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Arts

Final Week for VTC’s 'A Christmas Carol’

Wednesday, December 16, 2015 — Issue 336

BRATTLEBORO — A Christmas tradition continues with Vermont Theatre Company's production of Charles Dickens' classic tale of redemption, A Christmas Carol. The final four performances are this Thursday through Sunday (Dec. 17-20) at the Hooker-Dunham Theater, 139 Main St.

Performance times are 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and 3 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for seniors and students on Friday and Saturday, and $12 for all on Thursday and Sunday. For those who donate a non-perishable food item on Thursday, admission will be $2 less.

Reservations are highly recommended and can be made by calling 802-258-1344 or by email at vtcreservations@gmail.com. For more information, visit our website at vermonttheatrecompany.org.

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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Supreme Court changes put state school choice in flux

By
Joyce Marcel
Wednesday, March 22, 2023 — Issue 707

Does the United States still believe in the separation between church and state? This is one of the big questions making big waves in Vermont right now. In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court's Carson v. Makin decision required states with voucher systems to offer them to religious schools as well as to secular ones. Vermont education often depends on vouchers because this small state has a limited number of schools. Some towns do not have a high school. Some of...

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Voices

The triumph of the stupid

By
Randolph T. Holhut and Jeff Potter
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 — Issue 383

How did Donald Trump get elected president? Like many in the reality-based community, I severely underestimated how much hate, ignorance, and violence there is in these United States. Maybe it's because I have been in Vermont for the last 27 years of my life, a place where we still have a democracy and civility, and we still live life on a human-sized scale. But mostly, I truly believed that there were more people of goodwill in this nation than people...

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Arts

Palaver Strings presents CD release concert

Wednesday, June 1, 2022 — Issue 666

The Brattleboro Music Center's Season Guest Series offers Palaver Strings' Ready or Not CD Release Concert Thursday, June 2. Palaver's latest album, Ready or Not, celebrates the groundbreaking visions of female composers from the Renaissance to the present day. Joined by mezzo-soprano Sophie Michaux, Palaver will perform selections by Grazyna Bacewicz, Akenya Seymour, Elizabeth Moore, Barbara Strozzi, Connie Converse, Rebecca Clarke, Florence Price, and Nadia Boulanger.

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