I love the sketch by Karen Becker of the chorus singing. How refreshing it is to have a drawing done on the site of local activities.
Would that The Commons have more illustrations like this one.
Voices
Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...
BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...
About 75 people filled the steps in front of Brattleboro's Municipal Center on Feb. 23, rallying in support of the transgender members of the community - especially trans students. As the sun set on the warm late-afternoon, participants waved signs, held banners, and chanted, mostly in call-and-response: “When trans students are under attack, what do we do? Stand up! Fight back!" “We're here! We're trans! We're fabulous! Don't mess with us!" Teenagers, parents with children, and adults young and not-so-young...
I was full of Christmas cheer as I took a trolley from Cambridge to Boston to wait for the train to Brattleboro. It was snowing heavily. I was excited about spending a Vermont Christmas with my brother Paddy, his wife Betty, and their little daughter Leish, but I was also excited at the thought of meeting my girlfriend Tina in New York after Christmas. To my surprise, I began to realize how very close we'd become in a short time.
The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) welcomes museum members and the public to celebrate the opening of four new exhibits that feature ceramics, textiles, and cardboard sculpture on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 11 a.m. The new exhibits include "Home Bodies," a collaboration between ceramic artist Fawn Krieger and textile artist David B. Smith; "And To This World" by printmaker Michael Smoot; "Sounds Deep" by sculptor Art Costa; and "Paper Made," a group show by nine artists working in fiber...
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