Tom Schiedler shows that one is never too old to learn about and appreciate a new art form. Thank you for making me look in a different way.
Leslie Zucker is a certified professional life coach, a facilitator of a women's group, and...
Corey DiMario is a musician and the proprietor of Patio Coffee, at the Hooker-Dunham block,
Kerry Secrest serves as honorary consul of Lithuania to Vermont. BRATTLEBORO-A heartfelt thank you to...
BRATTLEBORO-When I worked at a major airport, I learned to refer to people on airplanes...
What's the difference between a cluster, a district, and a hub, and which of these structures would work for the Brattleboro area arts community? Those questions were the start of a Brattleboro CoreArts Project meeting last Saturday morning at Equilibrium on Elm Street. Brattleboro was one of 80 towns nationwide to get an “Our Town” grant. The town was awarded a $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to fund the Brattleboro CoreArts Project - an initiative that...
A bill is introduced in a state to tax citizens to support the teaching of the Christian religion. Opponents circulate a petition opposing the measure. The petition's author says that no politician is a competent judge of religious truth, that every citizen has the right to religious freedom according to the dictates of their conscience and that the Legislature has no authority at all over religion. He states that Christianity does not require support from the government and that history...
Susan Dedell has served as music director at St. Michael's Episcopal Church for the past 30 years. She said she's proud of the fine singing - not only of the choirs, but also of the congregation - and of the strong community spirit that music can yield, a spirit she believes will live past her tenure. She grew up in Muskegon, Mich., and started piano at 7. In her early teens, she said, she had her first paying gig on...
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