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Windham Southeast School District School Budget Vote And Info Session

by Not Signed In | Education

Due to COVID safety there will be no in person Windham Southeast School District Annual Meeting this year. You can vote on the school budget and for school board members by requesting a school ballot from your Town Clerk and voting absentee or by voting in person at each of the polling locations in Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, and Putney on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021. Due to COVID-19 and social distancing, voters are strongly encouraged to vote through absentee ballot.

A Virtual Public Information Meeting on the proposed FY ’22 School District Budget is scheduled for Tuesday, February 23 via Zoom at 6pm. The link to the Information Meeting agenda and how to call in, as well as budget documents can be found on the school district’s website listed below: https://www.wsesu.org/wsesd-budget-vote.html

BCTV Schedules – Week of February 15, 2021

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 / 1075 schedule for the week of 2/15/21

Monday, February 15, 2021

5:30 am The News Project – Press Pass – 1/25/21 – Greg Sukiennik
6:00 am The News Project – In Studio – Pandemic Lessons Learned Part 4
6:30 am Groundworks Collaborative – Brattleboro Area Homelessness Awareness Day Vigil 2021
7:52 am Stuck in Vermont – Building Beds for Kids
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
9:00 am Brattleboro Rotary Club Speaker Series – Ep 26 – Archer Mayor

Vermont Jazz Center Live Streams: Jonathan Barber and Vision Ahead

by vtjazz | Music

Jonathan Barber’s star has been on the rise since his auspicious 2018 debut, Vision Ahead, and a 2019 tour in Pat Metheny’s trio… an abundance of heightened energy and new ideas executed with pristine precision by the bandleader and his future-facing ensemble.

Bill Milkowski, Downbeat Magazine

Vermont Jazz Center Presents Drummer Jonathan Barber and Vision Ahead in a Live Stream Performance on Saturday, February 20th at 8:00 PM

On February 20th at 8:00 PM, drummer Jonathan Barber’s Vision Ahead will perform a livestream concert at the Vermont Jazz Center which will be viewable on line at www.vtjazz.org

Town Arts Fund Grantees Announced

by cgrotke | Arts

The Arts Council of Windham County announced some recent grantees and the projects that are being funded:

“The 2021 TAF Grantees include:

Puppet Companions (Shoshana Bass, Sandglass Theater) Sandglass Theater and Garden Path Elder Living team up to combat loneliness, promote creativity, and inspire story telling in residential care facilities through the magic of puppetry. Sandglass will create a collection of inviting puppets and accessories, along with a series of guided play suggestions for residents at Holton Home and Bradley House. Puppet makers will also bring Sandglass puppeteers and puppets for window visits with residents.

Sandglass’ Winter Sunshine Series Goes Virtual

by SandglassTheater | Arts

Putney, Vermont- This year Sandglass’ Winter Sunshine series is going virtual to bring family fun right into the coziness of your home. Throughout March, Winter Sunshine series will present the work of regional performance artists with weekly performances and activities including: a puppet show, a workshop, two family activities, online engagement and, during the final week, an invitation to light up your community in the dark winter months with a Lantern Parade.

BCTV Schedules – Week of 2-8-21

by BCTVProg | Media

Monday, February 8, 2021

5:00 am Hooker Dunham Presents – SOLOs Episode 4
5:52 am VT Arts Council Awards 2020 – Shanta Lee Gander
5:54 am VT Arts Council Awards 2020 – Jody Fried
5:56 am VT Arts Council Awards 2020 – Ray Vega
6:00 am Brattleboro Music Center presents – 14th Annual Northern Roots Festival Concert

Doctrine of Discovery of 1452

by SK-B | History

Watching this video is the first time during my 75 years (during most of which I have thought of myself as an informed person) that I have heard of the Doctrine of Discovery of 1452, even though it provided the ideological justification for colonialism and the enslavement of indigenous people.

Because this Doctrine was issued as a Papal Bull, it became the guiding principal for all European countries.

WSESD Finance Committee Meeting Agenda and Minutes

by Not Signed In | Education

Agenda

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of Minutes – December 2, 2020 and January 12, 2021

3. Preparation for FY22 WSESD Budget 2.23.21 Information Hearing

4. Academy School Addition project financing method and project timeline

5. FY21 Fiscal Year to Date Statement

WSESD Social Justice Committee Agenda and Minutes

by Not Signed In | Education

AGENDA

I. CALL TO ORDER – 4:30 p.m. – Thomas Nolan

II. Approval of Minutes – January 15, 2021

III. Discuss Next Steps with REI

IV. Discuss Adding Social Justice/Anti-Racist Commitment Language to future Advertising

V. Discuss Having Students Involved in Screening of New Hires

BCTV Schedules for Week of 2/1/21

by BCTVProg | Media

Monday, February 1, 2021

5:30 am Johnson Public Library – Gardening Questions Answered – Foote Brook Farm 1/9/21
7:00 am The News Project – In Studio – Legislative Preview – Reps. Pajala and Durfee
7:30 am Rotary Cares – Ep 32 – Steve Puderbaugh
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
9:00 am Martin Luther King Remembrances – The Root Social Justice Center presents – MLK Day – BIPOC

The Oz Books of L. Frank Baum

by cgrotke | Books

I just completed reading all of the L. Frank Baum Oz books. I’ve had this collection for quite a while. They were inherited from my father’s Aunt Arlene, a teacher in Buffalo. When the books first arrived, I was a bit old for them. I had reached the mature age of about 12 or 13, and the covers looked rather ancient to me. They sat in boxes with my mother for quite a while. I got them back a few years ago.

Seeing a series of unread books on the shelf can nag at you, and these were yelling at me. “C’mon, man, read us!” So I dove in.

L. Frank Baum wrote 14 Oz books total:

BCTV Schedules – Week of January 25, 2021

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 / 1075 schedule for the week of 1/25/21

Monday, January 25, 2021

5:00 am At BMAC – What is Mail Art?
5:15 am Hooker Dunham Presents – SOLOs Episode 3
6:00 am Get Thee to the Funnery – Qualities of “Mercy?”
7:10 am Middlebury College Faculty at Home Series – Sleuthing From Home 10/19/20
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast