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Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens at Next Stage on Saturday, September 14

by stobro | Music

Next Stage Arts Project is thrilled to present Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens on Saturday, September 14 at 7:30 pm, returning to Next Stage after rocking the house for sold out crowds at their two previous appearances.

Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens are an American gospel and soul music group led by front woman Naomi Shelton. The group was formed in 1999. They have released two albums with Daptone Records, What Have You Done, My Brother? (2009) and Cold World (2014).

Vermont Jazz Center Presents: Steve Turre Quintet

by vtjazz | Music

The Vermont Jazz Center is thrilled to kick off its 2019-20 concert season with a very special concert on Saturday, September 14th at 8:00 PM featuring the Steve Turre Quintet. Come hear Turre perform on trombone and conch shells with Bruce Williams on saxophone and flute, Oscar Perez on piano, Corcoran Holt on bass and Orion Turre on drums. Steve Turre is regarded as one of the finest jazz trombonists in the world. His on-going recording and performing career has included fertile tenures with Ray Charles, Woody Shaw, Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers to name a few. This year he is celebrating 36 years as trombonist in the Saturday Night Live band. Turre has made records with a highly diverse group of artists ranging from Dizzy Gillespie, Celia Cruz, Etta Jones, McCoy Tyner, Max Roach and John Scofield, to Carlos Santana and Mariah Carey.

BCTV Schedules – Week of September 9, 2019

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 9/9/19

Monday, September 9, 2019

5:00 am Good Clash: The Art of Productive Disagreement – Part Six: Democracy and Humility
6:18 am The News Project – Hunting For Chicken Of The Woods
6:30 am Windham World Affairs Council – The Uyghurs of Xinjiang
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
9:00 am Southern Vermont Live Music – Rock Voices- SET 2- Recorded May 3, 2019

Dinner/Dance at the Brattleboro VFW Public Welcome

by Not Signed In | Entertainment

VFW Post #1034 will be having their  POW/MIA dinner dance Saturday, Sept. 14th. Doors open at 5 pm, dinner served at 6 pm, and dance begins at 7 pm. $10 charge will be for the dinner & dance, or $5 for the dance only after the meal is over. Dinner will be applesauce, garlic roast pork, baked potato, roasted veggies, and blueberry dessert. Reservations are needed by Thursday, Sept. 12th.

Fourth Annual Brattleboro Youth Rock Festival Comes to Town Saturday, September 28; Official 2019 Line-up Announced

by Not Signed In | Entertainment

Youth bands and solo artists from around New England are gearing up to take the stage at the Fourth Annual Brattleboro Youth Rock Festival. BrattRock 2019 comes to 118 Elliot in downtown Brattleboro on Saturday, September 28. Gates open at 2:30 PM and performances take place on two stages, one indoor and one outdoor, between 3:00 and 10:00 PM.

In addition to non-stop live music, the festival features food vendors, interactive performances by the New England Center for Circus Arts, crafts and games, and plenty of family fun. All are invited to attend this all-ages community event.

After School Drawing Class for Older Kids

by Not Signed In | Arts

Do you have a kid or know a kid who loves to draw and wants to get really, really good at it? The Drawing Studio is offering a Drawing Skills for Older Kids (9 and up) class on Thursdays from 330 to 5 beginning September 19th. There will be a healthy snack, lots of drawing materials and all the help they need to fulfill their drawing visions. Kids will also be given a sketch box and sketch book so they can work at home or during a boring Algebra class.

Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

by ACCVT | Arts

Asian Cultural Center of Vermont (ACCVT) presents the 21st annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (Zhongqiu Jie) which is celebrated in China, Korea, Vietnam and other places around the world. Celebrate the Autumn Moon Festival with crafts, songs, food, taiji, paper lanterns, Chinese exercises, the Korean rope tug and more.

Shoot the Moon Theater Company Presents “White Rabbit Red Rabbit” September 20-21, 27-28 at Hooker Dunham Theater

by ChrisLenois | Arts

Shoot the Moon Theater Company has earned a reputation for out-of-the-box presentations during its four years as the company in-residence at the Hooker Dunham Theater, but this next project may be their boldest yet.

White Rabbit Red Rabbit is an internationally acclaimed one-person play by Nassim Soleimanpour with very rigid guidelines for how it can be performed. The first being that the actor is not allowed to read the script until they open the sealed copy waiting for them on stage.

John McCutcheon at Next Stage on Friday, September 13

by stobro | Music

Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present an evening with folksinger, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, storyteller, activist and author John McCutcheon at Next Stage on Friday, September 13 at 7:30 pm.  “not only one of the best musicians in the USA… he is committed to helping hard-working people everywhere to organize and push this world in a better direction” – Pete Seeger

Folk music’s “Rustic Renaissance Man” (Washington Post) John McCutcheon is a master of a dozen different traditional instruments, most notably the rare and beautiful hammer dulcimer.  His songwriting has been hailed by critics and singers around the globe.  His thirty recordings have garnered every imaginable honor including seven Grammy nominations. 

BCTV Schedules – Week of September 2, 2019

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 9/2/19

Monday, September 2, 2019

4:30 am Hunger Mountain Coop Workshop – Self-Care Practices for Rejuvenation
5:00 am Brattleboro Words Project – Words on the Water – Stories of Wantastegok, the West River and Abenaki Presence
6:01 am Addiction Recovery Channel – Organizing and Taking Action to Eliminate Stigma
6:30 am Crossroads with Carole Crossman – Title X Family Planning Program

Puppets in Paradise

by Not Signed In | Entertainment

Sandglass Theater announces the return of our most beloved community event: Puppets in Paradise! This year we are thrilled to present this biennial fundraiser in partnership with Retreat Farm in Brattleboro. Retreat Farm, Ltd., is an independent nonprofit working to restore this Farm as a place for you to learn, play, and gather. 

BCTV Schedules – Week of August 26, 2019

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 8/26/19

Monday, August 26, 2019

4:54 am Promos – Umatter – What is Umatter YYA?
5:00 am 1st Wednesdays Presents – The New World We Face – America Alone? George Jaeger 6/5/19
6:24 am Positively Vermont – The Stowe Tango Music Festival 2019
7:00 am River Garden Brown Bag Lunch – The Bastard Birth of the Cold War State Part 2 – 8/14/19
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

Baker Street Readers Announce Second Season of Sherlock Holmes Stories

by Not Signed In | Arts

BRATTLEBORO, VT – The Baker Street Readers will return to the Hooker-Dunham Theater for a second season of dramatic readings of Sherlock Holmes stories this fall.

In their first season, the Readers presented a short story from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original collection “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” once a month from January to June. Each reading featured Tony Grobe as John Watson and James Gelter as Sherlock Holmes. The first season alone included twenty guest performers and reached an audience of more than three hundred.

Aug. 31 & Sept. 1: Organ Recital & Orchestra on Lawn

by fomag | Music

Guilford, Vt. – Friends of Music at Guilford’s (FOMAG) 54th Labor Day Weekend Festival begins, by tradition, with a 7:30 concert on Saturday night, August 31, in The Organ Barn at Tree Frog Farm in idyllic rural Guilford. Organist Robert Barney, who is related to several Guilford families, performs a program entitled “Bach: Friends & Family” with assistance from Boston soprano Janna Maria Fröhlich and Vermont flutist Amara Cunningham. Then, at 2:00 on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 1, the Guilford Festival Orchestra performs “European Tour,” a program of works by French and German composers, some with an Italian flair. Kenneth Olsson conducts over forty instrumentalists from the region and beyond, as well as soprano soloist Julie Olsson.

BCTV Schedules – Week of 8/19/19

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 8/19/19

Monday, August 19, 2019

4:51 am Promos – Umatter – What is Umatter YYA?
4:56 am Mad River Shorts – 2019 Mad Marathon
5:00 am Windham World Affairs Council – Scientizing Chinese Medicine 4/12/19
6:15 am Real Organic Project – Ferme des Quatre-Temps
6:30 am Marlboro Productions Presents – BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal?

Life In The Universe?

by tomaidh | Sci-Tech

The Drake equation was written in 1961 by astrophysicist Frank Drake to estimate the number of intelligent civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy. The equation summarizes the main concepts which scientists must contemplate when considering the question of other communicative life.

The Drake equation is: # = R x P x L x D x C x S x T
where:

Twilight on the Tavern Lawn presents Low Lily on Sunday, August 25

by stobro | Music

Twilight Music concludes its 17th annual Twilight On The Tavern Lawn series of folk, world beat, zydeco, Celtic, jazz, blues and bluegrass summer concerts on Sunday, August 25 with folk and Americana trio Low Lily.  The seventh and final concert of the 2019 series begins at 6:00 pm in downtown Putney on the Putney Tavern lawn (bring a lawn chair or blanket) or at Next Stage at 15 Kimball Hill in case of rain.

Gail Grycel Brings Woodworking to Women at HatchSpace in Brattleboro

by Not Signed In | Education

HatchSpace woodworking shop and school in Brattleboro, VT welcomes Gail Grycel to their teaching staff and board of directors.

Gail Grycel, owner of Twin Birch Woodworking in Westminster West, Vermont, has been a custom cabinetmaker since 1984. The balance of beauty and function exists in her cabinetry and furniture throughout New England.  For over twenty five years, and in three states, Gail has empowered women and girls through her class offerings in adult learning programs, woodworking courses in her studio, Rosie’s Girls summer camp sessions, mixed gender workshops, and one on one tutoring. She is dedicated to sharing her knowledge and experience to all who want to explore the love of making things out of wood.