WILLIAMSVILLE-For better or for worse, I have some 90 shows under my belt - if...
BRATTLEBORO-We set out on a fierce act of protest. This month in Brattleboro, beginning on...
MARLBORO-Marlboro Music's 2025 summer season concludes this weekend with the traditional Beethoven Choral Fantasy among...
PUTNEY-Next Stage Arts continues its Bandwagon Summer Series Saturday, Aug. 16, at the Putney Inn...
Fire Chief Michael Bucossi wipes his finger along the tiled wall of Central Station. Holding up his finger covered in diesel soot, Bucossi said, “This is what my guys are breathing in every day.” Firefighters scrub away the soot coating the bay walls that house Brattleboro's emergency vehicles, said Bucossi, who has led the department since 2007. As chief, Bucossi said, his number-one job is ensuring the safety of his firefighters “to make sure they all go home at the...
Randy Holhut's autobiography of his life in journalism was interesting, but when he finally stopped talking about the Brattleboro Reformer and got around to mentioning The Commons in supposed celebration of its 300th issue, he fell victim to his own erroneous prejudices and gave your readers misinformation under the guise of historical news reporting. First, he tried to conflate a protest at the Reformer, marked by the “stridency and self-righteousness” of those gathered, into being the genesis of The Commons.
The Juno Orchestra, Vermont's newest professional chamber orchestra, has announced a new, four-part project: Juno Singles. Juno has engaged four local composers, commissioning each to craft a 10-to-15 minute work for string orchestra. Taking part are Derrik Jordan, of Putney, a world music specialist; Robert Merfeld, of Hinsdale, N.H., a pianist and chamber music coach; Dana Maiben, of Brattleboro, a violinist and Baroque music specialist: and Eugene Uman, of Brattleboro, director of the Vermont Jazz Center. The orchestra will workshop...
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