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BRATTLEBORO-I recently spoke with jazz saxophonist and composer Jeff Lederer, who splits his time between...
BRATTLEBORO-When they reflect on the 10th anniversary of 118 Elliot, John Loggia and Lissa Weinmann,
PUTNEY-Natalie Dreyer, the new executive director of Next Stage Arts, brings with her a wealth...
PUTNEY-Yellow Barn's 56th summer season continues this week with four performances and a masterclass with...
Town Manager Peter Elwell hoped for a clear majority from the Special Representative Town Meeting vote on March 12 on the Police-Fire Facilities Project. Elwell got more than he hoped for. The results were clear: Town Meeting Members overwhelmingly approved relocating the Police Department to Black Mountain Road, 111 to 27. The vote also authorized using $4.5 million of the funds allocated in 2012 for renovating the new location on Black Mountain Road. In all, 138 Town Meeting members cast...
A chance encounter during the summer of 2019 between New York–based painter John Newsom and Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) Director Danny Lichtenfeld gave rise to the 17-artist exhibit currently on view in the museum's capacious Wolf Kahn & Emily Mason Gallery. “Expedition” opened on June 19 and remains on view through Oct. 11. It marks the first time that artwork by actor and filmmaker Matt Dillon, who is also a practicing visual artist, has appeared in a museum.
Respecting the pupil means teaching each pupil how to learn based on what she or he wants to learn. If the mission of each school is to produce ethically sound, productive, lifelong-learning members of society, then we as educators must engage, inspire, and allow them the opportunity to discover the passion that lies within themselves. It has been said that one should not let schooling get in the way of one's education. Actually, schooling often means training; however, it also...
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