RE: “Visions, values, and tragedy” [Special Focus, July 17]:
After two years, reading this story breaks my heart. Richard Gagnon, thank you for writing. My prayers for you, and for everyone in Brattleboro, continue.
Tim Kipp, a political activist since the 1960s, is a retired history and political science...
WESTMINSTER-A few days ago, I texted some of my family members to call their representatives...
BRATTLEBORO-There has been an unrelenting assault on our culture and our country since the inauguration...
TOWNSHEND-Several weeks ago, a Peruvian fisherman, stranded in the ocean for months, was miraculously found...
On Sunday, Jan. 28 - a day after International Holocaust Remembrance Day - the creators of The Cure for Hate: Bearing Witness to Auschwitz will bring the 85-minute documentary, released last month, to the Latchis for a screening and discussion. The film features former neo-Nazi Tony McAleer and depicts, according to a media release, his "journey from a troubled teen drawn into white supremacist ideology to a man trying to make amends for his hate-filled past." McAleer, the film's subject,
On Friday, Feb. 14, Epsilon Spires will host a screening of Peter Weir's opulent 1975 cult classic Picnic at Hanging Rock along with a musical performance of vibraphone and electronics by the duo Anomali & Ophelia. Set at a girls' boarding school in Edwardian-era Australia, Picnic at Hanging Rock tells the story of a Valentine's Day outing gone awry when three students and their chaperone disappear while exploring an ancient rock formation. Although the film is initially captivating for its...
When I was 13, the family took a trip to Norfolk, Va. That same week, some Navy unit had just come home from its deployment. There must've been at least 400 sailors, all in their dress whites. I looked at my mother, and I told her: “When I'm old enough, I'm going to join the Navy and defend our country.” For years, I couldn't stop thinking about that one sentence. I didn't exactly know what I meant at the time,
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