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Faith Schuster

Bone Builders ready to welcome new members

DEERFIELD VALLEY- Faith Schuster has been taking Bone Builders classes for about 20 years. For several of those years she was also a leader in Wilmington and Dover. In the years since she started, she has broken both legs skiing and broke her pelvis falling in her garage. She had a speedy...

David Mills as Langston Hughes.

Actor, poet to perform

MANCHESTER–Manchester Community Library will welcome Manhattan-based poet and actor David Mills, who will bring three unique programs to the community. In partnership with Vermont Humanities Council, the library will host Mills the first week of April to kick off National Poetry Month.
On...

Free art classes offered

WARDSBORO- Residents in the area can take advantatge of free art classes, thanks to a new grant award.
Wardsboro Public Library is one of 12 organizations in the state to be awarded a “Creative Aging Grant” from the Vermont Arts Council, with support from The National Endowment For the...

A guide from the Vermont Museum of Natural History makes a point during a previous spring nature walk. Courtesy Vermont Museum of Natural History

A guide from the Vermont Museum of Natural History makes a point during a previous spring nature walk. Courtesy Vermont Museum of Natural History

Museum nature walk on Saturday

MARLBORO- Join the Vermont Museum of Natural History staff at 10 am on Saturday, March 22, for a trek in the woods. Gather in the parking lot at the Pool Nature Center and head off into the surrounding forest. Participants will take the teachable moments as they come, but the main focus will be...

“One Man’s Trash: A Repurposed Circus” will perform at the New England Center for Circus Arts. The show features inventive acrobats, high-flying aerialists, and quirky clowns in a junkyard adventure like no other.

Repurposed circus

Brattleboro- Cirque Us will perform “One Man’s Trash: A Repurposed Circus” at the New England Center for Circus Arts on Saturday, March 22.
Grab some garbage bags, pick up the recycling, and get ready to laugh and cheer as this repurposed circus turns trash into treasure.
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Films celebrating female imagination

BRATTLEBORO - Epsilon Spires presents “The Female Imagination of the Global South: Film Screening and Q&A,” in partnership with In Situ Polyculture Commons, an artist residency and cultural catalyst in Westminster. The event will take place at Epsilon Spires, 190 Main Street, on...

Volunteers at the UVM Extension helpline.

Volunteers at the UVM Extension helpline.

Master gardener helpline ready with the answers

VERMONT - As spring begins, many Vermonters may have questions about their garden’s performance last year or new questions as they plan to start or improve a garden in 2024.
The University of Vermont Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Helpline can help. The helpline serves Vermonters by...

Pesticide applicator certification

VERMONT - On Tuesday, April 9, University of Vermont Extension and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets will offer a review session, followed by a written examination, at four locations for anyone seeking pesticide applicator initial certification.
Venues are the UVM...

Film showing and live discussion

BRATTLEBORO - On Sunday, January 28, at 5 pm, Windham World Affairs Council will partner with Brattleboro Union High School’s PeaceJam Club, the Brattleboro Area Jewish Community, and the Latchis Theater to present a community screening of “The Cure for Hate: Bearing Witness to Auschwitz.” There...

Dover film festival offers look at music legends

DOVER- Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival 2023 Vermont fall tour will make a stop at MHCA Dover Cinema and Arts on Saturday, November 18, and Sunday, November 19.
The film tour features two new releases. “Joan Baez: I Am A Noise” screens on Saturday at 7:15 pm and Sunday at 4:15 pm. ...