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“Y ou’ll never amount to anything.”“You’ll live off of welfare your whole life.” “You ruined your

life.” “You’ll never graduate high schoolnow.”

My name is Mariah Boardman, and I amliving proof that these statements aren’t

always true about a teenage mother. I’m18 years old and the mother of one-year-old fraternal twin boys Jayden and Jordan.I found out I was pregnant at the age of16 when I was attending U-32. BecauseI was afraid of what people would thinkof me, I transferred and started attending Central Vermont AdultBasic Education in Montpelier. As soon as everyone found out I waspregnant, I received Facebook messages from people judging me andmaking fun of me. his continued throughout my pregnancy. I wasembarrassed to even walk out in public, fearing what people might say.

I attended school at Central Vermont Adult Basic Education fromSeptember 2014 through February 2015, up until I was six monthspregnant. As I got further into my pregnancy, things started to getcomplicated. I went into preterm labor three different times. henaround 4 a.m. on April 21, 2015, my water broke at only 36 weeks. I wasrushed to the hospital by ambulance, excited that I would be meetingmy babies soon. At 4:16 p.m., via cesarean section, I gave birth and heldmy boys for the first time.

he next day I got horrible news, baby A, Jayden, was unable to holdhis temperature and couldn't eat on his own. He needed a feeding tube.I gave birth to the boys at Central Vermont Medical Center, but they were unable to help Jayden, so they transferred him to Fletcher Allenin Burlington. I was unable to go with him, and that broke my heart. Istayed in Berlin with my other son, Jordan. I was only able to see Jayden

through pictures sent to me by his father, and that was very hard.

Jordan and I were released from the hospital four days later. As soon as we were released, I made my way to Fletcher Allen to see Jayden. hepain and heartache I felt when I saw my son hooked up to the machinesnearly killed me! I cried the whole time I visited him. Even though I wanted to stay there with him, I couldn't. I had to go back home totake care of Jordan. On May 4, 15 days after Jayden was transferred to

Burlington, he was released and finally came home!It was pretty rough, at first, taking care of newborn twins. I wouldonly get two or three hours of sleep a night, and both boys constantly wanted to be held. hat was a struggle in itself. It got easier though.he boys started to crawl around nine months of age, and that's all they wanted to do.

At that point, I decided that I needed to go back to school andgraduate with my class of 2016 so that I could prove to others thatI'm not the stereotypicalteenaged mother. I currentlyattend Central Vermont Adult Basic Educationthree days a week, and I will be graduating withmy class at U-32 in June,thanks to all the wonderful

teachers at Central Vermont Adult Basic Ed. I’m verygrateful, because withoutthem I could not haveever imagined graduating. Although I struggle everyday being a mom of twins,I wouldn't ever change it forthe world.

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Council Ratifies City Manager’s Contract

MONPELIER — Montpelier City Council rati-fied the city manager’s contract during the April27 City Council meeting. City Manager WilliamFraser had been working under the previous year’scontract until that point. he delay was not ex-plained nor were a citizen’s concerns addressed.

“I want to discuss city manager’s contract,” saidKen Jones of Clarendon Avenue. “here are a lot ofrumors running through town. And those rumorsaren’t good for anybody.” Jones went on to describehow city council met in secret during eight ex-ecutive sessions to discuss the contract and whetherthat is appropriate or not is questionable.

“We hear through rumor there was quite a bit ofconflict about the city manager’s contract, and, ifthat is the case, executive session isn’t the time toresolve city council’s conflict. I hope city councildid not use that time to avoid a difficult decision inpublic.” Jones went on to say he felt the police chief,fire chief and planning director should have inputinto the city manager’s position as well.

Neither the mayor nor any council members re-

sponded to his concerns.Parks Commissioner Sought

MONPELIER — he Montpelier Parks Com-mission seeks candidates to fill a vacant seat onthe commission until March of 2017. Anyone in-terested can send an application letter to the Com-mission’s chairman, Bryan Pfeiffer, no later thanMay 10. In your letter, state your interests andqualifications.

he full commission will make an appointment atits next regular meeting on May 17 at 7 p.m.. heterm of this appointment runs until own MeetingDay in 2017, at which point this particular seat onthe commission opens up to any interested candi-

dates for a five-year term. his appointment fillsa vacancy created when Parks Commissioner KipRoberts resigned his seat effective April 19.

Application letters can be sent by regular mail oremail to: Bryan Pfeiffer, 138 Main Street, Montpe-lier, V 05602; [email protected]

‘Harmonies of Home’ to Raise MoneyFor Homeless

BARRE — Suzy and Goddard Graves will perform“Harmonies of Home” May 20 to raise money forthe homeless. “Admission is by donation, but noone will be turned away. How can you kick peopleout when you are tryig to help God’s poor?” Gravessaid to he Bridge. Goddard and his wife, Suzy,

will perform old American country, sentimentalmusic and more. “It is going to be a program ofold-time songs and stories,” Graves said. he con-cert will be held at Church of the Good Shepherd,39 Washington Street, Barre, on Friday, May 20 at7:30 p.m. It is a granite church. For more informa-tion, contact the Reverend Earl Kooperkamp at212-280-6826.

hefts Abound:Purse Snatcher Strikes Shaw’s, Shoplifters Plunder Artisan’s Hand

MONPELIER — At least two local businesseshave recently been hit by crime. A purse snatcherstruck the Montpelier Shaw’s and a pair of shoplift-ers helped themselves to piles of items from Arti-san’s Hand recently. Both stores are on Main Street.

An estimated $700 worth of jewelry, soaps andother items were stolen from the Artisan’s Handduring business hours April 22. he thefts werecarried out by a male and a female, according toimages caught on camera. “hey were brazen be-yond any reason,” said Lochlin Smith, an Artisan’s

Hand board member, adding, “they didn’t lookfor cameras. hey went into Splash before they hitus.” Smith said he blames it on the drug epidemic.Smith had installed surveillance cameras, whichhe said allowed police to identify the subjects.Burlington police apprehended the pair on themorning of May 4 according to Marietta Rhyneof Artisans Hand.

Later, on April 25 at approximately 5 p.m. atShaw's supermarket, a male subject grabbed apurse from a shopping cart. he male was de-scribed as approximately 5’10 in height, mod-erately heavy set, wearing a black windbreakerstyle jacket with a white stripe running along thesleeve, White t-shirt with a dark colored collarand sunglasses.

he Bridge called Montpelier Police Departmentto find out if any one of these three had beencaught and was told, ““he investigation is stillongoing.”

Readers with information are urged to call theMontpelier Police non-emergency line at 223-3445.

Invigorated Economic DevelopmentUnderway

MONPELIER — Planners and city officialsare working with an outside agency, FairweatherConsulting, to come up with a new economicstrategic plan. “Last week our consultant, PeterFairweather, presented draft recommendations.

We received a fair amount of support from at-tendees and council,” said Jessie Baker, assistantcity manager, during the Montpelier Business

Association meeting May 4.

Fairweather met with large property owners,large employers, business owners and financiersto figure out where Montpelier thrives compared

to similar cities. hose areas include adult learn-ing, food processing, entrepreneurship, financeand insurance, nonprofit organizations, techni-cal and green businesses, retail, hospitality andthe arts. “We need some transformational proj-ects to push these forward,” Baker said. hiscould include a hotel and conference center, acomprehensive housing strategy and, perhaps

a nonprofit advocacy training center. MakingMontpelier a hub for nonprofit organizationcoaching and training would make sense becauseof the nonprofits that feed into activities at theState House, Baker said.

Creating other attractions, such as a brewery, would make sense as well, it was suggested. Inaddition, creating a “retail arcade,” such as whatexists at Faneuil Hall in Boston (one large openspace containing rows and rows of self-containedbusinesses within small kiosks and cubicles),

would be a good use of space.

Claire Benedict, co-owner of Bear Pond Books,said Montpelier should be positioning itself asa premium environment. “here is no thriv-ing in the middle. You sink in the middle. We

need to position ourselves as thriving,” she saidthat doesn’t mean to exclude lower incomeresidents. If Montpelier can create more wealth and prosperity, then it can more ea s-ily build housing for all income levels, it wassaid. “Montpelier can’t rest on its laurels anymore,” Benedict said. Surrounding towns,such as Barre, Waterbury and Berlin, areattracting more development because theyare concentrating on their economic plans.

“Economic development is successful if thereis a clear plan that the whole communitygets behind,” Baker said. Everyone seemedto agree that parking has to be addressed insome manner.

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Nature Watch by Nona Estrin

Had we not wandered down to Carol Dixonand Bruce Howlett's beaver ponds duringthe clear cold snap recently, we never would

have guessed that so many yellow-rumped warblers were in the neighborhood. hese ponds are protectedfrom the north and west winds, and they hold the af-ternoon sun and warmth. Insects were in the air here,the morning skim ice had long melted. A hundred orso warblers were darting over and around the ponds,too busy feeding to notice us or think of anythingbut keeping the calorie balance on the right side ofstarvation, during a migration deep freeze!

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In Loving Memory ofGlenn R. Tosi

Y ou left us one year ago, so suddenlyand unexpected it left our hearts tornopen. Life without you is not thesame. You brought so much joy, laughter,and love into our lives.

Your kindness, generosity and your senseof humor will never be forgotten. Your

beautiful flower garden still blooms in yourhonor. We love, love you so. Your memory will a lways be in our hearts.

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Rosanne Gray (your only sister), (niece) JenLashua (her partner) Keith Morris and your(great nieces), Aliyah, Sitara, Izabella andyour (great nephew) enzen.

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‘Pot Bill’ Goes Up In Smoke by Carla Occaso

The “pot bill” as it became known — one of this legislative session’s higher profile en-deavors — came to a screeching halt in the House chamber Tuesday, May 3 around5:30 p.m. after a day and a half of fu ll floor discussion. This action came after many

iterations and gyrations following testimony and discussion in and out of several Senateand House committees since its January introduction as S.241. Bill S.241, an act relating toregulation of marijuana, was introduced by Senators Jeannette White, D-Windham and JoeBenning, R-Caledonia.

If it were adopted, the bill would have allowed regulating the cultivation and sales of retailrecreational marijuana. The way it was drafted, it would have required a newly created, tightlymonitored governmental structure to oversee cultivation, quality control, youth prevention,increased addiction treatment, law enforcement, retail sales and tourism. This bill forbadehome growing and edibles, but instead would have licensed a few large commercial cultiva-tors that would sell through a few retail outlets beginning with the four existing medicalmarijuana dispensaries. (Montpelier is home to one of the medical marijuana dispensaries.)

When the Legislative session started, S.241 shot through the opening gates, and then grew to95 pages after it was drafted and amended. It passed out of the Senate and into the House bya vote of 17 to 12 on February 25. But it faltered through the House as the House JudiciaryCommittee stopped it in its tracks and did a “strike all” that removed all language referringto legalizing or regulating pot. The Judiciary version of the bill addressed prevention andeducation. It then moved on to Ways and Means committee members, who passed out a billthat contained prevention language and a lso added in al lowing people to legally possess smallamounts of marijuana and/or hashish and to grow a couple of plants. This bill went on to

House Appropriations where it stayed virtually unaddressed as the end of the session neared.

Finally, Senators Richard Sears, D-Bennington, Tim Ashe, D/P-Chittenden, Jeannette White, D-Windham and Joe Benning, R-Caledonia added the entire S.241 as an amend-

ment to an unrelated House bill on its way back to the House in a manoeuvre to resurrecttheir version of the bill. It didn’t work. That amendment was defeated by a vote of 121 to28. Another amendment tacked on to H.858, introduced by Charles Conquest, D-OrangeCaledonia, also kept the prevention language, but allowed for possession of up to an ounceof pot and, in addition, allowed people over 21 to grow up to two plants on their property oron the property of someone who gave consent as long as it was shielded from general view.Once the plants are harvested, they must be kept on the property in a secure location. Thisso-called “Conquest Amendment” failed by a vote of 70-77.

Those in support said legalizing pot would be much better than keeping it illegal. “By al-lowing people to grow plants for their own personal use, we will slowly decrease criminalactivity,” it was said.

This amendment also unleashed a whole new scope of questions from House members,such as:

“Would we allow any types of marijuana grown in Indochina or Southeast Asia? What if we are authorizing invasive species?”

“If you have a federal loan, can you grow pot on the land you took out a federal loan topurchase?”

“If a person gives away marijuana, but asks for a donation would this be a violation of law?”

“Can you advertise giving away marijuana online?”

And many asked about what happens to children and parents if the child sneaks into the

parents’ pot stash and brings it to school?

But for now, those questions will remain unanswered as all forms of pot legalization metdefeat.

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‘Berlin Pond’ Regulation Axed In Committee by Carla Occaso

MONTPELIER — A charter change that would have given Montpelier officials authority toban human recreational activity on Berlin Pond did not pass favorably out of the Legislaturethis session. The bill was offered up by Rep. Warren Kitzmiller, D-Washington - 4. Montpeliervoters approved two charter changes on the city ballot: One to enact a tax on rooms, mealsand alcohol and another to give city officials the authority to regulate activities on Berlin Pond.Berlin Pond is Montpelier’s primary drinking water supply.

After being approved by Montpelier voters in March, the matter was then brought before theLegislature for adoption.

What happened was, according to Rep. Mary S. Hooper, D-Washington - 4, the House Gov-ernment Operations did approve the portion of Montpelier’s charter change “related to the localoptions tax and removed the portion of the charter relating to the pond from the bill. Sadly,there was in the committee, Hooper said, a view that the recreational use of the pond trumpsthe public health and safety of the 20,000 people who drink water from the pond. Members ofMontpelier City staff and the community did a terrific job of explaining the issues. Needlessto say, this is extremely disappointing and we are working on a way to revive the portion of thebill protecting the pond without jeapordizing the approval of the local options tax.”

The man who introduced the bill, Rep. Warren Kitzmiller, D-Washington-4, told The Bridge he was disappointed, but he will not give up.

“Overall I am very disappointed that the House Government Operations committee did notseem to understand the importance of protecting drinking water sources. By not allowing thisto advance, they just — in effect — keep it open for recreation. And that will lead inevitablyto degradation of the pond, pollution and could cause grave harm if we get (invasive species).”Kitzmiller said that a small patch of milfoil that has been there for 30 years will stay contained,but if boat propellers or oars break it up into pieces, it will spread throughout the pond. “The

history of human interaction with ponds is not very good. This is the drinking water sourcefor 20,000 people. The advocates for keeping it (Berlin Pond) open are concerned with losingany access to any pond. They have 800 and some ponds to fish in. I think leaving the ponduntouched doesn’t stop them from f ishing in any of the other ponds.”

Kitzmiller said he will introduce the bill again next year. Next year’s legislature will have a newgovernor, possibly new people in the Agency of Natural Resources and new faces in the com-mittee rooms. “I will keep at this until somebody finally does the right thing ... or until thepond gets so bad we have to find another warter source for the Capital City.

Mayor John Hollar agreed with Kitzmiller. “Our experts made what I thought were compellingarguments about the risks that are created to our water supply from allowing recreational accesson the pond. Unfortunately, a majority of committee members didn't agree. We will continueto monitor the issue and will come back to the legislature again if it becomes evident thatour water supply is in jeopardy,” Hollar told The Bridge.

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A Message From City Hall This page was paid for bythe City of Montpelier.

Every year after the Annual City Meeting elections, the newly formed Council, with inputand assistance from city staff, outlines key priorities for the city. Broad policy goals areidentified, many of which are multi year in nature. Specific strategies and action items for

the current year are determined to help make progress toward reaching the main goals. A final

document is created which forms the basis of the City government’s overall work plan for the year while still delivering everyday services and responding to unexpected situations.

his year’s goals document was approved by the Council on April 27th and is, in part as follows:

Annual Goals and Berlin Pond by William Fraser, City Manager

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Montpelier High School Principal Mike McRaith onChanges, Community Based Learning and WhatKindness Means by Nathan GrutchfieldMONTPELIER — In his first year as principal of Montpe-

lier High School, a significant part of Mike McRaith’s jobhas been to implement massive new state-required changes.However, an equally important goal of McRaith’s is theestablishment of an environment reflecting his own personalbelief system. The Bridge interviewed McRaith and learnedmuch about the man’s philosophy, which includes kindness,sustainability and compassion.

Nathan Grutchfield: Now that your first calendar year atMHS is over, what have been your biggest successes and chal-lenges as principal?

Mike McRaith: I feel like I’m starting to connect with thekids, which is really important to me. I want to know thekids and to be able to find out what’s important to them.I want to build student leadership as well as faculty leader-ship. We have a Principal Advisory Team, which has eightstudents, two from each grade level. We meet once or twice

a month, sometimes even more. I wanted to get that off theground. It didn’t exist before, but I feel that it is functioning well currently. We have a leadership team amongst the facultythat meets regularly, and that system is going well. I feel thatcapitalizing on the resources that are here has been a success.

A challenge for me is the expectation or opportunities inthe state for the class of 2020, (including) proficiency-based learning, proficiency-based graduation and personal-ized learning plans. Those things are potentially big shifts ineducation, so those challenges take up a lot of my thinkingand time to make sure we get that right for our students andour community.

Grutchfield: Can you tell us more about these shifts in edu-cation, and what the reaction has been at the school?

McRaith: There are at least two major shifts that a ll second-ary schools in Vermont are going through. One is called

EQS, or the Educational Quality Standards for the State ofVermont. The EQS program does a lot of things for settingthe expectations for schools. One thing is that it requires highschools, starting with the class of 2020, to have proficiency-based graduation and move away from a credit-based system.

There is also Act 77, the Flexible Pathways Law, which issometimes referred to as the personalized learning plan law.It’s about ensuring that all high schoolers in the state haveopportunities for many different paths to graduation, includ-ing, here in Montpelier, and the gold standard in my opinion,community-based learning. It also goes along with the re-quirement that all seventh and ninth graders have a personal-ized learning plan. Many of the students are coming fromour middle school with a very rich experience in personalizedlearning plans. Some of the teachers there do presentationson personalized learning around the state every year and are

probably the state’s leaders in personalized learning.

Here at the high school, we put into place an outline for

personalized learning plans for all ninth and tenth graders.Over the next few years, the (PLP) approach will apply to allstudents, grades seven through 12. The high school has a his-tory of personalized learning. They had personalized learningplans around 15 years ago, but the approach faded into thebackground. So the reaction has been mostly positive, butthere have been some who say “We’ve tried this.”

The students really want to know why we’re doing this. They want to make sure it’s relevant and it’s not an add-on. Thething that I’ve said a lot is, “We want to make sure this ispart of your authentic experience and that this is part of yourclasses, not an add-on.” There’s room for growth on thatissue, but it’s a process.

Grutchfield: In terms of giving back to community members who aren’t directly a ffiliated with the students, how wouldyou assess the school?

McRaith: A couple of things come to mind. One, I’m notkidding when I say that our community-based learning pro-gram is a gold standard. The more time I spend here, the moreI’m impressed by it. It’s incredible. Almost all of our students will have a community-based learning experience by the timethey graduate. What makes that possible is excellent staffmembers. They are the founders of our community-basedlearning program. But we also have a receptive community.I think the Montpelier community recognizes its contribu-tion to our students’ learning. People take it seriously and doa good job with it. We have all these great placements, andthat’s a huge part of outreach with the community. Anotherthing that we have done is we’ve lined the Bailey Street Bridgeon Veterans’ Day, which the VFW really appreciates. There’salso the showcase of our students’ talents and skills. We haveexcellent play productions. If somebody wants to come seea sports game, they’re certainly welcome to do so. We did acoding event, during code week, when our computer scienceclass opened its doors to the public so the public could see theprograms that the students had been learning and also learnto code if they wanted. The coding was taught by the kids,kids who are part of the workforce in town. There’s all kindsof stuff like that.

It’s a small school, around 300 students, with increasing en-rollment, but our kids do so much. Maybe if I’d seen it fromthe outside, I might think it's a pretty standard high schoolexperience, but it's not.

Grutchfield: Overall, in the next year, what are your majorgoals?

McRaith: For me, to continue to have a high-quality, rigor-ous experience for students that is proficiency-based and thatis increasingly personalized, and to make sure those flexible

pathways are very clear and available to students. We want to

continue to build community into our school experience, as

well as sustainability. We mean sustainability in a lot of ways,but primarily in the environmental sense.

If somebody stops me on the street and asks me what my pri-orities are, my number one priority is always that this school isa place of respect and kindness between students and betweenadults and students. That is my number one goal, that wecontinue to foster that. I feel like we’ve taken a lot of goodsteps this year. For example, we coined the (Twitter) hashtag#bekindMHS. We had our first ever Kindness Week. I’ve alsoasked the faculty to do a little deeper reading on kindness,about how it can be a real challenge, but that it can build acommunity. I also (electronically) shared that with the stu-dents as well, if they wanted to read that article. So that’s thelong version of saying that putting kindness and optimism atthe forefront of our minds is a top priority for me.

Grutchfield: As a general question, what does kindness

look like to you? McRaith: When you have power, rather than using thatpower for your own gain or to make someone else feel small,you use that power to make someone feel at ease or lift themup and help them to be their best selves. In a high school,the examples of that are usually found in the social powerbetween students. If someone is a senior and perceived tohave a lot of popularity, they could use that power to makeother people feel small and unimportant or they could usethat power to say, “You belong here.” That goes for theadults too, (who) have positional power. They can use thatpositional power to empower students, to help kids feel theybelong and be capable learners. To me kindness is when youhave the opportunity to exercise power in a compassionate way.

Important Terms Explained:

EQS: Educational Quality Standards. Rules that the statefollows regarding the effectiveness and fairness of educa-tional opportunities.

Proficiency-based graduation: Graduation that is reachedthrough the demonstration of mastery of required skills andknowledges.

Credit-based graduation: Graduation reached through at-tainment of course credits earned by participation in a rangeof required courses.

PLP: Personalized Learning Plan. A website that is pro-duced by students and used as a tool for education and suc-cess that suits the student.

CBL: Community-based learning. An educational approachthat aims to connect students with profound learning expe-riences in a community rather than inside the classroom or

school.

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Seattle Native BringsEspresso Bueno To Barreby Joshua Jerome

BARRE — Downtown Barre is home to one of the greatest things in Central Vermont,Espresso Bueno. The café is owned by Elizabeth Manriquez and this July during the BarreHeritage Festival, she will be celebrating her ninth year in downtown Barre. Raised in Seattle where coffee shops are ubiquitous, it was not until moving to Virginia when Elizabeth becamea barista. In 2002, she and her young family moved up to Vermont and worked at severalcoffee houses and it soon became apparent that she wanted to own a café. After purchasinga home in the Granite City, Elizabeth put together her business plan, identified a location indowntown Barre and opened Espresso Bueno in 2007.

She created something very different for downtown Barre and it quickly became a location where business meetings were conducted and offered a casual environment for friends togather. She spent six years in her original location introducing Barresians to cortados, mac-chiatos and the red-eye before outgrowing her original space. A larger space to grow into wasidentified and a successful Kickstarter campaign helped to launch her move into their currentlocation. As Elizabeth told me “we wanted to be able to offer more food and the larger spaceallowed us to do so.”

Elizabeth developed breakfast and lunch menus to go along with her pastries and instituteda policy of buying as much local and organic products as possible. Just about 75 percent ofher food is local or organic and nothing is fried. I asked Elizabeth what makes her coffeeso good? She said “it’s the beans and the freshness.” Every week she gets a delivery of coffeebeans from Vermont Artisan Coffee and every week they use all of the beans up. Elizabethalso explained to me how important it is for coffee to be consumed within 30 minutes afterit’s been brewed. “This is why we serve our coffee behind the counter as we keep our brewbatches small and change them out every 20 to 25 minutes.” As someone who spends a lot oftime in Bueno I’ve seen the lines grow incredibly long and nobody minds waiting, because of

how good the coffee is.It’s not just coffee that keeps people coming back, but the eclectic mix of entertainment too.Espresso Bueno has something going on every Friday and Saturday night and their craft beerlist and bar offers consumers many options. For nearly five years, starting at their originallocation, Bueno has been hosting comedy shows that have seen Vermont’s funniest comediansput their act to the test. Solo musical guests and duos play often and their most popular event, Worst Song Ever, draws such a crowd and participation by singers that you need to sign upin advance. I’m not going to tell you what it’s about as no words could do it any justice, butthere’s a trophy and it’s coveted by many.

Elizabeth spends much of her time in the kitchen and gives herself one day off a week. Shehas two children, Elysia who is 17 and Elias who is 11. Juggling kids and business is hard shesaid, but “it’s totally worth it.” While not working or watching young Elias, Elizabeth enjoysroller derby and the camraderie with her teammates. I asked her what her favorite coffee drink was and simply put she said “iced Americano.” Why iced I asked and she said “we get so busythat any other coffee drink would turn cold anyway, so why fight it.” She also went on toexplain that the double ristretto espresso shot in the Americano contains the oils that heighten

the taste and fragrance. And “that’s really the most important thing about coffee, the taste!”Elizabeth has seen a lot of change in downtown Barre over the last nine years and she isencouraged about the economic growth with new businesses and younger families and art-ists moving into the community. “It’s great for Barre and Central Vermont” she said “I can’timagine being anywhere else.”

The author is executive director of The Barre Partnership.

Granite City Groove

Camaraderie at Espresso Bueno

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Get ready to enter the visual world of Andrew Kline of East Montpelier —grand master of black and white film photography. his book of some 100photographs adds ammunition to those people who have favorites in the dying

world of creating image s that can be c all ed a rt.

his book, “he Geometry of Light,” exudes confidence in capturing moods andclose-up portraits. It also serves as a vehicle for self-expression. Kline is without peerin selecting powerful images. His cover is a shot of leaves with its many wrinkles. Itmakes them look like the skin on the back of an old man's hands.

Some 100 photographs grace the book with shots ranging from the coast of Maine tonumerous photos of his neighbors. Kline was one of the lucky ones because he knewfrom the age of 12 that he wanted to be a photographer.

Kline has spent most of his

adult life in Vermont, as heputs it: “I have been fortunateto have made a life that letme work at doing what I lovemost.”

Kline's photos are currently onexhibit at the . W. Wood Gal-lery at 46 Barre St in Montpe-lier. Gallery hours are uesdaythrough Saturday 12 to 4 p.m.On Friday, May 6 at 5:30 p.m.the gallery will host a book re-lease of "Geometry of Light" andbook signing, presentation, dis-cussion and reception with Kline.

Clean Out Your Psychic Closet —Take a Fresh Look at Your Dreams by Marichel Vaught

W e all have them — the dreams that make complete sense to us during those hours of rapideye movement. And when we awake, we can’t help but remark, “What the…?”Or, have you ever dreamt of something you have a profound fear of (such as clowns) and think,‘Clearly I dreamt of them because they frighten me and someone mentioned a clown at work the

other day.’ But what if the presence of a clown in your dream was your subconscious telling youthat perhaps you simply don’t like wearing makeup?

hat is the type of scenario explored in the “Dreaming Back to Earth: Integrative ExperientialDreamwork” workshops led by Jackie Earle-Cruickshanks and Mary Kay Kasper. In these workshops, dreams come to life as they are reenacted with other participants in the group who,alongside yourself, portray people or objects in the dream. As the reenactment progresses, thedreamer is asked how he or she feels at that moment. After having experienced one workshop, Ican say it’s amazing how a simple dream can bring to light one small speck of something that, by just becoming aware of it, can change your whole outlook on an ongoing personal issue or howyou deal with the world in general.

Like anyone probably would be, I was skeptical at first. First, you’re sharing your dream. Second,there’s a theater aspect in performing in front of other people. I consider myself an introvert, sothere already were two cons involved. However, after hearing how doing the dreamwork has been

able to help alleviate fears, change negative personality traits into positive ones and give dreamersthe overall relief of self-awareness, I decided to give it a shot.

Prior to the workshop, we were told that there is no reliance on any sort of dream dictionary. Adream about a clown may have very different meanings for different persons. Dreams are personal

and manifest themselves uniquely in each individual. It’s YOUR dream, so only you can getmeaning out of it. It was nice to know that whatever I got out of my dream was my own. No onecould tell me my interpretation was completely wrong or even right. Said Earle-Cruickshanks, theapproach is “non-judgmental and non-shameful.” You could even experience something that iseye-opening for yourself as you play a role in someone else’s dream. he dreamer may even reenacta role in their own dream not as themselves to see it from an entirely different perspective.

During a dream portrayal, the dreamer can stop at any point if they start to feel uncomfortable.hroughout the process, I felt supported and safe. Without going into detail, I realized thatthoughts and issues in my wacky recurring dream really DID bother me and were affecting how Iinteract with the world, mainly society and my family. It was an “Ah-ha!” moment. Afterward I feltunburdened and, surprisingly, happier. I exclaimed, “hat was cool!” like someone who just gotoff an exhilarating amusement park ride. I was already excited to participate in the next workshop.

Now, keep in mind, these are MY experiences because it was MY dream manifested from MYown mind. he experience could be different for the next person. his practice is certainly notfor everyone, and it’s not a one-and-done deal. It is an ongoing journey — kind of like yoga forthe mind. It is also just one of the many types of dreamworks out there. According to Earle-

Cruickshanks, there are dreamwork practices that utilize art or music rather than reenactment.

Earle-Cruickshanks was a school psychologist and therapist for over 30 years. She has been astudent at the Center for Archetypal Dreamwork in Eden. Kasper has a master’s degree in coun-seling, a degree in ecopsychology and is currently a case manager at Washington County MentalHealth. Both have been practicing dreamwork for several years and continue to do so because ofthe benefits the practice has had on their own lives.

“Integrative experiential dreamwork saved my life,” said Earle-Cruickshanks. She has been able tocope with the trauma she experienced as a child. here was a noticeable difference in her outlook,she said. “I became less angry and less arrogant.”

For Kaspar, it has helped alleviate fears she once had and has helped her connect more closely withthe natural world.

It makes sense that our dreams affect our outer lives. Our subconscience could be sending us mes-sages. If we can focus on that and explore what our dreams are trying to tell us, we can potentiallycome to understand what sets up our fears and self-doubts and be better connected to the worldaround us.

I met with Earle-Cruickshanks and Kaspar twice, and it wasn’t until I engaged in the dreamworkactivities that I fully understood its purpose.

Earle-Cruickshanks and Kaspar offer free monthly workshops. he next workshop is scheduledMay 10, 5:45 to 7:45 p.m. at the Kellogg Hubbard Library basement. Jackie Earle-Cruikshankscan be reached at 522-6889 or through dreamjourneying.com. Mary Kay Kaspar can bereached at 207-400-7268 or through wayofthebirch.com

The Geometry of Light Photographs by Andrew Klineby Daniel A. Neary Jr.

Book Review

Tis photo by Andrew Kline is on display at theWood Art Gallery in Montpelier.

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Someone in my household suggested I see a doctor about my sleep “problem.” he“problem” for this person was not that I have diff iculty getting a good night’s sleep. Inthis person’s eyes, that is wholly my problem. No, it was that in those few hours I was

asleep, I made a lot of noise, and that made it a problem of “conjugal” proportions.

I was incredulous about this report. I had never noticed I made noise when asleep. Never-theless, I presented myself to my doctor, who suggested a sleep study.

A sleep study, if you’ve never had one, is a form of torture devised by the same people whobrought you waterboarding and extraordinary rendition, but it comes in the guise of amedical test. I am told that mammograms also fall into this same category of torture as amedical test.

A sleep study is supposed to gather information on your normal sleeping habits. o dothis, everything possible is done to make your slumber not normal. For example, on theappointed evening, I had to present myself to a large hotel 45 miles from my bedroom, where I would get to spend the night alone in a strange bed under the surveillance of — youguessed it — SRANGERS!

Once at the hotel, I was directed to a suite in which several sleep study technicians sat gazingat monitors. hey welcomed me, showed me into one of the hotel’s rooms through a con-necting door, and asked me to change for bed. A technician then reappeared carrying a largebundle of colorful wires with electrodes attached to the ends and asked me to drop two of the wires down the front of my pajama bottoms. I told the technician that would not be necessary,as I am a person of weak character and just the notion of having electrical wires down the frontof my pants would get me to talk. But he insisted. He glued the electrodes from the wires tothe front of my legs just above the ankles and threaded the other ends behind my back.

hat took care of two of the 49,000 electrodes and wires to be placed on my body. After theexact locations were marked with a permanent purple magic marker, electrodes were glued atnumerous spots on my chest, head and face.

In some places the electrodes were glued to me with collodian, an ether-based substance thatis familiar to thespians as a component in theatrical makeup kits, where it is often used tocreate scar-like effects. It did so here too. he fumes of the collodian also required the use of

a fan to keep both me and the technician from passing out. (Later in the evening the thoughtof being passed out was quite attractive.)

he wires from all these electrodes were pulled behind me and woven into a Rastafarian-likepony tail. In addition to the electrodes and wires, straps to measure my breathing were placedaround my chest, and one of those devices, I believe the technical term is “finger thingy,” thatglows red and measures the oxygen in your blood was taped to my finger so it wouldn’t falloff should I attempt to jump out a window. I was then asked to get into bed. he pony tail was plugged into a connector on the bed table.

he technician turned off the lights and went into the control room and via an intercomtold me do various things, such as move my legs, take deep breaths, and look up, down, left,and right with my eyes both open and closed. He also assured me that if I needed to get upduring the night I only had to call out and someone would come in and unplug me. He thensaid, “Have a good night,” which apparently is some kind of inside joke among sleep studytechnicians.

I lay there in the dark on my back, which is not my normal sleeping position, out of fearof moving and shorting out. I tried counting sheep, but I would lose count every now and

then because of the noise of the servomotors in the camera. Did I mention the video cameramounted to the ceiling? While I do not mind watching V in bed, the idea of being asleepand ON V all night long was disconcerting, especially since they could zoom in. What ifI drooled?

I am not sure how long I lay there, but I did finally begin to doze. Just then, I was shockedawake by a voice from the speaker above, “Uhh, . . . could you roll onto your right side?” Igingerly complied while trying not to strangle myself with the wires. It went on like that forhours. I would just begin to doze off and anew commandment would boom down fromheaven, accompanied by the sound of thecamera’s servomotors as it searched for signsof drool.

I’ve heard that dreams often do not last aslong as they seem because time is one ofthe most distorted elements during dream-ing. Regardless, it seemed to me my first

dream had just barely begun when a cheer-ful voice from the speaker broke through,“Good morning! It’s time to get up.” heclock showed 6 a.m. on the dot. he wiresand electrodes were removed. I tried to scrubthe purple marks off my face and head, thendressed and blearily drove home.

Based on the findings, the sleep doctor pre-scribed a positive airway pressure device, orCPAP machine, but I don’t think that madethe other person in my household entirelyhappy. My “problem” noise has now beenreplaced by the noise of mechanical breath-ing. I’ve been told it’s like sleeping next toDarth Vader.

Sweet Dreams?by Larry Floersch

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Remembering My Mother by Nat Frothingham

W hen I joined the Montpelier Rotary Club about10 years ago I was asked — like other newmembers — to give a short introductory talk

about myself at a regular meeting.

I did that. hen, last year, to my surprise, I was asked

once again to talk about myself perhaps for the benefit ofnewer members.

Well, I was happy to do that but no specific date wasmentioned. I knew I would be called upon. But I didn’tknow when and that was OK.

hen out of blue one Monday at a regular club meetingand lunch I was called up to the microphone to talk aboutmyself again.

I remember thinking — then saying — “I feel thateveryone in the club knows me. So what I’d like to do istalk about my mother.”

In the abstract we imagine that how we feel about ourparents is fixed and never changes. And for a number ofyears that was pretty much true. I knew how I felt aboutmy mother. I knew also how I felt about my father whoclearly was a force in my life. But over the past few yearsI was discovering that my feelings about my mother were

intensifying in much the same way that a friendship,perhaps a friendship taken for granted for a long time,can intensify.

I have a fairly large pastel painting in my office, given tome by my sister, of my mother as a young child sitting inthe lap of her mother. Her mother is looking intently ather child while holding her in her lap. And the child islooking straight out of the picture and fingering the longchain of a necklace that’s around her mother’s neck.

It’s a touching “mother-and-daughter” picture that hungover the mantelpiece in our living room in all the yearsthat I was growing up in Chicago. What the picturedoesn’t tell us is that my mother’s mother — the womanin picture holding the child — died of consumption oneor two years after the painting was made.

But that was a long time ago. My mother was born in 1914and I’m estimating the painting to be about 100 years old.

I don’t know what it was like for my mother not to havea mother while she was growing up. But she had a father who was a Chicago architect. He hired a nanny and she went to the Girls Latin School in Chicago and went onfrom there to Wellesley College outside of Boston at atime when not as many young women were going tocollege as go to college today.

My mother and father met when both of them were on apleasure trip by boat to Bermuda. hey began seeing eachother. One night when they were together my motherdidn’t get back in time to her dorm room at Wellesley.Her roommates said to her after that event, “We left the window open for you. Why didn’t you come through the window?”

But she chose not to do that but deal instead with thecollege authorities. In due course she left Wellesley andshe and my father eloped.

I can’t say too much about their marriage because it cameapart when I was about two years old. But my mother and

father eventually divorced. My mother went back to livein Chicago where she had grown up and my father stayedon Cape Cod where he ran a boatyard called Ship Shops.In all the years of my youth and growing up I may haveseen him two or three times for a day or two each time.

In the 1940s, a woman who was divorced was calleda divorcee with a stigma attached to being a divorced woman. I don’t know what that was li ke. I do know thattimes were hard. My mother, sister and I lived in a six-room apartment and my mother rented out two of thoserooms as long as I could remember.

She left Wellesley without a degree. Her employmentstarted when she became a playground instructor ata private school on Chicago’s Southside. During thattime she went to night school at the Chicago campus ofNorthwestern University. She continued her studies bytaking summer courses at Northwestern University inEvanston. When she graduated she began to teach at oneprivate school and then another.

After severa l years of private school teaching she was hiredas a grade school teacher by the Chicago Public SchoolSystem.

Years later, as an adult, my mother invited me to visit thepublic school where she was teaching west of Clark Street.Chicago starts off at Lake Michigan but just goes westand west. It’s a city of ethnic neighborhoods — whites ofcourse from all over Europe — Poles, Germans, Russians,Italians but also people of color — black Americans,Puerto Ricans, Mexican-Americans and that melting potspread was well represented in her classroom.

I can’t remember what grade she was then teaching. Butshe took me to the doorway of a class she had taughtlast year. I think they were third graders. My mother was a spirited teacher who began each day by having her

students sing. And then dance. She wanted them to get astrong feeling for who they were. hey were individuals with promise and future. hey needed not only to be toldthat. But to feel that.

When she came to the door of that classroom, all thestudents got up from their desks and moved toward her asif by a magnetic force. I will never forget that. hat wasmy mother.

Nothing does stay the same, does it? Our parents. Weknow them as children. We know them again when we become parents. And know them still again as timereveals who they were and what they made of their livesand achieved.

Mother's Day is May 8

A photo of Nat Frothingham's mother, Nanneen Rebor i,taken in Chicago circa 1922.

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Celebrate Mom!

TreatMom to

SomethingSpecial

The Real Meaning of Mother’s Day by Elisabeth Hebert, Northfield

Ithought it would be nice to remind people what Mother's Day really is. What do youthink of printing this declaration:

Please share this with every Mother youknow. Although this was written in 1870 thisproclamation rings just as true today.

Woman is a channel to bring forth life into

the world and it is her responsibility to protectlife. MOHER'S DAY was not a malecreated holiday for women to be pampered with flowers, cards or gifts. hat is a totalmisrepresentation of what this day was createdfor. And with so many of our holidays, allthat remains is what the marketing industries would have us all believe it is, a time toBUY more stuff. his special day was setaside by women for women to remember theirresponsibility to protect and nurture all lifeupon this planet.

MOHERS, it is time to take back OURDAY. Let us come together in council as wise women who can show our men a different wayto walk upon the planet, one that sustains life.

he First Mother’s Day Proclamation, 1870

Arise, then, women of this day! Arise all women who have hearts.Whether your baptism be that of water or oftears!

Say firmly:We will not have questions decided by irrelevant

agencies.Our husbands shall not come to us reeking withcarnage,For caresses and applause.Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearnall that we have been able to teach them of charity,mercy, and patience.We women of one country will be too tender ofthose of another country o allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.

From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own.It says "Disarm, Disarm!" he sword of murder is not the balance of

Justice! Blood does not wipe out dishonor Nor violence indicate possession.

As men have often forsaken the plow and theanvil at the summons of war,let women now leave all that may be left ofhome

for a great and earnest day of counsel .Let them meet first, as women, to bewail andcommemorate the dead.Let them then solemnly take counsel with eachother as to the means whereby the great human family can live in

peace,Each bearing after their own time the sacredimpress, not of Caesar,but of God —

In the name of womanhood and of humanity,I earnestly ask

hat a general congress of women without limitof nationality may be appointed and held at some place

deemed most convenient and at the earliest period consistent with itsobjects,to promote the alliance of the differentnationalities,the amicable settlement of internationalquestions,the great and general interests of peace. —

By Julia Ward Howe, Boston, 1870

Did you know that Mother's Day wassuggested as a day of peace in the UnitedStates by Julia Ward Howe who protestedthe carnage of war in her bold proclamationof 1870? Decades later in 1907, the firstMother's Day observance was held at a churchservice honoring the memory of Anna Reese Jarvis in Grafton, West Virginia. Jarvis, an Appalachian homemaker, organized womenduring the Civil War to work for bettersanitary conditions and to reconcile Unionand Confederate neighbors.

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Green Up and Bike to Townby Ashley Witzenberger

Green Up Day in Montpelier

Saturday, May 7 is Green Up Day! In 2015, Montpelier had a record number of volunteersparticipate in greening up the Capital City. o volunteer this year, visit the volunteer tenthosted by Montpelier Alive, located on State Street near the top of the Farmers’ Market.Check in to get green up bags, recycling bags and while supplies last, gloves. As a thankyou, volunteers will receive a coupon page with free goodies from many generous downtownmerchants.

When out greening up, remember a few safe ty tips:

• Be tick smart

• Report needles and hazardous waste to authorities and do not pick up• Avoid river banks

• Children should be supervised at all times

• Yard debris is not for Green Up Day

• Have fun!

Volunteers can leave green bags and clear recycling bags curbside within city limits for pickupon Monday, May 9. If you are a Montpelier resident who would like to start green up early,bags are available in the Clerk’s office in City Hall all week.

hanks to the volunteers who help to keep Montpelier beautiful!

Montpelier’s First Bike Valet

With so much to do in downtown Montpelier on Saturday, May 7, you might be wondering where your family can park your bikes, jogger or stroller — the answer is Montpelier’s firstBike Valet hosted by the Montpelier Bike Advisory Committee! he Bike Valet will work

just like a coat check; you simply drop off your bike and you wil l receive a claim ticket thatyou return to redeem your bicycle after enjoying the events. No need to worry about findingspace on an overflowing bike rack, or carrying your helmet or other accessories as you willbe covered. hey will safely store the bikes and bicycle-related equipment while you have allthe fun.

he service will run from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and will be located on State Street, close toElm Street and the Farmers’ Market. he best part is that it’s FREE! his is truly VIP servicefor cyclists in Montpelier.

Help make the first Bike Valet in Montpelier a big success so we can continue to supportinnovative sustainable transportation. Please note that with the closure of State and LangdonStreets from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., there will be limited automobile parking; having folks ridetheir bikes will help to alleviate some parking issues, all while being green. So while youare downtown enjoying the Onion River Sports Bike Swap, Green Up Day, opening day ofthe Capital City Farmers’ Market, Yoga on State Street, shopping and lunch, let the Bike Advisory Committee sa fely stash your bike for a couple hours.

Folks that do drive downtown, please note that there will be plenty of parking on lowerState, Main, East State and Barre Streets, behind City Hall and in the lot behind Aubuchon

Hardware.For more information about events happening during Montpelier Mayfest, Friday, May 6 andSaturday, May 7, visit montpelieralive.org.

he author is the executive director of Montpelier Alive.

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THURSDAY, MAY 5Start the Conversation: A Community Discus-sion About Family, Aging & End-of-Life Choices.

Emily McKenna, Marketing Manager for CentralVermont Home Health & Hospice, will show a26-minute video, Nine to Ninety, that explores thechallenges of aging and planning for end-of-lifecare in today’s world. Te video will be followedby a brief description of the CVHHH Start theConversation Initiative. 1–2 p.m. MontpelierSenior Activity Center, 58 Barre St., Montpelier.Free. 223-2518.

Diabetes Support Group. First Turs., 7–8 p.m.Conference room 3, Central Vermont MedicalCenter. 371-4152.

Human-Powered. A multi-media presentationhighlighting fifteen years of human-poweredmountain adventures logged by local photogra-phers and storytellers, Brian Mohr and Emily

Johnson, of Moretown. 6:30 p.m. Kellogg-Hub-bard Library, 135 Main St., Montpelier.

Wood Turtles in Vermont: Ecology and Conser-vation. Spend an evening with River ConservationSpecialist, Lydia Menendez Parker, and Herpe-tologist, Chris Jenkins to lea rn more about theecology and conservation of wood turtles and therivers they call home. 7 p.m. North Branch NatureCenter, 713 Elm St., Montpelier. Free. 229-6206.northbranchnaturecenter.org

FRIDAY, MAY 6Death Café. Group discussion about death withno agenda, objectives or themes. First Fri., 11:45a.m.–1 p.m. win Valley Senior Center, Rte. 2,Blueberry Commons, E. Montpelier. Bring yourown lunch or eat at the center for $4. 223-3322.

Color Your Heart Out at Bear Pond Books. May6 is Montpelier's Art Walk, and we're breakingout our colored pencils and some adult coloringbooks! We'll have a bunch of sa mples for you to try

out, and a couple of specially created pages for thisevent. 4–6 :30 p.m. 77 Main St., Montpelier.

Coffeehouse. Enjoy live music and share yourown. Fellowship, potluck snacks and beverages.First Fri., 7–9 p.m. rinity United MethodistChurch, 137 Main St., Montpelier (park and enterat rear). Free. 244-5191, 472-8297 or [email protected].

Espresso Brain-o. Muster your best small team,and come eat, drink and think your way througha dynamic live trivia game 7 p.m. Espresso Bueno,248 N. Main St., Barre. $5. [email protected]. espressobueno.com

Mud Season Charity Raffle. Support the work ofthe Montpelier Rotary. 7 p.m. Central VermontCivic Center, 10 Gallison Hill Rd., Montpelier.

SATURDAY, MAY 7Montpelier Mayfest Events!Green Up Day. Join volunteers to remove lit-ter from Vermont’s roadsides. In Montpelier,bags can be picked up at the registration tableat the Farmers’ Market. Full bags can be leftcurbside for DPW to pick up. For informa-tion on each town’s process visit: greenupver-mont.org. 800-974-3259.

Montpelier Kiwanis Club All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast. Delicious breakfast to raisemoney to send central Vermont kids tosummer camp. Scrambled eggs, sausage,pancakes, V maple syrup, toast, coffee, tea,orange juice and milk. 7–11:30 a.m. BoutwellMasonic Center, 288 Gallison Hill Rd.,Montpelier. Adults $7; children under 12 $4.

Orchard Valley Waldorf School’s 10th An-nual Sweet ‘N Savory Pie Breakfast. 8:30a.m.–noon (or when the pie runs out!) rinity

Church, 137 Main St., Montpelier. $8; $30family; chi ldren under 5 free. 456-7400.ovws.org

Onion River Sports Bike Swap. 9 a.m.–noon. 20 Langdon St., Montpelier. Accept-ing bikes to sell April 30–May 6. 229-9409.onionriver.com

Capital City Farmers’ Market. Opening dayof the summer market. 50+ vendors includingmore than 30 fa rmers. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. 60 StateSt., Montpelier. montpelierfarmersmarket.com

Capital City Classic Ultimate Tournament. Watching ultimate frisbee teams from aroundNew England as they gather to compete forthe tournament title. Open teams will playon Saturday and girls teams on Sunday. Aconcession stand and bouncy house will be

open on site. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Montpelier HighSchool.

Yoga on State Street. Free, family-friendlyevent celebrating health and wellness in thecommunity and rai sing money for PreventChild Abuse Vermont. 10–11:30 a.m.; raffleat noon. State St. between Main and Elmstreets.

Montbeerlier. Celebrate Tree Pennyaproom’s 7th anniversary. Live music, a beergarden and rare and special cask beer. 3–7p.m. Lot behind Tree Penny aproom, 108Main St., Montpelier.

National Federation of the Blind, MontpelierChapter. First Sat. Lane Shops community room,1 Mechanic St., Montpelier. 229-0093.

Free Comic Book Day! Join us in a celebration ofthis art form by coming by the library to pick one

up for free. Board games, 12:30 p.m.; face-paint-ing, 1 p.m.; superhero costume contest with prizes,3 p.m. Happening all day. Kellogg-HubbardLibrary, 135 Main St, Montpelier, V 05602

Green Mountain Club Work Hike. Duxbury. Allabilities. Long rail to Bamforth R idge Shelter.Bring lunch. Wear sturdy boots, work clothes andgloves. Meet at Montpelier High School lot at 8a.m. Contact Steve Bailey: 1-609-424-9238 [email protected].

Calais Green Up Day. Volunteers can drop offbags of roadside litter. Metal also accepted (norefrigerators, liquids or tires on rims). Householdtrash and recyclables accepted for the usual fee. Nopersonal tires, please. Bags can be picked up at all3 Calais stores and own Clerk’s Office beginninglast weekend of April (or use your own). PleaseDO NO leave bags on roadsides to be picked up.Bring them to the Recycl ing Depot. 9 a.m.–noon.

rash/Recycling Depot, Moscow Woods Rd.,East Calais. Fletcher Dean: 456-8924, [email protected]

Hazardous Waste Collection. Special waste col-lection open to all residents of Central V Solid

Waste Management District towns. 9 a.m.–1 p.m.Barre own Garage. $20 per car, most residentialloads. See website for accepted materials: cvswmd.

org. 229-9383.

8th annual Perennial Plant & Yard Sale. Plushamburgers, hot dogs and more. 9 a .m.–3 p.m.win Valley Senior Center, Blueberry Commons,4583 Rt. 2, E. Montpelier. o donate a perennial:223-3322. twinvalleyseniors.org

Freedom & Unity TV Youth Film Festival. Awardsand screenings for the 2016 Freedom & Unity V

Youth Film Competition. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. NobleHall, Vermont College of Fine Arts, 306 Main St.Montpelier. Free. [email protected]

Potted Fairy Gardens. Maker program for adultsand teens. Let your imagination run wild as youcreate a small world out of succulents, and othersmall trinkets such as shells and rocks. If youhave an old shallow pan, gl ass dish or uniqueplanter you’d like to use, feel free to bring it along.9:30–11:30 a.m. Waterbury Public Library, 28 N.Main St., Montpelier. $10 materials fee. Limited to12 paricipants. Register: 244-7036

CVMC Rehabilitation Therapy Open House.Explore the expanded sports therapy gym,meet sports therapy experts, get a RunningGait Analy sis and more. 100 free bike helmetsfor kids ages 5–12 (first come, first served). 10a.m.–2 p.m. 1311 Barre-Montpelier Rd., Berlin.cvmc.org/springintosports

Coffee with a Cop. Montpelier Police Departmentand community members come together in an in-

formal, neutral space to discuss community issues,build relationships and drink coffee. 10 a.m. NorthBranch Café, 41 State St., Montpelier. Te NorthBranch Café doesn't serve coffee but they have avariety of tea s to enjoy.

7th annual Adamant 20 Miler and Relay. Enjoya scenic out-and-back course with ponds and hillsthrough Cala is and Woodbury, or share the course

with a partner in the 2-person relay (13 mile and 7mile legs). Great prep for the Vermont City Mara-thon! 10 a.m. Adamant Music School, Adamant.Register on race day 8:30–9:45 a.m. ($30) or finda printable form with pre-registration ($25) andadditional details at cvrunners.org

Peoples’ Health & Wellness Clinic Bowl-A-Thon.Form a team and register. All ages and skills

welcome. eams ideally consist of five bowlers,and are asked to ra ise a minimum of $50 each fora team total of $250. Benefits the Peoples’ Health& Wellness Clinic. 1–3 p.m. win City FamilyFun Center, Rt. 302. Barre. Register: 479-1229 ordownload form at phwcvt.org

Osteoporosis Education and Support Group.For those who have been diagnosed with osteopo-rosis or osteopenia, have a family member who hasbeen diagnosed or want to lea rn about osteopo-rosis. Learn from a variety of guest speakers andmedical special ists. First Sat., 1–3 p.m. Commu-nity National Bank, Community Room, CrawfordRd., Derby. 535-2011. [email protected].

Capital City Grange Open House. 3–6 p.m;potluck 5 p.m. 6612 V-12, Berlin. 229-9425.capitalcitygrange.org

SUNDAY, MAY 8Mother's Day Wildflower Walk. ake a walk

through the meadows and woods along the NorthBranch to view our spring flora and learn thefolklore behind names of these wildflowers. 1–3

p.m. North Branch Nature Center, 713 Elm St.,Montpelier. Adults $10; kids/members $5. north-branchnaturecenter.org

Mother’s Day Spring Wildflower Walk WithBrett Engstrom. Sponsored by the MarshfieldConservation Commission and the JaquithLibrary. 1–4 p.m. Meet at the Stranahan For-est parking lot at the beginning of TompsonRd.(right off of Hollister Hill Rd., Marshfield).

Mama Time Out. Benefit for Good Beginnings ofCentral Vermont. Wines paired with whoopie piesby ime Out for Whoopie. 2–5 p.m. Fresh racksFarm Vineyard & Winery, 4373 V Rte. 12,

Berlin. Free to taste; option to purchase. 223-1151.freshtracksfarm.com.

THEATER, STORYTELLING,

COMEDYThrough May 8: Lost Nation Theater pres-ents Hairspray. Musical by Marc Shaiman,lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and bookby Mark O'Donnell and Tomas Meehan —based on the 1988 John Waters film. Turs., Fri.and Sat., 7:30 p.m.; Sat. and Sun., 2 p.m. LostNation Teater, City Hall Arts Center, MainSt., Montpelier. $30 Fri. and Sat. e venings; $25Turs. and matinees; $15 April 21 and April 23Sat. matinee. 229-0492. lostnationtheater.org

May 7: FEMCOM. Standup comedy by womenfor women (and enlightened men). 8:30 p.m.Espresso Bueno, 248 N. Main St., Barre.Free;donations accepted. 479-0896. [email protected]. espressobueno.com

May 13: Extempo. Locals tell short-format,

first-person, true stories live on stage withoutany notes or reading. 8 p.m. Espresso Bueno,248 N. Main St., Barre. $5. 479-0896. [email protected]. espressobueno.com.

May 13–15: Contemporary Dance & FitnessStudio Performances. Jazz, modern, ballet,tap, musical theater, hip-hop, capoeira, Bgirlsand more. May 13 and 14, 7 p.m.; May 15, 1p.m. Barre Opera House, 6 N. Main St., Barre.

Adults $15; kids/seniors $12. cdandfs.com

May 13–14: Vermont Vaudeville: Bumps &Ruts. Circus, music and comedy celebrate the

wonders of springtime in rural Vermont. Fri.and Sat., 8 p.m.; Sat. matinee, 2 p.m. Hardwickown House, 29 Church St., Hardwick. Adults$15; kids $8. Matinee: adults $12; kids $6.

www.vermontvaudeville.com.

May 20: Stroke Yer Joke. Sign up in advance to

try five minutes of your best open-mic stand-upcomedy before a live audience. 8 p.m. EspressoBueno, 248 N. Main St., Barre. Free. [email protected]. espressobueno.com.

Events happeningMay 5 – May 21

PerformingArts

Calendar of Events

Community Events

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TUESDAY, MAY 10Chronic Conditions Support Group. Join adiscussion and educational group for people withchronic illnesses on the second ues. of each

month, 10:30–11:30 a.m. Gifford ConferenceCenter, 44 S. Main St., Randolph. Free. No regis-tration required. 728-7714.

Your Financial Future: Give Yourself a LittleCredit. Everything you ever wanted to know about

why you want to have a healthy credit score. We will discuss the cost of carrying a balance on yourcredit card, compare interest rates, and interpret the“fine print” on a loan agreement. 1–2 p.m. 58 BarreSt., Montpelier. Free. Pre-registration required:223-2518.

Northeast Storytellers. Writers, readers and ap-preciators of prose and verse meet regularly the sec-ond uesday of every month. Te public is welcometo attend and new members are always encouragedto join. 2.–3 p.m. Good Living Senior Center, 1207Main St., St. Johnsbury. [email protected].

Medicare and You Workshop. New to Medicare?

Have questions? We have answers. Second andfourth ues., 3–4:30 p.m. 59 N. Main St., Ste. 200,Barre. Free, donations gratefully accepted. 479-0531. [email protected]. cvcoa.org.

Integrative Experiential Dreamwork. Learnabout this unique approach at a monthly gather-ing of dreamers. All dreamers are welcome to thisevening of conversation, ceremony and theatre withyour dreams. 5:45–7:45 pm. Kellogg-Hubbard Li-

brary, Basement Room, 135 Main St., Montpelier.Free. Mary Kay: 207-400-7628. Jackie: 522-6889.

Randolph Dream Group. As we share our dreams with each other, we create sacred space, a place

in which we can learn how to receive love. 6–8p.m. Kimball Public Library, Young Adult Room(downstairs), 67 N. Main St., Randolph. 565-0064.565-0059.

Grandparents Raising Their Children’s Chil-dren. Second ues., 6–8 p.m. Child care provided.

Wesley Methodist Church, Main St., Waterbury.476-1480.

Salad in a Jar Workshop. A fun and healthy work-shop on the newest healthy living tip — creatinga salad in a jar. Each participant should bring fivequart size mason jars, and 4 cups EACH of twoluscious salad ingredients. You’ll get to take home5 beautiful, healthy, prepared salads for the week!6 p.m. Waterbury Public Library, 28 N. Main St.,

Waterbury. RSVP: [email protected] or882-8053

“Syria: Remember Me.” Storytelling with authorDeborah Felmeth. Tis book bears witness in words

and images to the strong, dignified, beautiful andcomplex lives of the Syrian people 7 p.m. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main St., Montpelier. kellog-ghubbard.org

WEDNESDAY, MAY 11Bereavement/Grief Support Group. Open to any-one who has experienced the death of a loved one.

10–11:30 a.m. Conference Center. 600 GrangerRoad, Berlin. Free. 223-1878.

Chronic Conditions Support Group. Free discus-sion and educational group for anyone with a

chronic illness meets on the second Wednesday ofeach month, 3–4 p.m. Gifford Conference Center,44 S. Main St., Randolph. 728-2390.

Celiac and Food Allergy Support Group. WithLisa Masé of Harmonized Cookery. Second Wed.,4:30–6 p.m.

Pacem School Open House. Learn about ourcurriculum and programs, meet our faculty andstudents. Pacem School is a state approved 6th-12thgrade school, and in addition, we offer classes andsupport for homeschoolers aged 10–18. 4:30–6:30p.m. 32 College St., Montpelier. 223-1010

Quilting Group. Working meeting of the DogRiver Quilters. Second Wed., 5:30 p.m. Commu-nity room, Brown Public Library, Northfield. Jean,585-5078 or [email protected].

Bereaved Parents Support Group. Second Wed.,6–8 p.m. CVHHH, 600 Granger Rd., Berlin.

Jeneane Lunn 793-2376.Montpelier City Council Meeting. Second andfourth Wed., 6:30 p.m. City Council Chambers,Montpelier City Hall. 39 Main St., Montpelier.montpelier-vt.org.

YA Book Discussion: “The Hallowed Ones” byLaura Bickle. Katie is on the verge of her Rumsp-ringa, the time in Amish life when teenagers can geta taste of the real world. But the real world comes toher in this dystopian ta le with a philosophical bent.6:30 p.m. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main St.,Montpelier. kellogghubbard.org. Books available atthe library.

Clarity, Courage and Confidence: How to StopHiding and Start Thriving in Your Business.

Workshop with Lisa Danforth, a Certified Profes-sional Co-Active Coach. Danforth works with fe-male entrepreneurs who are ready to take their busi-ness and life to the next level. 6:30 p.m. WaterburyPublic Library, 28 N. Main St., Waterbury. Free.

Not Just Science Fiction Book Club: “TheAmerican.” 7 p.m. Bear Pond Books, 77 Main St.,Montpelier.

Peace Officer: Film and Discussion. William“Dub” Lawrence, the founder of Utah's first SWAunit, investigates the death of his son-in-law andother shootings related to an increase in violentSWA team raids. A discussion led by MontpelierPolice Chief Anthony Facos and Mark Hughes co-founder of Justice For All follows. 7 p.m. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main St., Montpelier.kellogghubbard.org

THURSDAY, MAY 12AARP Home Fit Workshop. Information on how to

decide what type of home modifications are neededto stay at home as residents age. Also provides ideasand inspiration on making those modifications.1–2:30 p.m. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 58Barre St., Montpelier. Free. 223-2518

VT Corporate Cup Challenge & State Agency 5KRace. 6–7:30 p.m. Begins at State House lawn,Montpelier. For details and more info.: vcccsar.org

FRIDAY, MAY 13Friday Night Group. For youth age 13–22 whoare lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer orquestioning. Pizza, soft drinks and conversation.Cofacilitated by two trained, adult volunteers fromOutright V. Second and fourth Fri., 6:30–8 p.m.Unitarian Church, 130 Main St., Montpelier. Free.223-7035. [email protected].

SATURDAY, MAY 14Walk MS: Montpelier 2016. eam up with friends,loved ones and co-workers to change the world foreveryone affected by multiple sclerosis. 3 or 5.5miles. Check-in 9 a.m.; walk starts 10 a.m. Mont-

pelier High School, 5 High School Dr., Montpelier.Register: wa lkmsgne.org. Anyone is welcome to

join Te Bridge’s team called Te Bridge Be at!o join our team or to make a donation visithttp://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/bridge-beat

SUNDAY, MAY 15Reiki Sessions. Every third Sun., 9 a.m.–noon.ea House Exchange at Another Way CommunityCenter, 125 Barre St., Montpelier. Free; donations

welcome. Rosalene: 793-9371. manywordsherbs1. weebly.com

20th annual Mutt Strutt. A 3-mile race for dogsand their owners, with proceeds benefiting the Cen-tral Vermont Humane Society. 10 a.m. Little RiverState Park, Waterbury. Register on race day ($5) orfind a pre-registration form with additional details

at cvrunners.org. Prizes by dog weight and ownerage/gender classes.

Families of Color. Open to all. Play, eat and discussissues of adoption, race and multiculturalism. Bringsnacks and games to share; dress for the weather.Tird Sun., 3–5 p.m. Unitarian Church, 130 MainSt., Montpelier. Alyson 439-6096 or [email protected].

MONDAY, MAY 16Community Conversation on Homelessnessin Montpelier. Te public is invited and encour-aged to participate in a dialogue that will includerepresentatives from the city, Downstreet Housingand Community Development, the MontpelierPolice Department, Montpelier Community JusticeCenter, Another Way, Vermont Coalition of Run-

Live MusicVENUES Bagitos. 28 Main St., Montpelier. Open micevery Wed. Other shows .B.A. bagitos.com May 5: Colin McCaffrey & Friends, 6–8 p.m. May 6: Art Herttua & Ray Carroll Jazz Duo,

6–8 p.m. May 7: Irish Session with Sarah Blair, HilariFarrington, Benedict Koehler, Katrina Vanyne,Bob Ryan and others, 2–5 p.m.; Alec Chambers,6–8 p.m.

May 11: Rough & umble (folk/Americana)6–8 p.m.

May 12: Ron Sweet (folk/Americana) 6–8 p.m. May 13: Peace in the Valley (rock/jam) 6–8 p.m. May 14: Irish Session with Sarah Blair, HilariFarrington, Benedict Koehler, Katrina Vanyne,Bob Ryan and others, 2–5 p.m.; Jen & Jon, 6–8p.m.

May 15: Bleecker & MacDougal (folk ballads)11 a.m.–1 p.m.

May 17: Old ime Music Session, 6–8 p.m. May 18: Papa Graybeard Blues, 6–8 p.m. May 19: Dave & Rory Loughran, 6–8 p.m. May 20 : Squirrel’s Crackers (blues/country/bluegrass) 6–8 p.m.

May 21: Irish Session with Sarah Blair, HilariFarrington, Benedict Koehler, Katrina Vanyne,Bob Ryan and others, 2–5 p.m.; Red Argon, 6–8p.m.

Charlie O’s World Famous. 70 Main St., Mont-pelier. Free. 223-6820.

Every Mon.: Comedy Café Open Mic, 8:30p.m.Every ues.: Godfather Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

Espresso Bueno. 248 N. Main St., Barre. 479-0896. Free/by donation. [email protected]. espressobueno.com.

May 7: Abby Jenne (rock) 7:30 p.m. May 14: Jazzyaoke (l ive-jazz karaoke) 7:30 p.m.$5.

May 21: Alex Smith (folk) 7 p.m.

Positive Pie. 10:30 p.m. 22 State St., Montpelier.$5. 229- 0453. positivepie.com. May 6: Te House Band May 20 : Josh Panda & Te Hot Damned

Whammy Bar. 7 p.m.; Fri. and Sat., 7:30 p.m. 31County Rd., Cala is. Turs., Free. whammybar1.

com.Every Wed.: Open mic

May 5: Broken String (bluegrass) May 6: Brevity Ting May 7: V Bluegrass Pioneers with Dan Lind-ner, Willy Lindner and Danny Coane

May 12: Dave Keller (blues/soul) May 13: Sara Grace, Andy Suits May 14: Bob Hannan/Geof Hewitt/Sara Grace May 19: Colin McCaffrey and Danny Coane May 20 : Mary Go Round (Bohemian ac-cordion)

May 21: Paul Aiken (singer-songwriter)

SPECIAL EVENTSMay 5: Holocaust Remembrance and Recital.Featured performers of the evening, sopranoRachel Joselson and pianist Rene Lecuona, bothprofessors at the University of Iowa, will present aprogram entitled “Songs of the Holocaust.” Teirunusual and moving repertoire of Holocaust-themed music will be illustrated with photos ofHolocaust art created in concentration camps,railcar transports to the camps and of liberation.Songs composed during the Holocaust, performedat the Teresienstadt concentration camp, as wellas songs inspired by writings of concentrationcamp prisoners, will be performed. 7 p.m. Te

Jewish Community of Greater Stowe, 1189 CapeCod Rd. Stowe. Free. 253-1800. JCOGS.org.

May 6: Friday Night Fires. With Te DupontBrothers. Live music. Picnicking encouraged. 7–9

p.m. Fresh racks Farm, 4373 V Rt. 12, Berlin.223-1151. Freshtracksfarm.com

May 6: Vermont Virtuosi: Open Windows. Pair-ing of Brahms’ masterful Clarinet Quintet withthe premiere of Vermont composer David Gunn’ssextet, “Te View f rom Six Windows,” along withmusic by Rossini and Ravel. 7:30 p.m. BethanyChurch, 115 Main St., Montpelier. $10 suggesteddonation. [email protected].

May 7: Iain MacHarg Fundraiser Concert.

Concert on the Scottish bagpipes. MacHarg is oneof the region’s leading pipers and is a founder ofthe Celtic rock bands Whiskey Before Breakfastand Prydein. Fundraiser to benefit youth services.7 p.m. Fritz’s Barn, Marshfield. $8–10; childrenfree. Call for directions: 426-3581.

May 7–8: Onion River Chorus Spring Concert:Solid Ground: American Composers Celebrateour Home on Earth. A program of contemporary

American choral works, whose texts address ourrelationship with the land we live on. Conductedby Donia Prince and accompanied by LynetteCombs. 7:30 p.m. Unitarian Church, 130 Ma inSt., Montpelier. Adults $15; students/seniors $10;families $30.

May 8: Jay Ungar and Molly Mason. wo per-formers who share the heart and soul of Americanroots music along with a well-loved repertoire of

original tunes. Prior to the concert they will hosta workshop, noon–2 p.m. Ungar and Mason wil lteach and arrange a waltz a nd a couple of lovelyreels with fiddlers, guitarists and any other melodyand backup players that wish to join in. 4 p.m.Chandler Music Hall, 71-73 Main St., Ra ndolph.$25; students $5 with an adult. chandler-arts.org

May 12: Rock City in Concert. Directed by localresident John Harrison, Rock City is Barre’s oneand only rock and soul chorus with 30+ singersand one rocking band! Rock and soul songs fromthe 60s–present day, in four part harmony. 7:30p.m. Barre Elks Lodge, 10 Jefferson St., Barre.

$10. Proceeds to benefit the Good SamaritanHaven. ba rrerockcity.com

May 13: The Next Generation. Performances byoutstanding teenage musicians who are seriouslystudying classical instrumental or vocal music.7:30 p.m. Chandler Music Hall, 71-73 Main St.,Randolph. Adults $16; students $10. 728-6464.chandler-arts.org

May 14: Echo Valley Community Arts presentsOperafest VIII. Dress up, listen to glorious voices,

eat delicious food, take chances with a raffleor vie for an item in a silent auction! Featuredsingers include John Andrew Fernandez, LillianBroderick, Annalise Shelmandine, Kevin Ginter,Meghan McCormack, Marek Pyka, and BrianVandenberge with Eliza Tomas accompanist.7 p.m. Plainfield Opera House, Rt. 2, Plain-field. $25 suggested donation go toward EVCA'sfall production of Mozart's Cosi fan utte.echovalleycommunityarts.com

May 14: Second Wife & Haywire. Second Wifeis an acoustic t rio made up of three originalmembers of the popular rock band Second Wind.Haywire is a high-energy five-piece string band.7:30 p.m. Chandler Music Hall, 71-73 Main St.,Randolph. $12. 728-6464. chandler-arts.org

AUDITIONSGreen Mountain Youth Symphony Auditions.Summer and fall placement in all three orchestrasand CAMP. Auditions will be hea rd on Satur-days May 7, 14 and 21 in Montpelier. Openingsin all three orchestras next fall. Registration isalso open for the GMYS Creative Art s & MusicProgram (CAMP) for intermediate – advancedmusic students. CAMP will be held at JohnsonState College August 7-13 this year. o schedulean audition or for more information, please emailGMYS at [email protected], call 802-888-4470or visit our website at www.gmys-vt.org.

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Visual ArtsEXHIBITSThrough May 25: Carla Lamberton PowersHodgdon. Te 36 pieces in this exh ibit display

work in a variety of mediums, including watercol-or, pen and ink, pencil, mixed media and counted

and stamped cross stitch. Gal lery at Gifford (justinside hospital’s main entrance), 44 S. Main St.,Randolph. 728-7000.

Through May 28: The Paletteers of VermontSpring Art Show. Aldrich Public Library, MilneRoom, 6 Washington St., Barre.

Through May 29: Studio Place Arts. New ex-hibits. Galler y hours: ues.–Fri., 11 a.m.–5 p.m.;Sat., noon–4 p.m. 479-7069. studioplacearts.com

Main floo r: Encountering Yellow. Yellow artwork in a variety of traditional and nontradi-tional media.

Second floor: Silent auction to benefit SPAprograms. Bidding starts April 26 and con-cludes at the Big Art y SPA Happening (BASH)on May 13.

Tird floor: Vermont Landscape Trough ime by Carolyn Enz Hack

Through 29: Student Art Show. Artwork fromStowe Elementary, Middle and High School, plusU-32, Montpelier and Spaulding High Schools.Gallery hours: Wed.–Sun. noon–5 p.m. HelenDay Art Center, 90 Pond St., Stowe. 253-8358.Free. [email protected]. http://www.helenday.com/exhibitions/upcoming/125-student-art-show-2016

Through May 31: Maplehill School 2016 Stu-dent Art Show. Show includes painting, mixedmedia on paper and canvas, carpentry and black-smithing pieces as well as collaborative artworkcompleted with area senior citizens, as part ofthe school’s Elder Outreach Project. Reception:

May 13, 5–7 p.m. Plainfield Community Center(above Plainfield Coop), 153 Main St., Plainfield.

Through May 31: Sarah Adelaide, Plant Por- trait Series. Watercolor roots using all organichandmade paints and pigments. Bagitos, 28 MainSt., Montpelier.

May 6–M ay 31: Clay Masks by Steve Barrows. Since retiring from U-32, Barrows h

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