Make a Pivot Top Box

Only 2 spaces left in this fun class – Wednesday March 9, 1 – 5 pm . This project offers infinite design possibilities and is a fun and quick to make, using the bandsaw and drill press.  Register now at https://www.hatchspace.org/event-4715001 


Winter Sunshine Puppetry Series presents Under Night Sky, by PuppetKabob

Putney, VT- Sandglass Theater kicks off the Winter Sunshine family puppetry series with guest artist Sarah Frechette of PuppetKabob. Performances are Saturday March 5th at 11am and 2pm at Sandglass Theater.

Under Night Sky follows three children on journeys united by threads of courage, love and hope. Unravel the stories of the Underground Railroad stitched together in Grandmother’s patchwork quilt. Hear the waves crash aside the ship as you listen to the magical tale of an Irish Memory Quilt. Quietly enter an Old School House to see a girl proudly wearing her coat of rags, stitched to patchwork perfection.


Vermont Jazz Center Presents: George Cables Trio

The Vermont Jazz Center will present the George Cables Trio in concert on March 12th at 8:00 PM. Cables will perform with his longstanding trio of Essiet Essiet on bass and Jerome Jennings on drums. The concert will be held in front of a full-capacity audience (proof of vaccination, photo ID, and masks required) and will also be live streamed on Facebook and the VJC’s website.

George Cables is a living legend of jazz piano. He is one of the few masters alive today who toured the world and recorded with many of the musicians who are currently hailed as the top artists of the post-bop movement. His live recordings with Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, Art Pepper, Woody Shaw, and Freddie Hubbard are testaments to the era of burning-hot solos, where groups would stretch out on a jazz standard for 15-plus minutes.


Make Something Beautiful with Wood

March at HatchSpace: Learn to use jigs for precision cuts, make a clever box or a gourmet rolling pin, or have fun with turning green wood!

Two Fun Projects
Pivot Top Box: A small project with infinite design possibilities! This great place for small keepsakes is fun and quick to make. The class will cover the safe and thoughtful use of the band saw and the drill press.


BCTV Schedules – Week of February 28, 2022

Monday, February 28, 2022

5:00 am Newfane Selectboard – Newfane SB and Pre-Town Informational Mtg 2/22/22
6:05 am Brattleboro Development Review Board – Brattleboro DRB Mtg 2/16/22
6:30 am Vermont State House – Senate Comm. on Government Operations 1/28/22
7:30 am Windham Southeast School District – WSESD Budget Info Mtg 2/24/22


“Here We Are” with Jarmal Arnold

Jarmal is always moving forward. From growing up with inner city challenges to crisis intervention in Brattleboro, Jarmal has the skills and compassion to create safe spaces, and bring support and positive change for youth in our community.


WSESD Finance Committee Meeting Agenda

Agenda

Approval of Minutes
Capital Plan Project Review & Funding Sources:
Follow up on brief discussion at the 2/8/22 WSESD Board meeting, Finance Committee support for Board action to approve the FY23 Capital plan projects as identified in the document shared with the Board. 


WSESD Board Meeting Agenda

AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER – 4:30 p.m. – David Schoales, Board Chair
II. Executive Session – 1VSA §313 (a)(1)(F) confidential attorney-client communications made for the purpose of providing professional legal services to the body.


Windham Southeast Supervisory Union Board Meeting Agenda

AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER—3:00 p.m. — Kerry Amidon, Board Chair

II. EXECUTIVE SESSION – 1 V.S.A. §313(a)(3) the appointment or employment of public officer or employee, provided that the public body shall make a final decision to hire or appoint a public officer or employee in an open meeting and shall explain the reasons for its final decision during open meeting.


BCTV Schedules – Weeks of February 21, 2022

BCTV Channel 1075 schedule for the week of 2/21/22

Monday, February 21, 2022

5:20 am Windsor On Air Shorts – Old Vermont Barns
5:30 am Interview with Tracy Dolan – Vermont State Refugee Director 1/21/22
6:00 am Media Mentoring Project – The Future of Local Journalism – Why Your Local Paper Matters 2/2/22
7:30 am BCTV Open Studio – Brattleboro Outing Club Update 2/4/22
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast


WSESD Board Statement On Reporting Information To Law Firm

The Windham Southeast District School Board (WSESD Board) has formally engaged the services of Attorney Aimee Goddard of Buehler & Annis PLC to investigate reports of sexual abuse, harassment and/or abuse of power by current or former faculty, staff or administration. In addition, the investigation will examine whether current and/or former faculty, staff, or administration, including board members, had knowledge of any such misconduct and failed to take appropriate steps to protect students.

We know that reporting such painful events may require reporters to revisit uncomfortable feelings and difficult memories. Attorney Goddard has decades of experience working with survivors, victims, and their families and will make every effort to accommodate reporting needs in an environment that is safe and supportive.


WSESD School District Vote, Candidate Forum and Budget Info Session

Due to COVID-19 safety there will be no in person Windham Southeast School District Annual Meeting this year. You can vote on the school budget and for school board members by requesting a school ballot from your Town Clerk and voting absentee or by voting in person at each of the polling locations in Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, and Putney on Tuesday, March 1st, 2022. Voters concerned with COVID-19 and social distancing are encouraged to vote through absentee ballot.


BCTV Schedules – Week of February 14, 2022

BCTV Channel 1075 schedule for the week of 2/14/22

Monday, February 14, 2022

6:30 am Media Mentoring Project – The Future of Local Journalism – Why Your Local Paper Matters 2/2/22
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
9:00 am At BMAC – Puppet-Making Demonstration – B. Lynch
10:00 am Brattleboro Literary Festival – Imbolo Mbue – How Beautiful We Were


Harris Hill Ski Jump with Pat Howell on “Here We Are”

People get ready-The HARRIS HILL SKI JUMP’s coming!! Pat Howell talks about the Jump’s 100th anniversary celebration, the new book & great moments from the past. Pat also shares stories from her life – working for the Tunisian Ambassador in D.C., and her early years growing up in a utopian community.


Wooden Box Making Class

One Space Left!

No woodworking experience required

Come for some tablesaw practice, leave with an elegant little box!

In this workshop we will use the tablesaw to cut dados, rabbets, and some raised panels, and the router table for a little bit of detailing.


Digital Woodworking Classes at HatchSpace

HatchSpace is offering 2 classes this month that introduce digital design and production for woodworking.  With “CNC” designs are created on a computer, which then drives a router to cut out the design on wood or other materials.

Make a Stool with CNC and Fusion 360

In this intro class to digital design and manufacturing, we will break into Fusion 360, a very powerful CAD software. You will be introduced to the basic user interface and be led through the steps of creating a 3D model of a stool. During the design process we will focus on designing the piece for cutting out on a ShopBot CNC Router. You will learn the safety and set up of the CNC router and prepare the machine and a file for a cut. Once cut, we will use a router table, sander, pocket hole jig to finish and assemble the stool.


The Other Vaccine

We need all the help we can get in these difficult and crazy times. It’s worth reinforcing a piece of real news that tells us that music, whether performed or listened to, has the potential to provide the calm and respite from the storms of daily life.

Making music is not only fun, but it allows the performer to transcend the pettiness of daily life and move into a different world. The same is true for listeners. Of all the arts, music and painting provide a glimpse of immortality. We can listen to music and look at paintings that were created hundreds of years ago and they are as much alive now as when they were first offered to the public.