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...
Voters at Putney's Annual Town Meeting agreed to change the composition of the Selectboard from three members to five. With a special election is scheduled with in-person voting on Tuesday, April 26, the Putney Huddle is hosting an online candidates' forum on Sunday, April 10, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be held via Zoom at bit.ly/selectboardforum or dial in 301-715-8592. The meeting ID is 838 3198 093. The forum will be recorded, and Town Moderator Meg Mott...
When Albert Camus published his allegorical story The Plague in 1947 about a deadly contagion sweeping the French city of Oran in 1849, he raised a number of questions about the nature of the human condition. “I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends,” one of his characters says. Later, Camus reflects that “a loveless world is a dead world, and always there comes an hour [...] when all one craves for is...
Orchard Street Pottery will be offering its fourth annual Solstice and Seconds Sale on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 20, from noon until 5 p.m., in the studio and showroom at 658 Orchard St. Potter Walter Slowinski makes wood-fired, salt-glazed stoneware and porcelain teapots, pitchers, bowls, cups, mugs, vases, and other wares. The potter will be available to discuss the process, esthetic, and tradition of wood firing. Refreshments will be served in the old barn. For more information contact orchardstreetpottery@gmail.com or call...
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