Tag: Bennington

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    Capturing moments of life — Photographer Clemens Kalischer in Vermont

    Exhibit samples Vermont themes in vast oeuvre of photographer Kalischer By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt.   Clemens Kalischer’s photo of a one-room school in Peacham, Vt., was one a series he took in 1958 for Vermont Life and is featured in a current exhibit of his work at the Bennington Museum. Copyright 2017 Clemens read more

    Capturing moments of life — Photographer Clemens Kalischer in Vermont
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    ‘A world of her own imagining’ — Grandma Moses meets Modernism

    Show reveals parallels between Modernists and Grandma Moses By TELLY HALKIASContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt.   “The Quilting Bee” (1950) is among the works by Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses (1860-1961) in a new exhibit that explores how her techniques unconsciously paralleled those of leading Modernists of her era. (Image copyright 2017, Grandma Moses Properties Co., read more

    ‘A world of her own imagining’ — Grandma Moses meets Modernism
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    Bennington — Transforming a downtown

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    By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt.   The historic Putnam Hotel building anchors a redevelopment project that covers nearly a full square block in downtown Bennington. George Bouret photo Over the next four years, local civic leaders say a cluster of vacant or underused properties in downtown Bennington will be transformed into a thriving urban read more

    Bennington — Transforming a downtown
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    In verse, Phillp B. Williams takes on tough themes

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    Debut poetry volume draws award for Bennington visiting professor By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt.   The writer Phillip B. Williams, who is teaching at Bennington College this year, won a Whiting Award this spring for his first volume of poetry. Bound, it begins.Wasn’t night what lingered where sweat leftsalt, where breath touch-expired?“Bound” is the read more

    In verse, Phillp B. Williams takes on tough themes
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    Plan for a downtown gets the big stuff right

    We have learned over the past few decades in our region that there are many ways to wreck a downtown. We’ve also learned, with good reason, to fear ambitious redevelopment schemes concocted in the name of saving struggling downtowns – plans that too often have done more harm than good. So it’s worth taking a read more

    Plan for a downtown gets the big stuff right
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    Unequal justice? Bennington, Rutland rank high in study of police bias

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    By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer   Black drivers who are pulled over by city police in Rutland are at least six times more likely than white drivers to wind up being searched. But police searches of black drivers in Rutland and elsewhere across Vermont are less likely than searches of white drivers to turn up drugs read more

    Unequal justice? Bennington, Rutland rank high in study of police bias
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    ‘A ghost or an illusion?’ — Celebrating writer Shirley Jackson

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    North Bennington celebrates centennial of writer Shirley Jackson By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt.     Shirley Jackson Day 2016:Readings of Jackson’s work with two of her children, J.S. Holly and Barry Hyman 7 p.m. Monday, June 27The Left Bank, 5 Bank St., North Bennington, Vt.For more information, call (802) 681-7161 “No one in read more

    ‘A ghost or an illusion?’ — Celebrating writer Shirley Jackson
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    From musical comedy to worldly intrigue

    In new season, Oldcastle Theatre aims to build on recent growth By TELLY HALKIASContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt.   Elia Ganias and Amy Griffin play Matt and Sally in last year’s production of “Tallley’s Folly” at Oldcastle Theatre Company. The Bennington troupe opens this year’s five-show season on June 3. Courtesy photo/ Jon R. Davis Five read more

    From musical comedy to worldly intrigue
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    Charles Simic – From war to circuses, poems of vivid imagery

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    Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Simic to read at Bennington College By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH BENNINGTON, Vt.   Charles Simic, a former national poet laureate whose work is known for its vivid images and moods that range from intense sadness to comedy, will read his works May 11 at Bennington College. © Philip Simic Dark read more

    Charles Simic – From war to circuses, poems of vivid imagery
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    In Vermont, art from high-tech tools

    Museum show explores how digital advances are reshaping design By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt. A sink carved from Vermont maple ripples in the exact topography of a valley in the Green Mountains. Karolina Kawiaka, the artist and architect who designed it, relies on new technologies that have led to advances in cancer treatment, jet read more

    In Vermont, art from high-tech tools