Owing to a production error, the photograph of Stanley C. “Stan” Ryan mistakenly accompanied the obituary of Perry Casey Phoenix in the March 27 Milestones. Both obituaries are reprinted in this week's column, with our apologies to both families.
Obituaries • Maureen A. (Eakins) Bell, 53, of Brattleboro. Died suddenly at her home on...
College news • Noah Hirchi of Brookline recently received his Ph.D. in sociology from the...
BRATTLEBORO-Windham Regional Career Center Culinary II students Quin Forchion, T Contakos, Orion Knowlton, and Blaize...
Obituaries • Margaret M. "Greta" Burke, 66, of Taos, New Mexico. Died March 30, 2024,
As an estimated 475 people listened, several people, including activist Ady Barkan and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, told their personal stories of the impact of the current health-care system in the United States on them and others, and why they are advocating for change. The nonprofit Rights & Democracy brought “Be A Hero: Organizing for Health Care Justice and a Stronger Democracy,” to the Latchis Theatre on Aug. 10 where speakers in succession made impassioned arguments for universal, government-supported health...
When, in 1963, I was kicked out of Emerson College at the end of my second year (don't ask), I moved home to live with my family in Far Rockaway, N.Y. and landed at Brooklyn College. It was then free to New York residents, and my parents wouldn't pay for another high-priced school out of which I could be kicked. Jerry Marcel was the star of the theater department at Brooklyn College, and justifiably so. He was a gifted artist...
The Vermont Jazz Center welcomes Helen Sung and celebrates her Chamber Music America-sponsored project, “Sung With Words” on Saturday, March 30, at 8 p.m. This show is a rescheduled date from a snowed-out event on Jan. 19. The pianist/composer will present a new body of work that embodies the alliance of poetry and jazz and then takes it to new places. The performers in the octet are Helen Sung (piano and composition), Jason Palmer (trumpet), John Ellis (woodwinds), Charenée Wade...
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