Eesha Williams's Blog, page 175
February 28, 2012
Simba Concert Planned for June
Simba will perform a public concert in Dummerston, Vermont, near Brattleboro, on or around June 20. The concert will probably be at the Grange hall at the corner of East-West and Middle roads in Dummerston. At a recent Simba concert, at least 100 people danced for hours. The band plays reggae and funk, among other kinds of music.
Vermont Imprisons African Americans at High Rate
More than 10 percent of the people in Vermont prisons are African American. Just 1 percent of people in Vermont are black. Curtiss Reed is director of the Brattleboro-based Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity www.VermontPartnership.org. That's a statewide group that fights
racism and has full-time employees. On February 22, he told the Valley Post, "Last week I testified to the (Vermont) House Judiciary Committee on behalf of H. 535." That House bill would pay for a study to try to ...
February 22, 2012
Concert Review
On February 19 in Brattleboro, six musicians played an excellent concert at the Hooker-Dunham Theater, the town's best live music venue. The theater was almost sold out, and the audience applauded the music warmly. The musicians sang and played Scottish smallpipes (like bagpipes except, rather than blowing into the instrument, the player pumps it like an accordion), a wooden flute, piano, guitar, and a lute. The absence of drums was pleasing.
Photo: Hadley Hayfield
This photo was taken in Hadley, Massachusetts, near Northampton, on February 22. Hay fields like this one are usually mowed a few times a year, depending on the weather. A cow that isn't grazing on pasture usually eats about half a "square" bale of hay daily. (So-called "square bales" are actually rectangular. Round bales have become more common in recent years and are much bigger than square bales.) To make the photo bigger, click on it, then scroll down and click "see full-size image....
February 21, 2012
Concert Review
On February 19 in Brattleboro, six musicians played an excellent concert at the Hooker-Dunham Theater, the town's best live music venue. The theater was almost sold out, and the audience applauded the music warmly. The musicians sang and played Scottish smallpipes (like bagpipes except, rather than blowing into the instrument, the player pumps it like an accordion), a wooden flute, piano, guitar, and a lute. The absence of drums was pleasing.
Simba Concert Planned for June
Simba will perform a public concert in Dummerston, Vermont, near Brattleboro, on or around June 20. The concert will probably be at the Grange hall at the corner of East-West and Middle roads in Dummerston. At a recent Simba concert, at least 100 people danced for hours. The band plays reggae and funk, among other kinds of music.
Springfield Nurses Rally Is February 28
Nurses are asking the public to join them at a rally for justice in Springfield on February 28 at 9:30 a.m. "We want the community to understand that we are very serious about retaining our union rights," said Donna Stern. She's a nurse at Baystate Franklin Medical Center. "Those rights are key to providing nurses the ability to advocate for better working conditions and safer patient care."
The union rally will coincide with a corporate PR event. Baystate Health System Corporation will...
February 14, 2012
Simba Concert Planned for June
Simba will perform a public concert in Dummerston, Vermont, near Brattleboro, on or around June 20. The concert will probably be at the Grange hall at the corner of East-West and Middle roads in Dummerston. At a recent Simba concert, at least 100 people danced for hours. The band plays reggae and funk, among other kinds of music.
