DJ Cheetatah aka Taraleigh Weathers at Bern Gallery on 4/20 Credit: Luke Awtry

4/20 at the Bern Gallery (on 4/19!), Bern Gallery Smoke Shop, Burlington, Saturday, April 19:

Having been born with two left legs to match my two left feet, rarely do I find myself dancing in the daytime in public. But there I was, midday on Saturday in the front entry of Bern Gallery, hands in the air and spinning around during the Burlington dispensary’s annual 4/20 party. DJ Cheetatah was on the decks, and I was singing along to a melody I knew but couldn’t place because the driving four-on-the-floor beat underneath was really throwing me off. It wasn’t until the chorus hit when Cheetatah — aka Taraleigh Weathers — and I both happily started singing along to R.E.M.’s “Everybody Hurts” that I realized the playful irony of the mashup. Even a day early, the Bern Gallery’s 4/20 celebration was a hit. There were deals on product and free glassblowing lessons. Plus, the dancing Easter gorilla was on-site all day for photos and hype, while Cheetatah, DJ Jesse Snyder and DJ Kanga kept the jams spinning.

This article appears in Apr 23-29, 2025.

Luke Awtry took the long way to becoming a professional photographer, with a path through music, technology and engineering, and he remains active in each. His first Seven Days assignment was on Town Meeting Day in March 2018, and he has since supported more than 500 Seven Days stories with his photography.