PUTNEY — One of the founders of the Tempestry Project at The Putney School is Asy Connelly. Her name appeared incorrectly in the April 19 issue.
BRATTLEBORO-The Henrik Ibsen drama An Enemy of the People will lead audiences to question "the...
BRATTLEBORO-The Vermont Symphony Orchestra will head to Windham County to present two cutting-edge music presentations...
BRATTLEBORO-Throughout the month of April, River Gallery School will exhibit "Places We Know: Local Landscapes...
BRATTLEBORO-ByWay Books & More, 399 Canal St., is supporting the Vermont Reads community program by...
If Katy Emond succeeds, in September, Putney parents like her will have a new resource to help ameliorate the challenges of being working parents. Emond - a community member for 40 years, a high school teacher for 16 years, and a swimming instructor for 25 years - is also the mother of three children. Soon, she hopes to become executive director of the Putney Community & Childcare Center, her vision to help parents who must work but too often cannot...
BRATTLEBORO-In "The Lottery," a suspenseful short story by North Bennington resident Shirley Jackson, all the villagers gather every June, as they always have, participating in a ritual to ensure a good harvest, a beneficial year, and remove bad omens. They do this by collectively stoning to death one member of the village, who is chosen by lottery. Then their village carries on, thinking they've done what is needed to improve their lives. Until the following June. Political historian Heather Cox...
Epsilon Spires, in collaboration with Vidhi Salla of "Vidhi's Bollywood Jukebox," will host a special screening of Last Film Show (2021), also known as Chhello Show on Friday, August 18, at 7:30 p.m. In this film, a nine-year-old boy, Samay, lives in a remote village in western India and harbors dreams of becoming a filmmaker after watching his first Bollywood film. Last Film Show was India's official entry to the 95th Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category.
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