BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//118 Elliot - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://118elliot.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for 118 Elliot REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200714 CREATED:20251211T181857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251211T181857Z UID:15901-1776880800-1776888000@118elliot.com SUMMARY:The Automat April 22\, 2025 | Doors 6pm\, Screening 6:30pm Live at Contois Auditorium\, Burlington & 118 Elliot\, Brattleboro Screen from Home\, Same Day Only Directed by Lisa Hurwitz 2021\, USA\, 79 Minutes DESCRIPTION:he AutomatApril 22\, 2025 | Doors 6pm\, Screening 6:30pmLive at Contois Auditorium\, Burlington & 118 Elliot\, Brattleboro Screen from Home\, Same Day OnlyDirected by Lisa Hurwitz2021\, USA\, 79 Minutes \n \nPREVIEW \nOriginating in Philadelphia\, Horn & Hardart’s Automat was America’s original and most beloved restaurant chain where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee at elegant communal marble tables\, free from social barriers. Pie? Coffee? Put your nickel in\, then open the little glass door to a freshly made delight. This ritual made Horn & Hardart the place to meet\, where people connected over good food and coffee. The Automat illustrates how the company served the public great food and at the same time treated its employees with fairness and integrity. The legacy of the Automat spans a century\, chronicling it’s rise as an iconic restaurant chain that inspired Starbucks\, and it’s eventual decline\, sealed by the rise of fast food that forever transformed the American dining landscape. URL:https://118elliot.com/event/the-automat-april-22-2025-doors-6pm-screening-630pm-live-at-contois-auditorium-burlington-118-elliot-brattleboro-screen-from-home-same-day-only-directed-by-lisa-hurwitz-2021-usa-79-minute/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.12.45-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200714 CREATED:20260318T063811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T064838Z UID:15935-1774985400-1774985400@118elliot.com SUMMARY:In the Path of Typhoons DESCRIPTION: URL:https://118elliot.com/event/in-the-path-of-typhoons/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/typhoons.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260318T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200714 CREATED:20251211T181120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251211T181120Z UID:15891-1773856800-1773864000@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Schindler Space Architect March 18\, 2026 | Doors 6pm\, Screening 6:30pm Live at Contois Auditorium\, Burlington & 118 Elliot\, Brattleboro DESCRIPTION:Schindler Space ArchitectMarch 18\, 2026 | Doors 6pm\, Screening 6:30pmLive at Contois Auditorium\, Burlington & 118 Elliot\, Brattleboro Screen from Home\, UNAVAILABLE \nDirected by Valentina Ganeva \n2024\, USA\, 93 MinutesPREVIEW \nAustrian-born and educated\, R.M. Schindler laid the foundation for what is now considered the California lifestyle of indoor-outdoor living. This documentary explores his richly complex work\, with its influences from turn of the 20th century Vienna\, early work of Frank Lloyd Wright\, and the pueblos of Taos. It is an investigation into Schindler’s philosophy of Space Architecture as contrasted with the International Style that ruled modern architecture during most of the architect’s life. The film reexamines Schindler’s complicated relationship with his mentor Frank Lloyd Wright and his rival Richard Neutra\, asking key questions about the importance of domestic architecture in creating a national culture and as a living entity that shapes humanity. Schindler Space Architect affirms the singular genius of one man and the eternal challenge every artist faces to stay true to their vision and leave a lasting impact. URL:https://118elliot.com/event/schindler-space-architect-march-18-2026-doors-6pm-screening-630pm-live-at-contois-auditorium-burlington-118-elliot-brattleboro/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.02.52-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260218T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260218T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200714 CREATED:20251211T180015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251211T180015Z UID:15884-1771437600-1771444800@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Architecture + Design Film Series: Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers February 18\, 2026 | Doors 6pm\, Screening 6:30pm DESCRIPTION:Van Gogh: Poets & LoversFebruary 18\, 2026 | Doors 6pm\, Screening 6:30pmLive at Contois Auditorium\, Burlington & 118 Elliot\, Brattleboro Screen from Home\, Same Day OnlyDirected by David Bickerstaff2024\, UK\, 90 Minutes \nPREVIEW \n \nA century after acquiring its first Van Gogh\, the UK’s National Gallery hosted it’s biggest and most successful Van Gogh exhibit.This film provides the only way to see what Forbes called “a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition”. The picture quality is entrancing; every brushstroke and ridge of impasto is reproduced with extraordinary fidelity. Tracing Van Gogh’s journey from his early years in the Netherlands to his prolific period in France\, the film shines a light on the events and people that shaped his evolution as a painter. Through readings from Van Gogh’s own letters\, viewers are drawn into the artist’s inner world describing colors and compositions\, and where longing\, hope\, and despair gave rise to masterpieces that would ultimately redefine the boundaries of post-Impressionism.  URL:https://118elliot.com/event/architecture-design-film-series-van-gogh-poets-lovers-february-18-2026-doors-6pm-screening-630pm/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-10.55.09-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260401 DTSTAMP:20260424T200714 CREATED:20260128T001216Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T001935Z UID:15923-1770336000-1775001599@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Sky Lights/Earth Bound 2026 (Group Exhibit) DESCRIPTION:Schuyler Gould and Tina K. OlsenFebruary 6 – March 31\, 2026Opening reception Friday\, February 6\, 5 to 8 pm\nOpen gallery hours:Thursdays 3 to 6 pm and during 118 Elliot eventsOr by appointment 917-860-5749Artists will be available during Open Gallery HoursContacts: tinakolsen@aol.com\, skygvt@aol.com \nA joint exhibit\, Sky Lights/Earth Bound 2026\, is opening on February 6 at 118 Elliot Street in Brattleboro. The exhibit features the work of Schylar Gould and Tina K. Olsen. Gould is exhibiting his light fixtures sculpted from repurposed objects\, and Olsen is exhibiting milestone life paintings and drawings with an accompaniment of written and spoken words. \nSchuyler Gould is a sculptor\, retired building contractor\, and anti-nuclear activist. He grew up around antiques and appreciates the beauty and craftsmanship of objects that have been discarded as no longer useful or wanted. He scours the countryside looking for the detritus of a culture obsessed with everything new\, looking to repurpose such objects as unique settings for light. \nIn Sky Light\, Gould exhibits the Metropolis series which pairs antique bottles with randomly flashing lights in old iron kettles. Other work includes perforated cylinders from obsolete kerosene cookstoves which cast webs of light in geometric patterns. \nTina K. Olsen has been painting and working therapeutically in the expressive arts most of her life. Olsen studied painting at Skidmore College\, studied Abstract Expressionism with Peter Voulkas in 1978\, and worked as an arts therapist for over four decades. \nIn Earth Bound\, Olsen brings together selected pieces from decades of work\, highlighting how her dedication to her artistry has formed\, changed\, and enlightened her life. Olsen is also a poet and will perform spoken word pieces relating to selected exhibit works during Thursday gallery hours. Olsen includes in her exhibit a piece by her grandson\, Nicolas McHugh\, illustrating ten generations of Mennonites since the family’s immigration from Germany. \nI want to illuminatethe finding of my own voicethrough painting and spoken word.~Tina K. Olsen URL:https://118elliot.com/event/sky-lights-earth-bound-exhibit/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Upcoming Exhibit ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/earth-sky-banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260121T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260121T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200714 CREATED:20251211T175248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251211T175253Z UID:15875-1769018400-1769025600@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Architecture + Design Film Series: The Pavilion on the Water DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 6pm\, Screening starts at 6:30pm. \nThe Pavilion on the WaterJanuary 21\, 2026 | Doors 6pm\, Screening 6:30pmLive at Contois Auditorium\, Burlington & 118 Elliot\, Brattleboro Screen from Home\, Same Day Only \nDirected by Stefano Croci & Silvia Siberini \n2023\, Italy\, 78 Minutes \nPREVIEW \n The Pavilion on Water invites viewers on an aesthetic and poetic journey into the imagination of Venetian architect Carlo Scarpa\, highlighting his deep passion for Japanese culture. Inspired by impressions from Japanese philosopher Ryosuke Hashi\, the narrative unfolds along the thread of a central question: What is beauty? This reflection bridges Scarpa’s works with traditional Japanese aesthetics\, offering opportunities to recall the poetic and emblematic episodes that defined his life. Throughout\, the narrative is infused with a sense of nostalgia for the rare phenomenon of an artist’s birth. Even after Scarpa’s passing\, his works continue to inspire wonder—a lasting gift to the world. URL:https://118elliot.com/event/architecture-design-film-series-the-pavilion-on-the-water/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-10.44.01-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260201 DTSTAMP:20260424T200714 CREATED:20260107T012500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260107T012943Z UID:15909-1767830400-1769903999@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Work in Progress: Group Show DESCRIPTION:Mary Therese Wright\, Gayle Robertson\, Tina Olsen\, Ellen Cone Maddrey\, John Loggia\, Liza Cassidy \n118 Elliot open gallery hours: Thursdays 3 to 6 pm\, and during 118 Elliot events\nOpen Discussion with the Artists\, Thursday\, January 15\, 3 to 6 pm. \nAn experimental exhibit “Work in Progress” is open at 118 Elliot Street in Brattleboro. The exhibit features the work of six painters who make up the 118 collective of artists: Tina Olsen\, Ellen Cone Maddrey\, Gayle Robertson\, John Loggia\, Liza Cassidy and Mary Therese Wright. The exhibit invites visitors to enter the studios of these six artists and share the process of creation. Each artist will hang work in progress on a section of the walls of 118\, changing the pieces throughout the month. \nThe artists hope to engage visitors in discussion: How does an artist begin a painting\, and what are the steps of layering paint? How does an artist tell when a painting is finished? What does the artist do if there is a section of the painting that doesn’t work? The artists will share their own thoughts and queries about the work with each other and with visitors\, with the goal of learning from each other and building creative energy together. \nThe exhibit will be open on Thursdays from 3 to 6 pm\, during all 118 events\, and by appointment. One or more of the artists will be present each Thursday. On Thursday\, January 15\, all the artists will attend the 3 to 6 opening hours\, and host a group discussion. Refreshments will be served! \nFor those who view the exhibit during 118 Elliot events\, a “comment box” will be provided to share thoughts and ideas with the artists. \nPlease stop by 118 Elliot on a Thursday in January to view Work in Progress\, and participate in musings about the process of creation! \nGayle Robertson has been artistically active all her life. Her experiences in the fields of lighting design\, computer graphics\, 2D and 3D traditional media\, spirituality\, end of life and bereavement\, mix to bring different lenses to what happens in her studio. She uses her art as a way to engage with the moments of life and a tool for exploring all its meaning\, calling upon her materials to bring her interests to light. She lives in Southern Vermont where she enjoys being part of the vibrant arts community. \nTina K. Olsen has been painting and working therapeutically in the expressive arts most of her life. She moved to Brattleboro in 2006 to live near her daughter and found a community of artists at the River Gallery School and 118 Elliot. Olsen’s works in oil and watercolor bring life to the healing light of nature. \nEllen Cone Maddrey came to painting later in life after careers as a lawyer\, an elementary school teacher and a parent of three. Her artistic inspiration is deeply embedded in the mountains and waters of Seattle\, her childhood home\, and the natural world of Vermont. Her paintings express the comfort and thrill of nature through color and shape. She lives in Montclair\, New Jersey\, and has a second home in Wilmington\, Vermont. \nJohn Loggia has been painting and working in the arts since 1979. He has maintained a practice of drawing and painting while working in film as a production designer and producer. In 2015 John opened 118 Elliot\, an arts and education center in Brattleboro\, Vermont that he runs with his partner. John\, a jazz musician\, feels that playing music and painting are two sides of the same coin with each practice informing the other and encouraging experimentation\, risk\, and unexpected revelations. \nMary Therese Wright’s artwork and community based projects have been shown throughout the United States. Wright has a keen interest in materiality whether painting\, printmaking or metalsmithing. Her current work is a response to the vibrant colors and dynamic shapes of nature. She lives in Jacksonville\, Vermont\, and draws inspiration from her deep relationship with the trails and water of Lake Whitingham. \nLiza Cassidy is a visual and performing artist with a long time studio practice in Brooklyn NYC\, and for the last seven years in her home town of Brattleboro\, Vermont. Her focus is on large scale abstract mixed media collage utilizing discarded materials\, mostly receipts\, to convey human experience\, and plein air landscapes in oil. She teaches Sequencing at River Gallery School as well as painting\, studio art\, and community mending/sewing sessions. She is also a long time collaborator with Theaterlab in NYC as a writer\, director and performer. URL:https://118elliot.com/event/work-in-progress-group-show/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Current exhibit ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/progress2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251210T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251210T183000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200714 CREATED:20251118T205909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251118T210011Z UID:15843-1765391400-1765391400@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Architecture + Design Film Series: Modernism\, Inc. DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 6pm\, Screening starts at 6:30pm. Running time 118min. \nThe Architecture +Design Film Series continues Wednesday\, December 10th with MODERNISM\, INC.: THE ELIOT NOYES DESIGN STORY. For the full season lineup\, visit the ADF FILMS page. \nModernism\, Inc. provides a rich\, thoughtful exploration of Eliot Noyes’ influence on design\, architecture\, and the corporate world. Coining the term\, “Good Design is Good Business”\, Noyes built design programs that essentially “branded” some of America’s most powerful postwar corporations. This film weaves Noyes’ story with the broader context of corporate America’s embrace of Modernism during the period of postwar economic expansion\, and culminates in the backlash against Noyes and his generation at the Aspen Design Conference during the countercultural upheaval of the Vietnam era. One of the\, “Harvard Five”\, Noyes also helped transform New Canaan\, CT into a laboratory for residential Modernism. The idea of beauty with utility\, which was generated from the Bauhaus art movement\, continues to remain vital today\, and for this\, we thank Noyes. \nDirected by Jason Cohn\, 2023\, USA. URL:https://118elliot.com/event/architecture-design-film-series-modernism-inc/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/mod-ban.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251204T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251204T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200714 CREATED:20251118T203614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251118T203702Z UID:15821-1764871200-1764871200@118elliot.com SUMMARY:How Did We Get Here? Democracy in Peril DESCRIPTION:Two local activists and history teachers will present a lecture and discussion on the forces that shape our current political condition. Nick Biddle earned tenure as a professor of Latin American history at Appalachian State University and later became executive coordinator of The Alliance For Democracy\, a national non-profit dedicated to campaign finance reform and corporate accountability. Tim Kippt taught U.S. history and political science for 39 years\, mostly at Brattleboro Union High School. \nAccording to Biddle and Kipp\, “Trump’s bulldozing of the East Wing of the White House is a grim metaphor for what his regime is doing to the republic. Running the country like one of his many failed businesses\, Trump is shredding the Constitution.” Utilizing a structural analysis this presentation will explore how fundamental weaknesses of our governing systems enable Trump’s authoritarianism. \nBiddle will begin by underscoring the clear disdain for democracy held by the so-called “Founders.” Governor Edmund Randolph spoke for all of them when he opened the Constitutional Convention by declaring that “our chief danger arises from the democratic parts of our government”. In September 1787 the delegates announced the Constitution. It opens with five words — “We the People of the United States.” \nEnfranchisement has been the key measure of who “We the People” are. Property qualifications\, gender and race have been criteria to limit civil and political rights. The disfranchised are effectively excluded from the protections enumerated in the Constitution. Each time an expansion of suffrage occurs a reactionary movement to disfranchise ensues. It’s been a tug of war since 1787. \nBiddle will review a little understood weapon in the arsenal of disfranchisement\, the development and expansion of “corporate personhood.” Utilized by corporate lawyers since the 19th century\, corporate personhood has lifted a billionaire class to unprecedented heights of wealth and political power. Corporate personhood was used in the 2010 Citizens United case by the Supreme Court to equate money with free speech. Since then billions of dark money dollars have captured our political system. How does corporate personhood work? What makes it so dangerous? What can be done to disrupt it? These are questions we will explore. \nKipp will cover how the structural weaknesses of the Constitution have been exploited by the Trump regime to construct the most anti democratic government in U.S. history. \nFirst\, Madison and his fears about unethical leaders will be examined. Followed by a look at basic principles and formations such as popular sovereignty\, and checks and balances. These essential components of the founding document today are unable to withstand the resistance of the current regime that actively undermines the integrity of congressional hearings and oversight powers. \nNext the legislative function of government is analyzed. Lawmaking itself is compromised by an executive that has little appreciation for the democratic process. Executive orders and emergency decrees and the outright ignoring of the legislative branch are the new normal. The Republican Party willingly collaborates with the Trump regime. The presentation will conclude with a look at the judicial process. \nThe Justice Department and the Supreme Court have abandoned their historic obligations as custodians of the rule of law. Trump has transformed Justice and the highest court into instruments of partisan power. No longer do they serve as neutral overseers of a constitutional process. \nThese are the most perilous times this country has endured since the Civil War. The Constitution itself is under direct attack from those in power. A long train of historical influences has determined how and where we are today. URL:https://118elliot.com/event/how-did-we-get-here/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Lecture / Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/kip-ban.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260101 DTSTAMP:20260424T200714 CREATED:20251118T204841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260107T011448Z UID:15829-1764547200-1767225599@118elliot.com SUMMARY:About The Size of It: Group Show DESCRIPTION:Group show featuring artwork by Mary Therese Wright\, Ellen Cone Maddrey\, Tina Olsen\, Liza Cassidy\, Gayle Robertson\, and John Loggia \nOfficial Opening December 5th Gallery Walk. 118 Elliot open gallery hours: Thursdays 3 to 6 pm \nThe exhibit “About the Size of It” is open at 118 Elliot Street in Brattleboro. The exhibit features the work of six painters who make up the 118 collective of artists: Tina Olsen\, Ellen Cone Maddrey\, Gayle Robertson\, John Loggia\, Liza Cassidy and Mary Therese Wright. The exhibit explores the notion of size in painting – the miniature and the monumental. Also on exhibit is the window display\, “All Under One Sky\,” the collective’s contribution to the Brattleboro Festival of Miniatures. \nThe artists contemplated the miniature and the monumental in painting\, and how it is expressed in their individual work. In most representational painting\, the image is exactly that – a representation of a (usually) much larger scene. The majestic landscapes of Bierstadt and Church are miniature when compared to the scenes they represent. But any painter\, whether the work is representational or abstract\, faces the question of how large to make the image. Queries arise for the artist and the viewer: how does the size or shape of a painting relate to what the painter is expressing\, or what the viewer is seeing and feeling? This exhibit allows both the artists and the viewers to “try out” different sized works\, discover how the eye reacts to each\, and form new ways of seeing. \nThe 118 artists’ collective also worked together to create the window display “All Under One Sky” as a contribution to the Brattleboro Festival of Miniatures. These artists tend to create art from their physical interaction with the materials\, rather than starting with specific ideas that are translated onto a visual medium. They used this process to work together in an improvisational mode\, creating the universal sky that connects us all. The colors and shapes\, and the light they create\, remind us of the vastness of the natural beauty that surrounds our daily lives. Moving from “monumental” to “miniature\,” the artists added whimsical miniature scenes of  life under the sky. \nPlease enjoy our offering of color and line to brighten the winter solstice and holiday season. The exhibition will be on view at Gallery Walk\, December 5\, during 118 Elliot open gallery hours\, Thursdays from 3 to 6 pm\, as well as during all 118 Elliot events and by appointment.  \n  \nGayle Robertson has been artistically active all her life. Her experiences in the fields of lighting design\, computer graphics\, 2D and 3D traditional media\, spirituality\, end of life and bereavement\, mix to bring different lenses to what happens in her studio. She uses her art as a way to engage with the moments of life and a tool for exploring all its meaning\, calling upon her materials to bring her interests to light. She lives in Southern Vermont where she enjoys being part of the vibrant arts community. \nTina K. Olsen has been painting and working therapeutically in the expressive arts most of her life. She moved to Brattleboro in 2006 to live near her daughter and found a community of artists at the River Gallery School and 118 Elliot. Olsen’s works in oil and watercolor bring life to the healing light of nature. \nEllen Cone Maddrey came to painting later in life after careers as a lawyer\, an elementary school teacher and a parent of three. Her artistic inspiration is deeply embedded in the mountains and waters of Seattle\, her childhood home\, and the natural world of Vermont. Her paintings express the comfort and thrill of nature through color and shape. She lives in Montclair\, New Jersey\, and has a second home in Wilmington\, Vermont.  \nJohn Loggia has been painting and working in the arts since 1979. He has maintained a practice of drawing and painting while working in film as a production designer and producer. In 2015 John opened 118 Elliot\, an arts and education center in Brattleboro\, Vermont that he runs with his partner. John\, a jazz musician\, feels that playing music and painting are two sides of the same coin with each practice informing the other and encouraging experimentation\, risk\, and unexpected revelations. \nMary Therese Wright’s artwork and community based projects have been shown throughout the United States. Wright has a keen interest in materiality whether painting\, printmaking or metalsmithing. Her current work is a response to the vibrant colors and dynamic shapes of nature. She lives in Jacksonville\, Vermont\, and draws inspiration from her deep relationship with the trails and water of Lake Whitingham. \n Liza Cassidy is a visual and performing artist with a long time studio practice in Brooklyn NYC\, and for the last seven years in her home town of Brattleboro\, Vermont.  Her focus is on large scale abstract mixed media collage utilizing discarded materials\, mostly receipts\, to convey human experience\, and plein air landscapes in oil.  She teaches Sequencing at River Gallery School as well as painting\, studio art\, and community mending/sewing sessions. She is also a long time collaborator with Theaterlab in NYC as a writer\, director and performer. URL:https://118elliot.com/event/about-the-size-of-it/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Past Exhibit ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/size-of-it-ban.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251121T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251121T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200714 CREATED:20251114T233109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251118T205242Z UID:15811-1763748000-1763748000@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Film: Teresita's Dream\, Cuba's Battle Against Alzheimer's DESCRIPTION:$10 suggested donation (no one turned away) URL:https://118elliot.com/event/teresitas-dream/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Teresita-ban.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T183000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200714 CREATED:20251114T232218Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251118T210047Z UID:15802-1763577000-1763577000@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Architecture + Design Film Series: My Bones Are Woven DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 6pm\, Screening starts at 6:30pm. Running time 73min. \nThe Architecture +Design Film Series continues Wednesday\, November 19th with\, My Bones are Woven. For the full season lineup\, visit the ADF FILMS page. \nAnn Sutton is an iconic British artist\, author\, and educator who early in her career won world acclaim as an innovative textile designer working for brands like Ralph Lauren and Issey Miyake. Then\, in her 80’s\, she gave up her looms and dedicated herself to pushing the boundaries of fine art. In her “laboratory” of a studio in Sussex\, England she works alongside her assistant Ruth to turn her endless ideas into radical creations. Ann is a magnet for artistic collaborators who enjoy her energy and wry humor\, and her world changes when curators from Britain’s biggest art institutions—The Tate and V&A—start knocking on her door. Now in her 90’s\, Ann and her work defy definition as she continues to squeeze every last ounce out of life\, inspiring all of us to do the same. \nDirected by Jane Mote & Joshua Kershaw\, 2021\, UK. URL:https://118elliot.com/event/my-bones-are-woven/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/bones-ban.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250822 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250825 DTSTAMP:20260424T200714 CREATED:20250712T185234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250821T011447Z UID:15623-1755820800-1756079999@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Nu Mu 2025\, The Shade Tree: Week 4 August 22\, 23\, 24 DESCRIPTION: URL:https://118elliot.com/event/nu-mu-2025-the-shade-tree/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/week-4-ad-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250606 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251101 DTSTAMP:20260424T200714 CREATED:20250717T010114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250717T020255Z UID:15637-1749168000-1761955199@118elliot.com SUMMARY:These Colors Kill Fascism: How Art Highlights Our Shared Humanity DESCRIPTION:118 Elliot presents ‘These Colors Kill Fascism’\, a group show of local artists featuring Mary Therese Wright\, Gayle Robertson\, Tina Olsen\, Ellen Cone Maddrey\, John Loggia\, Nick Garder\, and Liza Cassidy. \nThe exhibit is on view during 118 Elliot events and by appointment.There will be an artists’ talk on July 24\, 6:30 pm\, at 118 Elliot. \n“This machine kills fascists” is a message that musician Woody Guthrie placed on his guitars in the mid-1940s.The idea originated from a sticker that American machinists attached to their metalworking lathes. Since then\, many musicians have been inspired to reference the phrase or versions of it. The artists in this exhibition invoke this saying to state that creativity\, in its many forms\, helps us resist attempts to limit self-expression. \nMany people\, from both sides of the political spectrum\, still desire a society that applauds self-expressionism\, allows opposition\, and questions any social hierarchy. This show recognizes that art can build connections and a sense of community in a time of divisiveness. The use of color\, texture\, field\, and line evokes emotions that can sensitize us to our shared humanity and the natural world we live in. These paintings weren’t necessarily chosen as political statements. The artists believe viewing paintings together creates community\, emotional resonance\, and connection. This creative empathy helps us see people as fellow humans and helps us break down the sense of obstacle or threat in another person. The show opens July 4th for viewing between 5pm – 8pm. Tina Olsen will host readings by local writers reflecting on the current state of the world. \nThe Artists:Mary Therese Wright’s artwork and community based projects have been shown throughout the United States. Wright has a keen interest in materiality whether painting\, printmaking or metalsmithing. Her current work is a response to the vibrant colors and dynamic shapes of nature. She lives in Jacksonville\, Vermont\, and draws inspiration from her deep relationship with the trails and water of Lake Whitingham. \nGayle Robertson has been artistically active all her life. Her experiences in the fields of lighting design\, computer graphics\, 2D and 3D traditional media\, spirituality\, end of life and bereavement\, mix to bring different lenses to what happens in her studio. She uses her art as a way to engage with the moments of life and a tool for exploring all its meaning\, calling upon her materials to bring her interests to light. She lives in Southern Vermont where she enjoys being part of the vibrant arts community. \nTina K. Olsen has been painting and working therapeutically in the expressive arts most of her life. She moved to Brattleboro in 2006 to live near her daughter and found a community of artists at the River Gallery School and 118 Elliot. Olsen’s works in oil and watercolor bring life to the healing light of nature. Ellen Cone Maddrey came to painting later in life after careers as a lawyer\, an elementary school teacher and a parent of three. Her artistic inspiration is deeply embedded in the mountains and waters of Seattle\, her childhood home\, and the natural world of Vermont. Her paintings express the comfort and thrill of nature through color and shape. She lives in Montclair\, New Jersey\, and has a second home in Wilmington\, Vermont\, \nJohn Loggia has been painting and working in the arts since 1979. He has maintained a practice of drawing and painting while working in film as a production designer and producer. In 2015 John opened 118 Elliot\, an arts and education center in Brattleboro\, Vermont that he runs with his partner. John\, a jazz musician\, feels that playing music and painting are two sides of the same coin with each practice informing the other and encouraging experimentation\, risk\, and unexpected revelations. \nNick Garder works in oils\, acrylics\, and restaurants. Since 1992\, he has tried his hand at various art mediums\, including music\, but oil painting is home. He tried school\, but it wasn’t for him. He is thrilled to join new friends here on the walls of 118 Elliot Street\, a venue he has come to appreciate more and more as his time in Brattleboro moves along. \nLiza Cassidy is a visual and performing artist with a long time studio practice in Brooklyn NYC\, and for the last seven years in her home town of Brattleboro\, Vermont. Her focus is on large scale abstract mixed media collage utilizing discarded materials\, mostly receipts\, to convey human experience\, and plein air landscapes in oil. She teaches Sequencing at River Gallery School as well as painting\, studio art\, and community mending/sewing sessions. She is also a long time collaborator with Theaterlab in NYC as a writer\, director and performer. URL:https://118elliot.com/event/these-colors-kill-fascism/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Current exhibit,Exclude from Calendar (will only show on homepage) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/these-colors-kill.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250412T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250412T110000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200714 CREATED:20250210T230429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250331T162609Z UID:15586-1744452000-1744455600@118elliot.com SUMMARY:David Peck Improvisational Orchestra DESCRIPTION:118 Elliot and Sparkles PresentTurbulence Orchestra & Sub-Units Perform ‘Crescendo of the Tempest’12 April 2025 – 7:30 pm\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n March 25\, 2025\, Brattleboro VT: 118 Elliot and Sparkles\, the Giant Evil Clown\, presents Turbulence Orchestra & Sub-Units – Crescendo of the Tempest at 118 Elliot in Brattleboro Saturday April 12\,2025 at 7:30 pm\n$15 suggested donation.\nThe Crescendo of the Tempest will be a series of dynamic improvisations that will take the listener on a sonic journey through time and space. More than 20 experienced improvisors drawn from the large roster of musicians who perform at different Evil Clown events will convene for an immersive evening of expressive music making. This will be their third performance of The Turbulence Orchestra at 118 Elliot.\nEvil Clown has been working for many years on the very interesting and difficult aesthetic problem of large ensemble free improvisation. The larger ensemble combined with a broad-palette approach allows the music to travel through a series of highly varied tempos and sonorities. The performance will include a series of short compositions by small ensembles followed by a longer improvisation with all the musicians.\nThis is a great opportunity to experience large format improvisation performed by seasoned improvisors in a wonderful setting. The Crescendo of the Tempest is a reflection of the times we live in.\nPerformers:Reeds: PEK\, Michael Caglianone\, Cliff White\, Dennis Livingston\, F\, Jared Holaday\, Victor SignoreBrass: John Fugarino\, Eric Dahlman\, Vance Provey\, Duane Reed\, Scott MooreCello: Glynis LomonPiano: Eric ZinmanGuitar: Tor Snyder\, Steven ArnerichElectric Kalimba: Absence of ThoughtVoice: Molly MelloanBass: Scott SamenfeldDrums\, Percussion: John Loggia\, Ben James\, Dennis Warren\, Stephan Brandstatter\, Drew Kovach\nII8 Elliot is a collaborative environment for the creative arts and education including film showings\, gallery exhibitions\, musical performances\, workshops of all kinds\, conferences as well as physical culture classes.\nThe Turbulence Orchestra: Victor Signore\, John Loggia\, Dennis Livingston\, Michael Caglianone. Kieth W\, Duane Reed\, Dave Peck\, Molly Maloen\, Scott Prato\, Bonnie Kane. Photo by Lissa Weinmann URL:https://118elliot.com/event/david-peck-orchestra/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/david_peck_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250404T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250404T203000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200714 CREATED:20240329T032242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250104T214549Z UID:14561-1743787800-1743798600@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Health Care and Rehabilitation Services Art Show DESCRIPTION:Health Care and Rehabilitation Services (HCRS)\, southeastern Vermont’s non-profit community mental-health agency\, proudly announces its 6th upcoming multidisciplinary art exhibition to be held at the 118 Elliot Gallery in Brattleboro\, Vermont throughout the month of April. Showcasing the diverse talents of artists within the HCRS community\, both seasoned professionals and emerging talents\, the event promises to be a celebration of creativity and resilience. \nThe exhibition will feature the works of many artists affiliated with HCRS\, both people receiving services and their staff\, offering a glimpse into the rich tapestry of artistic expression nurtured by the non-profit agency. \nThe opening reception is scheduled for Friday\, April 4\, from 5:30 to 8:30 pm\, featuring live musical performances and light refreshments to enhance the vibrant atmosphere. \nAbout HCRSFounded in 1967\, HCRS is a non-profit\, community mental health agency serving Vermonters in Windham and Windsor counties. HCRS serves over 4\,000 individuals every year through its mental health\, substance use\, and developmental disabilities programs. The Agency provides a wide range of social services that support optimal mental health and functioning. Visit www.hcrs.org for more information. \nPress Contact:Alice J. BradeenHCRS(802) 886-4567 ext. 2191abradeen@hcrs.org URL:https://118elliot.com/event/hcrs_art_show/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Upcoming Exhibit ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/HCRS_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250314T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250314T190000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200715 CREATED:20250116T234221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250116T234417Z UID:15577-1741978800-1741978800@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Vermont Theater Company | The Bacchae DESCRIPTION:Vermont Theatre Company in partnership with 118 Elliot Street are proud to announce our production of “The Bacchae.” \nThis production will use an original translation by playwright Alex Hacker\, who will also direct. Hacker has translated Euripides’ tragedy into a modern idiom that explores music and dance as intoxicating vehicles for the experience of the divine Dionysus\, god of wine\, theater\, and ritualized madness. The play pits the values of openness\, fluidity\, and equality represented by Dionysus against the hierarchical power and authority inherent in the political establishment. \n“The Bacchae” will be performed at 118 Elliot Street on the weekends of March 14\, 15\, 16 and 21\, 22\, 23. Evening performances will begin at 7 pm\, with Sunday matinees at 2 pm. \nFor more information about Vermont Theatre Company\, please visit our website at vermonttheatrecompany.org or find us on Facebook. URL:https://118elliot.com/event/the-bacchae/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Theater ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/bachhae.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250301T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250301T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200715 CREATED:20250210T230914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250301T170912Z UID:15593-1740841200-1740852000@118elliot.com SUMMARY:BUHS Peacejam Students: Peace Through Creativity DESCRIPTION: URL:https://118elliot.com/event/buhs-peacejam/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:General ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/peace-jam-banner-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250101 DTSTAMP:20260424T200715 CREATED:20241111T220025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241202T202009Z UID:15523-1733443200-1735689599@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Skylights: Tina Olsen (painting) and Schuyler Gould (sculpture) DESCRIPTION:Open during 118 events and by appt. 802-479-7227\nOpening reception: December 6\, 5-8pm\n \nTina Olsen’s paintings\, watercolors & drawings are paired with Schuyler Gould’s unique light sculptures fashioned from found artifacts no longer serving the purpose for which they were originally created. URL:https://118elliot.com/event/skylights/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Current exhibit ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/sky-banner2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241124T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241124T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200715 CREATED:20241106T030818Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241116T202634Z UID:15505-1732464000-1732471200@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Tina Olsen: Artist Talk on Abstract Expressionism DESCRIPTION:Abstract Expressionism: What it means to me and and other painters. For the first hour three or four participants will work side by side on a large 5’x12’ canvas drawing\, mixing colors\, and painting free form — responding to what each other paints as they work. Planning is suspended as the forms and lines emerge intuitively. Work may be layered over. We will discuss ideas of meaning together as images and forms arise. \nI will also share the evolution of 2 of my most important works\, “Mother – Identity Erased.” I painted over an abstract painting by Betsy Macarthur of an abstract seated woman. I felt that I spoke for both her and myself as I blotted out her face and painted her as if she were part and the same as the white empty background space. As a mother I had struggled with a sense of loosing my identity and becoming lost in a background. The meaning for me remained unclear until I felt finished. As I looked at it I was jolted into the recognizing that painful time. The memory of feeling I had lost myself and my children enabled me to come to terms with that most painful and important time in my life.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “My Lady”; the meaning of this painting came to me much after it was finished. I painted directly from life and a live model – a young clerk from Brown and Roberts. I was taken with the beauty of her skin. I recognized that she was one of the few paintings I had ever done of a very peaceful person. I see that she is myself at a much later time of equanimity and presense after much turmoil. \nThe work of the artist in particular expressionism is personal\, its meaning emerges from with in\, it is spiritual work – the work of the soul to come to know itself. To look with equal acceptance upon the ugly and beautiful\, the joy and the pain. To embrace it all as human without judgement. Like dreams it is available to us all. I invite you to try joining yourself with the paint and see where it takes you. Like me you see will that you have gone through times of struggle and times of peace like everyone else. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ELISIONS refers to Olsen’s increasingly bold abstract expressionism defined as much by what is left out as the explosive color and form that results as she pushes the limits of what is possible on canvas. \nOver her 50 year painting career\, Olsen keeps discovering: “Painting allows me to get into my body\, to physically be with the paint and materials and let my body find the faces in the landscape\, the landscape in faces. The process is a primal embrace of nature and feelings and the mystery of how they emerge on a static plane as forms and colors with a dynamism and life all  their own.”  \nOlsen says she’s lately been heavily inspired by the writing and work of German expressionists pre World War II and quotes from these greats will appear throughout the gallery giving context to the work over space and time. \nOlsen has been a defining presence at 118 Elliot Gallery as a mentor an instigator/curator of the well-received ‘Creative Relations’ shows in 2022 and 2023 where she led a community-wide effort to chart the current of creativity through families and significant others. \nOlsen grew up in Springfield MA in a Mennonite family and moved to New York City to teach art at the progressive Walden School in 1965 where she married and had two daughters. Tina stayed in the city for 40 years where she was immersed in the creative energy of the 60’s cultural revolution. She worked as an art therapist at Staten Island Psychiatric Institute for 20 years before moving to Brattleboro in 2007 where she has deepened her dedication to her painting\, meditation and making music. She also teaches a class on ‘Art as Meditation’ at the River Gallery School.  \nOlsen will host an interactive artist talk with live participatory painting for the public exploring expressionism and abstraction on Sunday\, November 24\, from 4:00-6:00 at 118 Elliot. \nFrom December 6 thru 31\, she will be joined by her partner Schuyler Gould who will merge his light sculptures made with unusual found objects with her work to form a whole new show. \nOther area painters are impressed with Olsen’s work. “Tina Olsen’s larger landscapes have a ruggedness in keeping with the New England environment much of her work represents. The building of shape and line\, restricted perception of depth brings to mind Cézanne’s mountainsides. But we are not transported to Provence\, rather we are invited inside her very unique Northern American landscape. We are allowed to accompany her struggle\, pushing the horizontal plane of rock against the stark vertical line of a tree\, working her surface until she gets it right\,” Lauren Poster said. \nElisions can be seen at all events at 118 Elliot or by appointment. Call 917-860-5749. URL:https://118elliot.com/event/tina-olsen-artist-talk/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Lecture / Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/artist-talk-banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241115T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241115T190000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200715 CREATED:20241106T031807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241106T031812Z UID:15515-1731697200-1731697200@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Homegrown horror-comedy film script read and crowdfunding kickoff DESCRIPTION: URL:https://118elliot.com/event/nightmare-at-nanas/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Film,Lecture / Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/nanas.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241109T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241109T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200715 CREATED:20241021T205735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T210725Z UID:15461-1731180600-1731180600@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Turbulence Orchestra & Sub Units Perform Tempestuous Hubbub DESCRIPTION:The Turbulence Orchestra is a large format improvisation ensemble comprised of six or more horn players and a rhythm section. For this performance we will play four 15-minute improvisations each with a quarter of the total ensemble\, take a short break and then perform an hour-long improvisation with all the musicians. \nEvil Clown’s projects have been focused on the very interesting and difficult aesthetic problem of large ensemble free improvisation. Free improvisation is typically performed by smaller ensembles (duos to quartets). Larger ensemble size combined with a broad-palette approach where most of the players play many different instruments allow us to construct a journey through a series of highly varied sonorities of the duration of the work. This ensemble includes seasoned improvisors from the Evil Clown Roster who are all very experienced at large ensemble broad palette free improvisation. \nSince the pandemic\, the Turbulence Orchestra has Livestreamed to YouTube ten times from Evil Clown Headquarters in Waltham with the ensemble size between 8 and 10 musicians – the largest unit that can easily fit in the Evil Clown Livestreaming Studio Space. Each of these performances is posted on the Evil Clown YouTube channel\, released on CD/download available at bandcamp (turbulence2.bandcamp.com/) and other locations\, and has an album page on the Evil Clown Webpage (evilclown.rocks/turb-orchestra). \nThis is only the third Live Performance of the Turbulence Orchestra & Sub Units\, and currently has 13 performers booked with a few more likely. Another Evil Clown ensemble\, The Leap of Faith Orchestra\, however\, has had many performances with units this size and larger. We performed 13 times in three years before the pandemic at the Third Life Studios in Somerville MA with as many as 15 players in the orchestra. The Third Life Studios sessions used exactly the format we will use at this concert – Short 15 or 20 minute improvisations by Sub Units of the entire ensemble followed by an hour long improvisation with everyone. The entire run of performances was released on download/CD and is available both as a 25 CD set and individual double CD sets of each performance. The Evil Clown Album page for the box set is evilclown.rocks/lofosu-boxset/ which contains links to bandcamp\, YouTube and other web content. \nAlso\, between 2016 and 2019\, the Leap of Faith Orchestra performed six Graphic Scores composed by PEK with the orchestra size as large as 25. The vision of the overall Evil Clown project is to create an extremely broad universe of sound and to realize music which transforms into widely different sonorities within a single performance. The full Leap of Faith Orchestra performing a PEK frame notation score is the most complete implementation of that vision. The large ensemble size (15 to 25 performers) and the details provided in the score directing the improvisation allowed us to create a story through a huge number of controlled textures over the 75 minute duration of the works. See the Evil Clown website here. \nPerformers:Reeds: PEK\, Bonnie Kane\, Michael Caglianone\, Victor Signore\, Dennis Livingston Brass: Bob Moores\, Eric Dahlman\, Vance Provey\, John Fugarino\, Duane ReedPiano: Eric ZinmanBass: Scott SamenfeldDrums: John Loggia URL:https://118elliot.com/event/tempestuous-hubbub/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/turbulence_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250101 DTSTAMP:20260424T200715 CREATED:20241025T193912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241106T025954Z UID:15475-1730419200-1735689599@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Tina Olsen: Elisions (solo exhibit) DESCRIPTION:Open during 118 events and by appt. 917-860-5749Opening reception: November 1\, 5-9pm \nArtist Talk on abstract expressionism: Sunday\, November 24\, 4-6pm \nSchuyler Gould will share the space and exhibit light sculptures December 6-31opening reception: Dec 6\, 5-8pm \n  \n118 Elliot presents new works by painter Tina Olsen opening November 1\, with a public reception from 5:00 to 9:00 pm with refreshments. The Vermont Jazz Center will provide an exciting musical backdrop to the work with young emerging musicians from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. \nELISIONS refers to Olsen’s increasingly bold abstract expressionism defined as much by what is left out as the explosive color and form that results as she pushes the limits of what is possible on canvas. \nOver her 50 year painting career\, Olsen keeps discovering: “Painting allows me to get into my body\, to physically be with the paint and materials and let my body find the faces in the landscape\, the landscape in faces. The process is a primal embrace of nature and feelings and the mystery of how they emerge on a static plane as forms and colors with a dynamism and life all  their own.”  \nOlsen says she’s lately been heavily inspired by the writing and work of German expressionists pre World War II and quotes from these greats will appear throughout the gallery giving context to the work over space and time. \nOlsen has been a defining presence at 118 Elliot Gallery as a mentor an instigator/curator of the well-received ‘Creative Relations’ shows in 2022 and 2023 where she led a community-wide effort to chart the current of creativity through families and significant others. \nOlsen grew up in Springfield MA in a Mennonite family and moved to New York City to teach art at the progressive Walden School in 1965 where she married and had two daughters. Tina stayed in the city for 40 years where she was immersed in the creative energy of the 60’s cultural revolution. She worked as an art therapist at Staten Island Psychiatric Institute for 20 years before moving to Brattleboro in 2007 where she has deepened her dedication to her painting\, meditation and making music. She also teaches a class on ‘Art as Meditation’ at the River Gallery School.  \nOlsen will host an interactive artist talk with live participatory painting for the public exploring expressionism and abstraction on Sunday\, November 24\, from 4:00-6:00 at 118 Elliot. \nFrom December 6 thru 31\, she will be joined by her partner Schuyler Gould who will merge his light sculptures made with unusual found objects with her work to form a whole new show. \nOther area painters are impressed with Olsen’s work. “Tina Olsen’s larger landscapes have a ruggedness in keeping with the New England environment much of her work represents. The building of shape and line\, restricted perception of depth brings to mind Cézanne’s mountainsides. But we are not transported to Provence\, rather we are invited inside her very unique Northern American landscape. We are allowed to accompany her struggle\, pushing the horizontal plane of rock against the stark vertical line of a tree\, working her surface until she gets it right\,” Lauren Poster said. \nElisions can be seen at all events at 118 Elliot or by appointment. Call 917-860-5749. URL:https://118elliot.com/event/tina-olsen-elisions/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Current exhibit ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/118-banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240906T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241028T170000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200715 CREATED:20240831T153002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T210446Z UID:15431-1725609600-1730134800@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Sensing Landscape: New Paintings by Mary Wright and Ellen Maddrey DESCRIPTION:118 Elliot Presents\nSensing Landscape:\nAn exhibit by \nMary Wright and Ellen Maddrey\nSeptember Through October 2024\n Opening Gallery Walk – Friday September 6  \n \nFor Immediate Release: Contact: 118Elliot@gmail.com \nWebsite: https://118elliot.com/ \n118 Elliot Street\, Brattleboro\,Vermont 05301 \nBrattleboro VT\, 31 August 2024: An Exhibition of paintings by Mary Wright and Ellen Maddrey\, Sensing Landscape will open on Gallery Walk September 6th. Mary and Ellen share a studio in Wilmington\, Vermont where they each approach painting as a process of discovery. Through a dialogue with the natural world\, there is an understanding that painting goes beyond the visual; we “see” with more than our eyes\, sensing with our whole being\, as we open ourselves to the influence of place and memory. The painter and the viewer are invited to discover\, to wonder\, to get close or stand back\, to explore through color\, texture\, shape\, space\, feeling\, and consciousness. In other words\, to allow your edges to blur and see what happens.\nThese artists share a process of allowing the paint to guide them. Instead of starting with a specific image in mind\, they allow their hands to start moving paint on the canvas or paper\, and follow their senses of color\, proportion\, and feeling. Their paintings emerge from an effort to deepen the personal connection with our elemental home – plants\, rocks\, water\, mountains\, animals. Both artists have their own language of marks\, yet they learn from each other and feel privileged to share creative space.\nWright lives in Jacksonville\, Vermont\, and draws from her relationship with the trails and water of Lake Whitingham. She is a life-long artist and her artwork and community-based projects have been shown throughout the United States since 1989. She has a keen interest in materiality\,whether painting\, printmaking or metalsmithing.\nMaddrey’s artistic inspiration is deeply embedded in the mountains and waters of Seattle\, her childhood home\, and the natural world of Vermont\, where she has a second home. She finds a deep satisfaction with expression through oil paints and pastels and has been painting for about ten years.\nII8 Elliot is a collaborative environment for the creative arts and education including film showings\, gallery exhibitions\, musical performances\, workshops of all kinds\, conferences as well as physical culture classes. It is also home to the National Endowment for the Humanities-supported Brattleboro Words Project’s Brattleboro Words Trail murals and community-produced audio stories.\nGallery is open by appointment for private viewing throughout September and October (118Elliot@gmail.com). \nStay tuned for details about Saturday\, October 5\, Art Party.\n \n  \nMary Wright \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nEllen Maddrey URL:https://118elliot.com/event/sensing-landscape-new-paintings-by-mary-wright-and-ellen-maddrey/ LOCATION:118 Elliot ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/landscape_banner-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240831T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240831T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200715 CREATED:20240719T033809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240721T215112Z UID:15309-1725127200-1725134400@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Nu Mu 3: SONIC BBQ – Local & Visiting Musicians Cook-Up a Hot Jam! DESCRIPTION:Nu Mu 3 will end with a Sonic BBQ\, a joyous open jam for all Saturday August 31 from 6 to 8pm at 118 Elliot. URL:https://118elliot.com/event/nu-mu-3-sonic-bbq/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Music,Nu Mu Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bbq-banner3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240830T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240830T190000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200715 CREATED:20240719T032654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240721T215123Z UID:15300-1725044400-1725044400@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Nu Mu 3: Masters of Sonic Liberation @ 118 Elliot DESCRIPTION: URL:https://118elliot.com/event/nu-mu-3-masters-of-sonic-liberation-2/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Music,Nu Mu Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/liberation_banner2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240829T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240829T193000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200715 CREATED:20240719T032022Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240721T215147Z UID:15292-1724959800-1724959800@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Nu Mu 3: Masters of Sonic Liberation @ Holyoke Media DESCRIPTION:Special Streaming of Live Show (https://www.youtube.com/@bonniekane) URL:https://118elliot.com/event/masters-of-sonic-liberation/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Music,Nu Mu Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/liberation_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240824T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240824T220000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200715 CREATED:20240719T030509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240804T030452Z UID:15287-1724500800-1724536800@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Nu Mu 3: Nu Mu Goes to The Sonic Circus! DESCRIPTION:Nu Mu will also cross paths with the Sonic Circus Music Festival on August 24th in Marlboro\, VT. \n552 Higley Hill Road Marlboro\, VT \nvisit soniccircusfestival.com for more info URL:https://118elliot.com/event/sonic-circus-festival/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Music,Nu Mu Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/circus_banner2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240823T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240823T190000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200715 CREATED:20240719T025723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240721T215147Z UID:15279-1724439600-1724439600@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Nu Mu 3: Bennington to Brattleboro: A Musical Journey DESCRIPTION: URL:https://118elliot.com/event/nu-mu-3-bennington-to-brattleboro-a-musical-journey/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Music,Nu Mu Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/bennington_banner.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240816T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240816T230000 DTSTAMP:20260424T200715 CREATED:20240719T024503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240721T220755Z UID:15268-1723831200-1723849200@118elliot.com SUMMARY:Nu Mu 3: XFEST Improvisational Challenge DESCRIPTION:more info at xfestma.com URL:https://118elliot.com/event/nu-mu-3-xfest/2024-08-16/ LOCATION:118 Elliot CATEGORIES:Nu Mu Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/xfest_banner2.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR