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new children ‘s cd “on the Island of Binga Bonga the war that never was” by tio namaya will be performed at the Kidsplayce 20 elliot street
wednesday at 2pm. admission is free. sponsored by the www.b4peacd.net and grace cares.
cd samples can be heard at www.namayaproductins.com and at www.vermontartpoetry.com
Get on Board Windham County is a community-based Board Fellows program that provides networking and skills development for young professionals while building the capacity of local nonprofits. Applications for Fellows (aged 22-44 years old) and Nonprofits are due September 15. To learn more, visit gs.marlboro.edu/boards.
Join an info session on Monday 8/26, 12-1 pm at the Grad School or Thursday 9/5, 5-6 pm at the Latchis Theater. All welcome; please RSVP at marlboro-nonprofit.eventbrite.com.
This innovative program is a partnership of Marlboro College with Latchis Arts, SeVEDS, United Way of Windham County and Youth Services.
Get a recap of this weekend’s many events with BCTV’s latest web special–on an edition that includes a first person angle on the Soap Box Derby run, and much more.
Guilford, Vt. – Rehearsals begin in mid-September for Friends of Music at Guilford’s 41st Annual Christmas at Christ Church program in Guilford, to be performed on December 13 & 15. A few additional voices are sought to fill out the choral ranks; membership in Friends of Music is not required.
Tom Baehr, who is embarking on a second season as director of the Guilford Chamber Singers, has selected repertoire celebrating The Baby. The program title is “Brightest and Best,” from Jean Ritchie’s family carol. The music is again a cappella, possibly doubling some voices with instruments where appropriate.
BCTV Ch.8 Schedule for the week of 8/19/13
Monday August 19
12:00 am The Book Nook Author Series- Jon Clinch
1:00 am The Road to Recovery: Recovery is a Family Affair
2:00 am FSTV Overnight
4:00 am Burlington Discover Jazz Festival: Meet the Artist: Poncho Sanchez
5:10 am NEK Voice-Korean War Veterans
6:01 am The Journey Continues: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
5:45 Live broadcasts from the deck of the Rivergarden for a weekend
edition that includes Homeland Security raids and NYC court rulings in
Brattleboro, pus Next Stage Arts, the Nelson-Withington Rink, and much
more.
This weekend we have heavy metal thunder.
Lemmy Kilmister is the heart and soul of Motörhead . He’s the guy who has founded, steered and staffed Motörhead from the beginning in 1975 and is still at it. Among metalheads he’s a god. Even if you’re not a metal fan there’s something about Lemmy that’s irresistible. He’s a character, an old-fashioned hard-drinking, chain-smoking rocker with charm and wit. At a surprising 67 years old now (68 on Christmas Eve this year) he has unsurprising health issues and had to cancel the rest of this Summer’s gigs due to illness. But I have no doubt he’ll be back on the road soon. It’s his life.
Join DJ Pockets for an experience you won’t soon forget..this week Jeanice Barcelo, M.A., will be on the program. This Tuesday (8/20) from 6-8pm on Brattleboro Community Radio 107.7fm,streaming at www.wvew.org
An old-time Gospel Hour is planned in West Dummerston on Sunday, August 25th, starting at 10:30-12:30. The event will be held at the Dummerston Community Center.
Guitar and vocals by GinMillBill. There will be no preacher and no preaching.
Songbooks will be available.
Light refreshments will be available.
“They shall not return to us, the resolute, the young,
The eager and whole-hearted whom we gave:
But the men who left them thriftily to die in their own dung,
Shall they come with years and honour to the grave?
They shall not return to us; the strong men coldly slain
In sight of help denied from day to day:
But the men who edged their agonies and chid them in their pain,
Are they too strong and wise to put away?
Windham County will celebrate its past with the 4th bi-annual history fair on Saturday, August 17, 2013 from 10am – 4pm on the historic Common in Newfane, in front of the County Courthouse.
The event will feature exhibits by the Vermont Historical Society, the Historical Society of Windham County, and the Estey Organ Museum, as well as eight historical societies in Windham County, including those from Brattleboro, Dover, Grafton, Guilford, Jamaica, Putney, Townshend, and Wardsboro. In addition to their exhibits, many of the towns will have their published town histories for sale as well as other historic memorabilia (prints, cards, photographs) of the area.
BRATTLEBORO UNION HIGH SCHOOL BOARD
53 Green Street
Brattleboro, VT 05301
www.wssu.k12.vt.us
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS
The BUHS #6 Finance Committee will meet at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 in the WSESU Central Office Conference Room, 53 Green Street.
NOTICE OF MEETING
The BUHS #6 Board of Directors will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, August 19 in the WRCC Cusick Conference Room. PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIME
Language, Music and Spirit in Ireland and India: Themes That Inspired a Suspense Novel
Wednesday, August 14, 7 PM
Join Vermont author Kathryn Guare on Wednesday, August 14, at 7 PM in the library’s meeting room to share a multi-media presentation of the elements that inspired the writing of Deceptive Cadence: The Virtuosic Spy, a suspense/mystery released in the spring of 2013. The novel introduces Conor McBride, an Irish musician and reluctant undercover operative who is sent on a mission to India to capture the man who ruined his career: his own brother.
Join DJ Pockets for another experience that you won’t soon forget. This week its “smart” meters with Martine Victor, Matt Levin, Ray Pealer & Rick Dahm. This Tuesday from 6-8pm on 107.7fm or www.wvew.org or on your android phone
Martine has been a Manchester resident for over 20 years, and is a mother of two daughters: the eldest a senior at the U.S. Naval Academy, and the youngest a junior in high school. She is a founding member of www.StopSmeters.org, the largest organization opposing wireless smart meters in Vermont.
It is predicted that within the next year we will be forced to make the conversion to digital projection equipment here at the Northfield Drive-In Theatre. The digital conversion is the most significant advancement of technology in the movie industry since the introduction of audio soundtracks in the late 1920s. Just as the introduction of “talkies” led to the end of the “silent” movie era, digital projection technology will mean the end of 35mm film. This will be an enormous expense for us, especially given the fact that we are only a seasonal business.
Monday Movie Matinees for Kids at Brooks Memorial Library
Monday August 12 at 1 pm
Bring a lunch and join us at 1:00 p.m. in the Meeting Room for a free feature length movie.
All movies are rated G or PG and run approximately an hour and a half.
Call 254-5290 ext 110 for movie title, or download schedule at brookslibraryvt.org, click on “Kids and Parents”
School test results are in and again this year, not one of our five public schools made “Adequate Yearly Progress” under the federal definition of that term. To make matters worse, all five, including Oak Grove Elementary, which was only in the Improvement phase last year, are in some form of corrective action. For perspective, ours were among the 73% of other Vermont schools in the same boat, roughly the same as last year. What is going on?
In an effort to get a handle on both the Brattleboro public school system and public education generally, it was necessary to view the problem from all angles. It all starts with a change in federal education policy via the Bush-era education act, No Child Left Behind, which mandated frequent testing of school age children and something called “teacher accountability.” Obama’s Race To The Top program builds on No Child by adding incentives (some would call them bribes) to teachers whose students perform well on standardized tests. There’s also federal education funding at stake, in the form of grants, that are distributed through the program to winning applicants.
BCTV Ch. 8 Schedule for the week of 8/12/13
Monday August 12
12:00 am Community Medical School: The Brain’s Frontal Lobes and Memory
1:31 am The Journey Continues: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
2:00 am FSTV Overnight
4:00 am Holistically Speaking Ep. 62
4:30 am The Book Nook Author Series- Jon Clinch
5:30 am For the Animals: “Ask The Vet” show #1
The I-91 and Bratt/Hinsdale bridge, skating rink, sidewalk upgrade, and new BMH ER make for a bustling pilot episode of 5:45 live’s new Friday round up. Plus VY/Flotilla, a much deserved League of Women voters appearance, and all the other usual 5:45 Live hijinks.
Twilight Music continues its 11th annual Twilight On The Tavern Lawn series of folk, world beat, rock, jazz, zydeco, Celtic, swing, blues and bluegrass summer concerts on Sunday, August 11 with Berklee College of Music-trained, acoustic Gypsy jazz/swing/pop quintet Occidental Gypsy. The seven concert series continues every other Sunday through August 25. All concerts begin at 5:30 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. The series is sponsored by the Town of Putney, Putney Food Co-Op, Soundview Paper Company, The Putney Inn, Next Stage Arts Project, The Stockwell Brothers and many other Putney businesses and organizations.
