Dibden Feels The Squeeze
It’s late on a Wednesday afternoon, and the basement of the Dibden Center for the Arts is vibrating with the distinctive baseline of Herbie Hancock’s funk classic “Chameleon.”
Tucked into the dank, concrete confines of Dressing Room B, JSC’s funk/fusion ensemble is busy tightening up the tune in anticipation of the JSC ensemble concert on Friday, Dec. 12.
It’s a surreal sight – guitar amplifiers rolled onto a cracked concrete floor, plugged into vanity lights; a keyboardist at a desk facing his own image in the mirror; and, when there’s a drummer on hand, a kit is crowded into a corner. Mirrors line the wall, creating the illusion of a zillion funk/fusion ensembles, and should you walk a few feet to the right, you’d be in a bathroom.
Where has all the music gone? Town tells the Hub to turn the tunes down.
photo by Jessie Forand
Hub Seeks To Quiet Noise Concerns
angout; a restaurant/pub located in the center of town within walking distance of the college campus and most students’ apartments in town. Pizza slices are available throughout the day, there is a pool table, 12 beers on tap and, until recently, live music four or five nights of the week.
Since The Hub’s opening in the beginning of 2008, it has grown to be just what the owners had hoped for: a central location where college students and Johnson town community members alike, could go to unwind with a beer or a slice after a long school or work day.
However, with complaints about excessive noise as well as patron and vehicle traffic outside and around the building, owners Ernie Borsellino and Daniele Dolisie have agreed, for now, to reduce the number of nights with music by 75 percent. This reduction brings the nights with music to about two or three nights a week.
JSC alumnus Ben Clarkin interned with Keeping Track. See internship story
photo by Karen Uhlendorf
VSC Searches for New Chancellor
The newly appointed search committee charged with finding a replacement for outgoing Vermont State Colleges Chancellor Robert G. Clarke met for the first time Oct. 28 to begin choosing the system’s next chancellor.
Clarke, who has been the chancellor for the past 10 years, announced his retirement last January and plans to leave his post on June 30, 2009.
“We will be looking for a candidate who will have the expertise and experience to provide inspired leadership to guide the system to a new level of quality and academic excellence,” said Dick Marron, chair of the search committee and VSC trustee.