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Sweetback Sisters bring their Christmas Spectacular to the Stone Church

Wednesday, December 19, 2018 — Issue 490

BRATTLEBORO — Christmastime is here again and the Sweetback Sisters are returning to The Stone Church on Main St. with their 10th annual Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular on Dec. 20 at 7 p.m.

With vaudevillian theatrics reminiscent of TV variety shows of the 1950s and '60s, the popular show includes trivia, prizes, and, of course, many beloved holiday tunes. Songbooks will be provided.

The Sweetback Sisters band will include their original guitarist Ross Bellenoit, Rob Hecht on fiddle and saxophone, and Charlie Muench of the Stray Birds on bass.

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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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Volunteer effort seeks short-term rental units for temporary COVID-19 workers

Wednesday, April 1, 2020 — Issue 555

The math is simple: In a town with a chronic shortage of affordable housing, if medical personnel have to visit to help with COVID-19 patients, where will they live? Kate Barry says that she has been hearing stories about how difficult it is for temporary health-care workers to find affordable short-term rentals. The Brattleboro-based real estate agent, currently sheltering in place with her family in New Hampshire, owns and manages a set of vacation-rental units with her husband, Bruce Hunt.

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They couldn’t have arrived at a better time

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Elayne Clift
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 — Issue 487

They came from north, south, east and west. They were military veterans, Muslims, Native Americans, LGBT women, and women of color. Progressive and powerful, they flowed like a river into a sparkling blue sea, flipping the House of Representatives, defeating long-term incumbents who thought their seats were safe, overturning state houses, taking their places on court benches. Now they will assume leadership positions on several powerful House committees. It seems fair to say their impact on governance in this country...

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Lassus Quartett to perform free concert at Putney School

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 — Issue 534

Yellow Barn continues its 2019-2020 residency series with a free public concert by Lassus Quartett on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 4 p.m. at the Putney School's Currier Center. Lassus Quartett is a Swiss-based string quartet with violinists Joel Bardolet and Antonio Viñuales, violist Adam Newman, and cellist David Eggert. The group will perform Morton Feldman's gigantic String Quartet No. 2, a work lasting nearly six hours. Inspired by the intricate immensity of Turkish tapestries, the work is performed without pause,

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