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Green Mountain Book Award Skype Series at Brooks Memorial Library

by Brooks Memorial Library | Books

This fall, the Brooks Memorial Library will be hosting a number of book talks with Green Mountain Book Award authors. The Green Mountain Book Award (GMBA) is the Vermont Reader’s Choice Award for grades 9-12. Most teens in high school in Vermont are encouraged to read some of the books on the nominated list in their classes at school.

The first of these Skype talks will be held on September 28 @ 6:30 on the third floor meeting room in the library. This talk will be with author Andrew Smith about his book “Winger.”Andrew Smith is an award-winning author of several Young Adult novels, including the critically acclaimed “Grasshopper Jungle” and his Green Mountain Nominated Book, “Winger.” His most recent book, “Alex Crow,” is the ninth novel he has published. Andrew Smith lives in Southern California.

BCTV Channel 8 & 10 Schedules for the Week of 9/14/15

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV channel 8 schedule for the week of 9/14/15 

Monday, September 14, 2015

12:00 am First Vermonumental Soil Carbon Climate Summit

1:55 am Health in Aging: My Five Wishes Program

3:30 am WCEDP Funding Workshop 1: Letter of Intent 8/24/15

4:50 am Brown Bag Concert Series – The Stockwell Brothers

6:00 am Common Good VT: VCF Food & Farm Initiative

Weekend Creativity Series: Lynda Barry

by cgrotke | Creative

We’ve done music, we’ve done comedy. It’s time to get creative and intelligent, so I’m shifting my weekend series once again. (Any of you are more than welcome to take over the music or comedy at any time. I bequeath them…)

To kick things off, here’s a presentation by one of my favorite cartoonist, writer, and “accidental professor” Lynda Barry.

Statewide First Wednesdays Talks Return October 7 with Diverse, Timely Topics

by Not Signed In | Education

Statewide Vermont – NPR host John Hockenberry, Pulitzer Prize winners Joseph Ellis and Hedrick Smith, and Grammy-nominated musician and historian Stephen Wade are among the presenters in the fourteenth season of the Vermont Humanities Council’s First Wednesdays lecture series beginning October 7 at nine sites statewide. The series runs October through May at 7:00 pm on the first Wednesday of each month (unless otherwise noted). Talks take place in Brattleboro, Essex Junction, Manchester, Middlebury, Montpelier, Newport, Norwich, Rutland, and St. Johnsbury.

Brattleboro Area Hospice to hold a 7 Week Bereavement Volunteer Training

by Not Signed In | Education

Beginning on Thursday, October 8, 2015 Brattleboro Area Hospice will offer a Bereavement Volunteer Training at its home office at 191 Canal Street in Brattleboro. This 21 hour volunteer training will run on Thursdays from 6:00 – 9:00 PM. The final session will take place on November 19th.

Bereavement Volunteers provide emotional support and companionship to individuals grieving the death loss of a loved one. Trained volunteers are asked to commit to one hour per week spent with a bereaved individual.

Calling All Kids: It’s OK To Talk About Death!

by Not Signed In | Education

Parents and children are invited on Saturday, September 26, 10:30 – 12:00, to a free workshop, Calling all Kids: It’s OK to Talk about Death! at Brooks Memorial Library Upstairs Meeting Room (next to the Children’s Section).

Children who have experienced a death loss, whether of a beloved pet, friend or family member, don’t often have the opportunity to meet with other children who’ve had a similar experience. Through facilitated art activities and guided conversation led by Children’s Bereavement Counselor Elizabeth Ungerleider, this is an opportunity for children of all ages to ask questions, share stories and express feelings in a safe environment.

Exhibit Opening: Stu Copans’ Papercuts for Peace

by JoyW-P | Arts

The exhibit spaces in All Souls Church Unitarian Universalist in West
Brattleboro are hosting Stu Copans’ annual exhibit of papercuts and other artwork with a Peace theme through the end of October.

Imagesin this show, as in previous years, are paper cuttings containing the word “peace,” in English, Arabic, or Hebrew. The cuttings have been inspired by a range of sources, including Copans’ work with children at the Kids for Peace Camp in Guilford this summer, brass lanterns in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City, flowers, trees, oriental carpets, and designs on the tiles of Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan’s (c. 1489-1588) many mosques.

Radha Tereska Buko: The General’s Barber and the Seamstress – A Polish Love Story

by Brooks Memorial Library | Books

Please join Radha Buko today, Wednesday, September 9, 7:30 PM for a talk on her memoir. When Hitler invades Poland in 1939, newlyweds Józef and Marysia Buko are catapulted into a sudden and heart-wrenching seven year separation. Each faces life threatening situations demanding courage, faith, and resilience if the couple is ever to see each other again. The event is free and open to the public. 

Vermont author Tereska Buko and Brattleboro artist Lerna will be speaking about Ms. Buko’s newly published book, The General’s Barber and the Seamstress: A Polish Love Story (Red Barn Books of Vermont).

Sandglass Theater’s International Puppet Festival Launches this Weekend!

by Not Signed In | Entertainment

Brattleboro – This weekend, Sandglass Theater will launch the ninth edition of the Puppets in the Green Mountains International Festival, a rich selection of events and performances taking place all around Brattleboro and Putney, Vermont. The festival will feature an action-packed gala opening, a massive outdoor performance by Bread and Puppet Theater, and two of the last local performances of Sandglass Theater’s own award-winning D-Generation, a show about the effects of dementia upon individuals, families, and communities. Visiting artists are arriving from Cuba, Germany, England, Mexico, Quebec, and all around the United States to present this vast array of performances for adults and children of all ages.

First Weekend of the Puppets in the Green Mountains International Festival: Walking to the Borders!

by SandglassTheater | Culture

Brattleboro, September 8, 2015 – This weekend, Sandglass Theater will launch the ninth edition of the Puppets in the Green Mountains International Festival, a rich selection of events and performances taking place all around Brattleboro and Putney, Vermont. The festival will feature an action-packed gala opening, a massive outdoor performance by Bread and Puppet Theater, and two of the last local performances of Sandglass Theater’s own award-winning D-Generation, a show about the effects of dementia upon individuals, families, and communities.

Visiting artists are arriving from Cuba, Germany, England, Mexico, Quebec, and all around the United States to present this vast array of performances for adults and children of all ages. In addition to an incredibly diverse range of shows, performers will present public dialogues and workshops in a meticulously-curated festival that truly has something for everyone. 

Mid Autumn Moon Festival of China, Korea and Vietnam

by Not Signed In | Culture

The Asian Cultural Center of Vermont (ACCVT) presents the 17th Annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival on Sunday, Sept. 27 2015, 5:30-8pm. Zhongqiu Jie is celebrated in China, Korea, and Vietnam. After Lunar New Year, it is the second most important festival of the year.

This is a traditional time for families to gather and give thanks for the harvest and for harmonious unions. Offerings may be made to Chang’e, the Moon Goddess of Immortality. This is the festival for carrying lanterns and sharing mooncakes. Come celebrate this harvest festival with crafts, stories, songs, food, t’ai chi, martial arts, and the rope tug. Then watch the harvest moon rise. The celebration starts with a pot-luck.

Location: Kiwanis Shelter atop Memorial Park Drive, Brattleboro, VT.

BCTV Channel 8 & 10 Schedules for the Week of 9/7/15

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV channel 8 schedule for the week of 9/7/15

Monday, September 7, 2015

12:00 am Karen Ganey: Composting Basics

1:42 am TED Talks: Kimberly Motley – How I Defend the Rule of Law

2:00 am After 70 Years – New Hope for Nuclear Abolition

3:30 am Brattleboro Savings & Loan Frozen Friday: Luxury Sedan 7/31/15

4:45 am A Night by the Fire with Naturalist Kurt Valenta

Dustbowl Revival w/10 String Symphony at Vermont Jazz Center on Thursday, September 10

by Not Signed In | Music

Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present Dustbowl Revival, a Venice, California-based roots collective that merges old school bluegrass, gospel, jug-band, swamp blues and the hot swing of the 1930’s, plus Nashville-based, progressive acoustic folk duo 10 String Symphony, at The Vermont Jazz Center on Thursday, September 10 at 7:30 pm.

Future Fest 4 Rocks On

by Lise | Music

Last night, we ventured down to the Stone Church to hear part of day 2 of this year’s expanded Future Fest, a celebration of local indie music and other creative ventures sponsored by the tireless team at the Future Collective. We were not disappointed.

Although we were misled by the FC’s web site (ahem) into thinking the show started at 7pm (it started at 5) we were able to hear a number of bands that night, starting with Secret Lover and ending with local favorite Barishi just before midnight.

Weekend Comedy Series: Wyatt Cenac

by cgrotke | Entertainment

You may recognize Wyatt from the Daily Show, but did you know he was a writer for King of the Hill, the Mike Judge look at Texas? I didn’t.

It makes a bit of sense. He was born in NYC in 1976, but was moved to Texas as a kid. He’s now a Brooklyn resident.

Brattleboro VT Preview Screening of MisLEAD w/ Special Guest Jon Fishman from Phish

by Bethanybhall | Media

SAVE THIS EVENT – FRI, OCT 23, 2015, 6:00pm

Brattleboro VT Preview Screening of MisLEAD w/ Special Guest Jon Fishman from Phish

On October 23rd there will be a free screening of MisLEAD, a documentary put together by Lead Safe America. The organization is founded by a mother who has two children that have been affected by lead poisoning.

What To Look For In A Language Program, and Free Demo Class

by Not Signed In | Education

Express Fluency is offering a free Spanish class Thursday, September 10th from 6pm-7pm. Participants will experience a fun and effective way of acquiring language and will leave the class knowing how to order a drink, and tell a joke, in Spanish.

We will also share the secrets of language acquisition- which students can apply to any language they choose to pursue.

A New Bellydance and Youth Mentorship Program Comes to Brattleboro!

by Not Signed In | Creative

SEEDs (self-esteem, empowerment, and education through dance) is an internationally recognized bellydance and mentorship program, originally founded in 2001 by Myra Krein in Santa Fe, New Mexico. After seeing so much success in Santa Fe, Myra began an intensive teacher training program–and there are now dozens of blossoming SEEDs programs across the globe.

After attending the teacher training in June 2015, local bellydancer Kelsey Eaton bringing this fun and transformational youth bellydance program to Brattleboro. Working alongside her is Devan Moran, a woman’s advocate who works locally to educate youth on healthy relationships, domestic violence, and consent.

BCTV Channel 8 & 10 Schedules for the Week of 8/31/15

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV channel 8 schedule for the week of 8/31/15

Monday, August 31, 2015

12:00 am Dartmouth College Talk: Making Sense of the Mad Men Era

1:30 am September 11 – The New Pearl Harbor? Pt 3

2:30 am SAFSTOR: 8/19/15 – Paul Paradis

3:00 am Energy Improvements Financing Forum – 6/16/15

4:30 am UVM Community Med School: Diagnosis and Treatment of Skin Cancer

Friends of Music at Guilford’s 50th Season Opens at Organ Barn on Sept. 5 & 6

by fomag | Music

Guilford, Vt. – The opening weekend of Friends of Music at Guilford’s 50th Anniversary Season is dedicated to founder A. Graham Down (1929-2014), who brought the c. 1897 Guilford Tracker Organ to the Barn over a half-century ago, and funded its renovations and improvements over the years; he performed on it in 1966-69 and several times since 2001.

The music begins as usual with a Saturday night Organ Concert in the Barn at 7:30. This year’s guest performer is Susan Summerfield, music professor and college organist at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vt. Her program, “Traditions,” includes works by Baroque masters J. S. Bach, Pierre Dandrieu, and Louis Couperin; C. P. E. Bach from the start of the classic period; and 20th-century composers Darius Milhaud and Lou Harrison, whose pieces employ certain Baroque elements. A cake and champagne reception follows.