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Carmen Bradford

VJC Big Band, with Carmen Bradford, will perform at Retreat Farm

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 — Issue 823

BRATTLEBORO-The Vermont Jazz Center (VJC) Big Band with vocalist Carmen Bradford takes the stage at Retreat Farm on Saturday, July 19, as the 2025 Brattleboro Music Center's Music Under the Stars series continues.

Bradford, a "third-generation vocalist and five-time Grammy Award nominee, ascended to jazz royalty through pedigree, talent, and hard work," wrote organizers in a news release.

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Benefit show for ACLU honors legacy of Woody Guthrie

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 — Issue 823

WILLIAMSVILLE-On Thursday, July 24, Elena Skye and Boo Reiners of the New Jersey–based Demolition String Band will host "Woody Guthrie: A Song Celebration," a night of music honoring the folk troubadour. This event will benefit the Vermont chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and will take place...

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Bridging the creative and the scientific

Emma Paris of Putney, a student at Bennington College, is named the second youth poet laureate of Vermont

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Annie Landenberger
Tuesday, July 8, 2025 — Issue 822

PUTNEY-Emma Paris is a creative force. The 19-year-old from Putney has been named Youth Poet Laureate of Vermont. This position was established in 2024 by Sundog Poetry (sundogpoetry.org), a nonprofit that supports poets and poetry in the state, in partnership with Urban Word, a New York City organization that...

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Excerpt from Emma Paris's 'The First Wolf Back in Yellowstone'

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Emma Paris
Tuesday, July 8, 2025 — Issue 822

They threw her in Yellowstone to save it– to control the deer, work unpaid, change rivers, supply some lower class, but hey, top of the food chain, return vegetation, moss, bio- diversity, genuine hunger. She ran wild currents and as soon as she strayed, they turned off the safety and set gunmen out like toys. This Arts was submitted to The Commons.

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Finding one’s calling

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Nancy A. Olson
Tuesday, July 8, 2025 — Issue 822

WEST CHESTERFIELD, N.H.-In Donald Margulies's Collected Stories - the latest production of Actors Theatre Playhouse (ATP) - grad student Lisa is thrilled to be under the tutelage of her literary idol, Ruth Steiner. Over the years, Lisa becomes Ruth's personal assistant and gradually her friend, as Ruth helps her hone her writing abilities. But as Lisa's career begins to flourish and Ruth's begins to fade, can the tenuous relationship between mentor and mentee survive ambition, rivalry, and possible betrayal? Collected...

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Natalia Bernal, Jason Ennis to perform at Marlboro’s Thrush Hill Stage

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 — Issue 822

MARLBORO-Chilean vocalist Natalia Bernal and guitarist Jason Ennis present a selection of music from the Americas, including Brazilian bossa nova and samba, Chilean and Argentinian folk songs, boleros, and jazz standards at Thrush Hill Stage, 314 Upper Houghton Rd., on Saturday, July 12, at 7 p.m. Bernal hails from Iquique, a city nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Atacama Desert. Jesse Lepkoff, who is the host of Thrush Hill Stage and also dabbles in Brazilian music, has performed with...

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Five new exhibitions open at BMAC on July 12

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 — Issue 822

BRATTLEBORO-Five new exhibitions open at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) on Saturday, July 12, at 10 a.m. Later that day, at 5:30 p.m., all are welcome to an opening party with the exhibiting artists and curators, featuring DJ Okyn, free food by The Porch Cafe and Catering, and a cash bar by Stone Church. Doors open to BMAC members at 5 p.m. Among the new exhibitions is "Making Space," featuring paintings, drawings, ceramics, sculpture, and installation work by...

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Matthew Olwell performs on July 12

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 — Issue 822

BRATTLEBORO-On Saturday, July 12, at 7 p.m., Under the Maple concerts presents an intimate evening of music and lore with Matthew Olwell, musician, dancer, and journeyman "fluthier." Blending traditional music from Ireland, Brittany, and North America with original material, Matthew's performances weave historical threads and personal experiences expressed through wooden flute, percussion, and song. A founding member of the group Maivish, Olwell began his professional career touring with Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble, including a run in the original London production...

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