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Weather & Weekend Rundown:

Soak up today, because it's the last 60 degree day for a while, with a few hours of sunshine and a high in the low to mid 60s. Saturday turns cooler and hangs around 50 with a north breeze gusting to 25 mph, and after a mostly dry morning, rain becomes likely from about 2. Rain is likeliest Saturday night into early Sunday, a quarter to a half inch that this dry fall could use, and Sunday's rain ends by early afternoon, leaving it gray and chilly in the 40s. For patio, swim, and sunset scores as the week goes on, keep Burlington Right Now handy.

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Friday

  • Annual Small Works Opening – 5 PM: The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in the Soda Plant opens its holiday Small Works show for First Friday, with over 500 works by over 100 local artists in gift giving sizes, from paintings and block prints to ceramics and "a clock that likes earlobes." Meet some of the artists until 9 over free drinks and snacks, with local options with and without alcohol from Foam and Zero Gravity.

  • Clark Derbes Open Studio – 5 PM: Clark Derbes opens his studio at 7 Marble Avenue from 5 to 9 for the First Friday Art Walk, with works in progress to see. His post promises that art making and ping pong playing will ensue.

  • Serial Killer Speakeasy – 6 PM: Midnight Creative's touring true crime cocktail experience takes over FlynnSpace, where mixologists and theatrical storytellers walk you through Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy and Gein over cocktails or bespoke mocktails. Shows are at 6 and 8 tonight and Saturday, it's 21+, and the 8 PM tonight and 6 PM Saturday shows are close to gone ($56.25 and up).

  • TREW To You Film Tour – 7 PM: TREW Gear's ski film night fills the Davis Center's Grand Maple Ballroom at UVM, premiering Jukebox Films' "Past Due" while four grassroots ski films from across North America compete for a $15,000 grand prize by audience vote. Last year's winning team, from Vermont, premieres the short it made with its grant, there's a raffle, and it's free (film at 7:30).

  • Gabriela Martinez at the Lane Series – 7:30 PM: The Venezuelan pianist, a Juilliard graduate who has played with more than 100 orchestras, brings a program from Rachmaninoff and Szymanowski to Caroline Shaw and Villa-Lobos to the UVM Recital Hall. She's a fifth generation pianist who made her orchestral debut at six.

  • Fruit Bats – 8 PM: Eric D. Johnson's indie band, 25 years under the name, brings "The Landfill," a full band record cut mostly live at Bear Creek Studios, to the Higher Ground Ballroom with Sarah Klang opening. Tickets are running low, doors are at 7 and it's all ages ($40).

Also Friday, UVM's Brandon Tieso gives an EEE talk on the hype, hope and tough questions of AI in society at Faith United Methodist Church in South Burlington at 2, and an ASL interpreted Burlington Trolley Tour takes the Deaf community around town today ($35). VTIFF screens Naza, the Venice Special Jury Prize documentary from two of the filmmakers behind "No Other Land," at Main Street Landing's Film House at 4:30 and 7 tonight and Saturday. At 5, Foam opens Perspectivity, Will Patlove's free show of shaped canvases that blur painting and sculpture, and the new SEABA artist in residence opens River Jo, an immersive fiber art exhibit with free cake and crafts at The Vaults until 9. The Friends of Brownell Library host Sweet Connections in Essex Junction from 5:30 to 7:30 with desserts, mocktails, henna and local photo trivia ($20, ages 12+), and Citizen Cider's November Music Series kicks off with The Dale and Darcy Band playing Americana, Celtic and bluegrass in the Press House Pub from 5:30 to 8:30.

Later on, Taskmaster Australia's Jenny Tian brings her show RIPE to Vermont Comedy Club at 6:30, with only a few seats left tonight and two more shows Saturday ($25). Burlington Country Dancers hold English Country Dance at Holy Family Parish Center in Essex Junction, with an intro at 6:30, every dance taught and live music from The Larks in the Attic ($10-15). St. Mike's stages The Ballad of Maria Marten, Beth Flintoff's play about an 1827 murder told from the victim's point of view, free at 7 tonight and Saturday. All Night Boogie Band, the 2025 Seven Daysies Best Blues Group, plays the Showcase Lounge at 7:30 with SWAMPYTONK ($20), and Bozeman born bluegrass band Forest Station plays free at Foam at 8.

Saturday

  • BTown Coffee Club [MEETUP] – 10 AM: Of course, our weekly Saturday coffee at Zero Gravity until noon, in the Biergarten Taproom, the big room all the way to the left. Last week we had around 35 people, with half the room wearing costumes, so come on out for a good time!

  • Cochran's Ski & Ride Sale – 8 AM: The big gear sale fills Camel's Hump Middle School in Richmond with alpine, snowboard, telemark, nordic and backcountry gear, boots and clothing, mixing gently used consignment with new gear from vendors. It runs until 4 Saturday and 9 to 1 Sunday, and all proceeds benefit the Cochran's alpine ski racing club.

  • Williston Craft Show – 9 AM: More than 100 crafters, artists and specialty food vendors fill Williston Central School until 4, with free admission and parking. Expect handmade work from jewelry and pottery to knits, soaps, toys and wood crafts, plus food trucks in the courtyard this year, and the fundraiser, which started over 25 years ago, benefits Williston schools.

  • Cozy Nook Craft Fair & Bake Sale – 9 AM: The Friends of the Essex Free Library take over the library and Memorial Hall in Essex from 9 to 3, with every sale benefiting the library. Regular library services are paused for the day, so come for the crafts and the baked goods.

  • Christmas Bazaar at St. Pius X – 9 AM: St. Pius X Parish in Essex runs its annual bazaar until 3 with talented crafters, a bakery of homemade goodies, a café with homemade soups and sandwiches, and gently used Christmas decorations. Santa and Mrs. Claus visit from 11 to 1, and the raffle's first place prize is $500.

  • Cantilever Rock Hike [MEETUP] – 10 AM: Forever 38 leads a dog friendly late season hike from Underhill State Park to Cantilever Rock, a quiet spur trail on the side of Mt. Mansfield with fantastic views, about 3 miles out and back with 1,100 feet of climbing and lots of rock steps. If the park gate closes before Saturday it becomes about 5 miles, and dogs stay on leash.

  • Yesterday, We Were Children – 6:30 PM: Leila Teitelman's new play premieres as a workshop reading directed by Kim Jordan in the Blackbox above Phoenix Books, following a married couple who spend a summer apart and each form intimate connections with younger, queer people. Alex S. Hudson, Seth Jarvis, Brittney Abdel Malik and Ry Poulin read, with dramaturgy by Harley Winzenried, produced with Between the Willows and Phoenix Books ($15.79 and up).

  • Rainbow Dinner – 6:30 PM: Essex Pride serves a free community meal at Uncommon Coffee in Essex Center until 8:30, with Red Red African Stew, homemade lasagna, a Super Green Quiche, vegan and gluten free desserts and a make your own mocktail bar. Bring your bestie, a partner or your chosen fam, and a side to share only if you feel like it.

  • Willi Carlisle – 7:30 PM: The folksinger plays Higher Ground's Showcase Lounge on the heels of his first double album, produced by Tyler Childers and recorded in two weeks in a makeshift home studio in New Orleans' Bywater District, touching on funk, Americana, Cajun and old time music. Sparrow Smith & the Resonant Rogues open, doors are at 7 and it's all ages ($20-25).

  • Jeh Kulu West African Dance Party – 8 PM: Jeh Kulu Dance and Drum Theater Company brings master drummers from Guinea and Senegal to Foam, with djembe and doun doun drums blended with intricate dance, plus Shabouyma and DJ Yo. Jeh Kulu means "community" in the Bambara language of Mali, every show ends with the audience learning some traditional movements, and it's free and all ages.

Also Saturday, Friendly Tabletop Gamers hold a Board Game Brunch at Old Town Cafe & Comics in Williston from 9 to noon, and spots are capped, so RSVP on Meetup. Shelburne Farms leads Fall Forest Bathing from the Farm Barn from 9 to noon, a slow guided walk beneath the canopy, with a locally foraged tea served ($35, sales close at 9). The first Vermont Crafters Expo fills the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction from 10 to 5 both days, a show made for people who make things, with tools, machines, materials, demos and workshops ($20). The Josh Pallotta Fund's Josh's House Craft & Vendor Fair runs 10 to 3 both days at its house at Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester. Rock Point's Think Like a Squirrel! at 10:30 has you collecting nuts and fallen fruit, then cracking them open back at the visitor center, and the Brewery Book Club meets at Burlington Beer Co. from 3 to 5 for The Thursday Murder Club.

In the evening, UVM's Interfaith Center hosts a Native American Heritage Month Celebration from 6 to 7:30 with the Burnurwurbskek Singers, men from Maine's Wabanaki peoples who have sung and drummed together for almost 25 years, and there's a communal dance to join. At 7, the Burlington Civic Symphony Orchestra plays its fall concert at St. Mike's McCarthy Arts Center, with Kim Diehnelt conducting Grieg's Im Herbst, Bruch's Romanze with violist Sean Brekke, and Tchaikovsky's Fifth ($25). The a cappella Social Band premieres two newly commissioned works in its "Here Together" concert at College Street Congregational Church at 7:30, with a $20 suggested donation and a repeat Sunday at 3 in Charlotte. Over in the Higher Ground Ballroom at 7:30, Nightrain brings 20 years of faithful recreations of the classics, with Sticks and Stones also on the bill ($15). Clint Bierman's Grunge Unplugged live recording at Tank Recording Studio is sold out, so stay plugged in to catch the next one.

Sunday

  • Volunteer Clean-Up at Baird Park – 11 AM: South End neighbors join Burlington Parks, Recreation & Waterfront to clean up around Baird Park's basketball courts, playground and community gardens on Pine Street, ahead of the playground's replacement in 2027. Sign up through VolunteerBTV, and the next South End Stewardship Sunday is the Englesby Brook clean up on Nov. 15.

  • Vets Town Hall – 1 PM: Veterans get up to 10 minutes each to say what their service means to them in the South Burlington Public Library auditorium, and everyone else is encouraged to come listen. It's free and non political, retired First Sergeant Michelle Caver emcees after 22 years in the Army, and there are refreshments in the lobby.

  • Chittenden County Historical Society Annual Meeting – 2 PM: The society previews the first phase of the Intersections Mapping Program at Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, a 3D atlas of the homes, families, businesses and landmarks of the North End's working class and immigrant residents from 1850 to 1950. Lost Mural Project directors Aaron Goldberg and Bob Duncan present, the Lost Mural artwork will be on view, and it's free with refreshments.

  • Lieder by the Lake – 4 PM: Songs by Clara and Robert Schumann fill the afternoon at College Street Congregational Church, including his Dichterliebe. Soprano Len Torrie, tenor Ryan Matos and baritone Cole Marino sing with Eric Milnes at the piano ($35, $15 for students 25 and under, plus fees).

  • Constitution Celebration – 5 PM: American Civics Snapshots holds its first Constitution Day celebration and fundraiser at Burlington Beer Company, postponed from September, with appetizers, dinner, two drink tickets and a historical show. Civics trivia and giveaways fill out the night until 8 ($50, $90 a couple).

  • Blue Sundays at Shelburne Vineyard – 5 PM: The vineyard's Wine & Jazz Sundays start their Blue Sundays series, a journey through the eras of American jazz from a rotating cast of Vermont musicians anchored by the house band, the Vineyard Jazz Collective. It's free from 5 to 7, and you can reserve a table.

Also Sunday, the Crafters Expo, Cochran's sale (9 to 1) and the Josh's House fair all run a second day. Burlington's own Danny & The Parts play free Americana and bluegrass country at Foam at 1, and UVM's Miller Center for Holocaust Studies marks the 100th birthday of historian Raul Hilberg, who taught at UVM until 1991, with a symposium at Alumni House from 1 to 3:45. RevolVT hosts a free beginner belly dance workshop from 2:30 to 4, no experience needed, and Bridget Stone marks the new moon in Scorpio with gongs and Tibetan and crystal bowls at a New Moon Sound Bath at Chace Mill from 5:30 to 6:45 ($40).

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In a ‘blue tsunami,’ how did Republican Gov. Phil Scott win another term?

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"I just think he’s created a category of one, you know? And Democrats are willing to pull the lever for him even as they vote blue across the ballot," Baruth said, per VTDigger.

Scott beat Democrat Amanda Janoo 52.6% to 45.6% for a sixth two year term, something no other governor has done in the state's modern history, even as Democrats retook their legislative supermajorities and Molly Gray unseated his pick for lieutenant governor by 25 points. Janoo ran up her numbers in Burlington and Winooski but couldn't overcome Scott in ring towns like Shelburne, Williston and Colchester, and she drew about 57,000 fewer votes statewide than Rep. Becca Balint. Janoo outraised Scott over the final two months and topped $1 million overall, more than any Scott challenger since 2016, but the Republican Governors Association answered with $950,000 for a super PAC that questioned her experience. The seven point margin is still the narrowest of his runs for governor.

A Trolley Tour of Burlington Caters to the Deaf Community

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"Many people are afraid or don’t know how to interact with deaf people, so I’m hoping this will be an eye-opener and bring some light," Lipson said, per Seven Days.

UVM American Sign Language instructor Brittney Lipson, one of just four at the university, has teamed up with Burlington Trolley Tours for an hourlong ride around the city today, with operator Hannington Kasagga narrating while an ASL interpreter relays it. She hopes showing business owners that deaf people live and work here will nudge them to hire interpreters for events or have staff learn a few basic signs. Tickets are $35 and there's still room, so email [email protected] to grab a seat.

16-year-old serves on Essex Junction City Planning Commission

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"I don’t think they actually realized my age because I never told them in the email. And they just said it was great to have a perspective from a kid my age," Finn said, per WCAX.

Finn Hamilton was 14 when he spotted a city email address on his parents' water bill and applied, and at 16 he sits on the Essex Junction City Planning Commission as a nonvoting member who brings neighbors' feedback to meetings. Housing is his focus, in the hope that new developments bring rents down by the time people his age are looking for a place, and he spends his free time at Burlington and South Burlington meetings scouting ideas to bring home. His advice for anyone curious is to reach out to your councilors, whatever your age.

B.U. Pub Gets New Owners — and a Remodel — in Colchester

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"[The regulars] do wellness checks; they bring in food; they pick up people who need rides," Rodney Oliveira said, per Seven Days.

The Porters Point Road dive in Colchester, a fixture since the 1970s, now belongs to Rodney, Tracie and Jake Oliveira, who bought it from Debra LeBlanc as she retires after 22 years of ownership. They've redone the bathrooms, floors and lighting, the original staff is staying, and an updated kitchen will slowly roll out homestyle dishes and bar food on weekends, with more games and maybe live music and trivia on the way. The grand reopening is Saturday.

Sarah George wins Chittenden County state’s attorney race

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"That means standing up for victims, holding people accountable and pursuing solutions that make our community safer," George said, per Vermont Public.

George, a Democrat, won another term as Chittenden County state's attorney with 65% of the vote against Republican Jace Laquerre, a Milton software engineer with no legal background who told voters he'd resign if elected so the governor could appoint a replacement. It caps a year in which she first had to survive a fierce Democratic primary, where her opponent argued the county had become less safe under her watch. Her new four year term starts in February.

John Killacky, Former Flynn Director and State Legislator, Dies at 74

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"Freedom of expression is a more precious commodity than taste," Killacky told a Brown University audience in 2016, per Seven Days.

Killacky, who died at home in South Burlington on Nov. 2, came to lead the Flynn in 2010 after making his name defending provocative art at Minneapolis' Walker Art Center during the 1990s culture wars. Over eight years he grew the Flynn's budget from $6 million to $7.7 million, nearly doubled its endowment, and opened the theater wider with discounted tickets through social service agencies and sensory friendly shows for kids. He then served two terms representing South Burlington in the House, where he was lead sponsor of the 2021 resolution apologizing for state sanctioned eugenics, and he kept making art to the end, showing "Metastasis," a piece about his cancer, at the South End Art Hop in September. May he rest in peace.

Democrats retake supermajorities in the Vermont Legislature

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"So it opens the window a little wider than it has been in the last session," Perchlik said, per Vermont Public.

Unofficial results grow House Democrats from 87 to 102 seats and Senate Democrats from 17 to 20, enough to override Scott's vetoes, while Republicans lose 18 House seats and Progressives more than double to seven. Appropriations chair Andrew Perchlik says that opens the door to ideas like a surcharge on income over $500,000 a year, though House Majority Leader Lori Houghton, who's running for speaker, says she'd still rather work with the administration. Burlington Progressive Brian Cina warns against using the numbers to ram things through, and Montpelier Rep. Kate McCann, another speaker hopeful, is wary of overplaying the hand after the 2023-2024 session, when Scott castigated lawmakers for a new payroll tax passed despite his vetoes. Scott sets the tone with his inaugural address and budget in January.

Workers at Lake Champlain Chocolates push to unionize

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"We simply believe a union is not right for Lake Champlain Chocolates at this time," Lampman said, per VTDigger.

Production, packaging and shipping workers at the chocolate maker, founded in Burlington in 1983, vote Nov. 17 on joining the Teamsters, in a proposed unit of 34 at a company that employs 108 people in Vermont. Organizer Nic Smith, who works at the Williston factory, says an internal survey found pay for some long serving staff below MIT's cost of living benchmark, $27.50 an hour for a single adult in Chittenden County, and healthcare costs are a sore spot. President Eric Lampman says raises have outpaced inflation and revenue growth for nine years and that a union would change the company's culture.

Glazed Donuts’ New Essex Café to Replace Leo & Co.

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"We fully understand that Leo & Co. has become a third space for the local community and don’t want to change that," Lee said, per Seven Days.

Leo & Co. in the Essex Experience closes Nov. 13, and Glazed Donuts, which has shared the space since August, hopes to open its Glazed Café there in early December with breakfast burritos, a doughnut sandwich, lunch sandwiches, coffee, smoothies and dirty sodas. Favorites like the vegan blueberry muffin stay, the plan adds a kids' play area and a secret weekend pizza menu, and doughnuts are online preorder only during the switch. Owner Kayla Silver has also listed her Salt & Bubbles wine bar for sale, and it closes after a final New Year's Eve celebration if she doesn't find a buyer or a new business for the space by then.

QUICK HITS

Gray wins back Vermont lieutenant governor job — Democrat Molly Gray is back in the lieutenant governor's job she held from 2021 to 2023 after beating Republican incumbent John Rodgers, who conceded Tuesday night. She says her priorities include lowering health care and housing costs, with a universal primary care system on her list.

Vermonters vote to approve 2 constitutional amendments — Prop 3 enshrines the right to collective bargaining and rules out future right to work laws, and Prop 4 guarantees equal protection regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or national origin. Late Tuesday the AP had Prop 3 at about 74% support and Prop 4 at 79%.

Voters largely reject local option tax questions in 3 towns — Essex approved a new 1% tax on room receipts but rejected local taxes on meals and retail sales, while Hinesburg and Bennington turned down every option. Because of an error in how the vote was warned, Essex residents will have to approve the rooms tax again at town meeting.

Church Street Marketplace still searching for 2026 Holiday Tree — The Marketplace has looked at about 20 trees and still needs this year's top block tree, a 30 to 35 foot blue spruce from Burlington, Williston, Winooski, Colchester or Essex Junction. Got one in the yard? Email [email protected] or call 802-923-9257.

Williston student accepts nomination to be Vermont’s next ‘Kid Governor’ — Williston Central School fifth grader Oli Agoos won her school's October primary and is on the statewide ballot to be Vermont's next Kid Governor, running to help stop climate change in her community. Fifth graders across Vermont vote this month.

Eight young artists bring Burlington's water systems to life through new mural — Eight young artists from Burlington City Arts' youth apprenticeship program spent four weeks with Juniper Creative Arts on "Our Water, Our Future," unveiled Wednesday at the Burlington Water Resources building. It traces how the city's pipes, pumps, sewers and storm drains connect to Lake Champlain, and it stays on display there as new public art.

Jeweler opens new craft shop in downtown Shelburne — Jennifer Kahn, who has made jewelry for 25 years, opened So Many Moons at 5224 Shelburne Road, selling her pieces alongside handmade work from 13 regional artists who rent space and keep 100% of their sales. Classes and events are planned for the new year.

Street cleaning underway in Burlington to reduce pollution and stormwater runoff — Operation Clean Sweep runs overnight through Nov. 13, and DPW director Chapin Spencer says it typically collects about 800 yards of leaves and organic matter, nearly 100 dump truck loads kept out of Lake Champlain. Fall leaf pickup starts Nov. 16.

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UVM Athletics: Men's Hockey Keeps Rolling as Women's Hoops Breaks Its Three Point Record Twice

Men's hockey swept New Hampshire at the Gut over Halloween weekend, with Mathias Loiselle scoring both winners. Friday his first career goal came on a penalty shot with 2:49 left for a 3-2 win, and Saturday he scored in overtime with 32 seconds to go after Cédrick Guindon tied it with the goalie pulled, earning Hockey East Player of the Week. Thursday at Boston College, Vermont led 3-0 just 12:44 in and won 5-2, with Tyler Dysart scoring twice and Michael Hagens adding three points. That's three straight Hockey East wins for the first time since 2019. Game two is tonight at 7 on ESPN+ and NESN.

Women's hockey lost 2-1 at No. 15 Boston College on a goal with 3:18 left, then fell 3-1 the next day despite outshooting the Eagles 35-24. Now they're home for the first time in over a month to host No. 4 Northeastern, tonight at 6 for the Pack the Gut Challenge and Saturday at 3 for Salute to Service, both on ESPN+. Tonight, donate a new or gently used pair of boots for a chance at a Yeti tumbler and Windjammer gift card. Saturday, military and first responders get in free with ID.

Women's basketball opened with a 96-37 win over Keene State, setting a program record with 16 threes as Sienna Papanastasiou-Thomas scored 20 in her college debut. Three days later they beat Quinnipiac 76-66 with 17 threes, breaking it again, behind a career high 23 from Emma Haan. Oregon visits Patrick Gym Wednesday at 4. The men lost their opener 56-55 at Iona on a basket with 0.6 seconds left, then won 79-67 at Fairfield behind 21 points from Will Davies, setting up Sunday's home opener at 2 against Quinnipiac on ESPN+. The first 500 fans get free TD t-shirts.

Men's soccer drew Binghamton 1-1 on Senior Day, then won 4-3 at UMass Lowell playing a man down for most of the second half, with David Ismail scoring the 84th minute winner for his second goal of the night. As the No. 2 seed, Vermont hosts the winner of Saturday's Bryant vs. Binghamton quarterfinal in the America East semifinals Wednesday at 7 at Virtue Field, with public tickets on sale Monday at noon. Women's soccer beat Binghamton 1-0, handing the Bearcats their first conference loss, but their season ended Thursday in a 1-0 overtime loss to UMBC on an own goal, despite a 20-3 edge in shots. Eleni Stowell was named America East Rookie of the Year.

Field hockey shut out New Hampshire 2-0 for coach Kate Pfeifer's 100th career win, then rallied from 2-0 down to beat UMass Lowell 3-2, tying the program record with 13 wins. They play UAlbany for the America East title today at 2 on ESPN+. Women's cross country won the America East Championship for the second time in program history, and the men finished second for the first time since 1991. At Forbush, Robyn Tonomura-MacDonald set program records on the one and three meter boards as swimming and diving beat Maine 179-119.

Off campus, the Burlington Revolution, the city's new American Basketball Association team, are 2-1 in their first season. They lost 122-98 at the Philly Thunder on Oct. 17 and won 103-95 at the New England Lightning on Oct. 24, and the league lists their first home game, on Nov. 1, as a 91-0 win over the ABA Nationals. After a trip to Hartford on Nov. 14, the Revolution host the Bennington Martens on Nov. 21 and Nov. 22, with home nights at Burlington High School and games streaming on NSNsports.net.

Upcoming Home Games

  • Nov 6: Women's Ice Hockey vs. Northeastern (Fri ⦁ 6:00pm)

  • Nov 7: Women's Ice Hockey vs. Northeastern (Sat ⦁ 3:00pm)

  • Nov 8: Men's Basketball vs. Quinnipiac (Sun ⦁ 2:00pm)

  • Nov 11: Women's Basketball vs. Oregon (Wed ⦁ 4:00pm)

  • Nov 11: Men's Soccer America East Semifinal vs. Bryant/Binghamton (Wed ⦁ 7:00pm)

  • Nov 13: Men's Ice Hockey vs. Maine (Fri ⦁ 7:00pm)

  • Nov 14: Men's Basketball vs. Plattsburgh State (Sat ⦁ 1:00pm)

  • Nov 14: Men's Ice Hockey vs. Maine (Sat ⦁ 5:00pm)

  • Nov 15: Women's Basketball vs. Lehigh (Sun ⦁ 2:00pm)

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