PUTNEY-Beloved children's book author and illustrator Eileen Christelow told The Commons she saved her illustrations...
BRATTLEBORO-Class, a play by Irish playwrights Iseult Golden and David Horan, gets its U.S. premiere...
BRATTLEBORO-118 Elliot presents a special showing and conversation with the artists of "Fueled by Love:
BRATTLEBORO-Windham World Affairs Council (WWAC) and the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) will host...
Rockingham Free Public Library director Celina Houlne recently asked the Rockingham Selectboard for an increase of $30,925 over the level-funded budget that the library has been operating under for the past two years. Houlne said that while the funding has remained the same, costs have increased. If the RFPL is not granted their request, Houlne said that “we're going to have to cut back on our services.” She added that she has been assured by interim Town Manager Francis “Dutch”
I support Mike Foley for the at-large seat on the West River Eduction District unified school board. During his term, I have found Mike to be open, honest, thoughtful, and diligent when addressing issues banal and controversial within our district. He studies, asks questions, and comes to well-thought-out conclusions on the issues. When the new unified board skirted some of the pre-merger promises made to our communities, such as the quick and drastic move of the sixth grades out of...
BRATTLEBORO-The name "Somethin' Else" refers to the 1958, desert-island-worthy recording by saxophonist Cannonball Adderley that enticingly featured trumpeter Miles Davis. The band "Something Else" - performing at the Vermont Jazz Center on Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m. - is a seven-piece, three-horn band organized by alto saxophonist Vincent Herring that draws on the rich repertoire of soul jazz, a music that came to fruition in the early 1960s. Soul jazz successfully combined the sophistication of jazz improvisation with the danceable...
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