BRATTLEBORO — Thank you for painting a quick sketch of Charles Monette, who, after 19 years, is once again presenting his artistic work on the stage. I look forward to seeing “Becoming van Gogh.”
MacLean Gander is retired from a long career as a professor and administrator at Landmark...
Deborah Lee Luskin , one of this newspaper's original columnists, blogs at deborahleeluskin.com. WILLIAMSVILLE-I have...
Meg Donahue is cofounder and chief creative officer of MamaSezz.com, an online enterprise that works...
Emily Carris Duncan (ecarrisduncan.com) represents the Windham-6 district (Wilmington, Whitingham, and Halifax) in the Vermont...
Prior to the pandemic, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that the nation's arts and culture sector comprised 4.3 percent of the economy and represented a $919.7 billion industry with 5.2 million jobs. The World Economic Forum in May 2020 reported that the music industry lost approximately half its revenue with the cancellation of concerts and other performances. Globally, the industry was worth more than $50 billion, with live music making up half the industry's revenues, the forum estimated.
Pity the poor political parties. Their Movers and Shakers can only quiver, as their best-laid plans have gone awry. Their presidential electoral machines, well oiled by special interests, were supposed to give us the usual choice between two establishment ruling class representatives. This year's ticket was to be another Bush/Clinton affair. Perhaps it was their past track record of success, perhaps it is merely indicative of their cluelessness as to the present state of mind of the populace, or perhaps...
“A Silent Language,” a show of paintings by Deborah Lazar, is on display at The Works Bakery Café at 118 Main St. The Putney artist and photographer's subjects include landscapes, still lifes, and portraits, all executed in a style called impressionist realism, with an emphasis on color and brushwork. Impressionist realism - “somewhat popular in the contemporary art world,” Lazar said - works on two levels. From afar, the paintings have a photographic quality, but up close the forms take...
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