BRATTLEBORO — We were lucky to have Paul Cameron around as long as we did.
Enjoy North Carolina, Paul! We'll miss your dedication and kindness!
Lindsey Britt is a textile artist, solution-finder, award-winning vegan baker, and nonprofit administrator who serves...
Tim Hayes is retired as a junior high school teacher at Marlboro School, where he...
Bert Picard is an activist, having retired as a Teamster truck driver who has organized...
The writer is the local organizer of NALC Branch 37. BRATTLEBORO-On Sunday, March 23, a...
Strolling of the Heifers has a new executive director. Erin O'Connor comes to the Brattleboro-based nonprofit with a deep and diverse resumé, with more than 20 years in secondary and higher education. But she said she felt it was time for a change in her life. “I realized that I loved farms and that I loved agriculture,” O'Connor said. “I realized I wanted to do something that combined what I do well with what I had an inherent interest in...
A public conversation titled “Sources of Inspiration: Creative Lineage,” will feature four artists speaking about their sources of inspiration and how these nourish their creative work. The event will take place on Oct. 18, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., at the Latchis Theatre, an ADA-accessible space. Admission will be $8 at the door; series tickets purchased at earlier events will be honored. Work trades are available; contact [email protected] or text 802-275-8152. Featured artists include classical musician and long-time arts advocate...
At the 2019 Brattleboro Literary Festival, Casey Cep, author of Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee (2019), intrigued the audience with stories of her discovery that Harper Lee spent time doing research and writing in West Brattleboro. Through the good detective work of many local historians (Robert and Irene Burtiss, John Carnahan, Maisie Crowther, Tom Ragle, Joe Rivers, Sandy Rouse, Jeanne Walsh, and others), Cep was able to piece together that Lee originally came to...
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