A new addition to the art and design scene in town, StationHaus has opened in the ground-floor gallery space in the Hooker-Dunham Building, 139 Main St.
According to a news release, StationHaus “is a gallery and design shop concept started in New York City and realized in Brattleboro.”
The concept shop focuses on works from local and international artists and custom-designed pieces. Owner Isabelo Satori, a Brooklyn native, an interior designer and artisan, recently moved to town to further his interest in furniture fabrication and metal finishing at Adaptive Fabrication, a firm based in the BDCC Book Press Business Park, when the opportunity arose to open Station Haus.
For many years, Satori says, he has had a vision for a brick-and-mortar location where he could “share his design aesthetic“ and “provide a way for people to source sought-after pieces.”...
The Brattleboro Area Farmers' Market is opening for the season on Saturday, May 1 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at its site on Route 9. Following its 2020 season, during which the market was significantly modified to comply with covid-related state requirements, the market is continuing to offer...
Transitions • Landmark College announced it has hired Cheryl Adolph as its next Vice President for Institutional Advancement. She will join the college this summer. For the past five years, Adolph has worked for the College of Staten Island, first as Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations and then...
Groundworks sets up drop boxes to collect personal care itemsBRATTLEBORO - Groundworks Collaborative, aided by the Windham County Democrats, has set up drop boxes to collect toiletries and personal hygiene items. These items are always in continual demand, and Groundworks' goal is to provide a small stockpile of these necessities. Drop boxes are located at Village Square Booksellers in Bellows Falls, D&K's Jamaica Grocery in Jamaica, and Everyone's Books in Brattleboro. Needed items include bandannas, shampoo and conditioner, tampons, deodorant,
Next Stage Arts has announced an outdoor, socially distanced, cultural performance series running from early May through mid-October throughout Windham County. The series will include more than 20 performances from a diverse group of musical styles, circus arts, dance, and theater that will take place in ballfields, farms, and parks throughout the area. “The idea is to engage and inspire creative spirits of all ages as Windham County becomes the stage to celebrate the arts in a safe and socially...
Green Mountain Camp, a 104-year-old rustic camp for girls in Dummerston, has received a $5,000 boost from the Athena Giving Circle, 10 area women who collectively donated $5,000. In a news release, Gail Nunziata said the group “admires the work Green Mountain Camp does to benefit girls and young women through the camping and community experience. We believe their track record of repeat campers, raising counselors through the ranks, and outdoor, unplugged activities gives these girls pivotal memories to last...
350Vermont is collaborating on more than 20 tree planting events this spring, including several in the area. There will be tree plantings on Saturday, May 8 at Kampfires Campground in Dummerston, on Sunday, May 9 at Sun Hill Farm in Putney, at a date to be determined in May at Putney Central School, and on Friday, May 14 at Camp Waubanong in Brattleboro. The plantings are part of the next installment of Rewild Vermont, 350Vermont's two-year commitment to reforestation and...
On Friday, May 7, Epsilon Spires will open its Sanctuary Gallery to the public for a safe and socially-distanced closing party in honor of the multimedia exhibition “Nature/Nurture,” featuring artists Brent Birnbaum and Christin Ripley. The evening will also include a live musical performance by electronic musician J. Icevich. According to a news release, the exhibit “includes collages that Birnbaum created from deconstructed board games which he reassembled into new visual environments using methods that combined serendipity and control.” “The...
Retreat Farm's Thursday evening Food Truck Roundup will return to Farmhouse Square, providing a setting and combination of local food, craft brews, lawn games, and live music to draw people of all ages and backgrounds. The 2021 Roundup begins July 1 and continues each Thursday evening from 5 to 8 p.m. until Sept. 2. To reduce wait times and lines, Retreat Farm will encourage vendors to use mobile ordering apps, contactless pickup, and pagers. The Roundup will highlight Retreat Farm's...
Efficiency, energy generation, energy storage, electrification, and planning are the top priorities the town will use to guide future capital energy projects. The Selectboard has unanimously approved staff's recommendations for creating the Fossil Fuel Free Facilities Fund, with a goal of eliminating the municipality's use of fossil fuels and simultaneously saving money. Each year, the town will invest $70,000 into the fund, which will be similar to the town's capital improvement fund but with a specific focus on energy-related projects...
You may have seen the Solidarity Friday demonstrations on the Pliny Park corner that began last summer and continued into the fall. In-person actions were paused due to Covid restrictions, but we continued meeting (via Zoom), learning about our shared concerns, and building our coalition. In the ongoing work to gain more participation in and deepen the understanding of our actions, the involved organizations wanted to explain our purpose for Solidarity Fridays in preparation for starting again. Four Brattleboro-based organizations...
On Tuesday, May 11, voters in Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, and Putney will be asked to approve financing for renovations to the Academy School in Brattleboro, which will include an addition and updates to learning environments for students in kindergarten through grade 6. According to a news release, included in project, estimated at $2 million, are a new wing, replacement windows, updated heating, and ventilation improvements. Energy-efficient products, processes, and mechanical equipment and designs will be used. Due to COVID-19 and...
Vermont Bread Company and Koffee Kup Bakery abruptly shut their doors on April 26 and laid off hundreds of workers in Brattleboro and Burlington. According to the Vermont Department of Labor, 156 workers lost their jobs at Koffee Kup's Riverside Avenue bakery in Burlington, and 91 workers lost their jobs at Vermont Bread's bakery on Cotton Mill Hill in Brattleboro. Employees did not have advance warning. Workers who showed up on April 26 were greeted with a closure notice on...
For 40 years my family resided in Westminster West. One hundred and sixty years before that the Ranney family started farming in Westminster West. I understand it is unique and somewhat rare in Vermont for a farm to be in the same family for 200 years. While living near the farm, the proximity contributed a lot to making it a special place. When Arthur Ranney ran the farm it was a special treat to interact with him. We bought raw...
On Thursday, April 29, at 7 p.m., the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) will present a live Zoom conversation with Kenny Rivero, a Dominican American artist and musician; gallery director Charles Moffett; and artist and academic Michael Jevon Demps. The three will discuss Rivero's first solo museum exhibition - “Palm Oil, Rum, Honey, Yellow Flowers,” on view at BMAC through Sunday, June 13 - as well as the commonalities between Rivero's and Demps's work. Rivero describes his drawings as...
After more than 400 events - three dozen runs of theatrical shows; about 75 musical performances; more than 50 films ranging from French New Wave classics to the Ax Wound Film Festival (independent horror films made by women); numerous benefits for local organizations; political lectures; poetry festivals; a dozen gallery expositions; musical comedy classes; Marlboro College drag shows; burlesque, scene study and playwriting groups; and young-performer one-person shows - Jon Mack is stepping down as manager of the Hooker-Dunham Theater...
Planners behind a master plan for one of the town's largest affordable housing organizations hope to gather enough funding to move units out of the flood plain and complete multiple capital projects. According to Tri-Park Cooperative Housing Corporation's 2020 Master Plan, efforts are beginning to identify funding for more than $4 million to implement recommendations that include moving vulnerable homes from potential floodwaters, necessary upgrades to water and sewer infrastructure, and work on two bridges. Three weeks ago, members of...
As I watched the flag-draped coffin of the late Billy Evans, the second Capitol Police officer to lie in honor, descend from the Capitol steps, I wept - and wondered how much longer we would find ourselves living in a country that has become so violent. As I saw the photograph of the deceased Duane Wright holding his 1-year-old child and heard the wails of his aggrieved aunt, I also wondered how much longer we will go on living in...
I am writing, as a white person, to other white people. My Black friends don't need to hear me talking, since they know this all by heart. I want to make that clear. We all know the name of George Floyd now, and that of Derek Chauvin, the police officer who was convicted of murdering him last week. Anyone who knows the United States watched the trial closely, since flames were already kindling in Minneapolis. A verdict that let Chauvin...
A breezy and beautiful late April day, fans in the stands, and the first varsity lacrosse games on Natowich Field in nearly two years. All that was missing was a victory for the Brattleboro Colonels as the boys' and girls' lacrosse teams played a doubleheader on April 24. Both came away with losses. The Colonel boys started strong, but faded in the final quarter in an 8-5 loss to the Otter Valley Otters in the opener. It was a rougher...
The principal figure in an educational nonprofit's acquisition of the former Marlboro College campus in 2019 was arrested early Tuesday morning in New York City on three charges of financial fraud. Seth Andrew has been removed as president of Democracy Builders Fund, the owner of the campus on South Street, and from the board of directors of Degrees of Freedom, the program emerging on Potash Hill. He has entered a plea of not guilty to federal charges of wire fraud,