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Presented by Ginnie Lupi, director of the NH State Council on the Arts

How great would it be to get free money to make your art, connect with your community, get that extra training that you need to create something spectacular… But nothing is totally free. Grant writing and research takes work. Ginnie Lupi, of the NH State Council on the Arts, also an artist herself, shares what she has learned about grants, funding opportunities, and the best tactics to apply for funding that will take you and your art to the next level.

Artist to Artist is being supported this fall by C & S Wholesale Grocers and DEW Construction Corp. Arts Alive! also receives support from NH State Council from the Arts and the NH Charitable Foundation.

Daoist Qi Gong exercises for health, happiness and vitality!

In this 12 week class series we will learn Taiji Stick and Ruler Qi Gong movements and heart centered meditations to increase inner tranquility, strengthen our cores, and improve our health and immunity. Taiji Stick and Ruler qi gong is a powerful way to connect with our bodies’ innate potential for lasting health.

Cost: $190 for the series + $40 for the Taiji stick if you need one

Register & pay by August 15th for the early bird rate of $175!

To Register: visit www.twotreeshealing.com/workshops/ or email us at twotreeshealing@gmail.com

About Greg: Nine years ago when Greg first began learning Qi Gong, he suffered from chronic illness and symptoms of pain, digestive upset, fatigue and depression. Through his dedicated practice he has transformed his life and no longer suffers from these chronic symptoms. Greg continues to practice not only to prevent disease, but because Qi Gong greatly improves his quality of life. Now as a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist, he teaches others from a place of gratitude and joy for how his own life has improved and the quality of connection it has given him.

Join us at the Now Hiring Job Expo and meet potential employers who are looking for great job candidates, LIKE YOU! Stand out in a crowd of resumes, by meeting one on one with area businesses, who are motivated to fill those vacancies. There will be on site Career Advice provided by GCC. Looking to get your business involved? Register here…https://www.recorder.com/SpecialPages/JobExpo

What is a Community Table:
A roundtable discussion for those who embrace sustainability, entrepreneurship, and community as a means to promote local food and food businesses to grow locally.

The Design:
Created by Food Sol at Babson College, one table, one conversation. Participants drive the conversation by bringing ideas, questions, and issues!

Who’s Around the Table?
Food Entrepreneurs, Students, Consultants, Investors, Eaters, and anyone in the food space interested in getting and giving feedback and making meaningful connections.

Direct Results from Attending Community Table Are:
Finding partners
Expanding networks
Getting products on retail shelves

Details:
Come when you can and stay as long as you can
Bring your own lunch

WE provide the LEGOs, YOU build!
Do not bring your own LEGOs. Children cannot keep LEGOs, but if there is enough room, we will display them in the window until the next event. Free and open to the public.

This spinning series will focus on exercise as body positive movement that can inspire and empower our lives and as celebration of our bodies just as they are.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 9 – Nov. 15, 2018
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm at Body In Harmony
Cost: Sliding scale $120-$180,
Instructor: Zephyr Ethier

Beginners welcome and encouraged!

Pre-registration required. Registration for this session will close after October 11, 2018.

*This class series is for anyone who identifies with womanhood, including women, womxn, femmes, and nonbinary folks who feel this is a space for them.*

Capoeira is an athletic art form rooted in Africa, developed in Brazil. Defying definition, it blends martial arts and dance, music and tradition, old and new world cultures into a fluid game of strategy and self-expression. This class will increase students’ understanding of the art form, its history and techniques, as well as providing a universally accessible approach to inversions and acrobatics. Open to experienced and beginning movers of any discipline.

Taliesin Reid Haugh is a performer, teacher, and student who grew up in Cleveland’s art community. His movement training and experience includes Hawkins style modern dance with YARD under the direction of Bill Wade, Horton technique and ballet through CCDT director Michael Medcalf, Stiltwalking and aerial circus techniques with SAFMOD, Breakdance/hiphop with Ground Effects and the Chosen Few crew, training in nontraditional partnering with members of Pilobolus, and nearly two decades of Afro-Brazilian acrobatics dance and percussion with Capoeira Narahari. Training abroad has included dance education in Athens through UNESCO’s International Dance Counsil, Capoeira with Groupo Besouro in Rio de Janeiro, martial arts training with Lanna Muay Thai in Chiang Mai. He performs regionally with Morrisondance and Pickup-Stix stiltwalkers. Taliesin’s primary movement interests are Capoeira, Breakdance, climbing, nontraditional partnering, cyr wheel, Satchidananda yoga and bicycling.

Men, please join us in doing this work!

From the European witch hunts of the 1300’s to rape culture, male violence has been a troubling theme of modern history. And thanks to the visibility gained by social mobilizations such as the MeToo movement, one would be hard-pressed to argue that we have made much progress in decreasing it. In mainstream discourse, male violence is explained away as the actions of deviant individuals, “bad apples.” This explanation avoids questions that implicate the system in which we live. In order to really understand where male violence comes from, we need to situate our understanding in a larger analysis of history.

Grounded in readings from (but not limited to) Angela Davis, bell hooks, Silvia Federici, and Jackson Katz, we will focus on the following questions:

– Is male violence a men’s issue for men to analyze, discuss and end?
– What are the connections within the current political climate to historical events?
– How do our thoughts and ideology shape our actions and interactions?
– Does capitalism affect how men act in the world?

Details:

This is a closed group for men to talk about this topic. We ask that participants commit to all 4 Thursdays:

The group will meet from 5:30 – 7:00 on November 15, as well as 6:00 – 7:30 on November 29, Dec 6, and Dec 13.

We’ll meet in the Brattleboro Co-op Community Room. Readings will be provided. Refreshments will be served. This is a free event.

Please email us at brattleborosolidarity@gmail.com to sign up.

We are now offering one weekly class in Brattleboro on Thursdays. 6:15-7:45pm. FIRST CLASS starts 8/23/2018.
Space is limited in our farm house so we highly encourage pre-registration to guarantee your space!

$18 drop in single class. You can pay with a credit card, or pay by cash when you arrive!

$150 10-Class Pass (includes 2 FREE months of KYB Connected!). Visit https://siribanikaur.com/ to purchase. Class passes are also sold in the studio (cash/check only).

Please note we have cats in the space. Street parking.

Location: Hilltop Montessori School Arts Barn
RSVP: info@hilltopmontessori.org

T’ai Chi Ch’uan Beginners class starting in Brattleboro, VT:
Weekly class taught by Patrick Cavanaugh, senior instructor of Long River Tai Chi Circle.
Registration open thru Nov. 29 – the class will go on beyond that date. Cost: $65/month.
For more info: call 802-490-6405 / email: patrick@longrivertaichi.org. Website: longrivertaichi.org
Starting Nov. 1, 2018 – Thursdays 6:30-7:30 pm at Headroom Stages, 17 Elliot St.
#Taichibrattleboro #Longrivertaichi #Taichichuan
Tai Chi in Brattleboro – at Headroom Stages.

“A Night of Surrealist Games” with Roger C. Miller (Mission of Burma, Alloy Orchestra)
Thursday, November 15, 2018
7 pm to 9:30 pm
118 Elliot
Brattleboro, VT
$10.00 tickets, at the door via cash, check or credit card.

Fun for all ages and great games to play over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend!

Sales via Eventbrite Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-night-of-surrealist-games-hosted-by-roger-c-miller-tickets-50582297012

Surrealist Games Link: https://rogerclarkmiller.com/surrealist-games-night/

Learn and play the riotous mind-bending games that were developed by Andre Breton and his co-conspirators during the 1920’s and ’30’s, the heyday of surrealism. Games include the Exquisite Corpse drawing game (advanced drawing skills not required!), the Dream Game (a board game where you end up creating a dream!), and many varieties of surrealist word games. The consummate master of ceremonies, Miller will not only explain and lead the games to kick off the event, but he’ll also DJ – providing a surrealistic soundtrack to the evening. (Paper and drawing/writing tools will be supplied).

Says Miller, “A great virtue is that these games are not at all competitive. A person who is an experienced artist may interact with a more naive drawer to produce a brilliant composition. It’s a thrill for me to see people, many who never met before they sat down together to play, collectively create something brand new.”

” ‘A Night of Surrealist Games’ was a first for us and an overwhelming patron favorite. His knowledge of Surrealism and skill in getting strangers to play together was a smashing success!” I.C.A. Boston

“A hilarious, creative, and healthy mix of mind-bend, head-clearing, and humor-refraction.” 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH.

Roger C. Miller is the guitarist for Mission of Burma and the keyboardist for Alloy Orchestra. He has conducted “A Night of Surrealist Games” at Mass MoCA, the Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston), Real Art Ways (Hartford, CT.), 3S Artspace (Portsmouth, N.H.,) and many others. He has shown his Surrealist drawings in solo and group exhibitions.

To learn more visit https://rogerclarkmiller.com/about/.

Josie’s Magical Flute and Friends – a troupe of improv comedy performers – will provide a night of comedy
at Shea Theater in Turners Falls on Thursday, November 15th at 7:30p.m.

This month’s show is welcoming special guest Laura Patrick of the Valley’s long running and wildly popular improv troupe The Ha-Ha’s.

Josie’s is a long form improv troupe comprised of Julie Waggoner, Sally Ekus, and Mandy Anderson. The three women have been playing together since 2016, and perform regularly as part of their short form’ish troupe Not In Charge (NIC) which performs monthly at the Happier Valley Comedy Theater in Hadley, Ma on the third Saturday through Spring ’19.

Julie Waggoner is a Valley comedy veteran who performed standup comedy for 10 years, and then played with the Villa Jidiots for another 10 years. She’s a member of The Majesters Comedy Troupe, a frequent guest performer with The Ha-Ha’s, and a long-time actress with Pauline Productions of Ashfield, as well as the Transperformance and a variety of local plays and play readings. She teaches improv comedy through Happier Valley Comedy (HVC), a local school and comedy organization founded by Pam Victor.

Mandy Anderson is a member of the Happier Valley Comedy HVChampionship Team and also a member of the Majesters Comedy Troupe. Sally Ekus is the producer as well as a cast member of the Happier Family Comedy Show, and both she and Mandy are guest performers with The Ha-Ha’s.

This month’s Friends at the Shea are local troupe Not In Charge, comprised of Jim Young, Kate Jopson, Maddy Benjamin, as well as all three members of Josie’s.

Doors open at 7!
Tickets only $7!

Diana Son’s Stop Kiss is the story of a secret romance that unfolds in the months before and after the commission of a brutal hate crime. The piece sensitively chronicles that sexual awakening of two appealing young women as they tiptoe around mutual desire and elaborates on the depths of human emotion and compassion.

Due to adult language and mature subject matter, Stop Kiss is recommended for high school age and older.

Theatre/Location: Wright Theatre

Price: $12 General Public / $8 Seniors & Youth / $6 KSC Students

NV Concepts Presents:

The FEASTIVAL at The Mullins Center on Thursday, November 15th, featuring a star-studded multi-genre line up that includes the Pioneer of trap music and award-winning Gucci Mane, Carnage and emerging young Miami based rapper Smokepurpp.

More to be announced!

Gucci Mane – A pioneer in the trap music scene, Gucci Mane embodies his own recognizable style while staying true to his Atlanta-based rapper roots. He and his collaborations have provided some of the hottest party tunes of his genre with heavy hitting tracks such as I Get The Bag feat. Migos, Both feat. Drake, and Champions by Kanye West feat. Gucci Mane.

Carnage – Hailing from Guatemala as one of EDM’s most well-known DJs, Carnage is no stranger to the trap, hip-hop, and bass scenes. Nicknamed El Diablo (previously Papi Gordo), he’s recognized for having one of the hardest live sets of his genre as he unleashes “A State of Carnage” upon his audiences around the world.

Smokepurpp – Born in Chicago and raised in sunny Miami, SmokePurpp is revered as one of the top “Soundcloud rap” figures in the industry. Since releasing his debut mixtape in the fall of 2017 he has influenced and risen to fame alongside similar artists such as Lil Pump and the late XXXTentacion.

SUPPORT:
Hoodrich Pablo Juan
Honeycomb

Mullins Center

UMass Amherst
200 Commonwealth Ave.
Amherst, MA 01002

All sales final | No refunds

• • Note: This event is NOT exclusive to UMASS students • •

North American Premier!
In collaboration with the Northampton Film Festival.

Doors at 7, screening at 7:30

8 dollars at the door or at rootcellar.com

Ludo is Fantastic
Directed by Willie Stewart
Ireland/Belgium
2018

Since the early 1960’s, wildman Ludo Mich has been actively operating on the fringes and the fringes of the fringes of the Antwerp underground art scene. Ludo exists inside the ‘M Dimension’ the world of his own creation in which he has produced a significant body of work across visual art, holographic sculpture, Fluxus film, performance, Avant Garde science and philosophy. The core of his work is always the same: a need to stay pure to his own beliefs, regardless of the consequence. His family and friends know Ludo to be full of love and generosity. Devoted fans know him as a performer who continues to surprise and astonish. But despite 50 plus years of production, Ludo remains practically unknown outside of Belgium. ‘It is his curse to be an outlaw, always,’ remarks his housemate Frank. Ludo has been banned from numerous bars and cafes in his home town due to arousals of raucous happenings and incidents of nudity. In 2014, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts threatened to sue Ludo over a claim that a performance of his instigated the audience to mishandle works from the Academy’s collection. The police have been called to his home/studio on numerous occasions by neighbors complaining that Ludo’s loud barbarous joyful laughter had been going on for just too long. Now in his 70’s, Ludo’s work continues to gain integrity as he ignores conformity, financial gain and stays one step ahead of conventional and conservative art. Through a mix of archival footage, interviews with family and friends and fly on the wall footage, Ludo Is Fantastic immerses us in the world of the ‘Mich Dimension.’

More detals to be announced…

Doors: 7:30 pm
Show: 8:00 pm
$10 in advance – $15 day of show

Americana artist May Erlewine has been called “Michigan’s Songbird,” but her songs have traveled far beyond her home state. One of the most prolific and passionate songwriters of her generation, May’s music has touched the hearts of people all over the world. May pulls from a wide variety of sounds and influences to create her unique musical landscape. You’ll hear traditional folk roots, old time country swing, soul and rock and roll but mostly she’s inspired by the hearts of the people and the one in her chest. This music is about feeling and it’s about telling life’s stories. http://mayerlewine.com

“May Erlewine has the sort of soul-baring voice that moves the Alan Lomaxes of the world to abandon the ivory tower for the back roads of rural America.” —The Harvard Independent

Video: https://youtu.be/qH0qrHdb8jg

May Erlewine will perform with Anand Nayak, Max Lockwood and Julian Allen.

Zoë Darrow is an accomplished fiddler and musician of rare intensity and expressive range who grew up playing Cape Breton and other Celtic music on a sheep farm in Blandford, MA. She is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College with a degree in anthropology and music. The Valley Advocate named her band the Fiddleheads the “Best Celtic Band” in 2007 and Celtic Heritage Magazine acclaimed Zoë as an artist “destined to add savory spice to the global mix.” https://www.zoedarrow.com

The Mallett Brothers Band is an independent rock and roll / Americana / country band from Maine. Their busy tour schedule since forming in 2009 has helped them to build a dedicated fanbase across the U.S. and beyond while still calling the state of Maine their home. With a style that ranges from alt-country to Americana, country, jam and roots rock, theirs is a musical melting pot that’s influenced equally by the singer/songwriter tradition as by harder rock, classic country and psychedelic sounds.

Texas Hill Country Explore Magazine calls them New Englands wildly eclectic crew of genre rebels. Bill Copeland Music News says Combining their authentic roots rock sound with a reflective lyrical style that perceives stories on the level of epic myth, its like William Faulkner has been resurrected with an electric guitar in hand..”

The Mallett Brothers Band has performed at some of the countrys top venues and festivals, including Austin Texass famed Continental Club; Alexandria, Virginias Birchmere (sharing the stage with Oklahoma red-dirt rockers The Turnpike Troubadors), New Hampshires Meadowbrook Pavilion (opening for The Allman Brothers Band, and again opening for Lynyrd Skynyrd); Nashvilles Bluebird; and Little Rocks The Rev Room, to name a few. Festival appearances include FloydFest (Virginia), Hop Jam (Vermont), Nateva (Maine), The New England Country Music Festival (New Hampshire), Eastbound Throwdown (New York), and many more.

Navigating a diversity of repertoire, Jason Scaggs and Jeff Richardson, accompanied by phenomenal drummer Marcel LeClaire, play with enthusiasm and ease, engaging their instruments, the audience, and each other with a symbiotic musicianship that echoes the past while embracing the present.

The Wyld Nightz Band has been rocking the tri-state area for over 20 years. They have been voted best local band by the Brattleboro Reformer the last three years in a row. Their video “Artist a la Mode: Wyld Nightz Band” won best video in the BCTV People’s Choice Video Awards for 2017. The band plays an eclectic mix of contemporary and classic rock music

Children learn best while their hands are moving and their bellies full of healthy snacks. Send your child 6-13 to learn and grow with Lisa Holderness, MS – 30+ years of inspirational teaching. Join us on Brook Meadow Farm, just 5 minutes from Adacemy and Downtown Brattleboro, ten minutes from Neighborhood Schoolhouse. We’ll be growing and preserving food, doing fiber arts, building, caring for the animals, and caring for each other in a small, nurturing, highly intellectual and humor-filled environment. $50/day or $30/day prepaid. Includes healthy snacks, organic food and flower harvest to bring home and feed your family. First seven pre-paid registrations get transportation from Neighborhood Schoolhouse at 12:00 pick up. Other transportation may be available. Contact Lisa or Rachelle with any questions!

Event for Gathering Place Participants. If you are interested, please message us for more information.

With playful harmonies, acoustic guitars, percussion and upright bass, Sharon Leslie and Daniel Kasnitz perform lovingly re-imagined, acoustic versions of popular hits with a funky, jazzy twist.

This one-hour participatory group Is designed to help people with chronic pain better deal with their pain and manage their recovery. Chronic pain can be a difficulty for many people in recovery. The severity and frequency of chronic pain can often lead to opioid dependence because of the prescription of prescribed medications.

This group will be facilitated by Cecil W. McLaury. Cecil has been in recovery for 33 years and has been in daily chronic pain since 2003.

Learn the basics of bellydance! Hip twists, drops, lifts, shimmies, figure 8s, and undulations, plus arm, torso, and chest movements. It’s not just the belly that dances — it’s the whole body!
Crystal fell in love with the joy of bellydance in 1989 and has been shimmying, twisting, and undulating ever since. She studied bellydance with dancers from North Africa and the Middle East in Paris, Boston, and across New England. She now teaches periodically at Sobo Studio and complements her love of Middle Eastern music by playing Arabic violin.

Move and Connect happens each Friday from 5:30-6:30p in the shop. Free. All abilities welcome. Come move your body in a fun, judgement-free zone.

*We will be taking a break for the Holiday Season. Stay tuned for other events and for future classes!

Yes yes llama family, we are holding a very special event for this years production. Once again at the Shea Theater, expect an extremely fashionable time. Dress in your best for a chance to walk the runway and leave with the glamorous golden llama trophy.

This event is ALL AGES!!!!

A Benefit for the Franklin Area Survival Center – please bring non perishable food items for collection. The Survival Center will also be selling concessions, keeping all the proceeds, and available to talk with you about their organization at the event.

Unlimited by genres, trends, or even good taste, Llama Lasagne is an ever evolving circus of musicians who host themed costume parties for fun and charity with a supergroup twist.

Llama Lasagne presents: Glamourama Llama. In its most fashionable show to date (more so than even the Llama Lladies Night in 2016) local musicians, artists, circus performers, theatrical folk and you will be getting dolled up and glammed out for the local community as Llama Lasagne hits the runway this fall.

Expect film crews, fashion show judges, & paparazzi in full effect as this ever evolving circus of musicians who host themed costume parties for fun and charity pull together for this year’s Llama Lasagne production.

Perhaps you will be victor of the runway competition, leaving the Shea as sole possessor of the golden llama trophy! Unlimited by genres, trends, or even good taste, Llama Lasagne is taking its twist on the supergroup concept to the red carpet on November 16. Its a one time only event, don’t miss out!

We’d like to thank our generous sponsors for this event for providing rehearsal space, props, costumes, discounts, financial assistance, sound + visi and circus participants, and catering: Valley Free Radio, Retro Genie Vintage Clothing and Accessories, Cirque To Go, A Common Thread, Ronin Audio Productions, The Duffy Academy of Irish Dance, Northfire Recording Studio, Rack Addik, The Buzz, A Honey Pot Production, and Dan Thomas Music.

This is turning into a wild affair!

Diana Son’s Stop Kiss is the story of a secret romance that unfolds in the months before and after the commission of a brutal hate crime. The piece sensitively chronicles that sexual awakening of two appealing young women as they tiptoe around mutual desire and elaborates on the depths of human emotion and compassion.

Due to adult language and mature subject matter, Stop Kiss is recommended for high school age and older.

Theatre/Location: Wright Theatre

Price: $12 General Public / $8 Seniors & Youth / $6 KSC Students

Steered by famed bassist and founder Aston “Familyman” Barrett, the legendary WAILERS band continues to bring its revolutionary sound to fans around the world. From 1973 to 1980, Bob Marley & The Wailers recorded, toured, and performed before countless millions worldwide. Since 1981, Familyman has carried on the mission to “keep The Wailers together,” just as Bob requested, affirming: “By doing that, you keep me alive through the music.”

ROOTS OF CREATION: Reggae/rock/dubtronica band Roots of Creation(RoC) offers up a high-energy, infectious live music experience. Their mix of reggae riddims, conscious lyrics, spirited horn lines, and electronic beats makes crowds move and has their loyal underground fan base (RoC Family) and street team (Universal Soldiers) travelling the distance to pack venues from coast-to-coast.

PLEASE NOTE: The Orchestra pit will not be seated for this show. There will be dancing! Unless you are prepared to stand you are advised to buy tickets from row 7 back.

Doors: 7:00 pm
Show: 8:00 pm
$18 advance – $23 day of show

Join us for a night of stand-up comedy, featuring the nationally-heading Julie Scotti, Anita Wise, Jon Ross and more!

Julia Scotti is a nationally-headlining comedian, former teacher, author, speaker, and woman of transgendered experience. She was named one of the Top Five Transgender Comedians in the country by Advocate magazine in 2012. She went on to become the first transgendered woman and finalist in the New York Based Ladies of Laughter Competition. She was a quarter-finalist on season 11 America’s Got Talent in 2016. with Simon Cowell saying, “You genuinely made me laugh,” and Howie Mandel saying, “You have so much to offer, you are a joy.” http://www.juliascotti.com

Jon Ross is an award-winning comedian and writer (Not Necessarily the News, CatDog, Lucky Louie) from Western Massachusetts.

Janel Munoa began her singing career as a little girl Howling through the dark Oak forests at the edge of her tribes Reservation in Southern California, just an hour South of Los Angeles. Growing up Luiseno Indian, her native Howls now spill over into the rock, soul, blues, and laces of hip hop that infuse her music. Janel’s debut album “Howls From Deep in the Woods” is wild and full of her unique perspective. Her dark timbered voice conjures up a live performance that is full of energy, quirk, and ceremony, drawing the audience into her world.

“Living the dream,” that well-worn adage for getting everything that you’ve ever wanted, comes with a few of its own consequences. At least, that’s the realization which came to Emma DeCorsey, a Chilean-born, Wisconsin-raised New Yorker and front woman of lauded Brooklyn indie rock band I Am The Polish Army (whose last record “My Old Man” was named by Rolling Stone as one of the “15 Great Albums You Probably Didn’t Hear in 2017”), when her boyfriend and bandmate Turner Stough was going to be away on tour playing bass with acclaimed cult rocker Shilpa Ray for two months. Even though she was in the relationship she had always dreamt of and was doing what she’d always dreamt of doing, those dreams meant accepting the absence of her loved one.

Even with this understanding, it wasn’t easy to simply tuck those feelings away to be dealt with at a more convenient time. She felt a particular desire to address these feelings through music, but it would need to be something different than what she was doing with I Am The Polish Army, something distinctly aligned with her own emotional turbulence and the subsequent recognition of that ache. So DeCorsey went walking down the street to her friend Duane Lauginiger, who also happens to be a member of fellow Brooklyn band BIRDS, and proposed a new project of raw and spontaneous design. The resulting sessions led to four songs, each developing into a fevered love letter to Stough and collectively becoming her forthcoming solo EP, “The Dream,” which is due out on Lauginiger’s Time Castle Recordings label.

These songs would also differ from her work with I Am the Polish Army in the way that they approached their own construction. Whereas her previous work with the band was a labor of intense musical preparation, these new tracks were arranged and produced as impulse and instinct vied for control in the studio. Her desire to avoid the reality of loneliness presented by Turner’s absence was a motivating factor in her work, but these songs represent more than just one person’s desire to avoid negative realities – they were a way for her to build and sustain her own self-confidence, a chance to experience these feelings outside of a band dynamic and to discover that she could find strength and support within her own abilities and decisions. Whether reaching for some transcendental guitar-based revelation or reveling in the intimacy of a single moment spent with the object of your undivided affection, DeCorsey mines this landscape of love and longing as if it had never been broached before.

Based in Brattleboro Vermont, I Love You! is an amalgam of melancholy and orphic drive with infectious melodies and haunting lyricism. I Love You! is made up of all queer members who strive to create a safe queer space for queer show-goers.

All Ages with ID or guardian. $10. Doors at 8PM, Music at 9PM.

Mosses
Mosses emerged from the heart and mind of Ryan Jewell as a solo outlet for the songs and experiments he was writing that didn’t quite fit with his existing projects. Now active as the duo of Danette Bordenkircher and Ryan Jewell, the sound is eclectic with heavy elements of folk, psych, free jazz, rock and roll, and modal improvisation that are played on 6 and 12-string acoustic and electric guitars, organs, synthesizers, dulcimers, drums, tabla and voice.
https://mosses.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/mosssses

Wet Tuna
Utterly boo-licious debut slab by this new duo, made up of Matt “MV” Valentine and Pat “P.G. Six” Gubler, who have been in cahoots since the near-forgotten days of Memphis Luxure. The pair (mostly known for guitar-aktion) create a full band’s worth of jams using percussion and keys and all-else. The results make for one of the more mind-melting platters to’ve hit the Valley in a good while.
Like many of the best sides this pair has been associated with, the music on Livin’ the Die is an elegant balance of ramble and spear. The songs’ formats are as loose as Earl Butz’s shoes but each of them is lanced with guitar sounds as tight as his legendary fist. Around these spumes of electric menace you’ll find rings of crazy space burble and vocals so deeply layered they sound like something happening in the back of Daevid Allen’s brain. But large swathes of the album are rurally expansive, as befits the mountainside on which it was recorded.
Pods of guitar-pedal-whomp slowly surface in the middle of whirling sea of harmonica slurps, juice harp bwongs and vocals as dreamy as they are lost. Roll a bone or be one. The choice, as always, is yours.
– byron coley
winter 201
https://wettuna.bandcamp.com/releases

Favorites from the Great American Rock/Pop Era—plus blues, country, snippets of TV/Opera/Movie themes included! The emphasis is on fun energy, a warm connection with the audience, and an entertaining mix of familiar and surprising material.

Footings: http://footings.bandcamp.com
Eric Gagne (from here; Toadstool guy), Fuchsia (Portland, metalsmith / viola / camera), Jordan (Rick Rude), Candace (? maybe), Wren (pretty sure)

State Champion: https://sophomorelounge.bandcamp.com/album/state-champion-fantasy-error
KILLER band from Louisville Kentucky. Don’t sleep on this show.

$8 / 21+

Snack & Storytime presented by the Brattleboro Food Co-op, stories and snacks to feed your imagination. A free event every Friday, stay and play for regular admission.
Thank you to the Co-op & the working members who volunteer to read! Interested in volunteering, contact Lizi at eocbfc@sover.net
For more info on great co-op happenings for children and families go to http://www.brattleborofoodcoop.coop/events/

Vendors and Crafters will be setting up through Green Street School. Their goods will be available for sale, and just in time for the holidays! We will be hosting a raffle filled with items donated by our sellers, and a bake sale. Proceeds from the event will go towards PTO initiatives for field trips, enrichment, and winter sports programs.

To become a vendor contact gsspto@wsesu.org *Update* as of 10/31 we have filled our vendor spaces! The school is brimming this year, but keep us in mind for next year.

Date: Saturday Nov. 17, 2018 and Sunday November 18, 2018
Location: Hilltop Montessori Campus, Brattleboro, VT

This year the BIPOCC joins with the People Of Color Caucus (POCC) of Black Lives Matter of Greater Burlington – our sista caucus – with help from the Robin Foundation, to have the first statewide POC Caucus retreat. The retreat will focus on three elements: healing ourselves and amongst each other; building authentic long lasting relationships where we can show up for one another; and taking action to develop an effective statewide POC Caucus that serves the needs of our communities.

REGISTER HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSceNMdCKW0y4HsapH5-2NZtsf5NbNWjEudm1_TtljBv2_9ogQ/viewform

Please keep in mind that with this being the first Statewide Caucus Retreat, we will make our best attempts to accommodate everyone as well as possible and look forward to discussing what we can work together to do to make this retreat accessible for you and your family.

Come join this transformative breath educator and learn a tool you can use in your daily life to negotiate emotional, mental and physical experience. Class includes the three levels of the breath, breath awareness exercise, what is an open, healthy breath, innate emotional intelligence, fully facilitated connected breath session and debrief

Anxiety, fear, depression, financial woes, and unhappy relationships can all be forms of an unconscious inheritance from our family of origin. Our Constellation workshops offer opportunities to explore and shift personal, relationship, and work-related issues in the safety of a healing circle.

The day unfolds in the style of Bert Hellinger’s Family Constellation work. Bring your issues, questions and presence to one or more of these powerful day-long events and you most likely walk away with just the medicine that you needed. There are monthly opportunities for both beginners and continuing students.

Facilitator: Samvedam Randles, LMHC, Dipl. Psych. & Director of the Inner Arts Institute. Samvedam has been leading Family Constellations for 15 years.

Cost: $125

Learn more and register at https://innerartsinstitute.com/events2/family-constellation-workshops/

50+ Vendors selling work for $50 and under.
All ages / Free!

Come have lunch, meet up with friends, do your shopping for the week, and listen to live, local music.

The Brattleboro Winter Farmers’ Market is open every Saturday November through March from 10am – 2pm.

Credit, debit & EBT welcome
EBT Double Up – Turn $10 into $20!

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“Above all else, the market provides an opportunity for members of our community to connect and truly support our neighbors…”
—Eben Viens, Brattleboro resident

WHAT: A vigorous flow and core-based yoga class for all, regardless of ability to pay. Not a beginner yoga class, but accessible to every body.
HOW: Suggested donation of $5-15
WHEN: Tuesdays 5:00 – 6:30pm with Laura
Saturdays 10:15 – 11:45am with Jonathan
WHERE: 118 Elliot, Brattleboro
WHY: All proceeds benefit The Women’s Freedom Center. And, it’s yoga.

In year 10 of our 25-year exhibition, Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective, “the most perfect union of contemporary art and architecture in the United States,” (Los Angeles Times) we celebrate with a series of artist talks, stories, and scholarly discussion, with a full day of activities punctuated by performances from artists whose work has been influenced by LeWitt.

11:00am: Symposium
In The Machine that Makes the Art? Interpretation, Collaboration, and Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawings, explore the evolution from LeWitt’s argument in “Paragraphs on Conceptual Art“ that “the execution is a perfunctory affair,” to his belief articulated in “Doing Wall Drawings“ that the drafter of a wall drawing is a “collaborator,” while diving into a few overarching questions: What is the role of the drafter in interpreting the wall drawings? Of the viewer? And what is the legacy of LeWitt’s evolving ideas about the role of collaboration and interpretation? Lindsay Aveilhe, Susan Cross, Charles W. Haxthausen, Anna Lovatt, Veronica Roberts, and Christopher Vacchio will present, followed by a conversation. RSVP to 413.664.4481 x1 or boxoffice@massmoca.org.

1:30pm: Pop-up stories and Performances in the galleries
Artists Spencer Finch, Karl Larson, Jeffrey Gibson, Sameer Gupta, Abhik Mukherjee, Barbara Takenaga, Tigue, Joe Wardwell, and LeWitt master draftsman John Hogan pop up, share stories, and present work inspired by the father of conceptualism. Free with museum admission.

1:30pm – Karl Larson
1:50pm- John Hogan
2:20pm – Jason Moran
3:20pm – Spencer Finch and Barbara Takenaga
3:35pm – Tigue
4pm – Joe Wardwell and Jeffrey Gibson
4:15pm – Sameer Gupta

7pm: Dinner and performances
Cap the day with a celebration dinner and performances by Quindar (with Wilco’s Mikael Jorgensen), and jazz impresario and MacArthur “Genius,” Jason Moran. Tickets can be purchased here:
https://tickets.massmoca.org/single/SelectSeating.aspx?p=4425

All Day: Family events
A Sol LeWitt treasure hunt and LeWitt-inspired art-making at the Art Bar in Kidspace.

PCT will run a loop of continuous cartoons on November 17th during the hours of 11 am to 2 pm in congruence with the Holiday Stroll and Broke, the Affordable Arts Fair. Come in and sit down, take a load off, and watch a few cartoons, then you can head back out and shop to your heart’s delight. We’ll have fresh popcorn and drinks available, just like always.

Adventures with Super Bee are 20 to 30-minute interactive dance theater shows that delight young children aged toddler through preschool. Super Bee presentations use entertainment and play to aid in the development of social and emotional literacy while promoting physical fitness and self-expression through dance.

Presented by Cyndal Ellis of Sobo Studio, Super Bee shows have run at KidsPLAYce for over 3 yrs as a special Saturday engagement for children and families. Connected to an early education program? Interested in hosting a show at your location or developing programming for your young participants? Contact Michelle Mahin at kidsplaycevt@gmail.com

Exploring the Dance of Light and Shadow through Contact Improvisation

Learn basics of Contact Improv and deepen connection with your inner landscape as the season shifts. We will explore qualities of warmth, courage, self-awareness, and rest. Participants will gain confidence with giving/receiving weight, compression, and authentic movement.

Cost: $40 for both, $25 for single

Taina Lyons is a group facilitator, holistic therapist, meditator, clown-mama, and dancer. She is curious about how movement, awareness,intimacy, and intention create a container for transformation and growth.

Taina Lyons is a group facilitator, holistic therapist, meditator, clown-mama, and dancer. She is curious about how movement, awareness,intimacy, and intention create a container for transformation and growth.

Becoming a mother is absolutely amazing in so many ways….and it’s also very challenging. When we become mothers we sometimes feel as if we have lost a part of ourselves. We feel so tired and consumed by taking care of another being that it can feel impossible to care for ourselves in a meaningful way.

Life doesn’t look anything like it did before baby and reconciling that can be hard. We may ask ourselves:
*Where did all the time go?
*How do I get anything done?
*How am I going to do this?
*Am I doing this mother thing right?

And then there’s the exhaustion, stress, and overwhelm.

This weekend, join a circle of mothers who understand your experience and who will offer loving support wherever you are on the mama journey.

Join the Mama Retreat and reconnect with your whole self.

During this retreat you will:
-let go of stress and overwhelm
-get reinvigorated and re-inspired
-receive lots of loving support

THE MAMA RETREAT INCLUDES:
-BEING CREATIVE: Experience that wonder and playfulness that comes from exploring colors, textures, and making things with your hands. (no art experience needed)

-MOVEMENT: Explore gentle yoga poses to reconnect with your body and experience moving calmly and thoughtfully (versus the fast and furious mother’s pace).

-REFLECTIVE WRITING & SHARING: Spend time with your own thoughts and feelings as you write and share.

-VISUALIZATION & MEDITATION: Slow down, drop in, and realign with who you are and what you crave.

-MAMA CIRCLE: Sit in circle with mothers, who like you, know the pain of exhaustion, the lingering “Am I Doing this Right?” question, and the heart expanding experience of motherhood. Sit, listen, share, and be supported for who you are, as a woman and as a mother.

You are a mother and you are more than a mother. May this Mama Retreat reconnect you to your playfulness, creativity, vibrancy, and wisdom.

HOW YOU WILL FEEL AFTER THE RETREAT:
This retreat will help you show up to mothering with more patience, presence, and ease. You will remember, you CAN do this….you can get through the hard nights and tough moments….you are a warrior.

MAMA RETREAT
with Amanda Upton
Saturday, Nov. 17th | 1:00-5:00pm
$55
> > Sign Up Here: putneymoves.com/workshops < < **The Mama Retreat is for all mothers, especially those within the first year of motherhood. Babies in arms are welcome (please no crawlers or walkers). “I love Amanda’s gentle invitation to use the time (and canvas) for ourselves as mothers, and the space that she creates for us to ground ourselves, get connected, and process our experiences on many levels is a breath of fresh air.” - Anne

Did you know that museum visitors on average spend 10 seconds observing an individual work of art?

On the third Saturday of October, November, and December, we will be challenging this statistic by hosting Slow Art Tours.

This free contemplative tour will include guided insight exercises and slow viewings of art throughout MASS MoCA’s galleries.

This is part of our Adult Education programming, please leave the kiddos at home!

RSVP is requested, but not required. Space is limited, but we should be able to accept walk-ups day of. Please send KIDSPACE a direct message on Facebook if you are interested!

Brooks Memorial Library presents a free Creative Writing Course led by award-winning author Barbara Morrison on eight Saturdays, October 20 through December 12 from 3-5 p.m. There will be no class on November 10. This course is for anyone who wants to understand or review the fundamentals of creative writing. Adults and teens are welcome.

These classes—appropriate for both beginning and experienced writers—will help readers and writers better understand and appreciate how a story is put together and give them the tools to create their own. Using readings and guided writing sprints, we will explore techniques used in creative writing and practice applying them. There will be opportunities to critique each other’s work using guidelines that inspire constructive and positive suggestions. By focusing on the craft of writing, this course will nurture the inspiration and confidence needed to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) while also giving writers the skills to make their work shine.

Space is limited. To register for the eight-session course or for more information, contact Brooks Memorial Library: 802-254-5290, info@brookslibraryvt.org

Latchis Arts continues its Exhibition on Screen series of cinematic films about the world’s great art and artists, featuring “Degas: Passion for Perfection,” provising an intimate and revealing look at his life and work. Admission $12 at the door, $6 for students. Visit latchisarts.org.

Village Square Booksellers will host the launch event of Bellows Falls resident Joe Milliken’s – Let’s Go: Benjamin Orr & The Cars – on Saturday November 17 at 5PM.

Often considered the band’s heartthrob, Orr possessed an incredible voice, diverse musical talent and rare stage presence, all balanced by a magnetic, yet enigmatic personality, striking good looks, and a relentless determination to reach rock stardom. Born Benjamin Orzechowski (aka “Benny Eleven Letters”) and raised in the Cleveland suburb of Parma Heights, Orr was, prior to becoming a world-famous rock star with The Cars, a “teen star” as a house band musician for the nationally syndicated television show Upbeat.

A few years later Ben met his musical partner and future Cars’ bandleader, Ric Ocasek, and by 1976 their quest for the perfect blend of songs, bandmates, and musical landscape finally materialized as The Cars. They would go on to sell over 30 million albums worldwide resulting in 15 “Top 40” hits.

This first-ever biography about Orr spans 11 years in the making, as Milliken draws together interviews with over 120 family members, friends, bandmates, and music associates from Orr’s life, as well as many unpublished and never before seen photos from private collections, to reveal an intimate portrait of one of classic rock’s great talents.

About the Author: Joe Milliken has been a music journalist, editor and website publisher for two decades. A die-hard music fan with a degree in visual arts, Joe turned to writing as his creative outlet, first as a local reporter, then a sports/arts & entertainment editor and freelancer. In 2014, he launched Standing Room Only, a website dedicated to promoting music and the arts on a local (New England) and national level. Originally from Boston, Milliken now resides in southern Vermont with his wife, Kelly, and his children, Nate and Erin.

This launch event will include a book signing and Q & A session, some Cars’ music, and a slide show from Milliken’s extensive photo collection prepared by Alan Fowler.

Book Pre-orders:
https://www.villagesquarebooks.com/book/9781538118658

Be sure to let us know if you are attending this event so we can be sure to have an adequate venue.

OUT OF TOWN GUESTS WHO HAVE PRE-PURCHASED A BOOK ELSEWHERE and want a book signed – please expect to make a $5 or more donation for the Children’s Literacy Fund.Village Square Booksellers is collecting book and financial donations for them this month.

The First Annual Candlepin Classic, presented by The Glass Museum & Bowling Acres!

Teams / Tournament setup are being worked out now; please get in touch if you are interested in being a part of it! Lots of beginners, no pressure, all about having a good time. Teams should have at least 2 and no more that 5 players. Team cost will be posted shortly.

The grand prize will be weekend passes for the 2019 Thing in the Spring, t-shirts, posters, and gift certificates to Bowling Acres / Bowling Acres Grill for the winning team.

All the money from the bowling will go toward The Thing 2019 as well. We are a 501c3 non-profit, and it takes a lot of time, resources, and money to make this happen year after year. Thanks to Bowling Acres for partnering up with us! Be sure to get there hungry too; the Bowling Acres Grill is KILLER.

Also, there will be a couple of lanes with bumpers for the kiddos!

As part of THE SPUD release tour, we’re excited to present an evening of readings and performances by Brielle Brilliant, Lace Carter, and Leah Danze.

The SPUD is a puzzle: thinking/watching/living a movie rerun. While its content is most similar to A Clockwork Orange, Sartre’s Nausea, or the work of Cormac McCarthy, its form has more in common with indie films like Badlands and Deleuze’s philosophies on cinema.

“I can’t think of another writer like Brielle Brilliant right now. She’s doing something really unforgettable with language and narrative and memory and time.”
— Scott McClanahan, author of The Sarah Book

Brielle Brilliant is a writer, filmmaker, and prank caller. She is the author of The Curtsy Family (Thoughtcrime Press), the director of STREAKERS, and the voice behind Calls/Deliveries. Her series, Illocutionary Hay, can be found on exhibition at Open House Contemporary in Chicago, IL. Her book, The SPUD, is now available online and will be released in stores November 6th, through Featherproof Books Press.

Lace Carter makes zines, paintings, tattoos, and objects of varying levels of usefulness. They tell stories about the pain and joy of the human experience.

Leah Danze paints, draws, and makes creatures out of cardboard and clay. Her artwork explores the desire and dance for intimacy.

Come and enjoy some good music, satire, and social commentary! Tom Nielson & Lynn Waldron perform music for social change, with Namaya Art Rat for Peace opening. Tom was nominated in 2015 for the UN Nelson Mandela Award for Lifetime Achievement in Peace and Justice and “does a great job of reminding people of what is really important, and the power of folk music to say it.” Sponsored by GRACE Cares.

Suggested donation: $10-20
Buy tickets at:
https://ticketelf.com/events/tom-neilson-lynn-waldron

Location: Blue Heron Pond Studio, 773 Guilford Street, Brattleboro.

Info: zoe@gracecares.org

Leonids: Autumn Stars and Meteors
Saturday, November 17th 7 pm at BEEC
Free – donations welcome!
Join star gazer, story teller, and night owl Bob Anderson for a November night experience— watching the Leonid meteor shower from the summit of Heifer Hill. At 7, gather round the campfire. Bob will conduct a tour of the November constellations and tell the stories behind their names. The Leonid shower occurs when Earth crosses the orbital path of Comet Tempel-Tuttle, causing debris left in its path to vaporize when it enters the atmosphere. Dress VERY warmly and bring a flashlight, preferably with a red filter, and something to sit on.
Please let us know you’re coming: http://www.beec.org/what-we-do/public-programs-and-events/walks-talks/

Doors: 6:30PM
Show: 7:00PM
All Ages

Hubby Jenkins is a talented multi-instrumentalist who endeavors to share his love and knowledge of old-time American music. Born and raised in Brooklyn he delved into his Southern roots, following the thread of African American history that wove itself through country blues, ragtime, fiddle and banjo, and traditional jazz. Hubby got his higher musical education started as a busker. He developed his guitar and vocal craft on the sidewalks and subway platforms of New York City, performing material by those venerable artists whose work he was quickly absorbing. An ambitiously itinerant musician, he took his show on the road, playing the streets, coffee shops, bars, and house parties of cities around the U.S.
After years of busking around the country and making a name for himself, Hubby became acquainted with the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Since 2010 he has been an integral part of the Grammy award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops and continues to make solo performances.

Melding blues, folk, country and American primitive styles, Eli Catlin plays and sings with an intensity and honesty, which make for a truly engaging musical experience. Eli has opened for acts such as Joe Lois Walker, Roomful of Blues and JD McPherson, Robert Cray as well as headlining many of his own shows. As a featured headliner in the 2016 Guthrie Center’s Troubadour series, they wrote, “This young artist offered up both originals along with some classic blues in his own masterful arrangements for an outstanding performance!”

An evening of extraordinary sounds

The Brattleboro Women’s Chorus will present their annual fall concerts, “Keep Hope Alive,” on November 17 and 18 at The Brick Church (formerly the Baptist Church) in downtown Brattleboro. Joining the eighty women and director Becky Graber will be Cathy Martin on piano, Julian McBrowne on bass, and Lisa McCormick on guitar and with her ukulele orchestra.

Several songs will feature arrangements by local musicians – Andy Davis’s four-part arrangement of “Let the Life I’ve Lived” and Peter Amidon’s “Crossing the Bar.” Graber arranged the wondrous song by India Arie, “I Am Light.” There will be songs that were learned by the nineteen chorus members who attended the Sister Singers Festival in Michigan last summer, including “With Great Love,” “Stand in That River,” and “Walk My Own Revolution.” And the title song, “Keep Hope Alive” by Ysaye Barnwell promises to be a grand finale with ukuleles, bass, singers, and audience all involved.

The concerts will be on Saturday, November 17 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, November 18 at 4:00 pm, both at The Brick Church (formerly the Baptist Church), 190 Main Street. Tickets are available at BrownPaperTickets.org or at the door and are $12 Adult, $20 Generous, and $10 Student and Senior. More information is at BrattleboroWomensChorus.org or 802-254-8994.

Diana Son’s Stop Kiss is the story of a secret romance that unfolds in the months before and after the commission of a brutal hate crime. The piece sensitively chronicles that sexual awakening of two appealing young women as they tiptoe around mutual desire and elaborates on the depths of human emotion and compassion.

Due to adult language and mature subject matter, Stop Kiss is recommended for high school age and older.

Theatre/Location: Wright Theatre

Price: $12 General Public / $8 Seniors & Youth / $6 KSC Students

Next Stage Arts presents jazz vocalists Wanda Houston and Samirah Evans Singing Classic Duets and more on Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 7:30PM. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, available online at nextstagearts.org and at Turn it Up in Brattleboro and Putney Coop three weeks in advance of the show.

Wanda L. Houston has lived and performed professionally throughout the U.S., Europe and Australia. She has performed on Broadway stages, in films, recordings and television. Living on the East Coast in New York and New England has returned her to the roots of her career, music, and connected her with musicians who share her joy and belief in the power of its effect on the hearts of the people who take the time to listen.

She has worked in varying capacities with Michael Jackson, Barbara Streisand, John Tuturro, Eddie Izzard, Natalie Cole, Eartha Kitt, Patti LaBelle and Sam Harris on the stages of Pasadena Playhouse, Universal Studios, Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden and Carnegie Hall.

During her career as a performer and recording artist, Samirah Evans has become known for her dynamic and soulful approach to music, especially in the jazz and blues genres. Her musical style is heavily influenced by the New Orleans sound where she was one of the city’s most popular and in-demand singers for nearly 20 years. Her 1990 debut at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival began a run of 15 consecutive appearances, either as a leader or featured vocalist, and she was a fixture in clubs and concert venues throughout the Crescent City, including Snug Harbor, Tipitina’s and the House of Blues. Evans has toured North and South America, Europe and Asia, sharing stages with a multitude of New Orleans notables and legendary artists, including James Brown, B.B. King, Dr. John, Aaron and Charles Neville, Sheila Jordan, Terence Blanchard, Donald Harrison Jr., Poncho Sanchez, Bob Dorough, Irma Thomas, Kermit Ruffins, Trombone Shorty, Jaimoie (of the Allman Brothers), and Sam Kininger.

“Evans’ assets — which once made her the toast of pre-Katrina New Orleans — include her sultry, sometimes silken, always smoking hot vocals and vibrant stage presence.” —Owen McNally, WNPR Jazz Corridor

Wanda and Samirah’s musical connection deepened when Samirah invited Wanda to be featured in her Ladies in Jazz Series, in which they shared duets as well as performed solo selections. Said Samirah about Wanda “ I loved her style and her spirit. When we met it was if we had known each other forever. We both felt like we had a deep connection from the past as if we were sisters. And when we appeared on stage for the first time it was electric!”