The Brattleboro ADA Advisory Committee will meet on Friday, May 10, 2019, at 9:00am in the Hanna Cosman Meeting Room at the Municipal Center.
NOTE: The monthly meeting of the Brattleboro Energy Committee has been RESCHEDULED from May 6 to Monday, May 13, 2019, at 6:00pm in the Brattleboro Food Co-Op Community Room.
Join us at 7 pm on Monday, May 6th, in the Main Reading Room at Brooks Memorial Library, as author Charles Schudson presents a FREE presentation about his new book, Independence Corrupted: How America’s Judges Make Their Decisions.
With twenty-two years in America’s courts, Judge Schudson knows the factors affecting judicial decision-making. With scholarship and impassioned accounts of compelling cases, he brings readers behind the trial bench to see judges analyzing actual trials and sentencings – of abortion protesters, sex predators, murderers, white supremacists….
Join us at 8 pm on Friday, May 10th, as Brooks Memorial Library hosts a kid-friendly concert by hip hop artists, Rebel Diaz! Doors will open at 7:30 pm.
Rebel Diaz is a political hip hop duo out of the Bronx, New York and Chicago, IL consisting of the Chilean brothers Rodstarz (Rodrigo Venegas) and G1 (Gonzalo Venegas). Rebel Diaz uses their music as an organizing tool and to spread knowledge about injustice.
Brooks Memorial Library will be undergoing some minor renovations in May, beginning with new ceiling tiles in the Children’s Room.
Unfortunately, there is no way to safely remain open during this process, so beginning May 6th, the Children’s Room will be closed for about a week. You will still be able to enter the library from the second floor entrance, and use the elevator or stairs to access materials on the Mezzanine, and in the Main Reading Room.
Join us at 7 pm on Thursday, May 2nd as we present a FREE screening of the movie: I Am From Here, in honor of Diversity Day.
This is an instructional film, originally created for public school staff, teachers, and administrators in Vermont. It was commissioned by the Vermont-NEA Racial Justice Task Force in collaboration with the National Education Association. Bess O’Brien from Kingdom County Productions produced the 30-minute film. She interviewed parents, community members, educators, and students from Vermont. Bess filmed their accounts of living in and going to school in Vermont.
WEST BRATTLEBORO — Folk singer, activist, musical conscience for the U.S., Pete Seeger, would have been 100 this year. All Souls Church, 29 South Street, will host a singalong concert on Sunday, May 12, at 7 p.m. to celebrate Seeger’s music and his life-long efforts on behalf of peace, justice, and the earth.
The concert will feature well-known performers with deep connections to Seeger, including Sally Rogers, Emma’s Revolution, Peter Siegel, Annie Patterson and Peter Blood.
Those who attend the tribute concert will have the chance to sing together using a new songbook containing fifty classic songs Pete Seeger led throughout his life. Publishers Peter Blood and Annie Patterson of Rise Up Singing fame designed this new book for the Seeger centennial.
Early/absentee ballots for the Special School Merger Election to be held May 21, are now available in the Brattleboro, Town Clerk’s office. Anyone wishing to vote prior to May 21 may apply for an early/absentee ballot until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, May 20.
Early/absentee ballots may be voted in person in the Clerk’s office, mailed to the voter by the Clerk’s office, picked up by the voter, or if a voter is in need can be delivered to the voter’s residence by two Justices of the Peace. All voted ballots must be received by the Clerk before the polls close on election day in order to be counted. For more information or to request an early/absentee ballot call 251-8157.
The Community Center is holding a tag and craft sale on Saturday from 9am-3pm, rain or shine. Please contact Melody Stone at 254-2594 or email melodyellis34@gmail.com.
SAXTONS RIVER, Vt. – Hugh Keelan on the piano and Joe Jewett on the violin face off Sunday, May 12 at 3 p.m. in a Classic(al) Saxtons River Spectacular as Main Street Arts continues its Hands On! concert series.
Concertgoers are invited to see all the action up close as Keelan interprets the music of Johannes Brahms on the MSA piano and Jewett matches him on his own instrument with works by Lou Harrison.
While Brahms is a familiar name to classical music fans, Lou Silver Harrison’s may not be.
Seeking info on whether any of the laundromats in Brattleboro have self-service dry cleaning machines?
Come join us as we launch our fifth food truck season!
We will be at the Retreat Farm, 400 Linden Street in Brattleboro
VFW Post #1034 located at 40 Black Mountain Road will be having their Post Installation of Officers Saturday, May 11th.
Doors open at 4 pm, and the ceremony starts at 5 pm.
Brattleboro Post #1034 Auxiliary will be having a karaoke Friday, May 10th. Karaoke is by Matt & Linda, with doors open at 6 pm, and karaoke from 7-11 pm. $5 cover charge includes snacks. Public is welcome. This event is on the hall side. Cash bar.
The Brattleboro Tree Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, May 2, 2019, at 6:30pm in the Community Room at the Brattleboro Food Co-Op (2 Main Street).
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
The Brattleboro Board of Listers will meet on Friday, May 3, 2019 at 9:00am in the Assessor’s Office, Room 109 at the Municipal Center.
Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 4/29/19
Monday, April 29, 2019
4:00 am Vote for Vermont – Zero Suicide
5:00 am Talking Nerdy – Ep. 17 The Nerdy News Returns!
6:55 am Osher Lifelong Learning Institute – Democracy in Iran
7:58 am Promos – EMF Cell Tower Awareness PSA
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
BRATTLEBORO – The Community Asylum Seekers Project will receive the Unsung Hero of the Year award Friday in a ceremony at 6 p.m. at River Garden.
Stephen Crofter, one of the founders of CASP, will accept the award from Compassionate Brattleboro on behalf of the Brattleboro area volunteers of the organization he helped found in 2016 that provides material and moral support to those seeking asylum from violence and poverty in their home countries.
The Brattleboro VFW located at 40 Black Mountain Road is open to the public for lunch. Lunch is served Mon-Fri from 11:30 – 1:30. Specials listed below are only $6 a plate. Hand made burger, fries, sweet potato fries, wings, onion rings, soups and sandwiches are also available. Take outs available by calling 257-0438
Brattleboro Senior Meals Menu April 29 to May 3
Apr. 29 Chicken Breast
Potato Casserole
Carrots & Turnips
Jello & Oranges
Now that Baker’s has closed. where in town can I buy decent greeting cards?
