RE: “What happens when a library loses its spirit?” [Column, Sept. 25]:
What a beautiful and resonant description of what we love about and get from libraries!
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BRATTLEBORO-We are longtime residents of Brattleboro and have followed and appreciated David Gartenstein's public service for many years, including his time as Representative Town Meeting moderator and as member of both the Brattleboro School Board and the Brattleboro Union High School Board, the Development Review Board, and the Charter Revision Commission. We have also known him as a fellow Representative Town Meeting member. All of this participation shows David's deep experience and his commitment to public service in our town.
Panopera, a new opera company for the community in and around Southern Vermont, is providing a fresh look at an old form of musical theater. For instance, conductor and piano accompanist Hugh Keelan recently interrupted one of the company's recitals at Centre Congregational Church in Brattleboro to challenge the audience. After one of the company, Jenna Rae, sang in the original Italian, Senza Mamma from Pietro Mascagni's, “Cavalleria Rusticana,” Keelan turned to the audience and asked, “What was [Rae] singing...
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