Brattleboro

Plates, authors, history at Brooks

BRATTLEBORO - The Brooks Memorial Library is hosting events this week.
The library will begin the 40th annual Design-A-Plate workshop. It will be a take-home project again this year. Pickup starts Friday, October 1. Drop off plates by Wednesday, October 13.
On Saturday, October 2,...

Studio tours highlight Brattleboro, Marlboro art

WINDHAM COUNTY - The Vermont Craft Council’s fall Open Studio Weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, October 2, and 3, will include four craftspeople and a gallery.
Participating sites will be open to the public from 10 am to 5 pm each day, in a variety of indoor and outdoor settings. Visitors...

Grand opening

BRATTLEBORO - Mando X will play at the grand opening of the River Garden, at the corner on Main and High Street, on Friday, October 1, from 5 to 8 pm. The band features Mark Trichka on mandolin, Tim Thrasher on bass, and Kevin Parry on guitar, This concert is free. For more information visit www....

A screen shot of video attendees at Friday’s resettlement meeting. Lauren Harkawik

Planning starts to welcome Afghan refugees

BRATTLEBORO - On Friday, September 24, community leaders, state officials, and members of the public met to discuss Afghan evacuees and refugees who will arrive in Brattleboro in the coming months.
Earlier in the month, it was announced that the Ethiopian Community Development Council (...

Participants lying on banners the colors of water for the Ask the River project, converging people and nature.

Meet the river, become the river...

BRATTLEBORO - Come be a part of an Ask the River project convergence celebration, Saturday, September 25, at 3 pm, at the Depot Street Greenspace, 23 Depot Street, between the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center and the Connecticut River.
Since 2019, the Ask the River project has traveled...

Volunteers hold tires cleaned out of the river basin.

Connecticut River basin cleanup open for registration

BRATTLEBORO - Registration is now open for the Connecticut River Conservancy’s 25th annual Source to Sea cleanup, from Friday, September 24, to Sunday, September 26.
The annual Source to Sea cleanup is a river cleanup, CRC-coordinated in all four states of the 410-mile Connecticut River...

Sarasa Ensemble to perform a variety of works

BRATTLEBORO - For the opening of the Brattleboro Music Center’s 2021 to 2022 season guest series, the Sarasa Ensemble will present “Points of Transition” in a concert on Friday, September 17, at 7:30 pm.
Traveling through the many points of transition in music, the concert will feature the...

Mandel, Zydeco top music options

WINDHAM COUNTY - Music lovers have choices in the upcoming days.
On Sunday, September 19, at 2 pm, Bruce Mandel will perform at Wardsboro Town Hall, Main Street, for a second time, having played the hall previously in 2018. Lyrically driven, the diverse sounds of his recordings...

Mara Williams

Gala to celebrate career of longtime art curator

WALPOLE, NH - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center is holding its Fall Gala on Friday, September 24, at 6 pm, at Alyson’s Orchard. The event will include drinks, appetizers and dessert; a silent and live auction of art, wine, and vacation getaways; and live music and dancing.
The event...

Rotary car show and cruise-in

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro on Wheels car show and cruise-in, presented by the Brattleboro Rotary Club, will be held on Saturday, September 18, from 9 am to 2 pm at the Retreat Farm, Route 30. Admission is free for both cars and spectators. Donations are appreciated.
All makes and models...