NEWFANE-The Crowell Art Gallery at Moore Free Library will present "Painting with Pastel" in September,
BRATTLEBORO-The Vermont Jazz Center is honored to host Grammy-nominated jazz pianist and composer Jason Moran...
BENNINGTON-Bennington College is now accepting submissions from high school students around the world for its...
WEST BRATTLEBORO-The Good Trouble Street Choir and its leader, Becky Graber, will host a musical...
At the end of a four-hour meeting, the Brattleboro Selectboard approved the March 3 townwide ballot and March 21 Representative Town Meeting meeting warning. Depending on how votes go in less than two months, residents could see the adoption of a $15.7 million municipal budget and the lowering of the legal voting age for town elections. The townwide Australian ballot, along with the customary election of town officers, will include three articles seeking to amend the Town Charter and a...
In connection with two current exhibits exploring the use of chance operations in art, the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) presents a rare documentary film on composer John Cage, a pioneer of the practice. “I Have Nothing To Say And I Am Saying It” (1990, 56 mins.) will be screened at BMAC on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m. Cage was perhaps the most controversial composer of the 20th century, but his influence extends far beyond music: His ideas...
Sex with consent is sexy. Sex without consent is rape. No means no. Most of us have heard this important slogan around navigating sex - and it's direct and to the point. However, is that simple advice enough to give people a true understanding of consent to carry with them into every intimate encounter? Do we have ongoing, honest conversations about dating, gender, sexuality, and intimacy within schools, at home, and with one another? What are we doing, especially with...
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