In last week's “Here We Are” column, “Compassionate creativity everywhere,” Kali Quinn told interviewer Wendy O'Connell: “One of the pieces that I do actually looks at a local woman and friend, Rupa Cousins, and the end of her life.” The original broadcast was transcribed incorrectly, and the online version of this story has been corrected.
BRATTLEBORO-The Stone Church on Main Street had been hosting an eclectic range of music for...
BRATTLEBORO-Brattleboro Area Jewish Community (BAJC) invites everyone to join them to celebrate the festival of...
BRATTLEBORO-On Saturday, Dec. 21, Vermont-based Jatoba and Massachusetts-based Hot Day at the Zoo will make...
PUTNEY-Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music celebrate the season with an evening of traditional...
Archer Mayor titled his latest Joe Gunther novel, Bomber's Moon, as almost a warning: Be careful what you wish for. The phrase “bomber's moon” originated during World War II and referred to the full moon, which made night-targeting during air raids easier for pilots, the Newfane-based mystery author told a rapt audience that filled Bartleby's Books on Oct. 12. But, Mayor cautioned, the moonlight was a mixed blessing. If the bombers could see targets better, then so, too, could the...
“Get away from my car, you f-ing a-hole! I don't need any information! I love my dogs!” That was the reaction of an elderly woman in Palm Springs, Calif., when offered printed educational information on the risks to her two small dogs that she left alone in her car while she shopped for groceries for over an hour. “These people are interfering with my right to live my life the way I choose!” So screamed an angry dog owner at...
Stone Church Arts has ended, but a new entity, Halcyon Arts, has picked up its legacy of presenting music from around the world and close at home. According to a news release, the Vestry at Immanuel Episcopal Church in Bellows Falls voted at the end of August to discontinue the cultural center's concerts and other programming for financial reasons. “The pandemic certainly ended our income and, from a financial point of view, this makes sense. However, it is a great...
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