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Djeli offers ‘Story Weaving,’ ‘Emancipation’ in Brattleboro

By
Victoria Chertok
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 — Issue 687

On Wednesday, Oct. 26 from 5:30 to 8 p.m., the Root Social Justice Center (28 Williams St., Brattleboro) presents “A Story Weaving Workshop” by Djeli as part of the BIPOC Affinity Healing Space Series.

The event is free and open to anyone who identifies as a BIPOC person (non-white) - bring yourself and your stories; food and supplies will be provided. Call the center at 802-451-0509 for more information, or visit bit.ly/687-djeli to register.

On Saturday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m., Djeli presents Emancipation: A Celebration of Soul, an interactive experience crafted of song, chant, poetry, and ritual incantation that takes place at Hilltop Montessori School, 128 Summit Circle, Brattleboro.

The performance is free, and space is limited. To reserve a seat: tickets.brightstarevents.com/tickets/emancipation.

For more information, email Djeli at Djelisdream@gmail.com.

Arts

New art gallery opens in Newfane

By
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VTC opens season with four one-act plays

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‘Sing Nowell’ will benefit Groundworks

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Brattleboro Women's Chorus presents fall concert

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New Hampshire plans to rebuild Vilas Bridge - by 2028

By
Robert F. Smith
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 — Issue 684

Closed due to safety concerns in 2009, the Vilas Bridge, which connects Walpole, N.H. with Bellows Falls across the Connecticut River, may yet be rebuilt and reopened. New Hampshire has earmarked $17.7 million for the project and recently included it in the state's 10-year highway plan. With 7% of the bridge in Vermont, Vermont will be paying 7% of the costs. The schedule is for preliminary bridge engineering and design to begin in 2023, and construction to begin in 2028.

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Voices

A matter of survival

By
Mollie Burke
Tuesday, July 25, 2023 — Issue 724

After Tropical Storm Irene did major damage to Vermont in 2011, the state recognized the need to prepare for future storms of that magnitude. People started to take the idea of climate-related weather events more seriously. In building back our infrastructure, the Agency of Transportation put in larger culverts and stronger bridges, and it paid attention to riverbank restoration, among other measures. Lessons were learned. Now, a mere 12 years after Irene, these improvements have been tested with catastrophic flooding.

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Arts

NECCA welcomes Harris as strategic development director

Wednesday, September 13, 2023 — Issue 731

Lissa Harris has joined the staff at the New England Center for Circus Arts (NECCA) as the Director of Strategic Development. According to a NECCA news release, this position "was created as part of the 2022–2025 Strategic Plan to build financial longevity, increase capacity for program impact in the community, and to address the pressing need of increasing wages and benefits for staff." As former development director for Food Connects, Harris created financial stability for that nonprofit organization through strategic...

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