Brattleboro

Rain can make rivers unclean

BRATTLEBORO - Entering the heat of the summer season, one of the most-asked questions the Connecticut River Conservancy gets is if rivers are clean enough for swimming, boating, and other recreation. There are two ways to know if rivers are likely clean. The first is to think about the recent...

Free painting demo

BRATTLEBORO - In connection with the exhibit “Charlie Hunter: Semaphore,” currently on view at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Hunter will give a free plein-air painting demonstration at the Bellows Falls train station on Saturday, August 7, at 2 pm, followed by a tour of his nearby...

Evening of storytelling, dance

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro School of Dance and The Brattleboro Music Center have joined forces to present “Cave of Dreams,” an evening of storytelling, poetry, dance, and live traditional music. It will be held Friday, August 6 at 5 and 6 pm,
“Cave of Dreams” is a multidimensional show...

WWAF and Latchis present film on Nobel Prize winner

BRATTLEBORO - Windham World Affairs Council and Latchis Arts present “Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai,” a Spotlight series film on the first African woman and environmentalist to win the Nobel Peace Prize, locally known as a former trustee for the School for International Training near...

Harp-making camp planned

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Music Center is offering a unique, weeklong program this summer that allows participants to make and learn to play their own harp. Multigenerational music lovers are encouraged to make this a family affair.
Those attending the first-ever Hands on Harps Camp,...

Delano Dunn and others, including his mother, will work together virtually to make pies in a free Zoom conversation hosted by BMAC on Thursday, July 29, at 7:30 pm.

Artists bake pies

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center will be hosting a free Zoom conversation on Thursday, July 29, at 7:30 pm. Artists Delano Dunn and Susan Luss, baker Megan Sway, and Dunn’s mother, Diane Mangle, will work together virtually to make pies, discuss African American foodways, and...

Library seeks community and information outreach help

BRATTLEBORO - Brooks Memorial Library is seeking a community information/outreach colleague through the SerVermont VISTA program. For more information, please read the full post about the position at https://brookslibraryvt.org/2021/07/15/help-the-library-as-a-vista/.
All applications,...

Big band under the stars

BRATTLEBORO - The Brattleboro Music Center and Retreat Farm kick off their “Music Under the Stars” summer concert series Saturday, July 24, with a performance by the Vermont Jazz Center Big Band.
The concert will be held at Retreat Farm, 45 Farmhouse Square, and admission is free. Gates...

“Un-tag” sale

BRATTLEBORO - The St. Michael’s Episcopal Church tag sale team is planning an outdoor, by donation un-tag sale, called the “Sharing for Meals Project.” This clothing and linen-sharing event will take place on Saturday, July 17, from 9 am to 2 pm. The rain date is Saturday, July 24.
The...

Dance and theater show

BRATTLEBORO - The Vermont-based Loom Ensemble will be hosting “Twenty Twenty / Twenty Twenty-One,” an outdoor dance theater performance Saturday, July 17, and Sunday, July 18, at 6 pm, at Living Memorial Park.
“Twenty Twenty / Twenty Twenty-One” moves the grief up and out, to mourn the...