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Beginners: Get Started! Fundamentals of Woodworking, May 20-22

by HatchSpace | Creative

Have you been wanting to get started with woodworking as a hobby or side business? Take the first step at HatchSpace! We have a terrific beginners intensive course starting on Friday evening of this week, our Fundamentals of Woodworking class with member and RISD graduate Martin Simpson.

This introductory course is designed to give beginner students an overview of the safe use of some of the most common machines and hand tools used in woodworking.

The Immigrant Experience in 2022

by RDavis | Culture

I am a second generation American. My grandparents were immigrants. They came from eastern Europe to escape the pogroms and persecution that Jews faced. I often wonder what it was like for them when they arrived in this country. I never did ask them about their experiences.

The reason I am thinking about this now is that I am experiencing immigration from the perspective of someone welcoming new immigrants to this country. Brattleboro, Vermont has become the home to about 100 people from Afghanistan. They have escaped the prospect of constant violence and painful lives to become citizens of a new country.

Our community has worked hard to help the Afghans adjust to their new home. I am surprised to realize that the adjustment can be difficult for the local people as well as the newcomers.

BCTV Schedules Week of May 16, 2022

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 1075 schedule for the week of 5/16/22

Monday, May 16, 2022

5:15 am Brooks Memorial Library Events – Saige Doll and Books 4/13/13
6:00 am Collegiate A Cappella Concert – 18th (Almost) Annual A Cappella Concert 4/9/22
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
9:00 am Keeping Up with Senior Solutions – Ep 24 – Volunteers

WSESD Board Meeting Agenda and Minutes

by Not Signed In | Education

AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 p.m. – Kelly Young, Board Chair
II. CONSENT AGENDA
• CLERK’S REPORT – Approval of Minutes – May 3 and May 10
III. Pupil Weighting – Emilie Kornheiser
IV. Coalition for Vermont Student Equity
V. Public Comment on Non-agenda Items (10 minutes)
VI. Unfinished Business
A. Sexual Abuse Investigation Update

Andrzej Mikijaniec on “Here We Are”

by Wendy O'Connell | Entertainment

Authentic Polish food, stories of leaving the homeland, and all Borscht sales donated to the Ukraine – plus everything served up with humor and heart – Andrzej and his Polish Food Stand – a Brattleboro treasure, indeed. (now located in West Bratt.)

BCTV Schedules – Week of May 9, 2022

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 1075 schedule for the week of 5/9/22

Monday, May 9, 2022

5:00 am Community Senior Center – VT State Parks 3/31/22
6:00 am Landmark College Presents – Jennifer Cook – Autism in Heels 4/5/22
7:05 am VNH Let’s Talk – What is Occupational Therapy and How Does it Help?
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
9:00 am Around Town with Maria – Earth Day Celebration in Brattleboro VT 4/22/22

Brattleboro Art Committee Meeting Agenda

by Not Signed In | Arts

AGENDA

1. Convene, quorum check

2. [10 mins] Introductions, Intents of Art Committee Members, Announcements

3. [10 mins] Elect officers (Chair, Vice-Chair, and Clerk)

a. Motions on rotating positions terms per meeting, monthly?

b. Motions on remedying previous published AC meeting minute notes

WSESD Board Meeting Agenda

by Not Signed In | Education

AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER—6:00 p.m. — Kelly Young, 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.
III. COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

With Something for Everyone, Bellows Falls Declares May, as Art Month in Bellows Falls

by LSBS | Arts

Bellows Falls, VT (May 3, 2022)—Today, Bellows Falls designates the month of May as “May, Art Month in Bellows Falls,” a town-wide celebration to build awareness and appreciation of the arts and businesses throughout the town from May 9 through Memorial Day Weekend. May, Art Month in Bellows Falls will highlight the arts and the cultural community, as well as the entire town including local businesses, creative entrepreneurs, and artists.

“We will be highlighting artists, events, shops, and restaurants that contribute year-round to the vital and cultural richness and economic stability of the community,” says Robert McBride, founder, and director of The Rockingham Arts & Museum Project (RAMP).  

BCTV Schedules – Week of May 2, 2022

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 1075 schedule for the week of 5/2/22

Monday, May 2, 2022

4:30 am Brattleboro Democracy Forum – Real Democracy with Tim Kip and Friends 4/12/22
6:00 am Landmark College Presents – Jennifer Cook – Autism in Heels 4/5/22
7:05 am Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program – The Archaeology of Colonial Conflict 3/20/22
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

Making Flower Presses with Tom Bodett

by HatchSpace | Creative

Join writer, humorist and furniture maker Tom Bodett for a fun, collaborative workshop making flower presses.

Tom has designed a workshop format in which participants get to practice their woodworking tool skills by using them in a repetitive fashion. Together, the workshop participants will make twenty 5 1/2″ x 11″ flower presses. Each participant will take home 2 presses – just in time for spring and summer blooms.

WSESD Board Meeting Agenda and Minutes

by Not Signed In | Education

AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 p.m. – Kelly Young, Board Chair
II. CONSENT AGENDA
• CLERK’S REPORT – Approval of Minutes – April 12

III. Recognition of Ali West, 2022 Recipient of Vermont Nutrition Association’s School Nutrition Outstanding Achievement Award (presented at the 4/13/2022 WSESU Board Meeting)

BCTV Schedules – Week of April 25, 2022

by BCTVProg | Media

Monday, April 25, 2022

4:05 am Female Founders – Creative Agencies
5:30 am The News Project – In Studio – Wanted – Younger Vermonters On Town Offices
6:00 am Landmark College Presents – Jennifer Cook – Autism in Heels 4/5/22
7:05 am Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program – The Archaeology of Colonial Conflict 3/20/22
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

Explore Traditional Japanese Kumiko

by HatchSpace | Creative

Join us at HatchSpace to explore this fascinating technique!

Kumiko is the Japanese technique of assembling wooden pieces to form patterns, without the use of nails or glue. The patterns range from very simple to very intricate. Kumiko panels can be used decoratively, to make lamps or screens and more.

BCTV Schedules – Week of April 18, 2022

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 1075 schedule for the week of 4/18/22

Monday, April 18, 2022

4:00 am OLLI Spring 2022 – The Outer Limits
5:30 am Open Exchange Vermont – Ep 18 – Covid Chronology with Eric Francis Coppolino
6:00 am Greenwood School Presents – Gettysburg – Learn the Address 2022
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
9:00 am Branch Out Burlington – How to Plant a Tree with VJ Comai 3/29/22