BRATTLEBORO-The Henrik Ibsen drama An Enemy of the People will lead audiences to question "the...
BRATTLEBORO-The Vermont Symphony Orchestra will head to Windham County to present two cutting-edge music presentations...
BRATTLEBORO-Throughout the month of April, River Gallery School will exhibit "Places We Know: Local Landscapes...
BRATTLEBORO-ByWay Books & More, 399 Canal St., is supporting the Vermont Reads community program by...
A scholarship fund that was started to honor the memory of Londonderry lawmaker Rick Hube is closing in on its fundraising goal of $100,000. Friends of Hube, who died suddenly on Dec. 21, 2009, started the Rick Hube UVM Scholarship Fund last year. Scholarships will be awarded a student who lives in Londonderry, Jamaica, Stratton, Weston and Winhall - the towns that Hube represented for nearly 10 years in the Vermont House - who wishes to attend the University of...
The Brattleboro Music Center is launching the EOS (Educate. Open. Strengthen.) Project, as a direct response to questions about social justice as it pertains to the world of classical music and institutions like itself. Developed and led by BMC faculty member Heather Sommerlad, EOS is envisioned as a collaborative effort of BMC Music School faculty and other local musicians to actively seek out and intentionally study and perform music by composers who are “Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, as...
Nicholas Boke is a freelance writer and international educational consultant. CHESTER-It all started when a community-action organization emailed concerns in advance of the Liberty Food Fest, which took place at the Bellows Falls Opera House in mid-December. Several of the speakers had reputations as anti-vaxxers and adherents of conspiracy theories like climate change being a hoax, critical race theory posing a threat to our children, and the value of drinking raw milk. The fact that a significant number of the...
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