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...Visual artist Karen May Sorensen will be easy to recognize at ArtRageUs1 during June's Brattleboro Gallery Walk. “I will be the one wearing a handmade papier-mâché stag horns and mask,” Sorensen says. “Already I had to get started on the papier-mâché early, since these things need time to dry...
Dede Cummings, the publisher of Green Writers Press, has started a new literary magazine, The Hopper. “Here is a cultural space, both online and in print, that allows literature, art, poetry, and interviews to come together toward an invigorated understanding of nature's place in human life,” Cummings says. Like...
“Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, with their wealth of knowledge and experience, present shows featuring Civil War-era music, fiddle music from a variety of traditions, American Roots music, and a symphony program that fuses classical and folk traditions,”Âsays dance fiddler and teacher May Lea. “But a performance in Brattleboro is a rare event.” While Molly and Jay have many ties to area dancers and musicians, they haven't held a concert here for quite a while. Nonetheless, Brattleboro is one of...
As part of the ongoing celebration of their 20th anniversary year, the Brattleboro Women's Chorus will present a concert of compositions entirely by its founder and conductor, Becky Graber. On May 7, at 7:30 p.m., at Next Stage in Putney, and May 8, at 4 p.m., at Centre Congregational Church in Brattleboro, the chorus will be accompanied by Bill Ballard on alto sax and Connie Green on flute. Green played with Graber many years ago in the Brattleboro Brass Band.
Shanta Lee Evans-Crowley, president of the Arts Council of Windham County, believes Windham County has an enduring legacy of inspiration, creativity, and artistic culture. “There are many who have visited Windham County and recognize it as a world unto itself,” Evans-Crowley says. “We are extending an invitation to come witness, be a part of this magic.” From May 6 through May 8, 2016, the Arts Council of Windham County is celebrating what makes Windham County so special by inviting residents...
Although Derrik Jordan doesn't particularly like being labeled a world fusion artist, he is pragmatic about it. “I'm like my good friend Will Ackerman, who is not fond of having his music being saddled with the label 'New Age,'” says Jordan. “But Will realized that however much he dislikes the term, and however inappropriate it seems to him to describe what he creates, that name is a way for people to come to his music, and [tells them] where to...
How does a band find a name for itself? The string and vocal trio Low Lily had an innovative idea: run a contest on Facebook. The Brattleboro ensemble consists of Liz Simmons on guitar, her husband, Flynn Cohen, on mandolin and guitar, and Lissa Schneckenburger on fiddle. All three provide the vocals. Together, they explore the roots and branches of American folk music with traditional influences and modern inspiration that weave together a unique brand of acoustic music. On Saturday,
