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| A Poem for the Day |
Thursday Thoughts via Facebook and Twitter
Throughout 2013, the Vermont Humanities Council and the Vermont Arts Council are teaming up to bring you a poem a week with Thursday Thoughts. Look for a weekly poem on Thursday afternoons on Facebook and Twitter. All of the poems will be taken from Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry in honor of VHC's Vermont Reads 2013 book. So far we have shared two poems. We hope you enjoy them. "Elevator Music" by Henry Taylor
A tune with no more substance than the air, performed on underwater instruments,
is proper to this short lift from the earth.
Read the rest of the poem here.
"Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide
or press an ear against its hive.
Read the rest of the poem here. Join us on Facebook and Twitter to receive these weekly poems!
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First Wednesdays 2012-2013
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First Wednesdays Talks February 6
All talks are at 7:00 pm with the exception of the Montpelier talk, which takes place at the Vermont State House at 7:30 pm as part of Farmers' Night. See you at First Wednesdays!
BRATTLEBORO -- Concrete, Culture, and Community: The Impact of the Interstate Highway on Vermont with UVM professor Frank Bryan. Host and location: Brooks Memorial Library. Learn more.ESSEX JUNCTION -- Words, Creativity, and Spirituality with Dartmouth professor Nancy Jay Crumbine. Host and location: Brownell Library. Learn more.
 | Acclaimed pianist Michael Arnowitt presents an evening with George Gershwin in Manchester on February 6
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MANCHESTER -- An Evening of George Gershwin with pianist Michael Arnowitt. Location: First Congregational Church. Host: Mark Skinner Library. Location: First Congregational Church. Learn more.MIDDLEBURY -- Who Were Our Worst Presidents? with UVM History Professor Emeritus Mark A. Stoler. Location and host: Ilsley Public Library. Learn more.
MONTPELIER -- Calvin Coolidge: More Than Two Words with actor Jim Cooke. 7:30 pm. Host: Kellogg-Hubbard Library. Location: Vermont State House. This event is part of the annual Farmers' Night series at the Vermont State House. Learn more.
NEWPORT -- Newport: The Evolution of a Lakeside Community with editor and publisher Scott Wheeler. Host and location: Goodrich Memorial Library. Learn more.
NORWICH -- Horses Like Lightning: A Story of Passage through the Himalayas with Dartmouth anthropologist Sienna Craig. Hosts: Norwich Public Library and Norwich Historical Society. Location: Norwich Congregational Church. Learn more.
RUTLAND -- McKibben on Climate Change with author and environmentalist Bill McKibben. Host and location: Rutland Free Library. Learn more.
ST. JOHNSBURY -- America's Foreign Policy Agenda with diplomat and Vermont State Senator Peter Galbraith. Host and location: St. Johnsbury Athenaeum. Learn more. Learn what talks will be taking place in a community near you. | | Memphremagog House, 1870-1885 |
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Vermont Reads 10th Anniversary
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Celebrate Poetry in Honor of the 10th Anniversary of Vermont Reads
A poem "begins in delight and ends in wisdom."
- Robert Frost
 Celebrate the tenth anniversary of Vermont Reads by exploring poetry! Your community is invited to take part with this statewide read of Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry, an anthology of contemporary poems edited by former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins. Collins created this poem-a-day anthology to make poetry less daunting by assembling a "selection of short, clear, contemporary poems which any listener could basically 'get' on first hearing -- poems whose injection of pleasure is immediate." Students and adults of all ages will enjoy poetry in this book and other books. Join us and discover -- or rediscover -- with others in your community the insight, beauty, and joy that poetry offers. Vermont Reads unites communities around reading, ideas, and activities. Libraries, schools, and other nonprofit organizations may apply; collaboration among town organizations and businesses is strongly encouraged. * Receive FREE books and programming support. * Host poetry readings and slams, poem-a-day projects, poetry writing contests, events with Vermont poets, and more. * Listen to Vermont Public Radio's Vermont Reads feature.  Full applications are online.Apply: December 7, 2012 or May 15, 2013
We happily accept applications between deadlines.
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Civil War Book of Days -- Marking Events that Happened Each Week During the Civil War
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 Sign up for the Civil War Book of Days
VHC's weekly Civil War Book of Days marks the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. It commemorates what happened each week 150 years ago.
Read some of the latest editions of this e-newsletter.
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Humanities Commentaries on VPR
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 Each month, VHC's Executive Director Peter Gilbert presents commentaries on Vermont Public Radio that examine current and past events from a humanities perspective.
Blizzard (1-10-13) With the return of wintry weather, parents once again have to plan ahead for days when their children may be released from school early due to impending weather, out of concern for their safety. It's a necessity that's reminded Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter Gilbert of how a tremendously powerful winter storm once swept across the northern plains -- with the most dire of consequences.
Emancipation (1-1-2013) New Year's Day one hundred and fifty years ago was unlike any other in American history. With the stroke of a pen, four million humans stopped being under the law pieces of property owned by other people. The slaves in the Confederacy won their freedom. Peter Gilbert has the story.
Emotions versus Reason and Reality (12-26-2012) VPR has been a sampler of the essays recorded live at the Commentator Brunch earlier this year. For commentator Peter Gilbert, the theme -- "When Worlds Collide" -- was all about the Civil War.
The Halifax Disaster (12-5-12) This time of year, the sight of truckloads of Christmas trees on the highway headed south, remind Peter Gilbert of the story of Boston's Christmas tree. It goes back exactly ninety-five years to Halifax, Nova Scotia and the first World War. Here's Peter Gilbert with that powerful story.
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Sylvia Plumb, Director of Communications
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