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Bookstock Kicks Off Its Virtual Event Series With Poet Reuben Jackson

by Margot Harrison Posted on September 14, 2020 at 6:25PM

Ahlen expects Jackson to offer commentary on the poems and perhaps discuss his experience of being Black in Vermont, she said in a phone interview. Blum, who will facilitate the talk, is cofounder of A Mighty Blaze, a new initiative for authors deprived of the usual opportunities to meet their readers in person.

Stopping Stones plaques to be installed in Burlington

Burlington to Memorialize a Site of Black Vermonters’ 19th-Century Enslavement

by Ken Picard Posted on September 12, 2020 at 11:27AM

,” he added. “So we need to ask ourselves, since we are all … in this pit together, either as victims or perpetrators, how can we climb our way out of it?”

Vermont Dance Alliance Launches Online Class Series

by Margaret Grayson Posted on September 7, 2020 at 1:29PM

“One of the cool things about this series is how diverse the styles of offerings are,” Hanna Satterlee, the founder and director of the VDA, wrote in an email. “Different than a studio roster or calendar, these classes offer a workshop style environment to give a taste into something new and different.

Colorful Afronaut Mural in Need of a Wall

by Margaret Grayson Posted on September 2, 2020 at 5:00PM

Black Lives Matter, and paying Black artists to paint a Black person, and paint their own story and their own representation,” Trafton said. The artists said they were unsurprised by the change of plans, and that they’ve had building owners reject their work before.

Put on Your Red Light: BTV Music Venues Join National #RedAlertRESTART Campaign

by Dan Bolles Posted on September 1, 2020 at 3:29PM

Spearheaded by a coalition of entertainment industry workers called #WeMakeEvents, #RedAlertRESTART is intended to raise awareness of and support for the RESTART Act, a bill before the U.S. Congress that would help bail out small businesses crippled by the pandemic. Small music venues are particularly imperiled as long as they can't host concerts at or near pre-pandemic capacities. In July, the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) estimated that 90 percent of its 1,300 members wouldn't last six months without government assistance.

Kent Osborne and Jane Adams in the Vermont-shot film Build the Wall

Couch Cinema: 'Build the Wall'

by Margot Harrison Posted on August 31, 2020 at 7:55PM

Will you like it? The best way to find this movie with minimal search-engine confusion is to google the title with “Joe Swanberg.” Known for his low-budget “mumblecore” work, which helped launch stars such as Greta Gerwig, the Chicago-based director went on to make slightly more mainstream slice-of-life movies such as Drinking Buddies, along with the Netflix anthology series “Easy.” Build the Wall, which was shot in six days in 2019 at the Vermont home of Osborne — Swanberg’s friend and frequent collaborator — is his back-to-basics movie.

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Bookstock Kicks Off Its Virtual Event Series With Poet Reuben Jackson

Burlington to Memorialize a Site of Black Vermonters’ 19th-Century Enslavement

Vermont Dance Alliance Launches Online Class Series

Colorful Afronaut Mural in Need of a Wall

Put on Your Red Light: BTV Music Venues Join National #RedAlertRESTART Campaign

Couch Cinema: 'Build the Wall'

Burlington's File Cabinet Sculpture to Be Moved

Mission Murals Steps Into the Picture With New Feeding Chittenden Project

Couch Cinema: 'At the Drive-In'

With Drive-In Up and Running, Essex Cinemas Prepares to Open Indoor Theaters