Windham World Affairs Council Holds Talk on Iran Nuclear Deal on Eve of Trump’s Decision

by Not Signed In | Politics

On Friday, May 11, 2018 @7:00 pm the Windham World Affairs Council is presenting “Revisiting the Nuclear Agreement between Iran and the US, the JCPOA,” a major talk at a decisive moment for our country,  The talk, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Sanctuary of the Centre Congregational Church, 193 Main St, Brattleboro, which has a large capacity and is handicapped-accessible.

WWAC announces this major talk at a decisive moment for our country as President Trump is getting ready to tell the world whether or not he will honor the agreement made by his predecessor with Iran and five other world powers and is also preparing for direct talks on denuclearization with North Korean leader Kim Jung-un.

Spoon River — A New Play in Guilford This Weekend

by DonInGuilford | Arts

SPOON RIVER, the 1915 American classic about the people in a rural small town, is this spring’s offering at Guilford Center Stage. The original is an anthology of free-verse poems, spoken by the residents of the town graveyard. We meet some 70 different characters in vignettes that are in turn touching, sad, and amusing. Our stage adaptation is by Guilford playwright, Michael Nethercott, who directs an ensemble of 16 actors from Bernardston, Athens, Chester, Westminster West, Brattleboro, and Guilford.

BCTV Schedules – Week of 4/30/18

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 4/30/18

Monday, April 30, 2018

12:20 am UVM Community Medical School – Transgender Health and Healthcare
2:00 am Dry Stone Art in Nature
3:00 am Moccasin Tracks: Abenaki Cultural Regeneration – Basic Teachings
4:00 am Vote for Vermont – Debate on Abortion
5:00 am Green Mtn Mornings Tonight – GMMT: Friday News Show 4/13/18
5:30 am Vigil for Democracy – Candlelight Vigil for Democracy: 4/8/18 in Bratt
6:30 am Osher Lifelong Learning Institute – Introduction to Islam

Spring Drawing Workshop at The Drawing Studio (May 5th and 6th)

by jna | Arts

This weekend workshop will help you to draw anywhere you are with more curiosity and enjoyment. The world and nature are in constant communication with us. There are ways of seeing and drawing that can move this communication into a conversation. When we see something not only as its object name i.e. brook, but also as it’s qualities, flowing, cold, reflective, dark, murmuring, the brook becomes fuller, more dimensional and we have many more ways to creatively interact with it. Also, our drawings become more personal and particular to our senses and our experience of things.

Art Over Fear: Free Workshop

by Not Signed In | Creative

Sometimes it can be hard to accept and unfurl our own creativity. Shadowy doubts, coupled with other people’s comments–or their seeming indifference, can make us believe that creativity is for other people, but not for us.

In this hands-on workshop, we’ll work with these questions and more, individually and as a group:
· How does it feel to think of yourself as creative?
· What happens when you let yourself create without judgement?
· What will give you the courage the create on a regular basis?

Walking The Streets of Brattleboro

by Lise | Op/Ed, Opinion

In the last couple weeks, I’ve had many opportunities to experience Brattleboro as a homeless person. That’s, of course, an exaggeration.  I’m not homeless. I just had to get out of the apartment so our landlord could show the house to prospective buyers. Nor had one anyone asked me to leave — I left voluntarily because I felt uncomfortable being there. But still and all, there I was downtown, at all hours of the day, killing time and feeling a little unmoored from what I had become accustomed to thinking of as “home.”  The experience wasn’t fun, but it did give me an unusual perspective that proved to be educational.

Digital Privacy: Protecting Yourself Online

by Brooks Memorial Library | Sci-Tech

On Monday, May 7th from 6:00pm-7:30pm Brooks Memorial Library will host Vermont-based, digital educator and librarian, Jessamyn West, for a discussion on Digital Privacy on the Main Floor of the library. Jessamyn West is a nationally recognized leader, working on raising awareness and educating the public about technology and the digital divide, while also advocating for libraries to play an increased role in technology education for their patrons.

Vermont Pastel Society Exhibit at The Gleanery in Putney

by Not Signed In | Arts

Ten artists from the SouthEast Regional Hub of the Vermont Pastel Society are showing selected original pastels at The Gleanery restaurant in Putney.  Please find some time in your busy day to stop in and enjoy the art and the food! 

The artists are Carol Corliss, Monica Hastings, Lesley Heathcote, Deedee Jones, Pat McPike, Matthew Peake, Gill Truslow, Rodrica Tilley, Maggie Smith, and Carol Stephens.  These are folks who live in the area, may be your neighbors or friends, may be people you know on a professional level.  All are experienced artists who enjoy working in pastel, a medium that consists of pure pigment mixed with enough binder to form a stick.  Pastels have been used by artists for centuries.  When framed, they are highly archival and permanent.  These paintings are all for sale.  To purchase a painting, please contact the artist directly.  There is a price list available with contact information.

A Phil Hoff Story

by tomaidh | History

Back in the ‘60s, I attended a conference of Electrical Utilities.

The conference was held in Lake George, NY, and the two keynote speakers were Nelson Rockefeller, then Governor of New York, and the newly elected Governor of Vermont, Phil Hoff.

Rockefeller was the first to arrive, and, arrive he did, with a huge entourage.

Brattleboro Selectboard Agenda and Notes – May 1, 2018

by cgrotke | Town News

Brattleboro’s Police Department might be getting a carport. It’s one of the final recommendations of the Police-Fire Facilities Committee and will be up for discussion at Tuesday’s meeting of the Brattleboro Selectboard.

The board will learn of improvements to the Union Station train station in the near future. They will discuss the FY19 Utilities Budget, initiate final designs for the waste process water line at Pleasant Valley, hold a public hearing on the revised Town Plan, learn about the downtown parking study, review the Solid Waste budget for FY19, and more. You can bring up other items not on the agenda during public participation, too.

Gov. Scott Wants To Issue Tax Penalties on Brattleboro for Providing Quality Education

by Indivisible Brattleboro | Politics

The legislative session is wrapping up and the budget is still on the line. The threats coming out of Gov. Scott’s office are terrible.

-Gov. Scott has said all year that he wants to level funding and impose strict staff ratios at our public schools.
-Townships met and voted on their budgets through Vermont’s democratic process. In most cases, including in Brattleboro, they followed Scott’s budgetary directive.
-This wasn’t good enough for Gov. Scott. He is now threatening to FINE communities (Yes, fine. As in make them pay the state money through tax penalties.) for failing to meet his arbitrary staffing ratios.

VFW $6 Lunch Specials Open to the Public 4-30 to 5-4

by Not Signed In | Food

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.

Mon – chicken parmesan grinder w/ onion rings

Tues – pulled pork sandwich w/ coleslaw & macaroni salad

Wed – lasagna w/ salad & garlic bread

We’re Doomed, And That May Be Good News

by cgrotke | Sci-Tech

So says an 86 year old scientist named Mayer Hillman in a new article at The Guardian. It’s well worth a read.

A few of his quotes about runaway climate change:

“The outcome is death, and it’s the end of most life on the planet because we’re so dependent on the burning of fossil fuels. There are no means of reversing the process which is melting the polar ice caps. And very few appear to be prepared to say so.”

iBrattleboro Now Encrypted

by cgrotke | iBrattleboro
SSL Lock

iBrattleboro.com is now using SSL – a Secure Sockets Layer certificate. It provides an encrypted link between a server and a client—in this case the web site and your browser.

We’re the first local news site in Brattleboro to do this for you, and we join our fellow community media sites BCTV and WVEW in doing so.

Normally, data such as logins and passwords, is sent between browsers and web servers in plain text. This makes a site vulnerable to a “man in the middle attack,” or site spoofing schemes.

Gematria and Abbiati Monuments

by pockets | Activism

Everywhere I go see a coincidence of numbers. Everyday many people drive or walk by Abbiati Monuments.  Abbiati=26 in English Reduction. Abbiati supplies the headstones for a grave. Grave=26 in English Reduction. The grave is located in the graveyard. Graveyard=101 in English Ordinal. 101 is the 26th prime number. What do you find in a graves? bones=26 in Reverse Reduction. There are 206 bones in the adult body. 206 is 26 in numerology. Abbiati Monuments=70 in English Reduction (s=10) its located in Brattleboro. Brattleboro=70 in Reverse Reduction.

MamaSezz Hosting Free Plant-Based Beginners Class in Brattleboro 4/27

by Not Signed In | Health

If you ask Lisa Lorimer and Meg Donahue, eating a healthy plant-based diet should be easy. But that’s not often the case. There’s a lot of information and misinformation out there. On top of that, eating healthy seems time consuming to the beginner. It can feel like you have to spend your entire day meal prepping.

All of this led Lorimer and Donahue to start MamaSezz, the Brattleboro-based plant-based meal delivery company in 2016.  They deliver nutritious and fully cooked plant-based meals to their customers nationwide and now they’re offering free plant-based classes for anyone interested in reaping the benefits of plant-based eating but needs help getting started.

Boob Di-lan and My Grandmother

by cgrotke | Entertainment
grandma dylan

Way back in the early 1980’s, my grandmother went on a trip to Europe. When she got back, she had little gifts for everyone, and one of them was a napkin signed by Bob Dylan to my sister Abbie.

It tuns out that she was in a store or cafe and heard a commotion, with people around here saying rather excitedly “Boob Di-lan. Boob Di-lan.” She said she saw the crowd gathering, went over, and got his autograph. I’m pretty sure she had very little idea of who he was.

BCTV Schedules – Week of 4/23/18

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 4/23/18

Monday, April 23, 2018

12:30 am Osher Lifelong Learning Institute – Going Deep with Space Telescopes
1:40 am UVM Community Medical School – The Story of HPV
3:00 am Spotlight on Vermont Issues – Religious Freedom
4:30 am The World Fusion Show – Ep 21: Abiodun Oyewole (Part 1)
5:00 am Green Mtn Mornings Tonight – GMMT: Friday News Show
5:30 am SITv – Bruce Dayton – CONTACT Certificate Program 4/3/18
6:00 am UVM Extension Master Gardener – Berries for the Backyard

Opening For One Team for Wednesday Evening Soccer

by Not Signed In | Recreation & Sports

There’s an opening for one adult team in the Putney Soccer Club’s summer soccer league. We play 7v7 on small fields at SIT in Brattleboro. The games are on Wednesday evenings from May through August.

If you have a team, or can form one,  please contact RB Lawson at putneysoccerclub@gmail.com for more information.