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Tickets are on sale for Brattleboro School of Dance’s ‘Nutcracker’

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 — Issue 436

BRATTLEBORO — Tickets are on sale for Company of Muses and Brattleboro School of Dance's presentation of The Nutcracker at New England Youth Theatre the weekend of Dec. 22-24.

After taking a year off, the dance studio is mounting a full-scale production of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Christmas-themed ballet, complete with costumes and sets.

Performances feature traditional and original choreography staged by faculty and performed by students and alumni. This year's production has a new artistic director in BSD faculty member Holly Johnson.

Showtimes are 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 22, and Saturday, Dec. 23. There also will be matinee performances at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 23, and Sunday, Dec. 24.

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Co-curators, artists will offer tour of ‘In Nature’s Grasp’

BRATTLEBORO-Inspired by the natural world, artists have long contemplated diverse themes such as history, science,

‘The importance of this music is to bring people from all walks of life together’

By
Victoria Chertok

BRATTLEBORO-Samirah Evans of Brattleboro (samirahevans.com) will be a special guest soloist joining the Brattleboro Women's...

‘I love finding songs that speak to me and sharing them with others’

By
Victoria Chertok

BRATTLEBORO-The Commons met Brattleboro Women's Chorus Director Becky Graber at her home recently to talk...

Honoring, and crediting, a rich musical heritage

By
Victoria Chertok

BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Women's Chorus spring concert, "Better Days," will showcase powerful and poignant songs by...

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Unearthing history

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Robert F. Smith
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 — Issue 763

BELLOWS FALLS-In May, a community group will begin unveiling its work on a $37,000 study of the Native rock carvings next to the Vilas Bridge on the Vermont side of the Connecticut River. The Kchi Pôntegok Project (kit-see pohn-tuh-guk), named after the Abenaki expression for "at the Great Falls," which refers to the location of the petroglyphs. The group is at the point of wrapping up the project and members are planning public presentations of their findings. The group will...

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Dangerous, ignorant leadership has no place in drug policy

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Brenda Lynn Siegel
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 — Issue 508

On April 16, a press conference addressed the major drug bust that happened in Brattleboro not long ago. This media event was held, in part, to commend law enforcement for handling this enormous task and a job well done. Commissioner of Public Safety Tom Anderson also wanted to put folks who are selling “on notice” - an effort that we know, from the failed war on drugs, is ineffective. The idea of going after the supply might make us feel...

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Campbell’s ‘Thinking the Cosmos’ opens

Wednesday, May 9, 2018 — Issue 458

Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts, 183 Main St., will host an opening reception for sculptor Bruce Campbell's “Thinking the Cosmos: Kinetic Sculpture” on Saturday, May 12, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., with an Artist Talk scheduled for Saturday, June 9, at 5:30 p.m. Campbell graduated from Syracuse University with a BFA in printmaking and received an MFA from Indiana University. In the early 1970s, he began designing books and manuscripts, and soon began specializing in the design of art museum books and...

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