On Wednesday, September 15, at 7pm in the meeting room of the Brook's Memorial Library in downtown Brattleboro, Eugene Uman will walk us through the musical milestone’s of the jazz giant,Thelonious Monk’s, life using audio recordings, remarkable video clips, and Robin D.G. Kelley’s 2009 book, Thelonious Monk, the Life and Times of an American Original. Eugene Uman is the Artistic Director of the Vermont Jazz Center for whom he has produced over 150 jazz concerts. Eugene has performed and taught throughout the Northeastern U.S., Columbia, at universities in South America, festivals and clubs. He has written over 120 jazz compositions that have been arranged for various musical ensembles ranging from big band to rock.

On Tuesday, September 14, at 7pm in the meeting room of the Brook's Memorial Library in downtown Brattleboro, a representative of the Better Business Bureau will empower undergraduates with the best debt management techniques. The BBB will teach undergraduates how to be responsible with credit cards, set a realistic budget, understand financial aid choices, and vigilantly track credit scores. Better Business Bureau is a non-profit public service organization which provides free business BBB Reliability Reports, BBB Charity Reports, and other valuable information to the public. With more than 407,000 Accredited Businesses, BBB is one of the largest business member supported public organizations in the world.

Twilight Music presents an evening of indie / pop / folk from Northampton and Brattleboro with Winterpills and singer/songwriter Clayton Sabine at Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery on Friday, September 10 at 8:00 pm.

Critically praised as a mirror of sorrows and a beacon of hope, the music of Winterpills - true to its name - is medicine for weary hearts. With three CDs and a soon-to-be-released EP “Tuxedo of Ashes,” Philip Price (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards), Flora Reed (vocals, keyboards), Dennis Crommett (vocals, electric guitar), Brian Akey (bass) and Dave Hower (drums, shaken things) maintain their signature chamber-indie ambience while exploring new grounds sonically and lyrically - dense rockers balanced by quiet hymns, and an overall diversity in instruments and textures. All of this backs the wandering words of songwriter Philip Price.

Monday, September 13, 2010 at 7 pm The Stone Church, corner of Main St and Grove St, Brattleboro Suggested donation for this event is $10. Fionntulach, the head of the Céile Dé Order in Scotland, will present an introduction, using words, chant and sacred story, to the ancient spiritual Celtic path of the Céile Dé tradition.

Everyone knows the Internet can be a powerful tool for growing and marketing a small business, but many don’t know where to begin or how to make it work for them. Hours are wasted ‘trying to figure things out’, and valuable business is lost by missing out on the rich marketing opportunities the Internet offers to small and local businesses.

Brattleboro residents Lisa McCormick and Julian McBrowne, two local artists who actively use the Internet as their primary marketing tool, announce their new consulting service, Growing Your Business Online.

On Wednesday, September 8, at 7pm in the meeting room of the Brook's Memorial Library in downtown Brattleboro, author and poet, Rodger Martin will read selections from his just published second collection of poetry, "The Battlefield Guide. The book focuses on the major battles of the Civil War: Gettysburg, Harpers Ferry, and Antietem. Ideal for Civil War buffs who like poetry, as well.

Guilford, Vt. - It’s the 45th year for Friends of Music at Guilford’s annual Labor Day Weekend Music Festival, with a pair of concerts at the Organ Barn in its picturesque rural setting. As always for this community event, admission is by donation.

On Saturday evening, September 4 at 7:30, James Wallace appears as guest artist at the Guilford Tracker Organ for “An Organ Odyssey.” Mr. Wallace, music director of the Putney School, earned a Masters of Music degree at Westminster Choir College. He has had a distinguished career as a church organist, music educator, and composer for films and television.

On Monday, September 13, 7:15 pm at the River Garden in Brattleboro, the Windham Orchestra will hold a “Get Acquainted” rehearsal. The rehearsal is open to all area musicians with an invitation to come and enjoy a little music making and social time with other musicians.

The Get Acquainted rehearsal will include an opportunity to meet and rehearse with new Music Director Hugh Keelan and the amateur and professional musicians of the Windham Orchestra. For Local musicians, who would like to experience the feeling of playing with a large ensemble, this is an excellent opportunity to “try out the Orchestra.”

For past, current, and future chorus women - all women!

Wednesday, September 1
7:00 – 8:30
All Soul’s Church, West Brattleboro
Sing/learn old chorus favorites as well as some new songs.
Newcomers welcome!

For more info, contact Carrie Walker, 802-254-5546
Also see: http://www.brattleborowomenschorus.org

Twilight Music presents an evening of lively, quirky, swingy, bluesy, old time American music with Housetop, southern Vermont’s four-part harmony singin’, swingin’ string band, at Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery on Friday, August 27 at 8:00 pm.

If Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters could have pulled out strings and horns and honked their own big band breaks like Benny Goodman and Stuff Smith sitting in with a hot backwoods jug band, they would have sounded something like Housetop. Peter Siegel, well known as a songwriter and space-age vaudevillian, contributes his chunking, bluesy archtop guitar rhythm and his enviable high tenor voice. Erica Morse drives the low end on the upright bass, while crooning in an inimitable sisterly blend with Naomi Morse, also renowned for her strong, fiery fiddling. Anna Patton rounds out the quartet, harmonizing with her smooth alto and deftly swinging on the clarinet.