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The unofficial word is that all residents were safely evacuated from a 3.5 story apartment complex on Elliot St in Brattleboro that caught fire earlier today (Oct 16, 2013) and burned into the night, but it’s left Brattleboro Town Officials and Emergency Personnel holding the cosmic short straw once more.

BCTV Ch.8 Schedule for the week of 10/14/13

                   Monday October 14                  

12:00 am      For the Animals: Ep. 126

12:30 am      The Outfitting of Revolutionary Armies in the Champlain Valley

2:00 am       FSTV Overnight

4:00 am       Spotlight On Vermont Issues: Ep. 5 – John Odum

4:30 am       Montpelier Movement Collective at the Phantom Theater 7/12/13

5:40 am       Library Lecture: Goodnight Irene – Craig Brandon

BCTV’s Annual Meeting is tomorrow night at 6 PM at the Brattleboro Municipal Center, in BCTV’s 3rd Floor Studio. Public is welcome. Red carpet awards night, food, fun video clips, and member business. Plus, you get to check out our new studio. See you there!

Board elections: . There are four 3-year board seats up for election. Four candidates have submitted statements of interest. Polls will open at 6 PM and close around 6:45 PM. Please arrive in time to vote. To vote or be eligible as a write-in candidate, you must be at least 18 years old and have been a member of BCTV for 30 days prior to the annual meeting. 

BCTV Ch.8 Schedule for the week of 10-7-13

Monday October 7

12:00 a.m.  Downtown Action Team presents findings– 9/11/13

1:35 a.m.  Long Trail Bridge Ground-Breaking

2:00 a.m.  FSTV Overnight

4:00 a.m.  No Film Film Festival 2: 80’s Remake – Pt 3

5:00 a.m.  The Birth to Three Program and it’s Importance to Vermont

5:30 a.m.  For the Animals: Ep. 126

With four straight days of authors and entertainment, the 2013 Brattleboro Literary Festival headlines this edition of BCTV’s Video Calendar, with an episode that also includes spotlight video from the Governor on Button Up VT day, and a testimonial from Y-ASPIRE alumn Kayli Nicholson on why you should join her and thousands of others across the region and the nation for this year’s Buddy Walk.

The September 20th Citizens Breakfast

Speaker: Lissa Weinmann, Fellow at the World Policy Institute

Topic: VY is Closing: Now What

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August 16th Brattleboro Citizens Breakfast

Speakers: Guy Payne, Jonathan Morise

Topic: Sustaniable Energy Outreach Network

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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

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.

Get all the info on this weekend’s big ITVFest happenings in Dover, three back to back nights of entertainment at Next Stage Arts in Putney (which includes Archer Mayor), and a full weekend of exhibits, music, and even a Chelsea Royal localvore meal special from Brattleboro West Arts.

BCTV Ch. 8 Schedule for the week of 9/23/13

                   Monday September 23                

12:00 am      ILEAD Summer Lecture Series: Hiding Behind my iPhone

2:00 am       FSTV Overnight

4:00 am       The Road to Recovery: Young Adults in Recovery

5:00 am       Decommissioning Entergy Vermont Yankee

6:00 am       For the Animals: Blessing of the Animals

BCTV Ch.8 Schedule for the week of 9/16/13

                   Monday September 16

12:20 am      TED Talks: Sleepy Man Banjo Boys: Bluegrass virtuosity from … New Jersey?

12:30 am      Health Exchange Info Session- 8/21/13 at BMH

2:00 am       FSTV Overnight

4:00 am       Instant Coffeehouse: Music Aboard the Ticonderoga

4:30 am       Danger Men Cooking Ep. 001

5:00 am       50 Years after the March on Washington: How Are We Doing?

5:45 Live delivers a Friday-the-13th edition that includes Thursday’s flash floods on Flat St, the new Park & Ride in Putney, BaBB’s Downtown Action Team forums, Windham Central’s school board redistricting, and plenty more.

BCTV’s 9/12 edition of the Video Calendar includes plenty from BMAC and BMH, plus the NSA (don’t worry, not the ones listening to your cell phone right now), better known as Next Stage Arts–whose busy fall schedule includes a little movie date-night fun with Thursday screenings of Star Wars…on the big screen.

Developed by the VT Dept of Housing and Community Development, BaBB’s Downtown Action Team is gearing up for a series of community discussions, which kicked off in the Rivergarden this morning with a meeting themed “Government leaders and economic development,” with forum for the public slated for this Monday night (9/9/13) at 5:00 PM at the Latchis Theater.

5:45 Live returns for another full-sized edition of BCTV’s weekly news round-up, with Putney’s Solar RFP, the Colonel’s home-opener victory, and Obama’s plans for Syria among the top stories.

BCTV Channel 8 Schedule – Week of 9/9/13

                          Monday September 9

12:00 am        Flotilla 2013 Protest of VY Thermal Discharge

12:46 am        50 Years after the March on Washington: How Are We Doing?

2:00 am          FSTV Overnight

4:00 am          Riverbank Church: Riverbank Church Live 8/25/13

5:00 am          History of Stenciling with Nancy McKeegan

6:00 am          Words of Peace: Most Auspicious

I want to send a shout out and note of appreciation to Twisted Soul Sista, host of the fabulous WVEW 107.7 FM show called Chocolate City. I discovered this show this summer and have fallen in love. If you are a fan of old school funky tunes you should be tuning in each Saturday from noon to 2 pm.

Chocolate City show takes me back and reminds me of hot summers in the city in the 1980’s. I feel like I’ve tuned in one of the great, big R&B stations in NYC, DC, Cleveland or Detroit. It is non-stop funky fun and perfect for dancing around while doing Saturday chores.

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Brattleboro’s series of autumn Gallery Walks gets under way with “Taking Power: Photos from the People’s Movement to Shut Down VT Yankee”, followed by a bustling weekend that includes Puppets in Paradise from the Sandglass Theater, the 2013 Day of Caring from United Way of Windham County, and Brattleboro’s own Walk to End Alzheimer’s…all hosted in grand fashion with this week’s calendar posted on BCTV’s 90 inch 3D interactive video wall.