BRATTLEBORO — As in past years, The Commons will not publish next Wednesday.
The next issue will go to press early on Dec. 31 but will be published and distributed as usual on Wednesday, Jan. 2. Deadline for news and advertising is Friday, Dec. 28.
Your friends at The Commons and Vermont Independent Media wish readers, members, volunteers, contributing writers, and advertisers a safe and happy holiday season, and we look forward to serving you in 2019.
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BRATTLEBORO-One winter not so long ago, Tony, a professional juggler, discovered that a huge icicle...
BRATTLEBORO-The Windham World Affairs Council (WWAC) will continue its America 250 Speaker Series at 118...
Hallowell is a local group of singers who volunteer to sing at the bedsides of people facing the end of their lives. Formed after a small group sang for a dying friend in 2003, Hallowell now includes dozens of singers and is publicly celebrating its 20-year anniversary on Saturday, Aug. 26, from 1 to 3:30 p.m., at the Kiwanis Shelter in Living Memorial Park. A one-of-a-kind chorus when it started, Hallowell has been instrumental in inspiring and training hundreds of...
It's primarily up to people of privilege, especially us white folks, to change what has been going on in our country since its founding over 300 years ago, when the United States was built on the brutal annihilation of the Native American population, followed by the enslavement of people from Africa. We must change the historical injustices that are still very much a part of all our systems today, including: judicial, policing, educational, financial, housing, election, and employment. We are...
Music magic will be made at Manitou's forest theater on Sunday, Sept 18, with a 4 p.m. concert featuring local musicians, songwriters, and comrades Peter Siegel and Shawn Magee, with “solos, harmonic duos, and tasty backup from special friends bringing songs of love, hope, and cures for humanity,” according to organizers. Siegel is founder of The Gaslight Tinkers and strikes a radical chord with American Roots music. Inspired and mentored by Pete Seeger as a Hudson Valley neighbor early on,
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