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Arts

Landmark College to present You Can't Take It With You

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 — Issue 301

PUTNEY — Landmark College presents an evening of comedy with You Can't Take It With You, a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman.

The play will be performed at the Greenhoe Theater at Landmark College on Friday, April 17, and Saturday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. The theater is located in the Fine Arts Building on the Landmark College campus, at 19 River Road South. Admission is free, and the public is welcome.

The play takes place in the home of the eccentric Sycamore family.

Directed by Landmark College assistant professor Nevada Bromley, the play reflects the atmosphere of the 1930s. Ira Wilner provided the lighting design. The cast features 17 Landmark College students, with another 10 students in the crew.

For more information, call 802-387-1685.

Arts

'A Rafter of Crankies' returns to Craft Tour

PUTNEY-Sandglass Theater's "A Rafter of Crankies" is a candlelit celebration of storytelling through art, puppetry,

Sing Nowell’s return to Latchis on Dec. 2 benefits Groundworks

BRATTLEBORO-On Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m., the Latchis Theatre will ring again with the...

Jonathan Ryan Storm discusses his artwork

BRATTLEBORO-Artist Jonathan Ryan Storm will lead a walking tour and discussion of his outdoor exhibition,

Michael Tarbox and Wojcicki coming to Stage 33 Live

BELLOWS FALLS-Michael Tarbox brings his guitar playing and voice to Stage 33 Live for a...

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A variety of teaching techniques

By
Olga Peters
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 — Issue 558

According to the University of Michigan, asynchronous learning - also called location independent learning - “is the idea that students learn the same material at different times and locations.” Synchronous learning means students are learning a subject at the same time and in the same location, such attending a lecture. Which model should a school system like the Windham Southeast Supervisory Union embrace? As it turns out, some of each. Tine Biolsi, the district's math coach, said one of her...

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Voices

Be safe; vote absentee

By
Dick Cooke
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 — Issue 572

Being a good citizen means many things, including exercising the right to vote. But in this time of a health crisis some folks feel that there's a problem when they, like me, have a compromised health condition or don't want to put others at risk. Do the right thing! Stay safe and vote absentee. All you need to do is request a ballot online at mvp.vermont.gov or call your town clerk's office. Shortly after you make the request, you'll get...

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Arts

‘Dateline-Saigon’ to be shown at Next Stage

Wednesday, February 6, 2019 — Issue 496

Next Stage Arts Project, 15 Kimball Hill, will present the original film Dateline-Saigon, part of the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival Vermont Tour, as part of its [FRAMED] film series on Sunday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. Award-winning Dateline-Saigon tells the story of five young journalists whose courageous reporting during the early years of the Vietnam War in the face of fierce opposition - and worse - from our government is uncannily relevant to challenges journalists face today. Dateline-Saigon profiles five...

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