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Few people were neutral about American playwright Lillian Hellman.
Hellman, who died in 1984 at the age of 79, led a tempestuous life. She was the longtime companion of mystery writer Dashiell Hammett for three decades until his death in 1961.
She was an unapologetic leftist whose political activities in the 1930s and 1940s earned her the wrath of the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s, and who stood up against the anti-Communist witch hunt that came to be known as McCarthyism, after U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wis.
She saw great success and abject failure on Broadway, as a playwright, and in Hollywood, as a scriptwriter. She made as many friends as enemies in her personal and professional dealings.
Brenda Lynn Siegel, artistic executive director and founder of the Southern Vermont Dance Festival (SVDF), had long wanted to organize a dance festival for her hometown, but it was only after a series of recent disasters in Brattleboro that she actually resolved to make her dream a reality. From...
Yellow Barn Music finished its young artist residency in June, is beginning its core program for more seasoned musicians, and on Saturday, July 20, is presenting its annual Scholarship Benefit Concert, which this year honors Stewart Miller, headmaster of the Greenwood School. It has also navigated its first year...
“Between Dark and Night: New Pastels by Mallory Lake,” on display at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) through Oct. 20, stands out for several reasons. First, it's the first museum show for the acclaimed Marlboro artist. Second, it's your chance to see 12 masterful works she created over the past 18 months specifically for BMAC. Third, the exhibit showcases Lake's work as she takes off in a new direction. In a departure from the pastels of Tuscany landscapes...
When Hallie Flower tells people about the new production of “Wit” that she's directing for the Apron Theater Company, she says they too often respond, “Isn't that that cancer play?” Flower is a little chagrined that Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play should be pigeonholed as a medical drama. Although “Wit” does indeed concern a woman with cancer, Flower feels it is about so much more. Apron Theater Company and Next Stage Arts Project present Edson's “Wit,” directed by Hallie Flower,
A new exhibit of the works of Red Grooms is the most expensive that the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) has ever mounted. Expense does not necessarily mean quality, but this show promises to be something special. “Red Grooms: What's the Ruckus?” - a major new exhibit by the venerable Pop artist - includes rare early work and large sculptures, and is Grooms' first exhibit in New England in 17 years – and his first-ever in Vermont. Opening alongside...
Panopera, a new opera company for the community in and around Southern Vermont, is providing a fresh look at an old form of musical theater. For instance, conductor and piano accompanist Hugh Keelan recently interrupted one of the company's recitals at Centre Congregational Church in Brattleboro to challenge the audience. After one of the company, Jenna Rae, sang in the original Italian, Senza Mamma from Pietro Mascagni's, “Cavalleria Rusticana,” Keelan turned to the audience and asked, “What was [Rae] singing...
Teta Hilsdon, the new executive director of In-Sight Photography Project, wants to help the art-based youth organization thrive with a more visible presence in downtown Brattleboro. “In-Sight has remained in the shadows too long,” she told The Commons. “More people need to know what a great place this is.” Marking an exciting period of transition, The In-Sight Photography Project has announced the hire of two new key staff members and the departure of three old friends. Hilsdon is taking over...
