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Arts

Tickets for Nutcracker now on sale

Wednesday, December 9, 2015 — Issue 335

BRATTLEBORO — Tickets are now on sale for Company of Muses and Brattleboro School of Dance's presentation of The Nutcracker, taking place at New England Youth Theatre the weekend of Dec. 18-20.

This is the third straight year the town's dance studio has mounted a full-scale production of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Christmas-themed ballet, complete with costumes and sets.

Performances feature traditional and original choreography staged by faculty and performed by students and alumni with Brattleboro School of Dance owner and artistic director Jennifer Moyse providing overall direction.

Show times are 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 18, and Saturday, Dec. 19. There will also be matinee performances at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 20.

Arts

Secrets and motives, tensions and suspicions

By
Annie Landenberger

WILLIAMSVILLE-The Rock River Players (RRP) seem to be making a name as producers of new...

‘One of the things that makes jazz really special is connectivity’

By
Eugene Uman

BRATTLEBORO-The Emerging Artist Festival (EAF) is one of the cornerstones of the Vermont Jazz Center's...

Tasha Tudor Society wins publication award

MARLBORO-The journal of the nonprofit Tasha Tudor Society won first place in the Newsletters &

Documentary focuses on anti-trans legal battles

BRATTLEBORO-The Vermont premiere of a new documentary, Heightened Scrutiny, will be held Saturday, Nov. 1,

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A joyful noise

By
Joyce Marcel
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 — Issue 837

BRATTLEBORO-"Honk for Decency," said the sign, and, oh, honk they did. It was a beautiful fall afternoon on Brattleboro's Town Common, where a joyous No Kings 2.0 protest on Oct. 18 pushed against the presidency of Donald Trump. More than 3,000 people came out and filled the Town Common in Brattleboro. They were among nearly 2,700 other marches, vigils, and protests that spanned the U.S. from coast to coast, and drew an estimated 7 million people. Similar events were held...

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Voices

An abrupt change would be reckless

By
Lynn Barrett
Saturday, April 23, 2022 — Issue 660

By now, Brattleboro residents have heard the town's intent to sign a contract with for-profit Golden Cross ambulance service and discontinue its 56-year annual contract with nonprofit Rescue Inc. Why would the Selectboard make such a decision on its own, and why has this not been a topic of public discussion? Every September, Rescue holds a consortium for the towns, a meeting that also airs on BCTV. During the 2021 meeting, then-Town Manager Peter Elwell assured the Rescue staff, volunteers,

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Arts

Museum to honor ‘service to art and humanity’

Wednesday, August 9, 2023 — Issue 726

The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) will present its inaugural Award for Service to Art & Humanity to artist Aurora Robson at the museum's annual gala on Saturday, Aug. 19, beginning at 6 p.m. "BMAC believes in the power of art and artists to imagine new possibilities, to communicate across political and cultural divides, and to encourage empathy and collaboration," BMAC Director Danny Lichtenfeld said in a news release. "We have great admiration for artists who apply their creative...

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