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Words Project roundtable looks at impact of Estey Organ Co. on consumer culture
From THE BRATTLEBORO COMMONS BRATTLEBORO—The Brattleboro Words Project’s next monthly Roundtable Discussion will examine the history of Jacob Estey and how the famous Estey Organ Company helped shape American consumer culture and promote Brattleboro...
MILES: Placemaking Goes Mobile in Downtown Brattleboro
In Downtown BrattleboroPlacemaking Goes MobileAt the crack of dawn on a Friday morning, a trailer rolls down the street and maneuvers into a parking spot in the middle of Brattleboro’s Main Street. The sides of the unassuming trailer, proclaimed: “Lucy Speaks” and...
‘Words Project’ promotes history of Windham County
VTDigger‘Words Project’ promotes history of Windham CountyDid you know that the first United States edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” was printed in Brattleboro? Or that the author of the first known poem by an African-American lived in...
Coalition focuses on words in Brattleboro
Lissa Weinmann, Sandy Rouse, Arlene Distler, Joe Rivers and William Edelglass (from left to right) discussed how the Words Project will work with the community to produce walking, biking and driving audio tours on a website to bring the cultural history of...
Words Project debuts unique mobile museum with ‘Lucy Speaks’
Posted Wednesday, October 11, 2017 2:39 pm By Lissa Weinmann, Special to the Reformer BRATTLEBORO — "People, Places and the History of Words in Brattleboro, Vermont" will debut its unique Mobile Interactive Literary Exhibition Space traveling museum...
Brattleboro to speak out in $150K grant for ’Peoples, Places and History of Words
Posted on Sep 26, 2017 Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has awarded Peoples, Places and History of Words in Brattleboro a $150,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) matching grant. This was one...
Consortium Wins NEH Grant for Local Literary History
Marlboro College joins three other local institutions in celebrating a new $150,000, multi-year, “Creating Humanities Communities” matching grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The grant is focused on sharing the Brattleboro area’s...
Exploring literacy, education, and culture through the words of our past
COURTESY OF MEMORIAL HALL MUSEUM, DEERFIELD, MASS, A portrait of Lucy Terry Prince by J. Minks. VOICES / VIEWPOINT Exploring literacy, education, and culture through the words of our past A new project shines a light on Brattleboro's literary history,...
Brattleboro peoples, places and words: Local consortium wins Humanities grant
Posted Friday, August 4, 2017 6:15 pm Brattleboro Reformer BRATTLEBORO — The National Endowment for the Humanities recently chose Brattleboro as the site for a new $150,000 multi-year "Creating Humanities Communities" matching grant to illuminate and share...