Arts/ Music

Under the Dome: 'Healthcare is a Human Right' Statewide Rally 05/01/2009

The Vermont Workers' Center Organized Statewide Rally for Health Care for May 1st 2009 at the State House in Montpelier. Performances, chants, and speeches are scheduled for the protest. Interviews of legislators, organizers, activists, and performers included. For more Information visit Workers' Center website at www.workerscenter.org.

CCTV 25th Anniversary Segment: Winooski by Dan Higgins 04/30/2009

Dan Higgins, a long time resident of Winooski, revisits the City's transformation from a tightly knit mill town to the most diverse community in Vermont.
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CCTV 1984 Premiere on Public Access Television 04/30/2009

CCTV Premieres in the Video Cafe on Cox Cable Channel 8 on June 12, 1984. Host Lauren-Glenn Davitian introduces public access television and the kinds of programs you will see "on your tv screens, even monitors in the University Square Mall!" Segment features The Battle of the Bands, Rev. Jesse Jackson and Henry's Cafe.
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CCTV 25th Anniversary- Video Screening & Free Speech Art Auction 04/30/2009

CCTV Rewind looks at the people and events that shaped our public life over the past 25 years. Celebrate CCTV's fight for free speech and open networks in Vermont with a special retrospective on April 30th at 7 p.m. at the Main Street Landing Theatre on Burlington's waterfront. From protests to public meetings, "Stump the Chumps" to local elections-- local hosts frame a snap shot of our rapidly changing community. Watch the the 25th Anniversary Promo, CCTV 1984 Premiere and Winooski by Dan Higgins Trailer.

> Order your DVD of CCTV's 25th Anniversary Screening on 4/30/09.

Positively Vermont: Tom Torti, President, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce 04/30/2009

Host Dennis McMahon interviews Tom Torti, President of the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce on the organizations mission and activities.

Artful Word: Micro Macro 04/17/2009

Preview of the 2009 Discover Jazz Festival 04/15/2009

In 1984 the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival gave Vermont's flourishing jazz community the recognition it deserved – a celebration combining incredible local talent with jazz legends from every corner of the globe. The generous support of the business community and private donations have allowed The Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, in association with Burlington City Arts, to create what is today the largest multi-cultural event in Vermont. In 2003, the Festival celebrated its 20th Anniversary and ushered in its third decade of bringing America’s truly home-grown art form to the beautiful venue that is Burlington, Vermont. For more information: http://www.discoverjazz.com/

Confront the Hate: Interactive Community Theater 04/13/2009

Kat Redness, Brownell Young Adult Librarian, directs local teens in this theater production, part of the ongoing 'Let's Talk About It: Love and Foregiveness' series. Questions addressed by the piece are: How do we respond to school bullying, youth violence and hate crimes? How do we heal and forgive after the unthinkable has happened? "Let's Talk About It: Love & Forgiveness," is funded by the American Library Association & the Fetzer Institute.

CCTV's Free Speech Art Auction Promo 04/08/2009

As part of CCTV's 25th Anniversary Celebration, we've put together a Free Speech Art Auction, on exhibit at Viva Espresso on North Winooski Avenue in Burlington. You can bid on any of the pieces through April 30th (CCTV's Retrospective Screening at the Main Stree Landing Performing Arts Center) by emailing meganh@sover.net

Quadricentennial Programming: Burlington International Waterfront Festival - Press Conference 04/08/2009

Mayor Bob Kiss, filmmaker and festiveal producer Jay Craven, BCA Director Doreen Craft and others announce details about the Burlington International Waterfront Festival, July 2014, part of the State of Vermont's Quadricentennial Celebration.

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!