RE: “Coming home” [Arts, June 13].
Grants Ferry is a very good read. I especially liked David Chase's sneaky sense of humor.
Jason Cooper, a real estate investor, developer, and property manager, has served as a steering...
Jessica Dolan, Ph.D. (District 8) is a Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting member. BRATTLEBORO-Our predecessors were...
Emilie Kornheiser, Ian Goodnow, Mollie Burke, Michael Mrowicki, and Zon Eastes are state representatives; Nader...
SPRINGFIELD-On April 16, during his inaugural speech as secretary of health and human services, Robert...
The Screening Committee selected 12 public art projects from the 35 submitted to the town last month as part of the federal Our Town Grant. Town Manager Peter Elwell told the Selectboard last week how much the seven-member screening committee impressed him. Selectboard member Donna Macomber said it was “profoundly motivating” and “incredibly inspiring” to see what people had submitted and how the projects served Brattleboro. According to Elwell, the committee members used a color coding system to winnow the...
The Brattleboro Music Center's Chamber Series continues with the Heath Quartet Sunday, Jan. 12, at the BMC. The 4 p.m. concert will feature three monumental string quartets by Beethoven. Heath Quartet members include violinists Oliver Heath and Sara Wolstenholme, Gary Pomeroy on the viola, and Chris Murray on the cello. As the quartet looks forward to its residency at Middlebury College, the artists recently performed a five-concert series at Wigmore Hall in London featuring Jörg Widmann's quartets, presented a complete...
Children have an odd fascination with knowing how old adults are. It's in their DNA to think of life experience in terms of numbers. At my first daughter's first birthday party, I'm on film saying, “When your child is turning 60, you know you're old.” I was speaking about my grandmother and my uncle. It was his 60th birthday, and my grandmother was traveling to celebrate with him. At 27, sitting with my 1-year-old, I couldn't even grasp the idea...
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