs as needed.

Full descriptions & to apply: silvermapleconstruction.bamboohr.com/jobs

RHINO FOODS IS HIRING!

Franklin West Supervisory Union is seeking a School Psychologist to be part of a dedicated student services team.

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Carpenters & Lead Carpenters We are looking for experienced carpenters with knowledge of old and new construction to join the Lewis Creek Builders, DesignBuild team! We are a passionate group of carpenters, designers, and construction management professionals working in a supportive, collaborative environment to manage every aspect of residential building and remodeling projects. Sign-on bonus equal to one week of gross pay! Flexible start date! Great benefits package! Apply online today: lewiscreekcompany.com/ employment Or call 802.662.1630. Carpenter/Lead Carpenter Pay Range: $23.00-$40.00/hr

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Cooks, Prep Cooks, Dishwashers

FULL-TIME TEACHERS BIRTH-5

Middle School Teachers

Glover, VT Home of Bread & Puppet Theater Glover Community School in the beautiful Northeast Kingdom of Vermont is seeking exceptional, creative, caring middle school teachers. Our small rural K-8 school has less than 13 children per grade on average. We have openings for all our middle school positions in math, science, language arts, and humanities. Glover enjoys a rich cultural and creative heritage. It is home to Bread and Puppet Theater and the Museum of Everyday Life. Glover has a vibrant farming community and a thriving farm-school program. Our school is focused on equity and inclusion, so that every child can fulfill their potential. Apply at schoolspring.com Job ID # 3890190 and 3890179.

Our opening is for a person who may work in any of our six classrooms depending on the daily needs. Candidates would be working in a co-teaching position alongside the current lead teacher. This is a full time position, Monday-Friday. Ideal candidates will have training in Teaching Strategies Gold, be well versed in Child Care Licensing Regulations,VT Mandated Reporter and Orientation Training and be familiar with V.E.L.S. We offer eye and dental coverage as well as a Simple IRA retirement plan. We offer professional development reimbursement and access to student loan forgiveness programs. Associate’s degree in ECE or related ﬁeld preferred. Come join our amazing staff! Email resume to: ccc@gmavt.net

Legal Assistant Gravel & Shea PC, a law firm in downtown Burlington, Vermont is looking for a legal assistant for our litigation practice group. The ideal candidate will have experience working as a legal assistant, extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office programs, and experience with editing and formatting documents, experience with Juris software a plus. In addition, this position requires a strong work ethic, eagerness to learn and acquire new skills, and excellent typing skills. Communication skills are a must, as Gravel & Shea legal assistants work as a team with paralegals, lawyers and other legal assistants. Minimum qualifications include an Associate’s degree or a minimum of three years of experience as a legal assistant.

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SPOT ON THE DOCK is hiring for back of house help. Come work with our fun, hardworking group in a beautiful setting! We are looking to fill a range of kitchen positions. Experience is great but we are happy to train anyone who is excited to learn more about food service. Our kitchen is kind, supportive and fun, making this a great first job or excellent change of scenery for seasoned employees. Pay ranges from $15-$20/hr + tips for all positions. Send resumes to: Tessa@thespotvt.com

Seeking Employment Advisors and Job Coaches Provide career support to clients receiving developmental services directly or at their place of work

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package including health insurance, 401(k) and Profit Sharing.

You’re in good hands with...

E-mail cover letter, résumé & references to: fmiller@gravelshea.com www.gravelshea.com

Gravel & Shea PC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Legal/Office Assistant “Seven Days sales rep Michelle Brown is amazing! She’s extremely responsive, and I always feel so taken care of.” CAROLYN ZELLER Intervale Center, Burlington

Get a quote when posting online. Contact Michelle Brown at 865-1020, ext. 121, michelle@sevendaysvt.com.

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Gravel & Shea PC, a prominent mid-size law firm in Burlington, Vermont, seeks motivated legal/office assistant. This is an entry level position for an organized and detail-oriented person who wishes to train as a legal assistant. The ideal candidate must have advanced skills with Microsoft Office software, have excellent typing skills, attention to detail, and the ability to answer phones and communicate with clients. Prior legal and/or law firm experience a plus.

• Employment Advisor starting $19.04/hour with $1,000 sign on bonus • Job Coach starting $18/hour with $1,000 sign on bonus

We offer a competitive salary, health insurance, 401(k) and Profit Sharing, and other benefits. For more information about Gravel & Shea PC, please visitgravelshea.com. Please e-mail cover letter, résumé and references to: fmiller@gravelshea.com Gravel & Shea PC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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FOOD JOBS WITH A WORK-LIFE BALANCE Sound too good to be true? Not at Red Hen!

NETWORK SYSTEMS ENGINEER

For over 20 years, we have been providing great career opportunities in the food industry. Get in touch with us if your passion is great food, and your needs include: • Consistent schedule: 40 hr/weeks • A livable wage • Health care

• Paid time off • Retirement plan with company match

WE ARE HIRING FOR: PASTRY BAKER We’re hiring for a pastry baker to assist in production of everything from cookies and scones, to pies and croissants. Professional baking or cooking experience is required. You must enjoy working independently and with a team. Schedule includes early mornings and weekends. Please e-mail a letter of interest and resume to jeremy@redhenbaking.com.

BREAD BAKER We’re looking for someone who values good bread and enjoys work that exercises your body and your mind. Bakery or kitchen experience is required. Red Hen is a mid-sized bread bakery focused on hand-crafted, long-fermented breads. We are committed to using high quality, organic ingredients and work with many local farmers to source these. We opened in 1999 and remain dedicated to the integrity of the bread baking processes and creating an environment for our bakers to thrive. Contact Douglas at douglas@redhenbaking.com.

NIGHT BREAD PACKER If you like going to work when most others are headed home, we’ve got just the job for you. We’re looking for a night owl to fill wholesale bread orders four nights a week. Applicants must enjoy physical work, be detail oriented and work well with others as well as alone. Basic computer skills a must. Meet new friends and earn a good living while you do it! Please e-mail a letter of interest and resume to bread@redhenbaking.com.

Union Bank, a highly successful community bank headquartered in Morrisville, Vermont and with offices throughout northern Vermont and New Hampshire, is seeking an experienced Network Systems Engineer.

Daytime Aide: Sat, Sun, Mon and/or Tues, 6-10 hrs. per day, $20/hr.

Responsibilities: • Provide proactive and reactive support and administration of the LAN/WAN and Server infrastructure. • Maintain and achieve a high level of network availability of 99% or greater. • Manage and maintain a VMware virtual infrastructure. • Manage and monitoring of Microsoft 365 services and security. • Proactively monitor the network to identity and mitigate security risks. • Manage monitoring of Security information & event management (SIEM). • Develop and maintain network documentation of all changes, upgrades, and additions to the network structure. • Assist Systems Administrator to maintain reliable backup and replication of all severs. • Mentor other IT staff to ensure knowledge transfer and department growth.

Weekend Respite: Fri and/or Sat overnights, $300/day.

Qualification and Skills: • Proficient with high end routers, switches, next-gen firewalls. • Detailed understanding of Microsoft Active Directory and Windows Server. • Proficient in VMware virtual infrastructure, storage network design. • Experience with Deployment, Configuration & Management of Microsoft 365. • Exceptional security configuration knowledge of Cisco and Check Point network devices. • Excellent knowledge of IP protocols and standards. • Knowledge of current network security threats & how to protect against them. • Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks demonstrating effective time management. Education and Experience • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent and 7+ years of prior experience. • Proven CCIE, CCNP, CCSP & SANS certification with a security focus is preferred. Work Environment • Occasional travel may be required within our market territory. • Occasional evening and weekend duties are expected as needed.

BARISTA Making top-notch espresso drinks and serving customers great food. Previous customer service and cash handling experience necessary. Contact Hannah at hannah@redhenbaking.com.

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Part-time Zoning Administrator (ZA) The Town of Lincoln, Vermont, seeks a part-time Zoning Administrator (ZA) for approx. 20 hours per week. Pay is commensurate with experience. The ZA administers and enforces zoning regulations and supports the Planning Commission and Development Review Board. Minimum qualifications include one year relevant work experience, excellent oral & written communication skills & attention to detail. For complete job description, please contact Ann at the Lincoln Town office at: townbk@lincolnvermont.org or (802) 453-2980. Apply by email with a letter of interest and resume as a PDF attachment to Bill Finger, Selectboard Chair at admin@ lincolnvermont.org or by mail to Bill Finger, Lincoln Town Office, 62 Quaker Street, Lincoln, VT 05443. Position is open until filled.

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Chef de Cuisine

Rocks and Ropes Coordinator needed at Farm and Wilderness Foundation. Summer contract June 11th to August 18th with room and board or Per Diem available. Help provide expert on-the-trail assistance for rock climbing trips in the Adirondacks (single pitch top rope anchor setting) and manage rock climbing trip preparation. 21+ and interested?

American Flatbread Middlebury Hearth is seeking a Chef de

Email your resume to hiring@ farmandwilderness.org or call Julie Sanderson at 802-490-5695.

salary and benefits. Interested candidates, please forward your

in Addison County by showcasing thoughtful cuisine that emphasizes the “farm-to-plate” ideal. This person is also a positive leader who is outgoing, understands the importance of good communication, and knows how to work with the dynamic tension between bottom-line profitability and local sourcing. This is a full-time, year-round position that offers a competitive resume to danielle@americanflatbread.com. EOE.

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TRADING & OPERATIONS ASSOCIATE

Vermont Center for Anxiety Care/Matrix Health Systems Exclusive Burlington waterfront location

Rock Point Advisors, LLC, based in Burlington, VT, is a wealth advisory firm focused on helping clients make sound financial decisions and take advantage of the benefits of long-term investing. We are dedicated to managing portfolios in the context of plans carefully developed with our clients. Since our founding in 2004, our financial planning and investment management efforts have been guided by our fiduciary duty to our clients and our belief that doing what’s right matters. We work hard to deliver practical advice and responsible investing to help clients achieve their goals.

Duties:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Telephone screening of new clients • Health insurance verification • Manage client wait list • Coordinate case assignments • Telephone and in-person patient reception • Implement health safety protocols • Administrative support to practice director

• Develop the skills necessary to trade and allocate securities for client accounts

Required skills: • Friendliness and effective verbal communication • Computer skills: spreadsheets, scanning, faxing, email, MS Word • Efficiency and organization Send resume to Alesia: alesia@ocamhs.com

Chief Client Services Officer

Cuisine. Our ideal candidate will engage the farming community

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• Provide general operations support to the firm, including client service, answering phones, data entry and records management

Qualifications: • Client-first mentality • Excellent interpersonal skills • Capability to multi-task with attention to detail • Ability to follow documented procedures and handle changing situations on the fly • Comfortable learning new technology and software

Salary and Benefits:

The Chief Client Services Officer is responsible for providing overall leadership, direction, planning, and development of client services operations. This full-time position is accountable to ensure effective and efficient delivery of services across all programs and populations. The position will also provide key strategic direction and develop agency-wide systems, policies, and best practices. Requirements: Valid Vermont License at Independent Practitioner Level, ten (10) or more years of clinical and progressively responsible experience with five (5) years of experience at the Director or above level, in behavioral health, mental health, substance use or developmental services that includes providing direct clinical services to clients, developing relationships with referral, funding and community partners, and supervision of professional clinical staff; or any equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.

APPLY ONLINE: adr.to/3mg4k Note: Gallagher, Flynn, & Company, LLP has been retained to conduct this search. Interested candidates may also apply by sending a resume and cover letter to Michelle Rawls, Director of Talent Acquisition, at talentsolutions@gfc.com.

Competitive Compensation • Great Benefits, including 36 days of paid time off • Inclusive Work Culture

• Salary commensurate with experience and position • Benefits include paid vacation, dental and health care insurance, 401(k) matching

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Howard Center is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. The agency’s culture and service delivery is strengthened by the diversity of its workforce. Minorities, people of color and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. EOE/TTY. Visit “About Us” on our website at www.howardcenter.org to review Howard Center’s EOE policy.

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Community Bankers – Chittenden County BUILDERS | MAKERS | DOERS There is no better time to join our Team! Northfield Savings Bank, founded in 1867, is the largest banking institution headquartered in Vermont. We are committed to providing a welcoming work environment for all. Are you looking to start or continue a career in the finance industry? Consider joining our team as a COMMUNITY BANKER! JOB RESPONSIBILITIES & REQUIREMENTS: This frontline position is crucial in creating a positive, welcoming and inclusive experience for NSB customers. The successful candidate will have exceptional customer service and communication skills. The Community Banker will be responsible for receiving and processing customers’ financial transactions as well as opening and maintaining customer accounts and services. We are looking for someone who can develop and maintain relationships with our valued customers, protect bank and customer information, and uphold customer confidentiality. A high school diploma, general education degree (GED), or equivalent is required. Previous cash handling or banking experience is preferred! OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH: NSB has training opportunities to engage employees and assist with professional development within our company. The average years of service for an NSB employee is 9! If you’re looking for a career in an environment that promotes growth, join our team!

AES Northeast is still GROWING! As one of the largest full-service design firms in Northern NY and Vermont, we are adding several new positions to our team. We have openings in our Plattsburgh NY and Williston VT offices for talented professionals. We are currently filling the following positions: Assistant Project Manager Project Manager Environmental/Process Engineer Project Architect

Resident Project Representatives (Full Time & Seasonal) Civil Engineer Electrical Engineer

AES offers competitive salaries, generous benefits package, and flexible work environment/schedules. For more information and to apply, visit: aesnortheast.com/our-firm/career-opportunities/.

WHAT NSB CAN OFFER YOU: Competitive compensation based on experience. Well-rounded benefits package. Profit-Sharing opportunity. Excellent 401(k) matching retirement program. Commitment to professional development. Opportunities to volunteer and support our communities. Work-Life balance! We understand the importance of having evenings and weekends with our friends, families, and the communities we serve! Please send an NSB Application + your resume in confidence to: Careers@nsbvt.com Or Northfield Savings Bank Human Resources, PO Box 7180, Barre, VT 05641 Equal Opportunity Employer

DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Vermont College of Fine Arts welcomes applications for the Director of IT. The Director of IT is a full-time leadership/operational managerial position. Responsibilities include: Developing IT strategic initiatives with college leadership supporting the continued growth of the institution. Oversees planning, organizing, and execution of all IT functions at VCFA for staff, student and faculty, both new and existing applications. Successful candidates will have: a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience; minimum 5-8 years’ experience within Information Technology, preferably in higher education; supervisory experience; some experience in the following technologies/products: Enterprise Data Management MSSQL, PowerCampus, Slate, Learning Management Software (LMS), VMWare, Networking, Microsoft Technologies, Apple Technologies, Google Apps for Education; demonstrated aptitude for working on multiple projects; exemplary interpersonal and communication skills; high level organizational skills and capacity for attention to detail; ability to think creatively, entrepreneurially, and strategically as part of a collaborative team setting. Candidates are encouraged to consult VCFA’s website to acquaint themselves with our distinctive institution, learning processes, and educational philosophy. Please see full job description here. To apply, please send the following to vcfacareers@vcfa.edu. • Cover Letter • CV/Resume • Statement on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, outlining your professional skills & experience, and willingness to engage in activities to enhance diversity, equity, & inclusion. For full consideration, submit application by June 13th. Position will remain open until filled.

TOWN TREASURER The Town of Waitsfield is looking for an organized and motivated candidate to serve as its Town Treasurer. The 3-day per week position offers competitive pay and benefits and a very flexible schedule. The Town Treasurer is responsible for keeping all of the Town’s funds, (including receipt, investment, and disbursement of funds); keeping a record of taxes voted, billed, and collected; collecting other funds receivable by the Town, and paying orders drawn on Town accounts. The Treasurer additionally serves as the Assistant Town Clerk and the Water Clerk for the Town’s water system. A bachelor’s degree in accounting, public administration, or similarly applicable discipline is preferred (although not required), or a course of study in accounting or equivalent subjects, as well as at least three years’ experience in the area of accounting (in the public or private sector) including experience management payroll, employee benefits, and accounts payable and receivable. For a detailed job description, please visit the Town of Waitsfield’s website (waitsfieldvt.us). Salary is commensurate with experience. Please contact Annie Decker-Dell’Isola, Town Administrator with any questions at townadmin@gmavt.net or (802) 496-2218 ext. 5. To apply please submit a cover letter and resume including contact information for three professional references via email to townadmin@gmavt.net or mailed to:

Town Administrator 4144 Main Street Waitsfield, VT 05673 This position is open until filled. Please reach out if you have any questions. The Town of Waitsfield is an equal opportunity provider and employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, religion, gender, or familial status.

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CLIENT CARE COORDINATOR Burlington Emergency & Veterinary Specialists (BEVS) is looking for Client Care Coordinators. Our Client Care Coordinators are front line professionals who provide exemplary customer services to our clients. Friendly, professional and courteous, our client care team greets clients, answers phones, creates accurate and detailed client records, schedules appointments and takes payments. Client Services set the tone for our client interactions and as such our Client Care Coordinators liaise with clients, veterinarians and veterinary technicians in providing optimal care to our customers and their pets. BEVS is a 24/7 facility, varying full and part-time shifts are available, including swing shifts (4pm–1am) and weekends. Pay Range: $17–19 per hour. If you are reliable, detail oriented, interested in working with kind, caring colleagues and you love animals, this role is for you! Interested? Please submit a resume and cover letter to jobs@bevsvt.com.

Vital Communities, a regional nonprofit located in White River Junction, VT, aims to increase the availability & affordability of high-quality ECE in the Upper Valley

Early Care and Education Initiative PROJECT COORDINATOR The Project Coordinator will provide administrative and project support to the ECE Project Manager, from planning and project design to execution and reporting. The role will support the ECE Steering Committee and will directly engage with ECE work groups and community members. Successful candidates will excel at organizational skills, attention to detail, management of day-to-day issues, and prioritization across multiple tasks and needs. We will begin reviewing applications on 5/25/22.

Early Care and Education Initiative PROJECT MANAGER The Project Manager will work with our bi-state networks of businesses, municipal leaders, and other economic development stakeholders as we partner with the ECE sector in developing and implementing a coordinated approach to addressing the region’s childcare crisis. Successful candidates will have ECE expertise, experience with Collective Impact models, and outstanding facilitation and project management skills. Full job descriptions at vitalcommunities.org/join-our-team. Email resume and cover letter to hr@vitalcommunities.org Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.

Business Assistant As a key member of the Student Government Association’s (SGA) business operations team, the SGA Business Assistant will provide support for human resource and business operations including student employee and temporary staff hiring, file and data management, financial reporting, analysis and management, and student club purchasing oversight. Reporting directly to the Business Manager of SGA, this position will actively collaborate with the Business Manager and other key staff and student leaders on the SGA Business Office team. The Business Assistant will be a contact for current temporary employees, student club leaders, vendors, and UVM administrative departments, as appropriate, to provide business and financial oversight and guidance to the over 200+ recognized student clubs and organizations. Apply online: https://www.uvmjobs.com/postings/53492

Literacy Program Manager Development/Finance Coordinator For Literacy Nonprofit The Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF) is an award-winning nonprofit based in Waterbury Center. For 24 years CLiF has inspired a love of reading and writing among 350,000 low-income, at-risk, and rural children up to age 12 throughout Vermont and New Hampshire. CLiF is currently building a new headquarters in Waterbury Center. See clifonline.org for more.

LITERACY PROGRAM MANAGER: 32-40 hours per week. CLiF seeks an enthusiastic, organized programs professional to help manage some of CLiF’s most important literacy programs and to build and cultivate relationships with schools, libraries, and other nonprofits across VT and NH. Duties include: Working with CLiF grantees to develop and schedule CLiF Year of the Book, Rural Library, Momentum, and other programs; working with program colleagues; planning CLiF’s community literacy and rural library conferences; collaborating with CLiF presenters including authors and illustrators; outreach, including writing and presentations. (This position does not involve teaching or curriculum development.) Requirements: 4+ years of program development experience with proven success in creating and managing community programs. Passion for literacy. Excellent project management, organizational, and people skills, with exceptional attention to detail. Proven ability to manage projects and small teams. Strong computer proficiency required; Apple preferred. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Comfortable speaking with groups.

DEVELOPMENT/FINANCE COORDINATOR: 32-40 hours per week. CLiF seeks an enthusiastic professional with development, bookkeeping, and database experience to assist with CLiF’s fundraising efforts, manage CLiF’s donor database, prepare finances for off-site processing, and undertake other related tasks, such as bulk mailings. Duties include: Processing donations using Neon donor database. Generating thank you letters to donors. Donor outreach. Writing grants. Assisting Executive Director in expanding CLiF’s fundraising capabilities. Giving presentations, and representing CLiF at public events. Preparing reports and weekly bank deposits. Some accounting (primarily preparing accounts payable for off-site processing). Assisting with office management. Requirements: 4+ years of development and donor database experience. Experience with QuickBooks, or willingness to learn. Passion for literacy. Excellent project management, organizational, and people skills, with exceptional attention to detail. Proven ability to work in teams and independently. Strong computer proficiency required; Apple preferred. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Comfortable speaking with groups. Send resume and cover letter by June 24 to clif@clifonline.org. Some work performed in CLiF office, some done remotely. CLiF offers a friendly and collaborative working environment.

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Maintenance Team The Converse Home is an assisted living community located in downtown Burlington. We are seeking a Maintenance Team Member and a Housekeeper for fulltime benefitted positions. Candidates should be caring, work well in a team environment, and have a desire to work with the elderly.

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The Housekeeper’s responsibilities include cleaning residents’ rooms and common areas, bed making and trash removal. Maintenance team member responsibilities include painting and handyman skills to refurbish vacated apartments and common areas. Assisting with tasks including flooring maintenance, lawn care, landscaping, shoveling, and minor home repairs.

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CHITTENDEN COUNTY There is no better time to join NSB’s team! Northfield Savings Bank, founded in 1867, is the largest banking institution headquartered in Vermont. All operations, leadership, and governance are in Vermont. Decisions are made here. Communities, customers, and employees have a respected voice on how we conduct business. We have strong financial resources and invest in people, programs, and technology. We are committed to providing a welcoming work environment for all. We are looking for a professional to join our team as a VP COMMERCIAL BANKER in our Chittenden County region.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES & REQUIREMENTS: Upon appointment, you will be assigned to an existing portfolio of relationships. You will be responsible for client credit management and business development. You will have marketing and administrative support, including NSB partners in cash management and direct banking. You will report to NSB’s Chief Lending Officer. QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WILL HAVE: Five years business banking experience; relationship management history; demonstrated commercial credit skills; knowledge of the assigned market; bachelor’s degree; and ability to independently pursue objectives while also participating in a collaborative culture. OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH: NSB encourages career development and promotes personal growth.

Average Years of Service at Northfield Savings Bank is above 9! Join a company that has a positive impact on the communities it serves for the long-haul.

WHAT NSB CAN OFFER YOU: NSB offers a competitive compensation based on experience. Benefits package including medical, dental, vision, combined time off, 11 paid holidays, a wellness program and more! Profit sharing opportunity and an outstanding employer-matching 401(K) retirement program. NSB offers professional development opportunities, and a positive work environment supported by a team culture. HOURS OF OPERATION ARE: Monday – Friday, generally 8:00am to 5:00pm. We understand the importance of having evenings and weekends with our friends, families, and our community. Please send your application along with your resume in confidence to: Donna Austin-Hawley, Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer By Email: Careers@nsbvt.com By Mail: Northfield Savings Bank, Human Resources, P.O. Box 7180, Barre, VT 05641-7180 Equal Opportunity Employer / Member FDIC

Property management team is seeking an articulate, energetic people-person to join their team. The ideal candidate will enjoy becoming involved in a variety of tasks in a team-based supportive environment. As an administrative assistant, you would assist with the leasing and marketing initiatives at Keens Crossing. Some of these tasks include: communicating with prospective renters over the phone and email, processing and managing applications, meeting with applicants, taking work orders from residents, providing extraordinary customer service to current residents including any concerns they may have, scheduling appointments, and several administrative tasks such as filing, copying, making phone calls and supporting the property manager in the needs of the property. Must be able to multitask and thrive in a fast-paced environment. Computer proficiency is required. The work schedule is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday from 12-5 and Friday from 11-5. Schedule may vary and can include coming in on weekends for tours. Candidate must be flexible and willing to work as needed. In order to be considered for this position, we will need for you to email us a resume and cover letter including your salary requirements. In your cover letter tell us about yourself and what strengths you could bring to the position. If you are interested in applying or know someone to refer for the position, please e-mail resume to Diane Finnigan at Dfinnigan@hallkeen.com.

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Carpenters Wanted! Needed Immediately! Finish Carpenters, Carpenters and Carpenters Helpers. Good Pay, Full Time and Long Term! Chittenden County. Call Mike at 802-343-0089 or Morton at 802-862-7602.

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Perform roles for the Office of Student Services that involve providing general advice and guidance to numerous stakeholders as well as handling first point-ofcontact, confidential, and sometimes complex and crisis management communications. Coordinate front office operations, student success tactics, record-keeping, and large-scale events. Provide general guidance and advising to prospective students, matriculated students, faculty, and staff. Serve as program resource and as liaison with internal and external constituents; interpret information, provide procedural, program and referral guidance and assistance to students related to academic, personal, internship or career opportunities and issues. May serve as an academic advisor for a small cohort of students. Oversee and make recommendations for various marketing, social media, and data/systems management functions. Work within a team to help advance student success, inclusive excellence, and enrollment management functions. For more information and to apply, please submit a cover letter, resume, diversity statement and contact information for three references at this link: uvmjobs.com/postings/53431.

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MONTPELIER, VT – We are expanding our team! The Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission (CVRPC) seeks a new team member who is highly motivated to advance local and regional community design. The team member will lead CVRPC’s land use and community development program, including local and regional land use development and developing or directing the development of a variety of short- and long-range planning projects, capital construction projects, economic development programs, community engagement, and community development efforts. The position requires significant contact and coordination with municipalities, local committees, partner groups, and regional and state organizations. The successful person will have 7 or more years of experience in and a commitment to land use planning and policy, and a base of knowledge and related experience that will ensure successful implementation of plans and policies. A college degree is required. Excellent organizational, writing, communication, problem-solving, consensus-building, and process skills are essential. Demonstrated success in working with volunteers, community groups, and underserved and rural communities are highly desirable. Attendance at evening meetings is required. People who enjoy working regionally, and those with the skill to recognize and adapt to emerging needs encouraged to apply. This position is a full time, permanent position. Salary range is $50,000 to $80,000 based on demonstrated ability. Excellent benefit package, collaborative team environment, and flexible workplace. Submit a cover letter, resume, three references (name, phone number), and salary expectations to waninger@cvregion.com. Candidate should specify whether they are applying for a Senior Planner or Program Manager level position. Position open until filled; application review begins June 8, 2022. Job description and additional information available at https://centralvtplanning.org/. CVRPC offers equal opportunity for all employees and maintains a drug-free workplace. CVRPC seeks and encourages applications from people with diverse perspectives and experiences. Successful candidates must be committed to working effectively with diverse community populations and are expected to strengthen such capacity if hired. CVRPC will not discriminate in any term or condition of employment against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, place of birth, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, gender identity, health coverage status, HIV status, genetic information, crime victim status, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition or any other category protected under local, state or federal law.

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STAFF ATTORNEY Vermont Legal Aid is seeking a full-time staff attorney to work in its Mental Health Law Project (MHLP). The MHLP staff attorney is part of a small, dedicated team that represents Vermonters in a range of mental health commitment and medication cases, and other involuntary mental health or guardianship matters. Jean

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Starting salary is $57,500, with additional salary credit given for relevant prior work experience. Four weeks paid vacation and retirement, as well as excellent health benefits. Attorney applicants must be licensed to practice law in Vermont or eligible for admission by waiver. Application deadline is June 10, 2022. Your application should include a cover letter and resume, bar status, writing sample, and at least three professional references with contact information, sent as a single PDF. Send your application by e-mail to hiring@vtlegalaid.org with the subject line “Mental Health Staff Attorney – June 2022.” Please let us know how you heard about this position.

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The newly created City of Essex Junction is seeking a forward-thinking leader to serve as our first city manager. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional management and leadership skills with a strong desire to foster community and build relationships. Applicants must have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate discipline, plus 4 to 6 years in municipal administration. Essex Junction operates under a council/manager form of government, and the five-member council appoints the manager. The city’s current population is 10,590 and there are 55 full-time employees, with an estimated $9.3 million municipal budget. The Trustees are seeking applicants with strong experience in municipal budgeting, project management, public engagement, and team supervision. The manager will oversee the operations of eight municipal departments, including a water treatment utility that serves three communities, and a full administration team including a City Clerk, Communications & Strategic Initiatives Director, Finance Director, and Human Resources Director. This position will require the individual to be involved in a wide range of activities including, but not limited to: managing multimillion dollar infrastructure projects, budgeting, hiring, training, supervising, and evaluating. We’re seeking a dynamic, innovative leader who shares our progressive values and who is genuinely excited by the prospect of being the first manager of our new city government. Compensation will be in the $105K-$130K range commensurate with experience and qualifications. Excellent health, dental, retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement, and paid leave. Workdays and hours vary. For Community Profile, Ideal Candidate Summary, and job description please visit our website at www.essexjunction.org. To apply please submit the following materials: • Cover letter (PDF Format) • Resume (PDF Format) • Response to the following questions (short essay – approximately ½ page each): Question 1: What excites you about being the first manager of the new City of Essex Junction? Question 2: What steps have you taken at your current (or last) employer to create an inclusive work environment? How did you navigate this opportunity? Once all materials have been prepared, please click on “Apply for this Job” at: essexjct.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=85&source=essexjunction

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VHCB is seeking a highly skilled accounting professional for the role of Controller. Join the financial team of an innovative funding organization with a mission that encompasses affordable housing and community development, land conservation and historic preservation. Manage the preparation of monthly financial statements, ensure accurate accounting and reporting of federal and state grants management, and support the management of VHCB’s loan portfolio, budget, and audit process. Applicants will have experience creating multi-fund financial statements and managing a complex general ledger as well as a working knowledge of governmental and/or fund accounting and GAAP. Experience and familiarity with federal grants management and federal administrative regulations is required, as is a degree in accounting and a minimum of eight years’ experience in accounting. Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a concern for accuracy are a must to work in this fast paced, interesting, and supportive environment.

Clean Water Programs Manager Are you knowledgeable and passionate about clean water, agriculture and land conservation? Do you have strong technical, organizational, and communication skills? Join our team, managing VHCB’s role as Clean Water Service Provider in the Memphremagog Basin, overseeing non-regulatory water quality projects. Working with state and local partners, help achieve Vermont's clean water goals using various strategies including conservation easements, land acquisition, wetlands restoration, and best management practices. Qualifications: Prior experience and training in natural resources, agriculture, environmental studies, land conservation, physical science, or engineering. Data management and financial analysis skills are required; experience in grant and budget management and with federal or state grant programs is preferred. Keen attention to detail and excellent written and oral communication skills are important, as is experience with capacity building and working with boards, non-profit organizations, municipalities, and state and federal agencies. Full-time positions with competitive salary and excellent comprehensive benefit package. Equal Opportunity Employer. Reply with cover letter and résumé to: jobs@vhcb.org Positions will remain open until filled. Read the job descriptions at: vhcb.org/about-us/jobs

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National title insurance underwriter seeks to hire an attorney to join its Vermont team. A strong working knowledge on the varied and unique aspects of Vermont real property transactions, the search and examination process, and familiarity with the issuance of title insurance commitments and policies is needed. Vermont Bar admission required. The position requires 4 -7 years of residential and/or commercial real estate experience and a solid working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

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Our ideal candidate will be decisive and have strong analytical, communication and problem-solving skills. They must be able to work independently and with our customers, should possess an interest in working on large commercial real estate projects, will be required to disseminate within the company and the marketplace recent updates or changes in Vermont real estate laws, and present educational seminars and/or webinars. Very competitive salary commensurate with experience and a comprehensive benefits package including full health benefits, 401K, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. This is currently a remote position.

With a 43 year tradition in Morrisville, VT of time‐tested craftsmanship, Hearthstone is a worldwide leading manufacturer of home heating stoves and outdoor products. We’re looking to fill an opening for an experienced Warehouse Manager to help lead our expanding growth. Visit http://www.hearthstonestoves.com/careers for details. Resumes welcomed at: jobs@hearthstonestoves.com.

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Does the thought of impacting the future of criminal justice systems for all Vermonters intrigue you? Would you like to be part of the team leading the evolution to modernize Information Technology for the State of Vermont? Could you be part of the change in how the Agency interacts with its partners and customers? If so the Agency of Digital Services is looking for the right individual to join our team. This exempt director position will be the IT leader for the Department of Public Safety. For more information, contact Lisa Goslant at Lisa.Goslant@vermont.gov. Department: Digital Services. Location: Waterbury. Status: Full Time. Job Id #34723. Application Deadline: June 5, 2022.

AGILE TEAM LEAD III/IV – BURLINGTON

Make a difference working hand in hand with public health professionals to implement and maintain IT systems critical to the work of protecting and improving the health of Vermonters. Seeking someone with advanced business analysis skills and experience on projects managed via Agile methods to engage in eliciting requirements, maintaining backlogs, facilitating planning, and working to remove obstacles. Please Note: This position is being recruited at multiple levels. If you would like to be considered for more than one level, you MUST apply to the specific Job Requisition. For more information, contact Tim Berry at Tim.Berry@vermont.gov. Location: Burlington. Status: Full Time. Department: Digital Services. Job Id #34802 for level III or #34781 for level IV. Application Deadline: June 8, 2022.

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HireAbility VT is recruiting an experienced human services professional to establish the Vermont Direct Care Initiative as the Program Coordinator. Program implementation, policy creation and planning will be essential aspects of this role. The program’s goal is to enhance career growth for direct care staff by offering scholarships and funding for mentorships to support entry level health care staff such PCAs and LNAs which are important positions that allow more Vermonters to live independently. For more information, contact Hibbard Doe at hibbard.doe@vermont. gov. Status: Full Time – Limited Service. Location: Waterbury. Department: Disabilities Aging & Independent Living. Job Id #34683. Application Deadline: June 8, 2022.

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Conservation Stewardship Director VHCB seeks a highly capable, self-motivated individual with strong communication skills, attention to detail, and ability to work as part of a team to join our conservation staff. Primary responsibilities include managing VHCB’s conservation stewardship program and GIS mapping. The Stewardship Coordinator will also support project underwriting, measuring and conveying program impact, public outreach and policy development. Qualifications: Prior experience and training in agriculture, natural resources, and/or land conservation and a working knowledge of stewardship on conserved lands. Proficiency with GPS and GIS, Word, Excel and ArcGIS is required. Experience with program tracking and database and document management systems is strongly preferred. Some travel and field monitoring; a valid driver’s license and ability to work outdoors is necessary.

Housing & Conservation Program Coordinator Are you interested in joining a team of dedicated colleagues in a fast-paced and collaborative working environment? At VHCB we are making a significant impact creating affordable housing for Vermonters, and conserving and protecting Vermont's agricultural and recreational land, natural areas, forestland, and historic properties. We are seeking a detail-oriented individual to join us in addressing the urgent housing and conservation needs facing Vermonters today. The Program Coordinator provides support to the Housing and Conservation teams, working across a wide range of programs and initiatives. Key job duties will include data management (tracking, updating, and reporting project information), compliance monitoring, document management within a digital system, and other administrative tasks. Qualifications: Ability to learn our database and digital document management systems; strong written and verbal communication skills; proficiency with Microsoft Office and PDF software and a demonstration of curiosity and commitment to VHCB’s mission. Some experience with affordable housing and/or conservation programs is a plus. Full-time positions with competitive salary and comprehensive benefits. EOE. VHCB is committed to ensuring diversity in our workplace and candidates from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. Full-time positions located in our Montpelier office. Reply by June 20 with cover letter and résumé to: jobs@vhcb.org Read the job descriptions at: www.vhcb.org/about-us/jobs. Untitled-14 1

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Seeking a position with a quality employer? Consider The University of Vermont, a stimulating and diverse workplace. We offer a comprehensive benefit package including tuition remission for on-going, full-time positions. Office Manager - Office of International Education - #S3578PO: Ensure consistent, high-quality customer service by overseeing the daily operation of the front office. Provide administrative support related to study abroad activities and services for international students, scholars and employees. Review of applications begins immediately. Finance and Travel Study Administrator - Office of International Education #S3589PO: Perform routine business, accounting and basic human resource functions supporting the university’s study abroad programs and the broader office. Review of applications begins immediately. For further information on these positions and others currently available, or to apply online, please visit www.uvmjobs.com. Applicants must apply for positions electronically. Paper resumes are not accepted. Open positions are updated daily. Please call 802-656-3150 or email employment@uvm.edu for technical support with the online application. The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

time teachers to support our preschool (ages 0-5) at both of our schools in Burlington and Colchester as well as summer camp teachers for our elementary school age program in Burlington. We are looking for enthusiastic, thoughtful people who can provide loving, engaging education to our students in a supportive, creative learning environment. We are a new early education center started by experienced and idealistic educators. We believe in play and exploration and are looking for teachers who believe in students and families and are looking to create a strong community network.

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BURLINGTON HOUSING AUTHORITY (BHA) Solar O&M Service Tech The O&M (Operations and Maintenance) Service Technician is a key member of the Asset Management team. The O&M Service Technician will perform and oversee subcontractor performance of various O&M activities at large commercial and utility-scale solar PV plants located through the northeastern United States. This position works at existing PV power plants and manages health and safety, quality control, and other duties. The O&M Service Technician manages subcontractors and coordination between engineering, design, procurement, construction, and O&M. This is a full-time, salaried position with full benefits package and bonus potential. The ideal candidate will reside near White River Junction, Brattleboro, or Burlington. Visit our career page to view the full job description and to submit your application and resume at edfrenewables.applicantpro.com/jobs/.

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Mansfield Hall is a private, innovative residential college support program for students with diverse learning needs. We are looking for dynamic individuals to fill the following positions:

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Executive Director manages all aspects of Mansfield Hall’s program at a specific Mansfield Hall site. As a member of the Leadership Team, the Executive Director is expected to embody the mission, values, philosophy, and approach of the organization & to incorporate them into every aspect of the Mansfield Hall community. Qualifications: • A graduate degree in the social or behavioral sciences • 3-5 years of leadership experience as a school principal, head of a department, Executive or Associate Director, or similar position • Extensive experience with coaching individuals, supervising employees, and project management • Specific knowledge of and experience with some of the following topics and evidence-based practices: Neurodiversity, Autism, Executive Functioning Challenges, Anxiety and Stress Management, Young Adult Development, Collaborative Problem Solving, Motivational Interviewing, Social Thinking, Universal Design & Restorative Practices

ACADEMIC DIRECTOR The Academic Director functions in a leadership role at Mansfield Hall and must embody the mission, values, philosophy and approach of the organization. The role of the Academic Director is to serve as the primary academic case manager and coach for assigned Mansfield Hall students, guiding the development of students’ academic and self-advocacy skills as they learn how to navigate and find success in a post-secondary learning environment. The Academic Director works closely with the Director of Student Life and the Community Outreach Director to help students make positive change through our Pathway to Independence Model, including supporting students to set and meet goals as outlined in their Student Led Pathways to Independence Plan. The Academic Director reports to the Assistant Director. For full job descriptions and to apply: mansfieldhall.org/employment 289 College Street, Burlington, VT 05401 (802) 440-0532 | mansfieldhall.org Mansfield Hall is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workplace. People from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, women, and persons with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply.

in Burlington, VT is seeking candidates to continue BHA's success in promoting innovative solutions that address housing instability challenges facing our diverse population of extremely low-income families and individuals. Join us and make a difference in our community! CONTROLLER manages the accounting operations of the Authority. The responsibilities for this position include preparing timely and accurate accounting records and financial reports; managing operating budgets; and maintaining a comprehensive and effective system of internal controls, all of which are designed to ensure the accuracy of BHA’s reported results, mitigate risk, and ensure that resulting financial statements comply with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and the U/S/ Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requirements. The Controller also hires, trains, manages and retains skilled accounting staff. LEASING AND ELIGIBILITY SPECIALIST is responsible for the waitlist selection, screening for program eligibility, gathering information for Property Managers to screen for tenant suitability, processing lease ups, processing tenant move out files, monitoring vacancies and providing back up assistance to the Property Managers. PROPERTY MANAGER serves as a critical member of our property management team. This position will provide oversight of day-to-day operations to ensure long-term viability of the properties assigned within BHA’s property portfolio. This position requires independent judgment, timely management of deadlines as well as discretion in carrying out responsibilities. SENIOR STAFF ACCOUNTANT manages the accounting operations of the Authority. The responsibilities for this position include preparing timely and accurate accounting records and financial reports; managing operating budgets; and maintaining a comprehensive and effective system of internal controls, all of which are designed to ensure the accuracy of BHA’s reported results, mitigate risk, and ensure that resulting financial statements comply with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and the U/S/ Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requirements. HOUSING RETENTION SPECIALIST provides eviction prevention and service coordination to low-income seniors, persons with disabilities and families. This position will work as a part of a skilled team and will focus on assessment, intervention, and service coordination of at-risk households. The ideal candidate should be highly organized with strong written and verbal communication skills and positively contribute to a collaborative team. SITE BASED SERVICE COORDINATOR supports those who have mental health and substance abuse challenges and/or who have moved from homelessness to Decker Towers, South Square, and Champlain Apartments. This position works closely with the Property Manager and other site-based staff to identify challenging behaviors and respond with appropriate direct service and coordination of community services with a goal of eviction prevention and facilitating a healthy tenancy. ***To learn more about these career opportunities, please visit: burlingtonhousing.org. BHA serves a diverse population of tenants and partners with a variety of community agencies. To most effectively carry out our vision of delivering safe and affordable housing to all, we are committed to cultivating a staff that reflects varied lived experiences, viewpoints, and educational histories. Therefore, we strongly encourage candidates from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ+ individuals, and women to apply. Multilingualism is a plus! BHA offers a competitive salary, commensurate with qualifications and experience. We offer a premium benefit package at a low cost to employees. Benefits include medical insurance with a health reimbursement account, dental, vision, short and long term disability, 10% employer funded retirement plan, 457 retirement plan, accident insurance, life insurance, cancer and critical illness insurance and access to reduced cost continuing education. We also offer a generous time off policy including paid time off, sick, and 13 paid holidays. And sign on bonus of up to $2,000. If interested in these career opportunities, please submit your resume and cover letter to: humanresources@burlingtonhousing.org

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OFFICE SUPPORT PROGRAM GENERALIST Responsible for supporting the UVM CORA Clinical Rapid Response Team and Clinical & Translational Core administrative needs, as well as providing additional administrative support for the Center. Assist team members by coordinating and scheduling peer recovery coaching and mentoring. Provide scheduling and logistical support for a variety of settings including groups, individual clinics, hospitals, and homes, and help with follow up. Support other newly requested projects from HRSA by assisting faculty and staff as they disseminate content, trainings, education, support, and other evidence-based resources. Associate’s degree in a related field and one to three years’ related experience supporting lab or center operations and outcomes. Familiarity with project management, Microsoft Office suite (e.g., Word, Excel, and Power Point), and preparation of data and presentations. www.uvmjobs.com/postings/51328

OUTREACH COORDINATOR Primary responsibilities include building and maintaining partnerships and communication with clinicians and partners in local rural communities as well as with national partners. Duties include developing and overseeing externally focused community services, resources, and educational projects. Additional responsibilities include providing leadership in utilizing practitioner expertise and coordinating clinician efforts to support UVM CORA programs, topic-based presentations, and curriculum components. Lead efforts to organize and oversee needs assessments and evaluations of UVM CORA clinical educational offerings.

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RESEARCHER ANALYST Design and lead data collection efforts, conduct complex statistical analyses, and interpret resulting data for ongoing needs. Responsible for creating clear and useful data-based reports and recommendations for UVM CORA faculty and staff, partners, and stakeholders. Provide technical assistance on data collection, data sources, and statistics. Collaborate with the UVM CORA Clinical Core to plan and oversee research activities, validate methods, and evaluate progress and results directly related to UVM CORA’s recent supplemental funding. Master’s degree in specific or related science and three to five years’ related experience required, preferably in a related field such as statistics, behavioral or biological sciences, psychology, social work, or medical areas. Experience with statistical analysis software (STATA, SAS, etc), Microsoft Office suite (e.g., Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) required. www.uvmjobs.com/postings/51317

ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR The Administrative Coordinator will provide high-level administrative and operational support and leadership to the HRSA-funded UVM CORAResponsible for organizing, supporting and engaging in strategic planning for core operations, working with Center faculty and staff to complete HRSA-requested

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RESEARCH PROJECT ASSISTANT Provide research assistance for the Education & Outreach Core. Assist in developing, implementing, and evaluating large-scale data collection and educational systems for rural providers across the US. Collect, synthesize, analyze, and report data on provider uptake and treatment outcomes. Prepare grant reporting deliverables including compilation of qualitative and quantitative data. Support educational activities and research new evidencebased substance use disorder best practices for curriculum and materials development. Bachelor’s degree in related field and one to three years’ experience in a related field such as behavioral or biological sciences, psychology, social work, public health, health education, or medical areas required. Experience supporting research dissemination including strong data, writing, and comprehension skills, and knowledge of how to translate research into evidence-based content and curriculum desirable. Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite (e.g., Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) required. Familiarity with evidence-based practices and research for opioid and substance use disorders desirable. www.uvmjobs.com/postings/53455

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In 1963, Jim Munro and Alice Munro founded Munro’s Books, a store in Victoria, British Columbia. After being on the job for a few months, Alice found she was not impressed with many of the products they sold. “I can write better books than this,” she told Jim. Five years later, she published her first collection of short stories, Dance of the Happy Shades. Fourteen books later, she won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Will the coming months bring your equivalent of Alice Munro’s pivotal resolution? I suspect they could. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “True love for

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Dear Reverend,

My current partner is really loud when we have sex. I don’t mind it all that much, but sometimes I feel like she’s overacting. Also, my roommate has started referring to her as “the Screamer,” and it’s rather embarrassing. I want her to tone it down, but I’m not sure how to bring it up. I don’t want her to feel bad. What should I do?

Modest Marvin (MALE, 27)

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Dear Modest Marvin,

First off, the fact that you think she’s “overacting” is a bummer. I would hope that you could tell when she’s enjoying herself, but it seems you have some doubts. Women often vocalize during sex as a way to either speed things up or boost their partner’s self-esteem. Then again, some people just like to cut loose and make a lot of noise. I once had a male neighbor who was way louder than the women he was having sex with. I always say that if you’re comfortable enough with

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MET OUTSIDE OF KNEAD BAKERY We met outside. You were waiting for your mom; I was waiting for food. My dog was super thankful for the pets. I’d love to talk again, if you’d like. When: Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Where: Knead Bakery. You: Woman. Me: Trans woman. #915544 BUBBLE FAIRY! I am looking for Emily the Bubble Fairy from Bolton Valley. You were blowing bubbles of happy from the chairlift. We took a picture on the tower at sunset, and I thought I’d see you again. I didn’t. There’s no way this is gonna work, but how serendipitous the whole thing would be if it did... When: Saturday, April 2, 2022. Where: Bolton Valley. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915543 I REMEMBER IT ALL I forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to / ’Cause there we are again in the middle of the night, / dancing ’round the kitchen in the refrigerator light / Up the stairs, I was there ... / Maybe we got lost in translation, / maybe I asked for too much, / maybe this thing was a masterpiece ’til you tore it all up. When: Friday, April 1, 2022. Where: in dreams. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915542 NORTH WILLARD SIREN I did not see you, and you cannot have seen me, but I heard you singing on a porch around 8 p.m. Your creamy, unaffected alto lingers in my mind, and I can’t remember my own name. Oh, Jeremiah, indeed. When: Thursday, March 31, 2022. Where: North Willard, near Archibald. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915541 STOWE DUNKIN’ SPICY SKIER CHICK It was morning. “After you,” you said. “No, after you,” I insisted. Your outfit: green snow pants, dark red floral coat, hat and sunglasses. Me: black diamond-quilted coat with black Carhartt bibs and a hat. You ordered a beverage; I did, too. As you turned to leave, we exchanged smiles. I wish I said hi. When: Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Where: Stowe Dunkin’. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915540 WYLTK Just got your flirt today and noticed that your profile is hidden. Am I too late? Should I still message you? Please let me know. When: Monday, March 28, 2022. Where: Seven Days. You: Woman. Me: Man. #915539

someone to have sex with them, you should be able to talk to them about anything. So talk to her. There’s no need to let her know your roommate has given her a nickname, but tell her you’re worried about being overheard. You could even make a sexy game out of seeing how quiet you can be. Better yet, use this as an opportunity to find out whether she really is having as much fun as it sounds. Good luck and God bless,

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