You've heard the moo-ving puns, you've seen the cow-themed hats -- put them both together and you get this colorful Open Studio roundtable with the founders and organizers of the Strolling of the Heifers Parade. This year's theme is "Love Your Farmer," and the Strolling team has activities organized all weekend long to celebrate farming and farmers in Vermont. Watch this year's parade live on BCTV Channel 8 - kicking it off live at 9:45 AM on June 6 to catch the Dairy Godmother making her appearance prior to the parade at 10.
Local Iraq War veteran John Lowery joins American Legion Post 5 Chairman Tom Costello and WTSA's Tim Johnson talking about the lecture series on Sunday, May 24, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. Monday's Memorial Day ceremony features Greenwood School students recognizing each of the 46 local soldiers who died in the War. Find out more by watching the video.
More than 50 public access television staffers and board members gathered in BCTV's Studio for the annual meeting of Vermont Access Network (VAN) on May 1. The day started with a business meeting for the nonprofit, which connects 25 Community Media Centers that together operate 49 local cable channels statewide. According to vermontaccess.net, VAN Members use emerging communications technologies to foster free speech, encourage civic engagement, enhance public discourse, and allow elected officials and community members to communicate better.
This semester's Broadcast Journalism class of Landmark College students was so diligent and professional that we became concerned there would be no bloopers. But amidst the many takes, Production Manager Roland Boyden managed to find a few frames where things didn't go exactly as planned. And because most people in the world prefer blooper reels (and cat videos) to any other content, we are featuring this instead of the serious work of the students, which you watch here.
BCTV's Summer Video Campers create a short movie in five days. Ideas come from the campers and often include location shots and guest appearances in downtown Brattleboro, where BCTV is located. To learn more, watch videos and sign up, go to http://www.brattleborotv.org/use-bctv/summer-camp or meet our staff on Friday April 3 at the Youth Services Summer Camp Fair.
Who wouldn't want to experience eight hours of local democratic discourse? If you weren't at the BAMS Multi-Purpose Room on March 21 and didn't watch live, fear not. Click here to watch the morning session, and here to watch the afternoon session.
Here are a few ways you can follow the action live on Saturday, March 21 from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM or whenever the meeting is over. You can watch BCTV's live stream of Channel 10, follow #BrattTM on Twitter, or go to ibrattleboro.com for the live blog. BCTV's staff and volunteers will provide multi-camera coverage as well as ASL interpretation. This is a big day for Brattleboro - be a part of it!
Watch here and on Channel 10: Dummerston Town Meeting, Guilford Town Meeting, Jamaica Town Meeting,
Experience the talent and energy that six top a cappella groups delivered to a packed house at the Latchis Theatre in downtown Brattleboro on February 7. Click here or watch on Channel 8 over the next two weeks. Each of the groups has local ties: Tufts Amalgamates, Clark Bars, UVM Cat's Meow, Williams College Ephlats, Middlebury D8s, and Tufts University Beelzebubs, veterans of NBC’s The Sing Off!
On March 3, 2015, BCTV will record Town Meeting Day in seven towns, and will provide live coverage of Brattleboro Representative Town Meeting on March 21st. We offer sponsor packages that allow you to target your message and reach our cable TV audience of over 6,000 households.