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Voices

Well-crafted column

By
Renee Vondle
Wednesday, August 25, 2021 — Issue 627

Powerful. Thank you for all the energy you expended to craft this article. Well done.

Voices

Planet Hank is at our door

By
Anne Henshaw

Anne Henshaw is an independent educational consultant and advocate for disability rights. CHESTER-On Oct. 18,

Danger to the Constitution

By
Laurie Goldman

TRENTON, MAINE-Jo Schneiderman's piece on self-censorship is one of the most important and precise framings...

We must do more to stop U.S. complicity in Gaza

By
Steve Wangh

BRATTLEBORO-Our senators, Peter Welch and Bernie Sanders, and our Representative, Becca Balint, have been in...

Sweat and ash: the spirit of community in Windham

By
Michael Pelton

Michael Pelton, a farm owner and operator and engaged community member, serves on the Windham...

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News

Adapting to changes

By
Fran Lynggaard Hansen
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 — Issue 757

Howard (Howie) Prussack is relaxed, sitting in the warmth of his greenhouse on this overcast March day, enjoying 70-degree weather among the tomato plants he started in late February. "The celery is up, and we're potting turmeric today. We're also working on ginger propagation," Prussack says. Turmeric and ginger? "People are getting older and want foods that keep us healthy," he says. "Powerful herbs and vegetables, carrots, turmeric, ginger - they are all important as one ages." These are new...

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Voices

We’re in the gap between devastation and revolution

By
Lynn Levine
Wednesday, July 20, 2022 — Issue 673

Prepare for a revolution, when the young people and others usually disenfranchised rise up. The Supreme Court's rulings are deplorable and devastating. These terrible times will encourage voting to make Congress more supportive of women and children, gay men and women, and the BIPOC community. “Even though something good always seems to come from something bad, there's a gap,” Srinivas Rao, creator of the Unmistakable Creative podcast, wrote in a 2016 essay on Medium.com. “And it's learning to live in...

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Arts

Next Stage presents Carsie Blanton plus Milton on May 9

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 — Issue 764

PUTNEY-Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present singer-songwriter Carsie Blanton and her Handsome Band, plus fellow singer-songwriter Milton at Next Stage, 15 Kimball Hill, on Thursday, May 9, at 7 p.m. Blanton has been described as a songwriter with "hooks, chutzpah, and revolutionary optimism," say organizers in a news release. Inspired by artist-activists including Nina Simone and Woody Guthrie, her catalog includes American popular song from folk and swing to pop-punk protest anthems. Her "unique mix of hook-driven pop...

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