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Kurn Hattin’s Bianconi Makes List of Top 25 Semifinalists for Grammy Music Educator Award

by Not Signed In | Education

Lisa Bianconi, Music Director at Kurn Hattin Homes for Children, has been chosen as one of 25 semifinalists from across the U.S. for the first-ever Music Educator Award presented by the Grammy Foundation® and the Recording Academy®. The 25 semifinalists, music teachers from 24 cities across 15 states were officially announced on September 11. In total, more than 30,000 initial nominations were submitted from all 50 states. Bianconi is the only nominee from New England to make it to the semifinals.

Open Music Collective Added Class Times and Enrollment News

by Not Signed In | Education

Added Class times and Enrollment news!

Monday Jazz Vocal Class almost full – 1 slot left! Still Will consider a Tuesday evening class if there is enough interest

Added Ensemble Classes for Saturday – at 11:45am – Bop Ensemble! Compositions to be chosen from the Sonny Rollins, Clifford Brown, Charlie Parker and Similar Book!

Added Ensemble Class – Saturday 1:30pm – Beyond Ensemble – Limited Space – Piano, Drums and other considered

Sign up for these and other classes:

Wednesday Jazz Ensemble – 5 pm – drums, piano and other instruments still needed

Thursday Vocal Technique – 5 pm – Sign up now! With Ken and Julie Olsson – Group Vocal Lesson

Guitar Ensemble – email for details!

Weekend Concert Series: Black Sabbath, Live in Paris 1970

by scrispe | Music

Black Sabbath are the pioneers and progenitors of Heavy Metal. Along with Deep Purple, Zeppelin and Judas Priest they created an entire genre of music.

Formed by Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward in 1968, Black Sabbath were light years ahead of their time. Their first album was written in 1969 and is a timeless masterpiece. The opening track “Black Sabbath” still sounds heavy, ominous, and ahead of its time in present-day. 

Black Sabbath tackled heavier and darker subjects than their counterparts at the time. In an era when people were singing “Are you going to San Francisco with flowers in your hair?” Black Sabbath were writing songs like: Children Of The Grave, War Pigs, and Hand Of Doom. 

Brattleboro Union High School Board Meeting Agenda

by Not Signed In | Education

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, September 16 in the BAMS Conference Room.

The BUHS Teacher Curriculum Committee will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, September 16 in the Cusick Conference Room.

The BUHS #6 Finance Committee will meet at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 in the WSESU Central Office Conference Room, 53 Green Street.

Taking Power: Photographs from the People’s Movement to Shut Down VT Yankee

by Safe and Green Campaign | Culture

The work of three outstanding photographers’ is on exhibit through the end of October at the Elliot Street Cafe.  From Grace Paley confronting executives on Wall Street in 1977 to babies in the “Leaks, Lies, and Lawyers” parade in March 2013, the photos document decades of grassroots activism to shut down Vermont Yankee. The echibit is sponsored by the Safe and Green Campaign.

Poetry to the Earth: The Arts & Crafts Movement in Deerfield

by Brooks Memorial Library | Books

Please join us on Wednesday, September 11, at 7 pm in the Library’s meeting room for a discussion by Suzanne Flynt, Curator at Memorial Hall Museum on her recently published book, Discussion with Suzanne Flynt, Curator at Memorial Hall.

A 1903 article in Gustav Stickley’s The Craftsman declared that “Deerfield is sending all over the country beautiful things…to bring back something of lost poetry to the earth.” This book will appeal to aficionados of American folk arts, decorative arts, textile history, and the Arts and Craft movement. Suzanne Flynt, curator of Memorial Hall Museum, has authored the story of this beautiful Massachusetts town that shows how Deerfield played a pivotal role in the American Arts and Crafts movement.

Fiction and Poetry: New Works by Wolf, Benoit, and Butterfield

by Brooks Memorial Library | Books

Novelist Muriel Wolf, and poets Barbara Benoit and Charles Butterfield will read from their new works on Tuesday, September 10, at 7:00 p.m. in the meeting room at Brooks Memorial Library.

Wolf will read from her debut novel, “The Book of Gone.” Her book has received agent representation and is making the rounds of publishers.  Her short story, “The Chocolate Errand,” won Best Short Fiction Prize from Boulevard Magazine and was finalist in the Crazy Horse short story competition.  She is at work on her second novel.  A visual artist, Wolf’s monotype collages were on exhibit at the Catherine Dianich Gallery last winter.

BaBB Community Discussion on Revitalizing the Downtown- 5:45 Live Special 9/913

by BrattleboroTV | Media

Developed by the VT Dept of Housing and Community Development, BaBB’s Downtown Action Team is gearing up for a series of community discussions, which kicked off in the Rivergarden this morning with a meeting themed “Government leaders and economic development,” with forum for the public slated for this Monday night (9/9/13) at 5:00 PM at the Latchis Theater.

5:45 Live: 9/6/13

by BrattleboroTV | Media

5:45 Live returns for another full-sized edition of BCTV’s weekly news round-up, with Putney’s Solar RFP, the Colonel’s home-opener victory, and Obama’s plans for Syria among the top stories.

BCTV Channel 8 & 10 Schedules for the Week of 9/9/13

by BCTVProg | Media

BCTV Channel 8 Schedule – Week of 9/9/13

                          Monday September 9

12:00 am        Flotilla 2013 Protest of VY Thermal Discharge

12:46 am        50 Years after the March on Washington: How Are We Doing?

2:00 am          FSTV Overnight

4:00 am          Riverbank Church: Riverbank Church Live 8/25/13

5:00 am          History of Stenciling with Nancy McKeegan

6:00 am          Words of Peace: Most Auspicious

In Search of Brattleboro’s Avatar!

by MRaymond | Culture

Brattleboro Vermont

A Sunday of September question.

In search of one word or short sentence that is a positive representation of Brattleboro.  Brattleboro is known for Estey organs, strong art community, nudism, sweet water, the first large town of Vermont, and the strolling of the heifers. 

If you were creating a profile for Brattleboro what would be the Avatar image you would choose to best represent Brattleboro?

Twisted Soul Sista’s Chocolate City on WVEW

by cgrotke | Media

I want to send a shout out and note of appreciation to Twisted Soul Sista, host of the fabulous WVEW 107.7 FM show called Chocolate City. I discovered this show this summer and have fallen in love. If you are a fan of old school funky tunes you should be tuning in each Saturday from noon to 2 pm.

Chocolate City show takes me back and reminds me of hot summers in the city in the 1980’s. I feel like I’ve tuned in one of the great, big R&B stations in NYC, DC, Cleveland or Detroit. It is non-stop funky fun and perfect for dancing around while doing Saturday chores.

Extras Needed for Filming This Week

by Not Signed In | Culture

Film extras are needed for this coming week including Sunday, September 8th and all week from 9 AM to 5 PM.

“Chasing Rainbows” is a locally made film that will have an international cast and will be submitted to film festival in the U.S. and Europe. Writer-Director Robert Fritz’s film are winning awards at festivals. Be a part of his next project.

No previous acting experience is necessary. Ages 18-108 welcome.
Lunch provided.
Jazz music all day Sunday

Weekend Concert Series: With A Little Help From My Friends, Joe Cocker / John Belushi

by scrispe | Music

In my opinion John Belushi playing Joe Cocker is the funniest video of all time.

At Woodstock in 1969 Joe Cocker delivered this performance of his rendition of the Beatles’ “With A Little Help From My Friends.” Joe Cockers’ passionate performance sounded great, but his stage antics are utterly bizarre and ridiculous. Watch this video first.

“What If” Brattleboro and Mary Cabot at Brattleboro History Center

by cgrotke | History

The Brattleboro History Center invites everyone to come see new exhibits during Gallery Walk this Friday evening and throughout the month of September.

One new exhibit is a collaboration with the Brattleboro Planning Services called “What If” Brattleboro – An Exhibit of Unfinished Plans” and shows a collection of planning documents for Brattleboro projects that were never built or only partially completed.

BCTV 2013 Fall Lineup: Video Production Classes for Everyone

by BrattleboroTV | Media

Share your interests and ideas with regional cable viewers
through video! BCTV offers training and video production equipment to volunteers who want to make programming for broadcast on cable channels 8 and 10. BCTV provides free equipment and technical support to anyone who is trained.

Call 257-0888, email
or go to to register online. Cost of all classes is $20 per person; space in class is reserved at time of payment. All classes are at BCTV in the Brattleboro Municipal Center. BCTV is community television by and for residents of Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, Jamaica, Newfane, Putney, Townshend and Vernon, VT.

BCTV’s Video Calendar: 9/5/13 – Gallery Walk, VT Yankee Protest Photos, Puppets in Paradise

by BrattleboroTV | Media

Brattleboro’s series of autumn Gallery Walks gets under way with “Taking Power: Photos from the People’s Movement to Shut Down VT Yankee”, followed by a bustling weekend that includes Puppets in Paradise from the Sandglass Theater, the 2013 Day of Caring from United Way of Windham County, and Brattleboro’s own Walk to End Alzheimer’s…all hosted in grand fashion with this week’s calendar posted on BCTV’s 90 inch 3D interactive video wall.

Jazz From Row Six Book Talk

by Brooks Memorial Library | Books

Jazz From Row Six Book Talk

Join photographer Jean Germain on Wednesday, September 4, at 7 PM, in the Meeting Room for a talk on her great book of jazz musicians.

Whether it is Bucky and John Pizzarelli jamming together or Eartha Kitt showing that she still has “it” at age 80, Jazz From Row Six is a book filled with exciting photographs of legendary musicians performing America’s original art form. Along with the 100 photographs are personal anecdotes documenting a snapshot in the history of the big band sound.