Greetings all - I'm doing a reading/performance on Thursday night and would LOVE for anyone and everyone to stop on by this free event. - Ken
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Tulibaluganda: Words & Images from a Snarky, Gay Jew's 12 Days in Rural Uganda

Thursday, September 2, 7:00pm

Marlboro College, Ragle Hall, Serkin Center for the Performing Arts

The once popular and booming Acoustic Open Mic night at The Mole's Eye has returned. Can you play the guitar, bongos or harmonica? Can you sing or play the Jew's harp? Starting at 9 PM this Wednesday, 9/1, and every Wednesday following, come on down to The Mole's Eye with instrument in hand! All are welcome to begin this wonderful tradition anew...

The internationally acclaimed Israeli film, “A Matter of Size” will make its Vermont premiere at the Brattleboro Area Jewish Community fourth Annual Israeli Film and Food Festival on Saturday, August 21 at 7PM at the Hooker-Dunham Theater in Brattleboro.

The film tells the story of four overweight friends who are fed up of dieting and discover the world of Sumo where large people are honored and appreciated. “A Matter of Size” won three Israeli Oscars (Ophir Awards) in 2010 as a comedy about a “coming out” of a different kind – overweight people learning to accept themselves.

In additional to “A Matter of Size,” the film festival will screen "Ruth,” the story of an adolescent girl who lives in the most dangerous place in Israel where she must fight to interpret her faith in her own way.

Are the ’70s finally making a comeback?

If you’re thinking of disco balls and sequins, probably not. But solar panels sparkling on rooftops? Absolutely.

Awareness of peak oil, climate change and our dependence on foreign oil have spiked in the last few years. And Integrated Solar, founded in 1975, has watched enthusiasm for solar power come full circle.

To celebrate its success and say thanks to the community, Integrated Solar will host a 35th anniversary celebration from 11 to 2 Saturday, August 21, at its site on the banks of the West River, 121 Spring Tree Rd. The celebration is free and open to all.

Abundant sunshine is in the forecast for this coming Saturday, August 7, when the 3rd annual BRATTSTOCK free music festival happens on the Brattleboro Common. Music starts at 12 noon, and is free and open to all.

Donations of non-perishable food items for Project Feed the Thousands gratefully accepted. Picnicking and dancing barefoot in the grass are encouraged.

More info:
http://www.Brattstock.com

A movie being released in March 2011 will surely bring new attention to Brattleboro. The Warner Bros. action-adventure/ sci-fi film is called Sucker Punch and comes from director Zack Snyder.

Our town is featured almost immediately in the trailer.

"Lennox House, Brattleboro, Vermont" is on the sign above the gate over the road that leads up a hill to a building that clearly isn't in Brattleboro but looks a bit like the Municipal Center.

The Brattleboro Area Jewish Community will once again celebrate the diversity of Israel’s fast-growing film industry by presenting its fourth Annual Israeli Film and Food Festival, offering four award-winning Israeli films--two on Saturday evening, August 21st in Brattleboro, and two different films on Sunday afternoon, August 22nd in West Dover.

"Ruth” and "A Matter of Size" will be shown at the Hooker-Dunham Theater in Brattleboro starting at 7 p.m. Making its Vermont premiere, “A Matter of Size”, an international award winner, is a hilarious and heart-warming tale about four overweight guys who learn to love themselves through the Japanese sport of sumo wrestling! Ruth is the story of an adolescent girl who lives in the most dangerous place in Israel where she must fight to interpret her faith in her own way.

BRATTSTOCK III, the third annual free festival of local & regional music, takes place on the Brattleboro Common, Saturday, August 7, from 12 to 5. This year's lineup features Lisa McCormick, Samirah Evans, Mo Ambesa, Clayton Sabine, Thomas Anderson and Ordinary Men, Ghost Quartet, The Johnson Boys, The Joules, and Ali Chambliss.

A benefit for Project Feed the Thousands (local food shelf), please bring a non-perishable food donation.

Brattleboro Bicycle Shop is sponsoring the movie Ride The Divide at the Hooker-Dunham theater on Thursday, July 22nd, at 7 p.m. It should be fun!

Best Adventure Film at last year's Vail Film Festival

"Ride the Divide is an inspiring journey about the world's toughest mountain bike race, which traverses over 2,700 miles along the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains. The film weaves the story of the three characters' experiences with immense mountain beauty and small-town culture as they attempt to ride from Banff, Canada, to a small, dusty crossing on the Mexican border.

An honor system stand I found. 9 min 40 seconds.

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The documentary “Tapped” from the producers of “Who Killed the Electric Car” and “I.O.U.S.A” will be shown at the Hooker Dunham Theater in downtown Brattleboro, Wednesday July 21st at 6:30 PM. The event is free and open to the public. The screening is co-sponsored by VNRC and Food & Water Watch.

Stephanie Soechtig's debut feature is an unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water. The film asks the question: Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? This timely documentary is a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become a commodity: our water.

The BCTV Summer Video Camp project to create a zombie movie is now complete and online.

This production has so much to it that it had to be broken into two parts! Grab some popcorn, call some friends, and enjoy BCTV's latest production, A Midsummer's Nightmare.

The Brattleboro Area Jewish Community will once again celebrate the diversity of Israel’s fast-growing film industry by presenting its fourth Annual Israeli Film and Food Festival, offering four award-winning Israeli films--two on Saturday evening, August 21st in Brattleboro, and two different films on Sunday afternoon, August 22nd in West Dover.

"Ruth” and "A Matter of Size" will be shown at the Hooker-Dunham Theater in Brattleboro starting at 7 p.m. Making its Vermont premiere, “A Matter of Size”, an international award winner, is a hilarious and heart-warming tale about four overweight guys who learn to love themselves through the Japanese sport of sumo wrestling! Ruth is the story of an adolescent girl who lives in the most dangerous place in Israel where she must fight to interpret her faith in her own way.

Great parade photos! I'm living a couple towns up the road now (where, as noted in a recent issue of The Commons, the hip, friendly people are sporting t-shirts that say "Bellows Falls, Vermont - not nearly as bad as you thought"), so I went to the Saxtons River festivities. In the spirit of reciprocal vicarious enjoyment, here's some photos from that other one.

All sliders, gliders, shredders, supporters of the skatepark project , and fans of critical mass won't want to miss the opportunity to join the skateboarders of BASIC roll Mainstreet in the 4th of July parade.

Skateboarders of BASIC(Brattleboro Area Skatepark Is Coming) are leading the charge towards getting a park in Brattleboro, and we sincerely invite all wheeled kin of any age or ability; scooter riders, in-liners, extreme sitters, longboarders, BMX'ers, ultra-strollers, any would-be fan of the project, to consider taking a spin with us on this historic event.