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Voices

Sneaky humor

By
Ernest Hebert
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 — Issue 157

RE: “Coming home” [Arts, June 13].

Grants Ferry is a very good read. I especially liked David Chase's sneaky sense of humor.

Voices

With the right support, refugees in rural Vermont can thrive

By
Pablo Bose and Thomas Huddleston

Pablo Bose is a professor in the Department of Geography and Geosciences at the University...

Representative Town Meeting works for a town the size of Brattleboro

By
Rebecca Bartlett

BRATTLEBORO-I have lived and voted in Brattleboro for 45 years, and I am writing about...

The wonder of paradox

By
Meg Mott

Meg Mott is professor emerita of Marlboro College and Emerson College and describes herself as...

Editing words about war, and our great divide

By
Jeff Potter

Jeff Potter has edited The Commons since 2008 and has been working in and around...

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News

Governor faces protesters statewide over gun-law stance

By
Kevin O'Connor
Wednesday, May 2, 2018 — Issue 457

When Gov. Phil Scott woke at the state capital Monday to an unwelcome spring blanket of snow, he figured a scheduled trip south to Brattleboro would bring a warmer climate. Then he arrived to a pair of protesters in his reserved parking space. “My guns are innocent,” said one of their signs. “The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed,” read the other. Scott, accompanied by an aide and state trooper, listened as the...

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Voices

Insurrection

Wednesday, January 13, 2021 — Issue 595

As we learn the chilling details of an armed insurrection on our U.S. Capitol last week, some larger, deeper understandings come into focus. With similar threats looming on the horizon for the inauguration of President Elect Joe Biden on Jan. 20, the events of Jan. 6 appear to be not the end of one chapter but the beginning of another. What on earth did we think the result would be? We could catalogue all the ways in which political discourse...

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Arts

Brattleboro Camerata seeks new members

Wednesday, August 16, 2023 — Issue 727

The Brattleboro Camerata is currently seeking new members of every voice part for its upcoming third season. It especially invites BIPOC singers and singers of all gender identities to join. The Camerata is a small select choir specializing in both Renaissance-era and Renaissance-inspired music, and this fall, it will be preparing a program titled "Treasure Hidden Within" to be presented on Sunday, Dec. 10. The concert will include four pieces that use pre-existing tunes hidden carefully within their overall musical...

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