PUTNEY — We went to see Wild Goose Players' production of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music this month at Next Stage Arts in Putney and were completely blown away by this production. David Stern's direction, along with musical direction by Mary Westbrook-Geha, was flawless, and the actor/singer/dancers were, without exception, incredibly talented and convincing.
We are so fortunate to have Broadway-level theater right here at Putney's wonderful Next Stage Arts.
Jonathan Elwell organizes with Vermont Just Justice, an organization whose mission is "to promote the...
Elizabeth Bridgewater is executive director of the Windham & Windsor Housing Trust. BRATTLEBORO-Every April, communities...
Libby Bennett and Rita Ramirez submitted this piece on behalf of Groundworks Collaborative, where they...
Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues from the...
Annie Rose is driving home from visiting her son, who has been incarcerated for 15 months on a gun and drug charge. “He's in a minimum-security prison because he's never been in trouble before. I know that he's done illegal things before, but this is the first time he has been caught,” says the 75-year-old grandmother. Her son turned 54 years old the previous day. “We talked much longer than we usually do,” reports Rose, smiling. “It was a meaningful...
This piece, and other letters to the editor, in The Commons assert that one must be a lawyer or do research into judicial history in order to understand Proposal 5, the so-called “reproductive liberty” amendment, and that since ordinary people don't have the lawyerly training to understand what is written in the proposed amendment, voters should trust the experts (i.e., lawyers) who can understand it and tell us what it means, rather than us ordinary types relying on reading the...
The Marlboro Studio School is enrolling for its third term of studio classes beginning this April on the 500+ acre Potash Hill campus on South Road. Spring 2024 course offerings include week-long workshops and multi-week studio classes. The School began offering studio classes in the spring of 2023 in the visual arts facilities of the former Marlboro College. In response to positive feedback, the Marlboro Studio School has increased the number of courses, widened the breadth of media offered in...
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