GRAFTON-Among the summer arts happenings gracing green hills with theater, fine art, craft, circus, puppetry,
DUMMERSTON-All are invited to the opening reception of "Watercolors by Linda Rood" at the Dummerston...
GUILFORD-Pride began with rebellion. Kopkind Colony, the living memorial to the late radical journalist Andrew...
MARLBORO-Bard Owl, the duo of T. Breeze Verdant and Annie Landenberger, will perform a benefit...
“There's that town line again,“ joked Whitingham School Board Chair Seth Boyd. “We need to get rid of that town line.” Last week, representatives from the Twin Valley and Deerfield Valley Elementary school boards hashed out questions regarding a joint agreement and the proposed closing of one of the three school buildings in Wilmington and Whitingham. To save money, the towns are looking to consolidate either their elementary or high school populations. In preparation for a series of public hearings...
Panopera, a new opera company for the community in and around Southern Vermont, is providing a fresh look at an old form of musical theater. For instance, conductor and piano accompanist Hugh Keelan recently interrupted one of the company's recitals at Centre Congregational Church in Brattleboro to challenge the audience. After one of the company, Jenna Rae, sang in the original Italian, Senza Mamma from Pietro Mascagni's, “Cavalleria Rusticana,” Keelan turned to the audience and asked, “What was [Rae] singing...
I expect that few know the Rich Earth Institute by name, but most have heard about our work - collecting urine, using it to fertilize some local hayfields, and saving some of the 1.2 trillion gallons of potable water we use to flush small amounts of urine down our toilets. Lots of you saw us strolling with the heifers and joined us in the memorable cheer, “Give us a pee!” This work may be frivolous in how it sounds -
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