I've been turning the pages of On the Breath of Song with tears and smiles and the deep appreciation for the voices. The gift of song that goes straight to the heart.
Thank you, Hallowell Singers, and thank you, thank you, Kathy Leo, for your deep knowing, for your big heart, and for sharing your beautiful words.
Dan DeWalt, a frequent contributor to these pages and one of the founders of this...
Steev Lynn works internationally, currently reporting on the civil war in Myanmar after a military...
CAVENDISH-It's crucial to address the underlying motivations behind this opposition about HCRS's use of AI...
The writer is a member of the Putney Housing Solutions Task Force, a community group...
For the fourth time in seven years, Brattleboro Community Television Production Manager Roland Boyden earned the station an award from the Alliance for Community Media for his annual outreach film. This year's entry, “Surprise! There's a TV station in Brattleboro,” is a four-minute montage, produced by Boyden, that introduces viewers to the public access station, answers questions about community media, and shows clips from its programming, including some behind-the-scenes footage. Boyden, who began working with BCTV 12 years ago -
It's quite disappointing that the only candidates remaining for president are three old, white men: Biden, Sanders, and Trump. As if we need any more evidence, white male privilege is still a driving factor in the decisions being made. It's illogical to think that out of the millions of eligible people in our country, we couldn't include any women and people of color who are at least as capable and qualified as the three men we ended up with. This...
Ambrose Akinmusire is a truth teller whose music is an expression of his personal journey as a Black man. Although he loves playing jazz standards, he has chosen to compose original music that draws attention to the realities of racism. The Vermont Jazz Center is pleased to present the Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet, featuring Akinmusire on trumpet, Sam Harris on piano, Linda May Han Oh on bass, and Tim Angulo on drums, on Saturday, Sept. 17, at 8 p.m. This will...
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