Congrats, Obie

Michael Veitch

Wednesday, January 6, 2016 — Issue 338

Congrats to Michael Obuchowski! I wish I could have been there at the Windham County Democrats' Obie Awards. Keep swinging!

Voices

Seeing difference as a strength, not a weakness

Marc Thurman

Marc Thurman is the director of the Centers for Diversity and Inclusion at Landmark College.

Irony and hypocrisy

Karen Tyler

BRATTLEBORO-Charlie Kirk very publicly said that he believed it was worth the cost of a...

Trump and Republicans are trampling on our most sacred freedoms

Stephen Stearns

BRATTLEBORO-Are you thinking about our Constitution's First Amendment today? I am. Before our revolution in...

We need to come out for the next No Kings march on Oct. 18

Dan DeWalt

WILLIAMSVILLE-Every day we wake up to news of yet another assault on our Constitution and...

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Emerson president visits Marlboro, addresses college community

Emerson College President M. Lee Pelton spoke about the future of Marlboro College's campus and the cultural similarities between the two institutions during a visit to Vermont last week. He spoke at Town Meeting, the college's weekly community gathering, and during a roundtable discussion with students in the library, addressing a concern at the forefront of the college community: what will become of the campus if, as envisioned, Marlboro's programming and assets are absorbed into Emerson. Pelton said during the...

Together, we can create a new story

Peter Hutchinson

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 — Issue 809

Peter Hutchison is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, best-selling author, educator, activist, and musician whose film, The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism, screened at the Latchis Theatre in Brattleboro on March 15 and followed with a discussion, which the filmmaker joined via livestream. For a profile of the film and its accompanying book which appeared in the Arts section, visit bit.ly/809-hutchison. NEW YORK, N.Y.-Following the screening of The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism at the magnificent Latchis...

An immigration story dodges conventions

Annie Landenberger

Wednesday, March 17, 2021 — Issue 604

Imagine this: In 1840, 37 immigrants came from Italy to the United States. In 1907 - the year in which novelist Vincent Panella's latest work, Sicilian Dreams, is set, 285,731 did so - the greatest number in history. Such an explosion of dreamers was eager to reboot here in America, among them, Panella's family. Panella lives up on Augur Hole Road, just beyond the Marlboro border, in an 1840 home that she shares with his wife, photographer Susan Sichel. A...

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Congrats, Obie

Michael Veitch

Wednesday, January 6, 2016 — Issue 338

Voices

Seeing difference as a strength, not a weakness

Irony and hypocrisy

Trump and Republicans are trampling on our most sacred freedoms

We need to come out for the next No Kings march on Oct. 18

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News

Emerson president visits Marlboro, addresses college community

Jacob Seitz

Wednesday, November 27, 2019 — Issue 538

Voices

Together, we can create a new story

Peter Hutchinson

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 — Issue 809

Arts

An immigration story dodges conventions

Annie Landenberger

Wednesday, March 17, 2021 — Issue 604

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