BRATTLEBORO — Lester Dunklee is the best! I go in with some pretty random requests and projects. I have yet to stump him.
Sometimes it takes a minute, but that light bulb above his head always lights.
Meg Mott, Ph.D. is professor emerita of Marlboro College and Emerson College and describes herself...
Ross Momaney (rmm-art.com) is a visual artist and arts educator. By blending these roles, he...
Michelle Bos-Lun and Richard Nelson are state representatives who sit across the table from each...
Carolyn North (carolynnorthbooks.com) is a writer of books that address "the interface between matter and...
Eighteen months after the passage of Act 46, the controversial school-governance law has been a “huge success” and does not require significant revision, state Board of Education Chair Stephan Morse says. Morse acknowledges that there have been some “challenges” in implementing the law. He also says it's now clear that school mergers aren't resulting in big financial savings for schools. But the Newfane resident believes Vermont is making strides toward greater educational equity under the law. As evidence, Morse cites...
Make no mistake - our country is being incinerated. I'm not referring to the awful wildfires that have ravaged the United States for the last four-plus years. I'm talking about the Trump effect. Since he slithered down that gilded escalator on June 16, 2015 and bellowed out his hatred of immigrants as an opening salvo, Trump has managed to promote, bully, and lie his way into the political and social fabric of America, mainly by escalating hate and fear. He...
The New England Center for Circus Arts has presented their reimagining of The Nutcracker since 2009. This year's production, The Flying Nut: 'Tis the Sea-son, in NECCA's custom-built circus trapezium, offers another high-flying celebration of circus joy - this time with a dose of midwinter tropical delight. Join the Stahlbaum family as their children receive a gift that starts them on a journey to strange and fascinating lands, where crabs do trapeze and flamingos dance on an oceanscape far from...
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