PUTNEY-Next Stage Arts and Twilight Music present a dance party with roots and world music...
PUTNEY-Next Stage Arts presents a concert of original compositions in the Arabic maqam tradition, featuring...
BRATTLEBORO-In meSSeS' solo circus production, Janoah...anygoodjokes?, Janoah the Jester juggles several tasks simultaneously, performing and...
WESTMINSTER WEST-The River Singers Community Chorus, led by Mary Cay Brass, will start their winter/spring...
The house at 1062 Grassy Brook Road isn't visible to passersby. But it is a big property in every sense of the word: 9,880 square feet of living space on a 292 acre spread that includes two covered bridges. A real estate listing trumpets the Montana log home as a “secret escape into the wild” with “million-dollar views.” The property also has loomed large in town affairs, as Brookline officials and the home's builder engaged in a prolonged, expensive tax...
As a bus driver for Medicaid riders in the past, I met and transported recovering addicts to and from various appointments, including the respective clinics for methadone or Suboxone. Some of the riders were diligent and persistent in their choice of recovery path, sticking to the program and protocol recommended for them by physical and mental health care providers. I sometimes see them in the community and feel good about what I see. Other riders, however, were/are less committed to...
In a hodge-podge of books and objects left behind in the 1911 home in Marlboro where she moved with her family four years ago, Julia Zanes found a remarkable old book, Gondola Days by F. Hopkinson Smith. “Published in 1897, Gondola Days is an account of Smith's travels to Venice,” says Zanes. “It turns out that F. Hopkinson Smith was quite an accomplished man. He built the foundation of the Statue of Liberty and was also a writer, artist, and...
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