GUILFORD-Joel Veena Eisenkramer, known professionally as Joel Veena, has recently released a new album, Cardinal,
DUMMERSTON-What could be more fun than going out at night to hear live music, or...
PUTNEY-Next Stage Arts presents indie rock band Betty, plus DJ ezGirl on Friday, April 25,
-Next Stage Arts presents Stephane Wrembel, the "living face of Gypsy jazz," on Saturday, April...
Despite Vermont's big problems with EB-5, the foreign investment program, has led to major expansions at Mount Snow. And that trend may continue, even in the wake of recent news that the federal government intends to shut down the state-run EB-5 regional center. Executives at the Dover resort wouldn't comment on the state's latest EB-5 travails. But Mount Snow administrators in recent weeks have touted their progress on an initial round of EB-5 projects, while also confirming that they've requested...
From Thursday, Oct. 14 to Sunday, Oct. 17, the 20th annual Brattleboro Literary Festival will host more than 60 authors featured in 40 events and discussions - all online and free. Books presented at the 2021 festival will cover a range of topics: rebellious women and feminist cowboys, homelessness, former presidents, immigration, New York, New Orleans, political upheaval, Banksy, aging, writers and lovers, fake accounts, hurricanes, and pandemics. Scheduled events include: • Pulitzer Prize–winning author Louis Menand will present The...
In the recent uproar over civility, it was deeply frustrating to note the absence of civil disobedience in the discussions, and to see the time-honored tradition of leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. being conflated with actions perceived to be rude and unkind. It was also dangerous, and it was also another sign of the ideology of autocracy being used to quiet resistance when government, and its officials, are doing the wrong thing. One can argue that...
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