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Simba to usher in winter solstice
Simba moves its Winter Solstice party to 118 Elliot.
Arts

Simba to usher in winter solstice

Wednesday, December 14, 2016 — Issue 387

BRATTLEBORO — Simba will celebrate the end of the year and the longest night with their annual Winter Solstice Celebration on Wednesday, Dec. 21, at 7 p.m., at 118 Elliot in downtown Brattleboro.

Admission is $10 per person, with a $25 family maximum

Simba is a danceable world beat band featuring funky grooves and some excellent local musicians, including Bob Stabach (sax), Dan DeWalt (trombone, keys, steelpan), Wim Auer (bass), Charlie Schneeweis (trumpet), Derrik Jordan (guitar, percussion, vocals) and special guests.

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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Sweet Pond project was 9 years in the making

By
Olga Peters
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 — Issue 563

The sun sparkles on the waters of Sweet Pond once again. The pond's return to community use symbolizes what the combined efforts of community members, lawmakers, and state employees can achieve. Last fall, state contractors completed renovating a historic dam that was deemed unsafe, requiring the draining of the 18-acre pond in one of the state's smallest parks in 2011. With the project complete last fall, the water from Keats Brook started to fill Sweet Pond once again, marking a...

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Voices

On climate science

By
Wendy Ireland
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 — Issue 789

GUILFORD-My brother recently spoke with a woman who insisted that global warming is all a hoax. "It's not the Earth's atmosphere getting too warm due to man's emissions," she insisted. "The trouble is that the Earth is moving closer to the sun." What an idiot! We all know that the planets don't jump out of their orbits. Obviously, what's happening is that the sun is moving closer to the Earth. Wendy Ireland Guilford This letter to the editor was submitted...

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Arts

Seamus Egan Project comes to Next Stage

Wednesday, July 26, 2017 — Issue 418

Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present The Seamus Egan Project, featuring the founding member of the seminal Irish-American band Solas, at Next Stage on Friday, July 28, at 7:30 p.m. Beginning with tunes from his groundbreaking 1996 album When Juniper Sleeps - which was the impetus for the formation of Solas - through music from his 20-year career with that iconic band, and adding some brand new tunes, Egan, with a band of friends and musical guests, will...

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