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Arts

Sweetback Sisters Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular is coming to the Stone Church

Wednesday, December 20, 2017 — Issue 439

BRATTLEBORO — The Sweetback Sisters return to The Stone Church, 210 Main St., on Wednesday, Dec. 20, at 8 p.m., with their ninth annual Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular.

According to a news release, “this wildly popular show delivers a veritable explosion of yuletide splendor, complete with trivia, prizes, and, of course, all the holiday tunes you know and love.”

The Sweetback Sisters and their band are known for their precise, family-style harmonies and blazing instrumentals. For this show, the group brings their signature mix of modern nostalgia to a wide array of holiday classics and hidden gems.

Songbooks will be provided.

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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WSESU confronts homelessness among its students

By
Ellen Pratt
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 — Issue 744

The Windham Southeast Supervisory Union (WSESU) has identified 90 school-aged children and youth in the district who are experiencing homelessness. This is 10 more than were identified last year and includes about seven "unaccompanied youth" - older teenagers who are separated from a parent or guardian. Tricia Hill is the district's McKinney-Vento liaison (named for the federal legislation that funds the position), required at every school district that receives Title I funds. In this position, Hill identifies homeless youth and...

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Voices

Individual respect is deserved

By
Tristan Roberts
Wednesday, June 19, 2019 — Issue 515

I don't like the tactics of 17-year-old Rio Daims, who kept heifers waiting on hot pavement during last weekend's parade “die-in.” But what is her father, who isn't quoted and whose decade-old activism is unrelated, doing in your story? Sometime last century, newspapers started covering women in the news without mentioning their husbands. Will today's child activists get that much respect?

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Arts

Marlboro presents rarely-heard works by Schubert, Zemlinsky

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 — Issue 469

Regular attendees at the weekend concerts at Vermont's storied Marlboro Music Festival are used to musical discoveries and varied programs from this international gathering of classical music royalty whose multi-week explorations of over 200 pieces with their younger colleagues uncover new insights in familiar as well as new works. The concerts this weekend on Saturday, July 28, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, July 29, at 2:30 p.m., at Marlboro College's Persons Auditorium are no exception. Saturday's program offers an especially...

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