Cool's Hot in Greater Brattleboro

OK, we know it’s cold outside. It’s like that every year around this time. But what’s also true about every year at this time is that Greater Brattleboro is a hotbed of wintertime activity – a cool place to come to.

Our Main Street and “sides”, Putney Road, Western Avenue and wherever ingenuity and inventiveness thrive, are a-buzz with action. Virtually all our uniquely unique shops are open for business, our great eateries, too, are serving full blast, and the best B&Bs, inns and hotels and motels are just waiting to provide warmth and comfort.

Add to the mix a roster of incredible events and you’ll get it: Cool’s Hot in Greater Brattleboro!

This coming Thursday, Feb. 4 at 7:00 p.m. a terrific line up of national and local musicians will take to the main stage of the  Latchis Theatre in a benefit concert for Haiti.

Charles Neville! Samirah Evans and her Handsome Devils! Haitian percussionist Ayizon Sanon with Eugene Uman! Simba! 

Have to Help Haiti, a collaboration between Brattleboro Arts Initiative and the Vermont Jazz Center, is a signature event hoping to fill the Latchis and send 100% of the proceeds to Pure Water for the World, a nonprofit that started with groundbreaking work by Brattleboro’s own Rotary Club.  Local restaurants joining this community-wide effort by donating a portion of sales that night to Haiti relief aid. Participating restaurants include Flat Street Brew Pub and Tap Room, Peter Havens, and TJ Buckley's.

Minimum donation is $20, and more is welcome.  Take a look at the poster, visit www.havetohelphaiti.org, buy your tickets in advance at brattleborotix.com or at the Latchis Hotel, Maple Leaf Music, or at the door.  Let’s heat the town up on a cold winter night and turn out to fill the house, because really, we Have to Help Haiti.

NBC Photo by Trae Patton.