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BCTV Ch.8 Schedule for the week of 12-16-13
Monday December 16
12:00 am Organic Farming Pioneers: CSA Showcase – 11/10/13
1:02 am Tech Jam 2013 Panel: Civic Hacking Showcase
2:00 am FSTV Overnight
4:00 am Foundations of the American Constitution Pt.2
5:15 am 2013 Veterans Day at the VFW in Brattleboro
6:29 am Cuban Bridge Music Program -Episode 15
I recently joined the Blanche Moyse Chorale, a longtime hope and ambition of mine, and discovered that the group is down a few singers. If you are an experienced choral singer, drop me an email and I will put you in touch with the Chorale’s officers for an audition. I just know there are a few fine singers out there who will jump at the chance to join one of the finest select choruses in the region!
U. S. Barracks, Brattleboro, Vt. Dec. 13th, 1863.
Dear Abiah –
This is Sunday, but I have done a hard day’s work. Two hundred men have signed the pay rolls today. Each
man has signed name on ten different rolls. There were four of us to attend to it, Barton Works, Henry Newell, Stephen Josyln and myself and I tell you it has been close work, the blunders. You now how it is about showing them where to sign. Well, imagine 200 and I took them first. It has rained hard all day, all come in as wet as rats.
I’ve been listening to John Coltrane since college, when my pal Everett introduced me to the world of jazz. At first it sounded like a lot of squeaking and noise to my ear. After hearing a new piece, I’d jokingly ask if he was done tuning up.
Ev taught me to think of the jazz sax as a voice, a singer. He wanted me to listen to what Coltrane was saying, not playing.
It took a while to get it. I made a cassette with Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue, and John Coltrane’s Love Supreme on the other side, and let it play over and over again.
Everyone is welcome to come and meet their favorite DJ’s from 107.7 FM WVEW.
Attendance to the event is free, and Backside Café will have their bar and a limited bar food menu available for attendees. A portion of the proceeds from the night’s drink sales will go towards the radio station.
Live DJ’s:
Selector D (host of One Drop)
Zig-Zag (host of Patterns of Chaos)
Wild Goose (host of The Future Collective Presents…)
A movie screening-tastic edition of BCTV’s Video Calendar includes ‘ShrinkRap: Dysfunctional Families in Film’ at Next Stage Arts, ‘Crime After Crime’ presented by the Women’s Freedom Center, Reel Queer Movie Nights’ ‘Queer Farmer Film Project.’ Plus, get a look a WVEW’s big dance party fundraiser, and Hollywood algorithm master Matthew Ostrowski at the Center for Digital Arts.
Open to all area youth: The Power of Discovery @ The Grammar School, Session II
Sign up deadlines coming soon.
Don’t miss out on these amazing afterschool opportunities for your children in grades K-8!
All area children welcome.
The Holiday Book Sale at the Brooks Memorial Library will continue until December 21st.
Raffle tickets are on sale for a custom designed and hand knitted doll created by local Newbury Award winning author, Karen Hesse. Hesse says that she designs these unique, one-of-a kind dolls as she knits – the doll’s character, shape and color evolves while she is knitting. The raffle tickets are $1.00 each or $5 for six tickets. Raffle proceeds will benefit the Children’s Room programs.
Also on sale is the very popular 2014 Book Lover’s Calendar. The calendars are great holiday gift items and are available at the Library Front Desk for $10 each.
BRATTLEBORO UNION HIGH SCHOOL BOARD
53 Green Street
Brattleboro, VT 05301
www.wssu.k12.vt.us
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS
The BAMS Committee will meet at 7:45 a.m. on Monday, December 16 in BAMS Conference Room.
One of the great things about Brattleboro is the abundance of locally produced media including, for those of us who love music, independent community radio station WVEW. This year, WVEW has been especially wonderful with many new shows featuring a wide variety of music including jazz, R&B, vintage American pop, indie rock, blues, reggae, avant garde, and much more. At the risk of sounding a bit hackneyed, there is truly something for everyone. Check it out and see.
Independent radio is a treasure and if you want it to continue, it helps to support it as they rely on membership, donations, and underwriting for their funding. Now would be an especially good time to support them as their annual fundraiser is Friday night (December 13) at the Backside Cafe from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Just buy a drink at the bar and you’ll be supporting the station. Drop a check or some cash into their donation jar and you’ll do even more to make sure their great programming continues.
I was updating our Day in History listings and came across something that might astound and amaze you.
In 1875, according to the Vermont Phoenix, Brattleboro’s total expenses for the year were estimated at about $7,000. To compare, in 2015 our expenses are projected to be just under $17 million.
To be fair, they had just added a major expense to the Brattleboro budget in 1875 – streetlights, at a cost of $1,000 per year. Without them, the amount spent would have been lower.
Residents at the time voted to lay a tax of 40 cents on the dollar of the grand list to cover the cost of running the town.
Kurn Hattin Homes for Children’s Music Director, Lisa Bianconi, got the thrill of a lifetime last week when she learned that she is one of only 10 finalists for the inaugural Grammy Music Educator award. Bianconi received the call from the Grammy Foundation while at work at on Friday, letting her know the good news and telling her to tune in to the televised Grammy Nomination Concert to watch the official announcement live on CBS Friday night. The 10 finalists, from 10 cities across eight states receive $1,000 and a matching honorarium for their schools. One winner will be flown to Los Angeles to attend the 56th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014.
Join 5:45 Live from Pliny Park in downtown for a special Holiday Gallery Walk edition that includes BaBB’s annual tree-lighting ceremony, the Governor’s million-dollar trip Brattleboro, the Safe & Green campaigns SafStor expert panel on VY’s decommissioning, and much much more.
BCTV Ch.8 Schedule for the week of 12-9-13
Monday December 9
12:00 am Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program
1:29 am Cuban Bridge Music Program -Episode 15
2:00 am FSTV Overnight
4:00 am Vermont Arts Summit – Plenary One
5:05 am The Modern Grass Quintet at the Valley Stage Music Fest
Brattleboro, Vt. Dec. 8th,
1863.
Dearest wife –
I have but a little time and you will have to put up with a short letter this time. The box came safely to hand. I found that it was at the express office and asked for a pass. Capt. Brannon says “write one”. It is signed in a minute (That is the way I get them now) got a wheel barrow and trotted off, brought it up all right. That cheese will be good. It will be first rate. Our bread is nice now. I have eaten beans until I have had enough of them but still they come. There was one parcel that had not been opened, directed to you. When I opened it, Lo and behold: there was 1 pair of mittens two pair of socks and two pair of little mittens. Well, I tell you I thought of the little hands they were made to cover. The things were all right. What shall I do with the little mittens? Shall I send them by mail, or wait until I get a chance to send them up with some person coming down.
We’ll take a bit of a detour this week and feature the holiday music stylings of singer Andy Williams.
Andy Williams used his weekly variety show for an annual Christmas special on TV each year throughout most of the 60’s and early 70’s. Often the Osmonds would show up. It was a bit like a hipper Lawrence Welk Show, and is was fun for the entire family to watch.
This video is a collection of Andy William’s favorite clips from those specials.
Children come to Kurn Hattin Homes from all kinds of backgrounds and for all kinds of reasons. Recently a group of five 2012 graduates shared their moving stories of transformation. These candid interviews are now available for viewing on Kurn Hattin’s website. Each one is completely different, and some may surprise you.
Get a look at some of the area’s many seasonal events as the holidays get into full swing, with Cherry Street Artisans offering a one-stop shop for homemade gifts of all varieties, BaBB getting ready to light up downtown, Pop Up Brattleboro shaking up the art scene, and the Brattleboro Area Prevention Coalition joining forces with the Windham County Humane Society for a holiday ‘Pets and their People’ pro-photo fundraiser.
Next Stage Arts Project presents two indie rock bands, Brattleboro-based quartet The Snaz and Keene-based trio Jake McKelvie & The Countertops, at Next Stage on Saturday, December 7 at 7:30 pm.
The Snaz is a young, original rock band featuring Dharma Ramirez (15, lead vocals and guitar), Mavis Eaton (15, keyboards and backup vocals), Zack James (13, drums) and Sally Fletcher (15, bass). They have won “Battle of the Bands” competitions in Brattleboro and Northampton. Their prize for the Brattleboro event was recording time at the Guilford Sound studios, where they recorded an EP with the help of Grammy nominated record producer Peter Solley.
