Joy. Connection. Community. This is the SUPERPOWER OF ART.

In the face of uncertainty, threats, and pervasive fear, those moments we find to connect, to be in community, to feel joy – these are moments of resilience. Epsilon Spires believes that the SUPERPOWER OF ART – be it a great film, live music, delicious food – is to spark JOY. This joy generates hope and connection with others in real life.

 

How does Epsilon Spires know about this superpower? Because we’ve been here before. We first opened our doors over five years ago, and almost immediately the pandemic slammed them shut. It was a bleak start. 

 

But in the face of fear, we didn’t give up, we got creative. On a minuscule budget and with zero name recognition, we transformed our back parking lot into an outdoor cinema that provided a safe gathering place in downtown Brattleboro for enthralling evenings of great film. Projecting movies off of a red pick-up truck, giving sparklers to everyone, we found joy in a scary moment. So many people told us how much these nights meant to them – laughing together, sharing the delight of film, feeling connected in a way they had not felt for months. This was the start of Epsilon Spires: Moments of joy that made the rest of life a little easier to bear.

 

Five years later, in this scary moment, our commitment to you is the same. We work with very little to bring you as much as possible. 

 

But here is the 2025 reality: because of massive funding cuts on the Federal and State level to nonprofits, independent funding organizations that have previously supported Epsilon Spires have had to shift resources or face cuts themselves. This means our grant funding is drying up. Grants are essential because we need that extra support to sustain programming that takes risks and introduces new art to our audience. We know this is why you love us, but it’s also why ticket sale revenue alone will never sustain us: We dare to bring you something new and adventurous, not just the latest Marvel movie.

 

We have had to make big cuts to our small budget which means, like in 2020, we are working on a shoestring again. But there is one big difference between then and now: YOU. As part of the most creative, loyal and generous audiences of any arts organization out there, YOU make Epsilon Spires so very special.

 

Please Donate to our SUPERPOWER Fundraiser and help us reach our goal of $10,000.00