Plainfield Community Center

07/15/2024

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Donations and Volunteering

07/13/2024

If you know me, you probably know my good friend Eli Yoder. Eli has bee… James Cummons needs your support for Support Margie's Recovery from Flood Devastation

07/12/2024

We have lots of free clothes and various other items. We are also accepting donations again.

Update: People are organizing to take a bunch of our free stuff to the Methodist church in the village because it's more accessible.

06/24/2024

The Free Store is currently full, so we're putting a temporary hold on donations. Please don't put items on the church's stone wall. Check with The Health Center to see if they currently have space in their free area.

06/22/2024

from Peter Schumann's "Saint Palestine ...And, and, and..." Exhibition

06/04/2024

Palestine Prints by Sam Kerson and Katah Katah

04/16/2024

Co-ops and caterpillars in the process of transformation seemed like the perfect theme for this Spring newsletter when member Jan Waterman’s article was suggested to us. That the caterpillars’ transformation into moth or butterfly is not a neat, step-by-step process may be

04/14/2024

Featured item at the Free Store! Any Nancys want this bowl?

04/14/2024

Space is limited and we are currently overstocked. Feel free to shop, but please do not leave donations of any kind until further notice. Sorry for any inconvenience. Thanks for your understanding!

Other places that accept donations of clean, wearable clothing, as well as some other items:

ReSOURCE, Barre - clothing and household items

Amy's Armoire, Barre - clothing (donations of clothes may be dropped off at their donation location, not the retail store)

Heather's Nearly New, Montpelier - clothing (donations by appointment)

Bene-Fit Shop, Barre - clothing and some household items

Learning Together Center, Barre - clothing for babies, toddlers, and very young children

04/01/2024

Are you interested in contributing your leadership skills to a local community-owned business? Would you be inspired by running the daily operations of a growing and evolving mission-driven organization? Do you enjoy a working environment where members of the community gather and connect? If this is you, then you may be cut out to be the Store Manager of the Plainfield Co-op! We are a member-owned grocery store focusing on natural foods, in operation since 1972.

Why Choose Plainfield Co-op?
- Lead and manage a beloved cooperative with coaching from a professional management consultant to help you succeed
- Work alongside a dedicated team committed to providing outstanding service
- Make a difference by becoming an integral part of a supportive and caring community
- Help to shape the future of our co-op

What You’ll Bring:
- Strong leadership skills and a collaborative approach to management
- Experience in retail or grocery management preferred
- Commitment to upholding our cooperative values and mission

Position Details:
- Full-time, non-exempt opportunity with competitive pay ranging from $22-$24/hr (based on experience)
- Opportunity for growth and advancement within the organization

For the full job description and to apply, click here: https://plainfieldcoop.com/careers

Embark on a rewarding career journey as Store Manager at Plainfield Co-op – where your passion and leadership skills can thrive!

01/30/2024

Our new sign by Matthew Denton. Here we are!

12/16/2023

Looking for a last-minute gift? We have a fine assortment of glassware available in The Free Store!

08/17/2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/theater/bread-and-puppet-theater-peter-schumann.html

Peter Schumann’s Bread and Puppet Theater is going strong and, at 89, so is he. But what will happen to his company when he is gone?

08/14/2023

Have you seen how much our Community Center Freecycle has grown? It's practically bursting with free items wonderfully curated by Lucy Blue. Thanks to Lucy and everyone who has donated.

Please note that nobody under 18 is allowed in the Community Center without adult supervision.

08/29/2022

Anyone missing a travel bottle in a macrame sling?

06/16/2022

A Call to Artists!

50th Anniversary Celebration of the Plainfield Co-op Community Center & Gallery November 2022 Group Show

Please submit your proposals for visual work and/or performance by September 1st. We aim to honor folks who have shown or performed here over the last 50 years, while simultaneously welcoming those new to the scene! We want to feature your art, poetry, music, dance, films, videos, memorabilia; your educational/community events and classes!

Contact curatrix Alexis Smith: [email protected]

06/16/2022

Jerome Lipani: Visual Fugue Analytical Abstractions and Assemblages - found materials conceived as scores for music and dance improvisation - celebrate the ReOpening of the Plainfield Community Center & Gallery.

Come Re-Inhabit the Space!
Through September 30th:
Monday - Saturday 9AM - 7PM;
Sunday 10AM - 7PM
Info: [email protected]
Check out the related collection of over 100 Lipani films @ Jerome Lipani on YouTube.

05/27/2022

Our current max capacity for Community Center guests is 6 people. Please see staff to sign out passes. Masks required. Minors should be accompanied by an adult.

05/09/2022

The Community Center is open to the public once again! (masks required) Contact [email protected] for rental info.

05/03/2022

JEROME LIPANI
VISUAL FUGUE
Analytical Abstractions and Assemblages

PCC Gallery has ReOpened! Come Inhabit the Space!
Above the Plainfield Coop 153 Main Street Plainfield VT

Visual Fugue highlights work that attempts to merge painting and music. Many of the pieces are exercises that have been conceived as scores for music and dance improvisation color-
coded for various instruments or individual dancers. These pieces are eclectically rooted: created partly on inspiration from archaic Tibetan Buddhist iconographic musical scores; the Chance music of John Cage; paintings & writings of Kandinsky and Klee; study of Bach fugues and their relationship to dreams or visual representation of my own piano improvisations. As such they continue the philosophical thrust of Dada and Bauhaus movements: to subvert the commodification of art. To reconnect the arts to their roots in primordial shamanism. Art as Action to subvert capitalist/fascist would-be hegemony, status hierarchies, endemic pyramidal power structures, art that is inclusive of all the world’s cultures, art to ultimately end war, itself. In this sense, these abstracts and assemblages are political, even as they illustrate the enormous difficulties in creation of art as a tool for consciousness-raising, cultural revolution, non-violent ideological change. A few of these pieces actually attempt to transcend the linguistic codification of ancient Sanskrit and Hebrew in contemplation of the natural environments in which those languages developed.

On the brass-tacks/practical level they are about recycling or repurposing of materials and forms. About inner experience hidden in caves of the heart. Often I have painted a picture then
cut it up into sections, giving myself the rule to use all the pieces in a new exercise which gets closer to my original intent, an exploration of the relationship between Form and Formlessness.

Maybe the viewer will critique these attempts as boundless futility - or perhaps, see the relation of these pieces to the Tao of Absolute Zero, or Inter-Being as Thich Naht Hanh so often
emphasized! I hope this show will raise these questions for the participant/viewer and continue to transform its vital and complex process to a sense of peace and breathability amid the apocalyptic fears of our current global cultural & ideological chaos, somehow helping us pull together as a transcultural world community. A tall order! Yikes!

This is the first time these pieces have ever been seen by anyone although they’ve been hanging in this Gallery for the last year (!) Thanks to the gracious invitation of Alexis Smith who has worked very hard and sometimes single-handedly to create this gallery over many years! AH, maybe we’ll have Bread and Puppet performance and Peter Schumann Exhibitions and Spaghetti Dinners again! Dances! Band Performances! Group Shows! One-person Shows! Sacred Tara Dance! Vibrant Poetry Readings! New Operas! New performances by currently Unknown Others! Please do think of this show as an invitation to create together a new post-pandemic world view! This Gallery is dedicated to the socio-political-spiritual & Possibilitarian…

Art as a Gift!

Feedback Welcome! Please send comments to [email protected]

For future exhibition or performance: [email protected]

08/23/2021

While we are still closed to the public, we wanted to give you a sneak peek of our current art installation "Abstract Paintings" by Jerome Lipani. We hope to have a virtual tour available soon.

03/03/2021

"Hi everyone,
Thanks to our amazing building committee and helpers who cleaned up everything and rebuilt our storage spaces. We are still looking for the owners of the speakers (two different sets). Please reach out as soon as possible if you are that person, or know who that may be. You may email [email protected] or send us a message on here. Thanks!"

Do you, or someone you know store items/equipment in our community center storage? We are doing a mass clean out and trying to reconnect things with their owners. Please contact us before 2/14.

03/03/2021

As of today, we are back in complete control of this page! 👍

05/18/2020

Curatrix Alexis Smith outlines a brief history of the Plainfield Community Center from the 1970s to present together with filmmaker Jerome Lipani. One of the Bread & Puppet Garbagemen wanders into the space to introduce Peter Schumann's large prints of his Possibilitarian Uprising Show in the lobby gallery. Artist Matthew Denton, whose work is featured in the main gallery, speaks about his remarkable paintings made with recycled materials.

https://youtu.be/W-vlUJ00HrQ

Curatrix Alexis Smith outlines a brief history of the Plainfield Community Center from the 1970's to present together with filmmaker Jerome Lipani. One of th...

04/22/2020

🖼️🎭 While we are currently closed to the public, you can still enjoy the arts in a remote, virtual way. 🎭🖼️

https://www.plainfieldcoop.com/Gallery.html

- Possibilitarian Uprising - A group of black and white woodcut banner prints by Peter Schumann of The Bread & Puppet Theater.

04/15/2020