This is a well-written article on Crescent Dragonwagon. I am an alumnus of Fearless Writing and love her honesty when she speaks. She is an outstanding instructor and positive influence.
BRATTLEBORO-In Brattleboro, a significant amount of public discourse happens online. While social media can be...
GREENFIELD, MASS.-When I saw the cover of The Commons, I decided to look over this...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Area Interfaith Youth Group went off to Asheville, North Carolina! The multicultural group...
NORTHFIELD, MASS.-There are so many hysterical writers to this paper that it's difficult to focus...
Good day to you, residents of the windy hamlets of southeastern Vermont! While all the rain and moisture has been good for long-term drought mitigation, I bet more than one gardener or farmer has been crying uncle recently. Such cries are slated to continue by the end of this week, and possibly well into next week. For Wednesday, we should experience westerly winds gusting over 30 mph at times. A trough of lower pressures aloft will move through our region,
Last year, at the Centre Congregational Church, two literary heavyweights met on the stage: National Book Award finalist Andre Dubus III, bestselling author of House of Sand and Fog, and the soon-to-be National Book Award winner Phil Klay, who'd just published his first book, Redeployment, about serving in the Iraq War. While reading from one of his works, Dubus, clearly the more flamboyant of the two, kept catching himself swearing during off-the-cuff remarks - and looking a bit nervous about...
Experience new dimensions of energy in performance with Grammy Award-winning master drummer Glen Velez, vocal phenomenon LOIRE, and acclaimed cellist Eugene Friesen on Friday, Aug. 28, at 7:30 p.m., at Immanuel Episcopal Church. Velez, a four-time Grammy winner, is the founding father of the modern Frame Drum movement and is regarded as a legendary figure among musicians and audiences worldwide. During his illustrious career Velez has single-handedly popularized this ancient drum for the modern world. LOIRE (a.k.a. Lori Cotler) has...
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