SOUTH NEWFANE-Respecting historic architectural elegance and adding their own imprimatur, Tom Concannon and Ravi Shimpi...
BRATTLEBORO-The legendary vocalist Sheila Jordan passed away on Monday, Aug. 11 at 3:50 p.m. at...
PUTNEY-Twilight Music and Next Stage Arts Project conclude the 22nd Twilight On The Tavern Lawn...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Music Center's 2025 Music Under the Stars series at Retreat Farm concludes Saturday,
Josh Davis, executive director of Groundworks Collaborative, recently joined me for a radio interview to discuss the programs and services that the agency provides. The Groundworks Seasonal Overflow Shelter opened in November in its new quarters on the Winston Prouty campus, with a number of changes in staffing and routines. For years, the shelter operated in downtown Brattleboro in the First Baptist Church. The new site is not as centrally located, so Groundworks is running a shuttle bus daily for...
Listening to Gov. Peter Shumlin talk about the budget on the news lately, one would think that it is state employees who are being unreasonable. Just this past Thursday, the governor was interviewed on WCAX about state workers and balancing the budget. “I, too, am concerned that doing layoffs is not the best way to do this - that's why [state employees] should come to the table and make some pay concessions,” he stated. “Vermonters are not going to pay...
MARLBORO-The Brattleboro Concert Choir presents "In Paradisum: Music of Gabriel Fauré," featuring the Requiem, "Cantique de Jean Racine," and "Tu es Petrus" with orchestra. The concerts, scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, May 4, and 4 p.m. Sunday, May 5, will be performed at Persons Auditorium on Potash Hill on the former campus of Marlboro College. "Our 'In Paradisum' concerts are meant to be a balm and a respite in stressful and troubling times," Musical Director Jonathan Harvey said in a...
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