The Brattleboro Women’s Chorus welcomes new members to come to a rehearsal on Thursday, September 15 to see if Chorus is a good fit for them. Zoom rehearsals are also an option on Friday mornings.
The Chorus welcomes anyone ages 10 and up who identifies as a woman or non-binary, and whose vocal range comfortably includes the A in the middle of the treble staff.
The public is invited to join the staff and Board of Directors for BCTV’s Annual Meeting on September 21 at 6 PM. The meeting will be held in Suite 306 on the third floor of the Brattleboro Municipal Center at 230 Main Street, and will be streamed live on BCTV’s Facebook page. E.D. Cor Trowbridge will share the State of the Station Report, and the results of board elections will be announced. Members and the public are welcome to share comments and suggestions in person or via Facebook comment. Refreshments will be served.
Next Stage Arts and Jewish Communities of Vermont present Next Stage’s Fall Artist-in-Residence on Thursday, September 29th at 7:30 p.m. at Next Stage Arts, 15 Kimball Hill Road, in Putney, VT.
Noam “Nani” Vazana is one of the only artists in the world that write & compose new songs in the endangered Ladino language. In her new album Ke Haber (What’s New) she captures the spirit of the ancient, matriarchal language and culture and propels it into the 21st century with socially pertinent lyrics, celebrating migration, gender and female empowerment.
“Music serves as a portal for discovering new cultures, and Nani is one of the few artists in the world composing music in Ladino, the language spoken by her grandmother in Portugal,” says Keith Marks, Executive Director of Next Stage Arts. “Nani lives in Amsterdam and has been frequently highlighted on BBC, performed at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and stages around the world. We’re honored to host her as our fall artist-in-residence and to present her in the theater.”
AGENDA
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Minutes –August 18, 2022
3. Public Participation
4. Monthly Report on Pedestrian and Bicycle Incidents – For August
5. Monthly Report on Traffic Data Collection – for August
BCTV Channel 1085 schedule for the week of 9/12/22
Monday, September 12, 2022
4:50 am Congressman Peter Welch – Burn Pits and the Honoring our PACT Act 8/11/22
5:30 am Newfane Selectboard – Newfane SB Mtg 9/6/22
8:00 am The David Pakman Show – The David Pakman Show – Weekly Broadcast
9:00 am Energy Week with George Harvey – Energy Week #487 – 9/1/2022
10:00 am Windham Southeast School District – WSESD Bd Mtg 8/23/22
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MENU
Sept 12 Spaghetti & Meatballs
Broccoli & Cauliflower
Garlic Bread
Honeydew Melon
The Walk/Bike Action Plan has generated over 200 comments on the challenges and opportunities for better walking and biking in Brattleboro through an interactive map that can be accessed at www.brattleboro.org in the News section or at https://arcg.is/1Oe04q.
Please join us at a virtual public meeting on Thursday, September 22 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm for a discussion of the locations in Brattleboro most in need of attention from a pedestrian or bicyclist’s perspective – and some potential solutions. This will be the first of two public meetings for the Walk/Bike Action Plan. The goal is to share what we have heard so far and start determining how best to prioritize and fund the projects and maintenance required to keep bicyclists, pedestrians, and transit riders safe and comfortable as they get around town. Although virtual, this will be an interactive meeting that includes two-way discussion about potential targeted solutions through live polling and audience questions.
AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER – 6:00 p.m. – Kelly Young, Board Chair
II. 6:05 – EXECUTIVE SESSION – 1 V.S.A. §313(a)(1)(F) Confidential Attorney- Client Communications made for the purpose of providing professional legal services to the body
III. 6:15 – Middle School Leadership Team / Youth Council Presentation – Cassandra Holloway, Diana Wahle, Students
IV. CONSENT AGENDA
Agenda
1. Approval of Minutes
2. Update on Capital Improvement Projects including:
• Academy School addition/renovation, BUHS HVAC, Dummerston HVAC, Guilford HVAC, Oak Grove Windows,
3. Recommendation to Board to Approve Warrants and Payrolls
4. Other
The Next Stage Bandwagon Summer Series and Sandglass Theater’s Puppets in the Green Mountains festival present a musical folktale about courage in relation to the modern-day themes of migration.
Many stories from Africa have traditionally been passed down by word of mouth. Tears by the River is one of these stories. Krystal Puppeteers sing, drum, puppeteer and dance in this vibrant and joyous performance. A brave monkey, LIBENDI, leaves his land after a great famine has killed many of his fellow monkeys. His adventurous “safari” takes him far off to a river where, after losing his energy from days of walking through valleys and mountains, deserts and barren land with no food and water, he dies beside the river before he can taste the life-giving water. Animals from the forest come to honor him by naming the river after Libendi. This prompts the “bigger” animals and “kings” of the jungle to be jealous to the point of doing crazy things to become famous as well.
Traditional theater in Kenya is distinguishable by its masks, drums, chants, and narratives. The Giriama people of the east coast of Kenya often perform with gigantic wooden figures. Turkanas, Maasai and Kamba tribes use fertility clay and wooden dolls called ikideet or gnide dressed in leather and decorated with coloured glass beads and costume jewelry. All of these elements can be found in Tears by the River, a contemporary puppet theater show that unfolds through images, sound and movement. Celebrating the oral traditions of Africa, these kinds of traditional stories are meant to prepare young people for life, and so, each story teaches a lesson or a moral.
Danny Lichtenfeld talks about his deep love of baseball, train travel, singing, and his study of traditional Native American music. He came to BMAC and helped broaden awareness of the Arts in our community and beyond.
Come Celebrate BMAC’s 5oth, and Danny’s 15th year as Director this coming weekend, Sept. 9-10 with many exciting activities for all !
It was about 10 years ago when a group of Vermont health care activists started working on the creation of a new level of dental practitioner to fill in gaps in the provision of dental care. Bills passed the Vermont Senate in 2015 and the House in 2016 and S.20 was signed into law by Governor Peter Shumlin in June 2016.
An April 2016 story in VTDigger provides a description of what the bill does. “The profession would require more education than a dental hygienist but less education than a dentist.
A dental therapist would have a bachelor’s degree and be allowed to perform eight procedures more than a dental hygienist. The person would need to work under a contract with a supervising dentist, who has a doctorate. However, the dentist would not need to practice in the same building as the dental therapist.’
“The Vermont Technical College in Randolph has outlined sample curriculum for a four-year program to train dental therapists should S.20 become law. The person would learn the same three years’ worth of curriculum as a dental hygienist but spend an additional year in training.”
The Brattleboro Selectboard got into a rather detailed discussion of DV Fiber’s plans to provide high speed internet throughout southeastern Vermont. It stated out as a simple request for some closet space, but expanded into a description of the network and coming plans for service.
The board also approved a grant application for housing assistance and accepted a grant for bike paths.
Asian Cultural Center of Vermont (ACCVT) presents the 22nd annual Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (Zhongqiu Jie) which is celebrated in China, Korea, Vietnam and other places around the world. Celebrate the Autumn Moon Festival with crafts, songs, food, taiji, paper lanterns, Chinese exercises, the Korean rope tug and more. Hear the story of The Goddess of the Moon, Chang’e; the great archer Hou-Yi; and the Elixir of Immortality. Then watch the harvest moon rise. The celebration will start with a pot-luck (bring a dish to share). The Moon Festival will be held Saturday, September 10th, from 6:30 – 8:30 at the Kiwanis Shelter atop Memorial Park Drive, Brattleboro, VT. All ages, free to the public, Rain or Shine. For more information call (802) 579-9088 or visit accvt.org.
Hi! Other candidates who are not Democrats or Republicans are now complaining about being excluded from debates.
I brought debate exclusion up before here at ibrattleboro.com. I emailed other non-major party candidates but none of the other candidates responded to my emails, except one, Kerry Raheb told me to lose his number or something like that, but the rest didn’t respond at all.
It is time for the September 2022 dashboard summary. We continue semi-regular COVID-19 dashboard numbers from the Vermont Department of Health, and MA and NH counties that surround Brattleboro, as long as they continue providing them. Scroll down the new comments for the latest.
Vermont and MA have very limited looks at what are going on these days, with weekly snapshots. NH attempt daily updates but doesn’t always give new totals. We try…. : )
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MENU
Sept 5 CLOSED FOR LABOR DAY
Sept 6 Hawaiian Style Chicken Thigh
Egg Noodles in Garlic & Butter w/Veggies
Ranch Cucumber Salad
Apple Sauce
BCTV Channel 1075 schedule for the week of 9/5/22
Monday, September 5, 2022
4:00 am The News Project – Press Pass – Lola Duffort
4:30 am GMALL Lectures – The Geopolitics of Russia’s War in Ukraine
6:00 am Windham County Genealogy Interest Group – Military Records–Revolutionary Pension and Fold3 Database
8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast
9:00 am Hooker Dunham Presents – William Shakespeare’s the Winter’s Tale 8/14/22
“As Vermont edges toward a legal recreational cannabis market, everyone paying a power bill is indirectly subsidizing the indoor cultivation of marijuana.
Efficiency Vermont, established by lawmakers in 1999 and funded through charges on residential and commercial power bills, is working to blunt the power demand of the energy-intensive cannabis businesses taking root.”
Why is this an outrage? Because we shouldn’t be forced to pay the electricity bill for any profit making business! No doubt about it, the marijuana / cannabis businesses expect to make millions in profits.
No sense trying to explain why Blog88.org has been AWOL. To say I’ve been stalking a hot story which needs to be kept under wraps for another 6 months or more, might sound like an excuse.
