Once again, Brattleboro's Last Night Committee will present a fun-filled, substance-free day of celebration on New Year's Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 31. The day kicks off with the senior potluck luncheon at the Brattleboro Senior Center from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. featuring guests, “Sing, Sing, Swing” (Scott Sizer, Lynn Lovell, and Rob Fletcher). From 1 to 4 p.m., folks can enjoy sleigh and hay rides at Fairwinds Farm on Upper Dummerston Road (no pets, please) for $8. Children up to...
In a collaboration with Tribeca Film Festival former director Nancy Schafer, Next Stage Arts Project in Putney presents [framed], a brand new series of feature length documentary films. Beginning on March 30, at 7:30 p.m., at Next Stage at 15 Kimball Hill, [framed] will run for six consecutive Thursdays. Each movie will be presented by the filmmaker with a Q&A after the screening. A documentary film, according to the OED, may be simply a nonfictional motion picture intended to document...
Dear Bernie Sanders: In a moment of bewildered frustration after your encounter with Black Lives Matter activists in Arizona, you asked, “How do we best deal with racism in America?” Your inquiry and affect indicated that you have moved from a state of being unconsciously unskillful with people of color to a state of being consciously unskillful. And this shift sets the stage for powerful, effective change if you are up to the task. As executive director of Vermont's longest...
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