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Disneyland

by tomaidh | Culture

I just heard via NPR, that a single admission to Disneyland costs just $209, 00.

Ain’t that just special?

Fear, not: It still costs only $25.00 for parking.

AAUW Offers Scholarships

by Not Signed In | Education

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. – The Brattleboro Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is again offering scholarships of up to $1000 each to qualified female candidates who are residents of Windham County.

Both graduating high school senior girls and mature women continuing their higher education are eligible to apply.  Applications will be judged on academic performance, extra-curricular activities, community involvement, and financial need.

AAUW Valentine Fundraiser at Welcome Center

by Not Signed In | Education

GUILFORD, Vt. – Valentine treats are some of the items that will be offered by the Brattleboro branch of the American Association of University Women at their fundraiser at the Guilford Welcome Center Friday, Feb. 14.

Profits from the event will benefit the AAUW scholarship fund that provides annual scholarships for female high school graduates and mature women working on degrees.

BCTV Schedules – Week of 2/10/20

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 2/10/20

Monday, February 10, 2020

5:00 am Brattleboro Reformer Presents – Windham County’s Got Talent 1/30/20
6:50 am At BMAC – Artist Talk with Doug Trump 1/16/20
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Daily Episode
9:00 am Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts – Lisa Mackie
10:06 am Gematria Today – Episode 12

Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, and Putney Citizens Invited to February 11th School Board Candidates Forum

by Not Signed In | Education

The Windham Southeast School District (“WSESD”) school board will host a forum with candidates running for school board on Tuesday, February 11th, 2020, at 6pm, in the Multipurpose Room at Brattleboro Area Middle School (BAMS). BAMS is located at 109 Sunny Acres Road, Brattleboro. Enter via the main entrance and proceed straight ahead. 

Art for Social Change Program at River Gallery School 2020

by JessWeitz | Arts

The River Gallery School of Art has received funding from The Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason Foundation, The Vermont Community Foundation, Ben & Jerry’s Foundation, The Anne Slade Frey Fund, and the Windham Foundation to continue their Art for Social Change Program. The program, which started in 2019 focuses on the healing aspects of art and mindfulness for marginalized populations, community caregivers and the general public. The emphasis of these classes, offered free of charge, is not on art technique but offering an opportunity to play with art materials in a relaxed, supportive environment.

Dave Richardson and Tom Pirozzoli at Stage 33 Live

by Mark Piepkorn | Music

Tom Pirozzoli is celebrating Reckon by the Light, the newest CD in his 40-years-and-counting career. He got his start busking on street corners and performing at anti-war rallies, eventually finding his way into the coffeehouse scene. His Fast Folk Music recordings are now part of the Smithsonian’s collection. He was named a winner in MUSICIAN magazine’s Best Unsigned Band Contest in the early ’80s, and has shared stages with artists like Greg Brown, Jesse Winchester, and Doc Watson. “Pirozzoli’s observations and travels bring seemingly dissimilar elements to harmony.” — Boston Globe

BCTV Schedules – Week of 02/03/2020

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 2/3/20

Monday, February 3, 2020

5:00 am Dummerston Conservation Commission – Living with Black Bears with Jaclyn Comeau 1/14/20
6:30 am The World Fusion Show – EP 66 – Arcomusical
7:00 am Heartline Ministries – God In Flesh
7:55 am Promo – NOFA VT Winter Conference
7:56 am Census – 2020 Census – What is the 2020 Census

WSESD Board and Committee Meetings

by Not Signed In | Education

The Windham Southeast School District Board will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 in the Windham Regional Career Center’s Cusick Conference Room, 80 Atwood Street, Brattleboro.

AGENDA

I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 p.m. – Kristina Naylor

Windham Southeast School District Programmatic and Performance Equity Committee Meeting Agenda

by Not Signed In | Education

The Windham Southeast School District Programmatic and Performance Equity Committee will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 29, 2020 in the WSESU James E. Kane Conference Room, 53 Green Street, Brattleboro.

AGENDA

I. CALL TO ORDER – Emily Murphy Kaur, Committee Chair

II. Approval of Minutes from January 6, 2020

BCTV Schedules Week of January 27, 2020

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 schedule for the week of 1/27/20

Monday, January 27, 2020

5:00 am Brattleboro Rallies – Vigil for the Homeless 1/14/20
5:45 am First Wednesdays – Food Across Borders
6:25 am Census – 2020 Census – Every Moment Counts
6:26 am Promo – NOFA VT Winter Conference
6:30 am Racism in America – Episode 3 – Xusana Davis

The Way We Live Now

by Lise | Books

Spoiler Alert: If you plan to read The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope, be aware that I’m going to spill the beans on fairly major plot elements.

I bought it for the title – and the introductory essay by David Brooks, whose description of the novel’s contemporary relevance immediately evoked Donald Trump. It being 2017, I was vulnerable to the book’s themes, and ventured to embark on this 900 page account of British society circa 1870 and the fabulously wealthy foreigner who briefly upends their world. The book is, of course, The Way We Live Now, by Anthony Trollope. The disruptive foreigner is a Frenchman by the name of Augustus Melmotte, Esq., whose reputation and aura as the richest man in all the land soon has London society fawning at his feet.