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Favorite Woodworking Classes Offered in February at HatchSpace

by HatchSpace | Creative

Favorite Classes Offered Again at HatchSpace

These classes filled up fast when offered in January, so we’re offering a second round in February!

Learn from the best!  HatchSpace instructors are experienced teachers, expert craftspeople and highly focused on safe shop practices. Classes are held in our new shop at HatchSpace, located at 22 High Street, Brattleboro VT.

These classes are suitable for beginners as well as experienced woodworkers who wish to learn new skills or refine existing skills.  Financial aid may be available, contact info@hatchspace.com for details.

BCTV Schedules – Week of January 17, 2022

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 1075 schedule for the week of 1/17/22

Monday, January 17, 2022

5:30 am Addiction Recovery Channel – Preventing Overdose Fatalities – 12/17/21
6:30 am Open Exchange Vermont – EP 15 – Kevin Nathaniel – NYC Musician and Freedom Activist
7:00 am Brattleboro Literary Festival – Mateo Askaripour and Lauren Oyler – Real…and Unreal
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
9:00 am Brattleboro Literary Festival – Sabina Murray and Dariel Suarez – Families and Dictators

Candide Revisited

by Lise | Books, Culture

While I was reading Candide, the controversial 18th century fable by master satirist and troublemaker Voltaire, I mentioned to some fellow readers that I thought it was very funny.  I was met with a chorus of boos and hisses:  “Awful book.  Miserable book.  Thoroughly depressing.”  This made me wonder if we were talking about the same book, until I realized that they had both read it while still in their teens, when the bitterness of Voltaire’s satire must have proved overwhelming to their youthful optimism.  

It should be noted that the full title of the book is Candide, or Optimism, although admittedly there is very little in the story of our hero Candide and his teacher Dr. Pangloss to inspire one to an optimistic view of the human race.  Technically, it’s a satire on the views of the German thinker Liebniz, whose philosophy on the existence of evil is summed up in the famous saying that we live in “the best of all possible worlds.”  Voltaire disagrees.  But you don’t need to know the works of Liebniz to get Voltaire’s indictment of society which in Candide is corrupt from top to bottom.

BCTV Schedules – Week of January 10, 2022

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 1075 schedule for the week of 1/10/22

Monday, January 10, 2022

5:00 am Vote for Vermont – Being Latino in Vermont 10/14/21
6:00 am Vote for Vermont – 12/2/21
7:00 am Brattleboro Literary Festival – Peter Filkins and Jennifer Militello – New England Poets
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

The MADD Chatter Show

by sosqht | Media

Radio Show Sundays 3pm-5pm The MADD Chatter Show

1Hour Music followed by 1 hour Talk Radio

Share your stories of healing, spirituality or personal growth for inspiration and motivation!

New Year – New Skills! January Classes at HatchSpace

by HatchSpace | Creative

Join a woodworking class at HatchSpace for a great start on 2022. Many classes are suitable for beginners as well as experienced woodworkers.  Learn new skills from experienced instructors in a safety-focused environment.

Financial aid may be available, contact info@hatchspace.com for details.

BCTV Schedules – Week of January 3, 2022

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 1085 schedule for the week of 1/3/21

Monday, January 3, 2022

6:30 am Landmark College Graduation – Fall 2021 Landmark College Commencement
8:00 am The David Pakman Show – The David Pakman Show – Weekly Broadcast
9:00 am Energy Week with George Harvey – Energy Week #449 – 12/16/2021
10:00 am West River Education District – WRED Bd Mtg 12/20/21

BCTV Schedules – Week of December 27, 2021

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 1075 schedule for the week of 12/27/21

Monday, December 27, 2021

6:00 am Veterans Events – Wreaths Across America Comes to Brattleboro 12/13/21
7:34 am The News Project – Visiting a 98 Year Old Veteran
7:45 am BUHS-TV – BUHS-TV News 12/21/21
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
9:00 am BCTV Open Studio – Project Feed the Thousands 2021

COVID Christmas

by cgrotke | Entertainment

I thought we could retire this one last year, but now it’s a becoming a regular holiday special. Here it is again, the COVID Christmas Anti-Viral Holiday Special…  stay safe everyone!

BCTV Schedules – Week of December 20, 2021

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 1075 schedule for the week of 12/20/21

Monday, December 20, 2021

5:00 am North Branch Nature Center – Drawing on Birds – Comics, Science, and Sharing Nature
6:10 am Northgate TV – Guided Meditation – A Grateful Heart 12/1/21
6:25 am Stories by Tego – Catania, Sicily – Scenes from the Feast of St. Agatha
6:30 am Vermont Youth Orchestra – A Fantastique Return 2021
7:52 am BUHS-TV – BUHS-TV News 12/14/21
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

WSESD Meeting Agendas

by Not Signed In | Education

AGENDA

I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 p.m. – David Schoales, Board Chair

II. CONSENT AGENDA

• CLERK’S REPORT – Approval of Minutes – December 14, 2021

• FINANCES

Mara Williams on “Here We Are”

by Wendy O'Connell | Entertainment

Join Mara Williams as she tells stories about her adventures as Curator for the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, featuring Red Grooms, Wolf Kahn, Jim Dine and the many local luminaries who helped put BMAC on the map.

BCTV Schedules – Week of December 13, 2021

by BCTVProg | Media

Monday, December 13, 2021

5:25 am Windham Elementary School Board – Windham Elementary School Bd Mtg 11/16/21
8:00 am The David Pakman Show – The David Pakman Show – Weekly Broadcast
9:00 am Energy Week with George Harvey – Energy Week #446 – 11/24/2021
10:00 am VT Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel – VT NDCAP – 12/6/21 Mtg
1:00 pm Newfane Selectboard – Newfane SB Mtg 12/6/21