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Vermont French Canadian Genealogical Library Hours. We can help you get started or our expanded collection and internet access can help you continue your search. Open on Tuesdays from 3 to 9:30 p.m. and Saturdays (until May) 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dupont Building at Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester. Contact: www.VT-FCGS.org.

Overeaters Anonymous. 12 step program of recovery for food addicts/compulsive overeaters, or those who have a desire to stop eating compulsively. Mondays, 1 p.m. Colchester. Free. Please call for specific location and more information. Contact: (802) 324-5612.

Karaoke. Join Steve Leclair as he hosts karaoke night. Night Crawlers, 127 Porters Point Rd, Colchester. Every Thurs. and Sun. night. 8-11p.m. Contact: Brad 310-4067.

Italian conversation group. Open to all interested in learning/hearing the Italian language. Room 101, St. Edmunds Hall, St. Michael’s College, Colchester. Every second and fourth Wednesday of the month, 7-9 p.m.

Vermont Adult Learning offers GED testing three times a month, including Saturdays. Please call 846-7245 to pre-register.

Knit Night. Please come share your talents and your company. Phoenix Books and Café, Essex Shoppes and Cinema. Every second Wednesday of the month. 6-8 p.m. Free.

Open Mic Night. Local poets, musicians, singers, storytellers, comics, etc. First Wednesday of each month. Phoenix Books & Café. Essex Shoppes and Cinema. 6-8 p.m. Free. Want to perform? Call Michael DeSanto 872-7111.

Itty Bitty Public Skating. Pre-Schoolers and their parents are invited to special skating sessions on Monday and Thursday mornings from 10-11 a.m. Leddy Park. Drop-in program $6 a week per family. Contact: 865-7566.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Support Group. Meets every third Thursday of the month. The Bagel Café, Ethan Allen Shopping Center, North Ave, Burlington. 1-3 p.m. Contact: 660-4817 or www.vtcfids.org.

Rural Vermont’s Activist Farmers: Photos and Stories. On display at the Pierson Library in Shelburne through the month of January, with reception on January 7, 6:30 – 8 p.m. Exhibit featuring professional photos and interviews telling the stories behind Rural Vermont’s farmer-activist Board of Directors. Free reception with refreshments and live storytelling about the farmers and foods sustaining rural communities. For more info, visit www.ruralvermont.org or call 223-7222.

Ballroom Dance Social. Every Friday and every Saturday except the third Saturday of the month. 7-10 p.m. including a free lesson 7-10 p.m. followed by open dance social 8-10 pm. Singles and couples, no partner or experience required. $14. Contact: 802 862-2269 or visit www.ballroomnights.com.

NAMI Connection mental illness support group. First Congregational Church, 39 Main St. Essex Jct. 2-3:30 p.m., second floor. Meetings on the second Saturday of the month. Contact: 316-3082.

Colchester Theater Company presents

“The Foreigner”

The Colchester Theatre Company presents the outrageous American comedy “The Foreigner” by Larry Shue March 11-13 at 7:30 p.m. at Colchester High School.

This production satirizes the culture clash that troubles a bland British science fiction editor, Charlie Baker, who arrives from England with his military friend Froggy at a hunting lodge in rural Tilghman County, Georgia. He attempts to solve his anti-social tendencies by pretending to be a foreigner who can’t speak a word of English. He’s warmly welcomed by the lodge-owners: the lovable friend of Froggy, Betty, the endearing but dim-witted young boy, Ellard, his assertive sister, Catherine, and her fiance, Reverend David. As time goes by, the characters begin to trust their secrets with the supposed “foreigner” and Charlie learns that some of those secrets have dire consequences for the people who live in the lodge.

Tickets will be available for reservation at CHS by calling 264-5729 or for purchase at the door for $5.

Thurs. March 11

Solar for your Business. Free seminar presented by DC Energy Innovations. Draker Solar Building, North St, Burlington. 7-9 pm

Vermont Consultants Network Meeting. Topic: Web Marketing - Strategies for Improving Visibility. Network Performance Inc., So. Burlington. 8 a.m. Members $10, non-members $15, first-time guests free.

Fri. March 12

Contra Dance. Queen City Contras will hold its regular dance. Shelburne Town Hall, 5376 Shelburne Rd, Shelburne. Beginners session at 7:45, regular dance 8 p.m. $8. Contact: 371-9492.

Women’s Celebration. Conference to enrich, educate and celebrate womens spiritual lives. Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center, Burlington. March 12-13. Contact: www.uccwomenscelebration.org.

Feast Against Famine. Dinner includes corned beef and cabbage dinner, silent auction, and Calcutta. To benefit the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf. Doubletree Hotel, So. Burlington. 5:30-9 p.m.

Simplicity Parenting Lecture and Workshop. Kim Payne will share ideas for helping you reclaim for your children the space and freedom they need to allow their attention to focus and their individuality to flourish. Registration required. Contois Auditorium, City Hall, Burlington. March 12 7-9 p.m. and March 13 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Contact: 985-2827 ext 12.

Sat. March 13

College Planning Day for Students and Parents. Topics include how to find the right college, applying, application essay writing, paying for college, and more. St. Michael’s College. 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Families are encouraged to register. Contact: vsac.org.

EHS Cabaret Dinner and Theatre. Dinner guests will be treated to a chicken and biscuit dinner, followed by the comedy “The Foreigner.” Essex High School. Dinner 6-7:30 p.m. and play at 8 p.m. $12. Contact: 857-7000.

Author appearance Terence Hawkins. Hawkins will read from his new novel, The Rage of Achilles. Phoenix Books and Café at Essex Shoppes and Cinema. 6:30 p.m. Free. Contact: 872-7111.

Green Mountain Friends School Open House. We invite families who are interested in the GMFS program, or who have already applied, to come and meet our staff, members of the board, and other families considering GMFS for 2010-11. Ethan Allen Homestead. 10 a.m.-noon. Contact: Annie 734-1616.

Sun. March 14

Paul Orgel and Friends. Pianist Paul Orgel and some of the area’s finest musicians to perform Mozart, Ravel, Poulenc and Rossini. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s. 4 p.m.

Conversion Class. 12 week class for those seeking to be a part of the Judaism community. Beginning Sunday, March 14, the class will run through June 20 (three Sundays a month) and is open to those who are exclusively seeking conversion. Temple Sinai, 500 Swift St., So. Burlington. Contact: Rabbi Glazier 862-5125.

Mon. March 15

Lecture: Childhood Obesity. The RehabGYM sponsor the lecture with the University of Vermont Nutrition Graduate Program. RehabGYM, 905 Roosevelt Hwy, Colchester. 6-7 p.m. March 15 and 29. Contact: 861-0111.

Tues. March 16

Teacher Apprenticeship Program Information Session. CCSU welcomes individuals with a Bachelors degree seeking Vermont teacher licensure through an abbreviated alternate route program. Essex High School Library. 6-7 p.m Contact: Scott 238-9637 or smosher@ccsuvt.org.

Estate Planning Seminar. Free. Hampton Inn, 42 Lower Mountain Rd, Colchester. 2-4 p.m. Contact: 879-7133 or vermontlegacyplanning.com.

Creative Writing Group for Seniors. All levels are welcome, come learn in a supportive environment. Champlain Senior Center, 241 No. Winooski Ave, Burlington. 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Contact: 658-3585.

Wed. March 17

Stages of Senior Care. A step-by-step guide to making the best decisions - a talk by Karen Koechlein, a community service rep from Home Instead Senior Care who will encourage the public to understand the options and make a long range plan for seniors who will ultimately need care. Brownell Library. 7 p.m.

How to Work Through Stress and Anxiety. Vermont Regional Diabetes Center, 3 Timberlane Dr, So. Burlington. 6-7 p.m. Contact: 847-4576.

St. Patrick’s Day Supper. Choice of corned beef & cabbage or pot roast with all the fixings. Eat in or take out. Seneca Masonic Lodge, 56 Main St, Milton. 5:30 p.m. $10. Contact: 893-7770.

Thurs. March 18

Talk on future of financial regulation. Prof. Meir Kohn of Dartmouth College will speak on “Regulating the Banks: Lessons from the Recent Crisis.” An expert in finance, markets, banking and regulation, Prof. Kohn will autopsy the bodies left from the “Crash of 2008” and answer questions from the audience. Sheraton Burlington’s Emerald Ballroom. 5 p.m.

Fri. March 19

“Lake Champlain, Seen from the Water.” Cathy Frank will give a visual and descriptive account of her and Margy Holden’s exploration by kayak of the shores of Lake Champlain. McCarthy Arts Center, St. Michael’s College. 7 p.m. $5 Green Mountain Club members, $8 non-members, kids under 12 free.

Vermont Has Talent Competition. Calling all talented students ages 5-24, male and female. Approximately 20 acts will be accepted to participate, and the “Best in Show” winner will be invited to perform at the Miss Vermont Pageant in June. Applications are available at www.missvermont.org and must be received by March 19. Event held April 3 at 7 p.m. Contact: 878-8487.

South Hero Players Present “Dearly Beloved.” All Ticket Sales to benefit Camp-Ta-Kum-Ta. March 19 and 20 7:30 p.m. and March 21 2 p.m. 75 South St, South Hero.