Write Like Dickens, For $250: The T. P. James Writing Contest

by Rolf | Creative

As part of the Brattleboro Literary Festival, Write Action and the “University of Brattleboro” will be sponsoring the T. P. James “Write Like The Dickens” writing contest.

Contestants will have time between 11 and 12 PM to hand write the next intallment of “The Life and Adventures of Bockley Wickleheap”. This was the second novel that T. P. James claimed was being dictated to him by the ghost of Charles Dickens, back in the 1870’s, right here in Brattleboro.

Notes From – “VY is Closing: Now What?” (Brattleboro Citizens’ Breakfast – September 20, 2013)

by RobertOeser | Sci-Tech

NOTES FROM: VY is Closing: Now what?

Presenter: Lissa Weinmann   

Lissa Weinmann, a , has long specialized in US-Cuba relations and international trade laws and has worked on a variety of domestic and international policy initiatives.. She said she thought there would be nothing tougher and more polarized than dealing with US Cuba policy — but that half-century imbroglio pales in comparison to the equally as long-lived and intractable problems surrounding nuclear waste policy.

BCTV Channel 8 & 10 Schedules for the Week of 9/30/13

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Ch.8 Schedule for the week of 9-30-13

                   Monday September 30            

12:00 am      1st Women’s’ Voices: Native American Women and Their Experiences

1:35 am       TED Talks: Chris Anderson – How web video powers global innovation

2:00 am       FSTV Overnight

4:00 am       People and Pottery: An Ancient and Intimate Relationship

5:50 am       No Film Film Festival 2: 80’s Remake – Pt 2

Corn Maze?

by ecrawf | Questions & Answers

Does anyone know of a corn maze in this area that’s open now? It looks like the one in Guilford doesn’t open until Columbus Day weekend. Thanks!

Weekend Concert Series: Nick Drake “Pink Moon”

by scrispe | Music

Listen to this album. It is one of the most beautiful pieces of music you will ever hear. In fact, all of Nick Drake’s work is. Nick Drake is an English folk musician who released just 3 precious LP’s during his ultra short career before his untimely death. He would practice guitar for hours upon hours. He also experimented with different, unusual tunings. He was such an accomplished guitarist and songwriter, that to this day, hardly anyone can play a Nick Drake song properly, let alone figure out the tuning.

Almost unknown during his time, now decades later his music has finally received its proper recognition. Allmusic.com rates all three of his albums at 5 stars. For any musician to have three 5 star rated albums is almost unheard of. “Road” (track 5) and “From The Morning” (track 11) are my two favorite tracks on this album.

5:45 Live: 9/27/13

by BrattleboroTV | Media

Another pedestrian auto accident, a Newfane house fire, Commons Voice Live post-nuclear economy forum, Transition Putney forum on hunger, and much much more..all on this full-sized edition of 5:45 Live.

Blue Moose Bistro Serves Classic Italian “A La Ken”

by Not Signed In | Food

Brattleboro, VT – Ken Flutie didn’t realize how his love and passion for food would change him when Italian grandmothers took him under their wings and taught him to cook the old-world or classic Italian way.

Born and raised in New York, Ken Flutie worked in restaurants as a line cook and sous chef with classical to traditional training during college, but when he first started working in retail (his professional career for thirty years) after graduation, the “Nonnas” (term of endearment which pays tribute to all the women and the women they learned from), who taught Ken to cook the Italian way – with passion, flavor and love. The Nonnas took him under their wing, made sure he knew how to cook and enjoy classic Italian home-made foods. Flutie kept his recipes and love of Italian cooking personal by serving family, friends and sometimes catering events until after he retired in 2005 from the retail business working for Phillips Van Heusen/Calvin Klein when he became a professional chef.

MET Live in HD and National Theatre Live Start 2013-2014 Season at The Latchis Theatre

by Not Signed In | Culture

The Latchis Theatre is excited to announce that tickets for the 2013-2014 Metropolitan Opera Live in HD are on sale now in addition to our new offerings of the National Theatre Live on Sundays, following certain MET Live in HD Saturdays. Please see the following schedule and note that there will be no MET Live in HD encores.

October 5 EUGENE ONEGIN (Tchaikovsky) – New Production Start time 1:00. Run Time 4 hrs 4 min.

Acclaimed English director Deborah Warner’s new production of the romantic tragedy conducted by Valery Gergiev. Anna Netrebko as Tatiana and Mariusz Kwiecien as the self-confident Eugene Onegin in a much-admired interpretation he has sung in many of the world’s leading Opera houses. The Sunday Telegraph praised it’s “mixture of haunting visual and emotional impact: cutting straight to the heart of the work…”

New Climate Change Report Says Your Kids Will Live a Hot Life

by cgrotke | Sci-Tech

The new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) climate change report is out and .

According to, a child born today could see temperature rises of up to 6.3°C in its lifetime – enough to bring catastrophic impacts to the planet if he or she lives to be in their mid 90’s.

They report that we have major changes to go through, as “humans cannot burn all of the coal, oil and gas reserves that countries and companies possess” without causing significant damage to the habitability of the planet.

Brattleboro Selectboard Agenda and Notes – October 1, 2013

by cgrotke | Town News

West Brattleboro Fire Station will be knocked down and a new building built to replace it if the Brattleboro Selectboard accepts the recommendations of the Police-Fire Facility Project committee at next Tuesday’s regular meeting at the Municipal Center.

Also on the agenda: BASIC is returning to to ask for a new conceptual design to reduce the size and scope of the planned skatepark at the Crowell location, the ad hoc citizen Town Manager Search Committee will be appointed, firefighters will apply for a big, capital-saving grant to replace aging radios and breathing apparati, and the board will take a look at two suggested ordinance amendments.

You can attend in person or watch on TV. If you’d like to bring something up that isn’t on the agenda, there is time for that, too. You can read all about it here the morning after, too.

Brattleboro Selectboard Special Meeting – Another Personnel Matter

by Not Signed In | Town News

The Brattleboro Selectboard will hold a special meeting on Monday, September 30, 2013 at 12:30pm in the Selectboard meeting room at the Municipal Center.  It is anticipated that the Board will enter into executive session at 12:30pm to discuss a personnel matter.

Jan Anderson
Executive Secretary
Brattleboro Town Manager’s Office
(802) 251-8100

Blow Back for An Empire

by Namaya | Creative

Blow back for an Empire

 

drones swoop over Pakistan

incessant buzzing death

faceless killers buzzing death

American killer buzzing death

incessant buzzing death

The Letter, The Book, and The Print

by Not Signed In | Books

On Thursday October 3rd at 5pm, David Walter’s Master Craft Gallery hosts the opening of “The Letter, the Book, and the Print”

The exhibition features the work of three esteemed local artisans: Julia Ferrari, Abigail Jones, and Brian Cohen who are among a small handful of individuals globally who work to master the arts of letterpressing, bookbinding, and printmaking.

Julia Ferrari has spent 33 years exploring the art of language and the book. She works by hand at the arts of punchcutting, letterpress (for which she designs and hand-cut her own letters), prints, and binding. She is also a poet.

I-91 Brattleboro Bridge Replacement Project Update – Week of September 30, 2013

by Not Signed In | Town Plan

I-91

Single lane closure of the passing lanes on I-91 Northbound and Southbound will be in effect next week during the construction of the temporary cross-overs. The lanes will be opened over the weekend when no workers are present.

Route 30

The speed limit on Route 30 near the work zone has been reduced to 40 mph. This reduction will remain in effect through August 2016. Truck activity on Route 30 will increase next week and shoulders will be closed. Flaggers will regulate traffic flow to allow truck and equipment access to the work zone. Traffic will be stopped for a maximum of ten minutes.

The Complete Cycle of Beethoven Sonatas for Piano and Cello In Two Concerts in One Day

by Pam Lierle | Music

SHARON ROBINSON, cello; BENJAMIN HOCHMAN, piano

On Sunday, September 29, the Brattleboro Music Center’s 2013-14 concert season opens with an exceptional performance of the complete cycle of Beethoven’s sonatas and variations for piano and cello.

World renowned musicians, cellist Sharon Robinson and pianist Benjamin Hochman, will play Beethoven’s complete works for cello and piano, five sonatas and three sets of variations, in two concerts, 3 pm & 7pm, at Centre Congregational Church in Brattleboro, VT. 

Free Parenting Course Begins October 2nd – Childcare is Included

by BAPC | Family

FREE award-winning parenting class, Guiding Good Choices, Wednesdays, from Oct. 2-30.

Guiding Good Choices is a free, five-session workshop that aids parents and/or caregivers of students in grades 4-8. The course covers how to set clear guidelines with both positive and negative consequences, how to control and express anger constructively, promote family bonds, and prepare kids with “refusal” skills for that time down the road when trouble may tempt them.

The NeighborWorks HEAT Squad Comes to Windham and Windsor Counties

by Not Signed In | Home & Garden

The NeighborWorks HEAT Squad (heatsquad.org) is Vermont’s one-stop-shop for helping homeowners complete home energy efficiency improvements to their homes. The Squad helps customers of all income levels every step of the way to a comfortable and affordable home – from education and engagement, to scheduling an energy audit, to managing and even financing energy efficiency improvements (single family residences and apartments up to four units).

Please Join SeVWA On The Morning of Oct. 5th For The 17th Annual CRWC Source to Sea Cleanup!

by sevwa.wqmp | Nature

Please join SeVWA for Connecticut River Watershed Council’s (CRWC’s) 17th Annual Source to Sea Cleanup!

On the morning of October 5th help us clean-up some of our most favorite local swimming holes and recreational sites along the West River in Brattleboro, Dummerston and Newfane – be a part of making these locations cleaner and safer for those of us that visit and enjoy these sites, for the wildlife too, and to protect the river’s water quality.