Arts

Dancers on stage prepare for the Brattleboro School of Dance’s annual spring show, “Efflorescence.”

Life, creation, art, and action

Brattleboro School of Dance’s spring show celebrates blossoming energy, creativity, and life

BRATTLEBORO-The saying "it takes a village" rings true for "Efflorescence," the spring show of the Brattleboro School of Dance (BSD), which is coming to the New England Youth Theatre on May 16, 17, and 18.

A dozen choreographers are working with 60 area dancers, ranging in age from 6 to 76. Each choreographer is working to create a unique piece within the show.

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Cinema culture with a Vermont twist

Film and Folklore Festival in Manchester and Brattleboro features Charles Light’s ‘Far Out’

BRATTLEBORO-The locally rooted Vermont Film and Folklore Festival (VFFF) casts a wide net. Based again this year in Manchester, with several screenings added for the first time at Brattleboro's Latchis Theatre, it celebrates film as "the universal contemporary medium which simulates experiences and communicates images, ideas, stories, and emotions...

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Black Rover returns to the Latchis

A new Led Zeppelin cover band of four Windham County musicians will offer a full set of the iconic English rock group’s music in Brattleboro on May 18

BRATTLEBORO-A newly formed rock 'n' roll band, Black Rover - made up of four professional musicians from Windham County, with three over the age of 60 - will bring the music of iconic British supergroup Led Zeppelin to the Latchis Theatre on Sunday, May 18. "One phrase I've used...

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Next Stage Feast and Film Series serves up a sold-out success

PUTNEY-After two sold-out events that brought together film lovers and foodies alike, Next Stage Arts' Feast and Film Series is an event in southern Vermont's cultural calendar. Curated by James Beard Award winner Deborah Krasner and supported in part by a grant from Vermont Humanities, the series pairs evocative films with dinners inspired by their themes, prepared by local chefs, offering audiences an immersive experience where story and flavor intertwine. "These evenings invite us not only to watch and taste,

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Sarasa Ensemble presents ‘The Muse’

BRATTLEBORO-On Friday, May 16, at 7 p.m. at the Brattleboro Music Center (BMC), the Sarasa Ensemble will present a program of works inspired by the written word. Writers Charles Baudelaire, Yukio Mishima, and Anna Akhmatova all "pushed the boundaries of their respective eras and countries with their writings," and 20th-century composers Henri Pousseur, Philip Glass and John Tavener "brought their poetry and spirits alive in music for soprano and strings," organizers wrote in a news release. In addition, Sarasa will...

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Concert to benefit refugee/asylum seekers organizations

WEST BRATTLEBORO-Joe Jencks, an international touring musician and award-winning singer-songwriter, will be performing at All Souls Church, 29 South St., on Friday, May 16, to benefit local refugees and asylum seekers. Locally, and to the point of the benefit concert, Jencks may be best known for his song "Lady of the Harbor," a reference to the Statue of Liberty and a lament for the plight of those who have left their home countries to come to the United States. The...

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Author to read from, discuss book on Sierra Leone

BELLOWS FALLS-Betsy Small, author of Before Before: A Story of Discovery and Loss in Sierra Leone, will read from and sign copies of her book on Monday, May 19, at 6:30 p.m. at the Rockingham Free Public Library (RFPL). The inspiration for this book came from her experiences in Sierra Leone, first as a Peace Corps worker there from 1984–87 and again when she returned decades later with her daughter. The University of Michigan Press has selected it as one...

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Brooks Memorial Library hosts Big Woods Voices for May 21 concert

BRATTLEBORO-Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main St., will host Big Woods Voices for a special program on Wednesday, May 21, at 7 p.m. Big Woods Voices celebrates a cappella vocal harmony through arrangements grown from American roots genres, world folk styles, poets old and new, and Will Danforth's sensibilities as an arranger and composer. For this program, they will highlight compositions inspired by the poetry of W.B. Yeats, David Whyte, Wendell Berry, Alice Oswald, Daniel Leavens Cady, and others. "From heart-moving...

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