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Looking at Art, by Ann Young. Image courtesy Studio Place Arts.

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Give More Art and You Will Give More HeartEighth Annual Member Show at Studio Place Arts

by Meg Scherbatskoy

Once again it is time for a Barre holidaytradition. The eighth Annual MemberShow at Studio Place Arts. The show

will run November 18 through December 31,with a reception on Saturday, November 22,from 4-6 p.m.

This is a large event averaging 105 StudioPlace Arts (SPA) artists. The show will be inthe main floor gallery, the second floorgallery, and the third floor gallery. After thefall class schedule is completed on November15, they will also be occupying the first floorclassroom. “Your wildest fantasy of ruralVermont–to have a department store full offine art,” said Sue Higby, SPA director, en-thusiastically.

SPA is showcasing an exciting variety of artand crafts with hundreds of wonderful, hand-made gift options made by local artists at avariety of accessible prices. This is an openshow, not thematic, and not as formallyjudged. Any member in good standing may

take part. Prices range from $5 to $1,200,with large pieces typically averaging $200.Higby finds that many artists prepare workon a smaller scale to make their work moreaccessible.

“Many people are scared to buy a piece offine art as a gift, but we have an in-house ex-change policy here. If you receive a gift and itdoes not suit you, you may exchange itthrough December 31,” informed Higby.

Starting in December they will be extendingtheir hours for your shopping convenience.There will be more weekend hours and SPAwill stay open till 8 p.m. on Thursdays.

“This is a dynamic mixture of Fine Arts,wearable art, and many wonderful items ataccessible prices,” says Higby. “There hasnever been a better time to invest in durablegoods like fine art by local artists.”

Studio Place Arts is located at 201 NorthMain Street, Barre. For more information call802-479-7069 or visit www.studio-placearts.com.

Dance scene from Shout It Out! Courtesy of Kingdom County Productions.

Shout It Out!Last Stop of the Vermont Tour

by Meg Scherbatskoy

Shout It Out!, the award winning film by KingdomCounty Productions, will be making it’s final stop of astatewide fifty-town tour in Montpelier at U-32 High

School on Fri. Nov 14, at 7p.m.Shout It Out! is an adaptation of the groundbreaking

original stage musical, The Voices Project, that toured tothirteen towns across Vermont in 2005 and was based onwritings by Vermont teenagers with original music by teens.Filmed in the summer of 2007 in Jericho, Vermont nearly100 teens from across the state are in the cast. Localteenagers from the Montpelier area include: DaynaCousins, Sophia LaPaglia, Callie Fothergill, and EmilyParker from Montpelier; Ruby Rose Hover from S. Royal-ton; B.J. Paulin from Barre; and Travis Milford from Mid-dlesex.

The main focus of the tour has been to “show the filmaround to the entire state, small towns, big towns, andeverything in between.” O’Brien says, “Connecting withmany communities, raising awareness of teen issues.”

The tour received very positive feedback and received theHarold and Margaret Blank award for Creativity in Film-making from the Vermont International Film Festival. King-dom County Productions is developing a study guide forteachers in the hope high schools will use the film as a learn-ing tool—not just in Vermont, but nationwide. KingdomCounty Productions will be focusing on national distribu-tion and participating in more film festivals.

Shout It Out! is available on DVD through the KingdomCounty Productions website, www.kingdomcounty.comand will be in local stores for the Christmas season.

Got Scratch, by Charles Woodard. Image courtesy of SPA.

Handmade scarves, hats, baskets, and ornaments, modeled by a friend of SPA. Photocourtesy of SPA.

Nov. 18 to Dec. 6Tues–Fri 10 a.m.–5 p.m.Sat Noon–4 p.m.(Closed Nov. 27)

Dec. 8 to Dec. 23Mon–Wed 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Thurs 10 a.m.–8 p.m. Fri 10 a.m.–5 p.m.Sat 10 a.m.–4 p.m.Sun Noon–4 p.m.

Dec. 2410 a.m.–1 p.m.

Dec. 26 to Dec. 31Fri Noon–4 p.m.Sat Noon–4 p.m.Mon–Tues 10 a.m.–5 p.m.Wed 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

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Expanded Holiday Season Gallery Hours

by Tim Tavcar

Two musical giants of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries are featured in theVermont Contemporary Music Ensemble’s upcoming programs in Montpelier andat St. Michael’s College’s McCarthy Recital Hall in Colchester.

Elliott Carter (born in New York City on December 11, 1908) is an American com-poser from New York City. He studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris in the 1930s, andthen returned to the United States. After a neoclassical phase, he went on to write atonal,rhythmically complex music. His compositions, which have been performed all over theworld, include orchestral and chamber music as well as solo instrumental and vocalworks.

Olivier Messiaen (December 10, 1908–April 27, 1992) was a French composer, or-ganist, and ornithologist. He entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 11 and num-bered Paul Dukas, Maurice Emmanuel, Charles-Marie Widor, and Marcel Dupré amonghis teachers. He was appointed organist at the church of La Trinité in Paris in 1931, apost he held until his death. On the fall of France in 1940 Messiaen was made a pris-oner of war, and while incarcerated he composed his Quatuor pour la fin du temps(Quartet for the End of Time) for the four available instruments—piano, violin, cello,and clarinet. The piece was first performed by Messiaen and fellow prisoners to an au-dience of inmates and prison guards. Messiaen was appointed professor of harmonysoon after his release in 1941, and professor of composition in 1966 at the Paris Con-servatoire, positions he held until his retirement in 1978.

The Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble has been performing and commission-ing works by composers of our time since 1987.

Their current program, End of Time, includes the following works:• Elliott Carter: Reconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi (1984) for violin solo• Elliott Carter: Gra (1993) for clarinet solo• Messiaen: Quartet For the End of Time (1941)Their performances are preceded by a pre-concert talk, which informs and educates

audience members about the composers, the particular pieces performed, and the styleand context in which they were written.

Concerts:• Friday, November 14, 2008, Unitarian Church, Montpelier, Vermont, pre-concert

talk 7:15 p.m., concert 8 p.m.• Saturday, November 15, 2008, McCarthy Arts Center Recital Hall, Saint Michael's

College, Colchester, Vermont, pre-concert talk 7:15 p.m., concert 8 p.m.Montpelier concert tickets are $18 adults, $10 students and seniors, $5 for the finan-

cially challenged. The McCarthy Hall Concerts at St. Michael’s College are $20 adults,$12 students and seniors, and $5 for the financially challenged. Tickets at the door only.

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by Meg Scherbatskoy

This weekend, November 15 and 16, at10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., theSavoy will present a line up of

“...oneiric, strange, erotic, ambivalent, andcruel…” films. These are the five attributesused to define the film noir genre. From thegangster film to the police procedural to theso-called social problem picture, all will beenfound this weekend.

Why Noir November? “Well, KellyMcMahon and Eric Reynolds (Savoy staffmembers) said ‘We have a Sci–Fi July, whynot a Noir November?’” remembers RickWinston (co-owner of The Savoy), “Most ofthe staff are fans of this genre, so we said,‘Why not?’”

This is also the first public fundraisingevent to support the 12th annual GreenMountain Film Festival, running March20–29, 2009. While all showings are free tothe public, the Savoy will happily accept do-nations at the door.

The weather is gray and damp, so this is agreat weekend to spend eating popcorn andenjoying some classic black-and-white filmnoir movies on the big screen—where theyare meant to be seen.

If you are a lover of the steamy, sultry in-nuendo, Noir November is for you, babe.

Visit www.savoytheater.com for more in-formation on all films.

Saturday, November 15 10 a.m.Double IndemnityDirected by Billy Wilder

Starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stan-wyck and Edward G. Robinson107 minutes“It's Love And Murder At First Sight!”

NoonMurder, My SweetDirected by Edward Dmytryk Based on the novel by Raymond ChandlerStarring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor andAnne Shirley95 minutes“Haunted by a lovely face... hunted for an-other's crime!”

2 p.m.Out of the PastDirected by Jacques TourneurStarring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer andKirk Douglas97 minutes“A guy without a fortune! A girl with toomuch past!”

4 p.m.Bob leFlambeurDirected by Jean-Pierre MelvilleWith Isabelle Corey, Roger Duchesne andDaniel Cauchy102 minutes; In French w/English subtitles

Sunday, November 1610 a.m.The Maltese FalconDirected by John Huston Based on the novel by Dashiell HammettStarring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor,Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet100 minutes

“He's as fast on the draw as he is in thedrawing room!”

NoonDetourDirected by Edgar G. UlmerStarring Tom Neal and Ann Savage67 minutes“He went searching for love... but Fateforced a DETOUR to Revelry... Violence...Mystery!”

2 p.m.The KillingDirected by Stanley Kubrick

Starring Sterling Hayden, Elisha Cook andMarie Windsor83 minutes“...In All Its Fury and Violence...Like NoOther Picture Since 'Scarface' and 'LittleCaesar'!”

4 p.m.Stray DogDirected by Akira KurosawaStarring Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimuraand Keiko Awaji117 minutesIn Japanese w/English subtitles

Noir NovemberThe Savoy Offers a Free Film Noir Weekend

Still from Out of the Past.

The Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble Celebrates a Pair of Centennials

The Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble. Photo by Glen Moody.

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Poets CelebrateHayden Carruth compiled by Meg Scherbatskoy

Poets, friends, and family of Hay-den Carruth will gather on Sun-day, November 16 from 3-5

p.m. for a public celebration of theVermont poet’s life and work. Thecelebration will take place in the Col-lege Hall Chapel at Vermont Collegeof Fine Arts.

Hayden Carruth, who died in Sep-tember, was a nationally recognizedpoet with a strong presence in Ver-mont. Carruth was friend and mentorto a generation of younger Vermontwriters. In his own work, Carruth’sdepiction of the Vermont landscapeand its people was so accurate and in-delible that a statewide tour was un-derwritten by the Lannan Foundationin 2002, during which he and dozensof admirers read his poems in foursignificant Vermont venues, includingthe State House. During the tour,Governor Howard Dean proclaimedNovember 12, 2002, “Hayden Car-ruth Day” in the state of Vermont.

“This event will be an expressionof joy to honor Hayden’s memoryand the enormous body of work hehas left,” according to Wolcott poetDavid Budbill, one of the event’s or-ganizers. “We have half a dozenpoets lined up for brief readings ofsome of Hayden’s best poems, thenwe’ll open it up to anyone else whohas brought along one of his shorterpoems to read.”

Budbill and his organizing crewhave crafted the event to reflect Car-ruth’s deep feel for music as well aspoetry. “Hayden loved jazz and theblues,” Budbill said, “and they’ll fig-ure prominently in the celebration.The afternoon will end with a recep-tion provided by the New EnglandCulinary Institute, during which wewill all lift a glass and send our friendHayden on his way.”

Providing support to the event havebeen a number of Vermont arts andeducational organizations, includingNew England Culinary Institute, Ver-mont Studio Center, Vermont ArtsCouncil, Johnson State College,Marlboro College, Bear Pond Books,and Vermont College of Fine Arts.

For more information contactGary Moore at 802-828-8556 orgary.moore@vermontcollege.edu.

Hayden Carruth. Photo courtesy Ver-mont College of Fine Arts.

A Planet in Peril—and the Promise of America

The Green Collar Economy, by Van Jones

by Beth Champagne

Yes, we can!” When Barack Obama addressed the nation afterwinning the 2008 election last Tuesday night, he thanked vot-ers whose support won him the presidency, saying, “You did

it because you understand the enormity of the challenges ahead. Foreven as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomor-row will bring are the greatest of our lifetime—two wars, a planetin peril, the worst financial crisis in our history...”

A planet in peril! Forcefully, and with eloquence, Obama put thespotlight on the challenge that’s so immense, it’s been tempting towish it away and ignore the truth. Indeed, Morning Edition on Na-tional Public Radio dropped Obama’s reference to “a planet inperil” when reporting Nov. 5 on his victory speech: Listeners heardonly of “two wars” and “the worst financial crisis in our history,”despite—or perhaps because of—the terrible devastation wreakedby wars and by “making a killing” on this earth.

Though the newscaster proffered the same old story line, Obamaspoke of “a planet in peril,” and promised us change: “There is newenergy to harness...[there are] new jobs to be created...threats tomeet and alliances to repair... The road ahead will be long. Ourclimb will be steep...but America...I promise you, we as a peoplewill get there. I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this na-tion the only way it’s been done in America for two hundred andtwenty-one years—block by block, brick by brick, calloused handby calloused hand.”

A planet in peril—and what these hands will be doing, what thosenew jobs will provide, could be the work that will cut the nation’sgreenhouse gas emissions: Everything from weatherizing homes torenewing America’s energy infrastructure. “Green-collar” workers,under a green “New Deal” responding to our economic crisis, couldseize the opportunities within our environmental crisis, startingwith the work that delivers the biggest bang for the buck, energyconservation.

“If we are going to beat global warming, we are going to have toweatherize millions of buildings, install millions of solar panels,manufacture millions of wind-turbine parts, plant and care for mil-lions of trees, build millions of plug-in hybrid vehicles, and con-struct thousands of solar farms, wind farms, and wave farms. Thatwill require thousands of contracts and millions of jobs—producingbillions of dollars of economic stimulus... Green collar jobs willsave our economy, not just the Earth.”

These opinions come not from Barack Obama, but from anotherAfrican-American of his generation, Van Jones of Oakland, Cali-fornia. A graduate of Yale Law School, Jones is an award-winninghuman rights and environmental activist. His first book, The GreenCollar Economy (Harper Collins, 2008) became an overnight sen-sation when it made number twelve on the New York Times non-fiction best-seller list last month.

As Jones acknowledged in a Huffington Post interview, his pub-lishing success astounded him: “Everyone told us it was impossible.First of all, I am an unknown, first-time author. Secondly, no otherblack environmental author has ever made it onto a bestseller list.But number twelve? That really blew our minds. I guess people areexcited about new, holistic solutions.”

The solutions, in Jones’ view, could start with a $100 billion fed-eral investment that would create two million new, green-collarjobs in just two years. “No technological breakthroughs needed,”he said, just funding to put to work the technology America alreadyhas: “Let’s be clear, the main piece of technology in the green econ-omy is a caulk gun... When you think about the emerging greeneconomy...think of Joe Six-pack with a hard hat and lunchbucket...think of Rosie the Riveter, manufacturing parts for hybridbuses or wind turbines... If we are going to beat global warming, weare going to have to weatherize millions of buildings, install mil-lions of solar panels, manufacture millions of wind turbine parts,plant and care for millions of trees...”—the list goes on, but Jones’message is clear: “That will require thousands of contracts and mil-lions of jobs—producing billions of dollars of economic stimulus.”

Green-collar jobs, Jones writes, “can and should be good jobs...Think of them as the 2.0 version of old-fashioned blue-collar jobs,upgraded to respect the Earth and meet the environmental chal-lenges of today... We should use the transition to a better energystrategy as an opportunity to create a better economy and a bettercountry all around.”

Jones is as much opposed to wasting human potential as he is towasting energy. In Oakland, California, in 1996, he co-founded theElla Baker Center for Human Rights, which worked with manypartners in 2007 to get the Green Jobs Act passed—though yet tobe funded—by Congress. It would train about 30,000 people a yearfor jobs ranging from solar panel installation to green construction.“The green economy...should not be just about recycling materialsto give things a second life. We should also be gathering up peopleand giving them a second chance,” Jones writes. “We in Americaare about to break up with oil. Why not break up with poverty anddiscrimination too? If we decide to do that...we can connect thepeople who most need work to the work that most needs to bedone—we can fight pollution and poverty at the same time... Inlarge part, cutting greenhouse-gas emissions means developingclean energy and increasing efficiency. To achieve the needed re-ductions [in greenhouse-gas emissions], we will need both politicaland economic transformation—immediately...so that we can saveour ability to survive on the only planetary home we have everknown.”

That’s a fair sample of The Green Collar Economy. Written witha breath-taking scope, with an immediacy, and urgency, that rivalthe rat-tat-tat of a jackhammer, it lifts the reader up on a wave ofenergy, intelligence, passion, and human warmth.

Readers are invited to respond to what they read here by email-ing Beth at bethchampagne@gmail.com or writing her at TheBridge, P.O. Box 1143, Montpelier, VT 05601.

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