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Looking forward to seeing the 1940  film "The Mortal Storm' tonight about a Germany family facing the rise of Hi**er -- ...
10/28/2024

Looking forward to seeing the 1940 film "The Mortal Storm' tonight about a Germany family facing the rise of Hi**er -- timing couldn't be better as the US faces its own moment of truth. Local screenwriter and friend Tim Metcalfe introduces - 7:30 pm.

1h 40m | Approved

Check out newest Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast  featuring area writer Pablo Medina who will be reading at the upcoming...
10/14/2024

Check out newest Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast featuring area writer Pablo Medina who will be reading at the upcoming Brattleboro Literary Festival on Sunday 10/20 at 12:30 pm at 118 Elliot

Host introduces acclaimed writer Pablo Medina, originally from Havana, Cuba, who now lives in Williamsville, Vermont near Brattleboro. Medina will be featured as part of the October 18-12 2024 Brattleboro Literary Festival reading mostly from his new book of poetry "Sea of Broken Mirrors". Medina re...

Looking forward to this next screening on Wed 10/16. Recall Dorothea Lange's dustbowl photos, truly revolutionary.
10/08/2024

Looking forward to this next screening on Wed 10/16. Recall Dorothea Lange's dustbowl photos, truly revolutionary.

On October 16th, DOROTHEA LANGE: GRAB A HUNK OF LIGHTNING is this month's A+D Film Series selection. 🎥 This 110-minute documentary follows the career of Dorothea Lange, one of the most important photographers of the 20th century. Her enduring images document five turbulent decades of American history including the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, Japanese American Internment Camps, and early environmentalism. Her haunting image, Migrant Mother, remains one of the most recognized images in the world and reveals the respect, empathy and sensitivity she brought to all her subjects. 🎥

We're pleased to be a sponsor for this event, hosted by AIA Vermont, Burlington City Arts, and 118 Elliot. Catch a screening in person or online on Wednesday 10/16. More info: https://adfilmseries.org

Nice piece in The Commons about the gorgeous painting exhibit at 118 and the Art Talk, Music & Opening Saturday October ...
10/04/2024

Nice piece in The Commons about the gorgeous painting exhibit at 118 and the Art Talk, Music & Opening Saturday October 5. from 5 to 7pm. The artists are doing a Saturday event because most people going to current iteration of 'Gallery Walk' seem to stay in the parking lot. Cold weather blows the 'Gallery Walk' back to its original intent in Nov when VT JAZZ CENTER young artists bring a lively sonic backdrop to new work and solo show by the incredible Tina Olsen opening FRIDAY NOV 1 GALLERY WALK.

BRATTLEBORO-An exhibition of paintings by Mary Wright and Ellen Maddrey, "Sensing Landscape," is now on display at 118 Elliot, with an opening party planned for Saturday, Oct. 5, from 5 to 7 p.m. The opening party will include live music and dosas made fresh on site by Dosa Kitchen Factory and Food....

TONIGHT WE START A NEW ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN FILM SERIES FEATURING 'SILVERFISH,' WITH INSIGHTS HOW BERLIN IS DEALING WIT...
09/18/2024

TONIGHT WE START A NEW ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN FILM SERIES FEATURING 'SILVERFISH,' WITH INSIGHTS HOW BERLIN IS DEALING WITH HOUSING CRISIS

Soooooo looking forward to Sandglass' Puppets in Green Mountains Festival starting this coming weekend, check it out:
09/03/2024

Soooooo looking forward to Sandglass' Puppets in Green Mountains Festival starting this coming weekend, check it out:

The Festival Sandglass Theater explores what is Just Around the Bend in next Puppets in the Green Mountains international festival Sandglass Theater is thrilled to announce the 12th edition of the Puppets in the Green Mountains (PGM) international festival, September 7th-15th, 2024. Local and intern...

08/22/2024

BRATTLEBORO — Nu Mu 3: The Land of Mu presents “Bennington to Brattleboro: A Musical Journey” at 7 p.m. Friday at 118 Elliot in Brattleboro.

Tonight! Mary LaRose with The Joe Fonda Quartet featuring Jeff Lederer, Michael Rabinowitz, Harvey Sorgen
08/11/2024

Tonight! Mary LaRose with The Joe Fonda Quartet featuring Jeff Lederer, Michael Rabinowitz, Harvey Sorgen

Get ready for week 2 Nu Mu 3: The Land of Mu. Featuring Joe Fonda, Jeff Lederer, Mary LaRose, Michael Rabinowitz, Harvey...
08/06/2024

Get ready for week 2 Nu Mu 3: The Land of Mu.

Featuring Joe Fonda, Jeff Lederer, Mary LaRose, Michael Rabinowitz, Harvey Sorgen.

August 10: Joe Fonda "Bass of Operation" 7pm
August 11 Mary LaRose "Obligato" 7pm

07/27/2024
TONIGHT, FREE, PRESENTED BY THE KOPKIND COLONY: See the documentary "Israelism", about American Jews pushing back on Isr...
07/27/2024

TONIGHT, FREE, PRESENTED BY THE KOPKIND COLONY: See the documentary "Israelism", about American Jews pushing back on Israel, followed by comments from special guests from the Palestine solidarity movement of Western Massachusetts, an inter-generational group, with two people who have been doing organizing and activism together for 20 years, and two who have worked together on a number of actions over the past year, including U MASS protests. An important discussion in the wake of criminal Netanyahu's PR blitz to US.

Come 'sniff the zeitgeist' this Wed at 118 Elliot to hear Windham World Affairs Council event w/ Kopkind Colony about Me...
07/22/2024

Come 'sniff the zeitgeist' this Wed at 118 Elliot to hear Windham World Affairs Council event w/ Kopkind Colony about Mexico's new female president and how the Zapatista indigenous movement at 30 years is doing. Delicious authentic homemade empanadas will be offered for sale at the event $5 each....come learn/eat/hang/talk.

If you don't know anything about 'the healing waters of Brattleboro' you might want to dip-in to our latest Brattleboro ...
07/18/2024

If you don't know anything about 'the healing waters of Brattleboro' you might want to dip-in to our latest Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast on the enchanting Dr. Wesselhoeft. This was the story I focused on for the community-produced Trail since 118 Elliot was another water-cure right across the street from the Brat Fire Station which was the old Wesselhoeft Water-cure, the most famous of its time.

The Brattleboro Hydropathy Establishment, better known as the Wesselhoeft Water-Cure, was the poshest medical 'spa' of its time, a celebrated mecca for mid nineteenth century writers, statesmen and advocates who flocked to 'the healing waters of Brattleboro' and guidance from one Dr. Robert Ferdinan...

Rest in peace, Wayne Smith. You took me on my first trip to Cuba and I'll never forget your sensible, courageous and fun...
07/07/2024

Rest in peace, Wayne Smith. You took me on my first trip to Cuba and I'll never forget your sensible, courageous and fun-loving example. This article gets some stuff wrong - the US unilateral economic embargo on Cuba is still fully in place, still the harshest economic embargo in the world, still hurts the Cuban people and Cuba's ability to develop a social project that has actually achieved many successes others can learn from. Why has the US always been so afraid of what the Cubans were doing with healthcare and education? Castros have been out of power for a decade and we are still hitting the Cuban people with a hammer everyday, eroding their ability to live which is stoking illegal immigration. Cuba is a rare country that could, if allowed to, develop peacefully and advance what has always been a most honorable commitment to bringing basic healthcare to people in need all over the world, including subsidizing medical education for young docs who commit to practice in poverty stricken areas of the US where there often is no access to care, incuding cheaper vaccines including a lung cancer vaccine. When will the US end this embargo abomination?

He invited controversy with his outspoken advocacy of restoring normal relations between the countries.

If the parking lot fiesta is washed out tonight, consider coming to 118 Gallery for an authentic 'Gallery Walk' experien...
07/05/2024

If the parking lot fiesta is washed out tonight, consider coming to 118 Gallery for an authentic 'Gallery Walk' experience! See new paintings by local artists and gather in a cool, dry space full of color and conversation - we welcome you!

TONIGHT! Join Meg Mott at Brooks Library at 6:30 for a Town Hall on whether bans on unhoused in public spaces is constit...
05/15/2024

TONIGHT! Join Meg Mott at Brooks Library at 6:30 for a Town Hall on whether bans on unhoused in public spaces is constitutional -- hear out other opinions, put heads together for positive change that can impact, in the words of the Declaration of Independence, citizens' 'safety and happiness'...this is the first in a series of Town Hall discussions, part of Windham World Affairs/Brooks America 250 series looking at who we ARE and who we WANT TO BE as Americans as we approach this anniversary in 2026 - join us! Help define Brattleboro's collective response to this anniversary - make your voice heard. Free!

The good vibes of the 118 space are being amplified every afternoon this week as Lama Tenzin calmly creates a sand manda...
05/06/2024

The good vibes of the 118 space are being amplified every afternoon this week as Lama Tenzin calmly creates a sand mandala of compassion for our town, all led by the River Gallery School of Art as part of their May residency at 118, culminating with their may 18 'off the wall' auction of incredible paintings by a pantheon of regional artists. Come see and hold kindness in your heart.

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At 118 Elliot Street

118 Elliot is a modern, multipurpose environment for the creative arts, educational talks, and personal events for up to 220 people. We are a fully ADA accessible space in the heart of downtown Brattleboro. This unique, flexible space has a 2000 sq ft main room and a smaller conference room or backstage which allows for easy transitions between public gatherings to smaller social events. Parking in back can be transformed to a large and private outdoor area with a forest garden for warm weather events.

Before 118 Elliot was a thriving arts and educational center, it was the old S**c n Span Laundromat that was used for 25 years or so until it fell into disrepair. 118’s been collecting some stories from people who used that laundromat over the years which we will present on these pages at a later date. If you have a story, please email us at [email protected] and we can include it.

But long, long before that, in the late 1800s, it was the site of the Lawrence Water Cure, erected just across from the Wesselhoef Water Cure located just across the street at the current site of the Brattleboro Fire Department. The water cures helped put Brattleboro on the map as a bucolic, therapeutic destination for the well-heeled seeking respite from the horrors of city life during the noxious full tilt of the industrial revolution. These photos were taken from the Brattleboro Historical Society’s fine collections on the water cures and their role in creating the deep currents that to this day make Brattleboro so special. While the water cures may be gone, the waters remain—the confluence of the Connecticut River, the Whetstone Brook and the West River, all watched over by big grandad Mount Wantastiquet (rattlesnake mountain) the meeting of the waters that since aboriginal times have made this site unique.


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