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Arts Council Announces 2022 Town Arts Fund Grantees

by Not Signed In | Arts

ACWC is pleased to announce the grantees for this year’s Brattleboro Town Arts Fund (TAF) program. Ten community-focused creative initiatives were selected from a competitive field of proposals received in this third year of the TAF program.

“We saw so many amazing proposals this year- projects seeking to build community and connection, reach out across culture and experience, and inspire joy and healing through creative practice,” say ACWC chair and vice-chair Sharon Fantl and Chrissy Lee. “We’re thrilled to support this year’s grantees and to see new works, conversations, and visions emerge from these initiatives.”

BCTV Schedules – Week of August 1, 2022

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 1075 schedule for the week of 8/1/22

Monday, August 1, 2022

5:00 am Around Town with Maria – Protest At Pliny Park Against Overturning Roe v. Wade 6/25/22
5:45 am Juno Orchestra – Zenith!
7:00 am Yoga with Liza – Work Your Way From Head to Toe
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
9:00 am Community Events – Vermont Reads 2022 Kickoff Discussion

Austin Rice on “Here We Are”

by Wendy O'Connell | Arts

Austin Rice talks about “leaning into the weirdness” of the new film he co-produced : Lil’ Balzac 2, which premieres at the Latchis Theater on August 5. He also tells us about growing up in Brattleboro, studying film, becoming a Town Rep, producing for BCTV, and his new family.

BCTV Schedules – Week off July 25, 2022

by BCTVProg | Media

Monday, July 25, 2022

6:30 am Dummerston Selectboard – Dummerston SB Mtg 7/13/22
6:45 am Brattleboro Housing Partnerships Board – BHP Bd Special Mtg 7/21/22
7:00 am West River Education District – WRED Bd Mtg 7/13/22
8:00 am The David Pakman Show – The David Pakman Show – Weekly Broadcast

Next Stage’s Bandwagon Summer Series presents Slavic Soul Party! on Sunday, August 14 at 6pm at the Retreat Farm

by hahrenholz | Entertainment

Next Stage’s Bandwagon Summer Series presents Slavic Soul Party! on Sunday, August 14 at 6pm at the Retreat Farm: “New York’s Official #1 Band for BalkanSoulGypsyFunk”

“Easily one of the most exciting artists we’re bringing this summer, Slavic Soul Party checks all the boxes,” says Keith Marks, Executive Director of Next Stage Arts. “They’re masters of the Roma style of music that encapsulates dancing energy, old world sounds, and they make it so fresh and new that audiences from around the world have hailed them as one of the greatest contributors to the genre. This show is going to be fun!”

BCTV Schedules – Week of July 18, 2022

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 1075 schedule for the week of 7/18/22

Monday, July 18, 2022

4:45 am Manchester Community Library – An Evening of Violin Duos
5:55 am Lil Balzac 2 – Lil’ Balzac 2 – Official Trailer
6:00 am Couch Potatoe Productions – The Atowi Project at the Ebenezer Hinsdale House 6/3/22
7:25 am I Am Vermont Too – Steffen Gillom
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

Shakers n’ Bakers Celebrate Mother Ann’s Day in Southern VT Aug 6: Next Stage Bandwagon Summer Series Little (i) Music Festival

by hahrenholz | Music

The iconic Christian Rock/Free Jazz band “Shakers n’ Bakers” will be spending the most sacred day on the Shaker calendar in the Brattleboro/Putney area Aug 6. “Mother Ann’s Day” is the date which recognizes the arrival of Mother Ann Lee, founder of the Shaker community, to the United States in 1774. The Shakers were a utopian community with progressive social and artistic values that thrived during the mid-1800’s. This celibate Christian group lifted up the values of humility, simplicity and an ecstatic sense of spirituality through their music, visual arts, architecture, and vision of “Heaven on Earth” in many Shaker communities throughout New England and the Midwest.

“Ecstatic Shaker music infused with jazz, soul, and funk doesn’t happen every day. Shakers-N-Bakers is something truly original and unique,” says Keith Marks, Executive Director of Next Stage Arts. “The lineup of the group is jaw dropping, pulling from masters in numerous genres. The show is going to be something memorable.”

GennaRose Nethercott on “Here We Are”

by Wendy O'Connell | Arts

With the publication of her new book, “Thistlefoot”, we revisit our 2020 show with GennaRose Nethercott.  “GennaRose Nethercott is a literary trickster god, “Thistlefoot shimmers with magic and mayhem,” says best-selling author Libba Bray. Check out the show to hear about GennaRose’s writing adventures and explorations on the road to winning the National Poetry Series Award.

WSESD Board Meeting Agenda and Minutes

by Not Signed In | Education

I. CALL TO ORDER

Chair KY called the meeting to order at 6:03pm.

MG asked to amend the agenda to include Board development workshops.

DST asked to amend the agenda to put on-hold the entire “Administrative Report” agenda item because the reports were sent to Board members so close to the meeting. She said this does not give her enough time to review the documents.

Next Stage’s Bandwagon Summer Series presents Underground System on Friday, July 22 at 6 p.m. at the Putney Inn

by hahrenholz | Music

You don’t forget an Underground System show, as anyone who’s ever witnessed their larger-than-life live presence will attest.

One of New York City’s most dynamic recent acts, Underground System continues to reinvent their brand of global dance music. From an initial purist interpretive approach to Fela Kuti style afrobeat, to drawing on a legacy of NYC indie dance inspirations, the band has crafted a peerless and incendiary sound.

Springboarding off the production and release of their internationally acclaimed 2018 debut LP ‘What Are You’ (Soul Clap Records), the band brought their special brand of re-contextualized afrobeat, dance punk, disco and electronic music to audiences worldwide.

BCTV Schedules – Week of July 11, 2022

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 1075 schedule for the week of 7/11/22

Monday, July 11, 2022

5:00 am GMALL Lectures – Artists of the South of France – Part 1 – Paul Cezanne
6:30 am League of Women Voters – Candidates Forum 6/22/22
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
9:00 am Brattleboro Literary Festival – Literary Cocktail Hour – Grant Faulkner with Brian Mooney
10:05 am Demystifying Seeds and Seed Saving 101 – Demystifying Seeds and Seed Saving 101