BRATTLEBORO-The legendary vocalist Sheila Jordan passed away on Monday, Aug. 11 at 3:50 p.m. at...
SOUTH NEWFANE-Respecting historic architectural elegance and adding their own imprimatur, Tom Concannon and Ravi Shimpi...
PUTNEY-Twilight Music and Next Stage Arts Project conclude the 22nd Twilight On The Tavern Lawn...
BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Music Center's 2025 Music Under the Stars series at Retreat Farm concludes Saturday,
At the rainy Marlboro Fair, the closest thing to sunshine is the bright yellow striping on the Hogback Mountain Conservation Association's tent. Fairgoers wander through the tent, stopping at the multiple displays or to ask questions amid an environment steeped in Hogback ephemera. A history of the mountain compiled from land deeds dating back to the 1770s takes over one wall. Photos of spotted salamanders and information about vernal pools hang next to drawings and poems by Marlboro Elementary School...
“We all have a funny little map in our head that divides the world into home and away.” The speaker in Will Eno's one-character play Title and Deed is a recent arrival on our shores, disoriented from culture shock and homesickness, and he is struggling to illuminate both sides of that map with a torrent of words: absurd, tragic, stinging, hilarious words. The original New York production of Title and Deed was on the “10 best plays” lists for 2012...
After graduating college, I moved back home to Brattleboro for a short time. I started working at an office on the crest of High Street, and every day I'd rumble down the hill on my way home. I'd see one of my favorite vignettes of my hometown this way - Mount Wantastiquet - along with red brick buildings, overflowing flowerpots, and passersby on foot. However, a regular occurrence started to sour my view. At first they were few, then they...
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